An utterly amazing statistic: 35 first downs, and 68 in back to back games - Page 4 - New England Patriots Forums

brdmaverick · 10-09-2012, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by fnordcircle

I swear they said that the 30+ first downs 3 games in a row was an NFL record during the TV broadcast.

I can back you up. You're recollection is accurate.

brdmaverick · 10-09-2012, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsFaninAZ

I am sort of surprised a team can have that many first downs and score "only" 31 points.

I guess part of that was going from one yard line to the other one yard line and only getting 3 points. I suppose, because they got knocked back after getting to the one yard line, it officially goes down as a 95 yard field goal drive. Still that's hard to do.

I think the first downs don't necessarily speak to how many points you should have (though there is a positive correlation) but more to how long each drive was.

The old pass-happy Patriots would score just as many points but with a solid passing game making big plays there wasn't a need for as many first downs prior to scoring.

Mountain_Commando · 10-09-2012, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ctpatsfan77

Don't forget, though, that in 2008 the Pats had the most productive rushing attack they'd had in 25 years.

Dang. Rushing stats from that year are unbelievable:

2008:
Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Sammy Morris 156 727 4.7 35 7
Kevin Faulk 83 507 6.1 41 3
LaMont Jordan 80 363 4.5 49 4
BJ Green-Ellis 74 275 3.7 15 5
Matt Cassel 73 270 3.7 19 2
Laurence Maroney 28 93 3.3 17 0

Also, we scored the same number of rushing TD's as passing TD's (21) that year.

wistahpatsfan · 10-09-2012, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by brdmaverick

I can back you up. You're recollection is accurate.

I thought the graphic said "...Since 1970"