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For Immediate Release, October 21, 2002 NEW ENGLAND (3-3) EXITS BYE WEEK; WELCOMES THE (5-2) TO GILLETTE STADIUM UPCOMING MEDIA SCHEDULE This Week: The New England Patriots (3-3) will return to the field this weekend when they Monday, Oct. 21 – Tuesday, Oct. 22 host the Denver Broncos at Gillette Stadium (capacity, 68,436) on Oct. 27 at 4:15 p.m. No Media Access Television: This week’s game will be broadcast nationally on CBS (locally on WBZ Wednesday, Oct. 23 Channel 4). The play-by-play duties will be handled by , who will be 10:45-11:15 Head Coach ’s Press joined in the booth by . Armen Keteyian will provide sideline reports Conference (Media Workroom) throughout the game. 11:15-11:55 Open Locker Room 12:40-12:55 Photographers Access to Practice Radio: Every Patriots game can be heard in stereo on the Patriots official flagship th 1:45-1:55 Broncos Player Conference Call station WBCN 104.1 FM. Gil Santos, now in his 26 season as the voice of the 2:45-2:55 Mike Shanahan Conference Call Patriots, will call the game along with Patriots Hall of Famer Gino Cappelletti, who will provide in-depth analysis for his 22nd season. A complete list of the Patriots WBCN Rock Thursday, Oct. 24 Radio Network can be found on pages 462-463 of the 2002 Patriots media guide or at 10:45-11:15 Head Coach Bill Belichick’s Press www.patriots.com. Conference (Media Workroom) 11:15-11:55 Open Locker Room National Radio: This week’s game can also be heard nationally on CBS Radio. Dave 12:40-12:55 Photographers Access to Practice Sims and John Dockery will be calling the play-by-play.

Friday, Oct. 25 By the Bye: Since the inception of the bye week in 1990, the Patriots have a 5-8 record 10:30-11:00 Head Coach Bill Belichick’s Press in games following the bye. They have won three of their last six following a week off, Conference (Media Workroom) including a 38-6 victory last year against the Carolina Panthers. Bill Belichick’s teams 11:00-11:35 Open Locker Room have an 8-5 record following their bye and have won six of their last eight contests. This 12:00-12:15 Photographers Access to Practice season in the NFL, teams coming off of the bye week have an 11-5 record.

Turnovers: The Patriots have totaled a –8 turnover ratio over the past three games, all

2002 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE losses. The Patriots have recorded a 0-3 record this season with a negative turnover

ratio and they are 12-15 since 1996. The Patriots are 2-0 this year and 36-10 since 1996 REGULAR SEASON (3-3) when they have a positive turnover ratio. During their current three-game losing streak, Mon., Sept. 9 Pittsburgh W 30-14 Patriots opponents have scored 27 points off of turnovers and they’ve defeated the Sun., Sept. 15 at N.Y. Jets W 44-7 Patriots by a total of 38 points. Sun., Sept. 22 Kansas City W ot 41-37 Sun., Sept. 29 at L 14-21 Touchdown Streak: Quarterback extended his consecutive games with a Sun., Oct. 6 at Miami L 13-26 touchdown pass streak to eight games against Green Bay. It’s the longest streak by a Sun., Oct. 13 Green Bay L 10-28 Patriots quarterback since connected on a touchdown in nine straight Sun., Oct. 20 BYE games (11/1/98 – 9/19/99). Brady has thrown 14 touchdown passes through the first six Sun., Oct. 27 Denver 4:15 CBS games this year. He totaled 18 during 15 games last season. Sun., Nov. 3 at Buffalo 1:00 CBS Sun., Nov. 10 at Chicago 4:15 CBS Looking Sharp at Gillette: The Patriots have won eight of their last nine games at Sun., Nov. 17 at Oakland 8:30 ESPN home (including preseason and postseason). The 28-10 loss to Green Bay was the Sun., Nov. 24 Minnesota 1:00 FOX Patriots first at Gillette Stadium. Foxborough has been a wonderful home to the Patriots Thur., Nov. 28 at 12:30 CBS since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994. The team has compiled a 58-29 (.667) Sun., Dec. 8 Buffalo 1:00 CBS overall record at home during that time span. This week’s game against the Broncos th Mon., Dec. 16 at Tennessee 9:00 ABC (10/27) will be the 88 consecutive sellout at Foxborough.

Sun., Dec. 22 N.Y. Jets 8:30 ESPN A Year Ago: Through the first six games of this season the New England Patriots are 3- Sun., Dec. 29 Miami 1:00 CBS 3. Last year, the Patriots started 3-3, but won 11 of their next 13 games, including XXXVI. While the 2002 Patriots have allowed 37 more rushing yards than they did AFC EAST STANDINGS at this point last year, they have yielded 242 fewer total yards than in 2001. Also similar to last year, the Patriots have allowed four different running backs to eclipse the 100-

Teams W L T Pct. PF PA yard mark through the first six games of the year. In 2001 the Patriots did not allow Miami Dolphins ...... 5 2 0 .714 190 143 another opposing running back gain 100 rushing yards until the final game of the regular ...... 4 3 0 .571 217 214 season.

NEW ENGLAND .....3 3 0 .500 152 134 ...... 2 4 0 .333 95 169 THE ROAD AHEAD

Sunday, October 27 Following the Patriots game against the Denver Broncos (5-2) at Gillette Stadium Bye: Miami Dolphins this weekend, they will embark on a three-game road trip traveling to Buffalo (4-3), Cleveland Browns at N.Y. Jets...... 1:00 Chicago (2-4) and Oakland (4-2). It will be the longest road streak this year in the Detroit Lions at Buffalo Bills ...... 1:00 NFL (in terms of games played). The Patriots will travel 7,872 miles during their three- Denver Broncos at N.E. Patriots...... 4:15 game road trip.

PATRIOTS AND BRONCOS SERIES RESULTS

SERIES HISTORY TALE OF THE TAPE The New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos will meet this week for the eighth year in a row and the 37th time overall. The 8- Categories New England Denver year streak is the longest active streak among non-division rivals. Record ...... 3-3 ...... 5-2 The Patriots have won two of the last three games in the series. Divisional Standings ...... 3rd ...... 2nd The home team has won four of the last five games of the series, Total Yards Gained...... 2,245 ...... 2,669 with New England’s 28-19 win at Mile High in 2000 being the only Total Offense...... 374.2 (6) ...... 381.3 (5) game not to go in favor of the home team. The Broncos hold a 21- Rush Offense...... 95.0 (24) ...... 133.4 (8) 14 advantage over the Patriots and a 1-0 record in the postseason. Pass Offense...... 279.2 (3) ...... 247.9 (5) A game-by-game look at the series history is listed below: Points Per Game ...... 25.3 ...... 26.1 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS Total Yards Allowed ...... 1,794 ...... 1,987 (Patriots Record Regular Season 14-21; Postseason 0-1) Total Defense ...... 299.0 (7) ...... 283.9 (5) DATE RESULT +/- SITE Rush Defense ...... 143.3 (29) ...... 75.0 (1) Sept. 9, 1960....Denver 13, at Patriots 10 ..... -3..... B.U. Field Pass Defense ...... 155.7 (1) ...... 208.9 (13) Oct. 23, 1960 ...at Denver 31, Patriots 24 ..... -7..... Bears Points Allowed/Game ...... 22.3 ...... 22.0 Sept. 16, 1961..at Patriots 45, Denver 17 ....+28 ... B.U. Field Possession Avg...... 30:38 ...... 31:45 Dec. 3, 1961.....Patriots 28, at Denver 24 .....+4 .... Bears Sacks Allowed/Yards Loss...... 11/74 ...... 21/152 Sept. 21, 1962..at Patriots 41, Denver 16 ....+25 ... B.U. Field Sacks Made/Yards...... 15/92 ...... 15/110 Nov. 11, 1962...Patriots 33, at Denver 29 .....+4 .... Bears By...... 6/93 ...... 5/77 Sept. 29, 1963..at Denver 14, Patriots 10 ..... -4..... Bears Penalties Against/Yards ...... 46/444 ...... 47/411 Oct. 18, 1963 ...at Patriots 40, Denver 21 ....+19 ... Fenway Park Punts/Avg...... 23/37.9 ...... 29/40.2 Oct. 4, 1964 .....Patriots 39, at Denver 10 ....+29 ... Bears Takeaway/Giveaway Ratio...... -2 ...... +1 Nov. 20, 1964...at Patriots 12, Denver 7 ...... +5 .... Fenway Park Sept. 24, 1965..Denver 27, at Patriots 10 .... -17.... Fenway Park SERIES SUPERLATIVES Dec. 12, 1965 ...Patriots 28, Denver 20 ...... +8 .... Bears Sept. 18, 1966..Patriots 24, at Denver 10 ....+14 ... Bears The Patriots series with the Broncos has produced seven Nov. 6, 1966.....Denver 17, at Patriots 10 ..... -7..... Fenway Park 100-yard rushing performances, seven 100-yard receiving Sept. 3, 1967....at Denver 26, Patriots 21 ..... -5..... Bears performances and two 300-yard passing performances. Each Sept. 29, 1968..Patriots 20, at Denver 17 .....+3 .... Bears of the Patriots superlative performances are listed below: Nov. 3, 1968.....Denver 35, at Patriots 14 .... -21.... Fenway Park Sept. 14, 1969..at Denver 35, Patriots 7 ...... -28.... Mile High Rushing Yards No Yds Avg TD Date Dec. 17, 1972 ...at Denver 45, Patriots 21 .... -24.... Mile High Don Calhoun 25 177 7.1 0 11/28/76 Nov. 28, 1976...at Patriots 38, Denver 14 ....+24 ... Schaefer John Stephens 17 130 7.6 1 12/17/88 Nov. 11, 1979...at Denver 45, Patriots 10 .... -35.... Mile High Ron Burton 16 127 7.9 0 10/23/60 Sept. 29, 1980..at Patriots 23, Denver 14 .....+9 .... Schaefer Jim Nance 24 126 5.3 1 09/18/66 Nov. 4, 1984.....at Denver 26, Patriots 19 ..... -7..... Mile High J.D. Garrett 12 121 10.1 1 10/04/64 Sept. 28, 1986..at Denver 27, Patriots 20 ..... -7..... Mile High Craig James 20 120 6.0 0 11/04/84 Jan. 4, 1987 ...at Denver 22, Patriots 17 -5.....Mile High Terry Allen 17 106 6.2 2 10/24/99 Dec. 6, 1987.....at Denver 31, Patriots 20 .... -11.... Mile High Dec. 17, 1988 ...at Denver 21, Patriots 10 .... -11.... Mile High Receiving Yards No Yds Avg TD Date Oct. 27, 1991 ...Denver 9, at Patriots 6...... -3..... Foxboro Jim Colcough 7 123 17.6 2 09/16/61 Dec. 1, 1991.....at Denver 20, Patriots 3 ...... -17.... Mile High Jim Colcough 5 123 24.6 2 11/11/62 Oct. 8, 1995 .....Denver 37, at Patriots 3 ...... -34.... Foxboro Stanley Morgan 8 122 15.3 0 11/04/84 Nov. 11, 1996...Denver 34, at Patriots 8 ...... -26.... Foxboro Tony Romeo 4 121 30.3 0 09/21/62 Oct. 6, 1997 .....at Denver 34, Patriots 13 .... -21.... Mile High Jim Colclough 6 110 18.3 0 10/18/63 Sept. 7, 1998....at Denver 27, Patriots 21 ..... -6..... Mile High 5 108 21.6 2 10/01/00 Oct. 24, 1999 ...at Patriots 24, Denver 23 .....+1 .... Foxboro Stanley Morgan* 3 100 33.3 2 01/04/87 Oct. 1, 2000 .....Patriots 28, at Denver 19 .....+9 .... Mile High Oct. 28, 2001 ...at Denver 31, Patriots 20 .... -11.... Invesco Field Passing Yards Att C Yds TD I Date Bold indicates playoff game 31 21 358 2 0 10/18/63 Tony Eason 38 21 313 1 1 11/04/84 SERIES NOTES * playoff game Total Points: ...... Denver 848, Patriots 720 Patriots Largest Margin of Victory...... 29 points (10/4/64) CONNECTIONS Broncos Largest Margin of Victory:...... 35 points (11/11/79) This week’s game will feature a battle of former Michigan Patriots Longest Winning Streak: ...... 4 games (1961-62) Broncos Longest Winning Steak: ...... 11 games (1984-98) quarterbacks. Patriots Tom Brady (1996-99) and Broncos Record at home: ...... 7-7 Brian Griese (1994-97) both starred for the Wolverines, setting Record on the road: ...... 7-13 (0-1 in playoffs) numerous school records … Broncos LB Ian Gold also starred at Michigan (1996-99) with Brady and Griese … Patriots CB LAST MEETING spent the 2000 season with the Broncos and The New England Patriots lost 31-20 to the Denver Broncos at led the team six interceptions … Broncos C Tom Nalen grew up Invesco Field at Mile High in their meeting last year (Oct. 28). The in Foxboro and attended Foxboro High School … Patriots LB Ted Patriots led 17-10 at the half, but were outscored 21-3 in the Johnson, TEs and , CB Ben second half and had their two-game winning streak against the Kelly and OL all attended Colorado. Broncos snapped.

Tom Brady completed 13-of-16 passes for 119 yards and two DID YOU KNOW? touchdowns in the first half, but threw four fourth quarter interceptions in the Patriots comeback bid. The Broncos scored the Since 1998, the Denver Broncos are 4-8 against the AFC final 21 points of the game, including a 39-yard return East, including a 2-2 record against the Patriots. by Denard Walker.

GAME RECAP – PACKERS 28, PATRIOTS 10

GAME RECAP RECORD WHEN… The Patriots lost for the third time in as many weeks, 28-10, • The Patriots are now 0-3 this season when they have a to the on Oct. 13. For the second negative turnover ratio. consecutive week, the Patriots committed four turnovers, • The Patriots are 1-3 this season when they allow a 100-yard which resulted in 14 Packer points. New England also equaled rusher. a season-high with 12 penalties. • The Patriots are 0-3 this season and 2-5 over the past two The Patriots opened the scoring on an 32- seasons when Tom Brady throws multiple interceptions in a yard field goal in the second quarter. The drive started on New game. England’s 36-yard line and took up 3:58 on 10 plays. THE RETURNS ARE IN Quarterback Tom Brady completed 5-of-8 passes on the drive Kickoff returner became the Patriots all-time for 50 yards. kickoff return leader against Green Bay following his 27-yard On the Packers ensuing possession, the Patriots appeared to return in the fourth quarter. Faulk increased his career total to have held them to a Ryan Longwell field goal attempt, but a 2,582 return yards. He moved ahead of David Meggett (2,561 costly Patriots penalty gave the Packers a first down on the yards). Faulk already holds the record for most returns with 21-yard line. The Packers took advantage of their opportunity 117. as connected with William Henderson for a 3-yard touchdown five plays later. Rk Name No Yds Avg. Lg TD On the Patriots next possession, Brady threw a backward 1. Kevin Faulk 117 2,582 22.1 95 0 pass to Kevin Faulk, who dropped the ball, making it a free 2. David Meggett 105 2,561 24.4 62 0 ball. Packers defensive lineman Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 3. Larry Garron 89 2,299 25.8 95t 2 recovered the loose ball, giving the Packers offense possession on the Patriot 8-yard line. The Packers needed only one play, TOUCHDOWN STREAK an 8-yard pass from Favre to Ahman Green, for their next Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass in his eighth straight score and the Packers led 14-3 at the half. game against Green Bay, becoming the first Patriots quarterback After missing a field goal on their first possession of the to have a streak that long since Drew Bledsoe connected in nine second half, the Packers scored on their second and third straight games (11/01/98 – 09/19/99). Brady’s 4-yard touchdown pass to in the fourth quarter was his possessions. Favre connected with tight end Bubba Franks on th a 2-yard touchdown pass, increasing their lead to 21-3. The 16 touchdown pass over the eight-game span. drive started on the Packer 6-yard line and was highlighted by SHARING THE WEALTH a 34-yard pass interference penalty on Patriots cornerback Ben The Patriots scored their 14th receiving touchdown of the Kelly, who was filling in for the injured . season today against the Packers when rookie wide receiver The Patriots comeback attempt was foiled at the end of the David Givens caught a 4-yard touchdown pass in the fourth third quarter as the Packers Marques Anderson intercepted a quarter. Givens was the 10th different Patriot player to catch a Brady pass intended for . The Packers converted touchdown pass this season. the turnover into a one-yard touchdown run by Green. The Packers moved 65 yards on seven plays, including a 38-yard IT’S BEEN A WHILE run by Green. The Patriots currently have a three-game losing streak The Patriots added a late touchdown when Brady completed against the Packers and have not beaten them since a 17-16 a 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver David Givens. The victory on Oct. 2, 1994 at Foxboro Stadium. Since the 1994 touchdown was the first of Givens’ short career and it capped season, there are only four NFL teams that the Patriots have off a day in which he caught the first three passes of his not defeated, excluding the , whom the career for a total of 22 yards. Patriots have never played. Since 1994, the Patriots have at The Patriots had their bye week last weekend and will host least one victory over 27 different NFL teams, including all 15 the Denver Broncos this Sunday, Oct. 27, at 4:15 p.m. AFC teams they have played.

PATRIOTS AT GILLETTE STADIUM Most recent victories The Patriots 28-10 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Oct. 13 Date Opponent Score Date Opponent Score 10/2/94 Green Bay 17-16 12/4/88 Seattle 13-7 was their first loss at Gillette Stadium. It snapped an eight- 9/25/94 at Detroit 23-17 10/8/78 Philadelphia 24-14 game winning streak at home (including preseason and 12/11/88 Tampa Bay 10-7 (ot) 10/1/72 Washington 24-23 postseason). Their last loss at home was on Nov. 18, 2001, when the Rams defeated the Patriots 24-17. GAME NOTES Foxborough has been a wonderful home to the Patriots since The 18-point loss was the largest since the Patriots lost by Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994. The team has 20 points to the Dolphins (10/7/01 at Miami). The Patriots compiled a 58-29 (.667) overall record at home during that rebounded and went 10-2 during the remainder of the regular time span. This week’s sellout will be the 88th consecutive season … Patriots guard started his first sellout at Foxborough. professional game … Defensive end Bobby Hamilton led all defenders with 11 tackles, including a sack … Linebacker recorded 10 tackles against the Packers, marking the second consecutive week he recorded double-digit tackles (he recorded 15 at Miami).

PATRIOTS NEWS AND NOTES

TROY BROWN CENTURY MARK Brown returned to action against the Packers and tied for the Three different Patriots have totaled four 100-yard receiving team lead with five catches for 37 yards. He set a Patriots games this season. They are one of only two teams, along with franchise record with 16 catches against the Chiefs on Sept. 22, Buffalo Bills, who have three different receivers who have recorded 2002. His previous high was also set against Kansas City when he a 100-yard receiving game: Eric Moulds (3), Peerless Price (3) and was credited with 12 receptions for 119 yards and a touchdown on Josh Reed (1). The Patriots are also tied with Indianapolis Dec. 4, 2000. He also gained a single-game career-high 176 yards. (Monday Night Football) for second in the NFL, behind Buffalo (7) It was Brown’s 12th 100-yard game of his career, tying him with in 100-yard receiving games in the NFL. Irving Fryar for third in Patriots history. Player Date Opponent No Yds TD BROWN’S 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES Troy Brown 9/22/02 Chiefs 16 176 1 Brown recorded his 12th career 100-yard receiving game against David Patten 9/22/02 Chiefs 7 108 1 the Chiefs on Sept. 22. and is now tied for third in Patriots history 9/29/02 Chargers 13 128 0 (listed below). David Patten 10/6/02 Dolphins 5 102 2

Yds Rec. Date # of 100-Yd Rec. Gm TOP ROOK 176 16 vs. K.C. 9/22/02 Rk Player 100 + Gm Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch earned AFC Rookie of the 125 5 at N.Y. Jets, 10/19/97 1 Stanley Morgan. 39 Month honors for September to become the first Patriot to earn 124 6 vs. Chicago, 9/21/97 2 ...... 13 the honor. Branch totaled five catches for 38 yards against the Packers and leads all NFL rookies with 37 catches and 408 yards *121 8 at Pittsburgh, 1/27/02 3 Troy Brown... 12 receiving. Below is a comparison of Branch and the 10 receivers 120 8 at Indianapolis, 10/21/01 Irving Fryar...... 12 taken before him in the 2002 draft. 119 12 vs. K.C., 12/4/00 5 Ben Coates...... 9 117 11 vs. S.D., 10/14/01 Pick Player Rec. Yds Avg. TD 110 8 vs. Cincinnati, 11/19/00 13 Donte Stallworth, New Orleans .... 15 179 11.9 4 108 5 at Denver, 10/1/00 19 Ashley Lelie, Denver ...... 12 158 13.2 0 106 7 at Cincinnati, 9/9/01 20 , Green Bay ...... 10 157 15.7 1 105 5 at Philadelphia, 12/19/99 33 , Houston...... 17 186 10.9 1 102 8 vs. Miami, 12/24/00 36 Josh Reed, Buffalo...... 20 272 13.6 2 *-AFC Championship Game 46 Tim Carter, N.Y. Giants ...... 1 10 10.0 0 47 Andre Davis, Cleveland ...... 21 266 12.7 4 PATRIOTS ALL-TIME LISTS 48 Rache Caldwell, San Diego ...... 5 37 7.4 2 Brown now has 357 receptions during his 10-year career and 62 A. Randle El, Pittsburgh(MNF) ..... 19 234 12.3 0 ranks fourth on the Patriots all-time receiving list. He needs seven 63 Antonio Bryant, Dallas...... 22 371 78t 3 receptions to move past Irving Fryar (363) for third place. 65 Deion Branch, NE ...... 37 408 11.0 2

Rk Player, Pos. No Yds Avg. Lg TD Earlier this season, Branch established career highs in 1 Stanley Morgan, WR ...... 534 10,352 19.4 76t 67 receptions (13) and receiving yards (128) against the Chargers 2 Ben Coates, TE ...... 490 5,471 11.2 84t 50 (9/29/02). It was the second-highest single-game reception total 3 Irving Fryar, WR...... 363 5,726 15.8 80t 38 by a rookie wide receiver in NFL history. Wide receiver Don Looney 4 Troy Brown, WR ...... 357 4,299 12.0 67 18 established the mark of 14 catches on Dec. 1, 1940. Branch also 5 Terry Glenn, WR ...... 329 4,669 14.2 86t 22 tied the second highest reception total by a Patriot, equaling the mark set by Terry Glenn on Oct. 3, 1999. It was the highest Brown also needs 26 punt return yards to surpass Fryar as the receiving total by a Patriots rookie since Hart Lee Dykes totaled Patriots all-time punt return leader. 130 yards on 10 catches at Pittsburgh (12/17/89).

Rk Player No Yds Avg. Lg TD MOST RECEPTIONS IN A GAME / ROOKIE NFL HISTORY 1 Irving Fryar...... 206 2,055 10.0 85t 3 14 WR Don Looney, Phi. at Washington, Dec. 1, 1940 2 Troy Brown...... 178 2,030 11.4 85t 3 13 WR Deion Branch, New England at S.D., Sept. 29, 2002 RB Sid Blanks, Houston at S.D., Sept. 12, 1964 3 David Meggett...... 142 1,438 10.1 60t 1 RB LaDainian Tomlinson, S.D. vs. , Nov. 25, 2001 RANKINGS PATTEN PENDING Patriots wide receivers Deion Branch and Troy Brown rank Patriots wide receiver David Patten leads all Patriots receivers eighth and 10th in the AFC with 37 and 36 receptions respectively. with two 100-yard receiving games this season. He has increased They tied for the team lead against Green Bay with five catches his career total to five 100-yard games (see below). Patten also apiece. caught two touchdowns against the Dolphins and tied his career- Rk Player, Team Rec Yds Avg Lg TD high of two touchdown receptions, which he set last season 1 Moulds, Buf. 48 662 13.8 70t 5 against the Colts (10/21/01).

2 P. Price, Buf. 47 639 13.6 54 5 Yds Rec Opponent 3 Holmes, K.C. 45 347 7.7 24 2 117 4 at Indianapolis, 10/21/01 4 Harrison, Ind. 44 583 13.3 69 3 113 7 vs. Baltimore, 10/1/00 5 Smith, Den. 42 487 11.6 34 2 108 7 vs. Kansas City, 9/22/02 6 Rice, Oak. 40 559 14.0 75 3 103 7 vs. Philadelphia, 12/10/00 7 Conway, S.D. 39 565 14.5 52t 4 102 5 at Miami, 10/6/02 8t Branch, N.E. 37 408 11.0 49t 2 8t White, Cle. 37 218 5.9 27 0 Patten has accumulated 458 receiving yards through the first six 10t Brown, N.E. 36 329 9.1 38 1 games of the season and ranks seventh in the AFC and 14th in the 10t Sharpe, Den. 36 436 12.1 82t 2 NFL. He is averaging 76.3 yards per game and is projected to total 1,221 yards this season, which would be the second highest total in franchise history.

PATRIOTS NEWS AND NOTES

FREE AGENT ADDITIONS OLD RELIABLE The Patriots have added nine new veterans to their roster Vinatieri has established himself as the most reliable kicker in since the end of the 2001 season and have added 43 players team history, with an 80.9 field goal percentage (169 of 209). to their current 53-man roster since Bill Belichick was hired in January of 2000. The list of Patriots additions this season are Field Goal % (at least 100 att.) listed below in alphabetical order: Rank Kicker % FGM-FGA 1. Adam Vinatieri...... 80.9...... 169-209 CAREER 2. Tony Franklin...... 74.4 ...... 93-125 NAME, POS EXP GP FORMER TEAM 3. John Smith ...... 67.0 ...... 128-191 Terrell Buckley, CB...... 11 ...... 163/124 ...... Tampa Bay Cameron Cleeland, TE ...... 5 ...... 41/32 ...... New Orleans TURNOVERS Christian Fauria, TE...... 8 ...... 109/78 ...... Seattle The Patriots did not force a turnover against the Packers and Victor Green, S ...... 10 ...... 145/108 ...... N.Y. Jets had a 19-game streak with a turnover halted. They had averaged Donald Hayes, WR ...... 5 ...... 57/32 ...... Carolina 2.4 takeaways per game this season prior to play Green Bay. Jimmy Hitchcock, CB ...... 7 ...... 100/61 ...... Carolina Bernard Holsey, DL ...... 6 ...... 86/17 ...... Indianapolis NEGATIVE TURNOVER RATIOS , DL...... 9 ...... 97/68 ...... N.Y. Jets The Patriots recorded a –4 turnover ratio against the Packers Steve Martin, DT...... 7 ...... 93/42 ...... N.Y. Jets last week (three interceptions, one ), marking their third consecutive game with a negative turnover ratio. They have POINT MAN th yielded a –8 turnover over the last three weeks. New England had Adam Vinatieri is tied for seventh in the AFC and 14 in the a –2 ratio in each of the two previous games against the Dolphins NFL with 42 points this season. He has made all 15 of his extra (10/6/02) and the Chargers (9/29/02). It’s the first time since points and nine of 10 field goals. Vinatieri has made 16 of his weeks 7-9 of last season that the Patriots had succumbed to last 17 field goal attempts. He has increased his career total to negative turnover ratios in three consecutive weeks. The Patriots 730 and he ranks second on the Patriots all-time list. Gino are now 0-3 this season and 12-15 when they have a negative Cappelletti leads all Patriots scorers with 1,130 points. ratio since 1996. Conversely, they are 38-10 when they record a positive turnover ratio since 1996, including a 2-0 record this # SCORING TD PAT/PATA 2-Pt FG /FGA TP season. 1 Gino Cappelletti 42 346/ 358 2 176/ 334 1,130 The Patriots have relinquished 10 turnovers over the last three 2 Adam Vinatieri 0 221/ 226 1 169/ 209 730 weeks and their opponents have been able to turn four of those 3 John Smith 0 308/ 323 0 128/ 191 692 into touchdowns.

CLUTCH KICKER Opp. Turnover Result Opp. Turnover Result Vinatieri drilled a 35-yard game-winning field goal in S.D...... Interception.... Downs Mia ..... Interception ....Punt overtime against the on Sept. 22 that lifted S.D...... Interception.... Blocked FG G.B. .... Interception ....Punt the Patriots to a 41-38 victory. The game-winning kick was the S.D...... Fumble...... Game G.B. .... Fumble ...... TD 13th of his career and his first this season. Last year, he Mia...... Fumble...... TD G.B. .... Interception ....Punt Mia...... Interception.... TD G.B. .... Interception ....TD became the first kicker in Super Bowl history to kick a game-

winning field goal on the final play of the game. Over half of LAW AND ORDER his game-winning kicks (seven) have come in overtime. His Ty Law recorded his 26th career interception earlier this season game-winning kicks are listed below: against Kansas City (9/22). Law currently ranks seventh in Patriots history with 26 interceptions. He needs two interceptions to Date Opponent Yds Time Final Score surpass Maurice Hurst (27 interceptions) for sixth place in Patriots 9/22/96 Jacksonville 40 12:24 (OT) 28-25 history (see below). 9/14/97 N.Y. Jets 34 6:57 (OT) 27-24 10/04/98 at New Orleans 27 0:03 30-27 MR. SMITH GOES TO FOXBORO 12/20/98 San Francisco 35 0:03 24-21 Patriots running back has gained 385 rushing 9/12/99 at N.Y. Jets 23 0:03 30-28 yards on 86 attempts (4.5 avg.) this season and ranks 11th in the 9/19/99 Indianapolis 26 0:35 31-28 AFC. Smith has eclipsed the 100-yard mark 11 times for his career, 11/19/00 Cincinnati 22 0:03 16-13 including a career-high 156 yards vs. Miami (12/22/01). The 12/17/00 at Buffalo 24 0:19 (OT) 13-10 Patriots had a 4-0 record when he rushed for over 100 yards in 10/14/01 San Diego 44 10:55 (OT) 29-26 2001 and his teams are now 10-1 in those games during his 12/16/01 at Buffalo 23 9:15 (OT) 12-9 career. 1/19/02 Oakland 23 6:31 (OT) 16-13 2/3/02 St. Louis 48 0:07 20-17 Yards Att Avg TD W/L Versus 9/22/02 Kansas City 35 10:20 (OT) 41-38 156 26 6.0 1 W vs. Miami, 12/22/01 147 17 8.7 3 W at Seattle, 12/23/00 CLUTCH KICKERS 130 31 4.2 2 W at Indianapolis, 10/11/98 Vinatieri has kicked 13 field goals in the final minute of the 129 12 10.7 3 W vs. Indianapolis, 9/21/97 fourth quarter or in overtime to give his team the victory, 126 29 4.3 0 W vs. Miami, 11/14/99 118 22 5.4 0 L vs. St. Louis, 9/20/98 which ranks third among active kickers (regular season and 117 23 5.1 0 W at Atlanta, 11/4/01 postseason). 113 30 3.9 1 W vs. NY Jets, 9/19/99 111 24 4.6 1 W vs. New Orleans, 11/25/01 Kicker Game Winning FGs Kicker GW FGs 107 23 4.7 2 W vs. Indianapolis, 11/22/98 Morten Andersen ...... 17 John Carney ...... 9 100 20 5.0 2 W vs. Buffalo, 11/11/01 Steve Christie ...... 14 Jason Hanson ...... 7 BOLD = with Patriots Adam Vinatieri ...... 13 Joe Nedney...... 7

PATRIOTS NEWS AND NOTES

MOVIN’ ON UP TOUCHDOWN STREAK Tom Brady has passed for 1,749 yards this season and has Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass in his eighth straight game moved past Hugh Millen into sixth place on the Patriots all-time versus Green Bay, the first Patriots quarterback to have a streak list with 4,598 career yards passing. He need 5,335 yards to that long since Drew Bledsoe connected in nine straight games (11/01/98 – 09/19/99). Brady’s 4-yard touchdown pass to David move past Jim Plunkett into fifth place on the Patriots all-time th list. Givens in the fourth quarter was his 16 touchdown pass over the eight-game span.

Rk.Name Att Comp Yards Pct TD Int TOMMY GUN 1. Drew Bledsoe 4,518 2,544 29,657 56.3 166 138 Brady ranks third in the NFL in attempts (260) and completions 2. Steve Grogan 3,593 1,879 26,886 52.3 182 208 (170) and fourth in yards (1,749). He is also tied for fourth in the 3. Babe Parilli 2,412 1,140 16,747 47.3 132 138 NFL with 14 touchdowns. Brady has evenly distributed his 14 4. Tony Eason 1,500 876 10,732 58.4 60 48 touchdown passes amongst 10 different players. 5. Jim Plunkett 1,503 729 9,932 48.5 62 87 6. TOM BRADY 676 435 4,598 64.3 32 21 RATINGS GAME 7. Hugh Millen 612 370 4,276 60.5 17 28 Brady opened the 2002 season with three consecutive passer 8. Mike Taliaferro 680 305 3,920 44.9 27 44 ratings of over 100.0. It was the first time a Patriots quarterback has ever opened the season with three consecutive games with passer ratings over 100.0 (minimum of 15 attempts). It was the COMPLETING THE PICTURE sixth time in his 20 career starts that he has recorded a passer During the first 20 starts of Tom Brady’s career, he has rating of over 100.0, all Patriots victories (see below). Brady has completed 64.7 percent of his passes (663-429). It’s the recorded a passer rating of 88.1 through six games this season. second highest completion percentage of any quarterback’s first 20 starts since the AFL/NFL merger in 1970. Last season, Date Opp. Att C Yds Pct. TD I Rating W/L Brady completed 63.9% of his passes and established a 10/21/01 at Ind. 20 16 202 .800 3 0 148.3 W Patriots franchise completion percentage record. 11/25/01 N.O. 26 19 258 .731 4 0 143.9 W 11/04/01 at Atl. 31 21 250 .677 3 0 124.4 W HIGHEST COMPLETION % / FIRST 20 STARTS SINCE 1970 9/22/02 K.C. 54 39 410 .722 4 1 110.9 W Rk Name Att Com Pct. 09/09/02 Pitt. 43 29 294 .674 3 0 110.0 W 1. Kurt Warner...... 634 420 66.2 09/15/02 at NYJ 35 25 269 .714 2 1 100.8 W

2. Tom Brady ...... 663 429 64.7 SHARING THE WEALTH (PART ONE) 3. Brett Favre...... 630 399 63.3 The Patriots scored their 14th receiving touchdown of the season 4. Daunte Culpepper...... 626 396 63.3 last week against the Packers when rookie wide receiver David 5. Joe Montana...... 603 378 62.7 Givens caught a 4-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. Givens was the 10th different Patriot player to catch a touchdown ON TARGET pass from Brady this season, the most of any team in the NFL. Brady has become the Patriots all-time leader in completion 10.....Patriots 8...... Broncos percentage by completing 435 of his 676 career pass attempts. 9 ...... Packers 7...... Eagles / Chiefs Through the first six games of the 2002 season, he has completed 65.4 percent of his passes (260-170). Last season SHARING THE WEALTH (PART TWO) he recorded the highest single-season completion percentage Through the seventh week of the season, the Patriots top three in Patriots history, 63.9 percent. receivers have combined for 102 receptions (37, Deion Branch; 36, Troy Brown; 29, David Patten). They rank tied for third among Highest Completion % in Franchise History receiving trios in the league. St. Louis ranks first with 124 catches (min. of 500 passes) and Buffalo is second with a combined for 118 receptions. Rk Quarterback Att Comp Comp % Rk Team Players Total 1. Tom Brady 676 435 64.3 1. Rams M. Faulk (49), T. Holt (42), I. Bruce (33) ...... 124 2. Hugh Millen 612 370 60.5 2. Bills E. Moulds (48), P. Price (47), T. Henry (23) ...... 118 3. Tony Eason 1,500 876 58.4 3. Patriots D. Branch (37), T. Brown (36), D. Patten (29)... 102 Oakland J. Rice (40), C. Garner (32), Tim Brown (30)..... 102 FIRST THINGS FIRST Brady has quarterbacked the Patriots to victories in 14 of his SHARING IS CARING 20 regular season starts during his career, compiling a winning The Patriots offense has seven different players who have percentage of 70.0 percent, the third highest of any active double-digit reception totals through the first seven weeks of the starting quarterback in the NFL. Including the playoffs, he is season. They were the first team in the NFL to reach the mark and 17-6 as a starter. Last season, Brady became the only after their bye weekend, they’re currently tied with Denver, Miami, quarterback in franchise history to win 11 of his first 14 regular Minnesota and N.Y. Jets for the top spot.

season starts as a Patriot. Vito “Babe” Parilli ranks second in Player ...... No Yds Avg. Lg TD Patriots annals with 10 wins in his first 14 starts. D. Branch ...... 37 408 11.0 49t 2 T. Brown...... 36 329 9.1 38 1 Quarterback, Team W L Pct. D. Patten ...... 29 458 15.8 39 3 Kurt Warner, St. Louis ...... 35 12 .744 D. Hayes...... 11 124 11.3 40t 1 Jay Fiedler, Miami ...... 27 11 .711 C. Fauria...... 11 101 9.2 24 2 Tom Brady, New England ...... 14 6 .700 C. Cleeland ...... 11 68 6.2 12 1 Brett Farve, Green Bay ...... 109 55 .665 M. Edwards...... 10 80 8.0 13 0 Brad Johnson, Tampa Bay ...... 46 27 .630

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MASSACHUSETTS Monday Patriots Monday WEEI 850 AM broadcasts each Monday from Gillette WAHL Athol 99.9 FM Stadium. ‘Dennis and Callahan’ speak with quarterback Tom Brady between WAQY Springfield 102.1 FM 8:30 and 9:30 am. Wide receiver Troy Brown will be with ‘Dale and Neumy’ WBEC-A/F Pittsfield 1420 AM between Noon and 1:00 p.m., and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick talks with WBSM New Bedford 1420 AM the ‘The Big Show,’ between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. WCIB Cape Cod 101.9 FM WSAR Fall River 1480 AM Saturday Patriots All Access WCVB Ch. 5 airs at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. weekly. WWFX-FM Worcester 100.1 FM PAA provides Patriots fans with behind-the-scenes access and in-depth weekly features on Patriots players and personnel. NEW HAMPSHIRE WBHG Laconia 101.5 FM 2002 TELEVISION RATINGS WGIR Manchester 610 AM Affiliate/ Rating/ Date Opponent Network Share Results WKBK Keene 1220 AM Sat., Aug. 10 at N.Y. Giants WCVB 12.7 / 28 L, 19-22 WSHK Portsmouth 105.3 FM Sat., Aug. 17 Philadelphia CBS 12.4 / 26 W, 16-15 WSAK Portsmouth 102.1 FM Fri., Aug. 23 Carolina WCVB 11.1 / 21 W, 23-3 WTSL Hanover 1400 AM Thur., Aug. 29 at Washington WCVB 15.0 / 29 W, 28-14 WVRR Lebanon 101.7 FM REGULAR SEASON Mon., Sept. 9 Pittsburgh ABC 27.6 / 49 W, 30-14 RHODE ISLAND Sun., Sept. 15 at N.Y. Jets CBS 28.4 / 57 W, 44-7 WSKO-AM Providence 790 AM Sun., Sept. 22 Kansas City CBS 27.6 / 58 W, 41-38 ot Sun., Sept. 29 at San Diego CBS 33.2 / 58 L, 28-14 WSKO-FM Providence 99.7 FM Sun., Oct. 6 at Miami CBS 24.0 / 52 L, 26-13 Sun., Oct. 13 Green Bay FOX 25.1 / 54 L, 28-10 VERMONT Sun., Oct. 20 BYE WCFR Springfield 93.5 FM Sun., Oct. 27 Denver 4:15 CBS WDEV Waterbury 550 AM Sun., Nov. 3 at Buffalo 1:00 CBS WEAV Burlington 960 AM Sun., Nov. 10 at Chicago 4:15 CBS WEXP Rutland 101 FM Sun., Nov. 17 at Oakland 8:30 ESPN WKVT Brattleboro 92.7 FM Sun., Nov. 24 Minnesota 1:00 FOX Thur., Nov. 28 at Detroit 12:30 CB WLVB Middleboro 93.9 FM Sun., Dec. 8 Buffalo 1:00 CBS WMOO Derby 92.1 FM Mon., Dec. 16 at Tennessee 9:00 ABC WXZO Burlington 96.7 FM Sun., Dec. 22 N.Y. Jets 8:30 ESPN Sun., Dec. 29 Miami 1:00 CBS MAINE WBLM-FM Portland 102.9 FM Note: Each rating point represents one percent of the area’s 2.1 million WEBB-FM Augusta 98.5 FM homes. Cable channel ratings are based on the full number of homes, although only 76 percent of area homes have cable service. WFXZ Bangor 101.7 FM WIDE Biddeford 1400 AM RATINGS GAME WNSX Winter Harbor 97.7 FM WOZI-FM Presque Isle 101.9 FM For the fourth consecutive week, the telecast of the Patriots game was the highest rated program in the Boston market (10/7-10/13). The Patriots-Packers game generated a 25.1 rating (54 share), defeating CSI for the top spot. CONNECTICUT WAXK New London 102.3 FM Rk Program (Network) Rating (Share) 1. Patriots/Packers (FOX)...... 25.1 (54) WCCC Hartford 1290 AM 2. CSI (CBS)...... 22.4 (34) WINY Putnam 1350 AM 3. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) ...... 20.0 (30) 4. Friends (NBC)...... 17.1 (25) 5. E.R. (NBC)...... 16.5 (28)

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2002 OFFENSIVE STATISTICS

WON 3, LOST 3 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/09 W 30-14 Pittsburgh 68,436 A. Smith 86 385 4.5 42t 1 09/15 W 44- 7 at New York Jets 78,726 Faulk 17 87 5.1 25 1 09/22 W 41-38 OT Kansas City 68,436 Brady 10 36 3.6 12 0 09/29 L 14-21 at San Diego 66,463 Edwards 15 34 2.3 9 0 10/06 L 13-26 at Miami 73,369 Pass 4 27 6.8 13 0 10/13 L 10-28 Green Bay 68,436 Branch 1 4 4.0 4 0 10/27 Denver Redmond 4 2 0.5 5 0 11/03 at Buffalo Patten 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 11/10 at Chicago Davey 2 -4 -2.0 -2 0 11/17 at Oakland TEAM 140 570 4.1 42t 2 11/24 Minnesota OPPONENTS 181 860 4.8 58t 7 11/28 at Detroit * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/08 Buffalo Branch 37 408 11.0 49t 2 12/16 at Tennessee Brown 36 329 9.1 38 1 12/22 New York Jets Patten 29 458 15.8 39 3 12/29 Miami D. Hayes 11 124 11.3 40t 1 N.E. Opp. Fauria 11 101 9.2 24 2 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 132 105 Cleeland 11 68 6.2 12 1 Rushing 40 47 Edwards 10 80 8.0 13 0 Passing 84 49 Faulk 9 88 9.8 23t 1 Penalty 8 9 A. Smith 6 33 5.5 14 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 39/83 31/80 Graham 4 32 8.0 18t 1 3rd Down Pct. 47.0 38.8 Givens 3 22 7.3 10 1 4th Down: Made/Att 4/7 5/8 Redmond 2 5 2.5 3 0 4th Down Pct. 57.1 62.5 Vrabel 1 1 1.0 1t 1 POSSESSION AVG. 30:38 29:22 TEAM 170 1749 10.3 49t 14 TOTAL NET YARDS 2245 1794 OPPONENTS 103 1026 10.0 52t 11 Avg. Per Game 374.2 299.0 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Plays 412 364 Buckley 2 4 2.0 6 0 Avg. Per Play 5.4 4.9 V. Green 1 90 90.0 90t 1 NET YARDS RUSHING 570 860 Law 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 95.0 143.3 Vrabel 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total Rushes 140 181 O. Smith 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 NET YARDS PASSING 1675 934 TEAM 6 93 15.5 90t 1 Avg. Per Game 279.2 155.7 OPPONENTS 9 110 12.2 46 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 11/74 15/92 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Gross Yards 1749 1026 Walter 23 872 37.9 33.7 1 9 55 0 Att./Completions 261/170 168/103 TEAM 23 872 37.9 33.7 1 9 55 0 Completion Pct. 65.1 61.3 OPPONENTS 28 1170 41.8 34.0 5 5 62 0 Had Intercepted 9 6 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD PUNTS/AVERAGE 23/37.9 28/41.8 Brown 6 2 57 9.5 13 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 23/33.7 28/34.0 Faulk 6 3 60 10.0 16 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 46/444 33/287 TEAM 12 5 117 9.8 16 0 /BALL LOST 10/5 8/6 OPPONENTS 9 9 78 8.7 26 0 TOUCHDOWNS 18 18 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Rushing 2 7 Branch 12 317 26.4 52 0 Passing 14 11 Faulk 7 161 23.0 27 0 Returns 2 0 Pass 4 83 20.8 28 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Edwards 1 15 15.0 15 0 TEAM 14 32 48 55 3 152 J. Green 1 10 10.0 10 0 OPPONENTS 23 38 35 38 0 134 TEAM 25 586 23.4 52 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS OPPONENTS 27 586 21.7 57 0 Vinatieri 0 0 0 0 15/15 9/10 0 42 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Patten 3 0 3 0 0 18 Vinatieri 0/ 0 3/ 3 4/ 4 2/ 3 0/0 Branch 2 0 2 0 0 12 TEAM 0/ 0 3/ 3 4/ 4 2/ 3 0/0 Faulk 2 1 1 0 0 12 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 0/ 0 2/ 3 1/ 3 0/1 Fauria 2 0 2 0 0 12 Vinatieri: (45G,28G,27G)(28G,31G,40G)(37G,35G) A. Smith 1 1 0 0 0 8 (41N)()(32G) Brown 1 0 1 0 0 6 OPPONENTS: (39N)()(39G)(50B)(45N,40G,33G)(42N) Cleeland 1 0 1 0 0 6 Givens 1 0 1 0 0 6 Graham 1 0 1 0 0 6 V. Green 1 0 0 1 0 6 D. Hayes 1 0 1 0 0 6 T. Jones 1 0 0 1 0 6 Vrabel 1 0 1 0 0 6 TEAM 18 2 14 2 15/15 9/10 0 152 OPPONENTS 18 7 11 0 17/18 3/ 7 0 134 2-Pt. Conversions: A. Smith, TEAM 1-3, OPPONENTS 0-0 SACKS: Hamilton 2.0, McGinest 2.0, Seymour 2.0, Vrabel 2.0, T. Jones 1.5, Pleasant 1.5, Bruschi 1.0, J. Green 1.0, Holsey 1.0, Law 1.0, TEAM 15.0, OPPONENTS 11.0

* PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brady 260 170 1749 65.4 6.73 14 5.4 9 3.5 49t 11/ 74 88.1 Faulk 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/ 0 39.6 TEAM 261 170 1749 65.1 6.70 14 5.4 9 3.4 49t 11/ 74 87.8 OPPONENTS 168 103 1026 61.3 6.11 11 6.5 6 3.6 52t 15/ 92 85.6 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2002 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS As Recorded by Day of Game Stats Crew

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS SP. TEAMS FUMBLES - LOST (9-5) Name TT UT A S/ YL Int/ Yds PD FF FR TT UT A FF FR Own Roman Phifer 41 28 13 ------1 - - - - - No. Lost Rec. O.B. Ty Law 33 29 4 1.0 5.0 1 0 2 1 ------Tom Brady 3 2 4 0 31 17 14 - - - - 3 ------Troy Brown 1 1 0 0 30 22 8 1.0 1.0 - - 1 1 - 1 1 - - - Mike Compton 1 0 0 0 Bobby Hamilton 29 19 10 2.0 7.0 - - 1 ------Marc Edwards 1 0 0 1 24 15 9 ------Kevin Faulk 1 1 0 0 23 16 7 2.0 17.0 1 0 2 - 1 1 1 - - - 1 0 0 0 Willie McGinest 23 14 9 2.0 13.0 - - 5 ------Antowain Smith 1 1 0 0 22 12 10 2.0 14.0 - - 1 ------Totals 9 5 4 1 Victor Green 21 18 3 - - 1 90 2 2 2 1 1 - - - 18 13 5 1.5 11.0 - - 2 1 2 4 2 2 - - Otis Smith 15 13 2 - - 1 -1 1 - - 3 1 2 - - BLOCKED KICKS Steve Martin 12 9 3 - - - - 1 ------XP FG P 12 8 4 1.0 13.0 - - - 1 ------Tebucky Jones 1 0 0 Rick Lyle 10 6 4 ------Team 0 1 0 7 4 3 1.5 11.0 ------Totals 1 1 0 Terrell Buckley 5 5 0 - - 2 4 6 ------Bernard Holsey 5 3 2 1.0 0.0 ------Ben Kelly 4 3 1 ------1 1 - - - MISC. OFFENSIVE STATS 2 2 0 ------8 6 2 - - Tkl Ast FF FR 2 1 1 ------Donald Hayes 2 0 0 0 Je'Rod Cherry 1 1 0 ------4 1 3 - - Mike Compton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------11 10 1 - - David Patten 2 0 0 0 Daniel Graham 0 0 0 ------3 3 - - - Christian Fauria 1 0 0 0 O.J. Brigance 0 0 0 ------2 1 1 - - 1 0 0 0 J.R. Redmond 0 0 0 ------2 1 1 - - Troy Brown 1 0 0 0 David Givens 0 0 0 ------2 2 - - - Tom Brady 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------2 2 - - - Grey Ruegamer 1 0 0 0 Marc Edwards 0 0 0 ------1 - 1 - - Totals 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------1 1 - - - Totals 370 258 112 15.0 92.0 6 93 27 6 6 47 34 13 0 0

LEGEND

TT- Total Tackles PD- Pass Defensed UT- Unassisted Tackles FF- Forced Fumbles A- Assists FR- Fumbles Recovered S/Yds- Sacks/Yards Lost Tack. T.O. - Tackles off Turnovers I/Ret.- Interceptions/Return Yards O.B. - Out of Bounds

2002 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Oct. 20, 2002

# NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN 63 Andruzzi, Joe G 6-3 312 08/23/75 6 Southern Connecticut St. Staten Island, N.Y. 68 Ashworth, Tom OL 6-6 305 10/10/77 1 Colorado Englewood, Colo. 12 Brady, Tom QB 6-4 225 08/03/77 3 Michigan San Mateo, Calif. 83 Branch, Deion WR 5-9 193 07/18/79 R Louisville Albany, Ga. 80 Brown, Troy WR 5-10 193 07/02/71 10 Marshall Blackville, S.C. 54 Bruschi, Tedy MLB 6-1 245 06/09/73 7 Arizona Roseville, Calif. 22 Buckley, Terrell CB 5-9 176 06/07/71 11 Florida State Pascagoula, Miss. 58 Chatham, Matt LB 6-4 248 06/28/77 3 South Dakota Sioux City, Iowa 30 Cherry, Je’Rod S 6-1 210 05/30/73 7 California Berkeley, Calif. 85 Cleeland, Cameron TE 6-4 272 08/15/75 5 Washington Sedro Woolley, Wash. 77 Compton, Mike G/C 6-6 310 09/18/70 10 West Virginia Richlands, Va. 6 Davey, Rohan QB 6-2 245 04/14/78 R Louisiana State Miami, Fla. 44 Edwards, Marc FB 6-0 245 11/17/74 6 Notre Dame Cincinnati, Ohio 33 Faulk, Kevin RB 5-8 202 06/05/76 4 Louisiana State Carencro, La. 88 Fauria, Christian TE 6-4 250 09/22/71 8 Colorado Encino, Calif. 87 Givens, David WR 6-0 212 08/16/80 R Notre Dame Humble, Texas 82 Graham, Daniel TE 6-3 253 11/16/78 R Colorado Denver, Colo. 97 Green, Jarvis DE 6-3 285 01/12/79 R Louisiana State Donaldsonville, La. 27 Green, Victor S 5-11 210 12/08/69 10 Akron Americus, Ga. 91 Hamilton, Bobby DE 6-5 280 07/01/71 8 Southern Mississippi Columbia, Miss. 23 Harris, Antwan S 5-9 194 05/29/77 3 Virginia Raleigh, N.C. 81 Hayes, Donald WR 6-4 220 07/13/75 5 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. 37 Hitchcock, Jimmy CB 5-10 187 11/09/70 8 North Carolina Concord, N.C. 99 Holsey, Bernard DL 6-2 286 12/10/73 6 Duke Cave Spring, Ga. 19 Huard, Damon QB 6-3 215 07/09/73 6 Washington Puyallup, Wash. 53 Izzo, Larry LB 5-10 228 09/26/74 7 Rice Houston, Texas 52 Johnson, Ted LB 6-4 253 12/04/72 8 Colorado Alameda, Calif. 74 Jones, Kenyatta T 6-3 310 01/18/79 2 South Florida Gainesville, Fla. 34 Jones, Tebucky FS 6-2 218 10/06/74 5 Syracuse New Britain, Conn. 31 Kelly, Ben CB 5-9 185 09/15/78 3 Colorado Cleveland, Ohio 70 Klemm, Adrian T 6-3 312 05/21/77 3 Hawaii Los Angeles, Calif. 24 Law, Ty CB 5-11 200 02/10/74 8 Michigan Aliquippa, Pa. 72 Light, Matt T 6-4 305 06/23/78 2 Purdue Greenville, Ohio 96 Lyle, Rick DL 6-5 285 02/26/71 9 Missouri Hickman Hills, Mo. 90 Martin, Steve DT 6-4 320 05/31/74 7 Missouri St. Paul, Minn. 55 McGinest, Willie DE 6-5 270 12/11/71 9 Southern Cal Long Beach, Calif. 36 Milloy, Lawyer SS 6-0 210 11/14/73 7 Washington Tacoma, Wash. 61 Neal, Stephen OL 6-4 305 10/09/76 1 Cal State-Bakersfield San Diego, Calif. 35 Pass, Patrick FB 5-10 217 12/31/77 3 Georgia Tucker, Ga. 86 Patten, David WR 5-10 190 08/19/74 6 Western Carolina Hopkins, S.C. 66 Paxton, Lonie LS 6-2 260 03/13/78 3 Sacramento State Corona, Calif. 95 Phifer, Roman LB 6-2 248 03/05/68 12 UCLA Pineville, N.C. 98 Pleasant, Anthony DE 6-5 280 01/27/68 13 Tennessee State Century, Fla. 21 Redmond, J.R. RB 5-11 215 09/28/77 3 Arizona State Carson, Calif. 64 Robinson-Randall, Greg T 6-5 322 06/23/78 3 Michigan State La Marque, Texas 67 Ruegamer, Grey C/G 6-5 302 06/01/76 4 Arizona State Las Vegas, Nevada 93 Seymour, Richard DT 6-6 310 10/06/79 2 Georgia Gadsden, S.C. 32 Smith, Antowain RB 6-2 232 03/14/72 6 Houston Montgomery, Ala. 45 Smith, Otis CB 5-11 198 10/22/65 13 Missouri Matairie, La. 4 Vinatieri, Adam K 6-0 202 12/28/72 7 South Dakota State Rapid City, S.D. 50 Vrabel, Mike OLB 6-4 261 08/14/75 6 Ohio State Akron, Ohio 13 Walter, Ken P 6-1 207 08/15/72 6 Kent State Euclid, Ohio 65 Woody, Damien C 6-3 320 11/03/77 4 Boston College Beaverdam, Va.

PRACTICE SQUAD 75 Anderson, Maurice DT 6-3 296 01/19/75 2 Virginia Nottoway, Va. 76 Gorin, Brandon T 6-6 302 07/17/78 2 Purdue Muncie, Ind. 71 G 6-4 300 10/07/77 2 Nebraska Hartington, Neb. 16 McCready, Scott WR 6-0 200 02/01/77 1 South Florida Tampa, Fla. 60 Whiting, Teag G 6-3 320 04/16/79 R BYU Salt Lake City, Utah

HEAD COACH: BILL BELICHICK ASSISTANTS: , Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line; , Wide Receivers; , Assistant Offensive Line/Tight Ends; , Running Backs; , Inside Linebackers; , Defensive Backs; , Assistant Strength and Conditioning; , Outside Linebackers; , Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line; , Special Teams; , Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks; , Strength and Conditioning.

2002 NUMERICAL ROSTER

2002 # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE HOW ACQ. G/S/D/I 4 Adam Vinatieri K 6-0 202 28 7 South Dakota State FA-96 6/0/0/0 6 QB 6-2 245 24 R Louisiana State D4a-02 1/0/0/5 12 Tom Brady QB 6-4 225 25 3 Michigan D6b-00 6/6/0/0 13 P 6-1 207 30 6 Kent State FA-01 6/0/0/0 19 QB 6-3 215 29 6 Washington UFA (MIA)-01 1/0/5/0 21 J.R. Redmond RB 5-11 215 24 3 Arizona State D3-00 5/0/0/1 22 Terrell Buckley CB 5-9 176 31 11 Florida State FA-(TB)-02 6/0/0/0 23 Antwan Harris S 5-9 194 25 3 Virginia D6a-00 4/0/0/2 24 Ty Law CB 5-11 200 28 8 Michigan D1-95 6/6/0/0 27 Victor Green S 5-11 210 32 10 Akron FA (NYJ)-02 6/0/0/0 30 Je’Rod Cherry S 6-1 210 29 7 California FA-01 6/0/0/0 31 Ben Kelly CB 5-9 185 23 3 Colorado CW (MIA)-01 6/0/0/0 32 Antowain Smith RB 6-2 232 30 6 Houston FA (BUF)-01 6/5/0/0 33 Kevin Faulk RB 5-8 202 26 4 Louisiana State D2-99 5/0/0/1 34 Tebucky Jones FS 6-2 218 27 5 Syracuse D1b-98 6/6/0/0 35 Patrick Pass FB 5-10 217 24 3 Georgia D7b-00 6/0/0/0 36 Lawyer Milloy SS 6-0 210 28 7 Washington D2-96 6/6/0/0 37 Jimmy Hitchcock CB 5-10 187 31 8 North Carolina FA (CAR)-02 0/0/0/4 44 Marc Edwards FB 6-0 245 27 6 Notre Dame UFA (CLE)-01 6/3/0/0 45 Otis Smith CB 5-11 198 36 13 Missouri FA-00 6/6/0/0 50 Mike Vrabel OLB 6-4 261 27 6 Ohio State UFA (PIT)-01 6/6/0/0 52 Ted Johnson LB 6-4 253 29 8 Colorado D2-95 4/2/0/2 53 Larry Izzo LB 5-10 228 27 7 Rice UFA (MIA)-01 6/0/0/0 54 Tedy Bruschi MLB 6-1 245 29 7 Arizona D3-96 5/5/0/1 55 Willie McGinest DE 6-5 270 30 9 Southern Cal D1-94 6/4/0/0 58 Matt Chatham LB 6-4 248 25 3 South Dakota CW (STL)-00 6/0/0/0 61 Stephen Neal OL 6-4 305 24 1 Cal State-Bakersfield FA-01 2/1/1/3 63 G 6-3 312 27 6 Southern Connecticut St. FA-00 3/3/0/3 64 Greg Robinson-Randall T 6-5 322 24 3 Michigan State D4-00 2/0/0/4 65 C 6-3 320 24 4 Boston College D1a-99 6/5/0/0 66 Lonie Paxton LS 6-2 260 24 3 Sacramento State FA-00 6/0/0/0 67 Grey Ruegamer C/G 6-5 302 26 4 Arizona State FA-00 5/2/0/1 68 Tom Ashworth OL 6-6 305 24 1 Colorado FA-01 1/0/0/5 70 T 6-3 312 25 3 Hawaii D2-00 6/1/0/0 72 Matt Light T 6-4 305 24 2 Purdue D2-01 6/6/0/0 74 T 6-3 310 23 2 South Florida D4a-01 6/6/0/0 77 Mike Compton G/C 6-6 310 31 10 West Virginia UFA (DET)-01 6/6/0/0 80 Troy Brown WR 5-10 193 31 10 Marshall D8-93 4/3/0/2 81 Donald Hayes WR 6-4 220 27 5 Wisconsin UFA (CAR)-02 6/1/0/0 82 Daniel Graham TE 6-3 253 23 R Colorado D1-02 4/3/0/2 83 Deion Branch WR 5-9 193 23 R Louisville D2-02 6/4/0/0 85 Cameron Cleeland TE 6-4 272 27 5 Washington UFA (NO)-02 5/1/0/1 86 David Patten WR 5-10 190 28 6 Western Carolina UFA (CLE)-01 6/5/0/0 87 David Givens WR 6-0 212 22 R Notre Dame D7b-02 3/0/0/3 88 Christian Fauria TE 6-4 250 30 8 Colorado UFA (SEA)-02 6/5/0/0 90 Steve Martin DT 6-4 320 28 7 Missouri UFA (NYJ)-02 6/4/0/0 91 Bobby Hamilton DE 6-5 280 31 8 Southern Mississippi UFA (NYJ)-00 6/5/0/0 93 Richard Seymour DT 6-6 310 22 2 Georgia D1-01 6/6/0/0 95 Roman Phifer LB 6-4 248 34 12 UCLA FA-01 (NYJ)-01 4/4/0/2 96 Rick Lyle DL 6-5 285 31 9 Missouri UFA (NYJ)-02 5/0/0/1 97 Jarvis Green DE 6-3 285 23 R Louisiana State D4b-02 5/2/0/1 98 Anthony Pleasant DE 6-5 280 34 13 Tennessee State UFA (SF)-01 4/4/0/2 99 Bernard Holsey DL 6-2 286 28 6 Duke FA-02 6/0/0/0

INJURED RESERVE 37 Rob Kelly S 6-0 205 27 5 Ohio State FA-02

RESERVE NON-FOOTBALL INJURY 42 RB 5-11 225 24 R Virginia D7a-02

RESERVE PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO PERFORM 25 Leonard Myers CB 5-10 198 23 2 Miami (Fla.) D6b-01

HEAD COACH: BILL BELICHICK ASSISTANTS: Romeo Crennel, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line; Brian Daboll, Wide Receivers; Jeff Davidson, Assistant Offensive Line/Tight Ends; Ivan Fears, Running Backs; Pepper Johnson, Inside Linebackers; Eric Mangini, Defensive Backs; Markus Paul, Assistant Strength and Conditioning; Rob Ryan, Outside Linebackers; Dante Scarnecchia, Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line; Brad Seely, Special Teams; Charlie Weis, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks; Mike Woicik, Strength and Conditioning.

UNOFFICIAL 2002 DEPTH CHART

(unofficial, 10/21/02)

OFFENSE WR: 80 Troy Brown (4/3/0/2) 83 Deion Branch (6/4/0/0) 87 David Givens (3/0/0/3) LT: 72 Matt Light (6/6/0/0) 68 Tom Ashworth (1/0/0/5) LG: 77 Mike Compton (6/6/0/0) 70 Adrian Klemm (6/1/0/0) C: 65 Damien Woody (5/4/0/0) 67 Grey Ruegamer (5/2/0/1) RG: 63 Joe Andruzzi (3/3/0/3) 61 Stephen Neal (2/1/1/3) RT: 74 Kenyatta Jones (6/6/0/0) 64 Greg Robinson-Randall (2/0/0/4) TE: 88 Christian Fauria (6/5/0/0) 85 Cameron Cleeland (5/1/0/1) 82 Daniel Graham (4/3/0/2) WR: 86 David Patten (6/5/0/0) 81 Donald Hayes (6/1/0/0) QB: 12 Tom Brady (6/6/0/0) 19 Damon Huard (1/0/5/0) 6 Rohan Davey (1/0/0/5) RB: 32 Antowain Smith (6/5/0/0) 33 Kevin Faulk (5/0/0/1) 21 J.R. Redmond (5/0/0/1) 35 Patrick Pass (6/0/0/0) FB: 44 Marc Edwards (6/3/0/0)

DEFENSE LE: 91 Bobby Hamilton (6/5/0/0) 96 Rick Lyle (5/0/0/1) DT: 90 Steve Martin (6/4/0/0) 99 Bernard Holsey (6/0/0/0) DT: 93 Richard Seymour (6/6/0/0) 99 Bernard Holsey (6/0/0/0) RE: 98 Anthony Pleasant (4/4/0/2) 97 Jarvis Green (5/2/0/1) OLB: 50 Mike Vrabel (6/6/0/0) 55 Willie McGinest (6/4/0/0) 58 Matt Chatham (6/0/0/0) MLB:54 Tedy Bruschi (5/5/0/1) 52 Ted Johnson (4/2/0/2) 53 Larry Izzo (6/0/0/0) OLB: 95 Roman Phifer (4/4/0/2) 55 Willie McGinest (6/4/0/0) LCB: 24 Ty Law (6/6/0/0) 22 Terrell Buckley (6/0/0/0) 37 Jimmy Hitchcock (0/0/0/4) RCB: 45 Otis Smith (6/6/0/0) 31 Ben Kelly (6/0/0/0) 23 Antwan Harris (4/0/0/2) SS: 36 Lawyer Milloy (6/6/0/0) 23 Antwan Harris (4/0/0/2) 30 Je’Rod Cherry (6/0/0/0) FS: 34 Tebucky Jones (6/6/0/0) 27 Victor Green (6/0/0/0)

SPECIAL TEAMS K: 4 Adam Vinatieri (6/0/0/0) 13 Ken Walter (6/0/0/0) P: 13 Ken Walter (6/0/0/0) 4 Adam Vinatieri (6/0/0/0) H: 13 Ken Walter (6/0/0/0) 19 Damon Huard (1/0/5/0) PR: 80 Troy Brown (4/3/0/2) 33 Kevin Faulk (5/0/0/1) 83 Deion Branch (6/4/0/0) KR: 83 Deion Branch (6/4/0/0) 35 Patrick Pass (6/0/0/0) 33 Kevin Faulk (5/0/0/1) PC: 66 Lonie Paxton (6/0/0/0) 77 Mike Compton (6/6/0/0) KC: 66 Lonie Paxton (6/0/0/0) 77 Mike Compton (6/6/0/0)

Rookies and first-year players are underlined [indicates out of line-up due to injury]

PATRIOTS PRONUNCIATION

Tedy Bruschi...... Teddy ● BREW-ski Grey Ruegamer...... ROO-gah-mer Christian Fauria ...... FOR-ee-AY Antowain Smith ...... AN-twon Damon Huard ...... HUE-ard Adam Vinatieri ...... VIN-a-TERRY Lonie Paxton...... Lonnie

2002 SEASON - HOW BUILT

WAIVERS (2) / ROOKIE AND FIRST-YEAR YEAR DRAFTEES (23) VETERAN FREE AGENTS (23) TRADES (0) FREE AGENTS (5) 1993 Troy Brown (8)

1994 Willie McGinest (1)

1995 Ty Law (1) Ted Johnson (2)

1996 Lawyer Milloy (2) Adam Vinatieri (fa) Tedy Bruschi (3)

1997

1998 Tebucky Jones (1b)

1999 Damien Woody (1a) Kevin Faulk (2)

2000 Adrian Klemm (2) Joe Andruzzi (fa) (G.B.) Matt Chatham (fa) (cw-STL) Lonie Paxton (fa) J.R. Redmond (3) Bobby Hamilton (fa) (NYJ) Grey Ruegamer (fa) Greg Robinson-Randall (4) Otis Smith (fa) (NYJ) Antwan Harris (6a) Tom Brady (6b) Patrick Pass (7b)

2001 Richard Seymour (1) Je'Rod Cherry (2) (PHI) Ben Kelly (3) (cw-MIA) Tom Ashworth (fa) Matt Light (2) Mike Compton (3) (DET)* Stephen Neal (fa) Kenyatta Jones (4a) Marc Edwards (2) (CLE)* Damon Huard (fa) (MIA) Larry Izzo (fa) (MIA)* David Patten (fa) (CLE) * Roman Phifer (2) (NYJ) Anthony Pleasant (3) (SF)* Antowain Smith (1) (BUF) Mike Vrabel (3) (PIT)* Ken Walter (fa) (CAR)

2002 Daniel Graham (1) Terrell Buckley (1) (TB) Deion Branch (2) Cameron Cleeland (2) (NO)* Rohan Davey (4a) Christian Fauria (2) (SEA)* Jarvis Green (4b) Victor Green (fa) (NYJ) David Givens (7b) Donald Hayes (4) (CAR)* Jimmy Hitchcock (3) (CAR) Bernard Holsey (fa) (IND) * unrestricted free agent Rick Lyle (fa) (NYJ)* (#) - indicates round drafted Steve Martin (5) (NYJ)* (fa) - indicates non-drafted free agents Injured Reserve Rob Kelly (2) (NO)

Reserve-Non-Football Injury Antwoine Womack (7a)

Reserve-Physically Unable to Perform Leonard Myers (6b) 2002 DAILY TRANSACTIONS – BY DATE

1/10 Terry Glenn ...... Suspended 7/8 Tony Scott...... Claimed off of Waivers (N.Y. Jets) 1/11 ...... Signed 7/16 Victor Green...... Signed 7/17 Daniel Benetka ...... Signed 2/11 Mike Clare ...... Signed (Allocated to NFL Europe) 7/18 Jarvis Green...... Signed Cecil Deckard...... Signed (Allocated to NFL Europe) Antwoine Womack ...... Signed Patrick Downey...... Signed (Allocated to NFL Europe) 7/21 Daniel Graham ...... Signed Radell Lockhart...... Signed (Allocated to NFL Europe) Rohan Davey...... Signed Scott McCready...... Signed (Allocated to NFL Europe) David Givens ...... Signed Maugaula Tuitele ...... Signed (Allocated to NFL Europe) 7/25 Bernard Holsey ...... Signed Mark Washington...... Signed (Allocated to NFL Europe) Chris Sullivan...... Released Maurice Anderson ...... Signed 7/26 ...... Signed Tom Ashworth ...... Signed ...... Released Ryan Benjamin ...... Signed 7/29 Rich Tylski...... Retired Setema Gali...... Signed Drew Inzer...... Signed 8/1 Howard Duncan...... Claimed off of Waivers (Tampa Bay) 2/18 ...... Selected by Houston Texans in 8/12 O.J. Brigance...... Signed Expansion Draft 8/14 Jimmy Hitchcock...... Signed 2/25 Jace Sayler ...... Signed 8/17 Howard Duncan...... Waived Curtis Jackson ...... Released Daryl Porter...... Released Charles Johnson ...... Released 8/19 Grant Williams ...... Traded (St. Louis) Terrence Shaw ...... Released 8/24 Daniel Benetka ...... Released Scott Dragos ...... Released 3/1 Antowain Smith ...... Re-signed ...... Released 3/5 Marty Moore...... Released Scott McCready ...... Released 3/8 Terry Glenn ...... Traded (Green Bay) Ryan Phillips...... Released 3/12 Scott Dragos...... Signed Tony Scott...... Released Donald Hayes...... Signed Tony Umholtz...... Released Chris Hayes ...... Signed 8/27 O.J. Brigance...... Released Rick Lyle ...... Signed Ryan Benjamin ...... Released 3/15 Adam Vinatieri ...... Re-signed Jimmy Farris...... Released 3/19 Rob Kelly...... Signed Rob Kelly...... Placed on Injured Reserve 3/20 Hakim Akbar...... Waived Antwoine Womack...... Placed on Reserve/Non-Football Injury 3/22 Christian Fauria ...... Signed 8/28 Tom Brady ...... Signed a contract Extension 3/28 Cameron Cleeland...... Signed 8/30 Patrick Downey ...... Released 3/29 ...... Re-signed Chris Hayes ...... Released Radell Lockhart...... Released 4/3 Steve Martin ...... Signed Ratcliff Thomas ...... Released Ryan Phillips ...... Signed Mark Washington...... Waived 9/1 Maurice Anderson...... Released Cecil Deckard...... Waived Fred Coleman...... Released 4/4 Tommy Knight ...... Signed Drew Inzer ...... Released ...... Re-signed Arther Love ...... Released 4/19 Grey Ruegamer ...... Re-signed David Nugent ...... Released Grant Williams ...... Re-signed Riddick Parker ...... Released 4/20 Daniel Graham...... Drafted Jace Sayler...... Released Deion Branch...... Drafted T.C. Taylor ...... Released 4/21 Rohan Davey...... Drafted Maugaula Tuitele ...... Released Jarvis Green...... Drafted ...... Released Antwoine Womack ...... Drafted Leonard Myers...... Placed on Reserve/PUP David Givens ...... Drafted 9/3 Maurice Anderson...... Signed to practice squad Drew Bledsoe ...... Traded (Buffalo) Arther Love ...... Signed to practice squad 4/26 Major Applewhite...... Signed Jace Sayler...... Signed to practice squad T.C. Taylor...... Signed Brock Williams...... Signed to practice squad Tony Umholtz ...... Signed 9/4 Brandon Moore...... Signed to practice squad 9/5 ...... Signed to practice squad 5/2 Jermaine Wiggins...... Waived Jace Sayler...... Released from practice squad 5/8 Daryl Porter...... Signed 9/5 Terrell Buckley...... Signed 5/30 Major Applewhite...... Waived 9/6 Jimmy Hitchcock...... Released 9/9 Tommy Knight...... Released 5/31 Rich Tylski...... Signed 9/11 O.J. Brigance...... Signed Marty Moore...... Signed 9/16 Arther Love ...... Released from practice squad 9/17 Jimmy Hitchcock...... Signed 6/7 Ratcliff Thomas...... Signed O.J. Brigance...... Released 6/14 ...... Released T.C. Taylor ...... Signed to practice squad 9/26 Matt Knutson...... Signed to practice squad 6/21 Roman Phifer...... Re-signed 10/8 Matt Knutson...... Released from practice squad ...... Signed Teag Whiting ...... Signed to the practice squad 6/27 Kole Ayi...... Traded (St. Louis) 10/18 Brock Williams ...... Released from practice squad 10/21 Russ Hochstein ...... Signed to the practice squad

GILLETTE STADIUM FACT SHEET

STADIUM SIZE

Seating Capacity: 68,000, including 60,000 general Television Monitors: Over 1,000 seats, 6,000 club seats and the capacity for 2,000 guests in Ticket Office Ticket Windows: 16 the 80 suites ATM Locations: Seven Stadium Dimensions: 1000’ long x 80’ wide x 168’ high Team Store: 7,200 square feet Stadium Area: 1.9 million square feet Width of Seats: 19-21 inches SUITES AND CLUBS

FAN AMENITIES Club Lounges: 120,000 square feet of space with functional use year-round. Lounges have full view of the Entry Gates: 60 entry gates for general seating. field from end zone to end zone and have cathedral ceilings Concourses: 70 feet wide, double the width of the old four stories high. facilities. Luxury Suites: The 80 suites will be the largest in the Concessions: 46 permanent concession stands and 60 NFL, ranging from 800 to 1900 square feet. portable food and beverage stands providing over 350 points of sale. OTHER NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS Novelty Stands: 15 permanent stands. Restroom Facilities: 60, including 22 men’s restrooms, • The Patriots training facility is now over 40,000 square 22 women’s restrooms and 16 family facilities, three times feet and features a large team auditorium and state-of- as many as the old facilities. the-art strength and conditioning facilities. Scoreboards/Video Boards: Two HDTV video boards, • Spacious plazas at each stadium entrance. measuring 27’ high x 48’ wide. Each will be able to display • Open concourse views to the field. live action, instant replay reviews, game statistics and • Over 68,000 comfortable chairback seats (with highlights from around the league. cupholders at every seat). Sound System: State-of-the-art distributed sound with • A coastal-themed signature view featuring a lighthouse over 2,000 sources of sound. and a bridge in the north end zone of the stadium. • A full-service television production studio.

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW Based on the comparisons below, there will be no comparison between Foxboro Stadium and the state-of-the-art facilities offered at Gillette Stadium. The comparative chart below offers a description of some of the dramatic changes fans can expect this season.

STADIUM FACTS FOXBORO STADIUM GILLETTE STADIUM COST Approximately $6 million Approximately $325 million Chairback Seats 7,281 68,000 Bench Seats 53,011 0 Seat Width 16 1/2 inches (bench) 19-21 inches (15% more space) Luxury Suites 34 80 (from 800-1900 sf) Luxury Suite Seats 504 2,000 Club Seats 0 6,000 (21 inches wide) Club Lounges 2 (each 4 stories high and over 60,000 0 square feet) Parking Spaces 11,000 over 14,000 Concession Points of Sale 117 over 350 Number of Concourses 1 3 Width of Main Concourse 35 feet 70 feet Permanent Novelty Stands 6 15 Team Store 3,600 square feet 7,200 square feet Video Screens 1 2 Video Screen Size 29 feet x 29 feet 48 feet x 27 feet Stadium Footprint 7.95 acres 17.3 acres Men’s Restrooms 10 22 Women’s Restrooms 10 22 Family Restrooms 0 16 Port-a-Johns 167 0 Television Monitors 115 Over 1,000 Sound System Single Point Sound Full Stadium Distributed Sound For More Information on Gillette Stadium, visit www.patriots.com BY THE NUMBERS

11-5 43 The record of NFL teams this season following their bye The number of players who have joined the team since weekend. January 2000 (as of Oct. 21).

9 5-8 The number of veteran free agents who have joined the The Patriots record following the bye week since 1990. They team since February 2002 (as of Oct. 21). have won three of their last six, including a 38-6 victory last year against the Carolina Panthers. 16 The number of the Patriots 22 starters who have been 8-5 acquired since 2000. The record of Bill Belichick’s teams following the bye week.

They have won six of their last eight contests. -8 The Patriots turnover ratio during their last three games. 102 0-3 The number of receptions the Patriots top three receivers The Patriots record in their last three games. have recorded this season (37, Deion Branch; 36, Troy 12-15 Brown; 29, David Patten). They are tied for third with The Patriots record when they have a negative turnover ratio Oakland among receiving trios in the league. St. Louis ranks since 1996. first with 124 and Buffalo is second with 118 catches.

0 The number of turnovers the Patriots forced against the 458 Packers. It snapped a Patriots streak of 19 consecutive The number of receiving yards David Patten has games with a forced turnover. accumulated through the first five games of the season. He ranks seventh in the AFC. He is projected to total 1,221 38 yards this season, which would be the second highest total The combined number of points the Patriots have lost by in franchise history. over the past three weeks.

37 27 The number of catches Deion Branch has recorded this The number of points Patriots opponents have scored off of season, tops amongst NFL rookies. turnovers during the past three weeks.

408 18 The number of receiving yards Branch has gained this The number of touchdown passes Tom Brady threw last year season, tops amongst NFL rookies. in 15 games. 6.2 14 The number of receptions Branch has averaged over his first The number of touchdown passes Brady has thrown this six games. He is on pace to break the NFL’s all-time rookie year in six games. reception mark of 90 (Terry Glenn, 1996).

8 357 The number of consecutive games Brady has thrown a The number of receptions Troy Brown has recorded during touchdown pass, a streak that started last season versus his 10-year playing career. Miami (12/22/01).

10 7 The number of different Patriots who have caught The number of receptions Brown needs to move past Irving touchdown passes this season. It’s the highest touchdown Fryar (363) for third place on the Patriots all-time reception distribution in the NFL. list.

184 23 The number of consecutive Patriots games that have heen Starts by Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (including playoffs). broadcast locally. The streak includes preseason, regular season and postseason games (including this weekend’s 17 game vs. Denver). The Patriots have won 17 of the 23 games Brady has started (including playoffs). 88 The number of consecutive sellouts the Patriots have had since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, including this 25.1 weekend’s game against the Broncos. The television rating of the Patriots-Packers telecast on Oct. 13. For the fourth consecutive week, the telecast of the 58-29 Patriots game was the highest rated program in the Boston The Patriots record at home since 1994 (including preseason market. and postseason games).