Richard Francis Sanford
Position: DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: January 9, 1957 in Rock Hill, SC
College: South Carolina (school history)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (25th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 32 (3116th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2012.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 1 | 1979 | 1 | 1979-09-03 | 22-237 | NWE | PIT | L 13-16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1979 | 2 | 1979-09-09 | 22-243 | NWE | NYJ | W 56-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1979 | 4 | 1979-09-23 | 22-257 | NWE | SDG | W 27-21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 1979 | 5 | 1979-10-01 | 22-265 | NWE | @ | GNB | L 14-27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1979 | 8 | 1979-10-21 | 22-285 | NWE | MIA | W 28-13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1979 | 9 | 1979-10-28 | 22-292 | NWE | @ | BAL | L 26-31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1979 | 11 | 1979-11-11 | 22-306 | NWE | @ | DEN | L 10-45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1979 | 12 | 1979-11-18 | 22-313 | NWE | BAL | W 50-21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 1979 | 13 | 1979-11-25 | 22-320 | NWE | BUF | L 13-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 1979 | 14 | 1979-11-29 | 22-324 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 24-39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1979 | 15 | 1979-12-09 | 22-334 | NWE | @ | NYJ | L 26-27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 12 | 1980 | 4 | 1980-09-29 | 23-264 | NWE | DEN | W 23-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 13 | 1981 | 5 | 1981-10-04 | 24-268 | NWE | KAN | W 33-17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 1981 | 6 | 1981-10-11 | 24-275 | NWE | @ | NYJ | L 24-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 1981 | 9 | 1981-11-01 | 24-296 | NWE | @ | OAK | L 17-27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 1981 | 11 | 1981-11-15 | 24-310 | NWE | NYJ | L 6-17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 1981 | 12 | 1981-11-22 | 24-317 | NWE | @ | BUF | L 17-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 1981 | 14 | 1981-12-06 | 24-331 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 14-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 19 | 1982 | 5 | 1982-12-05 | 25-330 | NWE | @ | CHI | L 13-26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 1982 | 7 | 1982-12-19 | 25-344 | NWE | @ | SEA | W 16-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 21 | 1983 | 1 | 1983-09-04 | 26-238 | NWE | BAL | L 23-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | 1983 | 4 | 1983-09-25 | 26-259 | NWE | @ | PIT | W 28-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 1983 | 7 | 1983-10-16 | 26-280 | NWE | SDG | W 37-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 24 | 1983 | 10 | 1983-11-06 | 26-301 | NWE | BUF | W 21-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 25 | 1983 | 11 | 1983-11-13 | 26-308 | NWE | MIA | W 17-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | 1983 | 15 | 1983-12-11 | 26-336 | NWE | @ | RAM | W 21-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | Def Interceptions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | TD | |||
| 27 | 1984 | 3 | 1984-09-16 | 27-251 | NWE | SEA | W 38-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | 1984 | 12 | 1984-11-18 | 27-314 | NWE | @ | IND | W 50-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 28 Games | 1 | 6 | 14 | 261 | 18.64 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 16 | 171 | 1 | ||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1982 | 10 | 1983-01-08 | 25-364 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 13-28 |