1972 New England Patriots: 3-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-5-0 (127 points scored, 203 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (65 points scored, 243 allowed) Head Coaches: John Mazur (2-7-0), Phil Bengtson (1-4-0) 192 points scored (24th of 26 teams), 446 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 198 412 2,127 (15) 4.66 10 28 386 1,532 (22) 4.0 13 3,659 (21) 38 Defense: 175 326 2,533 (24) 7.43 24 10 548 2,717 (26) 5.0 27 5,250 (26) 24
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 2 Pat Studstill P 14 6'1 175 34 11 Houston 7 Charlie Gogolak K 6 5'10 170 27 6 Princeton 12 Mike Walker K 8 6'0 190 23 R None 14 Brian Dowling QB 14 6'2 210 25 1 Yale 16 Jim Plunkett QB 14 6'3 220 24 2 Stanford 18 Randy Vataha WR 14 5'10 175 23 2 Stanford 21 Tom Reynolds WR 12 6'3 200 23 R San Diego State 23 George Hoey DB 12 5'10 170 25 2 Michigan 24 Bob Gladieux RB 11 5'11 195 25 4 Notre Dame 25 Rickie Harris DB 14 6'0 182 29 8 Arizona 26 Clarence Scott DB 10 6'2 200 28 4 Morgan State 27 Ron Bolton DB 14 6'2 180 22 R Norfolk State 28 Art McMahon DB 14 5'11 190 26 4 North Carolina State 29 Honor Jackson DB 13 6'1 195 23 1 Pacific 30 Carl Garrett RB 10 5'11 215 25 4 New Mexico Highlands 31 Josh Ashton RB 14 6'1 205 23 1 Tulsa 33 Reggie Rucker WR 14 6'2 190 25 3 Boston University 35 Henry Matthews RB 3 6'3 203 23 1 Michigan State 36 John Tarver RB 8 6'3 227 23 R Colorado 40 Jack Maitland RB 13 6'1 210 24 3 Williams 41 Larry Carwell DB 14 6'1 190 28 6 Iowa State 44 John Outlaw DB 6 5'10 180 27 4 Jackson State 49 Dick Blanchard LB 14 6'3 225 23 R Tulsa 50 Jim Cheyunski LB 14 6'2 225 26 5 Syracuse 51 Ron Acks LB 14 6'2 220 28 3 Illinois 52 Ron Kadziel LB 14 6'4 230 23 1 Stanford 55 Ralph Cindrich LB 12 6'1 228 23 R Pittsburgh 56 Jon Morris C 13 6'4 254 30 9 Holy Cross 60 Len St. Jean OG 14 6'1 250 31 9 Northern Michigan 61 Sam Adams OG 6 6'3 252 24 R Prairie View A&M 62 Halvor Hagen OG 12 6'5 253 25 4 Weber State 63 Rick Cash DT 14 6'5 260 27 4 Northeast Missouri State 64 Mike Montler OT 14 6'4 255 28 4 Colorado 66 Ed Weisacosky LB 14 6'0 220 28 6 Miami 67 Bill Lenkaitis C 12 6'3 260 26 5 Penn State 70 Dennis Wirgowski DE 14 6'5 250 25 3 Purdue 74 Bob Reynolds OT 12 6'6 265 33 10 Bowling Green 75 Wayne Mass OT 6 6'4 245 26 5 Clemson 76 Dave Rowe DT 14 6'6 280 27 6 Penn State 77 Tom Neville OT 13 6'4 255 29 8 Mississippi State 82 Tom Beer TE 14 6'4 235 27 6 Houston 84 Hubie Bryant WR 2 5'10 168 26 3 Minnesota 85 Julius Adams DE 11 6'3 260 24 2 Texas Southern 86 Bob Windsor TE 14 6'4 226 29 6 Kentucky 87 Jim White DE 13 6'3 256 24 R Colorado State 88 Ron Berger DE 6 6'8 285 29 4 Wayne State (NE)
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Plunkett 355 169 47.6 2,196 6.19 13.0 8 2.3 25 7.0 39 385 45.7 Brian Dowling 54 29 53.7 383 7.09 13.2 2 3.7 1 1.9 4 63 81.0 Carl Garrett 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 1 4 0.0 Bob Gladieux 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 Pat Studstill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Reggie Rucker 44 681 15.5 3 Bob Windsor 33 383 11.6 1 Carl Garrett 30 410 13.7 0 Randy Vataha 25 369 14.8 2 Josh Ashton 22 207 9.4 1 Bob Gladieux 19 192 10.1 0 John Tarver 11 112 10.2 1 Tom Reynolds 8 152 19.0 2 Jack Maitland 4 33 8.2 0 Tom Beer 2 40 20.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Josh Ashton 128 546 4.3 3 Carl Garrett 131 488 3.7 5 Jim Plunkett 36 230 6.4 1 John Tarver 42 132 3.1 1 Bob Gladieux 24 56 2.3 0 Brian Dowling 7 35 5.0 3 Jack Maitland 13 33 2.5 0 Pat Studstill 1 11 11.0 0 Reggie Rucker 3 5 1.7 0 Bob Windsor 1 -4 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Carl Garrett 16 410 25.6 0 Josh Ashton 15 309 20.6 0 George Hoey 9 210 23.3 0 Reggie Rucker 8 227 28.4 0 Henry Matthews 3 74 24.7 0 Jack Maitland 3 48 16.0 0 Tom Beer 1 15 15.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Carl Garrett 6 36 6.0 0 0 Larry Carwell 5 2 0.4 1 0 Rickie Harris 4 5 1.2 3 0 Bob Gladieux 2 -6 -3.0 4 0 |
1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 49 WR Tom Reynolds 21 San Diego State [pick acquired from KC] 3 73 DE Jim White 48 Colorado State [pick acquired from WAS via LA] 5 124 DB Ron Bolton 145 Norfolk State [pick acquired from OAK] 7 165 TE Clark Hoss 4 Oregon State 7 166 RB John Tarver 39 Colorado [pick acquired from SD] 8 195 OG Steve Beyrle Kansas State 9 220 OT Mike Kelson Arkansas 10 245 DB Mel Caraway N.E. Oklahoma 11 269 OT Rodney Cason Angelo State 12 296 DE Steve Booras Mesa J.C. 13 325 DB Sam Elmore Eastern Michigan 14 350 WR Eddie Rideout Boston College 15 375 TE Joel Klimek Pittsburgh 16 400 DB Eric Dahl San Jose State 17 425 LB Junior Ah You Arizona State
Traded draft picks: #1 to MIN (Jeff Siemon), #2 to DAL (Robert Newhouse), #3 to DAL (Mike Keller), #4 to DAL (Robert West), #5 to BAL (Don Croft), #6 to ATL via NYG (Mike Perfetti)
Transactions:
| 01-31-1972 | traded Los Angeles' #1 pick and New England's #6 pick in the 1972 draft, and New England's #2 pick in the 1973 draft to Giants for Fred Dryer |
| 03-27-1972 | traded Ed Philpott to Chargers for San Diego's #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 04-26-1972 | traded Fred Dryer to Rams for Rick Cash and Los Angeles' #1 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 05-20-1972 | traded Houston Antwine to Eagles for Bill Hobbs |
| 06-20-1972 | Ed Weisacosky retired |
| 06-28-1972 | traded Ron Gardin to Steelers for a #6 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 06-29-1972 | traded New England's #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Saints for Jim Flanigan |
| 07-14-1972 | traded Ron Sellers to Cowboys for Dallas' #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-15-1972 | traded Ike Lassiter to Redskins for Baltimore's #9 pick in the 1973 draft (?) |
| 07-19-1972 | traded Bill Atessis to Cardinals for a #5 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-24-1972 | traded Jim Nance to Eagles for Philadelphia's #3 pick in the 1973 draft (trade nullified when Nance refused to report) |
| 07-31-1972 | traded Eric Crabtree to Broncos for a #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-31-1972 | traded Clark Hoss to Browns for a #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-31-1972 | traded New England's #1 pick in the 1974 draft to 49ers for Bob Windsor |
| 07-31-1972 | traded a #5 pick in the 1973 draft to Lions for Jim Benien |
| 08-07-1972 | traded Ernie Holmes to Steelers for cash |
| 08-11-1972 | Bills claimed Mike Taliaferro on waivers |
| 08-28-1972 | traded New England's #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Dolphins for Wayne Mass |
| 08-29-1972 | traded future considerations to Raiders for Greg Slough |
| 09-06-1972 | Bengals claimed Daryl Johnson on waivers |
| 09-06-1972 | claimed Ralph Cindrich on waivers from Falcons |
| 09-06-1972 | claimed Pat Studstill on waivers from Rams |
| 09-18-1972 | claimed Bob Reynolds on waivers from Cardinals |
| 09-26-1972 | traded San Diego's #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Dolphins for Bill Griffin |
1972 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 7-31 0-1-0 09/24/72 vs Atlanta Falcons W 21-20 1-1-0 10/01/72 vs Washington Redskins W 24-23 2-1-0 10/08/72 at Buffalo Bills L 14-38 2-2-0 10/15/72 vs New York Jets L 13-41 2-3-0 10/22/72 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 3-33 2-4-0 10/29/72 at New York Jets L 10-34 2-5-0 11/06/72 vs Baltimore Colts L 17-24 2-6-0 11/12/72 at Miami Dolphins L 0-52 2-7-0 11/19/72 vs Buffalo Bills L 24-27 2-8-0 11/26/72 at Baltimore Colts L 0-31 2-9-0 12/03/72 vs Miami Dolphins L 21-37 2-10-0 12/10/72 at New Orleans Saints W 17-10 3-10-0 12/17/72 at Denver Broncos L 21-45 3-11-0