In The Red Zone – The Statistics Edition

The Patriots have a bye this week for the clinching the top seed in the AFC. Because of the bye and the New Years holiday, the players don’t come back to practice until Thursday. So with this in mind I figured for this edition of “In The Red Zone” I’d look at how the team stacked up statistically league wide in several offensive and defensive categories for the year.

First the offense:

• 1^st in touchdowns with 75 (17 rushing; 50 passing; 2 returns; 6 defensive)
• 1^st in points scored with 36.8 points per game
• 1^{st  in} total yards with 411.2 yards per game
• 1^st in passing yards 295.7 yards per game
• 13^th in rushing yards with 115.6 yards per game
• 8^th in FG% – 88% (21 made in 24 attempts)
• 4^th in kickoff return yards with 25.2 yards per return
• 1^st in longest kickoff return at 108 yards
• 3^rd in kickoff returns for a touchdown with 2
• 11^th in punt return yards with 9.4 yards per return
• 24^th in longest punt return at 35 yards
• 13^th in punt returns for a touchdown with 0
• 30^th in interceptions thrown with 9
• 31^st in total fumbles with 14
• 29^th in fumbles lost with 6
• 28^th in sacks allowed with 21

On defense:

• 4^th in total points allowed with 17.1 points per game
• 4^th total yards allowed with 288.3 yards per game
• 6^th in passing yards allowed with 190.1 yards per game
• 10^th in rushing yards allowed with 98.2 yards per game
• 2^nd in total sacks with 47
• 6^th in interceptions with 19
• 3^rd in interceptions returned for a touchdown with 3
• 8^th in forced fumbles with 20
• 13^th in fumbles recovered with 12
• 1^st in fumbles returned for a touchdown with 3
• 3^rd in turnover differential with +16