Matthew Andrew Cavanaugh
Position: QB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 212 lbs.
Throws: Right
Born: October 27, 1956 in Youngstown, OH
College: Pittsburgh (school history)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 2nd round (50th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 15 (5701st overall since 1950)
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1981 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1981-09-13 | 24-321 | NWE | @ | PHI | L 3-13 | 4 | 12 | 33.33% | 41 | 0 | 2 | 4.5 | 3.42 | -4.08 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1981-09-21 | 24-329 | NWE | DAL | L 21-35 | * | 14 | 26 | 53.85% | 235 | 0 | 4 | 45.0 | 9.04 | 2.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 1981-09-27 | 24-335 | NWE | @ | PIT | L 21-27 | * | 22 | 42 | 52.38% | 325 | 1 | 1 | 76.0 | 7.74 | 7.14 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 5 | 1981-10-04 | 24-342 | NWE | KAN | W 33-17 | * | 10 | 19 | 52.63% | 162 | 1 | 2 | 59.4 | 8.53 | 4.84 | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 1981-10-11 | 24-349 | NWE | @ | NYJ | L 24-28 | * | 8 | 20 | 40.00% | 110 | 0 | 2 | 18.7 | 5.50 | 1.00 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 11 | 1981-11-15 | 25-019 | NWE | NYJ | L 6-17 | 5 | 15 | 33.33% | 48 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | 12 | 1981-11-22 | 25-026 | NWE | @ | BUF | L 17-20 | * | 6 | 12 | 50.00% | 133 | 1 | 0 | 117.7 | 11.08 | 12.75 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 13 | 1981-11-29 | 25-033 | NWE | STL | L 20-27 | * | 17 | 24 | 70.83% | 245 | 0 | 2 | 68.9 | 10.21 | 6.46 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 14 | 1981-12-06 | 25-040 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 14-24 | * | 12 | 20 | 60.00% | 138 | 1 | 0 | 97.5 | 6.90 | 7.90 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 10 | 15 | 1981-12-13 | 25-047 | NWE | BUF | L 10-19 | * | 6 | 13 | 46.15% | 51 | 0 | 0 | 56.9 | 3.92 | 3.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 1981-12-20 | 25-054 | NWE | @ | BAL | L 21-23 | 11 | 16 | 68.75% | 145 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 9.06 | 10.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 Games | 115 | 219 | 52.51% | 1633 | 5 | 13 | 59.8 | 7.46 | 5.24 | 17 | 92 | 5.41 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||