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1970 Boston Patriots

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Record: 2-12-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 149 points (10.6/g), 26th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 361 points (25.8/g), 26th.
 Differential of -212 points (-15.1/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 1.5-12.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -16 (-1.1/g), 25th.

Coached by John Mazur (1-6-0)and Clive Rush (1-6-0)

1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 20 box W 1-0 Miami Dolphins 27 14 18 301 117 184 1 15 214 119 95 3
2 Sun September 27 box L 1-1 New York Jets 21 31 12 209 139 70 3 18 283 96 187 2
3 Sun October 4 box L 1-2 Baltimore Colts 6 14 12 240 180 60 1 14 236 138 98 1
4 Sun October 11 box L 1-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 10 23 6 105 29 76 7 20 346 74 272 5
5 Sun October 18 box L 1-4 New York Giants 0 16 14 155 62 93 3 13 224 102 122
6 Sun October 25 box L 1-5 @ Baltimore Colts 3 27 12 170 125 45 4 14 272 171 101 1
7 Sun November 1 box L 1-6 Buffalo Bills 10 45 19 251 151 100 5 18 364 149 215 2
8 Sun November 8 box L 1-7 @ St. Louis Cardinals 0 31 19 195 159 36 4 15 283 132 151 1
9 Sun November 15 box L 1-8 San Diego Chargers 14 16 15 179 84 95 2 15 267 238 29
10 Sun November 22 box L 1-9 @ New York Jets 3 17 5 80 57 23 1 19 293 141 152 2
11 Sun November 29 box W 2-9 @ Buffalo Bills 14 10 10 167 109 58 4 12 325 230 95 2
12 Sun December 6 box L 2-10 @ Miami Dolphins 20 37 19 243 176 67 18 301 93 208 2
13 Sun December 13 box L 2-11 Minnesota Vikings 14 35 15 182 116 66 4 28 429 317 112 4
14 Sun December 20 box L 2-12 @ Cincinnati Bengals 7 45 8 149 82 67 2 23 424 187 237

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 149 2626 768 3.4 184 176 392 1586 7 28 3.7 98 334 1040 11 3.1 63 41 13 23
Team Defense 361 4261 865 4.9 242 177 334 2187 19 8 6.0 105 503 2074 20 4.1 115 25 17 22
Lg Rank Offense 26 26 23 11 26 26 24 26 26 26 12 25 22 7
Lg Rank Defense 26 23 22 2 10 18 26 23 26 26 26 21 25 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
11 Joe Kapp 32 QB 11 10 1-9-0 98 219 44.7 1104 3 1.4 17 7.8 48 5.0 1.8 11.3 100.4 32.6 27 231 3.5 0.7 11.0
17 Mike Taliaferro 29 qb 11 4 1-3-0 78 173 45.1 871 4 2.3 11 6.4 45 5.0 2.6 11.2 79.2 41.8 15 158 3.8 1.6 8.0
Team Total 26.8 14 2-12-0 176 392 44.9 1975 7 1.8 28 7.1 48 5.0 2.2 11.2 141.1 36.7 42 389 3.7 1.1 9.7
Opp Total 14 177 334 53.0 2430 19 5.7 8 2.4 7.3 7.3 13.7 173.6 85.5 28 243 6.0 6.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
35 Jim Nance 28 FB/rb 13 13 145 522 7 21 3.6 40.2 11.2 26 148 5.7 0 16 2.0 11.4 670 7 6
30 Carl Garrett 23 RB 13 12 88 272 4 26 3.1 20.9 6.8 26 216 8.3 0 29 2.0 16.6 488 4 1
32 Odell Lawson 22 RET 14 1 56 99 0 15 1.8 7.1 4.0 11 113 10.3 0 19 0.8 8.1 212 0 2
11 Joe Kapp 32 QB 11 10 20 71 0 14 3.6 6.5 1.8 71 0 1
22 Sid Blanks 30 14 0 13 44 0 12 3.4 3.1 0.9 5 49 9.8 0 18 0.4 3.5 93 0 0
36 Eddie Ray 23 5 1 5 13 0 4 2.6 2.6 1.0 13 0 0
24 Bob Gladieux 23 8 0 4 8 0 8 2.0 1.0 0.5 8 0 0
17 Mike Taliaferro 29 qb 11 4 3 11 0 6 3.7 1.0 0.3 11 0 5
34 Ron Sellers 23 WR 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 550 14.5 4 48 2.9 42.3 550 4 0
40 Bake Turner 30 WR 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 428 15.3 2 43 2.0 30.6 428 2 0
86 Barry Brown 27 TE 14 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 145 9.7 0 22 1.1 10.4 145 0 0
82 Tom Beer 26 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 150 13.6 0 25 0.8 10.7 150 0 1
81 Charley Frazier 31 9 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 86 9.6 0 16 1.0 9.6 86 0 0
33 Bill Rademacher 28 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 51 12.8 0 16 0.3 3.6 51 0 0
84 Gayle Knief 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 39 13.0 1 22 1.0 13.0 39 1 0
Team Total 26.8 14 334 1040 11 26 3.1 74.3 23.9 176 1975 11.2 7 48 12.6 141.1 3015 18 18
Opp Total 14 503 2074 20 4.1 148.1 35.9 177 2187 12.4 19 12.6 156.2 4261 39 33

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
30 Carl Garrett 23 RB 13 12 17 168 0 62 9.9 24 511 0 30 21.3 1167
32 Odell Lawson 22 RET 14 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 25 546 0 52 21.8 758
22 Sid Blanks 30 14 0 9 83 0 22 9.2 7 152 0 29 21.7 328
41 Larry Carwell 26 LCB 10 9 3 48 0 45 16.0 1 30 0 30 30.0 78
23 Daryl Johnson 24 RCB 14 14 2 6 0 6 3.0 6
82 Tom Beer 26 14 4 1 4 0 4 4.0 154
27 Randy Beverly 26 13 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
86 Barry Brown 27 TE 14 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 145
54 Marty Schottenheimer 27 12 4 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
53 Fred Whittingham 31 13 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 24
Team Total 26.8 14 32 305 0 62 9.5 62 1275 0 52 20.6 4595
Opp Total 14 42 0 41 841 2 20.5

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
21 Tom Janik 30 P 14 0 86 3364 57 1 39.1
20 Gino Cappelletti 36 K 13 0 3 2 4 3 2 5 1 1 15 6 40.0% 13 12 92.3%
7 Charlie Gogolak 26 6 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 7 2 28.6% 5 5 100.0%
Team Total 26.8 14 4 3 4 3 4 1 8 1 2 22 8 36.4% 18 17 94.4% 86 3364 57 1 39.1
Opp Total 14 28 17 60.7% 44 44 100.0% 63 2759 43.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
65 Houston Antwine 31 RDE 14 14 0 1 11 0
82 Tom Beer 26 14 4 1 0 0 0
88 Ron Berger 27 RDT 14 12 0 1 0 0
27 Randy Beverly 26 13 3 0 2 0 0
57 John Bramlett 29 RLB 12 11 1 16 0 16
30 Carl Garrett 23 RB 13 12 1 2 0 0
79 Jim Hunt 32 LDT 14 13 0 1 0 0
21 Tom Janik 30 P 14 0 1 0 -7 0
23 Daryl Johnson 24 RCB 14 14 2 51 0 42
11 Joe Kapp 32 QB 11 10 1 0 0 0
87 Ike Lassiter 30 lde 5 5 0 1 0 0
32 Odell Lawson 22 RET 14 1 2 1 0 0
28 Art McMahon 24 7 2 1 72 0 72 0 2 0 0
35 Jim Nance 28 FB/rb 13 13 6 0 0 0
77 Tom Neville 27 RT 13 13 0 1 0 0
52 Ed Philpott 25 LLB 14 12 1 23 0 23 0 3 27 0
33 Bill Rademacher 28 14 1 0 1 0 0
26 Clarence Scott 26 SS 14 14 1 18 0 18 1 3 5 0
60 Len St. Jean 29 RG 14 14 0 1 0 0
17 Mike Taliaferro 29 qb 11 4 5 0 0 0
42 Don Webb 31 FS 14 14 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
55 J.R. Williamson 29 11 0 1 2 0 2
Team Total 26.8 14 8 184 0 72 18 22 38 0
Opp Total 14 42 33 16 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
35 Jim Nance 28 FB/rb 13 13 7 7 42
20 Gino Cappelletti 36 K 13 0 12 6 30
30 Carl Garrett 23 RB 13 12 4 4 24
34 Ron Sellers 23 WR 13 13 4 4 24
40 Bake Turner 30 WR 14 13 2 2 12
7 Charlie Gogolak 26 6 0 5 2 11
84 Gayle Knief 24 3 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.8 14 11 7 18 17 8 149
Opp Total 14 20 19 2 44 17 1 361