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1975 New England Patriots: 3-11-0
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Home record: 2-5-0 (132 points scored, 153 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (126 points scored, 205 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Fairbanks 258 points scored (14th of 26 teams), 358 points allowed (22nd) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 193 401 2,438 (10) 5.54 16 28 472 1,845 (16) 3.9 14 4,283 (13) 50 Defense: 213 368 2,244 (13) 5.60 18 13 555 2,220 (19) 4.0 20 4,464 (14) 29


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 John Smith K 14 6'0 185 25 2 Southampton (England) 2 Mike Patrick P 14 6'0 213 23 R Mississippi State 14 Steve Grogan QB 13 6'4 200 22 R Kansas State 15 Neil Graff QB 11 6'3 200 25 2 Wisconsin 16 Jim Plunkett QB 5 6'3 212 27 5 Stanford 17 Elmo Wright WR 4 6'0 190 26 5 Houston 18 Randy Vataha WR 14 5'10 170 26 5 Stanford 21 Allen Carter RB 14 5'11 208 22 R Southern California 22 Dick Conn DB 3 6'0 185 24 2 Georgia 24 Bob Howard DB 14 6'1 177 30 9 San Diego State 25 Deac Sanders DB 14 6'1 178 25 2 South Dakota 27 Ron Bolton DB 13 6'2 170 25 4 Norfolk State 29 Durwood Keeton DB 12 5'10 180 23 1 Oklahoma 31 Leon McQuay RB 13 5'9 195 25 2 Tampa 32 Andy Johnson RB 14 6'0 204 23 2 Georgia 33 Bobby Anderson RB 5 6'0 208 28 5 Colorado 34 Prentice McCray DB 14 6'1 187 24 2 Arizona State 39 Sam Cunningham RB 13 6'3 224 25 3 Southern California 42 Mack Herron RB 7 5'5 175 27 3 Kansas State 44 Doug Dressler RB 5 6'3 228 27 5 Cal State-Chico 44 Don Calhoun RB 5 6'0 198 23 2 Kansas State 47 Jim Massey DB 14 5'11 198 27 2 Linfield 50 Sam Hunt LB 13 6'1 240 24 2 Stephen F. Austin 51 Maury Damkroger LB 2 6'2 230 23 2 Nebraska 52 Steve King LB 14 6'4 230 24 3 Tulsa 54 Steve Zabel LB 13 6'4 230 27 6 Oklahoma 55 Kevin Reilly LB 4 6'2 220 24 3 Villanova 56 Rod Shoate LB 4 6'1 211 22 R Oklahoma 57 Steve Nelson LB 14 6'2 230 24 2 North Dakota State 58 Doug Dumler C 14 6'3 242 24 3 Nebraska 59 Rodrigo Barnes LB 1 6'1 215 25 3 Rice 59 Bob Geddes LB 13 6'2 240 29 4 UCLA 60 Dave Tipton DT 4 6'1 255 21 R Western Illinois 61 Sam Adams OG 13 6'3 252 27 4 Prairie View A&M 62 Steve Corbett OG 14 6'4 248 24 1 Boston College 63 Shelby Jordan OT 14 6'7 260 23 1 Washington-St.Louis 64 Martin Imhof DE 5 6'6 256 26 3 San Diego State 67 Bill Lenkaitis C 11 6'3 250 29 8 Penn State 68 Bill DuLac OG 13 6'4 260 24 2 Eastern Michigan 70 Leon Gray OT 14 6'3 256 23 3 Jackson State 71 Ray Hamilton DT 14 6'1 245 24 3 Oklahoma 72 Mel Lunsford DE 4 6'3 260 25 3 Central State 72 Jerry Patton DT 3 6'3 255 29 5 Nebraska 73 John Hannah OG 14 6'2 265 24 3 Alabama 74 Craig Hanneman DE 11 6'3 245 26 4 Oregon State 76 Pete Cusick DT 13 6'1 255 23 R Ohio State 78 Tony McGee DE 13 6'4 245 26 5 Bishop 81 Russ Francis TE 14 6'6 240 22 R Oregon 82 Steve Burks WR 13 6'5 211 22 R Arkansas State 83 Melvin Baker WR 1 6'0 192 25 2 Texas Southern 84 Darryl Stingley WR 14 6'0 195 24 3 Purdue 85 Julius Adams DE 9 6'3 260 27 5 Texas Southern 86 Bob Windsor TE 14 6'4 225 32 9 Kentucky 90 George Webster LB 10 6'4 220 29 9 Michigan State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Steve Grogan 274 139 50.7 1,976 7.21 14.2 11 4.0 18 6.6 22 207 60.4 Jim Plunkett 92 36 39.1 571 6.21 15.9 3 3.3 7 7.6 13 89 39.7 Neil Graff 35 18 51.4 221 6.31 12.3 2 5.7 3 8.6 4 34 54.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Randy Vataha           46    720   15.7    6
Russ Francis           35    636   18.2    4
Sam Cunningham         32    253    7.9    2
Andy Johnson           26    294   11.3    1
Darryl Stingley        21    378   18.0    2
Steve Burks             6    158   26.3    0
Bob Windsor             6     57    9.5    0
Don Calhoun             5    111   22.2    1
Mack Herron             5     50   10.0    0
Elmo Wright             4     46   11.5    0
Leon McQuay             4     27    6.8    0
Allen Carter            2     39   19.5    0
Doug Dressler           1     -1   -1.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Sam Cunningham        169    666    3.9    6
Andy Johnson          117    488    4.2    3
Mack Herron            61    274    4.5    0
Steve Grogan           30    110    3.7    3
Don Calhoun            23    104    4.5    1
Allen Carter           22     95    4.3    0
Leon McQuay            33     47    1.4    0
Darryl Stingley         6     39    6.5    0
Doug Dressler           3      8    2.7    0
Jim Plunkett            4      7    1.8    1
Randy Vataha            1      4    4.0    0
Neil Graff              2      2    1.0    0
Bobby Anderson          1      1    1.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Allen Carter           32    879   27.5    1
Leon McQuay            15    252   16.8    0
Andy Johnson           10    188   18.8    0
Steve Burks             4     65   16.2    0
Mack Herron             2     75   37.5    0
Darryl Stingley         2     44   22.0    0
Don Calhoun             1     17   17.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Darryl Stingley        15    113    7.5    2    0
Mack Herron            12     89    7.4    2    0
Andy Johnson            6     60   10.0    4    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Patrick 83 3,223 38.8 0 0 0 0 0 38.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts John Smith 1/1 1/1 5/6 2/8 0/1 9/17 33/33 60 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Julius Adams 4.0 Ron Bolton 5 33 0 Pete Cusick 1.0 Ray Hamilton 6.0 Craig Hanneman 4.0 Bob Howard 3 52 1 Sam Hunt 2.0 Steve King 1.0 Tony McGee 9.0 Steve Nelson 2.0 2 8 0 Kevin Reilly 1 54 0 Deac Sanders 1 18 0 George Webster 1.0 1 0 0 Steve Zabel 3.0
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 16 TE Russ Francis 167 Oregon 2 41 LB Rod Shoate 79 Oklahoma 3 66 DT Pete Cusick 13 Ohio State 4 86 RB Allen Carter 15 USC [pick acquired from SD via CLE] 4 91 WR Steve Burks 34 Arkansas State 5 116 QB Steve Grogan 149 Kansas State 5 117 DB Steve Freeman 190 Mississippi State [pick acquired from PHI] 7 172 WR Lawrence Williams 21 Texas Tech 11 272 DB Rene Garnett Idaho State 12 297 DT Matt Kendon Idaho State 12 306 DB Condredge Holloway Tennessee [pick acquired from WAS] 13 328 DE Joe Harvey Northern Michigan 14 353 WR Tom Gossom Auburn 15 378 RB Don Clayton Murray State 16 403 RB Kerry Marbury West Virginia 17 428 OT Myke Horton UCLA

Traded draft picks: #6 to DET (Horace King), #8 to CHI (Joe Harris), #9 to PIT (Eugene Clark), #10 to PIT (Kirt Heyer)


Transactions:
01-23-1975traded John Tarver to Eagles for Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1975 draft and #8 pick in the 1976 draft
01-28-1975traded Reggie Rucker to Browns for San Diego's #4 pick in the 1975 draft
01-28-1975traded New England's #6 pick in the 1975 draft and Philadelphia's #8 pick in the 1976 draft to Lions for Leon Crosswhite
01-29-1975traded the rights to Eddie Foster to Redskins for Washington's #12 pick in the 1975 draft
02-05-1975traded Joe Sweet to Chargers for past considerations
07-03-1975traded New England's #5 pick in the 1976 draft to Chargers for Bob Howard
07-15-1975traded New England's #4 pick and a #8 pick in the 1976 draft to Eagles for Steve Zabel
07-30-1975traded Jon Morris to Lions for Detroit's #6 pick in the 1976 draft
07-31-1975traded Josh Ashton to Saints for a #7 pick in the 1976 draft
08-05-1975traded Bob Adams to Oilers for Houston's #7 pick in the 1976 draft
08-21-1975traded New England's #6 pick in the 1976 draft to Giants for Leon McQuay
08-21-1975traded Lawrence Williams to Saints for a #8 pick in the 1976 draft
08-28-1975traded an undisclosed draft pick to Cardinals for Durwood Keaton
09-01-1975traded an undisclosed draft pick to Rams for Derrick Williams
09-03-1975placed Leon Crosswhite on injured reserve
09-04-1975placed John Tanner on injured reserve
09-08-1975traded New England's #7 pick in the 1976 draft to Bengals for Doug Dressler
10-28-1975placed Maury Damkroger on injured reserve


1975 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/21/75    vs Houston Oilers          L 0-7         0-1-0
09/28/75    vs Miami Dolphins          L 14-22       0-2-0
10/05/75    at New York Jets           L 7-36        0-3-0
10/12/75    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 10-27       0-4-0
10/19/75    vs Baltimore Colts         W 21-10       1-4-0
10/26/75    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 24-16       2-4-0
11/02/75    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 17-24       2-5-0
11/09/75    at San Diego Chargers      W 33-19       3-5-0
11/16/75    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 31-34       3-6-0
11/23/75    at Buffalo Bills           L 31-45       3-7-0
12/01/75    at Miami Dolphins          L 7-20        3-8-0
12/07/75    vs New York Jets           L 28-30       3-9-0
12/14/75    vs Buffalo Bills           L 14-34       3-10-0
12/21/75    at Baltimore Colts         L 21-34       3-11-0

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