1972 New England Patriots (NFL) |
| 5th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 3-11-0 .214 |
| Head Coach: Johnny Mazur (2-7-0); Phil Bengston (1-4-0) |
| Bruce Beatty | Offensive Line |
| Dick Evans | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line |
| Tom Fletcher | Defensive Backs |
| John Meyer | Linebackers |
| Burnie Miller | Special Teams |
| Sam Rutigliano | Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Backs |
| Jerry Stoltz | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1972 | A | Oakland Raiders | 24-31 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53661 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1972 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-29 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 30000 | |
| Sun | 8/20/1972 | H | Chicago Bears | 27-17 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 50892 | |
| Sun | 8/27/1972 | H | New York Giants | 10-31 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 51470 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1972 | A | Denver Broncos | 24-49 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 37128 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1972 | H | Detroit Lions | 34-30 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 47684 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-31 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60999 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 21-20 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60999 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | H | Washington Redskins | 24-23 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60999 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | A | Buffalo Bills | 14-38 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 41749 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | H | New York Jets | 13-41 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60999 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-33 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 46081 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | A | New York Jets | 10-34 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62867 | |
| Mon | 11/6/1972 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-24 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60999 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | A | Miami Dolphins | 0-52 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 80010 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | H | Buffalo Bills | 24-27 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60999 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | A | Baltimore Colts | 0-31 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 54907 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1972 | H | Miami Dolphins | 21-37 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60999 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1972 | A | New Orleans Saints | 17-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 64889 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1972 | A | Denver Broncos | 21-45 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51656 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 51 | Ron Acks | RLB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Illinois | 14 | 13 |
| 85 | Julius Adams | LDE-LDT | 6-3 | 262 | 24 | Texas Southern | 11 | 11 |
| 61 | Sam Adams | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 6 | 1 |
| 31 | Josh Ashton | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Blinn JC; Tulsa | 14 | 12 |
| 82 | Tom Beer | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 28 | Detroit Mercy; Houston | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | Ron Berger | LDE | 6-8 | 278 | 30 | Wayne State (Michigan) | 6 | 3 |
| 49 | Dick Blanchard | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Tulsa | 14 | 1 |
| 27 | Ron Bolton | RCB | 6-2 | 170 | 22 | Norfolk State | 14 | 4 |
| 84 | Hubie Bryant | WR | 5-10 | 168 | 26 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Larry Carwell | LCB | 6-1 | 189 | 28 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Rick Cash | RDT | 6-5 | 260 | 27 | Missouri; Truman State | 14 | 13 |
| 50 | Jim Cheyunski | MLB | 6-1 | 223 | 27 | Syracuse | 14 | 11 |
| 55 | Ralph Cindrich | MLB | 6-1 | 227 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | Brian Dowling | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 25 | Yale | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Carl Garrett | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | New Mexico Highlands | 10 | 7 |
| 24 | Bob Gladieux | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Notre Dame | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Charlie Gogolak | K | 5-10 | 165 | 28 | Princeton | 6 | 0 |
| 62 | Halvor Hagen | LDE-LOG | 6-5 | 249 | 25 | Shoreline CC; Weber State | 12 | 1 |
| 25 | Rickie Harris | RS-LS | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | East Los Angeles JC; Arizona | 14 | 11 |
| 23 | George Hoey | RCB-RS-LS | 5-10 | 174 | 26 | Michigan | 12 | 6 |
| 29 | Honor Jackson | LS-RS-RCB | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Marin JC; Pacific | 13 | 10 |
| 52 | Ron Kadziel | RLB | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Stanford | 14 | 1 |
| 67 | Bill Lenkaitis | LOG-C | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Penn State | 12 | 4 |
| 40 | Jack Maitland | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Williams | 13 | 0 |
| 75 | Wayne Mass | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Clemson | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | Henry Matthews | RB | 6-3 | 203 | 23 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Art McMahon | LS | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | North Carolina State | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Mike Montler | LOG-LOT | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Jon Morris | C | 6-4 | 247 | 30 | Holy Cross | 14 | 13 |
| 77 | Tom Neville | ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 29 | Mississippi State | 13 | 13 |
| 44 | Johnny Outlaw | RCB | 5-10 | 160 | 27 | Jackson State | 6 | 5 |
| 16 | Jim Plunkett | QB | 6-2 | 207 | 25 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Bob Reynolds | LOT | 6-6 | 264 | 33 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 11 |
| 21 | Tom Reynolds | WR | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 12 | 0 |
| 76 | Dave Rowe | LDT | 6-6 | 274 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | 10 |
| 33 | Reggie Rucker | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Len St. Jean | ROG | 6-1 | 244 | 31 | Northern Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Clarence Scott | LLS | 6-2 | 204 | 28 | Morgan State | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Pat Studstill | P-WR | 6-1 | 176 | 34 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | John Tarver | RB | 6-3 | 224 | 23 | Bakersfield CC; Colorado | 8 | 4 |
| 18 | Randy Vataha | WR | 5-10 | 173 | 24 | Golden West JC; Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | Mike Walker | K | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | none | 8 | 0 |
| 66 | Ed Weisacosky | LLB | 6-0 | 223 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 13 |
| 87 | Jim White | LDE | 6-3 | 253 | 24 | Northeastern JC; Colorado State | 13 | 6 |
| 86 | Bob Windsor | TE | 6-4 | 227 | 30 | Montgomery JC; Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | Denny Wirgowski | RDE | 6-5 | 257 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 49 | Tom Reynolds | WR | San Diego State |
| 3 | 73 | Jim White | DE | Colorado State |
| 5 | 124 | Ron Bolton | DB | Norfolk State |
| 7 | 165 | Clark Hoss | TE | Oregon State |
| 7 | 166 | John Tarver | RB | Colorado |
| 8 | 195 | Steve Beyrle | G | Kansas State |
| 9 | 220 | Mike Kelson | T | Arkansas |
| 10 | 245 | Mel Caraway | DB | Northeastern State |
| 11 | 269 | Rod Cason | T | Angelo State |
| 12 | 296 | Steve Booras | DE | Mesa JC |
| 13 | 325 | Sam Elmore | DB | Eastern Michigan |
| 14 | 350 | Eddie Rideout | WR | Boston College |
| 15 | 375 | Joel Klimek | TE | Pittsburgh |
| 16 | 400 | Eric Dahl | DB | San Jose State |
| 17 | 425 | Junior Ah You | LB | Arizona State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 55 | 44 | 73 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 165 | 117 | 98 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 236 | 86 | 126 | 24 | 65/192 33.9% | / % | 66 | 761 | |
| Opponents Totals | 288 | 143 | 124 | 21 | 94/193 48.7% | / % | 88 | 862 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Garrett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Charlie Gogolak | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Josh Ashton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mike Walker | 0 | 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 21 |
| Brian Dowling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tom Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Tarver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Randy Vataha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 192 |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 54 | 54 | 100.0 | 22 | 36 | 61.1 | 1 | 446 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Gogolak | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 0 | 42 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Mike Walker | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 2 | 36 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 0/3 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 2 | 42 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 4/6 | 1/4 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 36 | 61.1 | 6/8 | 3/4 | 10/13 | 3/8 | 0/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Ashton | 128 | 546 | 4.3 | 35 | 3 |
| Carl Garrett | 131 | 488 | 3.7 | 41t | 5 |
| Jim Plunkett | 36 | 230 | 6.4 | 21 | 1 |
| John Tarver | 42 | 132 | 3.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Bob Gladieux | 24 | 56 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Brian Dowling | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 11 | 3 |
| Jack Maitland | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 386 | 1532 | 4.0 | 41t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 548 | 2717 | 5.0 | 47 | 27 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Plunkett | 355 | 169 | 169 | 161 | 2196 | 6.2 | 13.0 | 62 | 8 | 2.3 | 25 | 7.0 | 39 | 385 | 1811 | 45.7 |
| Brian Dowling | 54 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 383 | 7.1 | 13.2 | 42 | 2 | 3.7 | 1 | 1.9 | 4 | 63 | 320 | 81.0 |
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0.0 | ||
| Bob Gladieux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 412 | 198 | 198 | 186 | 2579 | 6.3 | 13.0 | 62 | 10 | 2.4 | 28 | 6.8 | 44 | 452 | 2127 | 48.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 326 | 175 | 175 | 141 | 2634 | 8.1 | 15.1 | 62 | 24 | 7.4 | 10 | 3.1 | 15 | 101 | 2533 | 92.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Rucker | 44 | 681 | 15.5 | 62 | 3 |
| Bob Windsor | 33 | 383 | 11.6 | 24 | 1 |
| Carl Garrett | 30 | 410 | 13.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Randy Vataha | 25 | 369 | 14.8 | 44 | 2 |
| Josh Ashton | 22 | 207 | 9.4 | 24t | 1 |
| Bob Gladieux | 19 | 192 | 10.1 | 31 | 0 |
| John Tarver | 11 | 112 | 10.2 | 22 | 1 |
| Tom Reynolds | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 36t | 2 |
| Jack Maitland | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 198 | 2579 | 13.0 | 62 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 175 | 2634 | 15.1 | 62 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honor Jackson | 4 | 133 | 33.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 32 | 0 |
| George Hoey | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dick Blanchard | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 490 | 17.5 | 61 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 75 | 2859 | 38.1 | 57 | 1 | 366 | ||||
| Team Totals | 75 | 2859 | 38.1 | 57 | 1 | 366 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1937 | 40.4 | 60 | 0 | 37 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Garrett | 6 | 0 | 36 | 6.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Larry Carwell | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 2 | 4 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 8 | 37 | 2.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 24 | 366 | 10.8 | 59 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Garrett | 16 | 410 | 25.6 | 49 | 0 | |
| Josh Ashton | 15 | 309 | 20.6 | 31 | 0 | |
| George Hoey | 9 | 210 | 23.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 8 | 227 | 28.4 | 43 | 0 | |
| Henry Matthews | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jack Maitland | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1293 | 23.5 | 49 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 784 | 24.5 | 73 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Julius Adams | 4.0 | |
| Dave Rowe | 3.0 | |
| Rickie Harris | 2.0 | |
| Denny Wirgowski | 2.0 | |
| Rick Cash | 1.0 | |
| Halvor Hagen | 1.0 | |
| Ed Weisacosky | 1.0 | |
| Jim White | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 15.0 | 101.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 44.0 | 452.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Acks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Julius Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Adams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Ashton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Cash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cheyunski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dowling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gladieux | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 0 | |
| George Hoey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honor Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Kadziel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Maitland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Montler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len St. Jean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Weisacosky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denny Wirgowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 27 | -8 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0 |
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