1981 New England Patriots: 2-14-0
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Home record: 2-6-0 (183 points scored, 184 allowed) Road record: 0-8-0 (139 points scored, 186 allowed) Head Coach: Ron Erhardt
322 points scored (16th of 28 teams), 370 points allowed (22nd) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 254 482 3,583 ( 6) 6.80 17 34 499 2,040 (15) 4.1 23 5,623 (10) 50
Defense: 243 439 2,877 ( 6) 6.27 18 16 644 2,950 (28) 4.6 20 5,827 (25) 33
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 John Smith K 16 6'0 185 31 8 Southampton (England) 3 Rich Camarillo P 9 5'11 189 21 R Washington 6 Mike Hubach P 5 5'10 185 23 2 Kansas 7 Ken Hartley P 2 6'2 200 24 1 Catawba 12 Matt Cavanaugh QB 16 6'1 210 25 3 Pittsburgh 14 Steve Grogan QB 8 6'4 208 28 7 Kansas State 17 Tom Owen QB 2 6'1 194 29 6 Wichita State 22 Keith Lee DB 15 5'11 192 23 1 Colorado State 23 Kevin Donnalley DB 11 5'11 177 23 R North Dakota State 23 Horace Ivory RB 1 6'0 198 27 5 Oklahoma 25 Rick Sanford DB 16 6'1 192 24 3 South Carolina 26 Raymond Clayborn DB 16 6'1 190 26 5 Texas 29 Harold Jackson WR 16 5'10 175 35 14 Jackson State 30 Mosi Tatupu RB 16 6'0 225 26 4 Southern California 32 Andy Johnson RB 16 6'0 204 29 7 Georgia 33 Tony Collins RB 16 5'11 202 22 R East Carolina 38 Roland James DB 16 6'2 189 23 2 Tennessee 39 Sam Cunningham RB 11 6'3 230 31 8 Southern California 40 Mike Haynes DB 8 6'2 195 28 6 Arizona State 43 Vagas Ferguson RB 13 6'1 194 24 2 Notre Dame 44 Don Calhoun RB 14 6'0 212 29 8 Kansas State 47 Paul Dombroski DB 6 6'0 185 25 2 Linfield 47 Darrell Wilson DB 1 5'11 180 23 R Connecticut 48 Tim Fox DB 16 5'11 190 27 6 Ohio State 51 Bob Golic LB 16 6'2 240 24 3 Notre Dame 52 Steve King LB 16 6'4 230 30 9 Tulsa 53 Bill Matthews LB 16 6'2 235 25 3 South Dakota State 54 John Zamberlin LB 16 6'2 230 25 3 Pacific Lutheran 55 Don Blackmon LB 16 6'3 235 23 R Tulsa 56 Rod Shoate LB 16 6'1 215 28 6 Oklahoma 57 Steve Nelson LB 12 6'2 230 30 8 North Dakota State 58 Pete Brock C 16 6'5 260 27 6 Colorado 59 Mike Hawkins LB 15 6'2 235 26 4 Texas A&I 62 Dwight Wheeler C 16 6'3 255 26 4 Tennessee State 63 Mark Buben DE 16 6'3 260 24 2 Tufts 64 Richard Bishop DT 16 6'1 260 31 6 Louisville 65 Steve Clark DE 7 6'5 258 22 R Kansas State 66 John Lee DE 4 6'2 259 28 6 Nebraska 67 Bill Lenkaitis C 12 6'3 255 35 14 Penn State 71 Ray Hamilton DT 15 6'1 245 30 9 Oklahoma 73 John Hannah OG 16 6'2 265 30 9 Alabama 74 Shelby Jordan OT 16 6'7 260 29 6 Washington-St.Louis 75 Bob Cryder OG 15 6'4 265 25 4 Alabama 76 Brian Holloway OT 16 6'7 273 22 R Stanford 77 Garry Puetz OG 15 6'4 265 29 9 Valparaiso 78 Tony McGee DE 16 6'4 250 32 11 Bishop 80 Don Hasselbeck TE 14 6'7 245 26 5 Colorado 82 Kenneth Toler WR 16 6'2 195 22 R Mississippi 83 Donald Westbrook WR 12 5'10 184 28 5 Nebraska 85 Julius Adams DE 16 6'3 263 33 11 Texas Southern 86 Stanley Morgan WR 13 5'11 180 26 5 Tennessee 87 Lin Dawson TE 15 6'3 235 22 R North Carolina State 88 Carlos Pennywell WR 5 6'2 180 25 4 Grambling
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Matt Cavanaugh 219 115 52.5 1,633 7.46 14.2 5 2.3 13 5.9 24 165 59.8
Steve Grogan 216 117 54.2 1,859 8.61 15.9 7 3.2 16 7.4 19 137 63.0
Tom Owen 36 15 41.7 218 6.06 14.5 1 2.8 4 11.1 2 19 31.7
Andy Johnson 9 7 77.8 194 21.56 27.7 4 44.4 1 11.1 0 0 118.8
Tony Collins 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
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 Don Hasselbeck 46 808 17.6 6 Stanley Morgan 44 1,029 23.4 6 Harold Jackson 39 669 17.2 0 Andy Johnson 39 429 11.0 1 Tony Collins 26 232 8.9 0 Mosi Tatupu 12 132 11.0 1 Sam Cunningham 12 92 7.7 0 Lin Dawson 7 126 18.0 0 Donald Westbrook 7 122 17.4 2 Don Calhoun 7 71 10.1 0 Kenneth Toler 5 70 14.0 0 Vagas Ferguson 4 39 9.8 0 Carlos Pennywell 3 49 16.3 1 Steve Grogan 2 27 13.5 0 Matt Cavanaugh 1 9 9.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Tony Collins 204 873 4.3 7 Vagas Ferguson 78 340 4.4 3 Sam Cunningham 86 269 3.1 4 Don Calhoun 57 205 3.6 2 Mosi Tatupu 38 201 5.3 2 Matt Cavanaugh 17 92 5.4 3 Steve Grogan 12 49 4.1 2 Stanley Morgan 2 21 10.5 0 Carlos Pennywell 1 3 3.0 0 Andy Johnson 2 1 0.5 0 Harold Jackson 2 -14 -7.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Tony Collins 39 773 19.8 0 Kenneth Toler 9 148 16.4 0 Rick Sanford 4 82 20.5 0 Andy Johnson 3 53 17.7 0 Paul Dombroski 2 45 22.5 0 Don Calhoun 2 38 19.0 0 Keith Lee 2 20 10.0 0 Horace Ivory 1 19 19.0 0 Don Hasselbeck 1 7 7.0 0 Bill Matthews 1 5 5.0 0 Ray Hamilton 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Stanley Morgan 15 116 7.7 4 0 Roland James 7 56 8.0 2 0 Mike Haynes 6 12 2.0 1 0 Tony Collins 3 15 5.0 0 0 |
1981 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 19 OT Brian Holloway 102 Stanford 2 47 RB Tony Collins 103 East Carolina 4 102 LB Don Blackmon 89 Tulsa 5 130 DT Steve Clark 7 Kansas State 6 157 OG Ron Wooten 98 North Carolina 7 185 WR Ken Toler 25 Mississippi 8 194 K Ken Naber Stanford [pick acquired from NO] 8 212 TE Lin Dawson 105 North Carolina State 11 295 QB Brian Buckley Harvard 12 323 DB Cris Crissy 1 Princeton
Traded draft picks: #3 to MIN (Tim Irwin), #9 to DET (Dave Martin), #10 to WAS via CLE (Allan Kennedy)
Transactions:
| 04-23-1981 | traded Sam Adams to Saints for New Orleans' #8 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 06-19-1981 | traded Mel Lunsford to Bengals for cash |
| 08-31-1981 | traded Bill Currier to Giants for the Giants' #11 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 09-25-1981 | traded Horace Ivory to Seahawks for Seattle's #3 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 11-16-1981 | claimed John Lee on waivers from Chargers |
1981 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/06/81 vs Baltimore Colts L 28-29 0-1-0 09/13/81 at Philadelphia Eagles L 3-13 0-2-0 09/21/81 vs Dallas Cowboys L 21-35 0-3-0 09/27/81 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 21-27 (OT) 0-4-0 10/04/81 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 33-17 1-4-0 10/11/81 at New York Jets L 24-28 1-5-0 10/18/81 vs Houston Oilers W 38-10 2-5-0 10/25/81 at Washington Redskins L 22-24 2-6-0 11/01/81 at Oakland Raiders L 17-27 2-7-0 11/08/81 vs Miami Dolphins L 27-30 (OT) 2-8-0 11/15/81 vs New York Jets L 6-17 2-9-0 11/22/81 at Buffalo Bills L 17-20 2-10-0 11/29/81 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 20-27 2-11-0 12/06/81 at Miami Dolphins L 14-24 2-12-0 12/13/81 vs Buffalo Bills L 10-19 2-13-0 12/20/81 at Baltimore Colts L 21-23 2-14-0
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