1979 New England Patriots: 9-7-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (238 points scored, 130 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (173 points scored, 196 allowed) Head Coach: Ron Erhardt
411 points scored (2nd of 28 teams), 326 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 237 475 3,218 ( 8) 6.14 30 23 604 2,252 (15) 3.7 16 5,470 ( 8) 39
Defense: 246 467 2,553 ( 8) 4.87 13 20 495 1,770 ( 5) 3.6 22 4,323 ( 3) 43
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 John Smith K 16 6'0 185 29 6 Southampton (England) 8 Eddie Hare P 16 6'4 209 22 R Tulsa 12 Matt Cavanaugh QB 13 6'1 210 23 1 Pittsburgh 14 Steve Grogan QB 16 6'4 208 26 5 Kansas State 17 Tom Owen QB 6 6'1 194 27 5 Wichita State 21 Mark Washington DB 12 5'10 187 31 10 Morgan State 22 Dick Conn DB 1 6'0 180 28 6 Georgia 23 Horace Ivory RB 11 6'0 198 25 3 Oklahoma 25 Rick Sanford DB 16 6'1 192 22 R South Carolina 26 Raymond Clayborn DB 16 6'1 190 24 3 Texas 27 Doug Beaudoin DB 10 6'1 190 25 4 Minnesota 29 Harold Jackson WR 16 5'10 175 33 12 Jackson State 30 Mosi Tatupu RB 16 6'0 229 24 2 Southern California 32 Andy Johnson RB 5 6'0 204 27 5 Georgia 34 Prentice McCray DB 14 6'1 190 28 6 Arizona State 35 Allan Clark RB 16 5'10 186 22 R Northern Arizona 39 Sam Cunningham RB 12 6'3 230 29 7 Southern California 40 Mike Haynes DB 16 6'2 195 26 4 Arizona State 44 Don Calhoun RB 16 6'0 212 27 6 Kansas State 48 Tim Fox DB 16 5'11 190 25 4 Ohio State 50 Sam Hunt LB 15 6'1 253 28 6 Stephen F. Austin 51 Bob Golic DT 1 6'2 240 22 R Notre Dame 52 Steve King LB 16 6'4 230 28 7 Tulsa 53 Bill Matthews LB 16 6'2 235 23 1 South Dakota State 54 John Zamberlin LB 16 6'2 232 23 R Pacific Lutheran 55 Ray Costict LB 16 6'0 218 24 3 Mississippi State 56 Rod Shoate LB 14 6'1 215 26 4 Oklahoma 57 Steve Nelson LB 15 6'2 230 28 6 North Dakota State 58 Pete Brock C 16 6'5 260 25 4 Colorado 59 Mike Hawkins LB 16 6'2 232 24 2 Texas A&I 61 Sam Adams OG 15 6'3 260 31 8 Prairie View A&M 62 Dwight Wheeler OG 13 6'3 255 24 2 Tennessee State 63 Mark Buben DE 16 6'3 260 22 R Tufts 64 Richard Bishop DT 14 6'1 260 29 4 Louisville 67 Bill Lenkaitis C 16 6'3 255 33 12 Penn State 68 Terry Falcon OG 10 6'3 260 24 2 Montana 71 Ray Hamilton DT 16 6'1 245 28 7 Oklahoma 72 Mel Lunsford DT 16 6'3 260 29 7 Central State 73 John Hannah OG 16 6'2 265 28 7 Alabama 74 Shelby Jordan OT 14 6'7 260 27 4 Washington-St.Louis 75 Bob Cryder OG 16 6'4 265 23 2 Alabama 77 Garry Puetz OG 5 6'4 265 27 7 Valparaiso 78 Tony McGee DE 16 6'4 250 30 9 Bishop 80 Don Hasselbeck TE 16 6'7 245 24 3 Colorado 81 Russ Francis TE 12 6'6 242 26 5 Oregon 82 Al Chandler TE 7 6'2 229 28 6 Oklahoma 83 Donald Westbrook WR 16 5'10 184 26 3 Nebraska 85 Julius Adams DE 16 6'3 263 31 9 Texas Southern 86 Stanley Morgan WR 16 5'11 180 24 3 Tennessee 87 Ray Jarvis WR 7 5'11 190 30 9 Norfolk State 88 Carlos Pennywell WR 6 6'2 180 23 2 Grambling
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Steve Grogan 423 206 48.7 3,286 7.77 16.0 28 6.6 20 4.7 45 341 77.4
Tom Owen 47 27 57.4 248 5.28 9.2 2 4.3 3 6.4 4 41 59.5
Donald Westbrook 2 2 100.0 52 26.00 26.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Matt Cavanaugh 1 1 100.0 10 10.00 10.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 108.3
Eddie Hare 1 1 100.0 4 4.00 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 83.3
Harold Jackson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Harold Jackson 45 1,013 22.5 7 Stanley Morgan 44 1,002 22.8 12 Russ Francis 39 557 14.3 5 Sam Cunningham 29 236 8.1 0 Horace Ivory 23 216 9.4 2 Don Calhoun 15 66 4.4 1 Don Hasselbeck 13 158 12.2 0 Donald Westbrook 9 173 19.2 1 Andy Johnson 9 68 7.6 0 Carlos Pennywell 4 35 8.8 1 Allan Clark 2 35 17.5 0 Ray Jarvis 2 30 15.0 1 Mosi Tatupu 2 9 4.5 0 Al Chandler 1 2 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Sam Cunningham 159 563 3.5 5 Horace Ivory 143 522 3.7 1 Don Calhoun 137 456 3.3 5 Steve Grogan 64 368 5.8 2 Andy Johnson 43 132 3.1 1 Allan Clark 19 84 4.4 2 Mosi Tatupu 23 71 3.1 0 Stanley Morgan 7 39 5.6 0 Harold Jackson 3 12 4.0 0 Donald Westbrook 2 8 4.0 0 Eddie Hare 1 0 0.0 0 Tom Owen 2 -1 -0.5 0 Matt Cavanaugh 1 -2 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Allan Clark 37 816 22.1 0 Donald Westbrook 11 151 13.7 0 Rick Sanford 10 179 17.9 0 Mosi Tatupu 3 15 5.0 0 Raymond Clayborn 2 33 16.5 0 Mark Washington 1 18 18.0 0 Horace Ivory 1 15 15.0 0 Stanley Morgan 1 12 12.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Stanley Morgan 29 289 10.0 21 1 Mike Haynes 5 16 3.2 1 0 Donald Westbrook 2 5 2.5 0 0 Rick Sanford 1 1 1.0 0 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 25 DB Rick Sanford 94 South Carolina 2 52 DT Bob Golic 187 Notre Dame 4 106 P Eddie Hare 16 Tulsa 5 135 LB John Zamberlin 78 Pacific Lutheran 7 177 DB Judson Flint 39 Memphis [pick acquired from WAS] 8 216 RB Randy Love 89 Houston 9 245 TE John Spagnola 133 Yale 10 270 WR Martin Cox Vanderbilt [pick acquired from DEN] 10 271 RB Allan Clark 33 Northern Arizona
Traded draft picks: #3 to LA (Mike Wellman), #6 to PIT (Dwayne Woodruff), #11 to WAS (Tony Hall), #12 to DET (Brian Sweeney)
Transactions:
| 08-14-1979 | placed Sidney Brown on injured reserve |
| 08-15-1979 | traded Leon Gray to Oilers for cash and Houston's #1 and #6 picks in the 1980 draft |
| 08-20-1979 | placed Dick Conn on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1979 | placed Bob Golic on injured reserve |
| 10-03-1979 | placed Andy Johnson on injured reserve |
| 11-01-1979 | claimed Al Chandler on waivers from Cardinals |
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/79 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-16 (OT) 0-1-0 09/09/79 vs New York Jets W 56-3 1-1-0 09/16/79 at Cincinnati Bengals W 20-14 2-1-0 09/23/79 vs San Diego Chargers W 27-21 3-1-0 10/01/79 at Green Bay Packers L 14-27 3-2-0 10/07/79 vs Detroit Lions W 24-17 4-2-0 10/14/79 at Chicago Bears W 27-7 5-2-0 10/21/79 vs Miami Dolphins W 28-13 6-2-0 10/28/79 at Baltimore Colts L 26-31 6-3-0 11/04/79 at Buffalo Bills W 26-6 7-3-0 11/11/79 at Denver Broncos L 10-45 7-4-0 11/18/79 vs Baltimore Colts W 50-21 8-4-0 11/25/79 vs Buffalo Bills L 13-16 (OT) 8-5-0 11/29/79 at Miami Dolphins L 24-39 8-6-0 12/09/79 at New York Jets L 26-27 8-7-0 12/16/79 vs Minnesota Vikings W 27-23 9-7-0
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