Quick: Who was the last Patriot to score a first-quarter touchdown? We’ll get to the answer shortly.
But in a strange football season for the Patriots, it could very well be the strangest stat we’ve ever come across: Through seven games, the New England offense hasn’t scored a first-quarter point. The only first-quarter touchdown for the Patriots this season was a pick-6 from Devin McCourty in the loss to the Seahawks in Seattle.
New England is on pace to score 16 first-quarter points as a team this year, which would set a team record for futility over the course of a 16-game season.