La stagione dei New England Patriots è stata la 33ª della franchigia nella National Football League, la 43ª complessiva e la 3ª con Bill Belichick come capo-allenatore. La squadra veniva dalla sua prima vittoria del Super Bowl di sette mesi prima contro i St. Louis Rams e debuttò nel nuovo Gillette Stadium. Malgrado un record di 9 vittorie e 7 sconfitte, non riuscì a tornare ai playoff, finendo al secondo posto nella division.

Roster Roster dei New England Patriots nel 2002 Quarterback 12 Tom Brady  6 Rohan Davey R 19 Damon Huard

Running Back 44 Marc Edwards FB 33 Kevin Faulk KR/PR 35 Patrick Pass FB 21 J.R. Redmond 32 Antowain Smith

Wide Receiver 83 Deion Branch R 80 Troy Brown PR 84 Fred Coleman 87 David Givens R 81 Donald Hayes 86 David Patten

Tight End 49 Fred Baxter 85 Cam Cleeland 88 Christian FauriaOffensive Linemen 63 Joe Andruzzi G 68 Tom Ashworth T 77 Mike Compton G 71 Russ Hochstein G 74 Kenyatta Jones T/G 70 Adrian Klemm T 62 Matt Knutson T UR 72 Matt Light T 64 Greg Robinson-Randall T 67 Grey Ruegamer C/G 65 Damien Woody C

Defensive Linemen 97 Jarvis Green DE R 91 Bobby Hamilton DE/DT 99 Bernard Holsey DT 96 Rick Lyle DT/DE 55 Willie McGinest DE 98 Anthony Pleasant DE 93 Richard Seymour DTLinebacker 54 Tedy Bruschi ILB 53 Larry Izzo OLB 52 Ted Johnson ILB 95 Roman Phifer OLB 59 Maugaula Tuitele ILB 50 Mike Vrabel OLB

Defensive Back 22 Terrell Buckley CB 30 Je'Rod Cherry FS 27 Victor Green SS 23 Antwan Harris FS 29 Chris Hayes FS 34 Tebucky Jones FS 24 Ty Law CB 36 Lawyer Milloy SS 25 Leonard Myers CB

Special Team 66 Lonie Paxton LS  4 Adam Vinatieri K 13 Ken Walter PLista delle riserve 58 Matt Chatham OLB (IR) 75 Mike Clare C (Left Squad) 82 Daniel Graham TE (IR) R 31 Ben Kelly CB (IR) 37 Rob Kelly FS (IR) 61 Stephen Neal G (IR) 45 Otis Smith CB (IR) 42 Antwoine Womack RB (NF-Inj.) R

Squadra di allenamento 75 Maurice Anderson DT 28 Dyshod Carter CB 76 Brandon Gorin OT 94 Ken Kocher DT UR 16 Scott McCready WR

Note R: Rookie UR: Rookie non scelto nel Draft

Calendario Stagione regolare Turno Ora Data Avversario Risultato Record Stadio TV Pubblico 1 9:00 pm EDT 9/9/2002 Pittsburgh Steelers V 30–14 1–0 Gillette Stadium ABC 68,436 2 1:00 pm EDT 15/9/2002 New York Jets V 44–7 2–0 Giants Stadium CBS 78,726 3 1:00 pm EDT 22/9/2002 Kansas City Chiefs V 41–38 (DTS) 3–0 Gillette Stadium CBS 68,436 4 4:15 pm EDT 29/9/2002 San Diego Chargers S 14–21 3–1 Qualcomm Stadium CBS 66,463 5 1:00 pm EDT 6/10/2002 Miami Dolphins S 13–26 3–2 Pro Player Stadium CBS 73,369 6 1:00 pm EDT 13/10/2002 Green Bay Packers S 10–28 3–3 Gillette Stadium Fox 68,436 7 Settimana di pausa 8 4:15 pm EST 27/10/2002 Denver Broncos S 16–24 3–4 Gillette Stadium CBS 68,436 9 1:00 pm EST 3/11/2002 Buffalo Bills V 38–7 4–4 Ralph Wilson Stadium CBS 73,448 10 4:15 pm EST 10/11/2002 Chicago Bears V 33–30 5–4 Memorial Stadium CBS 63,105 11 8:30 pm EST 17/11/2002 Oakland Raiders S 20–27 5–5 Network Associates Coliseum ESPN 62,552 12 1:00 pm EST 24/11/2002 Minnesota Vikings V 24–17 6–5 Gillette Stadium FOX 68,436 13 12:30 pm EST 28/11 Detroit Lions V 20–12 7–5 Ford Field CBS 62,109 14 1:00 pm EST 8/12/2002 Buffalo Bills V 27–17 8–5 Gillette Stadium CBS 68,436 15 9:00 pm EST 16/12/2002 Tennessee Titans S 7–24 8–6 The Coliseum ABC 68,809 16 8:30 pm EST 22/12/2002 New York Jets S 17–30 8–7 Gillette Stadium ESPN 68,436 17 1:00 pm EST 29/12/2002 Miami Dolphins V 27–24 (DTS) 9–7 Gillette Stadium CBS 68,436

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