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1977 New England Patriots: 9-5-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (135 points scored, 73 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (143 points scored, 144 allowed) Head Coach: Chuck Fairbanks 278 points scored (9th of 28 teams), 217 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 160 305 2,007 (14) 6.29 17 21 603 2,303 ( 6) 3.8 13 4,310 (11) 36 Defense: 188 356 2,033 (15) 4.91 16 19 452 1,605 ( 2) 3.6 8 3,638 ( 5) 29


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 John Smith K 14 6'0 190 27 4 Southampton (England) 2 Mike Patrick P 14 6'0 195 25 3 Mississippi State 14 Steve Grogan QB 14 6'4 205 24 3 Kansas State 22 Dick Conn DB 14 6'0 185 26 4 Georgia 23 Horace Ivory RB 5 6'0 197 23 R Oklahoma 24 Bob Howard DB 13 6'1 175 32 11 San Diego State 26 Raymond Clayborn DB 14 6'1 181 22 R Texas 27 Doug Beaudoin DB 11 6'1 195 23 2 Minnesota 34 Prentice McCray DB 14 6'1 190 26 4 Arizona State 35 Jess Phillips RB 14 6'1 208 30 10 Michigan State 38 Ike Forte RB 13 6'0 202 23 2 Arkansas 39 Sam Cunningham RB 14 6'3 230 27 5 Southern California 40 Mike Haynes DB 14 6'2 195 24 2 Arizona State 44 Don Calhoun RB 14 6'0 215 25 4 Kansas State 48 Tim Fox DB 14 5'11 190 23 2 Ohio State 50 Sam Hunt LB 13 6'1 250 26 4 Stephen F. Austin 52 Steve King LB 14 6'4 228 26 5 Tulsa 54 Steve Zabel LB 11 6'4 228 29 8 Oklahoma 55 Ray Costict LB 14 6'0 214 22 R Mississippi State 56 Rod Shoate LB 14 6'1 215 24 2 Oklahoma 57 Steve Nelson LB 13 6'2 228 26 4 North Dakota State 58 Pete Brock C 14 6'5 260 23 2 Colorado 59 Pete Barnes LB 12 6'3 240 32 11 Southern 60 Bob Hyland C 3 6'5 255 32 11 Boston College 61 Sam Adams OG 14 6'3 255 29 6 Prairie View A&M 63 Fred Sturt OG 14 6'4 255 26 3 Bowling Green 64 Richard Bishop DT 12 6'1 260 27 2 Louisville 65 Greg Boyd DE 13 6'6 270 25 1 San Diego State 66 Bob McKay OT 12 6'5 265 29 8 Texas 67 Bill Lenkaitis C 14 6'3 252 31 10 Penn State 70 Leon Gray OT 11 6'3 255 25 5 Jackson State 71 Ray Hamilton DT 14 6'1 250 26 5 Oklahoma 72 Mel Lunsford DE 13 6'3 260 27 5 Central State 73 John Hannah OG 11 6'2 265 26 5 Alabama 74 Shelby Jordan OT 10 6'7 260 25 2 Washington-St.Louis 75 Art Moore DT 1 6'5 260 26 4 Tulsa 77 Tom Neville OT 14 6'4 255 34 12 Mississippi State 78 Tony McGee DE 14 6'4 250 28 7 Bishop 80 Don Hasselbeck TE 14 6'7 245 22 R Colorado 81 Russ Francis TE 10 6'6 240 24 3 Oregon 82 Steve Burks WR 13 6'5 210 24 3 Arkansas State 83 Donald Westbrook WR 13 5'10 188 24 1 Nebraska 84 Darryl Stingley WR 14 6'0 193 26 5 Purdue 85 Julius Adams DE 14 6'3 260 29 7 Texas Southern 86 Stanley Morgan WR 14 5'11 180 22 R Tennessee 87 Al Chandler TE 14 6'2 228 26 4 Oklahoma
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Steve Grogan 305 160 52.5 2,162 7.09 13.5 17 5.6 21 6.9 14 155 65.2
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Sam Cunningham         42    370    8.8    1
Darryl Stingley        39    657   16.8    5
Stanley Morgan         21    443   21.1    3
Russ Francis           16    229   14.3    4
Don Calhoun            13    152   11.7    0
Don Hasselbeck          9     76    8.4    4
Ike Forte               8     88   11.0    0
Al Chandler             7     68    9.7    0
Steve Burks             5     79   15.8    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Sam Cunningham        270  1,015    3.8    4
Don Calhoun           198    727    3.7    4
Steve Grogan           61    324    5.3    1
Ike Forte              62    157    2.5    2
Darryl Stingley         3     33   11.0    1
Jess Phillips           5     27    5.4    1
Stanley Morgan          1     10   10.0    0
Horace Ivory            3     10    3.3    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Raymond Clayborn       28    869   31.0    3
Jess Phillips           6     93   15.5    0
Doug Beaudoin           4     73   18.2    0
Bob McKay               1     16   16.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Mike Haynes            24    200    8.3    2    0
Stanley Morgan         16    220   13.8    2    0
Ike Forte               2      9    4.5    1    0
Doug Beaudoin           1      0    0.0    0    0
Donald Westbrook        0      0      ?    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Patrick 65 2,354 36.2 6 14 3 33 270 28.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts John Smith 1/1 5/6 8/10 1/4 0/0 15/21 33/33 78 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Julius Adams 9.5 Pete Barnes 5.0 1 13 0 Richard Bishop 1.0 Greg Boyd 2.0 Pete Brock 3.0 Steve Burks 4.0 Don Calhoun 5.0 Raymond Clayborn 1.0 Tim Fox 2.0 3 39 0 Ray Hamilton 9.5 Mike Haynes 5 54 0 Bob Howard 4 10 0 Sam Hunt 1.0 2 17 0 Steve King 1.0 Mel Lunsford 1.5 Prentice McCray 4 61 0 Tony McGee 13.5 Steve Nelson 4.5 Rod Shoate 6.0 Steve Zabel 3.0
1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 16 DB Raymond Clayborn 208 Texas [pick acquired from SF] 1 25 WR Stanley Morgan 196 Tennessee 2 44 RB Horace Ivory 58 Oklahoma [pick acquired from SF] 2 52 TE Don Hasselbeck 123 Colorado 3 82 DB Sidney Brown 16 Oklahoma 4 109 OT Gerald Skinner 15 Arkansas 7 192 WR Ken Smith Arkansas-Pine Bluff 8 219 OG Brad Benson 137 Penn State 9 249 LB Jerry Vogele Michigan 10 276 OT John Rasmussen Wisconsin 10 279 DE Giles Alexander Tulsa [pick acquired from OAK] 11 303 LB Ray Costict 46 Mississippi State 12 333 RB Dave Preston 76 Bowling Green

Traded draft picks: #5 to STL (Andy Spiva), #6 to HOU (David Carter)


Transactions:
03-11-1977traded Joe Blahak to Vikings for cash
08-22-1977traded Harold Hart to Redskins for a conditional draft pick
09-06-1977traded John Sanders to Eagles for Buffalo's #8 pick in the 1978 draft
10-04-1977traded Arthur Moore to Browns for a conditional draft pick


1977 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 21-17       1-0-0
09/26/77    at Cleveland Browns        L 27-30 (OT)  1-1-0
10/02/77    at New York Jets           L 27-30       1-2-0
10/09/77    vs Seattle Seahawks        W 31-0        2-2-0
10/16/77    at San Diego Chargers      W 24-20       3-2-0
10/23/77    vs Baltimore Colts         W 17-3        4-2-0
10/30/77    vs New York Jets           W 24-13       5-2-0
11/06/77    vs Buffalo Bills           L 14-24       5-3-0
11/13/77    at Miami Dolphins          L 5-17        5-4-0
11/20/77    at Buffalo Bills           W 20-7        6-4-0
11/27/77    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 14-6        7-4-0
12/04/77    at Atlanta Falcons         W 16-10       8-4-0
12/11/77    vs Miami Dolphins          W 14-10       9-4-0
12/18/77    at Baltimore Colts         L 24-30       9-5-0

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