1979 New England Patriots (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 9-7-0 .563

Raymond Berry	Receivers
Rick Buffington	Administrative Assistant
Hank Bullough	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Gino Cappelletti	Special Teams
Billy Kinard	Defensive Backs
John Polonchek	Quarterbacks
Jim Ringo	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Fritz Shurmur	Defensive Line
Tom Yewcic	Offensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1979	A	Atlanta Falcons	37-14	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	53228
Sun	8/12/1979	H	Los Angeles Rams	3-15	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	44955
Sun	8/19/1979	H	Oakland Raiders	35-14	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	45518
Fri	8/24/1979	A	Denver Broncos	17-20	L	OT	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75103
Mon	9/3/1979	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-16	L	OT	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60978
Sun	9/9/1979	H	New York Jets	56-3	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	53113
Sun	9/16/1979	A	Cincinnati Bengals	20-14	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	41805
Sun	9/23/1979	H	San Diego Chargers	27-21	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60916
Mon	10/1/1979	A	Green Bay Packers	14-27	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	52842
Sun	10/7/1979	H	Detroit Lions	24-17	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60629
Sun	10/14/1979	A	Chicago Bears	27-7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	54128
Sun	10/21/1979	H	Miami Dolphins	28-13	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	61096
Sun	10/28/1979	A	Baltimore Colts	26-31	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	41029
Sun	11/4/1979	A	Buffalo Bills	26-6	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	67935
Sun	11/11/1979	A	Denver Broncos	10-45	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74379
Sun	11/18/1979	H	Baltimore Colts	50-21	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60879
Sun	11/25/1979	H	Buffalo Bills	13-16	L	OT	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60991
Thu	11/29/1979	A	Miami Dolphins	24-39	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	69174
Sun	12/9/1979	A	New York Jets	26-27	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	45131
Sun	12/16/1979	H	Minnesota Vikings	27-23	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	54719

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	RDE	6-3	262	31	Texas Southern	16	2
61	Sam Adams	ROG	6-3	260	31	Prairie View A&M	15	13
27	Doug Beaudoin	SS	6-1	190	25	Minnesota	10	8
64	Richard Bishop	RDE-LDE-RDT	6-1	265	29	Marshalltown JC; Louisville	14	14
58	Pete Brock	LOT-ROG	6-5	270	25	Colorado	16	7
63	Mark Buben	DE	6-3	265	22	Tufts	16	0
44	Don Calhoun	FB-HB	6-0	215	27	Kansas State	16	6
12	Matt Cavanaugh	QB	6-2	211	23	Pittsburgh	13	0
82	Al Chandler	TE	6-2	233	29	Oklahoma	7	0
35	Allan Clark	RB	5-10	190	22	Northern Arizona	16	0
26	Raymond Clayborn	LCB	6-0	186	24	Texas	16	16
22	Dick Conn	S	6-0	180	28	Georgia	1	0
55	Ray Costict	ROLB	6-0	218	24	Mississippi State	16	1
75	Bob Cryder	ROG	6-4	275	23	Alabama	16	2
39	Sam Cunningham	FB	6-3	230	29	Southern California	12	12
68	Terry Falcon	OG-OT	6-3	260	24	Minot State; Montana	10	0
48	Tim Fox	FS	5-11	188	26	Ohio State	16	16
81	Russ Francis	TE	6-6	242	26	Oregon	12	12
51	Bob Golic	LB	6-2	261	22	Notre Dame	1	0
14	Steve Grogan	QB	6-4	210	26	Kansas State	16	16
71	Ray Hamilton	NT-LDT	6-1	244	28	Oklahoma	16	16
73	John Hannah	LOG	6-3	265	28	Alabama	16	16
8	Eddie Hare	P	6-4	209	22	Tulsa	16	0
80	Don Hasselbeck	TE	6-7	244	24	Colorado	16	3
59	Mike Hawkins	LOLB	6-2	232	24	Texas A&M-Kingsville	16	14
40	Mike Haynes	RCB	6-2	194	26	Arizona State	16	15
50	Sam Hunt	RILB-MLB	6-1	248	28	Stephen F. Austin State	15	15
23	Horace Ivory	HB	6-0	198	25	Navarro JC; Oklahoma	10	9
29	Harold Jackson	WR	5-10	175	33	Jackson State	16	16
87	Ray Jarvis	WR	6-0	197	30	Norfolk State	7	0
32	Andy Johnson	HB	6-0	204	27	Georgia	5	5
74	Shelby Jordan	ROT	6-7	270	27	Washington-St. Louis	14	12
52	Steve King	ROLB	6-4	230	28	Tulsa	16	1
67	Bill Lenkaitis	C	6-3	260	33	Penn State	16	16
73	Mel Lunsford	LDE	6-3	256	29	Central State (Ohio)	16	16
53	Bill Matthews	LLB	6-2	235	23	South Dakota State	16	1
34	Prentice McCray	SS	6-1	185	28	Arizona State	14	5
78	Tony McGee	RDE	6-3	249	30	Wyoming; Bishop	16	2
86	Stanley Morgan	WR	5-11	181	24	Tennessee	16	16
57	Steve Nelson	LILB-MLB	6-2	230	28	Augsburg; North Dakota State	15	15
17	Tom Owen	QB	6-1	194	27	Wichita State	6	0
88	Carlos Pennywell	WR	6-2	180	23	Grambling State	6	0
77	Garry Puetz	ROT	6-4	265	27	Valparaiso	5	4
25	Rick Sanford	SS	6-1	192	22	South Carolina	16	4
56	Rod Shoate	ROLB-RLB	6-1	215	26	Oklahoma	14	14
1	John Smith	K	6-0	172	30	King Alfred's; Southampton (England)	16	0
30	Mosi Tatupu	RB	6-0	227	24	Southern California	16	0
46	Mark Washington	CB	5-11	187	32	Morgan State	12	0
83	Don Westbrook	WR	5-10	185	26	Nebraska	16	0
62	Dwight Wheeler	LOT	6-3	270	24	Tennessee State	13	10
54	John Zamberlin	RILB	6-2	226	23	Pacific Lutheran	16	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	25	Rick Sanford	DB	South Carolina
2	52	Bob Golic	LB	Notre Dame
4	106	Eddie Hare	P	Tulsa
5	135	John Zamberlin	LB	Pacific Lutheran
7	177	Judson Flint	DB	Memphis
8	216	Randy Love	RB	Houston
9	245	John Spagnola	TE	Yale
10	270	Martin Cox	WR	Vanderbilt
10	271	Allan Clark	RB	Northern Arizona

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	85	137	60	129	0
Opponents Totals	87	93	71	69	6

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		318	132	159	27	113/254 44.5%	/ %	99	864
Opponents Totals		283	118	139	26	85/225 37.8%	/ %	102	902

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
John Smith	0	46	49	93.9	23	33	69.7	0	115
Stanley Morgan	13	0	0		0	0		0	78
Harold Jackson	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Don Calhoun	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Sam Cunningham	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Russ Francis	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Horace Ivory	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Allan Clark	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Steve Grogan	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mike Hawkins	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ray Jarvis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Andy Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Carlos Pennywell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rick Sanford	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Westbrook	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	49	46	49	93.9	23	33	69.7	1	411
Opponents Totals	39	36	39	92.3	18	26	69.2	1	326

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Smith	23	33	69.7	0/0	6/6	11/13	6/14	0/0
Team Totals	23	33	69.7	0/0	6/6	11/13	6/14	0/0
Opponents Totals	18	26	69.2	0/0	7/7	5/7	5/11	1/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Cunningham	159	563	3.5	27	5
Horace Ivory	143	522	3.7	52	1
Don Calhoun	137	456	3.3	29	5
Steve Grogan	64	368	5.8	26	2
Andy Johnson	43	132	3.1	15	1
Allan Clark	19	84	4.4	19	2
Mosi Tatupu	23	71	3.1	12	0
Stanley Morgan	7	39	5.6	17	0
Harold Jackson	3	12	4.0	12	0
Don Westbrook	2	8	4.0	4	0
Eddie Hare	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tom Owen	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Matt Cavanaugh	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	604	2252	3.7	52	16
Opponents Totals	495	1770	3.6	39	22

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Grogan	423	206	48.7	197	3286	7.8	16.0	63t	28	6.6	20	4.7	45	341	2945	77.4
Tom Owen	47	27	57.4	17	248	5.3	9.2	32	2	4.3	3	6.4	4	41	207	59.5
Don Westbrook	2	2	100.0	0	52	26.0	26.0	28	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	52	118.8
Matt Cavanaugh	1	1	100.0	0	10	10.0	10.0	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	10	108.3
Eddie Hare	1	1	100.0	0	4	4.0	4.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	4	83.3
Harold Jackson	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	475	237	49.9	215	3600	7.6	15.2	63t	30	6.3	23	4.8	49	382	3218	76.1
Opponents Totals	467	246	52.7	201	3065	6.6	12.5	82	13	2.8	20	4.3	57	512	2553	64.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harold Jackson	45	1013	22.5	59	7
Stanley Morgan	44	1002	22.8	63t	12
Russ Francis	39	557	14.3	44	5
Sam Cunningham	29	236	8.1	20	0
Horace Ivory	23	216	9.4	24	2
Don Calhoun	15	66	4.4	14	1
Don Hasselbeck	13	158	12.2	41	0
Don Westbrook	9	173	19.2	38	1
Andy Johnson	9	68	7.6	11	0
Carlos Pennywell	4	35	8.8	13t	1
Allan Clark	2	35	17.5	20	0
Ray Jarvis	2	30	15.0	15t	1
Mosi Tatupu	2	9	4.5	5	0
Al Chandler	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	237	3600	15.2	63t	30
Opponents Totals	246	3065	12.5	82	13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Clayborn	5	56	11.2	27	0
Mike Haynes	3	66	22.0	33	0
Prentice McCray	3	48	16.0	26	0
Tim Fox	2	38	19.0	25	0
Mike Hawkins	2	35	17.5	35t	1
Rick Sanford	1	39	39.0	27	0
Doug Beaudoin	1	30	30.0	30	0
Ray Costict	1	22	22.0	22	0
Steve Nelson	1	18	18.0	18	0
Rod Shoate	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	352	17.6	35t	1
Opponents Totals	23	417	18.1	56	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Eddie Hare	83	3038	36.6	58	1	11	20	317	2501	29.8
Team Totals	84	3038	36.2	58	1	11	20	317	2501	29.8
Opponents Totals	94	3641	38.7	63	1	9	12	311	3150	33.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Stanley Morgan	29	21	289	10.0	80t	1
Mike Haynes	5	1	16	3.2	5	0
Don Westbrook	2	0	5	2.5	5	0
Rick Sanford	1	0	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	37	22	311	8.4	80t	1
Opponents Totals	28	17	317	11.3	75t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Allan Clark	37	816	22.1	38
Don Westbrook	11	151	13.7	30
Rick Sanford	10	179	17.9	23
Mosi Tatupu	3	15	5.0	12
Ray Clayborn	2	33	16.5	20
Mark Washington	1	18	18.0	18
Horace Ivory	1	15	15.0	15
Stanley Morgan	1	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	66	1239	18.8	38
Opponents Totals	80	1621	20.3	45

SACKS	NO	YDS
Tony McGee	10.5
Richard Bishop	8.5
Mel Lunsford	8.0
Ray Hamilton	7.0
Mike Hawkins	7.0
Julius Adams	6.0
Rod Shoate	4.0
Ray Costict	2.0
Steve Nelson	2.0
Raymond Clayborn	1.0
Tim Fox	1.0
Team Totals	57.0	512.0
Opponents Totals	49.0	382.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Julius Adams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Beaudoin	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Richard Bishop	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Pete Brock	2		0	0	0	0	0
Mark Buben	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Calhoun	2		1	0	1	0	0
Allan Clark	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ray Costict	0	0	0	2	2	16	0
Bob Cryder	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Cunningham	4		0	0	0	0	0
Tim Fox	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Steve Grogan	12		4	0	4	-12	0
John Hannah	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Eddie Hare	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Don Hasselbeck	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Haynes	1		0	3	3	0	0
Sam Hunt	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Horace Ivory	4		1	0	1	0	0
Shelby Jordan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Lenkaitis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mel Lunsford	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Prentice McCray	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Stanley Morgan	1		0	0	0	0	0
Steve Nelson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Owen	1		0	0	0	0	0
Rick Sanford	0	0	0	2	2	10	0
Rod Shoate	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Westbrook	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dwight Wheeler	1		0	0	0	-14	0
Team Totals	29	18	11	23	34	4	0
Opponents Totals	35	23	11	15	26		2