NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. los angeles ramS february 3, 2019 SUPER BOWL LIII NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. los angeles rams Table of contents TEAM INFORMATION 2018 Rankings .................................................................................................................3 2018 Patriots Schedule ..................................................................................................3 2018 AFC East Standings ..............................................................................................3 2018 Regular Season Statistics ....................................................................................4 2018 Playoff Statistics ....................................................................................................6 2018 Player Participation ...............................................................................................8 2018 Game-By-Game Starters .....................................................................................9 Rosters & Depth Chart ................................................................................................. 10 Matchup Notes ...............................................................................................................17 What to Look for in the Playoffs ................................................................................ 21 Projected Contributors ............................................................................................... 25 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM NOTES Robert Kraft ................................................................................................................... 28 Playoff Notes ................................................................................................................. 30 Playoff Inside the Numbers ....................................................................................... 35 Team & Individual Rankings ....................................................................................... 36 Regular Season Team Notes ......................................................................................37 Bill Belichick ...................................................................................................................43 Tom Brady ...................................................................................................................... 46 Tom Brady Playoff Notes ............................................................................................ 55 Patriots Offensive Notes ............................................................................................ 58 Patriots Defensive Notes............................................................................................ 68 Patriots Special Teams Notes ......................................................................................71 Patriots Reference Notes ............................................................................................74 Patriots Football Network ...........................................................................................76 SECTION II 2018 Playoff Game Summaries SECTION III 2018 Patriots Stats Pack SECTION IV 2018 Patriots Regular-Season Game Summaries SECTION V 2018 NFL League and Team Statistics SECTION VI New England Patriots Playoff History SUPER BOWL LIII NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. LOS ANGELES RAMS patriots GAME SUMMARY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (11-5) vs. LOS ANGELES RAMS (13-3) advance to Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 • Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Approx. 70,000) • 6:30 p.m. ET The New England Patriots advanced to their 11th Super Bowl in franchise history, the ninth of the Bill Belichick era and third consecutive since the 2016 season. New 11th super England joins Buffalo (4) and Miami (3) as the only teams to reach three straight Super Bowls. New England has a chance to tie the Pittsburgh Steelers with a sixth Super Bowl, most in NFL history. In addition, a win in Super Bowl LIII will break a tie with Pittsburgh bowl; 10th and give the Patriots the most postseason victories with 37. The Patriots will face the Rams in a rematch of Super Bowl XXXVI, 17 years to the day after New England defeated the then St. Louis Rams with a field goal as time ex- of kraft era pired, giving the Patriots their first Super Bowl victory in franchise history. The New England Patriots will appear BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION: Super Bowl LIII will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen locally on in their 11th Super Bowl, most in NFL WBZ-TV Channel 4. Jim Nantz will handle play-by-play duties with Tony Romo as history. The 10 Super Bowl appearanc- the color analyst. Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn and Jay Feely will work from the es since Robert Kraft purchased the sidelines. The game will be produced by Jim Rikhoff and directed by Mike Arnold. NATIONAL RADIO: Super Bowl LIII will be broadcast on Westwood One with Kevin Har- team in 1994 are the most in the league lan calling the play-by-play and Kurt Warner and Mike Holmgren as analysts. Tony Boselli over that span. Denver and Pittsburgh and Ed Werder will provide sideline analysis. are second with four. LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio Network. A complete listing of the network’s 41 stations can be found in this press release. Play-by- play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Patriots quarterback Scott ALL-TIME BOWL APPEARANCES Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are produced by Marc Cappello. New England ...................... 11 Dallas .......................................8 PATRIOTS IN THE SUPER BOWL The New England Patriots are 5-5 in the Super Bowl and will join Buffalo (4) and Mi- Denver .....................................8 ami (3) as the only teams to play in three straight Super Bowls. Pittsburgh ................................8 SUPER BOWL RESULTS (5-5) San Francisco .........................6 Date Round Opponent W/L Score 01/26/86 Super Bowl XX Chicago L 10-46 01/26/96 Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay L 21-35 02/03/02 Super Bowl XXXVI St. Louis W 20-17 02/01/04 Super Bowl XXXVIII Carolina W 32-29 2018 patriots schedule 02/06/05 Super Bowl XXXIX Philadelphia W 24-21 REGULAR SEASON (11-5) 02/03/08 Super Bowl XLII N.Y. Giants L 14-17 Sun., Sept. 9 Houston 27-20 W 02/05/12 Super Bowl XLVI N.Y. Giants L 17-21 Sun., Sept. 16 at Jacksonville 20-31 L 02/01/15 Super Bowl XLIX Seattle W 28-24 Sun., Sept. 23 at Detroit 10-26 L 02/05/17 Super Bowl LI Atlanta W 34-28 (OT) 02/04/18 Super Bowl LII Philadelphia L 33-41 Sun., Sept. 30 Miami 38-7 W Thu., Oct. 4 Indianapolis 38-24 W MOST CONSECUTIVE SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES Sun., Oct. 14 Kansas City 43-40 W Team Consecutive Super Bowls Seasons Sun., Oct. 21 at Chicago 38-31 W Buffalo 4 1990-93 Mon., Oct. 29 at Buffalo 25-6 W New England 3 2016-18 Sun., Nov. 4 Green Bay 31-17 W Miami 3 1971-73 Sun., Nov. 11 at Tennessee 10-34 L Dallas 2 1970-71, 77-78, 92-93 Denver 2 1986-87, 97-98 Sun., Nov. 18 BYE WEEK Green Bay 2 1966-67, 96-97 Sun., Nov. 25 at N.Y. Jets 27-13 W Minnesota 2 1973-74 Sun., Dec. 2 Minnesota 24-10 W San Francisco 2 1988-89 Sun., Dec. 9 at Miami 33-34 L Seattle 2 2013-14 Sun., Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh 10-17 L Washington 2 1982-83 Sun., Dec. 23 Buffalo 24-12 W Sun., Dec. 30 N.Y. Jets 38-3 W SUPER BOWL LIII GAME HIGHLIGHTS AFC PLAYOFFS (2-0) PAGE 17: New England Patriots vs. Los Angeles Rams matchup notes Sun., Jan. 13 L.A. Chargers 41-28 W PAGE 21: What to look for in the Super Bowl Sun., Jan. 20 at Kansas City 37-31 (OT) W PAGE 30: New England Patriots playoff notes PAGE 55: Tom Brady playoff notes 2018 AFC EAST STANDINGS MEDIA CONTACTS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA Stacey James, Vice President of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6868 NEW ENGLAND 11 5 0 .688 436 325 Aaron Salkin, Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6870 Miami Dolphins 7 9 0 .438 319 433 Michael Jurovaty, Asst. Director of Media Relations, [email protected], 508-326-6187 Buffalo Bills 6 10 0 .375 269 374 Mark Robbins, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7175 New York Jets 4 12 0 .250 333 441 Anne Noland, Media Relations Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7773 2018 REGULAR SEASON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 11, LOST 5 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/09 W 27-20 Houston 65,878 Michel 209 931 4.5 34t 6 09/16 L 20-31 at Jacksonville 68,527 White 94 425 4.5 27t 5 09/23 L 10-26 at Detroit 61,769 C. Patterson 42 228 5.4 27 1 09/30 W 38- 7 Miami 65,878 Burkhead 57 186 3.3 12 0 10/04 W 38-24 Indianapolis 65,878 Edelman 9 107 11.9 20 0 10/14 W 43-40 Kansas City 65,878 Barner TM 19 71 3.7 11 0 10/21 W 38-31 at Chicago 62,389 Brady 23 35 1.5 10 2 10/29 W 25- 6 at Buffalo 70,109 Dorsett 4 29 7.3 17 0 11/04 W 31-17 Green Bay 65,878 Hill 4 25 6.3 11 0 11/11 L 10-34 at Tennessee 69,363 Develin 6 8 1.3 2t 4 11/25 W 27-13 at N.Y. Jets 77,982 Hoyer 11 -8 -.7 2 0 12/02 W 24-10 Minnesota 65,878 TEAM 478 2037 4.3 34t 18 12/09 L 33-34 at Miami 66,087 OPPONENTS 367 1803 4.9 54t 7 12/16 L 10-17 at Pittsburgh 65,280 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/23 W 24-12 Buffalo 65,878 White 87 751 8.6 42 7 12/30 W 38- 3 N.Y. Jets 65,878 Edelman 74 850 11.5 36 6 N.E. Opp. Gronkowski 47 682 14.5 42 3 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 365 322 Gordon LG 41 737 18.0 55t 4 Rushing 131 93 Gordon TM 40 720 18.0 55t 3 Passing 206 208 Hogan 35 532 15.2 63t 3 Penalty 28 21 Dorsett 32 290 9.1 20 3 3rd Down: Made/Att 82/201 76/197 C. Patterson 21 247 11.8 55t 3 3rd Down Pct. 40.8 38.6 Burkhead 14 131 9.4 25 1 4th Down: Made/Att 7/14 6/16 Develin 12 61 5.1 11 0 4th Down Pct. 50.0 37.5 Michel 7 50 7.1 13 0 POSSESSION AVG. 31:05 28:55 J. Hollister 4 52 13.0 23 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 6295 5746 D. Allen 3 27 9.0 21 0 Avg. Per Game 393.4 359.1 Brady 1 6 6.0 6 0 Total Plays 1073 1002 Hill 1 6 6.0 6 0 Avg. Per Play 5.9 5.7 TEAM 378 4405 11.7 63t 29 NET YARDS RUSHING 2037 1803 OPPONENTS 370 4181 11.3 75t 29 Avg. Per Game 127.3 112.7 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Rushes 478 367 Harmon 4 0 0.0 0 0 NET YARDS PASSING 4258 3943 J. Jones 3 34 11.3 28 0 Avg. Per Game 266.1 246.4 Jackson 3 9 3.0 9 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 21/147 30/238 Gilmore 2 0 0.0 0 0 Gross Yards 4405 4181 D.