1971 New England Patriots: 6-8-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (150 points scored, 129 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (88 points scored, 196 allowed) Head Coach: John Mazur 238 points scored (19th of 26 teams), 325 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 159 330 1,887 (23) 5.16 19 16 419 1,669 (18) 4.0 7 3,556 (21) 32 Defense: 170 350 2,154 (14) 5.74 16 15 481 1,918 (16) 4.0 14 4,072 (15) 29
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Charlie Gogolak K 14 5'10 170 26 5 Princeton 10 Eric Crabtree WR 6 5'11 185 26 6 Pittsburgh 13 Al Sykes WR 4 6'3 180 23 R Florida A&M 16 Jim Plunkett QB 14 6'3 220 23 R Stanford 18 Randy Vataha WR 14 5'10 180 22 R Stanford 21 Tom Janik DB 14 6'3 200 31 9 Texas A&I 22 Phil Clark DB 2 6'2 208 26 5 Northwestern 24 Bob Gladieux RB 14 5'11 190 24 3 Notre Dame 25 Rickie Harris DB 14 6'0 182 28 7 Arizona 26 Clarence Scott DB 5 6'2 205 27 3 Morgan State 27 Randy Beverly DB 8 5'11 205 27 5 Colorado State 30 Carl Garrett RB 14 5'11 210 24 3 New Mexico Highlands 32 Odell Lawson RB 2 6'2 218 22 2 Langston 33 Reggie Rucker WR 5 6'2 190 24 2 Boston University 34 Ron Sellers WR 10 6'4 195 24 3 Florida State 35 Jim Nance RB 13 6'1 240 28 7 Syracuse 37 Ron Gardin DB 8 5'11 180 27 2 Arizona 39 Perry Pruett DB 11 6'1 190 22 R North Texas State 40 Jack Maitland RB 14 6'1 210 23 2 Williams 41 Larry Carwell DB 14 6'1 200 27 5 Iowa State 42 Don Webb DB 12 5'10 185 32 10 Iowa State 43 Irv Mallory DB 2 6'1 196 22 R Virginia Union 44 John Outlaw DB 14 5'10 175 26 3 Jackson State 50 Jim Cheyunski LB 14 6'2 220 25 4 Syracuse 51 Randy Edmunds LB 14 6'2 225 25 3 Georgia Tech 52 Ed Philpott LB 13 6'3 240 26 5 Miami (Ohio) 53 Dennis Coleman LB 9 6'3 225 22 R Mississippi 54 Kenny Price LB 1 6'2 225 21 R Iowa 56 Jon Morris C 14 6'4 255 29 8 Holy Cross 57 Steve Kiner LB 14 6'0 219 24 2 Tennessee 60 Len St. Jean OG 14 6'1 245 30 8 Northern Michigan 62 Halvor Hagen OG 14 6'5 253 24 3 Weber State 64 Mike Montler OT 14 6'4 270 27 3 Colorado 65 Houston Antwine DT 3 6'0 270 32 11 Southern Illinois 66 Ed Weisacosky LB 14 6'0 220 27 5 Miami 67 Bill Lenkaitis OG 14 6'3 265 25 4 Penn State 70 Dennis Wirgowski DE 9 6'5 255 24 2 Purdue 71 Art May DE 11 6'3 245 22 R Tuskegee 73 Bill Atessis DE 5 6'3 240 22 R Texas 75 Mike Haggerty OT 13 6'4 250 26 5 Miami 76 Dave Rowe DT 14 6'6 280 26 5 Penn State 77 Tom Neville OT 14 6'4 255 28 7 Mississippi State 82 Tom Beer TE 14 6'4 235 26 5 Houston 84 Hubie Bryant WR 11 5'10 168 25 2 Minnesota 85 Julius Adams DT 14 6'3 258 23 R Texas Southern 86 Roland Moss TE 14 6'3 215 25 3 Toledo 87 Ike Lassiter DE 14 6'5 270 30 10 St. Augustine's 88 Ron Berger DE 14 6'8 275 28 3 Wayne State (NE)
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Plunkett 328 158 48.2 2,158 6.58 13.7 19 5.8 16 4.9 36 319 68.6 Bob Gladieux 2 1 50.0 48 24.00 48.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 95.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Randy Vataha 51 872 17.1 9 Carl Garrett 22 265 12.0 1 Jim Nance 18 95 5.3 0 Ron Sellers 14 222 15.9 3 Hubie Bryant 14 212 15.1 1 Tom Beer 12 191 15.9 3 Roland Moss 9 124 13.8 1 Eric Crabtree 9 120 13.3 1 Bob Gladieux 6 60 10.0 0 Reggie Rucker 2 24 12.0 0 Al Sykes 1 15 15.0 0 Jack Maitland 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Carl Garrett 181 784 4.3 1 Jim Nance 129 463 3.6 5 Jim Plunkett 45 210 4.7 0 Bob Gladieux 37 175 4.7 0 Jack Maitland 13 25 1.9 1 Eric Crabtree 2 11 5.5 0 Odell Lawson 8 8 1.0 0 Hubie Bryant 4 1 0.2 0 Tom Neville 0 -8 -? 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Carl Garrett 24 538 22.4 0 Ron Gardin 14 321 22.9 0 Hubie Bryant 10 252 25.2 0 Bob Gladieux 6 85 14.2 0 Odell Lawson 2 47 23.5 0 Reggie Rucker 2 45 22.5 0 Jack Maitland 2 40 20.0 0 Irv Mallory 1 19 19.0 0 Halvor Hagen 1 7 7.0 0 Tom Janik 1 0 0.0 0 Don Webb 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Hubie Bryant 10 24 2.4 1 0 Carl Garrett 8 124 15.5 2 0 Rickie Harris 5 19 3.8 1 0 Ron Gardin 4 14 3.5 5 0 Bob Gladieux 4 0 0.0 8 0 |
1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 QB Jim Plunkett 157 Stanford 2 27 DT Julius Adams 206 Texas Southern 5 105 LB Tim Kelly Notre Dame 6 131 TE David Hardt Kentucky 9 209 RB Josh Ashton 40 Tulsa 10 235 OT Layne McDowell Iowa 11 261 TE Dan Schneiss Nebraska 12 287 OT John Rodman Northwestern 13 313 DB Lewis Swain Alabama A&M 14 339 WR Alfred Sykes 4 Florida A&M 15 365 TE Nick McGarry Massachusetts 16 391 DB Jim Zikmund Kearney State 17 417 DE Ronald Leigh Elizabeth City State
Traded draft picks: #3 to BUF via OAK (Bruce Jarvis), #4 to DEN (Lyle Alzado), #7 to OAK (Don Martin), #8 to BUF (Louis Ross)
Transactions:
| 02-01-1971 | traded a #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Chargers for Jim Schmedding |
| 04-17-1971 | signed Glen Woods from Bengals as a free agent |
| 07-08-1971 | traded Marty Schottenheimer and a #14 pick in the 1972 draft to Steelers for Mike Haggerty |
| 07-10-1971 | claimed Gary Roberts on waivers from Falcons |
| 07-12-1971 | claimed Paul Flatley on waivers from Falcons |
| 07-13-1971 | Rams signed Phil Olsen as a free agent |
| 07-17-1971 | traded a #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Broncos for Willis Crenshaw |
| 07-22-1971 | received Los Angeles' #1 and #3 picks in the 1972 draft (#3 pick sent after the 1971 season) and cash from Rams as compensation for free agent Phil Olsen |
| 07-23-1971 | Ken Wilson retired |
| 07-23-1971 | traded New England's #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Cowboys for Steve Kiner |
| 07-27-1971 | Eagles claimed Dick Hill on waivers |
| 07-27-1971 | Dick Farley retired |
| 07-31-1971 | traded John Bramlett to Packers for Rich Moore |
| 08-04-1971 | traded New England's #2 and #3 picks in the 1972 draft to Cowboys for Halvor Hagen and Honor Jackson |
| 08-09-1971 | traded Jim Clack to Steelers for Ara Person |
| 08-10-1971 | Jim Hunt retired |
| 08-18-1971 | placed Lewis Swain on injured reserve |
| 08-18-1971 | placed Nick McGarry on injured reserve |
| 08-31-1971 | Gino Cappelletti retired |
| 09-02-1971 | claimed Jim Betts on waivers from Vikings |
| 09-07-1971 | traded Tom Funchess to Oilers for Dave Rowe |
| 09-08-1971 | traded Eddie Ray to Chargers for San Diego's #7 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 09-08-1971 | traded a #13 pick in the 1972 draft to Broncos for Mike Haffner |
| 09-14-1971 | claimed Irv Mallory on waivers from Bengals |
| 09-14-1971 | claimed Bill Lenkaitis on waivers from Chargers |
| 09-15-1971 | claimed Art May on waivers from Bengals |
| 09-16-1971 | traded Warren Koegel to Raiders for Oakland's #5 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 09-22-1971 | Chiefs claimed Mo Moorman on waivers |
| 09-23-1971 | received Kansas City's #2 pick in the 1972 draft from Chiefs as compensation for Mo Moorman |
| 09-27-1971 | traded New England's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Colts for Ron Gardin |
| 10-01-1971 | traded Rocky Bleier to Steelers for Phil Clark |
| 11-03-1971 | claimed Eric Crabtree on waivers from Bengals |
| 11-03-1971 | claimed Reggie Rucker on waivers from Giants |
1971 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 vs Oakland Raiders W 20-6 1-0-0 09/26/71 vs Detroit Lions L 7-34 1-1-0 10/03/71 vs Baltimore Colts L 3-23 1-2-0 10/10/71 vs New York Jets W 20-0 2-2-0 10/17/71 at Miami Dolphins L 3-41 2-3-0 10/24/71 at Dallas Cowboys L 21-44 2-4-0 10/31/71 at San Francisco 49ers L 10-27 2-5-0 11/07/71 vs Houston Oilers W 28-20 3-5-0 11/14/71 vs Buffalo Bills W 38-33 4-5-0 11/21/71 at Cleveland Browns L 7-27 4-6-0 11/28/71 at Buffalo Bills L 20-27 4-7-0 12/05/71 vs Miami Dolphins W 34-13 5-7-0 12/12/71 at New York Jets L 6-13 5-8-0 12/19/71 at Baltimore Colts W 21-17 6-8-0