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1975 New England Patriots

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 258 points (18.4/g), 14th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 358 points (25.6/g), 22nd.
 Differential of -100 points (-7.1/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 4.4-9.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -21 (-1.5/g), 26th.

Coached by Chuck Fairbanks (3-11-0)

1975 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 21 box L 0-1 Houston Oilers 0 7 17 279 100 179 3 7 169 53 116 2
2 Sun September 28 box L 0-2 Miami Dolphins 14 22 12 187 109 78 4 17 257 47 210 3
3 Sun October 5 box L 0-3 @ New York Jets 7 36 15 320 248 72 5 24 380 207 173 1
4 Sun October 12 box L 0-4 @ Cincinnati Bengals 10 27 12 250 42 208 3 26 446 272 174
5 Sun October 19 box W 1-4 Baltimore Colts 21 10 18 282 41 241 2 10 130 13 117 3
6 Sun October 26 box W 2-4 San Francisco 49ers 24 16 20 306 151 155 1 14 243 212 31 4
7 Sun November 2 box L 2-5 @ St. Louis Cardinals 17 24 17 274 152 122 3 18 273 158 115 3
8 Sun November 9 box W 3-5 @ San Diego Chargers 33 19 24 344 224 120 3 18 358 279 79 2
9 Sun November 16 box L 3-6 Dallas Cowboys 31 34 20 324 225 99 4 16 336 165 171 2
10 Sun November 23 box L 3-7 @ Buffalo Bills 31 45 28 498 360 138 5 23 416 263 153 1
11 Mon December 1 box L 3-8 @ Miami Dolphins 7 20 15 244 172 72 1 16 328 129 199 1
12 Sun December 7 box L 3-9 New York Jets 28 30 21 424 261 163 5 21 361 156 205 1
13 Sun December 14 box L 3-10 Buffalo Bills 14 34 16 271 185 86 6 26 468 119 349 4
14 Sun December 21 box L 3-11 @ Baltimore Colts 21 34 18 280 168 112 5 18 299 171 128 2

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 258 4283 912 4.7 253 193 401 2438 16 28 5.5 133 472 1845 14 3.9 94 50 22 26
Team Defense 358 4464 956 4.7 390 213 368 2244 18 13 5.6 120 555 2220 20 4.0 254 29 16 16
Lg Rank Offense 14 13 15 8 10 13 21 12 17 16 13 16 26 25
Lg Rank Defense 22 14 12 9 12 18 23 15 20 19 19 14 21 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Steve Grogan 22 QB 13 7 139 274 50.7 1976 11 4.0 18 6.6 62 7.2 4.7 14.2 152.0 60.4 22 207 6.0 3.6 7.4
Jim Plunkett 28 qb 5 5 36 92 39.1 571 3 3.3 7 7.6 76 6.2 3.1 15.9 114.2 39.7 13 89 4.6 1.9 12.4
Neil Graff 25 11 2 18 35 51.4 221 2 5.7 3 8.6 31 6.3 3.0 12.3 20.1 54.6 4 34 4.8 1.8 10.3
Team Total 25.2 14 193 401 48.1 2768 16 4.0 28 7.0 76 6.9 4.2 14.3 197.7 55.2 39 330 5.5 3.0 8.9
Opp Total 14 213 368 57.9 2244 18 4.9 13 3.5 6.1 5.0 10.5 160.3 77.3 33 271 5.6 3.9

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
Sam Cunningham 25 FB 13 13 169 666 6 17 3.9 51.2 13.0 32 253 7.9 2 24 2.5 19.5 919 8 12
Andy Johnson 23 RB 14 9 117 488 3 66 4.2 34.9 8.4 26 294 11.3 1 29 1.9 21.0 782 4 4
Mack Herron 27 rb 7 5 61 274 0 53 4.5 39.1 8.7 5 50 10.0 0 19 0.7 7.1 324 0 7
Leon McQuay 25 13 0 33 47 0 9 1.4 3.6 2.5 4 27 6.8 0 16 0.3 2.1 74 0 3
Steve Grogan 22 QB 13 7 30 110 3 14 3.7 8.5 2.3 110 3 6
Don Calhoun 23 5 1 23 104 1 38 4.5 20.8 4.6 5 111 22.2 1 62 1.0 22.2 215 2 2
Allen Carter 23 RET 14 0 22 95 0 19 4.3 6.8 1.6 2 39 19.5 0 26 0.1 2.8 134 0 2
Darryl Stingley 24 WR 14 14 6 39 0 21 6.5 2.8 0.4 21 378 18.0 2 45 1.5 27.0 417 2 2
Jim Plunkett 28 qb 5 5 4 7 1 5 1.8 1.4 0.8 7 1 2
Doug Dressler 27 5 0 3 8 0 6 2.7 1.6 0.6 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.2 -0.2 7 0 0
Neil Graff 25 11 2 2 2 0 2 1.0 0.2 0.2 2 0 1
Randy Vataha 27 WR 14 14 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 46 720 15.7 6 47 3.3 51.4 724 6 0
Bobby Anderson 28 5 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
Russ Francis 22 TE 14 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 636 18.2 4 48 2.5 45.4 636 4 1
Steve Burks 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 158 26.3 0 76 0.5 12.2 158 0 0
Bob Windsor 33 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 57 9.5 0 12 0.4 4.1 57 0 0
Elmo Wright 26 4 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 46 11.5 0 20 1.0 11.5 46 0 0
Team Total 25.2 14 472 1845 14 66 3.9 131.8 33.7 193 2768 14.3 16 76 13.8 197.7 4613 30 43
Opp Total 14 555 2220 20 4.0 158.6 39.6 213 2244 10.5 18 15.2 160.3 4464 38 31

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Allen Carter 23 RET 14 0 32 879 1 99 27.5 1013
Darryl Stingley 24 WR 14 14 15 113 0 29 7.5 2 44 0 24 22.0 574
Andy Johnson 23 RB 14 9 6 60 0 15 10.0 10 188 0 32 18.8 1030
Leon McQuay 25 13 0 15 252 0 34 16.8 326
Mack Herron 27 rb 7 5 12 89 0 24 7.4 2 75 0 40 37.5 488
Steve Burks 22 13 0 4 65 0 25 16.3 223
Don Calhoun 23 5 1 1 17 0 17 17.0 232
Team Total 25.2 14 33 262 0 29 7.9 66 1520 1 99 23.0 6395
Opp Total 14 42 1 46 1142 0 24.8

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
Mike Patrick 23 P 14 0 83 3223 62 0 38.8
John Smith 26 K 14 0 1 1 1 1 6 5 8 2 1 17 9 52.9% 33 33 100.0%
Team Total 25.2 14 1 1 1 1 6 5 8 2 1 17 9 52.9% 33 33 100.0% 83 3223 62 0 38.8
Opp Total 14 35 23 65.7% 42 37 88.1% 77 3042 39.5

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
Melvin Baker 25 1 0 0 1 0 0
Ron Bolton 25 RCB 13 13 5 33 0 15
Don Calhoun 23 5 1 2 0 0 0
Allen Carter 23 RET 14 0 2 1 0 0
Sam Cunningham 25 FB 13 13 12 2 0 0
Bill DuLac 24 13 1 0 2 0 0
Russ Francis 22 TE 14 11 1 0 0 0
Neil Graff 25 11 2 1 1 -4 0
Leon Gray 24 LT 14 14 0 2 4 0
Steve Grogan 22 QB 13 7 6 4 -12 0
Ray Hamilton 24 NT 14 14 0 2 23 1
Mack Herron 27 rb 7 5 7 2 0 0
Bob Howard 31 LCB 14 14 3 52 1 44 0 1 0 0
Sam Hunt 24 RILB 13 13 0 3 13 0
Martin Imhof 26 5 3 0 1 0 0
Andy Johnson 23 RB 14 9 4 0 0 0
Shelby Jordan 23 RT 14 14 0 2 12 0
Durwood Keeton 23 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Lenkaitis 29 C 11 11 1 2 -9 0
Jim Massey 27 14 1 0 2 0 0
Leon McQuay 25 13 0 3 1 0 0
Steve Nelson 24 LILB 14 14 2 8 0 4
Jim Plunkett 28 qb 5 5 2 0 0 0
Kevin Reilly 24 4 1 1 54 0 54
John Sanders 25 FS 14 14 1 18 0 18 0 4 3 0
Darryl Stingley 24 WR 14 14 2 1 14 0
George Webster 30 LOLB 10 10 1 0 0 0
Bob Windsor 33 14 3 0 1 0 0
Steve Zabel 27 ROLB 13 9 0 1 3 0
Team Total 25.2 14 13 165 1 54 43 37 47 1
Opp Total 14 39 31 15

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
John Smith 26 K 14 0 33 9 60
Sam Cunningham 25 FB 13 13 6 2 48
Randy Vataha 27 WR 14 14 6 36
Russ Francis 22 TE 14 11 4 24
Andy Johnson 23 RB 14 9 3 1 24
Steve Grogan 22 QB 13 7 3 18
Don Calhoun 23 5 1 1 1 12
Darryl Stingley 24 WR 14 14 2 12
Allen Carter 23 RET 14 0 1 6
Ray Hamilton 24 NT 14 14 1 6
Bob Howard 31 LCB 14 14 1 6
Jim Plunkett 28 qb 5 5 1 6
Team Total 25.2 14 14 16 1 1 1 33 9 258
Opp Total 14 20 18 1 37 23 358