Season in the National Football League
The 1990 New England Patriots season was the team's 31st, and 21st in the National Football League (NFL). It was the first for head coach Rod Rust, who was looking to improve on the 5-11 mark from the year before that cost Raymond Berry, who had led the Patriots to the playoffs twice in his tenure, his job.
The Patriots instead finished the season with a record of 1–15, the worst record in franchise history. They finished last in the AFC East Division and dead last in the NFL. The roster still had a number of All-Pros and regular contributors from their successful teams of the 1980s, but many of them were past the peak of their career, and the team lacked any young talent to replace them. After the team started 1–1, they would go on to lose their next fourteen games, many in humiliating fashion. Off the field, the team and its management were embarrassed by the harassment of a reporter during a locker room interview.
17 years later, the Patriots won all 16 regular season games, becoming one of two teams since the AFL-NFL merger to have both a one-win season and an undefeated season (the Miami Dolphins were 1-15 in 2007, 35 years after their historic 17-0 campaign).
Offseason
After several successful seasons in the mid-1980s, the 1989 season had been a disappointment, as the Patriots finished 5–11 and fired head coach Raymond Berry. To replace him, the team hired Rod Rust, a long-time defensive coach who had served as defensive coordinator for several NFL teams, including a 5-season tenure with the Patriots that included their (to that point) only Super Bowl appearance following the 1985 season. The team also traded wide receiver Stanley Morgan, at that point the best receiver in team history, to Indianapolis. Most of the team returned from the 1989 team, however many of the key starters from most of the 1980s such as future Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Andre Tippett, quarterback Steve Grogan (who would finish his career with the most games in a Patriots uniform), cornerback Ronnie Lippett, and defensive end Garin Veris were all in the twilight of their careers. Among former Pro Bowlers returning to the team were offensive lineman Bruce Armstrong and wide receiver Irving Fryar.
Season Recap
The team opened with a close-played loss to Miami in week 1 in which quarterback Steve Grogan outplayed his Miami counterpart, future Hall-of-Famer Dan Marino. Marino threw three interceptions during the game, while Grogan had none, however Miami running back Sammie Smith made up the difference, rushing for 159 on the ground and a third quarter touchdown that kept Miami in the game. After harassing Marino all game, the defense gave up a crucial fourth quarter touchdown from Marino to running back Tony Paige for the go-ahead score late in the fourth quarter.
They rebounded in week 2 with a win over the Indianapolis Colts in a defensive struggle in which the Patriots picked off Colts quarterback Jeff George four times. Kicker Jason Staurovsky was the hero of the game, hitting three field goals in a 16–14 win. After two games, the team was 1–1, and the defense had intercepted the opposing quarterbacks seven times in just two games, as well as forcing three fumbles and recovering two of these. That gave the Patriots a 9–1 turnover differential, with the offense playing well enough to keep the teams in games. The day after the victory over the Colts, after the conclusion of the Monday practice, tight end Zeke Mowatt, running back Robert Perryman and wide receiver Michael Timpson allegedly stood in front of Boston Herald reporter Lisa Olson semi-naked and sexually harassed her in the Patriots locker room at Foxboro Stadium.[1] The incident proved a major embarrassment for the franchise. The media firestorm surrounding the event proved a major distraction to the team in preparation for their next game.
Steve Grogan had been suffering nagging injuries for most of the previous several games, and with Marc Wilson, a former starter for the Oakland Raiders, healthy, Rust decided to start him. The decision proved disastrous, as the team was blown out in week 3 by the Bengals 41–7, with the defense failing to live up to the form they showed in the first two games, and the offense entirely ineffective. Wilson himself was benched late in the game for Tommy Hodson, who completed four passes once the game was already out of control.
Rust would stay with Marc Wilson for the next three games, probably owing to Grogan's failing health and Hodson's lack of game experience. Wilson would lose the next three games in succession, including a three-interception, zero-touchdown performance against division rival New York Jets in week 4, a 33–20 loss to the Seahawks in Week 5, and following a bye in week 6, a 17–10 loss to the Dolphins in week 7.
In week 8, Grogan was given the starting job back. However, out of rhythm and hobbled by injury, he was also ineffective, going 15-for-31 with two interceptions in a 27–10 loss against the Bills in what would be his final start as a Patriot. Wilson got the job back the following week, but he too lost to the Eagles 48–20, in which the defense was noted for its lack of effort, a stark contrast to the team which had been so defensively dominant over the first two games of the season. Week 10 saw what was perhaps the most unwatchable football of the season, in which neither the Patriots nor the Colts seemed to want to win the game; Wilson threw for only 87 yards in that game, and his counterpart Jeff George for only 106. Despite only mustering 155 total yards on offense, the Colts won 13–10. Wilson would keep his starting job for only one more week, a 14–0 shut-out at the hands of Buffalo, in which Wilson threw two interceptions.
Faced with a lost season, Rust handed the reins to Tommy Hodson, who would start at quarterback for the rest of the season. Hodson started promising; in his first start in week 12 against the Phoenix Cardinals, he went 17-for-29 with two touchdowns and no interceptions, but the defense could not stop the potent Cardinals rushing attack, and they ended up with 201 yards on the ground and four rushing touchdowns, including two from quarterback Timm Rosenbach, to crush the Patriots 34–14. A 37–7 loss to the Chiefs, in which Hodson threw an interception but no touchdowns, and in which the Patriots could only get 64 yards rushing came in week 13, and a similarly anemic Patriots offense could only muster a field goal and 182 yards in a 24–3 loss to the Steelers.
They lost a nationally televised game in week 15 to the Washington Redskins in which they were down 9–0 before the Redskins even ran an offensive play. The Redskins' two first-quarter scores came on a Kurt Gouveia fumble return for a touchdown, and the Patriots snapping the ball out of the end zone for a safety.[2] The announced crowd for the game, played in driving rain, was 22,286. The Patriots’ final game of the season, against the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants, drew a sellout crowd to Foxboro. However over 40,000 fans were rooting for the visitors, as tickets to Giants home games were nearly impossible to come by for non-season-ticket holders.
The Patriots’ negative-265 point-differential (181 points scored, 446 points surrendered) was the worst total of the 1990s.[3] It is notable that like the previous season's Dallas Cowboys, the Patriots played only three teams with non-winning records – divisional rivals the Indianapolis Colts and New York Jets plus one game against the Phoenix Cardinals – all season.[4] The 1990 Patriots gave up 2 or more touchdowns in 14 out of 16 games and scored multiple TDs in only 4 games all season (however, the team's lone win in Week 2 against the Indianapolis Colts combined both of these negative features in a 16-14 final score).
The 1990 Patriots and 1981 Baltimore Colts are the only NFL teams since 1940 to have eleven losses during which they never led in one season.[5]
The 1990 Patriots became the third team to end a season at 1–15, and were matched by the 1991 Colts the next year. They also tied the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers for most consecutive losses inside one season (the Buccaneers lost all 14 games, with the NFL only adopting a sixteen-game schedule in 1978), a record later eclipsed by the 15-straight losing 2001 Carolina Panthers. It was then topped by the 0–16 2008 Detroit Lions and 0–16 2017 Cleveland Browns.
Personnel
Staff
1990 New England Patriots staff | Front office - Chairman and CEO – Victor Kiam
- Vice Chairman – Fran Murray
- President – Billy Sullivan
- Vice President – Bucko Kilroy
- General Manager – Patrick Sullivan
- Director of Player Operations – Joe Mendes
- Director of Pro Scouting – Bill McPeak
Head coaches - Head coach – Rod Rust
- Special Assistant to the Head Coach – John Polonchek
Offensive coaches | | | Defensive coaches Special teams coaches - Special Teams – Steve Crosby
Strength and conditioning - Strength and Conditioning – Jerry Simmons
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Roster
1990 New England Patriots roster |
| Quarterbacks Running backs - 33 George Adams
- 39 Marvin Allen KR
- 35 Anthony Landry
- 29 Jamie Lawson FB
- 44 John Stephens
- 30 Mosi Tatupu FB
Wide receivers Tight ends | | Offensive linemen Defensive linemen | | Linebackers Defensive backs Special teams | | Reserve lists Practice squad 47 active, 15 inactive, 1 practice squad Rookies in italics |
Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
1 | September 9 | Miami Dolphins | L 24–27 | 0–1 | Foxboro Stadium | 45,305 |
2 | September 16 | at Indianapolis Colts | W 16–14 | 1–1 | Hoosier Dome | 49,256 |
3 | September 23 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 7–41 | 1–2 | Riverfront Stadium | 56,470 |
4 | September 30 | New York Jets | L 13–37 | 1–3 | Foxboro Stadium | 36,724 |
5 | October 7 | Seattle Seahawks | L 20–33 | 1–4 | Foxboro Stadium | 39,735 |
6 | Bye |
7 | October 18 | at Miami Dolphins | L 10–17 | 1–5 | Joe Robbie Stadium | 62,630 |
8 | October 28 | Buffalo Bills | L 10–27 | 1–6 | Foxboro Stadium | 51,959 |
9 | November 4 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 20–48 | 1–7 | Veterans Stadium | 65,514 |
10 | November 11 | Indianapolis Colts | L 10–13 | 1–8 | Foxboro Stadium | 28,924 |
11 | November 18 | at Buffalo Bills | L 0–14 | 1–9 | Rich Stadium | 74,270 |
12 | November 25 | at Phoenix Cardinals | L 14–34 | 1–10 | Sun Devil Stadium | 30,110 |
13 | December 2 | Kansas City Chiefs | L 7–37 | 1–11 | Foxboro Stadium | 26,280 |
14 | December 9 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 3–24 | 1–12 | Three Rivers Stadium | 48,354 |
15 | December 15 | Washington Redskins | L 10–25 | 1–13 | Foxboro Stadium | 22,286 |
16 | December 23 | at New York Jets | L 7–42 | 1–14 | Giants Stadium | 30,250 |
17 | December 30 | New York Giants | L 10–13 | 1–15 | Foxboro Stadium | 60,410 |
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Season summary
Week 1
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Dolphins | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 | Patriots | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 | |
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| Q1 | | MIA | Stoyanovich 31 yard field goal | MIA 3-0 | | Q1 | | NE | Fryar 22 yard pass from Grogan (Staurovsky kick) | NE 7-3 | | Q2 | | MIA | Stoyanovich 37 yard field goal | NE 7-6 | | Q2 | | NE | Stephens 1 yard rush (Staurovsky kick) | NE 14-6 | | Q2 | | NE | Cook 35 yard pass from Grogan (Staurovsky kick) | NE 21-6 | | Q2 | | MIA | Martin 35 yard pass from Marino (Stoyanovich kick) | NE 21-13 | | Q3 | | MIA | Smith 3 yard rush (Stoyanovich kick) | NE 21-20 | | Q3 | | NE | Staurovsky 42 yard field goal | NE 24-20 | | Q4 | | MIA | Paige 7 yard pass from Marino (Stoyanovich kick) | MIA 27-24 | |
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Week 2
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Patriots | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | Colts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | - Date: September 16
- Location: Hoosier Dome
- Game start: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: Indoors (dome)
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| Q1 | 0:51 | IND | Bentley 1 yard run (Biasucci kick) | IND 7–0 | | Q2 | 6:50 | NE | Dykes 27 yard pass from Grogan (Staurovsky kick) | Tie 7–7 | | Q3 | 3:25 | NE | Staurovsky 39 yard field goal | NE 10–7 | | Q4 | 9:26 | NE | Staurovsky 27 yard field goal | NE 13–7 | | Q4 | 2:36 | NE | Staurovsky 25 yard field goal | NE 16–7 | | Q4 | 2:16 | IND | Brooks 68 yard pass from George (Biasucci kick) | NE 16–14 | |
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Week 3
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Patriots | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Bengals | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 41 | |
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| Q1 | | CIN | Breech 46 yard field goal | CIN 3–0 | | Q1 | | CIN | Brown 42 yard pass from Esiason (Breech kick) | CIN 10–0 | | Q1 | | CIN | Holman 4 yard pass from Johnson (Breech kick) | CIN 17–0 | | Q2 | | CIN | Green 3 yard rush (Breech kick) | CIN 24–0 | | Q2 | | CIN | Brooks 6 yard rush (Breech kick) | CIN 31–0 | | Q2 | | NE | Cook 7 yard pass from Wilson (Staurovsky kick) | CIN 31–7 | | Q3 | | CIN | Breech 23 yard field goal | CIN 34–7 | | Q4 | | CIN | Holman 3 yard pass from Esiason (Breech kick) | CIN 41–7 | |
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Week 4
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Jets | 7 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 37 | Patriots | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | - Date: September 30
- Location: Foxboro Stadium
- Game start: 4:00 p.m.
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| Q1 | | NYJ | Baxter 1 yard rush (Leahy kick) | NYJ 7–0 | | Q1 | | NE | Staurovsky 46 yard field goal | NYJ 7–3 | | Q2 | | NYJ | Moore 69 yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick) | NYJ 14–3 | | Q2 | | NE | Staurovsky 40 yard field goal | NYJ 14–6 | | Q2 | | NYJ | Leahy 24 yard field goal | NYJ 17–6 | | Q2 | | NYJ | McNeil 4 yard rush (Leahy kick) | NYJ 24–6 | | Q3 | | NYJ | Baxter 28 yard rush (Leahy kick) | NYJ 31–6 | | Q3 | | NYJ | Leahy 18 yard field goal | NYJ 34–6 | | Q4 | | NE | Perryman 4 yard rush (Staurovsky kick) | NYJ 34–13 | | Q4 | | NYJ | Leahy 46 yard field goal | NYJ 37–13 | |
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Week 5
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Seahawks | 13 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 33 | Patriots | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 | - Date: October 7
- Location: Foxboro Stadium
- Game start: 1:00 p.m.
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| Q1 | | SEA | Fenner 5 yard rush | SEA 6–0 | | Q1 | | SEA | Kane 20 yard pass from Krieg (Johnson kick) | SEA 13–0 | | Q1 | | NE | Staurovsky 53 yard field goal | SEA 13–3 | | Q2 | | SEA | Johnson 31 yard field goal | SEA 16–3 | | Q2 | | SEA | Johnson 19 yard field goal | SEA 19–3 | | Q2 | | NE | Williams 45 yard defensive fumble return (Staurovsky kick) | SEA 19–10 | | Q3 | | NE | Dykes 35 yard pass from Wilson (Staurovsky kick) | SEA 19–17 | | Q4 | | NE | Staurovsky 48 yard field goal | NE 20–19 | | Q4 | | SEA | Chadwick 45 yard pass from Krieg (Johnson kick) | SEA 26–20 | | Q4 | | SEA | Fenner 5 yard rush (Johnson kick) | SEA 33–20 | |
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Week 7
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Patriots | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | • Dolphins | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 | |
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| Q2 | | NE | Staurovsky 41 yard field goal | NE 3–0 | | Q2 | | MIA | Stoyanovich 47 yard field goal | Tie 3–3 | | Q2 | | MIA | Higgs 19 yard blocked punt return (Stoyanovich kick) | MIA 10–3 | | Q3 | | MIA | Smith 2 yard rush (Stoyanovich kick) | MIA 17–3 | | Q4 | | NE | Adams 4 yard pass from Wilson (Staurovsky kick) | MIA 17-10 | |
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Week 8
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Bills | 7 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 27 | Patriots | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | - Date: October 28
- Location: Foxboro Stadium
- Game start: 1:00 p.m.
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| Q1 | | BUF | Smith 1 yard rush (Norwood kick) | BUF 7–0 | | Q2 | | BUF | Thomas 3 yard rush (Norwood kick) | BUF 14–0 | | Q2 | | NE | Staurovsky 32 yard field goal | BUF 14–3 | | Q3 | | BUF | Norwood 35 yard field goal | BUF 17–3 | | Q3 | | BUF | Norwood 35 yard field goal | BUF 20–3 | | Q3 | | BUF | McKeller 20 yard pass from Kelly (Norwood kick) | BUF 27–3 | | Q4 | | NE | Martin 19 yard pass from Grogan (Staurovsky kick) | BUF 27–10 | |
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Week 9
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Patriots | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | • Eagles | 10 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 48 | |
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| Q1 | | PHI | Ruzek 27 yard field goal | PHI 3–0 | | Q1 | | NE | Staurovsky 39 yard field goal | Tie 3–3 | | Q1 | | PHI | Barnett 37 yard pass from Cunningham (Ruzek kick) | PHI 10–3 | | Q2 | | PHI | Ruzek 34 yard field goal | PHI 13–3 | | Q2 | | NE | Fryar 36 yard pass from Wilson (Staurovsky kick) | PHI 13–10 | | Q2 | | PHI | Jackson 37 yard pass from Cunningham (Ruzek kick) | PHI 20–10 | | Q3 | | PHI | Williams 23 yard pass from Cunningham (Ruzek kick) | PHI 27–10 | | Q3 | | NE | Staurovsky 44 yard field goal | PHI 27–13 | | Q4 | | PHI | Jackson 3 yard pass from Cunningham (Ruzek kick) | PHI 34–13 | | Q4 | | NE | Cook 14 yard pass from Wilson (Staurovsky kick) | PHI 34–20 | | Q4 | | PHI | Cunningham 52 yard rush (Ruzek kick) | PHI 41–20 | | Q4 | | PHI | Vick 1 yard rush (Ruzek kick) | PHI 48–20 | |
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Week 10
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Colts | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | Patriots | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - Date: November 11
- Location: Foxboro Stadium
- Game start: 1:00 p.m.
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| Q1 | | NE | Allen 1 yard rush (Staurovsky kick) | NE 7–0 | | Q2 | | IND | Biasucci 54 yard field goal | NE 7–3 | | Q2 | | NE | Staurovsky 29 yard field goal | NE 10–3 | | Q3 | | IND | Biasucci 38 yard field goal | NE 10–6 | | Q4 | | IND | Brooks 26 yard pass from George (Biasucci kick) | IND 13–10 | |
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Week 11
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Bills | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | - Date: November 18
- Location: Rich Stadium
- Game start: 1:00 p.m.
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| Q1 | | BUF | Thomas 5 yard rush (Norwood kick) | BUF 7–0 | | Q4 | | BUF | Thomas 80 yard rush (Norwood kick) | BUF 14–0 | |
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Week 12
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Patriots | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | • Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 34 | |
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| Q1 | | PHO | Thompson 5 yard rush (Del Greco kick) | PHO 7–0 | | Q1 | | BUF | Stephens 18 yard pass from Tom Hodson (Staurovsky kick) | Tie 7–7 | | Q2 | | PHO | Rosenbach 2 yard rush (Del Greco kick) | PHO 14–7 | | Q2 | | BUF | Cook 22 yard pass from Hodson (Staurovsky kick) | Tie 14–14 | | Q3 | | PHO | Del Greco 29 yard field goal | PHO 17–14 | | Q3 | | PHO | Rosenbach 6 yard rush (Del Greco kick) | PHO 24–14 | | Q4 | | PHO | Flagler 29 yard rush (Del Greco kick) | PHO 31–14 | | Q4 | | PHO | Del Greco 50 yard field goal | PHO 34–14 | |
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Week 13
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Chiefs | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 37 | Patriots | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | - Date: December 2
- Location: Foxboro Stadium
- Game start: 1:00 p.m.
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| Q1 | | KAN | Paige 86 yard pass from DeBerg (Lowery kick) | KAN 7–0 | | Q1 | | KAN | Lowery 19 yard field goal | KAN 10–0 | | Q1 | | KAN | Lowery 32 yard field goal | KAN 13–0 | | Q2 | | KAN | Lowery 45 yard field goal | KAN 16–0 | | Q2 | | KAN | Thomas 11 yard pass from DeBerg (Lowery kick) | KAN 23–0 | | Q3 | | KAN | Okoye 1 yard rush (Lowery kick) | KAN 30–0 | | Q3 | | NE | Cook 2 yard pass from Hodson (Staurovsky kick) | KAN 30–7 | | Q4 | | KAN | Okoye 1 yard rush (Lowery kick) | KAN 37–7 | |
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Week 14
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Patriots | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | • Steelers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |
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| Q1 | | PIT | Anderson 42 yard field goal | PIT 3–0 | | Q2 | | PIT | Hoge 8 yard rush (Anderson kick) | PIT 10–0 | | Q2 | | NE | Staurovsky 49 yard field goal | PIT 10–3 | | Q3 | | PIT | Green 14 yard pass from Brister (Anderson kick) | PIT 17–3 | | Q4 | | PIT | Hoge 41 yard rush (Anderson kick) | PIT 24–3 | |
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Week 15
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Redskins | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 25 | Patriots | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
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| Q1 | | WAS | Gouveia 39 yard defensive fumble return (Lohmiller kick) | WAS 7–0 | | Q1 | | WAS | Safety, ball snapped out of end zone | WAS 9–0 | | Q2 | | WAS | Byner 5 yard rush (Lohmiller kick) | WAS 16–0 | | Q2 | | WAS | Lohmiller 19 yard field goal | WAS 19–0 | | Q3 | | NE | Stephens 4 yard rush (Staurovsky kick) | WAS 19–7 | | Q4 | | NE | Staurovsky 42 yard field goal | WAS 19–10 | | Q4 | | WAS | Lohmiller 38 yard field goal | WAS 22–10 | | Q4 | | WAS | Lohmiller 26 yard field goal | WAS 25–10 | |
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Week 16
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Patriots | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Jets | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 | |
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| Q2 | | NYJ | Hector 7 yard rush (Leahy kick) | NYJ 7–0 | | Q2 | | NE | Fryar 24 yard pass from Wilson (Staurovsky kick) | Tie 7–7 | | Q2 | | NYJ | Moore 2 yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick) | NYJ 14–7 | | Q2 | | NYJ | McNeil 9 yard rush (Leahy kick) | NYJ 21–7 | | Q2 | | NYJ | McNeil 1 yard rush (Leahy kick) | NYJ 28–7 | | Q2 | | NYJ | Thomas 6 yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick) | NYJ 35–7 | | Q2 | | NYJ | Taylor 5 yard rush (Leahy kick) | NYJ 42–7 | |
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Week 17
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Giants | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Patriots | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - Date: December 30
- Location: Foxboro Stadium
- Game start: 1:00 p.m.
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| Q1 | | NYG | Meggett 17 yard pass from Hostetler (Bahr kick) | NYG 7–0 | | Q1 | | NYG | Bahr 44 yard field goal | NYG 7–0 | | Q2 | | NE | Fryar 40 yard pass from Hodson (Staurovsky kick) | NYG 10–7 | | Q2 | | NE | Staurovsky 19 yard field goal | Tie 10–10 | | Q2 | | NYG | Bahr 27 yard field goal | NYG 13–10 | |
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Standings
See also
References
- ^ George, Thomas (November 28, 1990). "Patriots and 3 Players Fined in Olson Incident". The New York Times.
- ^ Pro Football Reference; Washington Redskins at New England Patriots - December 15th, 1990
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1990 to 1999, in the NFL, in the regular season, sorted by ascending Points Differential
- ^ In a single game, in 1990, playing for the New England Patriots, in the regular season, opponent with non-winning record for season
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, team never had a lead during the game, sorted by most games in season matching criteria.
- ^ "Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots - September 9th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ The Football Database. Retrieved 2018-Sep-19.
- ^ "New England Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals - September 23rd, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "New York Jets at New England Patriots - September 30th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Seattle Seahawks at New England Patriots - October 7th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins - October 18th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots - October 28th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "New England Patriots at Philadelphia Eagles - November 4th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Indianapolis Colts at New England Patriots - November 11th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills - November 18th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "New England Patriots at Phoenix Cardinals - November 25th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots - December 2nd, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers - December 9th, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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- ^ "New England Patriots at New York Jets - December 23rd, 1990". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "1990 New England Patriots Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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