2019 season in review 2019 AFC EAST DIVISION CHAMPIONS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTs 2019 season in review TALE OF THE TAPE 2019 SEASON 2019 Regular Season New England The New England Patriots finished as the third seed in the AFC Playoff Field following a 12-4 record in the 2019 regular season. New England qualified for the Record 12-4 postseason for the 27th time in franchise history (21 under Robert Kraft), 17th time Divisional Standings 1st under head coach Bill Belichick and for the 11th consecutive season overall. Total Yards Gained 5,664 The Patriots claimed the AFC East Division title for the 11th consecutive season, adding to the team's NFL record for most consecutive division titles. Total Offense (Rank) 354.0 (15) The 2019 Patriots finished with the top-ranked defense in the NFL for the first Rush Offense 106.4 (18) time in team history. The 2019 team also finished first in the NFL by allowing just Pass Offense 247.6 (8) 14.1 points per game. The team finished first in the category two other times in team history (2003 & 2016). Points Per Game 26.3 (7) Total Yards Allowed 4,414 DIVISION TITLE TOWN Total Defense (Rank) 275.9 (1) The Patriots extended their mark to 11 straight division titles in 2019. They join the Rush Defense 95.5 (6) Atlanta Braves (14) as the only franchises from the NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL to win Pass Defense 180.4 (2) at least 10 straight division titles. The New York Yankees (1998-2006), Colorado Points Allowed/Game 14.1 (1) Avalanche (1995-2003), LA Lakers (1982-90) and Boston Celtics (1957-65) are the teams from the other major four sports that have streaks of nine straight titles. Possession Avg. 31:42 Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost 28/192 MOST CONSECUTIVE DIVISION TITLES Sacks Made/Yards 47/328 Team Division Titles Years Total Touchdowns Scored 49 New England AFC East 11 2009-19 L.A. Rams NFC West 7 1973-79 Penalties Against/Yards 94/828 Pittsburgh AFC Central 6 1974-79 Punts/Avg. 81/44.9 Minnesota NFC Central 6 1973-78 Turnover Differential +21 (1) Dallas NFL Capitol/NFC East 6 1966-71 Cleveland American/Eastern Conf. 6 1950-55 New England AFC East 5 2003-07 Denver AFC West 5 2011-15 2019 patriots schedule Indianapolis AFC South 5 2003-07 REGULAR SEASON (12-4) Dallas NFC East 5 1992-96 Sun., Sept. 8 Pittsburgh 33-3 W San Francisco NFC West 5 1986-90 Sun, Sept. 15 at Miami 43-0 W Chicago NFC Central 5 1984-88 Sun., Sept. 22 N.Y. Jets 30-14 W Oakland AFC West 5 1972-76 Sun., Sept. 29 at Buffalo 16-10 W Sun., Oct. 6 at Washington 33-7 W The Patriots have won the AFC East for 11 straight seasons, besting the five straight Thu., Oct. 10 N.Y. Giants 35-14 W the team won from 2003-07 for the longest streak in AFC East division history. The Mon., Oct. 21 at N.Y. Jets 33-0 W Patriots have won 17 of the last 19 division crowns. The Patriots have won 19 division Sun., Oct. 27 Cleveland 27-13 W titles in the 26 seasons since Robert Kraft bought the team in 1994. Sun., Nov. 3 at Baltimore 20-37 L Sun., Nov. 10 BYE WEEK Sun., Nov. 17 at Philadelphia 17-10 W MOST CONSECUTIVE AFC EAST TITLES Sun., Nov. 24 Dallas 13-9 W Team Streak Years Sun., Dec. 1 at Houston 22-28 L New England ....................11 .......................2009-19 Sun., Dec. 8 Kansas City 16-23 L New England .................... 5 ....................... 2003-07 Sun., Dec. 15 at Cincinnati 34-13 W Buffalo ................................... 4.............................1988-91 Sat., Dec. 21 Buffalo 24-17 W Miami ..................................... 4.................... 1981, 83-85* Sun., Dec. 29 Miami 24-27 L Miami ..................................... 4............................. 1971-74 AFC PLAYOFFS (0-1) Baltimore Colts .................... 3............................ 1975-77 Sat., Jan. 4 Tennessee 13-20 L Buffalo Bills .......................... 3........................ 1964-66@ *Due to 1982 strike, the NFL played just a nine-game season and the standings were not 2019 AFC EAST STANDINGS divided into divisions that season. TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA @AFL Z-- NEW ENGLAND 12 4 0 .750 420 225 Y-- Buffalo Bills 10 6 0 .625 314 259 MEDIA CONTACTS New York Jets 7 9 0 .438 276 359 Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 Miami Dolphins 5 11 0 .313 306 494 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Z--: Clinched Division Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Y--: Clinched Playoff Berth Anne Noland, Communications Strategist, [email protected], 508-431-7773 INAL EGULAR EASON FFENSIVE TATISTICS 2019 F R S O S WON 12, LOST 4 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/08 W 33- 3 Pittsburgh 65,878 Michel 247 912 3.7 26 7 09/15 W 43- 0 at Miami 65,513 Burkhead 65 302 4.6 33t 3 09/22 W 30-14 N.Y. Jets 65,878 White 67 263 3.9 32 1 09/29 W 16-10 at Buffalo 70,317 Bolden 15 68 4.5 21 3 10/06 W 33- 7 at Washington 76,483 Harry 5 49 9.8 18 0 10/10 W 35-14 N.Y. Giants 65,878 Brady 26 34 1.3 17 3 10/21 W 33- 0 at N.Y. Jets 78,523 Edelman 8 27 3.4 9 0 10/27 W 27-13 Cleveland 65,878 Dorsett 3 21 7.0 9 0 11/03 L 20-37 at Baltimore 71,157 Harris 4 12 3.0 13 0 11/17 W 17-10 at Philadelphia 69,796 Sanu LG 3 11 3.7 8 0 11/24 W 13- 9 Dallas 65,878 Sanu TM 1 8 8.0 8 0 12/01 L 22-28 at Houston 72,025 Brown 1 5 5.0 5 0 12/08 L 16-23 Kansas City 65,878 Develin 2 3 1.5 2 0 12/15 W 34-13 at Cincinnati 57,066 Gordon TM 1 1 1.0 1 0 12/21 W 24-17 Buffalo 65,878 Stidham 2 -2 -1.0 -1 0 12/29 L 24-27 Miami 65,878 TEAM 447 1703 3.8 33t 17 N.E. Opp. OPPONENTS 365 1528 4.2 65t 7 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 338 261 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD Rushing 110 72 Edelman 100 1117 11.2 44 6 Passing 197 150 White 72 645 9.0 59 5 Penalty 31 39 Sanu LG 59 520 8.8 28 2 3rd Down: Made/Att 87/227 47/195 Sanu TM 26 207 8.0 22 1 3rd Down Pct. 38.3 24.1 Dorsett 29 397 13.7 58t 5 4th Down: Made/Att 6/15 8/22 Burkhead 27 279 10.3 32 0 4th Down Pct. 40.0 36.4 Meyers 26 359 13.8 35 0 POSSESSION AVG. 31:42 28:18 Gordon TM 20 287 14.4 44 1 TOTAL NET YARDS 5664 4414 Watson 17 173 10.2 26 0 Avg. Per Game 354.0 275.9 LaCosse 13 131 10.1 24 1 Total Plays 1095 948 Harry 12 105 8.8 18 2 Avg. Per Play 5.2 4.7 Michel 12 94 7.8 19 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1703 1528 Bolden 9 111 12.3 29t 1 Avg. Per Game 106.4 95.5 Izzo 6 114 19.0 41 1 Total Rushes 447 365 Brown 4 56 14.0 20t 1 NET YARDS PASSING 3961 2886 Olszewski 2 34 17.0 29 0 Avg. Per Game 247.6 180.4 E. Roberts 1 38 38.0 38t 1 Sacked/Yards Lost 28/192 47/328 Johnson 1 5 5.0 5 0 Gross Yards 4153 3214 Tomlinson TM 1 1 1.0 1 0 Att./Completions 620/378 536/303 TEAM 378 4153 11.0 59 25 Completion Pct. 61.0 56.5 OPPONENTS 303 3214 10.6 64t 13 Had Intercepted 9 25 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD PUNTS/AVERAGE 81/44.9 90/42.8 Gilmore 6 126 21.0 64t 2 NET PUNTING AVG. 81/41.3 90/39.5 D. McCourty 5 49 9.8 24 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 94/828 107/920 Jackson 5 39 7.8 19 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 13/6 26/11 Collins 3 85 28.3 69t 1 TOUCHDOWNS 49 25 Harmon 2 27 13.5 27 0 Rushing 17 7 J. McCourty 1 16 16.0 16 0 Passing 25 13 Simon 1 6 6.0 6 0 Returns 7 5 Guy 1 5 5.0 5 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS T. Brooks 1 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 118 97 107 98 0 420 TEAM 25 353 14.1 69t 3 OPPONENTS 46 82 51 46 0 225 OPPONENTS 9 211 23.4 62 2 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Folk 0 0 0 0 12/12 14/17 0 54 Bailey 81 3638 44.9 41.3 6 36 65 0 Michel 7 7 0 0 0 42 TEAM 81 3638 44.9 41.3 6 36 65 0 Edelman 6 0 6 0 0 38 OPPONENTS 90 3848 42.8 39.5 3 29 63 4 White 6 1 5 0 0 38 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 11/15 7/ 8 0 32 Olszewski 20 16 179 9.0 22 0 Dorsett 5 0 5 0 0 30 Sanu LG 10 9 56 5.6 14 0 Nugent 0 0 0 0 15/16 5/ 8 0 30 Sanu TM 9 9 54 6.0 14 0 Bolden 4 3 1 0 0 24 Burkhead 0 1 0 --- --- 0 Brady 3 3 0 0 0 18 TEAM 29 26 233 8.0 22 0 Burkhead 3 3 0 0 0 18 OPPONENTS 28 18 175 6.3 17 0 Gilmore 2 0 0 2 0 12 * KICKOFF RETURNS No.