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1972 New England Patriots

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 192 points (13.7/g), 24th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 446 points (31.9/g), 26th.
 Differential of -254 points (-18.1/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 1.7-12.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 25th.

Coached by Phil Bengston (1-4-0) and John Mazur (2-7-0)

1972 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 box L 0-1 Cincinnati Bengals 7 31 9 137 83 54 3 21 357 111 246
2 Sun September 24 box W 1-1 Atlanta Falcons 21 20 19 287 184 103 20 399 217 182
3 Sun October 1 box W 2-1 Washington Redskins 24 23 23 380 253 127 2 15 349 213 136 2
4 Sun October 8 box L 2-2 @ Buffalo Bills 14 38 23 354 244 110 4 19 305 160 145 2
5 Sun October 15 box L 2-3 New York Jets 13 41 18 311 175 136 2 24 396 63 333 1
6 Sun October 22 box L 2-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 3 33 17 276 149 127 4 19 426 183 243 1
7 Sun October 29 box L 2-5 @ New York Jets 10 34 14 194 128 66 3 21 392 201 191 2
8 Mon November 6 box L 2-6 Baltimore Colts 17 24 21 281 154 127 3 19 267 89 178 2
9 Sun November 12 box L 2-7 @ Miami Dolphins 0 52 11 169 77 92 3 21 482 301 181 1
10 Sun November 19 box L 2-8 Buffalo Bills 24 27 15 298 183 115 4 19 295 116 179 4
11 Sun November 26 box L 2-9 @ Baltimore Colts 0 31 12 206 75 131 6 15 262 98 164 2
12 Sun December 3 box L 2-10 Miami Dolphins 21 37 14 217 107 110 2 29 501 197 304 3
13 Sun December 10 box W 3-10 @ New Orleans Saints 17 10 18 289 180 109 2 20 337 243 94 4
14 Sun December 17 box L 3-11 @ Denver Broncos 21 45 22 260 135 125 26 482 341 141

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 192 3659 842 4.3 236 198 412 2127 10 28 4.7 126 386 1532 13 4.0 86 38 10 24
Team Defense 446 5250 889 5.9 433 175 326 2533 24 10 7.4 124 548 2717 27 5.0 288 24 14 21
Lg Rank Offense 24 21 13 2 15 21 25 24 24 22 15 16 21 5
Lg Rank Defense 26 26 25 8 24 26 24 26 25 26 26 26 24 14

Passing

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Age Pos G GS 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%
Jim Plunkett 25 QB 14 14 169 355 47.6 2196 8 2.3 25 7.0 62 6.2 3.2 13.0 156.9 45.7 39 385 4.6 1.9 9.9
Brian Dowling 25 14 0 29 54 53.7 383 2 3.7 1 1.9 42 7.1 6.6 13.2 27.4 81.0 4 63 5.5 5.1 6.9
Carl Garrett 25 RB 10 7 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 1 4 -2.0 -24.5 50.0
Bob Gladieux 25 fb 11 6 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Pat Studstill 34 P 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.2 14 198 412 48.1 2579 10 2.4 28 6.8 62 6.3 3.4 13.0 184.2 48.0 44 452 4.7 2.1 9.6
Opp Total 14 175 326 53.7 2533 24 7.4 10 3.1 7.8 7.1 14.5 180.9 91.0 15 101 7.4 6.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Carl Garrett 25 RB 10 7 131 488 5 41 3.7 48.8 13.1 30 410 13.7 0 43 3.0 41.0 898 5 5
Josh Ashton 23 FB 14 12 128 546 3 35 4.3 39.0 9.1 22 207 9.4 1 24 1.6 14.8 753 4 3
John Tarver 23 8 3 42 132 1 21 3.1 16.5 5.3 11 112 10.2 1 22 1.4 14.0 244 2 0
Jim Plunkett 25 QB 14 14 36 230 1 21 6.4 16.4 2.6 230 1 6
Bob Gladieux 25 fb 11 6 24 56 0 11 2.3 5.1 2.2 19 192 10.1 0 31 1.7 17.5 248 0 3
Jack Maitland 24 13 0 13 33 0 6 2.5 2.5 1.0 4 33 8.3 0 9 0.3 2.5 66 0 2
Brian Dowling 25 14 0 7 35 3 11 5.0 2.5 0.5 35 3 0
Reggie Rucker 25 WR 14 14 3 5 0 8 1.7 0.4 0.2 44 681 15.5 3 62 3.1 48.6 686 3 2
Bob Windsor 30 TE 14 14 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 33 383 11.6 1 24 2.4 27.4 379 1 1
Pat Studstill 34 P 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.8 0.1 11 0 0
Randy Vataha 24 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 369 14.8 2 44 1.8 26.4 369 2 0
Tom Reynolds 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 152 19.0 2 36 0.7 12.7 152 2 0
Tom Beer 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 40 20.0 0 21 0.1 2.9 40 0 0
Team Total 26.2 14 386 1532 13 41 4.0 109.4 27.6 198 2579 13.0 10 62 14.1 184.2 4111 23 26
Opp Total 14 548 2717 27 5.0 194.1 39.1 175 2533 14.5 24 12.5 180.9 5250 51 23

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Carl Garrett 25 RB 10 7 6 36 0 27 6.0 16 410 0 49 25.6 1344
Josh Ashton 23 FB 14 12 15 309 0 31 20.6 1062
George Hoey 26 rcb 12 6 9 210 0 30 23.3 210
Reggie Rucker 25 WR 14 14 8 227 0 43 28.4 913
Larry Carwell 28 LCB 14 14 5 2 0 4 0.4 2
Rickie Harris 29 FS 14 11 4 5 0 5 1.3 5
Jack Maitland 24 13 0 3 48 0 19 16.0 114
Henry Matthews 23 3 3 3 74 0 29 24.7 74
Bob Gladieux 25 fb 11 6 2 -6 0 0 -3.0 242
Tom Beer 28 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 55
Team Total 26.2 14 17 37 0 27 2.2 55 1293 0 49 23.5 5441
Opp Total 14 34 1 32 784 0 24.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Pat Studstill 34 P 14 0 75 2859 57 1 38.1
Mike Walker 23 K 8 0 4 2 3 1 8 2 25.0% 15 15 100.0%
Charlie Gogolak 28 6 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 8 6 75.0% 9 9 100.0%
Team Total 26.2 14 1 1 3 2 6 4 4 1 2 16 8 50.0% 24 24 100.0% 75 2859 57 1 38.1
Opp Total 14 36 22 61.1% 54 54 100.0% 48 1939 40.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Ron Acks 28 RLB 14 13 0 3 0 0
Julius Adams 24 LDE/ldt 11 11 0 1 0 0
Sam Adams 24 6 1 0 1 0 0
Josh Ashton 23 FB 14 12 3 0 0 0
Dick Blanchard 23 14 1 1 20 0 20
Larry Carwell 28 LCB 14 14 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Rick Cash 27 RDT 14 13 0 2 0 0
Jim Cheyunski 27 MLB 14 11 0 1 0 0
Brian Dowling 25 14 0 0 1 0 0
Carl Garrett 25 RB 10 7 5 2 0 0
Bob Gladieux 25 fb 11 6 3 2 0 0
Rickie Harris 29 FS 14 11 3 45 0 32 1 3 -4 0
George Hoey 26 rcb 12 6 1 25 0 25 1 0 0 0
Honor Jackson 24 SS 13 10 4 133 0 55 0 1 0 0
Ron Kadziel 23 14 1 0 1 0 0
Jack Maitland 24 13 0 2 1 0 0
Mike Montler 28 LG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Jim Plunkett 25 QB 14 14 6 1 0 0
Dave Rowe 27 LDT 14 9 0 1 0 0
Reggie Rucker 25 WR 14 14 2 1 0 0
Clarence Scott 28 ss 10 6 0 1 0 0
Len St. Jean 31 RG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Ed Weisacosky 28 LLB 14 13 0 1 3 0
Bob Windsor 30 TE 14 14 1 0 0 0
Dennis Wirgowski 25 RDE 14 14 1 0 -7 0
Team Total 26.2 14 10 223 0 55 26 27 -8 0
Opp Total 14 44 23 9 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Carl Garrett 25 RB 10 7 5 30
Charlie Gogolak 28 6 0 9 6 27
Josh Ashton 23 FB 14 12 3 1 24
Mike Walker 23 K 8 0 15 2 21
Brian Dowling 25 14 0 3 18
Reggie Rucker 25 WR 14 14 3 18
Tom Reynolds 23 12 0 2 12
John Tarver 23 8 3 1 1 12
Randy Vataha 24 WR 14 14 2 12
Larry Carwell 28 LCB 14 14 1 6
Jim Plunkett 25 QB 14 14 1 6
Bob Windsor 30 TE 14 14 1 6
Team Total 26.2 14 13 10 1 24 8 192
Opp Total 14 27 24 1 54 22 1 446