1981 New England Patriots roster and stats

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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Rich Camarillo 47 1,959 41.7 9 12 0 20 209 33.4 Mike Hubach 19 726 38.2 2 2 0 12 95 31.1 Ken Hartley 9 266 29.6 2 0 0 3 1 25.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts John Smith 0/0 7/7 2/6 5/7 1/4 15/24 37/39 82 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Julius Adams 2.5 Richard Bishop 4.5 Mark Buben 1 49 0 Raymond Clayborn 2 39 0 Tim Fox 3 20 0 Ray Hamilton 2.0 Mike Hawkins 1.5 1 16 0 Mike Haynes 1 3 0 Roland James 2 29 0 John Lee 3.0 Keith Lee 1 0 0 Tony McGee 6.0 Rick Sanford 3 28 0 Rod Shoate 2.0 1 0 0 John Zamberlin 1 11 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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