1991 New England Patriots season

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1991 New England Patriots season
Owner Victor Kiam
General manager Sam Jankovich
Head coach Dick MacPherson
Home stadium Foxboro Stadium
Results
Record6–10
Division place4th AFC East
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers T Bruce Armstrong
TE Marv Cook
All-Pros TE Marv Cook (1st team)
LB Vincent Brown (2nd team)
Uniform
AFC-1991-1992-Uniform-NE.PNG

The 1991 New England Patriots season was the team's 32nd season, and the 22nd in the National Football League. The team finished the season with a record of six wins and ten losses, and finished fourth in the AFC East Division. Though the Patriots scored twenty or more points just five times during the season, they were able to upset playoff teams such as the Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets.

Contents

It was the last season where the Patriots were owned by Victor Kiam, who was forced to sell the team to St. Louis businessman James Orthwein in order to settle a debt.

Offseason

NFL Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
111 Pat Harlow Offensive tackle Southern California
114 Leonard Russell Running back Arizona State
241 Jerome Henderson Defensive back Clemson
356Calvin Stephens Guard South Carolina
484 Scott Zolak Quarterback Maryland
5112 Jon Vaughn Running back Michigan
5124 Ben Coates Tight end Livingstone
6140 David Key Defensive back Michigan
7168Blake Miller Center Louisiana State
8196 Harry Colon Defensive back Missouri
9224O'Neil Glenn Guard Maryland
10251Randy Bethel Tight end Miami (FL)
11279Vince Moore Wide receiver Tennessee
11303Paul Alsbury Punter Texas State
12307 Tim Edwards Defensive tackle Delta State

Staff

1991 New England Patriots staff

Front office

  • Chairman – Victor Kiam
  • Vice chairman – Fran Murray
  • President – Billy Sullivan
  • Chief executive officer – Sam Jankovich
  • Vice-president – Bucko Kilroy
  • Vice-president of player operations – Joe Mendes
  • Vice-president of administration – Patrick Forte
  • Assistant director of player operations – Charley Armey
  • Coordinator of pro scouting – Rod Rust
  • Coordinator of college scouting – Charles Garcia

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Joe Collier
  • Defensive line – Stan Jones
  • Assistant defensive line/assistant special teams – Dave Uyrus
  • Inside linebackers – Norm Gerber
  • Outside linebackers – Myrel Moore
  • Defensive backs – Charlie West

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Ian Pyka

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Roster

1991 New England Patriots roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

 Practice squad

47 active, 10 inactive, 4 practice squadReserve


Rookies in italics

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1August 3at Green Bay Packers L 7–280–1 Lambeau Field 52,852
2August 10 Washington Redskins L 6–270–2 Foxboro Stadium 16,757
3August 17at Phoenix Cardinals L 0–460–3 Sun Devil Stadium 51,070
4August 24 New York Giants W 24–31–3Foxboro Stadium21,147

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Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 1at Indianapolis Colts W 16–71–0 Hoosier Dome 49,961
2September 8 Cleveland Browns L 0–201–1 Sullivan Stadium 35,377
3September 15at Pittsburgh Steelers L 6–201–2 Three Rivers Stadium 53,703
4September 22 Houston Oilers W 24–202–2Sullivan Stadium30,702
5September 29at Phoenix Cardinals L 10–242–3 Sun Devil Stadium 26,043
6October 6 Miami Dolphins L 10–202–4Sullivan Stadium49,749
7 Bye
8October 20 Minnesota Vikings W 26–23 (OT)3–4Sullivan Stadium45,367 [3]
9October 27 Denver Broncos L 6–93–5Sullivan Stadium43,994
10November 3at Buffalo Bills L 17–223–6 Rich Stadium 78,278
11November 10at Miami Dolphins L 20–303–7 Joe Robbie Stadium 56,065
12November 17 New York Jets L 21–283–8Sullivan Stadium30,743
13November 24 Buffalo Bills W 16–134–8Sullivan Stadium47,053
14December 1at Denver Broncos L 3–204–9 Mile High Stadium 67,116
15December 8 Indianapolis Colts W 23–17 (OT)5–9Sullivan Stadium20,131 [4]
16December 15at New York Jets W 6–36–9 Giants Stadium 55,689
17December 22at Cincinnati Bengals L 7–296–10 Riverfront Stadium 46,394
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC East
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(1) Buffalo Bills 1330.8137–110–2458318L1
(6) New York Jets 880.5004–46–6314293W1
Miami Dolphins 880.5004–45–7343349L2
New England Patriots 6100.3754–45–9211305L1
Indianapolis Colts 1150.0631–71–11143381L6

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1991 New England Patriots Media Guide.
  2. ↑ "1991 New England Patriots". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1991 New England Patriots Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com .
  4. ↑ "1991 New England Patriots Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com .
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