1976 New England Patriots: 11-3-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (217 points scored, 95 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (159 points scored, 141 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Fairbanks
376 points scored (2nd of 28 teams), 236 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 146 309 1,746 (20) 5.32 18 20 591 2,948 ( 2) 5.0 24 4,694 ( 8) 36
Defense: 229 437 2,175 (16) 4.49 16 23 462 1,847 ( 8) 4.0 12 4,022 (11) 50
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 John Smith K 14 6'0 185 26 3 Southampton (England) 2 Mike Patrick P 14 6'0 213 24 2 Mississippi State 14 Steve Grogan QB 14 6'4 200 23 2 Kansas State 17 Tom Owen QB 2 6'1 194 24 3 Wichita State 18 Randy Vataha WR 12 5'10 170 27 6 Stanford 21 Joe Blahak DB 2 5'9 188 26 4 Nebraska 21 Allen Carter RB 1 5'11 208 23 2 Southern California 22 Dick Conn DB 13 6'0 180 25 3 Georgia 24 Bob Howard DB 14 6'1 177 31 10 San Diego State 25 Deac Sanders DB 2 6'1 178 26 3 South Dakota 27 Doug Beaudoin DB 9 6'1 200 22 R Minnesota 29 Willie Germany DB 10 6'0 192 28 4 Morgan State 32 Andy Johnson RB 14 6'0 204 24 3 Georgia 34 Prentice McCray DB 14 6'1 187 25 3 Arizona State 35 Jess Phillips RB 13 6'1 208 29 9 Michigan State 38 Ike Forte RB 10 6'0 196 22 R Arkansas 39 Sam Cunningham RB 11 6'3 224 26 4 Southern California 40 Mike Haynes DB 14 6'2 189 23 R Arizona State 44 Don Calhoun RB 14 6'0 198 24 3 Kansas State 48 Tim Fox DB 13 5'11 186 22 R Ohio State 50 Sam Hunt LB 14 6'1 240 25 3 Stephen F. Austin 51 Donnie Thomas LB 3 6'2 245 23 R Indiana 52 Steve King LB 11 6'4 225 25 4 Tulsa 53 Jim Romaniszyn LB 11 6'2 220 25 3 Edinboro 54 Steve Zabel LB 14 6'4 235 28 7 Oklahoma 57 Steve Nelson LB 10 6'2 230 25 3 North Dakota State 58 Pete Brock C 14 6'5 253 22 R Colorado 59 Pete Barnes LB 13 6'3 240 31 10 Southern 60 Dave Tipton DT 8 6'1 250 22 2 Western Illinois 61 Sam Adams OG 14 6'3 252 28 5 Prairie View A&M 63 Fred Sturt OG 14 6'4 255 25 2 Bowling Green 64 Richard Bishop DT 14 6'1 275 26 1 Louisville 66 Bob McKay OT 14 6'5 265 28 7 Texas 67 Bill Lenkaitis C 14 6'3 250 30 9 Penn State 70 Leon Gray OT 14 6'3 256 24 4 Jackson State 71 Ray Hamilton DT 14 6'1 245 25 4 Oklahoma 72 Mel Lunsford DE 14 6'3 250 26 4 Central State 73 John Hannah OG 14 6'2 265 25 4 Alabama 75 Art Moore DT 4 6'5 253 25 3 Tulsa 77 Tom Neville OT 14 6'4 253 33 11 Mississippi State 78 Tony McGee DE 14 6'4 245 27 6 Bishop 81 Russ Francis TE 13 6'6 240 23 2 Oregon 82 Steve Burks WR 8 6'5 211 23 2 Arkansas State 83 Ricky Feacher WR 3 5'10 174 22 R Mississippi Valley State 84 Darryl Stingley WR 13 6'0 195 25 4 Purdue 85 Julius Adams DE 14 6'3 260 28 6 Texas Southern 87 Al Chandler TE 14 6'2 229 25 3 Oklahoma 88 Marlin Briscoe WR 14 5'10 180 31 9 Nebraska-Omaha 90 George Webster LB 13 6'4 230 30 10 Michigan State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Steve Grogan 302 145 48.0 1,903 6.30 13.1 18 6.0 20 6.6 18 155 60.6
Tom Owen 5 1 20.0 7 1.40 7.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Andy Johnson 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Marlin Briscoe 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Andy Johnson 29 343 11.8 4 Sam Cunningham 27 299 11.1 0 Russ Francis 26 367 14.1 3 Darryl Stingley 17 370 21.8 4 Don Calhoun 12 56 4.7 0 Randy Vataha 11 192 17.5 1 Marlin Briscoe 10 136 13.6 1 Al Chandler 5 49 9.8 3 Ike Forte 3 9 3.0 1 Ricky Feacher 2 38 19.0 0 Steve Burks 2 27 13.5 0 Jess Phillips 1 18 18.0 0 Pete Brock 1 6 6.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Sam Cunningham 172 824 4.8 3 Don Calhoun 129 721 5.6 1 Andy Johnson 169 699 4.1 6 Steve Grogan 60 397 6.6 12 Jess Phillips 24 164 6.8 1 Ike Forte 25 100 4.0 1 Darryl Stingley 8 45 5.6 0 Russ Francis 2 12 6.0 0 Steve Burks 1 2 2.0 0 Mike Patrick 1 -16 -16.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jess Phillips 14 397 28.4 0 Ricky Feacher 10 240 24.0 0 Don Calhoun 9 183 20.3 0 Doug Beaudoin 6 134 22.3 0 Ike Forte 3 62 20.7 0 Dick Conn 2 29 14.5 0 Bob McKay 1 23 23.0 0 Allen Carter 1 19 19.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Mike Haynes 45 608 13.5 0 2 Doug Beaudoin 2 18 9.0 0 0 Darryl Stingley 1 2 2.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 DB Mike Haynes 177 Arizona State 1 12 C Pete Brock 154 Colorado [pick acquired from SF] 1 21 DB Tim Fox 141 Ohio State [pick acquired from HOU via SF] 2 35 RB Ike Forte 64 Arkansas 6 170 DE Greg Boyd 82 San Diego State [pick acquired from DET] 7 202 DT Perry Brooks 92 Southern [pick acquired from HOU] 8 235 RB Stu Betts Northern Michigan [pick acquired from MIN] 9 243 DB Doug Beaudoin 59 Minnesota 10 270 WR Ricky Feacher 125 Mississippi Valley State 11 298 LB Donnie Thomas 3 Indiana 12 325 DT Nathaniel Bell Tulane 13 352 DB James Jones Central Michigan 14 382 WR David Quehl Holy Cross 15 409 WR Bernard Coleman Bethune-Cookman 16 436 DT Clifford Brown Tuskegee 17 466 C Todd Anderson Stanford
Traded draft picks: #3 to CHI (Brian Baschnagel), #4 to CLE via PHI (Gene Swick), #5 to SD (Woodrow Lowe), #6 to NYG (Dan Lloyd), #7 to CIN (Bob Bateman), #8 to PHI (Richard LaFargue)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Durwood Keeton in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Kerry Marbury in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Neil Graff in expansion draft |
| 04-05-1976 | traded Jim Plunkett to 49ers for Tom Owen, Houston's #1 pick in the 1976 draft, San Francisco's #1 picks in the 1976 and 1977 drafts and their #2 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 04-08-1976 | traded Ron Bolton to Browns for Bob McKay |
| 04-09-1976 | traded Doug Dumler to Vikings for Minnesota's #8 pick in the 1976 draft and #6 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 04-28-1976 | traded Leon McQuay to Raiders for Oakland's #10 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 08-03-1976 | Jim Jerome retired |
| 09-06-1976 | traded Minnesota's #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Lions for Marlin Briscoe |
| 11-26-1976 | placed Jim Romaniszyn on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/18/76 at Oakland Raiders L 21-24
1976 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 vs Baltimore Colts L 13-27 0-1-0 09/19/76 vs Miami Dolphins W 30-14 1-1-0 09/26/76 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 30-27 2-1-0 10/03/76 vs Oakland Raiders W 48-17 3-1-0 10/10/76 at Detroit Lions L 10-30 3-2-0 10/18/76 vs New York Jets W 41-7 4-2-0 10/24/76 at Buffalo Bills W 26-22 5-2-0 10/31/76 at Miami Dolphins L 3-10 5-3-0 11/07/76 vs Buffalo Bills W 20-10 6-3-0 11/14/76 at Baltimore Colts W 21-14 7-3-0 11/21/76 at New York Jets W 38-24 8-3-0 11/28/76 vs Denver Broncos W 38-14 9-3-0 12/05/76 vs New Orleans Saints W 27-6 10-3-0 12/12/76 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 31-14 11-3-0
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