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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)
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1975 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 | Steve Grogan | 22 | Rook | 7 | 139 for 274, 1,976 yards, 11 td, 18 int, & 30 rushes for 110 yards and 3 td | New England Patriots / 5th / 116th pick / 1975 |
| QB | Jim Plunkett | 28 | 4 | 5 | 36 for 92, 571 yards, 3 td, 7 int, & 4 rushes for 7 yards and 1 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1971 |
| RB | Andy Johnson | 23 | 1 | 9 | 117 rushes for 488 yards, 3 td, & 26 catches for 294 yards and 1 td | New England Patriots / 5th / 112th pick / 1974 |
| RB | Mack Herron | 27 | 2 | 5 | 61 rushes for 274 yards, 0 td, & 5 catches for 50 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 143rd pick / 1970 |
| FB | Sam Cunningham | 25 | 2 | 13 | 169 rushes for 666 yards, 6 td, & 32 catches for 253 yards and 2 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 11th pick / 1973 |
| WR | Darryl Stingley | 24 | 2 | 14 | 21 catches for 378 yards, 2 td, & 6 rushes for 39 yards and 0 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 19th pick / 1973 |
| WR | Randy Vataha | 27 | 4 | 14 | 46 catches for 720 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for 4 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 418th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Russ Francis | 22 | Rook | 11 | 35 catches for 636 yards, 4 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1975 |
| LT | Leon Gray | 24 | 2 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1973 |
| LG | John Hannah | 24 | 2 | 14 | New England Patriots / 1st / 4th pick / 1973 |
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| C | Bill Lenkaitis | 29 | 7 | 11 | 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1968 |
| RG | Sam Adams | 27 | 3 | 13 | ||
| RT | Shelby Jordan | 23 | Rook | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 7th / 157th pick / 1973 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Tony McGee | 26 | 4 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 64th pick / 1971 |
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| NT | Ray Hamilton | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 14th / 342nd pick / 1973 |
| RDE | Julius Adams | 27 | 4 | 8 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 27th pick / 1971 |
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| LOLB | George Webster | 30 | 8 | 10 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1967 |
| LILB | Steve Nelson | 24 | 1 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 2nd / 34th pick / 1974 |
| RILB | Sam Hunt | 24 | 1 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 15th / 374th pick / 1974 |
| ROLB | Steve Zabel | 27 | 5 | 9 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 6th pick / 1970 |
| ROLB | Steve King | 24 | 2 | 8 | ||
| LCB | Bob Howard | 31 | 8 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Ron Bolton | 25 | 3 | 13 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 5th / 124th pick / 1972 |
| SS | Prentice McCray | 24 | 1 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 200th pick / 1973 |
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| FS | John Sanders | 25 | 1 | 14 | 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | John Smith | 26 | 1 | 0 | 9 of 17 field goals & 33 of 33 extra points | |
| P | Mike Patrick | 23 | Rook | 0 | 83 punts for a 38.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Darryl Stingley | 24 | 2 | 14 | 15 punt returns for a 7.5 average and 0 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 19th pick / 1973 |
| KR | Allen Carter | 23 | Rook | 0 | 32 kick returns for a 27.5 average and 1 td | New England Patriots / 4th / 86th pick / 1975 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Julius Adams | 27 | DE-DT | 9 | 8 | 270 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 4/26/1948 | 4 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 27th pick / 1971 |
| Sam Adams | 27 | G-T | 13 | 13 | 256 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 9/20/1948 | 3 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 28 | RB | 5 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | Colorado | 10/11/1947 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 11th pick / 1970 |
| Melvin Baker | 25 | WR | 1 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 8/12/1950 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 208th pick / 1974 |
| Rodrigo Barnes | 25 | LB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Rice | 2/10/1950 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 176th pick / 1973 |
| Ron Bolton | 25 | DB | 13 | 13 | 180 | 6-2 | Norfolk State | 4/16/1950 | 3 | New England Patriots / 5th / 124th pick / 1972 |
| Steve Burks | 22 | WR | 13 | 0 | 211 | 6-5 | Arkansas State | 8/6/1953 | Rook | New England Patriots / 4th / 91st pick / 1975 |
| Don Calhoun | 23 | RB | 5 | 1 | 206 | 6-0 | Kansas State | 4/29/1952 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 249th pick / 1974 |
| Allen Carter | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 5-11 | USC | 12/12/1952 | Rook | New England Patriots / 4th / 86th pick / 1975 |
| Dick Conn | 24 | DB | 3 | 1 | 185 | 6-0 | Georgia | 1/9/1951 | 1 | |
| Steve Corbett | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Boston College | 8/11/1951 | Rook | New England Patriots / 2nd / 30th pick / 1974 |
| Sam Cunningham | 25 | RB | 13 | 13 | 226 | 6-3 | USC | 8/15/1950 | 2 | New England Patriots / 1st / 11th pick / 1973 |
| Peter Cusick | 23 | NT | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 10/27/1952 | Rook | New England Patriots / 3rd / 66th pick / 1975 |
| Maury Damkroger | 23 | LB | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 1/8/1952 | 1 | New England Patriots / 7th / 178th pick / 1974 |
| Doug Dressler | 27 | RB | 5 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Cal State-Chico | 8/19/1948 | 5 | |
| Bill DuLac | 24 | G | 13 | 1 | 250 | 6-4 | Eastern Michigan | 1/15/1951 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 167th pick / 1973 |
| Doug Dumler | 25 | C | 14 | 3 | 243 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 12/15/1950 | 2 | New England Patriots / 5th / 108th pick / 1973 |
| Russ Francis | 22 | TE | 14 | 11 | 240 | 6-6 | Oregon | 4/3/1953 | Rook | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1975 |
| Bob Geddes | 29 | LB | 13 | 1 | 240 | 6-2 | UCLA | 4/22/1946 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 360th pick / 1970 |
| Neil Graff | 25 | QB | 11 | 2 | 205 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 1/12/1950 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 16th / 414th pick / 1972 |
| Leon Gray | 24 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-3 | Jackson State | 11/15/1951 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1973 |
| Steve Grogan | 22 | QB | 13 | 7 | 210 | 6-4 | Kansas State | 7/24/1953 | Rook | New England Patriots / 5th / 116th pick / 1975 |
| Ray Hamilton | 24 | NT-DE | 14 | 14 | 244 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 1/20/1951 | 2 | New England Patriots / 14th / 342nd pick / 1973 |
| John Hannah | 24 | G | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-2 | Alabama | 4/4/1951 | 2 | New England Patriots / 1st / 4th pick / 1973 |
| Craig Hanneman | 26 | DE-DT | 11 | 3 | 240 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 7/1/1949 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 138th pick / 1971 |
| Mack Herron | 27 | RB | 7 | 5 | 170 | 5-5 | Kansas State | 7/24/1948 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 143rd pick / 1970 |
| Bob Howard | 31 | DB | 14 | 14 | 174 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo,San Diego State | 11/24/1944 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 48th pick / 1967 |
| Sam Hunt | 24 | LB | 13 | 13 | 248 | 6-1 | Stephen F. Austin | 8/6/1951 | 1 | New England Patriots / 15th / 374th pick / 1974 |
| Martin Imhof | 26 | DE-DT | 5 | 3 | 255 | 6-6 | San Diego State | 10/9/1949 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 84th pick / 1972 |
| Andy Johnson | 23 | RB | 14 | 9 | 204 | 6-0 | Georgia | 10/18/1952 | 1 | New England Patriots / 5th / 112th pick / 1974 |
| Shelby Jordan | 23 | T | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-7 | Washington (MO) | 1/23/1952 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 7th / 157th pick / 1973 |
| Durwood Keeton | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 8/14/1952 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 85th pick / 1974 |
| Steve King | 24 | LB | 14 | 8 | 232 | 6-4 | Tulsa | 6/10/1951 | 2 | |
| Bill Lenkaitis | 29 | C-G | 11 | 11 | 255 | 6-4 | Penn State | 6/30/1946 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1968 |
| Mel Lunsford | 25 | DE-DT-NT | 4 | 4 | 256 | 6-3 | Central State (OH) | 6/13/1950 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1972 |
| Jim Massey | 27 | DB | 14 | 1 | 198 | 5-11 | Linfield | 4/24/1948 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 251st pick / 1972 |
| Prentice McCray | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 188 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 3/1/1951 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 200th pick / 1973 |
| Tony McGee | 26 | DE-DT | 13 | 10 | 250 | 6-4 | Bishop,Wyoming | 1/18/1949 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 64th pick / 1971 |
| Leon McQuay | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 5-9 | Tampa | 3/19/1950 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 119th pick / 1973 |
| Steve Nelson | 24 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-2 | Augsburg,North Dakota State | 4/26/1951 | 1 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 34th pick / 1974 |
| Mike Patrick | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 209 | 6-0 | Mississippi State | 9/6/1952 | Rook | |
| Jerry Patton | 29 | DT | 3 | 3 | 261 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 3/27/1946 | 4 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 28 | QB | 5 | 5 | 220 | 6-3 | Stanford | 12/5/1947 | 4 | New England Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1971 |
| Kevin Reilly | 24 | LB | 4 | 1 | 220 | 6-2 | Villanova | 4/10/1951 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 160th pick / 1973 |
| John Sanders | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 175 | 6-1 | South Dakota | 1/11/1950 | 1 | |
| Rod Shoate | 22 | LB | 4 | 0 | 214 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 4/26/1953 | Rook | New England Patriots / 2nd / 41st pick / 1975 |
| John Smith | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 186 | 6-0 | King Alfred's (England),South (England) | 12/30/1949 | 1 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 24 | WR | 14 | 14 | 194 | 6-0 | Purdue | 9/18/1951 | 2 | New England Patriots / 1st / 19th pick / 1973 |
| David Tipton | 22 | NT-DT | 4 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Western Illinois | 12/10/1953 | Rook | |
| Randy Vataha | 27 | WR | 14 | 14 | 176 | 5-10 | Stanford | 12/4/1948 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 418th pick / 1971 |
| George Webster | 30 | LB | 10 | 10 | 220 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 11/25/1945 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1967 |
| Bob Windsor | 33 | TE | 14 | 3 | 220 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 12/19/1942 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 26th pick / 1966 |
| Elmo Wright | 26 | WR | 4 | 4 | 190 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/3/1949 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1971 |
| Steve Zabel | 27 | LB-TE | 13 | 9 | 235 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 3/20/1948 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 6th pick / 1970 |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 14 | 221.9 | 6-1.9 | 2.2 |