Lineup
New England Patriots
Coach: Pete Carroll
Second season with Patriots (16-16 in NFL)
| Offensive Backs |
| QB | Drew Bledsoe | 522 att. | 314 comp. | 60.2% | 3,706 yds. | 28 TDs | 15 int. | 87.7 rtg. |
| RB | Robert Edwards (R) | 142 att. | 830 yds. | 5.8 avg. | 17 rec. | 172 yds. | 10.1 avg. | 13 TDs |
| FB | Tony Carter* | 9 att. | 56 yds. | 6.2 avg. | 24 rec. | 152 yds. | 6.3 avg. | 0 TDs |
| RB | Sedrick Shaw** | 204 att. | 1,003 yds. | 4.9 avg. | 13 rec. | 78 yds. | 6.0 avg. | 9 TDs |
| Receivers, Specialists, Offensive Linemen |
| WR | Terry Glenn | 27 rec. | 431 yds. | 2 TDs |
| WR | Shawn Jefferson | 54 rec | 841 yds. | 2 TDs |
| WR | Troy Brown† | 41 rec. | 607 yds. | 6 TDs |
| TE | Ben Coates | 66 rec. | 737 yds. | 8 TDs |
| K | Adam Vinatieri | 40/40 XPs | 25/29 FGs | 115 pts. |
| PR | Troy Brown | 24 ret. | 8.4 avg. | 0 TDs |
| KR | Derrick Cullors | 15 ret. | 25.7 avg. | 1 TD |
| LT | Bruce Armstrong | 295 lbs. | 16 games | 16 starts |
| LG | Max Lane | 305 lbs. | 16 games | 16 starts |
| C | Dave Wohlabaugh | 292 lbs. | 14 games | 14 starts |
| RG | Todd Rucci | 296 lbs. | 16 games | 16 starts |
| RT | Zefross Moss | 325 lbs. | 15 games | 15 starts |
| Defense |
| LE | Ferric Collons | 15 tackles | 1 sack |
| LT | Mark Wheeler | 36 tackles | 4 sacks |
| RT | Henry Thomas | 69 tackles | 7 sacks |
| RE | Willie McGinest | 35 tackles | 2 sacks |
| OLB | Todd Collins | 99 tackles | 1 1/2 sacks |
| MLB | Ted Johnson | 127 tackles | 4 sacks |
| OLB | Chris Slade | 88 tackles | 9 sacks |
| CB | Ty Law | 77 tackles | 3 int. |
| SS | Lawyer Milloy | 112 tackles | 3 int. |
| FS | Willie Clay | 95 tackles | 6 int. |
| CB | Tebucky Jones (R) | 72 tackles | 4 int. |
| P | Tom Tupa | 78 punts | 45.8 avg. |
*New acquisition (R) Rookie (statistics for final college year)
**1996 college statistics
†1994 statistics
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