1979 New England Patriots roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Eddie Hare 83 3,038 36.6 11 20 1 28 317 29.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts John Smith 0/0 6/6 11/13 6/14 0/0 23/33 46/49 115 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Julius Adams 6.0 Doug Beaudoin 1 30 0 Richard Bishop 8.5 Raymond Clayborn 1.0 5 56 0 Ray Costict 2.0 1 22 0 Tim Fox 1.0 2 38 0 Ray Hamilton 6.0 Mike Hawkins 7.0 2 35 1 Mike Haynes 3 66 0 Mel Lunsford 8.0 Prentice McCray 1.0 3 48 0 Tony McGee 11.5 Steve Nelson 2.0 1 18 0 Rick Sanford 1 39 0 Rod Shoate 4.0 1 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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