Patriots Enter Bye Week with a 5-3 Record
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PATRIOTS ENTER BYE WEEK WITH A 5-3 RECORD TALE OF THE TAPE The New England Patriots beat St. Louis, 45-7, last Sunday at Wembley Stadium in 2012 Regular Season New England London to improve to a 5-3 record, the same record the team had in 2011 after eight Record 5-3 games. The Patriots finished the month of October with a 3-1 record and are now an Divisional Standings 1st NFL-best 35-7 in the month of October since 2003, including a 20-1 record at home. Total Yards Gained 3,526 After traveling for five of the first eight games this season, the Patriots will return Total Offense (Rank) 440.8 (1) home to host consecutive games for the first time this year. The Patriots return to Rush Offense 149.6 (5) action on Sunday, Nov. 11 at home against the Buffalo Bills and then will face the Pass Offense 291.1 (5) Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 18. Points Per Game 32.8 (1) DIVISIONAL DOMINANCE Total Yards Allowed 2,958 The Patriots have the highest winning percentage in division games from November Total Defense (Rank) 369.8 (23) until the end of the season since 2002. Rush Defense 88.6 (8) Team W L T Pct. Pass Defense 281.1(29) New England 27 7 0 .794 Points Allowed/Game 21.3 (19) Indianapolis 25 9 0 .735 Possession Avg. 31:23 San Diego 25 9 0 .735 Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost 14/96 Green Bay 27 10 0 .730 Sacks Made/Yards 17/97 Pittsburgh 27 11 0 .710 Total Touchdowns Scored 30 PATRIOTS WICKED GOOD IN OCTOBER Penalties Against/Yards 48/394 The Patriots are 35-7 in the month of October since the 2003 season and have won Punts/Avg. 31/40.7 26 out of their last 30 October games. The Patriots are 20-1 at home and 15-6 on Turnover Differential +13 (1t) the road during that time in October. The Patriots’ only home loss during that time 2012 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE was a 41-17 victory by the visiting San Diego Chargers on October 2, 2005. REGULAR SEASON (5-3) NFL’S TOP OCTOBER RECORDS SINCE 2003 Sun., Sept. 9 at Tennessee 34-13 W Team W L T Pct. New England Patriots 35 7 0 .833 Sun., Sept. 16 Arizona 18-20 L New York Giants 31 9 0 .775 Sun., Sept. 23 at Baltimore 30-31 L Indianapolis Colts 25 12 0 .676 Sun., Sept. 30 at Buffalo 52-28 W Pittsburgh Steelers 25 13 0 .658 Sun., Oct. 7 Denver 31-21 W TRAVEL NOTES Sun., Oct. 14 at Seattle 23-24 L The Patriots’ round trip to London (6,500) was more travel miles than Green Bay Sun., Oct. 21 N.Y. Jets 29-26(ot) W (5,774) will travel all season. Washington has the second-lowest travel with 7,144 Sun, Oct. 28 at St. Louis# 45-7 W total miles. In fact, the Patriots traveled a total of 11,480 miles round trip between Sun., Nov. 4 BYE WEEK the Seattle and London road trips alone. That mileage is more than 11 teams’ total Sun., Nov. 11 Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS travel for the entire 2012 season. The Patriots round trip to Seattle was 4,980 miles Sun., Nov. 18 Indianapolis 1:00 p.m. CBS* and the trip to London was 6,500 miles. Thurs., Nov. 22 at N.Y. Jets 8:20 p.m. NBC Sun., Dec. 2 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE NEXT GAME Mon., Dec. 10 Houston 8:30 p.m. ESPN TOM BRADY Sun., Dec. 16 San Francisco 8:20 p.m. NBC* With one touchdown pass against the Bills, Tom Brady will extend his streak to Sun., Dec. 23 at Jacksonville 1:00 p.m. CBS* 41 straight games with at least one touchdown pass and continue his third Sun., Dec. 30 Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* longest streak all time, behind Drew Brees (50-current) and Johnny Unitas (47). #Game played in London Brady has 50 career 300-yard games in the regular season and needs one more *Game Time and Network subject to possible flexible scheduling adjustment. to tie hall of famer Dan Fouts (51) for 6th place all time. AFC EAST STANDINGS Brady has two rushing touchdowns in 2012 and needs one more to tie his Team W L T Pct. PF PA single-season career high of three set in 2011. NEW ENGLAND 5 3 0 .625 262 170 Brady tied Drew Brees with his ninth NFL game with four touchdowns, 300 Miami Dolphins 4 3 0 .571 150 126 yards and no touchdowns against St. Louis and needs one more such game to Buffalo Bills 3 4 0 .429 171 227 be alone in first place. New York Jets 3 5 0 .375 168 200 WES WELKER PATRIOTS MEDIA WEBSITE Wes Welker (16) needs one more 10-plus catch game to break a second place The Patriots’ media website, located at tie with Marvin Harrison (16) and tie Jerry Rice (17) for the most 10-catch http://media.patriots.com, will be updated for games in NFL history. registered users throughout training camp with all Welker needs one reception to extend his streak to 86 straight regular-season the latest media information, schedules, rosters games with at least one reception as a member of the Patriots to extend his and press releases. In addition to up-to-date franchise record. Welker has an overall streak of 102 straight regular-season media information, the site’s archives allow access games with at least one reception, including his time with the Miami Dolphins. to all of the Patriots media material dating back to Welker (8,155) needs 30 yards to move past Irving Fryar (8,184) for fourth the 2002 season. place on the Patriots all-time all-purpose yards list, behind Kevin Faulk (12,349), Stanley Morgan (11,468) and Troy Brown (11,053). ROBERT KRAFT NEWS & OTES N Since Robert Kraft purchased the team in WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 1994 (Incl. Postseason) 1994, the Patriots have experienced one of Team W L T Pct. the most dramatic turnarounds in the New England Patriots 217 108 0 .668 history of sports. Now in his 19th season of Pittsburgh Steelers 205 116 1 .638 ownership, Kraft has transformed one of Green Bay Packers 205 117 0 .637 the league’s least successful clubs into Indianapolis Colts 187 131 0 .588 Denver Broncos 178 132 0 .574 what many observers view as a model NFL Philadelphia Eagles 176 139 2 .558 franchise. In the five seasons immediately New York Giants 168 143 1 .540 preceding his purchase (1989-93), the Patriots were a moribund team, winning SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 just 19 of 80 games (.238 pct.) and recording the worst record New England Patriots ............................................ 3 Green Bay…………………………………….. ............................ 2 in the NFL over that span. When he bought the franchise on Jan. Pittsburgh Steelers…………………………………….. ............... 2 21, 1994, Kraft announced his intention to bring a championship Denver Broncos ........................................................... 2 to New England, a tall order considering the team’s previous N.Y. Giants .................................................................. 2 success rate. But under Kraft’s leadership, the Patriots have won 7 Teams ...................................................................... 1 more division titles (11), conference crowns (6) and Super Bowl CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 championships (3) than any other NFL team. The Patriots have New England Patriots ............................................ 6 made six Super Bowl appearances since Kraft purchased the Pittsburgh Steelers ....................................................... 4 team, a period during which no other NFL franchise has earned Green Bay Packers ....................................................... 3 more than four berths. In Kraft’s first 18 seasons, the Patriots New York Giants .......................................................... 3 qualified for the playoffs 13 times, more than doubling the Denver Broncos ........................................................... 2 franchise’s accomplishments during its first 34 seasons. St. Louis Rams ............................................................. 2 Pre-Kraft Kraft Era Indianapolis Colts ......................................................... 2 1960-93 1989-93 1994-12 14 Teams .................................................................... 1 Overall Record 225-276-9 19-61 217-108 Winning Pct. .450 .238 .668 DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 Super Bowl Titles 0 0 3 New England Patriots ............................................ 11 Conference Titles 1 0 6 Pittsburgh Steelers ...................................................... 10 Division Titles 3 0 11 Green Bay Packers ........................................................ 8 Playoff Seasons 6 0 13 Indianapolis Colts .......................................................... 8 Playoff Record 4-6 -- 19-10 Home Playoff Games 1 0 15 PLAYOFF VICTORIES SINCE 1994 Home Playoff Record 0-1 -- 13-2 New England Patriots ............................................ 19 A CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION Pittsburgh Steelers ...................................................... 17 Green Bay Packers ...................................................... 15 MULTIPLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 2001 Philadelphia Eagles…………………………………………………… 11 Team League Titles Indianapolis Colts ........................................................ 11 Los Angeles Lakers…………………………..NBA……………………………. ... 4 New England Patriots ................... NFL ............................... 3 PLAYOFF GAMES PLAYED SINCE 1994 San Antonio Spurs ............................. NBA .................................. 3 New England Patriots ............................................ 29 Pittsburgh Steelers ....................................................... 27 HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN MAJOR Green Bay Packers ....................................................... 26 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS SINCE 1994 (regular season) Indianapolis Colts......................................................... 23 Team League PCT Philadelphia Eagles ...................................................... 22 San Antonio Spurs ............................