NFL game summary for 10/09/1977:

Steve Grogan threw three touchdown passes and Sam Cunningham rushed 31 times for 101 yards as the Patriots evened their record at 2-2. Rookie Don Hasselbeck caught his first NFL pass, a two-yarder from Grogan for New England's first score midway through the first period. After receiving a Seahawks punt with 2:34 left in the first half, the Patriots and Grogan drove 64 yards in eight plays with Russ Francis scoring on a one-yard pass seven seconds before halftime.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	98.3 (22)	171.3 (4)	269.7 (16)	10
DEFENSE	186.0 (26)	207.3 (28)	393.3 (27)	4
OFFENSE	169.0 (8)	164.3 (5)	333.3 (5)	11
DEFENSE	161.7 (24)	164.7 (19)	326.3 (22)	8

Line: Patriots by 19

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Seattle Seahawks (0-4-0)	0	0	0	0	0
New England Patriots (2-2-0)	7	7	17	0	31

( 0- 7) NE Don Hasselbeck 2 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) ( 0-14) NE Russ Francis 1 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) ( 0-21) NE Don Calhoun 18 yard rush (John Smith kick) ( 0-24) NE John Smith 36 yard field goal ( 0-31) NE Darryl Stingley 24 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)

                     SEA             NE
First Downs:         6               19
Rushes-yards:        31-95           55-196
Yards/rush:          3.1             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     5-23-71-4       9-15-137-1
Sacked-yards:        3-21            0-0
Net pass yards:      50              137
Net yards/pass:      1.9             9.1
Total net yards:     145             333
Total plays:         57 (54% run)    70 (78% run)  
Yards/play:          2.5             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-2
Turnovers:           5               3
Penalties-yards:     4-20            2-25

Attendance: 45,927

Passing:
SEA: Steve Myer, 5 of 23 for 71 yards (4 int) NE: Steve Grogan, 9 of 15 for 137 yards and 3 TDs (1 int)
Rushing:
SEA: David Sims, 11 for 33 yards; Sherman Smith, 9 for 26 yards; Don Testerman, 5 for 25 yards; Sam Adkins, 3 for 6 yards; Tony Benjamin, 2 for 7 yards; Herman Weaver, 1 for -2 yards NE: Sam Cunningham, 31 for 101 yards; Don Calhoun, 13 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Ike Forte, 6 for -1 yards; Steve Grogan, 2 for 38 yards; Horace Ivory, 2 for 9 yards; Jess Phillips, 1 for -1 yards
Receiving:
SEA: Don Testerman, 2 for 17 yards; Sherman Smith, 1 for 28 yards; Ron Howard, 1 for 18 yards; Tony Benjamin, 1 for 8 yards NE: Darryl Stingley, 3 for 51 yards and 1 TD; Stanley Morgan, 2 for 63 yards; Sam Cunningham, 2 for 20 yards; Don Hasselbeck, 1 for 2 yards and 1 TD; Russ Francis, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD
Kick returns:
SEA: Al Hunter, 1 for 26 yards; Don Testerman, 1 for 14 yards
Punt returns:
SEA: Walter Packer, 2 for 2 yards NE: Mike Haynes, 4 for 36 yards; Ike Forte, 1 for 3 yards
Interceptions:
SEA: Autry Beamon, 1 for 0 yards NE: Mike Haynes, 2 for 10 yards; Bob Howard, 2 for 7 yards
Punting:
SEA: Herman Weaver, 8 for 308 yards NE: Mike Patrick, 4 for 124 yards
Field Goals:
NE: John Smith, 1/2