1970 Boston Patriots roster and stats

1970 Boston Patriots: 2-12-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (92 points scored, 171 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (57 points scored, 190 allowed) Head Coaches: Clive Rush (1-6-0), John Mazur (1-6-0) 149 points scored (26th of 26 teams), 361 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 176 392 1,586 (26) 3.65 7 28 334 1,040 (26) 3.1 11 2,626 (26) 41 Defense: 177 334 2,187 (10) 6.04 19 8 503 2,074 (26) 4.1 20 4,261 (23) 25

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Charlie Gogolak K 6 5'10 170 25 4 Princeton 11 Joe Kapp QB 11 6'2 215 32 4 California 17 Mike Taliaferro QB 11 6'2 205 29 7 Illinois 20 Gino Cappelletti K 13 6'0 190 36 11 Minnesota 21 Tom Janik DB 14 6'3 200 30 8 Texas A&I 22 Sid Blanks RB 14 6'0 205 29 6 Texas A&I 23 Daryle Johnson DB 14 5'11 190 24 3 Morgan State 24 Bob Gladieux RB 8 5'11 190 23 2 Notre Dame 26 Clarence Scott DB 14 6'2 205 26 2 Morgan State 27 Randy Beverly DB 13 5'11 185 26 4 Colorado State 28 Art McMahon DB 7 5'11 190 24 3 North Carolina State 30 Carl Garrett RB 13 5'11 210 23 2 New Mexico Highlands 32 Odell Lawson RB 14 6'2 218 21 R Langston 33 Bill Rademacher WR 14 6'1 190 28 7 Northern Michigan 34 Ron Sellers WR 13 6'4 195 23 2 Florida State 35 Jim Nance RB 13 6'1 240 27 6 Syracuse 36 Eddie Ray RB 5 6'1 230 23 R Louisiana State 40 Bake Turner WR 14 6'0 180 30 9 Texas Tech 41 Larry Carwell DB 10 6'1 190 26 4 Iowa State 42 Don Webb DB 14 5'10 195 31 9 Iowa State 44 John Outlaw DB 5 5'10 180 25 2 Jackson State 49 Tom Richardson WR 1 6'2 195 26 2 Jackson State 50 Jim Cheyunski LB 11 6'2 220 24 3 Syracuse 51 Mike Ballou LB 14 6'3 235 23 R UCLA 52 Ed Philpott LB 14 6'3 240 25 4 Miami (Ohio) 53 Fred Whittingham LB 13 6'1 240 31 6 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 54 Marty Schottenheimer LB 12 6'3 225 27 6 Pittsburgh 55 J.R. Williamson LB 11 6'2 220 29 7 Louisiana Tech 56 Jon Morris C 14 6'4 255 28 7 Holy Cross 57 John Bramlett LB 12 6'2 220 29 6 Memphis 60 Len St. Jean OG 14 6'1 245 29 7 Northern Michigan 64 Mike Montler C 11 6'4 270 26 2 Colorado 65 Houston Antwine DT 14 6'0 270 31 10 Southern Illinois 66 Angelo Loukas OG 2 6'3 250 23 2 Northwestern 67 Gary Bugenhagen OG 10 6'2 250 25 2 Syracuse 70 Dennis Wirgowski DE 14 6'5 255 23 R Purdue 71 Mel Witt DE 14 6'3 250 24 4 Texas-Arlington 73 Tom Funchess OT 11 6'5 260 26 3 Jackson State 74 Ezell Jones OT 4 6'4 255 23 2 Minnesota 76 Rex Mirich DT 7 6'4 258 29 7 Arizona State 77 Tom Neville OT 13 6'4 255 27 6 Mississippi State 79 Jim Lee Hunt DT 14 5'11 255 32 11 Prairie View A&M 81 Charley Frazier WR 9 6'0 190 31 9 Texas Southern 82 Tom Beer TE 14 6'4 228 25 4 Houston 84 Gayle Knief WR 3 6'3 205 23 1 Morningside 86 Barry Brown TE 14 6'3 220 27 5 Florida 87 Ike Lassiter DE 5 6'5 270 29 9 St. Augustine's 88 Ron Berger DE 14 6'8 275 27 2 Wayne State (NE)

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Kapp 219 98 44.7 1,104 5.04 11.3 3 1.4 17 7.8 27 231 32.6 Mike Taliaferro 173 78 45.1 871 5.03 11.2 4 2.3 11 6.4 15 158 41.8

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Ron Sellers            38    550   14.5    4
Bake Turner            28    428   15.3    2
Carl Garrett           26    216    8.3    0
Jim Nance              26    148    5.7    0
Barry Brown            15    145    9.7    0
Tom Beer               11    150   13.6    0
Odell Lawson           11    113   10.3    0
Charley Frazier         9     86    9.6    0
Sid Blanks              5     49    9.8    0
Bill Rademacher         4     51   12.8    0
Gayle Knief             3     39   13.0    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jim Nance             145    522    3.6    7
Carl Garrett           88    272    3.1    4
Odell Lawson           56     99    1.8    0
Joe Kapp               20     71    3.5    0
Sid Blanks             13     44    3.4    0
Eddie Ray               5     13    2.6    0
Mike Taliaferro         3     11    3.7    0
Bob Gladieux            4      8    2.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Odell Lawson           25    546   21.8    0
Carl Garrett           24    511   21.3    0
Sid Blanks              7    152   21.7    0
Larry Carwell           1     30   30.0    0
Fred Whittingham        1     24   24.0    0
Marty Schottenheimer    1      8    8.0    0
Tom Beer                1      4    4.0    0
Barry Brown             1      0    0.0    0
Randy Beverly           1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Carl Garrett           17    168    9.9    0    0
Sid Blanks              9     83    9.2    4    0
Larry Carwell           3     48   16.0    0    0
Daryle Johnson          2      6    3.0    3    0
Odell Lawson            1      0    0.0    1    0
Bob Gladieux            0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Janik 86 3,364 39.1 0 0 1 0 0 38.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Gino Cappelletti 2/3 3/4 0/2 1/5 0/1 6/15 12/13 30 Charlie Gogolak 1/1 0/0 1/2 0/3 0/1 2/ 7 5/ 5 11 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Houston Antwine 6.0 Ron Berger 9.0 John Bramlett 2.0 1 16 0 Jim Cheyunski 1.5 Jim Lee Hunt 2.5 Daryle Johnson 1.0 2 51 0 Ike Lassiter 3.5 Art McMahon 1 72 0 Ed Philpott 0.5 1 23 0 Clarence Scott 1 18 0 Don Webb 1 2 0 J.R. Williamson 1 2 0

1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 DT Phil Olsen 79 Utah State 3 56 LB Mike Ballou 14 UCLA 4 83 DB Eddie Ray 48 LSU 5 107 LB Bob Olson Notre Dame [pick acquired from MIA] 7 160 RB Odell Lawson 37 Langston (Ok.) 9 212 DE Dennis Wirgowski 50 Purdue 10 239 K Henry Brown Missouri 11 264 OT Dennis Bramlett Texas-El Paso 12 291 DT Greg Roero New Mexico Highlands 13 316 DB Ronnie Shelly Troy State 14 343 RB Garvie Craw Michigan 15 368 WR Kent Schoolfield Florida A&M 16 395 DE Otis McDaniel Tuskegee 17 420 WR Joe Killingsworth Oklahoma

Traded draft picks: #2 to HOU (Lee Brooks), #5 to NYJ (Cliff McClain), #6 to BUF (Grant Guthrie), #8 to NYJ (Jack Porter)

Transactions:

01-1970	traded New England's #4 pick in the 1971 draft to DEN for Charlie Gogolak
04-14-1970	traded Jim Whalen to Broncos for Tom Beer
08-19-1970	placed Billy Johnson on injured reserve
08-19-1970	placed Otis McDaniel on injured reserve
08-19-1970	Paul Feldhausen retired
08-31-1970	traded New England's #3 and #7 picks in the 1971 draft to Raiders for Ike Lassiter
08-31-1970	placed Phil Olsen on injured reserve
09-14-1970	Charlie Long retired
10-02-1970	signed Joe Kapp from Vikings as a free agent
10-02-1970	sent John Charles, New England's #1 pick in the 1972 draft and cash to Vikings as compensation for signing free agent Joe Kapp

1970 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/20/70    vs Miami Dolphins          W 27-14       1-0-0
09/27/70    vs New York Jets           L 21-31       1-1-0
10/04/70    vs Baltimore Colts         L 6-14        1-2-0
10/11/70    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 10-23       1-3-0
10/18/70    vs New York Giants         L 0-16        1-4-0
10/25/70    at Baltimore Colts         L 3-27        1-5-0
11/01/70    vs Buffalo Bills           L 10-45       1-6-0
11/08/70    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 0-31        1-7-0
11/15/70    vs San Diego Chargers      L 14-16       1-8-0
11/22/70    at New York Jets           L 3-17        1-9-0
11/29/70    at Buffalo Bills           W 14-10       2-9-0
12/06/70    at Miami Dolphins          L 20-37       2-10-0
12/13/70    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 14-35       2-11-0
12/20/70    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 7-45        2-12-0

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