1971 New England Patriots (NFL) |
| 3rd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Johnny Mazur |
| Bruce Beatty | Offensive Line |
| Dick Evans | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line |
| Tom Fletcher | Defensive Backs |
| John Meyer | Linebackers |
| Sam Rutigliano | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs |
| Jerry Stoltz | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/8/1971 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-17 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Memorial Stadium | 31813 | |
| Sun | 8/15/1971 | H | New York Giants | 20-14 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60423 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1971 | A | Buffalo Bills | 14-28 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 31610 | |
| Sun | 8/29/1971 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 21-31 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 53271 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1971 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 35-45 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 48631 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1971 | N | New York Jets | 9-38 | L | Memphis, TN | Memorial Stadium | 28082 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | Oakland Raiders | 20-6 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 55405 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-34 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 61057 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | H | Baltimore Colts | 3-23 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 61232 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | H | New York Jets | 20-0 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 61357 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | A | Miami Dolphins | 3-41 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 58822 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 21-44 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 65708 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 10-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 45092 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | H | Houston Oilers | 28-20 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 53155 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | H | Buffalo Bills | 38-33 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 57446 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 65238 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | A | Buffalo Bills | 20-27 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 27166 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | H | Miami Dolphins | 34-13 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 61457 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | A | New York Jets | 6-13 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63175 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-17 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57942 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Julius Adams | 85 | RDT | 6-3 | 262 | 23 | Texas Southern | 14 | 11 |
| Houston Antwine | 76/65 | RDT | 6-0 | 265 | 32 | Southern Illinois | 3 | 3 |
| Bill Atessis | 73 | DE | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Texas | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 82 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 27 | Detroit Mercy; Houston | 14 | 8 |
| Ron Berger | 88 | LDT-RDE | 6-8 | 278 | 29 | Wayne State (Michigan) | 14 | 7 |
| Randy Beverly | 27 | LCB | 5-11 | 189 | 27 | Trinidad State JC; Colorado State | 8 | 1 |
| Hubie Bryant | 45 | WR | 5-10 | 168 | 25 | Minnesota | 11 | 2 |
| Larry Carwell | 41 | LCB | 6-1 | 189 | 27 | Iowa State | 14 | 12 |
| Jim Cheyunski | 50 | MLB | 6-1 | 223 | 26 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Phil Clark | 22 | S | 6-2 | 207 | 26 | Northwestern | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis Coleman | 53 | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Mississippi | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 10 | WR | 5-11 | 186 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 4 |
| Randy Edmunds | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Gardin | 37 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Cameron JC; Arizona | 8 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 30 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Gladieux | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Gogolak | 7 | K | 5-10 | 165 | 27 | Princeton | 14 | 0 |
| Halvor Hagen | 62 | LOG | 6-5 | 249 | 24 | Shoreline CC; Weber State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Haggerty | 75 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 25 | LS-RS-RCB | 6-0 | 182 | 28 | East Los Angeles JC; Arizona | 14 | 10 |
| Tommy Janik | 21 | RS-P | 6-3 | 198 | 31 | Texas A&M; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 2 |
| Steve Kiner | 57 | RLB | 6-0 | 219 | 24 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Ike Lassiter | 87 | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 31 | St. Augustine's | 14 | 12 |
| Odell Lawson | 32 | RB | 6-2 | 218 | 23 | Langston | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Lenkaitis | 67 | ROG-C | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 2 |
| Jack Maitland | 40 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Williams | 14 | 0 |
| Irvin Mallory | 43 | CB-S | 6-1 | 196 | 22 | Virginia Union | 2 | 0 |
| Art May | 71 | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Tuskegee | 11 | 5 |
| Mike Montler | 64 | LOT | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Jon Morris | 56 | C | 6-4 | 247 | 29 | Holy Cross | 14 | 13 |
| Roland Moss | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Toledo | 14 | 6 |
| Jim Nance | 35 | RB | 6-1 | 241 | 29 | Syracuse | 13 | 13 |
| Tom Neville | 77 | ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 28 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Outlaw | 44 | RCB | 5-10 | 160 | 26 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Philpott | 52 | LLB | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | 4 |
| Jim Plunkett | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 24 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Kenny Price | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 21 | Iowa | 1 | 0 |
| Perry Pruett | 39 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | North Texas | 11 | 1 |
| Dave Rowe | 76 | LDT-RDT | 6-6 | 274 | 26 | Penn State | 14 | 9 |
| Reggie Rucker | 33 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Boston University | 5 | 0 |
| Len St. Jean | 60 | ROG | 6-1 | 244 | 30 | Northern Michigan | 14 | 13 |
| Clarence Scott | 26 | LS | 6-2 | 204 | 27 | Morgan State | 5 | 4 |
| Ron Sellers | 34 | WR | 6-4 | 195 | 24 | Florida State | 10 | 8 |
| Al Sykes | 13 | WR | 6-3 | 160 | 24 | Florida A&M | 4 | 1 |
| Randy Vataha | 18 | WR | 5-10 | 173 | 23 | Golden West JC; Stanford | 14 | 13 |
| Don Webb | 42 | RS-LS | 5-10 | 196 | 32 | Iowa State | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Weisacosky | 66 | LLB | 6-0 | 223 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 10 |
| Denny Wirgowski | 70 | RDE | 6-5 | 257 | 24 | Purdue | 9 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Jim Plunkett | QB | Stanford |
| 2 | 27 | Julius Adams | DT | Texas Southern |
| 5 | 105 | Tim Kelly | LB | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 131 | Dave Hardt | TE | Kentucky |
| 9 | 209 | Josh Ashton | RB | Tulsa |
| 10 | 235 | Layne McDowell | T | Iowa |
| 11 | 261 | Dan Schneiss | TE | Nebraska |
| 12 | 287 | John Rodman | T | Northwestern |
| 13 | 313 | Lewis Swain | DB | Alabama A&M |
| 14 | 339 | Al Sykes | WR | Florida A&M |
| 15 | 365 | Nick McGarry | TE | Massachusetts |
| 16 | 391 | Jim Zikmund | DB | Nebraska-Kearney |
| 17 | 417 | Ronald Leigh | DE | Elizabeth City State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 64 | 69 | 64 | 238 |
| Opponents Totals | 82 | 105 | 54 | 84 | 325 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 190 | 85 | 94 | 11 | 72/198 36.4% | / % | 67 | 657 | |
| Opponents Totals | 237 | 106 | 111 | 20 | 81/208 38.9% | / % | 60 | 559 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Gogolak | 0 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 0 | 64 |
| Randy Vataha | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Jim Nance | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tom Beer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ron Sellers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Roland Moss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Hubie Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Maitland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Outlaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 0 | 238 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 27 | 36 | 75.0 | 0 | 325 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Gogolak | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 3 | 51 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 6/7 | 3/7 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 21 | 57.1 | 3 | 51 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 6/7 | 3/7 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 36 | 75.0 | 8/9 | 4/5 | 5/6 | 9/14 | 1/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Garrett | 181 | 784 | 4.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Jim Nance | 129 | 463 | 3.6 | 50t | 5 |
| Jim Plunkett | 45 | 210 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 37 | 175 | 4.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Jack Maitland | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 6 | 1 |
| Eric Crabtree | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Odell Lawson | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Hubie Bryant | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Neville | 0 | -8 | -8L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 419 | 1669 | 4.0 | 50t | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 481 | 1918 | 4.0 | 56t | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Plunkett | 328 | 158 | 48.2 | 154 | 2158 | 6.6 | 13.7 | 88t | 19 | 5.8 | 16 | 4.9 | 36 | 319 | 1839 | 68.6 |
| Bob Gladieux | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 48 | 24.0 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 95.8 |
| Team Totals | 330 | 159 | 48.2 | 155 | 2206 | 6.7 | 13.9 | 88t | 19 | 5.8 | 16 | 4.8 | 36 | 319 | 1887 | 69.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 350 | 170 | 48.6 | 165 | 2403 | 6.9 | 14.1 | 74t | 16 | 4.6 | 15 | 4.3 | 25 | 249 | 2154 | 68.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Vataha | 51 | 872 | 17.1 | 88t | 9 |
| Carl Garrett | 22 | 265 | 12.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Jim Nance | 18 | 95 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Sellers | 14 | 222 | 15.9 | 49 | 3 |
| Hubie Bryant | 14 | 212 | 15.1 | 48 | 1 |
| Tom Beer | 12 | 191 | 15.9 | 31t | 3 |
| Roland Moss | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 20t | 1 |
| Eric Crabtree | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 31t | 1 |
| Bob Gladieux | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Sykes | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Maitland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 159 | 2206 | 13.9 | 88t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 170 | 2403 | 14.1 | 74t | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Carwell | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 53t | 1 |
| Steve Kiner | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Outlaw | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 60t | 1 |
| Randy Beverly | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Cheyunski | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 229 | 15.3 | 60t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 157 | 9.8 | 25t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Janik | 87 | 3249 | 37.3 | 58 | 0 | 279 | ||||
| Team Totals | 87 | 3249 | 37.3 | 58 | 0 | 279 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2564 | 38.8 | 64 | 1 | 181 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubie Bryant | 10 | 1 | 24 | 2.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 8 | 2 | 124 | 15.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 5 | 1 | 19 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Gardin | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 17 | 181 | 5.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 14 | 279 | 7.8 | 68t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Gardin | 14 | 321 | 22.9 | 34 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 24 | 538 | 22.4 | 37 | 0 | |
| Hubie Bryant | 10 | 252 | 25.2 | 45 | 0 | |
| Bob Gladieux | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Odell Lawson | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jack Maitland | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Irvin Mallory | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Halvor Hagen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Tommy Janik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Webb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 64 | 1354 | 21.2 | 45 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1427 | 29.1 | 94t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Kiner | 6.5 | |
| Julius Adams | 5.0 | |
| Ike Lassiter | 4.0 | |
| Ron Berger | 3.0 | |
| Ed Weisacosky | 3.0 | |
| Art May | 2.5 | |
| Ed Philpott | 1.0 | |
| Dave Rowe | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals IND=26 | 25.0 | 249.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36.0 | 319.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Beer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Berger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hubie Bryant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Edmunds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Gardin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gladieux | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Janik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Kiner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jack Maitland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Montler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -28 | 0 | |
| Jim Nance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Neville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Outlaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Philpott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Sykes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Wirgowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 2 |
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