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