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1971 New England Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-8-0, 3rd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Mazur (6-8-0)

Points For: 238 (17.0/g) 19th of 26

Points Against: 325 (23.2/g) 21st of 26

Expected W-L: 4.5-9.5

SRS: -5.07 (22nd of 26), SOS: 1.15

Defensive Coordinator: Dick Evans

Other Notable Asst.: John Meyer (Linebackers) and Sam Rutigliano (WR Coach)

Stadium: Schaefer Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Billy Sullivan

General Manager: Upton Bell

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	238	3556	785	4.5	32	16	190	159	330	1887	19	16	5.2	94	419	1669	7	4.0	85	67	657	11
Opp. Stats	325	4072	856	4.8	29	14	237	170	350	2154	16	15	5.7	111	481	1918	14	4.0	106	60	559	20
Lg Rank Offense	19	21			8	14	24		21	23	5	9	20		18	18	23	14
Lg Rank Defense	21	15			24	15	17		11	14	15	22	14		17	16	15	12

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Oakland Raiders	20	6	12	261	127	134	3	20	304	99	205	4
2	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Detroit Lions	7	34	10	246	101	145	3	19	368	204	164
3	Sun	October 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Baltimore Colts	3	23	9	151	62	89	1	24	358	222	136	2
4	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		New York Jets	20	0	15	337	130	207	2	11	121	8	113	2
5	Sun	October 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Miami Dolphins	3	41	11	117	82	35	3	19	431	216	215
6	Sun	October 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Dallas Cowboys	21	44	17	259	183	76	3	20	406	238	168
7	Sun	October 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	10	27	11	246	69	177	3	13	247	176	71	5
8	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-5		Houston Oilers	28	20	21	253	154	99		16	331	260	71	3
9	Sun	November 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-5		Buffalo Bills	38	33	9	299	180	119	3	15	217	128	89	1
10	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6	@	Cleveland Browns	7	27	19	292	169	123	4	19	321	146	175
11	Sun	November 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7	@	Buffalo Bills	20	27	15	294	105	189	3	15	264	117	147	1
12	Sun	December 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-7		Miami Dolphins	34	13	14	308	223	85		12	197	99	98	5
13	Sun	December 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8	@	New York Jets	6	13	16	250	150	100	2	17	261	95	166	4
14	Sun	December 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-8	@	Baltimore Colts	21	17	11	243	152	91	2	17	246	146	100	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Plunkett	24	QB	14	14	6-8-0	158	328	48.2	2158	19	5.8	16	4.9	88	6.6	5.5	13.7	154.1	68.6	36	319	9.89	5.05	4.1	1	1	AP ORoY-2
2	Bob Gladieux	24	RB	14	0		1	2	50.0	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	48	24.0	24.0	48.0	3.4	95.8	0	0	0.00	24.00	24.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6-8-0	159	330	48.2	1887	19	5.8	16	4.8	88	6.7	5.7	13.9	134.8	69.1	36	319	9.84	5.16	4.23	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Carl Garrett	24	RB	14	14	181	784	1	38	4.3	56.0	12.9	22	265	12.0	1	80	1.6	18.9	203	5.2	1049	2	8
2	Randy Vataha	23	WR	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	51	872	17.1	9	88	3.6	62.3	51	17.1	872	9	0
3	Jim Nance	29	FB	13	13	129	463	5	50	3.6	35.6	9.9	18	95	5.3	0	12	1.4	7.3	147	3.8	558	5	2
4	Bob Gladieux	24	RB	14	0	37	175	0	31	4.7	12.5	2.6	6	60	10.0	0	25	0.4	4.3	43	5.5	235	0	3
5	Ron Sellers	24	WR	10	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	222	15.9	3	49	1.4	22.2	14	15.9	222	3	0
6	Hubie Bryant	25	WR	11	2	4	1	0	1	0.3	0.1	0.4	14	212	15.1	1	48	1.3	19.3	18	11.8	213	1	1
7	Jim Plunkett	24	QB	14	14	45	210	0	16	4.7	15.0	3.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	45	4.7	210	0	6	AP ORoY-2
8	Tom Beer	27	TE	14	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	191	15.9	3	31	0.9	13.6	12	15.9	191	3	0
9	Eric Crabtree	27	WR	6	4	2	11	0	18	5.5	1.8	0.3	9	120	13.3	1	31	1.5	20.0	11	11.9	131	1	0
10	Roland Moss	25	TE	14	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	124	13.8	1	20	0.6	8.9	9	13.8	124	1	0
11	Jack Maitland	23	RB	14	0	13	25	1	6	1.9	1.8	0.9	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	14	2.2	31	1	0
12	Reggie Rucker	24	WR	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	24	12.0	0	19	0.4	4.8	2	12.0	24	0	0
13	Alfred Sykes	24	WR	4	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.3	3.8	1	15.0	15	0	0
14	Odell Lawson	23	RB	2	1	8	8	0	6	1.0	4.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	1.0	8	0	0
15	Tom Neville	28	RT	14	14	0	-8	0	-8		-0.6	0.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	0		-8	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	419	1669	7	50	4.0	119.2	29.9	159	2206	13.9	19	88	11.4	157.6	578	6.7	3875	26	20

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jim Cheyunski	26	MLB	14	14	1	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Carl Garrett	24	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Steve Kiner	24	RLB	14	14	4	25	0	14	1	1	2	0	6.5	0
4	Mike Montler	27	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Tom Neville	28	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	John Outlaw	26	RCB	14	14	3	89	1	60	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jim Plunkett	24	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP ORoY-2
8	Jon Morris	29	C	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	-28	0	0.0	0
9	Jim Nance	29	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Larry Carwell	27	LCB	14	12	5	72	1	53	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Ike Lassiter	31	LDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
12	Don Webb	32	FS	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Julius Adams	23	RDT	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	AP DRoY-5
14	Rickie Harris	28	SS	14	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Ed Weisacosky	27	LLB	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
16	Dave Rowe	26	LDT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
17	Dennis Wirgowski	24	RDE	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
18	Tom Beer	27	TE	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ron Berger	28	LDT	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
20	Art May	23	RDE	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
21	Ed Philpott	26	LB	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
22	Hubie Bryant	25	WR	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Tom Janik	31	DB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Randy Beverly	27	DB	8	1	2	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Alfred Sykes	24	WR	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Randy Edmunds	25	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Ron Gardin	27	DB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Bob Gladieux	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jack Maitland	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	15	229	2	60	26	22	-26	0	25.0	0

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