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1971 New England Patriots
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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 238 points (17.0/g), 19th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 325 points (23.2/g), 21st.
Differential of -87 points (-6.2/g), 22nd.
Expected W-L: 4.5-9.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 17th.
Coached by John Mazur (6-8-0)
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1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Jim Plunkett | 24 | Rook | 14 | 158 for 328, 2,158 yards, 19 td, 16 int, & 45 rushes for 210 yards and 0 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1971 |
| RB | Carl Garrett | 24 | 2 | 14 | 181 rushes for 784 yards, 1 td, & 22 catches for 265 yards and 1 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 58th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Jim Nance | 29 | 6 | 13 | 129 rushes for 463 yards, 5 td, & 18 catches for 95 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Ron Sellers | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 catches for 222 yards, 3 td | Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1969 |
| WR | Randy Vataha | 23 | Rook | 13 | 51 catches for 872 yards, 9 td | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 418th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Tom Beer | 27 | 4 | 8 | 12 catches for 191 yards, 3 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1967 |
| TE | Roland Moss | 25 | 2 | 6 | 9 catches for 124 yards, 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 181st pick / 1969 |
| LT | Mike Montler | 27 | 2 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1969 |
| LG | Halvor Hagen | 24 | 2 | 14 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 74th pick / 1969 |
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| C | Jon Morris | 29 | 7 | 13 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
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| RG | Len St. Jean | 30 | 7 | 13 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 68th pick / 1964 |
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| RT | Tom Neville | 28 | 6 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ike Lassiter | 31 | 9 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 115th pick / 1962 |
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| LDT | Dave Rowe | 26 | 4 | 9 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
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| LDT | Ron Berger | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | Julius Adams | 23 | Rook | 11 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 27th pick / 1971 |
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| RDE | Dennis Wirgowski | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 9th / 212th pick / 1970 |
| RDE | Art May | 23 | Rook | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 110th pick / 1971 |
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| LLB | Ed Weisacosky | 27 | 4 | 10 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 42nd pick / 1966 |
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| MLB | Jim Cheyunski | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 12th / 305th pick / 1968 |
| RLB | Steve Kiner | 24 | 1 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1970 |
| LCB | Larry Carwell | 27 | 4 | 11 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | John Outlaw | 26 | 2 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 10th / 249th pick / 1968 |
| SS | Rickie Harris | 28 | 6 | 10 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Don Webb | 32 | 10 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Charlie Gogolak | 27 | 5 | 0 | 12 of 21 field goals & 28 of 28 extra points | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| P | Tom Janik | 31 | 8 | 2 | 87 punts for a 37.3 average, 0 blocked | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 |
| PR | Hubie Bryant | 25 | 1 | 2 | 10 punt returns for a 2.4 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Carl Garrett | 24 | 2 | 14 | 24 kick returns for a 22.4 average and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 58th pick / 1969 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Julius Adams | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 11 | 270 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 4/26/1948 | Rook | New England Patriots / 2nd / 27th pick / 1971 |
| Houston Antwine | 32 | DT-DE | 3 | 3 | 270 | 6-0 | Southern Illinois | 4/11/1939 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Bill Atessis | 22 | DE-DT | 5 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Texas | 7/16/1949 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1971 |
| Tom Beer | 27 | TE-G | 14 | 8 | 235 | 6-4 | Detroit Mercy,Houston | 12/21/1944 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1967 |
| Ron Berger | 28 | DT-DE | 14 | 6 | 290 | 6-8 | Wayne State (NE) | 9/30/1943 | 2 | |
| Randy Beverly | 27 | DB | 8 | 2 | 190 | 5-11 | Colorado State | 4/3/1944 | 4 | |
| Hubie Bryant | 25 | WR | 11 | 2 | 170 | 5-10 | Minnesota | 2/10/1946 | 1 | |
| Larry Carwell | 27 | DB | 14 | 11 | 188 | 6-1 | Iowa State | 8/5/1944 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Cheyunski | 26 | LB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 12/29/1945 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 12th / 305th pick / 1968 |
| Phil Clark | 26 | DB | 2 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 4/28/1945 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1967 |
| Dennis Coleman | 23 | LB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 12/19/1948 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 151st pick / 1971 |
| Eric Crabtree | 27 | WR-SE-FL-DB | 6 | 4 | 185 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 11/3/1944 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 13th / 112th pick / 1966 |
| Randy Edmunds | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 6/24/1946 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 217th pick / 1968 |
| Ron Gardin | 27 | DB-WR | 8 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Arizona,Cameron | 9/25/1944 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 148th pick / 1970 |
| Carl Garrett | 24 | RB | 14 | 14 | 210 | 5-11 | New Mexico Highlands | 8/31/1947 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 58th pick / 1969 |
| Bob Gladieux | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 1/2/1947 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 188th pick / 1969 |
| Charlie Gogolak | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 165 | 5-10 | Princeton | 12/29/1944 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| Halvor Hagen | 24 | G-DE-T-C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-5 | Weber State | 2/4/1947 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 74th pick / 1969 |
| Mike Haggerty | 26 | T | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 10/14/1945 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 140th pick / 1967 |
| Rickie Harris | 28 | DB | 14 | 10 | 182 | 5-11 | Arizona | 5/15/1943 | 6 | |
| Tom Janik | 31 | DB | 14 | 2 | 190 | 6-3 | Texas A&M,Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9/6/1940 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 |
| Steve Kiner | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 6/12/1947 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1970 |
| Ike Lassiter | 31 | DE-DT | 14 | 12 | 270 | 6-5 | St. Augustine's | 11/15/1940 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 115th pick / 1962 |
| Odell Lawson | 23 | RB | 2 | 1 | 218 | 6-2 | Langston | 12/20/1948 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 160th pick / 1970 |
| Bill Lenkaitis | 25 | C-G | 14 | 2 | 255 | 6-4 | Penn State | 6/30/1946 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1968 |
| Jack Maitland | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-2 | Williams | 2/8/1948 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 408th pick / 1970 |
| Irvin Mallory | 22 | DB | 2 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Virginia Union | 2/10/1949 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 14th / 353rd pick / 1971 |
| Art May | 23 | DE | 11 | 7 | 255 | 6-3 | Tuskegee | 11/16/1948 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 110th pick / 1971 |
| Mike Montler | 27 | C-G-T | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-5 | Colorado | 1/10/1944 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1969 |
| Jon Morris | 29 | C | 14 | 13 | 254 | 6-4 | Holy Cross | 4/5/1942 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
| Roland Moss | 25 | TE | 14 | 6 | 215 | 6-3 | Toledo | 9/20/1946 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 181st pick / 1969 |
| Jim Nance | 29 | RB | 13 | 13 | 235 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 12/30/1942 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Neville | 28 | T | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-4 | Mississippi State | 8/12/1943 | 6 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
| John Outlaw | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 180 | 5-10 | Jackson State | 1/8/1945 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 10th / 249th pick / 1968 |
| Ed Philpott | 26 | LB | 13 | 4 | 240 | 6-3 | Miami (OH) | 9/14/1945 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 4th / 101st pick / 1967 |
| Jim Plunkett | 24 | QB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-3 | Stanford | 12/5/1947 | Rook | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1971 |
| Kenny Price | 22 | LB | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Iowa | 4/7/1949 | Rook | |
| Perry Pruett | 22 | DB | 11 | 1 | 185 | 6-0 | North Texas | 3/7/1949 | Rook | |
| Dave Rowe | 26 | DT-NT | 14 | 9 | 280 | 6-7 | Penn State | 6/20/1945 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1967 |
| Reggie Rucker | 24 | WR | 5 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Boston University | 9/21/1947 | 1 | |
| Clarence Scott | 27 | DB | 5 | 4 | 186 | 6-1 | Morgan State | 5/5/1944 | 2 | |
| Ron Sellers | 24 | WR | 10 | 8 | 205 | 6-4 | Florida State | 2/5/1947 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1969 |
| Len St. Jean | 30 | G | 14 | 13 | 250 | 5-11 | Northern Michigan | 10/27/1941 | 7 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 68th pick / 1964 |
| Alfred Sykes | 24 | WR | 4 | 1 | 170 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 12/20/1947 | Rook | New England Patriots / 14th / 339th pick / 1971 |
| Randy Vataha | 23 | WR | 14 | 13 | 176 | 5-10 | Stanford | 12/4/1948 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 418th pick / 1971 |
| Don Webb | 32 | DB | 12 | 12 | 182 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 5/22/1939 | 10 | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Ed Weisacosky | 27 | LB | 14 | 10 | 230 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 5/4/1944 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 42nd pick / 1966 |
| Dennis Wirgowski | 24 | DE-DT | 9 | 8 | 257 | 6-5 | Purdue | 9/20/1947 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 212th pick / 1970 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 219.8 | 6-1.9 | 3.0 |