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 |
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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