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)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		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

Glossary · ·

						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	369	177	334	2187	19	8	6.0	105	503	2074	20	4.1	242	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			17		2	10	18	26	23		26	26	26	21		25	3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	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%
Joe Kapp	32	QB	11	10	1-9-0	98	219	44.7	1104	3	1.4	17	7.8	48	5.0	1.7	11.3	100.4	32.6	27	231	3.5	0.6	11.0
Mike Taliaferro	29	qb	11	4	1-3-0	78	173	45.1	871	4	2.3	11	6.4	45	5.0	2.4	11.2	79.2	41.8	15	158	3.8	1.4	8.0
Team Total	26.8		14		2-12-0	176	392	44.9	1975	7	1.8	28	7.1	48	5.0	2.0	11.2	141.1	36.7	42	389	3.7	0.9	9.7
Opp Total			14			177	334	53.0	2187	19	5.7	8	2.4		6.5	6.0	12.4	156.2	82.5	28	243	6.0	4.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	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
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
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
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
Joe Kapp	32	QB	11	10	20	71	0	14	3.6	6.5	1.8								71	0	1
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
Eddie Ray	23		5	1	5	13	0	4	2.6	2.6	1.0								13	0	0
Bob Gladieux	23		8	0	4	8	0	8	2.0	1.0	0.5								8	0	0
Mike Taliaferro	29	qb	11	4	3	11	0	6	3.7	1.0	0.3								11	0	5
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
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
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
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
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
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
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(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Carl Garrett	23	RB	13	12	17	168	0	62	9.9	24	511	0	30	21.3	1167
Odell Lawson	22	RET	14	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	25	546	0	52	21.8	758
Sid Blanks	30		14	0	9	83	0	22	9.2	7	152	0	29	21.7	328
Larry Carwell	26	LCB	10	9	3	48	0	45	16.0	1	30	0	30	30.0	78
Daryl Johnson	24	RCB	14	14	2	6	0	6	3.0						6
Tom Beer	26		14	4						1	4	0	4	4.0	154
Randy Beverly	26		13	3						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Barry Brown	27	TE	14	10						1	0	0	0	0.0	145
Marty Schottenheimer	27		12	4						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	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
Tom Janik	30	P	14	0																	86	3364	57	1	39.1
Gino Cappelletti	36	K	13	0	3	2	4	3	2		5	1	1		15	6	40.0%	13	12	92.3%
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(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Houston Antwine	31	RDE	14	14								0	1	11	0
Tom Beer	26		14	4								1	0	0	0
Ron Berger	27	RDT	14	12								0	1	0	0
Randy Beverly	26		13	3								0	2	0	0
John Bramlett	29	RLB	12	11		1	16	0	16
Carl Garrett	23	RB	13	12								1	2	0	0
Jim Hunt	32	LDT	14	13								0	1	0	0
Tom Janik	30	P	14	0								1	0	-7	0
Daryl Johnson	24	RCB	14	14		2	51	0	42
Joe Kapp	32	QB	11	10								1	0	0	0
Ike Lassiter	30	lde	5	5								0	1	0	0
Odell Lawson	22	RET	14	1								2	1	0	0
Art McMahon	24		7	2		1	72	0	72			0	2	0	0
Jim Nance	28	FB/rb	13	13								6	0	0	0
Tom Neville	27	RT	13	13								0	1	0	0
Ed Philpott	25	LLB	14	12		1	23	0	23			0	3	27	0
Bill Rademacher	28		14	1								0	1	0	0
Clarence Scott	26	SS	14	14		1	18	0	18			1	3	5	0
Len St. Jean	29	RG	14	14								0	1	0	0
Mike Taliaferro	29	qb	11	4								5	0	0	0
Don Webb	31	FS	14	14		1	2	0	2			0	2	2	0
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Jim Nance	28	FB/rb	13	13	7						42
Gino Cappelletti	36	K	13	0				12	6		30
Carl Garrett	23	RB	13	12	4						24
Ron Sellers	23	WR	13	13		4					24
Bake Turner	30	WR	14	13		2					12
Charlie Gogolak	26		6	0				5	2		11
Gayle Knief	24		3	0		1					6
Team Total	26.8		14		11	7		17	8		149
Opp Total			14		20	19	2	44	17	1	361

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