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Tedy Bruschi ILB · NE · 1999–2008
Born June 9, 1973 · College Arizona · Drafted 1996 , round 3, pick 86 (NE) · 6-1, 247 lb
Comeback Player of the Year (2005) · 2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2003, 2004) · Pro Bowl (2004)
Defence Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
Season Team G Tackles Sacks QB hits Tackles for loss INT Passes defensed Forced fumbles
1999 NE 14 108 2.0 – – 1 – 1
2000 NE 16 108 1.0 – – 0 – 1
2001 NE 15 76 2.0 – – 2 – 3
2001 playoffs NE 3 16 1.5 – – 0 – 0
2002 NE 11 67 4.5 – – 2 – 1
2003 NE 16 133 2.0 – – 3 – 3
2003 playoffs NE 3 18 0.0 – – 0 – 0
2004 NE 16 123 5.0 – – 3 – 2
2004 playoffs NE 3 24 1.0 – – 1 – 1
2005 NE 9 63 2.0 – – 0 – 1
2005 playoffs NE 1 4 0.0 – – 0 – 0
2006 NE 15 113 1.5 4 – 1 – 0
2006 playoffs NE 3 25 0.0 0 – 0 – 0
2007 NE 16 93 2.5 5 – 0 – 0
2007 playoffs NE 3 23 0.0 0 – 0 – 0
2008 NE 13 75 0.0 0 – 0 – 0
Career NE 141 959 22.5 17 22 12 57 12
Honours Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0 ), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
Season Honours
2003 2nd-team All-Pro
2004 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2005 Comeback Player of the Year
Game logs 2008 game log (13 games) 2008 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2008-09-07 vs KC W 17–10 12 0.0 0 0
2 2008-09-14 @ NYJ W 19–10 4 0.0 0 1
3 2008-09-21 vs MIA L 13–38 8 0.0 0 0
5 2008-10-05 @ SF W 30–21 3 0.0 0 0
6 2008-10-12 @ LAC L 10–30 1 0.0 0 0
7 2008-10-20 vs DEN W 41–7 3 0.0 0 0
8 2008-10-26 vs LA W 23–16 11 0.0 0 0
9 2008-11-02 @ IND L 15–18 3 0.0 0 0
10 2008-11-09 vs BUF W 20–10 5 0.0 0 0
11 2008-11-13 vs NYJ L 31–34 OT 10 0.0 0 0
12 2008-11-23 @ MIA W 48–28 2 0.0 0 0
13 2008-11-30 vs PIT L 10–33 10 0.0 0 0
14 2008-12-07 @ SEA W 24–21 3 0.0 0 0
2007 game log (19 games) 2007 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2007-09-09 @ NYJ W 38–14 4 0.0 0 0
2 2007-09-16 vs LAC W 38–14 4 0.0 0 0
3 2007-09-23 vs BUF W 38–7 4 0.0 0 0
4 2007-10-01 @ CIN W 34–13 1 0.0 0 1
5 2007-10-07 vs CLE W 34–17 7 2.0 0 0
6 2007-10-14 @ DAL W 48–27 6 0.0 0 0
7 2007-10-21 @ MIA W 49–28 12 0.0 0 0
8 2007-10-28 vs WAS W 52–7 10 0.0 0 0
9 2007-11-04 @ IND W 24–20 4 0.0 0 0
11 2007-11-18 @ BUF W 56–10 4 0.5 0 0
12 2007-11-25 vs PHI W 31–28 3 0.0 0 0
13 2007-12-03 @ BAL W 27–24 12 0.0 0 0
14 2007-12-09 vs PIT W 34–13 8 0.0 0 0
15 2007-12-16 vs NYJ W 20–10 2 0.0 0 0
16 2007-12-23 vs MIA W 28–7 9 0.0 0 1
17 2007-12-29 @ NYG W 38–35 3 0.0 0 0
P19 2008-01-12 vs JAX W 31–20 7 0.0 0 0
P20 2008-01-20 vs LAC W 21–12 8 0.0 0 1
P21 2008-02-03 vs NYG L 14–17 8 0.0 0 0
2006 game log (18 games) 2006 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
2 2006-09-17 @ NYJ W 24–17 6 0.0 1 2
3 2006-09-24 vs DEN L 7–17 3 0.0 0 1
4 2006-10-01 @ CIN W 38–13 7 0.0 0 0
5 2006-10-08 vs MIA W 20–10 10 0.0 0 0
7 2006-10-22 @ BUF W 28–6 7 0.0 0 0
8 2006-10-30 @ MIN W 31–7 1 0.0 0 0
9 2006-11-05 vs IND L 20–27 7 0.0 0 0
10 2006-11-12 vs NYJ L 14–17 16 0.0 0 1
11 2006-11-19 @ GB W 35–0 8 0.5 0 1
12 2006-11-26 vs CHI W 17–13 7 0.0 0 0
13 2006-12-03 vs DET W 28–21 11 1.0 0 0
14 2006-12-10 @ MIA L 0–21 9 0.0 0 0
15 2006-12-17 vs HOU W 40–7 10 0.0 0 1
16 2006-12-24 @ JAX W 24–21 4 0.0 0 1
17 2006-12-31 @ TEN W 40–23 7 0.0 0 0
P18 2007-01-07 vs NYJ W 37–16 9 0.0 0 1
P19 2007-01-14 @ LAC W 24–21 11 0.0 0 1
P20 2007-01-21 @ IND L 34–38 5 0.0 0 0
2005 game log (10 games) 2005 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
8 2005-10-30 vs BUF W 21–16 7 0.0 0 0
9 2005-11-07 vs IND L 21–40 10 0.0 0 0
10 2005-11-13 @ MIA W 23–16 4 0.0 0 2
11 2005-11-20 vs NO W 24–17 10 0.0 0 0
12 2005-11-27 @ KC L 16–26 9 0.0 0 0
13 2005-12-04 vs NYJ W 16–3 6 0.0 0 0
14 2005-12-11 @ BUF W 35–7 3 0.0 0 1
15 2005-12-17 vs TB W 28–0 11 2.0 0 1
16 2005-12-26 @ NYJ W 31–21 3 0.0 0 0
P19 2006-01-14 @ DEN L 13–27 4 0.0 0 0
2004 game log (19 games) 2004 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2004-09-09 vs IND W 27–24 12 0.0 1 1
2 2004-09-19 @ ARI W 23–12 1 0.0 0 0
4 2004-10-03 @ BUF W 31–17 7 2.0 0 0
5 2004-10-10 vs MIA W 24–10 5 0.0 0 2
6 2004-10-17 vs SEA W 30–20 8 0.0 0 0
7 2004-10-24 vs NYJ W 13–7 10 0.0 0 0
8 2004-10-31 @ PIT L 20–34 9 0.0 0 0
9 2004-11-07 @ LA W 40–22 3 1.0 0 0
10 2004-11-14 vs BUF W 29–6 6 0.0 1 1
11 2004-11-22 @ KC W 27–19 7 0.0 0 0
12 2004-11-28 vs BAL W 24–3 7 1.0 0 0
13 2004-12-05 @ CLE W 42–15 5 1.0 0 1
14 2004-12-12 vs CIN W 35–28 16 0.0 0 0
15 2004-12-20 @ MIA L 28–29 4 0.0 0 0
16 2004-12-26 @ NYJ W 23–7 8 0.0 1 1
17 2005-01-02 vs SF W 21–7 15 0.0 0 0
P19 2005-01-16 vs IND W 20–3 8 0.0 0 0
P20 2005-01-23 @ PIT W 41–27 9 0.0 0 0
P21 2005-02-06 @ PHI W 24–21 7 1.0 1 1
2003 game log (19 games) 2003 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2003-09-07 @ BUF L 0–31 6 0.0 0 0
2 2003-09-14 @ PHI W 31–10 5 1.0 1 4
3 2003-09-21 vs NYJ W 23–16 9 0.0 0 0
4 2003-09-28 @ WAS L 17–20 7 0.0 0 1
5 2003-10-05 vs TEN W 38–30 10 0.0 0 1
6 2003-10-12 vs NYG W 17–6 16 0.0 0 2
7 2003-10-19 @ MIA W 19–13 OT 6 0.0 0 0
8 2003-10-26 vs CLE W 9–3 8 0.0 0 0
9 2003-11-03 @ DEN W 30–26 3 0.0 0 0
11 2003-11-16 vs DAL W 12–0 7 0.0 0 1
12 2003-11-23 @ HOU W 23–20 OT 6 0.0 0 0
13 2003-11-30 @ IND W 38–34 12 0.0 0 2
14 2003-12-07 vs MIA W 12–0 9 0.0 1 1
15 2003-12-14 vs JAX W 27–13 10 0.0 0 0
16 2003-12-20 @ NYJ W 21–16 8 0.0 1 1
17 2003-12-27 vs BUF W 31–0 11 1.0 0 1
P19 2004-01-10 vs TEN W 17–14 9 0.0 0 0
P20 2004-01-18 vs IND W 24–14 5 0.0 0 0
P21 2004-02-01 vs CAR W 32–29 4 0.0 0 0
2002 game log (11 games) 2002 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2002-09-09 vs PIT W 30–14 5 1.0 0 0
2 2002-09-15 @ NYJ W 44–7 5 0.0 0 0
4 2002-09-29 @ LAC L 14–21 11 0.0 0 0
5 2002-10-06 @ MIA L 13–26 6 0.0 0 0
6 2002-10-13 vs GB L 10–28 4 0.0 0 1
8 2002-10-27 vs DEN L 16–24 7 1.0 0 0
9 2002-11-03 @ BUF W 38–7 5 0.0 0 1
10 2002-11-10 @ CHI W 33–30 3 1.0 0 1
11 2002-11-17 @ LV L 20–27 10 0.0 1 2
12 2002-11-24 vs MIN W 24–17 11 1.5 0 1
13 2002-11-28 @ DET W 20–12 0 0.0 1 1
2001 game log (18 games) 2001 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2001-09-09 @ CIN L 17–23 6 0.0 0 0
2 2001-09-23 vs NYJ L 3–10 7 0.0 0 0
3 2001-09-30 vs IND W 44–13 7 0.0 0 0
4 2001-10-07 @ MIA L 10–30 4 0.0 0 1
6 2001-10-21 @ IND W 38–17 1 0.0 0 0
7 2001-10-28 @ DEN L 20–31 3 0.0 1 1
8 2001-11-04 @ ATL W 24–10 2 0.0 0 0
9 2001-11-11 vs BUF W 21–11 1 1.0 0 0
10 2001-11-18 vs LA L 17–24 8 0.0 1 1
11 2001-11-25 vs NO W 34–17 4 0.0 0 0
12 2001-12-02 @ NYJ W 17–16 6 1.0 0 0
13 2001-12-09 vs CLE W 27–16 10 0.0 0 0
14 2001-12-16 @ BUF W 12–9 OT 8 0.0 0 0
15 2001-12-22 vs MIA W 20–13 7 0.0 0 0
17 2002-01-06 @ CAR W 38–6 2 0.0 0 0
P19 2002-01-19 vs LV W 16–13 OT 9 1.0 0 0
P20 2002-01-27 @ PIT W 24–17 3 0.5 0 0
P21 2002-02-03 vs LA W 20–17 4 0.0 0 0
2000 game log (16 games) 2000 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2000-09-03 vs TB L 16–21 12 0.0 0 0
2 2000-09-11 @ NYJ L 19–20 6 0.0 0 1
3 2000-09-17 vs MIN L 13–21 13 1.0 0 0
4 2000-09-24 @ MIA L 3–10 3 0.0 0 0
5 2000-10-01 @ DEN W 28–19 5 0.0 0 1
6 2000-10-08 vs IND W 24–16 10 0.0 0 1
7 2000-10-15 vs NYJ L 17–34 6 0.0 0 0
8 2000-10-22 @ IND L 23–30 5 0.0 0 0
10 2000-11-05 vs BUF L 13–16 OT 5 0.0 0 0
11 2000-11-12 @ CLE L 11–19 4 0.0 0 1
12 2000-11-19 vs CIN W 16–13 8 0.0 0 0
13 2000-11-23 @ DET L 9–34 7 0.0 0 0
14 2000-12-04 vs KC W 30–24 7 0.0 0 0
15 2000-12-10 @ CHI L 17–24 6 0.0 0 0
16 2000-12-17 @ BUF W 13–10 OT 2 0.0 0 0
17 2000-12-24 vs MIA L 24–27 9 0.0 0 1
1999 game log (14 games) 1999 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 1999-09-12 @ NYJ W 30–28 12 1.0 0 1
2 1999-09-19 vs IND W 31–28 10 0.0 0 0
3 1999-09-26 vs NYG W 16–14 4 0.0 0 1
4 1999-10-03 @ CLE W 19–7 3 1.0 0 0
5 1999-10-10 @ KC L 14–16 7 0.0 0 0
8 1999-10-31 @ ARI W 27–3 4 0.0 0 0
10 1999-11-15 vs NYJ L 17–24 13 0.0 0 0
11 1999-11-21 @ MIA L 17–27 5 0.0 0 1
12 1999-11-28 @ BUF L 7–17 11 0.0 0 1
13 1999-12-05 vs DAL W 13–6 8 0.0 0 2
14 1999-12-12 @ IND L 15–20 3 0.0 0 0
15 1999-12-19 @ PHI L 9–24 5 0.0 1 2
16 1999-12-26 vs BUF L 10–13 OT 13 0.0 0 0
17 2000-01-02 vs BAL W 20–3 10 0.0 0 0
Data through 2026 week 9. Play-by-play, schedules, rosters and player details: nflverse (CC BY 4.0). EPA is nflfastR’s; WPA is our model’s. Stabilised rates and 90% intervals: see the leaderboards’ notes.