1980 New England Patriots: 10-6-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-2-0 (231 points scored, 129 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (210 points scored, 196 allowed) Head Coach: Ron Erhardt 441 points scored (2nd of 28 teams), 325 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 240 413 3,195 (12) 7.29 27 27 588 2,240 ( 7) 3.8 19 5,435 (10) 36 Defense: 266 458 2,886 ( 7) 5.75 28 24 482 1,876 (11) 3.9 12 4,762 ( 8) 34
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 John Smith K 16 6'0 185 30 7 Southampton (England) 6 Mike Hubach P 16 5'10 185 22 R Kansas 12 Matt Cavanaugh QB 16 6'1 210 24 2 Pittsburgh 14 Steve Grogan QB 12 6'4 208 27 6 Kansas State 22 Chuck Foreman RB 16 6'2 212 30 8 Miami 23 Horace Ivory RB 14 6'0 198 26 4 Oklahoma 25 Rick Sanford DB 16 6'1 192 23 2 South Carolina 26 Raymond Clayborn DB 16 6'1 190 25 4 Texas 28 Bill Currier DB 16 6'0 195 25 4 South Carolina 29 Harold Jackson WR 16 5'10 175 34 13 Jackson State 30 Mosi Tatupu RB 16 6'0 229 25 3 Southern California 32 Andy Johnson RB 16 6'0 204 28 6 Georgia 34 Prentice McCray DB 3 6'1 190 29 7 Arizona State 35 Allan Clark RB 11 5'10 186 23 2 Northern Arizona 38 Roland James DB 16 6'2 189 22 R Tennessee 40 Mike Haynes DB 13 6'2 195 27 5 Arizona State 43 Vagas Ferguson RB 16 6'1 194 23 R Notre Dame 44 Don Calhoun RB 16 6'0 212 28 7 Kansas State 48 Tim Fox DB 16 5'11 190 26 5 Ohio State 50 Larry McGrew LB 11 6'4 231 23 R Southern California 51 Bob Golic LB 16 6'2 240 23 2 Notre Dame 52 Steve King LB 16 6'4 230 29 8 Tulsa 53 Bill Matthews LB 16 6'2 235 24 2 South Dakota State 54 John Zamberlin LB 16 6'2 232 24 2 Pacific Lutheran 56 Rod Shoate LB 16 6'1 215 27 5 Oklahoma 57 Steve Nelson LB 16 6'2 230 29 7 North Dakota State 58 Pete Brock C 16 6'5 260 26 5 Colorado 59 Mike Hawkins LB 16 6'2 232 25 3 Texas A&I 61 Sam Adams OG 15 6'3 260 32 9 Prairie View A&M 62 Dwight Wheeler OT 16 6'3 255 25 3 Tennessee State 64 Richard Bishop DT 13 6'1 260 30 5 Louisville 66 Steve McMichael DT 6 6'2 245 23 R Texas 67 Bill Lenkaitis C 16 6'3 255 34 13 Penn State 70 Doug McDougald DE 8 6'5 271 23 R Virginia Tech 71 Ray Hamilton DT 15 6'1 245 29 8 Oklahoma 72 Mel Lunsford DE 12 6'3 260 30 8 Central State 73 John Hannah OG 16 6'2 265 29 8 Alabama 74 Shelby Jordan OT 16 6'7 260 28 5 Washington-St.Louis 75 Bob Cryder OG 16 6'4 265 24 3 Alabama 77 Garry Puetz OT 16 6'4 265 28 8 Valparaiso 78 Tony McGee DE 16 6'4 250 31 10 Bishop 80 Don Hasselbeck TE 16 6'7 245 25 4 Colorado 81 Russ Francis TE 15 6'6 242 27 6 Oregon 83 Donald Westbrook WR 14 5'10 185 27 4 Nebraska 85 Julius Adams DE 16 6'3 263 32 10 Texas Southern 86 Stanley Morgan WR 16 5'11 180 25 4 Tennessee 87 Preston Brown WR 5 5'10 184 22 R Vanderbilt 88 Carlos Pennywell WR 11 6'2 180 24 3 Grambling
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Steve Grogan 306 175 57.2 2,475 8.09 14.1 18 5.9 22 7.2 17 138 73.1 Matt Cavanaugh 105 63 60.0 885 8.43 14.0 9 8.6 5 4.8 8 62 95.9 Harold Jackson 2 2 100.0 35 17.50 17.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Stanley Morgan 45 991 22.0 6 Russ Francis 41 664 16.2 8 Harold Jackson 35 737 21.1 5 Don Calhoun 27 129 4.8 0 Andy Johnson 24 259 10.8 3 Vagas Ferguson 22 173 7.9 0 Chuck Foreman 14 99 7.1 0 Horace Ivory 12 95 7.9 0 Don Hasselbeck 8 130 16.2 4 Donald Westbrook 4 60 15.0 0 Carlos Pennywell 4 31 7.8 1 Mosi Tatupu 4 27 6.8 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Vagas Ferguson 211 818 3.9 2 Don Calhoun 200 787 3.9 9 Steve Grogan 30 112 3.7 1 Horace Ivory 42 111 2.6 2 Matt Cavanaugh 19 97 5.1 0 Mosi Tatupu 33 97 2.9 3 Chuck Foreman 23 63 2.7 1 Allan Clark 9 56 6.2 1 Harold Jackson 5 37 7.4 0 Stanley Morgan 4 36 9.0 0 Andy Johnson 11 26 2.4 0 Mike Hubach 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Horace Ivory 36 992 27.6 1 Preston Brown 9 156 17.3 0 Bill Currier 6 98 16.3 0 Allan Clark 3 21 7.0 0 Donald Westbrook 1 14 14.0 0 Carlos Pennywell 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Roland James 33 331 10.0 3 1 Mike Haynes 17 140 8.2 2 0 Preston Brown 10 42 4.2 1 0 |
1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 DB Roland James 145 Tennessee 1 25 RB Vegas Ferguson 33 Notre Dame [pick acquired from HOU] 2 45 LB Larry McGrew 133 USC 3 73 DT Steve McMichael 213 Texas 5 124 DE Doug McDougald 8 Virginia Tech 6 160 WR Preston Brown 32 Vanderbilt [pick acquired from HOU] 7 180 OG Tom Kearns Kentucky 8 208 TE Mike House Pacific 9 235 LB Barry Burget Oklahoma 10 266 C Tom Daniel Georgia Tech 11 293 P Mike Hubach 21 Kansas State 12 320 QB Jimmy Jordan Florida State
Traded draft picks: #4 to SF via LA (David Hodge), #6 to LA via CLE (Mike Guman)
Transactions:
| 02-07-1980 | traded New England's #10 pick in the 1981 draft to Browns for Ernie Price |
| 02-07-1980 | traded New England's #6 pick in the 1980 draft to Browns for Mike St. Clair |
| 04-17-1980 | traded New England's #3 pick in the 1981 draft to Vikings for Chuck Foreman |
| 07-24-1980 | traded New England's #9 pick in the 1981 draft to Lions for Ed O'Neil |
1980 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 vs Cleveland Browns W 34-17 1-0-0 09/14/80 vs Atlanta Falcons L 21-37 1-1-0 09/21/80 at Seattle Seahawks W 37-31 2-1-0 09/29/80 vs Denver Broncos W 23-14 3-1-0 10/05/80 at New York Jets W 21-11 4-1-0 10/12/80 vs Miami Dolphins W 34-0 5-1-0 10/19/80 at Baltimore Colts W 37-21 6-1-0 10/26/80 at Buffalo Bills L 13-31 6-2-0 11/02/80 vs New York Jets W 34-21 7-2-0 11/10/80 at Houston Oilers L 34-38 7-3-0 11/16/80 vs Los Angeles Rams L 14-17 7-4-0 11/23/80 vs Baltimore Colts W 47-21 8-4-0 11/30/80 at San Francisco 49ers L 17-21 8-5-0 12/08/80 at Miami Dolphins L 13-16 (OT) 8-6-0 12/14/80 vs Buffalo Bills W 24-2 9-6-0 12/21/80 at New Orleans Saints W 38-27 10-6-0