1971 New England Patriots (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 6-8-0 .429

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	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
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

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
85	Julius Adams	RDT	6-3	262	23	Texas Southern	14	11
76/65	Houston Antwine	RDT	6-0	265	32	Southern Illinois	3	3
73	Bill Atessis	DE	6-3	240	22	Texas	5	0
82	Tom Beer	TE	6-4	232	27	Detroit Mercy; Houston	14	8
88	Ron Berger	LDT-RDE	6-8	278	28	Wayne State (Michigan)	14	7
27	Randy Beverly	LCB	5-11	189	27	Trinidad State JC; Colorado State	8	1
45	Hubie Bryant	WR	5-10	168	25	Minnesota	11	2
41	Larry Carwell	LCB	6-1	189	27	Iowa State	14	12
50	Jim Cheyunski	MLB	6-1	223	26	Syracuse	14	14
22	Phil Clark	DB	6-2	207	26	Northwestern	2	0
53	Dennis Coleman	LB	6-3	225	23	Mississippi	9	0
10	Eric Crabtree	WR	5-11	186	27	Pittsburgh	6	4
51	Randy Edmunds	LB	6-2	223	25	Georgia Tech	14	0
37	Ron Gardin	WR	5-11	180	27	Cameron JC; Arizona	8	0
30	Carl Garrett	RB	5-11	210	24	New Mexico Highlands	14	14
24	Bob Gladieux	RB	5-11	190	24	Notre Dame	14	0
7	Charlie Gogolak	K	5-10	165	27	Princeton	14	0
62	Halvor Hagen	LOG	6-5	249	24	Shoreline CC; Weber State	14	14
75	Mike Haggerty	OT	6-4	245	26	Miami (Florida)	13	0
25	Rickie Harris	LS-RS-RCB	6-0	182	28	East Los Angeles JC; Arizona	14	10
21	Tommy Janik	RS-P	6-3	198	31	Texas A&M; Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	2
57	Steve Kiner	RLB	6-0	219	24	Tennessee	14	14
87	Ike Lassiter	LDE	6-5	270	31	St. Augustine's	14	12
32	Odell Lawson	RB	6-2	218	23	Langston	2	1
67	Bill Lenkaitis	ROG-C	6-3	260	25	Penn State	14	2
40	Jack Maitland	RB	6-1	210	23	Williams	14	0
43	Irvin Mallory	DB	6-1	196	22	Virginia Union	2	0
71	Art May	RDE-LDE	6-3	245	23	Tuskegee	11	5
64	Mike Montler	LOT	6-4	260	27	Colorado	14	14
56	Jon Morris	C	6-4	247	29	Holy Cross	14	13
86	Roland Moss	TE	6-3	215	25	Toledo	14	6
35	Jim Nance	RB	6-1	241	29	Syracuse	13	13
77	Tom Neville	ROT	6-4	252	28	Mississippi State	14	14
44	Johnny Outlaw	RCB	5-10	160	26	Jackson State	14	14
52	Ed Philpott	LLB	6-3	240	26	Miami (Ohio)	13	4
16	Jim Plunkett	QB	6-2	207	24	Stanford	14	14
54	Kenny Price	LB	6-1	220	21	Iowa	1	0
39	Perry Pruett	LCB	6-1	190	22	North Texas	11	1
76	Dave Rowe	LDT-RDT	6-6	274	26	Penn State	14	9
33	Reggie Rucker	WR	6-2	190	24	Boston University	5	0
60	Len St. Jean	ROG	6-1	244	30	Northern Michigan	14	13
26	Clarence Scott	LS	6-2	204	27	Morgan State	5	4
34	Ron Sellers	WR	6-4	195	24	Florida State	10	8
13	Al Sykes	WR	6-3	160	24	Florida A&M	4	1
18	Randy Vataha	WR	5-10	173	23	Golden West JC; Stanford	14	13
42	Don Webb	RS-LS	5-10	196	32	Iowa State	12	12
66	Ed Weisacosky	LLB	6-0	223	27	Miami (Florida)	14	10
70	Denny Wirgowski	RDE	6-5	257	24	Purdue	9	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
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
Team Totals	41	64	69	64
Opponents Totals	82	105	54	84

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
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	PTS
Charlie Gogolak	0	28	28	100.0	12	21	57.1	64
Randy Vataha	9	0	0		0	0		54
Jim Nance	5	0	0		0	0		30
Tom Beer	3	0	0		0	0		18
Ron Sellers	3	0	0		0	0		18
Carl Garrett	2	0	0		0	0		12
Roland Moss	2	0	0		0	0		12
Hubie Bryant	1	0	0		0	0		6
Larry Carwell	1	0	0		0	0		6
Eric Crabtree	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jack Maitland	1	0	0		0	0		6
Johnny Outlaw	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	29	28	29	96.6	12	21	57.1	238
Opponents Totals	35	34	35	97.1	27	36	75.0	325

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Charlie Gogolak	12	21	57.1	1/1	1/3	6/7	3/7	1/3
Team Totals	12	21	57.1	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	RYDS
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	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

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