1976 New England Patriots roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Patrick 67 2,688 40.1 12 12 0 37 288 32.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts John Smith 0/1 4/4 4/6 7/14 0/0 15/25 42/46 87 Steve Zabel 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Julius Adams 6.0 Richard Bishop 6.0 Tim Fox 3 67 0 Ray Hamilton 6.5 Mike Haynes 8 90 0 Bob Howard 3 28 0 Sam Hunt 2 106 1 Steve King 1.0 Mel Lunsford 2.0 Prentice McCray 5 182 2 Tony McGee 12.5 Steve Nelson 1.0 2 32 0 Dave Tipton 1.0 Steve Zabel 3.0

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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