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1990 New England Patriots season
Head Coach Rod Rust
General Manager Patrick Sullivan
Home Field Foxboro Stadium
Results
Record 1–15
Place 5th AFC East
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers T Bruce Armstrong
Uniform
AFC-1984-1987,1990-Uniform-NE
Timeline
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1989 1991

The New England Patriots finished the National Football League's 1990 season with a record of one win and fifteen losses, and finished last in the AFC East division. Notably, they lost a nationally-televised game to the Washington Redskins in which they were down 9–0 without the Redskins running a single offensive play.[1]

The day after the Patriots' only victory of the season, tight end Zeke Mowatt, running back Robert Perryman and wide receiver Michael Timpson stood in front of Boston Globe reporter Lisa Olson semi-naked and sexually harassed her in the Patriots' locker room at Foxboro Stadium. The incident proved a major embarrassment for the franchise, and the team lost its final 14 games, and was accused of quitting in most of the losses.

Staff[]

New England Patriots 1990 staff
Front Office
  • Chairman/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/Defensive Coordinator/Secondary – Rod Rust

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jimmy Raye
  • Quarterbacks/Special Assistant to the Head Coach – John Polonchek
  • Offensive Backfield – Bobby Grier
  • Receivers – Richard Wood
  • Offensive Line – Rod Humenuik
 

Defensive Coaches

Special Teams Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Opponent Result Stadium Record Attendance
1 Miami Dolphins L 27–24 Foxboro Stadium 0–1
45,305
2 at Indianapolis Colts W 16–14 Hoosier Dome 1–1
49,256
3 at Cincinnati Bengals L 41–7 Riverfront Stadium 1–2
56,470
4 New York Jets L 37–13 Foxboro Stadium 1–3
36,724
5 Seattle Seahawks L 33–20 Foxboro Stadium 1–4
39,735
6 Bye
7 at Miami Dolphins L 17–10 Joe Robbie Stadium 1–5
62,630
8 Buffalo Bills L 27–10 Foxboro Stadium 1–6
51,959
9 at Philadelphia Eagles L 48–20 Veterans Stadium 1–7
65,514
10 Indianapolis Colts L 13–10 Foxboro Stadium 1–8
28,924
11 at Buffalo Bills L 14–0 Rich Stadium 1–9
74,270
12 at Phoenix Cardinals L 34–14 Sun Devil Stadium 1–10
30,110
13 Kansas City Chiefs L 37–7 Foxboro Stadium 1–11
26,280
14 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 24–3 Three Rivers Stadium 1–12
48,354
15 Washington Redskins L 25–10 Foxboro Stadium 1–13
22,286
16 at New York Jets L 42–7 The Meadowlands 1–14
30,250
17 New York Giants L 13–10 Foxboro Stadium 1–15
60,410

Standings[]

AFC East
view · talk · edit W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Buffalo Bills 13 3 0 .813 7–1 10–2 428 263 L1
Miami Dolphins 12 4 0 .750 7–1 10–2 336 242 W1
Indianapolis Colts 7 9 0 .438 3–5 5–7 281 353 L1
New York Jets 6 10 0 .375 2–6 4–10 295 345 W2
New England Patriots 1 15 0 .063 1–7 1–11 181 446 L14

See also[]

  • New England Patriots seasons
AFC East Central West East Central West NFC
Buffalo Cincinnati Denver Dallas Chicago Atlanta
Indianapolis Cleveland Kansas City NY Giants Detroit LA Rams
Miami Houston LA Raiders Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans
New England Pittsburgh San Diego Phoenix Minnesota San Francisco
NY Jets Seattle Washington Tampa Bay
1990 NFL DraftNFL PlayoffsPro BowlSuper Bowl XXV


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