1987 New England Patriots Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Raymond Berry (8-7)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts

1987 New England Patriots Roster
1987 New England Patriots Results

The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

The Patriots scored 320 points, and the defensive squad surrendered 293. Steve Grogan passed for 1,183 yards. Tony Collins paced pass catchers, catching 44 passes, while Stanley Morgan accumulated 672 receiving yards.

Tony Collins rushed for a team-best 474 yards for New England.

Fred Marion picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Andre Tippett topped pass rushers with 12.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 43 sacks.

Raymond Berry coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Steve Grogan	161	93	57.8	1183	7.3	10	6.2	9	5.6	40	7	55	78.2
Tom Ramsey	134	71	53.0	898	6.7	6	4.5	6	4.5	40	14	90	70.4
Tony Eason	79	42	53.2	453	5.7	3	3.8	2	2.5	45	8	70	72.4
Doug Flutie	25	15	60.0	199	8.0	1	4.0	0	0.0	30	1	3	98.6
Bob Bleier	39	14	35.9	181	4.6	1	2.6	1	2.6	35	3	28	49.2
Mosi Tatupu	1	1	100.0	15	15.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	15	0	0	158.3
Cedric Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	440	236	53.6	2929	6.7	22	5.0	18	4.1	45	33	246

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tony Collins	147	474	3.2	19	3
Reggie Dupard	94	318	3.4	49	3
Mosi Tatupu	79	248	3.1	19	0
Bob Perryman	41	187	4.6	48	0
Michael LeBlanc	49	170	3.5	42	1
Tom Ramsey	13	75	5.8	19	1
Irving Fryar	9	52	5.8	16	0
Bruce Hansen	16	44	2.8	7	0
Doug Flutie	6	43	7.2	13	0
Elgin Davis	9	43	4.8	27	0
Steve Grogan	20	37	1.8	8	2
Tony Eason	3	25	8.3	13	0
Chuck McSwain	9	23	2.6	9	0
Carl Woods	4	20	5.0	13	1
Stephen Starring	2	13	6.5	10	0
Craig James	4	10	2.5	5	0
Rich Camarillo	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Bleier	5	-5	-1.0	1	1
Todd Whitten	2	-6	-3.0	-2	0
Totals	513	1771	3.5	49	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tony Collins	44	347	7.9	29	3
Stanley Morgan	40	672	16.8	45	3
Irving Fryar	31	467	15.1	40	5
Cedric Jones	25	388	15.5	29	3
Stephen Starring	17	289	17.0	34	3
Greg Baty	15	138	9.2	22	2
Mosi Tatupu	15	136	9.1	23	0
Lin Dawson	12	81	6.8	14	0
Larry Linne	11	158	14.4	30	2
Willie Scott	5	35	7.0	15	1
Wayne Coffey	3	66	22.0	35	0
Dennis Gadbois	3	51	17.0	20	0
Derwin Williams	3	30	10.0	12	0
Bob Perryman	3	13	4.3	7	0
Reggie Dupard	3	1	0.3	2	0
Todd Frain	2	22	11.0	11	0
Michael LeBlanc	2	3	1.5	3	0
Bruce Hansen	1	22	22.0	22	0
Clay Pickering	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	236	2929	12.4	45	22

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Tony Franklin	38	37	97.4	26	15	57.7	82
Eric Schubert	1	1	100.0	2	1	50.0	4
Totals	39	38	97.4	28	16	57.1	86

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rich Camarillo	62	2489	40.1	73
Al Herline	25	861	34.4	50
Totals	87	3350	38.5	73

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Irving Fryar	18	174	9.7	36
Larry Linne	5	22	4.4	16
Stephen Starring	1	17	17.0	17
Fred Marion	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	25	213	8.5	36

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Stephen Starring	23	445	19.3	43
Elgin Davis	5	134	26.8	43
Irving Fryar	6	119	19.8	31
Reggie Dupard	4	61	15.2	21
Bob Perryman	3	43	14.3	16
Chuck McSwain	2	32	16.0	24
Michael LeBlanc	2	31	15.5	24
Tony Collins	1	18	18.0	18
Bruce Hansen	1	14	14.0	14
Rogers Alexander	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	48	901	18.8	43

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Fred Marion	4	53	13.2	25	0
Ronnie Lippett	3	103	34.3	45	2
Raymond Clayborn	2	24	12.0	24	0
Ernest Gibson	2	17	8.5	17	0
Jim Bowman	2	3	1.5	3	0
Ed Williams	1	51	51.0	51	0
Roland James	1	27	27.0	27	0
Rod McSwain	1	17	17.0	17	0
Ron Shegog	1	7	7.0	7	0
Darryl Holmes	1	4	4.0	4	0
Johnny Rembert	1	1	1.0	1	0
Joe Peterson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Perry Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	21	307	14.6	51	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Andre Tippett	12.5
Garin Veris	7.0
Brent Williams	5.0
Toby Williams	4.5
Ed Reynolds	2.0
Johnny Rembert	2.0
Kenneth Sims	1.5
Dino Mangiero	1.0
Don Blackmon	1.0
Milford Hodge	1.0
Murray Wichard	1.0
Larry McGrew	1.0
Jerry McCabe	1.0
Steve Wilburn	1.0
Ronnie Lippett	1.0
Jim Bowman	0.5
Totals	43.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Brent Williams	29	29	0
Steve Grogan					8	6	-6		0
Andre Tippett					0	3	29	1	0
Bob Bleier					2	2	0		0
Garin Veris					0	2	0	0	0
Bob Perryman					1	2	0	0	0
Ed Williams				0	0	2	8	0	0
Tony Collins					6	2	0		0
Murray Wichard					0	2	0	0	0
Joe Peterson				0	0	1	0	0	0
Tim Jordan					0	1	0	0	0
Stephen Starring					2	1	0		0
Raymond Clayborn				0	0	1	0		0
Jim Bowman				0	0	1	6	0	0
Larry McGrew					0	1	0	0	0
Doug Flutie					1	1	0	0	0
Steve Nelson					0	1	0	0	0
Kenneth Sims					0	1	0	0	0
Reggie Dupard					2	1	0		0
Fred Marion				0	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Linne					1	1	0		0
Derwin Williams					0	1	0	0	0
Randy Sealby					0	1	0	0	0
George Colton					0	1	0	0	0
Greg Moore					0	1	0	0	0
Chuck McSwain					1	1	11	0	0
Bruce Hansen					0	1	0	0	0
Tom Ramsey					4	1	0		0
Greg Robinson					0	1	0	0	0
Darryl Holmes				0	0	1	0	0	0
Michael LeBlanc					2	0	0		0
Danny Villa					1	0	-13	0	0
Mosi Tatupu					1	0	0	0	0
Guy Morriss					1	0	0	0	0
Tony Eason					1	0	0	0	0
Irving Fryar					2	0	0		0
Totals	29	29	0	0	36	42	35	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Tony Franklin									15	37	0			82
Tony Collins	3	3		0					0	0	0			36
Irving Fryar	0	5	0	0					0	0	0			30
Reggie Dupard	3	0		0					0	0	0			18
Cedric Jones		3							0	0	0			18
Stephen Starring	0	3	0	0					0	0	0			18
Stanley Morgan		3							0	0	0			18
Steve Grogan	2								0	0	0			12
Greg Baty		2							0	0	0			12
Larry Linne		2	0						0	0	0			12
Willie Scott		1						1	0	0	0			12
Ronnie Lippett						2			0	0	0			12
Andre Tippett							1		0	0	0			6
Tom Ramsey	1								0	0	0			6
Bob Bleier	1								0	0	0			6
Michael LeBlanc	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Raymond Clayborn						0		1	0	0	0			6
Carl Woods	1								0	0	0			6
Eric Schubert									1	1	0			4
Totals	12	22	0	0	0	2	1	2	16	38	0	0	0	320