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1979 New England Patriots

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 411 points (25.7/g), 2nd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 326 points (20.4/g), 15th.
 Differential of 85 points (5.3/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 9th.

Coached by Ron Erhardt (9-7-0)

1979 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 Mon September 3 box L 0-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 13 16 16 244 82 162 2 20 309 191 118 2
2 Sun September 9 box W 1-1 New York Jets 56 3 30 597 365 232 3 12 134 45 89 6
3 Sun September 16 box W 2-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 20 14 18 332 167 165 17 198 32 166 1
4 Sun September 23 box W 3-1 San Diego Chargers 27 21 20 291 140 151 2 15 232 193 39 2
5 Mon October 1 box L 3-2 @ Green Bay Packers 14 27 26 401 239 162 6 19 317 199 118 2
6 Sun October 7 box W 4-2 Detroit Lions 24 17 22 251 111 140 2 9 211 156 55 3
7 Sun October 14 box W 5-2 @ Chicago Bears 27 7 25 360 218 142 2 5 169 96 73 2
8 Sun October 21 box W 6-2 Miami Dolphins 28 13 17 299 170 129 1 13 204 69 135 5
9 Sun October 28 box L 6-3 @ Baltimore Colts 26 31 19 408 298 110 2 23 396 256 140 4
10 Sun November 4 box W 7-3 @ Buffalo Bills 26 6 20 438 327 111 3 15 264 181 83 5
11 Sun November 11 box L 7-4 @ Denver Broncos 10 45 8 92 34 58 3 21 289 182 107 3
12 Sun November 18 box W 8-4 Baltimore Colts 50 21 22 417 169 248 1 24 263 174 89 3
13 Sun November 25 box L 8-5 Buffalo Bills 13 16 21 309 136 173 4 18 281 201 80 2
14 Thu November 29 box L 8-6 @ Miami Dolphins 24 39 21 420 327 93 6 22 322 152 170 2
15 Sun December 9 box L 8-7 @ New York Jets 26 27 19 320 213 107 1 20 281 127 154
16 Sun December 16 box W 9-7 Minnesota Vikings 27 23 14 291 222 69 1 30 453 299 154 1

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 411 5470 1128 4.8 318 237 475 3218 30 23 6.1 159 604 2252 16 3.7 132 39 16 27
Team Defense 326 4323 1019 4.2 448 246 467 2553 13 20 4.9 139 495 1770 22 3.6 283 43 23 26
Lg Rank Offense 2 8 7 13 8 1 16 12 6 15 15 22 15 11
Lg Rank Defense 15 3 13 15 8 3 17 2 3 5 20 7 6 3

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 26 QB 16 16 206 423 48.7 3286 28 6.6 20 4.7 63 7.8 6.3 16.0 205.4 77.4 45 341 6.3 5.0 9.6
Tom Owen 27 6 0 27 47 57.4 248 2 4.3 3 6.4 32 5.3 2.8 9.2 41.3 59.5 4 41 4.1 1.8 7.8
Don Westbrook 27 16 0 2 2 100.0 52 0 0.0 0 0.0 28 26.0 26.0 26.0 3.3 118.7 0 0 26.0 26.0 0.0
Matt Cavanaugh 23 13 0 1 1 100.0 10 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 10.0 10.0 10.0 0.8 108.3 0 0 10.0 10.0 0.0
Eddie Hare 22 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.3 83.3 0 0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Harold Jackson 33 WR 16 16 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 26.4 16 237 475 49.9 3600 30 6.3 23 4.8 63 7.6 6.0 15.2 225.0 76.1 49 382 6.1 4.7 9.4
Opp Total 16 246 467 52.7 2553 13 2.8 20 4.3 5.5 3.8 10.4 159.6 60.2 57 512 4.9 2.4

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 29 FB 12 12 159 563 5 27 3.5 46.9 13.3 29 236 8.1 0 20 2.4 19.7 799 5 4
Horace Ivory 25 RB 11 9 143 522 1 52 3.7 47.5 13.0 23 216 9.4 2 24 2.1 19.6 738 3 4
Don Calhoun 27 fb 16 6 137 456 5 29 3.3 28.5 8.6 15 66 4.4 1 14 0.9 4.1 522 6 2
Steve Grogan 26 QB 16 16 64 368 2 26 5.8 23.0 4.0 368 2 12
Andy Johnson 27 rb 5 5 43 132 1 15 3.1 26.4 8.6 9 68 7.6 0 11 1.8 13.6 200 1 0
Mosi Tatupu 24 16 0 23 71 0 12 3.1 4.4 1.4 2 9 4.5 0 5 0.1 0.6 80 0 0
Allan Clark 22 RET 16 0 19 84 2 19 4.4 5.3 1.2 2 35 17.5 0 20 0.1 2.2 119 2 0
Stanley Morgan* 24 WR 16 16 7 39 0 17 5.6 2.4 0.4 44 1002 22.8 12 63 2.8 62.6 1041 12 1
Harold Jackson 33 WR 16 16 3 12 0 12 4.0 0.8 0.2 45 1013 22.5 7 59 2.8 63.3 1025 7 0
Don Westbrook 27 16 0 2 8 0 4 4.0 0.5 0.1 9 173 19.2 1 38 0.6 10.8 181 1 0
Tom Owen 27 6 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.2 0.3 -1 0 1
Matt Cavanaugh 23 13 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 0.1 -2 0 0
Eddie Hare 22 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Russ Francis 26 TE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 557 14.3 5 44 3.3 46.4 557 5 0
Don Hasselbeck 24 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 158 12.2 0 41 0.8 9.9 158 0 1
Carlos Pennywell 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 35 8.8 1 13 0.7 5.8 35 1 0
Ray Jarvis 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 30 15.0 1 15 0.3 4.3 30 1 0
Al Chandler 29 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.3 2 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 604 2252 16 52 3.7 140.8 37.8 237 3600 15.2 30 63 14.8 225.0 5852 46 29
Opp Total 16 495 1770 22 3.6 110.6 30.9 246 2553 10.4 13 15.4 159.6 4323 35 35

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
Allan Clark 22 RET 16 0 37 816 0 38 22.1 935
Stanley Morgan* 24 WR 16 16 29 289 1 80 10.0 1 12 0 12 12.0 1342
Don Westbrook 27 16 0 2 5 0 5 2.5 11 151 0 30 13.7 337
Rick Sanford 22 16 4 1 1 0 1 1.0 10 179 0 23 17.9 180
Mike Haynes* 26 RCB 16 15 5 16 0 5 3.2 16
Mosi Tatupu 24 16 0 3 15 0 12 5.0 95
Raymond Clayborn 24 LCB 16 16 2 33 0 20 16.5 33
Horace Ivory 25 RB 11 9 1 15 0 15 15.0 753
Mark Washington 32 12 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Team Total 26.4 16 37 311 1 80 8.4 66 1239 0 38 18.8 7402
Opp Total 16 28 1 80 1621 0 20.3

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
Eddie Hare 22 P 16 0 83 3038 58 1 36.6
John Smith 30 K 16 0 6 6 13 11 14 6 33 23 69.7% 49 46 93.9%
Team Total 26.4 16 6 6 13 11 14 6 33 23 69.7% 49 46 93.9% 83 3038 58 1 36.6
Opp Total 16 26 18 69.2% 39 36 92.3% 94 3638 38.7

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
Julius Adams 31 16 2 0 1 0 0
Doug Beaudoin 25 SS 10 8 1 30 0 30 0 2 0 0
Richard Bishop 29 RDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Pete Brock 25 lt 16 7 2 0 0 0
Mark Buben 22 16 0 0 1 0 0
Don Calhoun 27 fb 16 6 2 1 0 0
Allan Clark 22 RET 16 0 0 2 0 0
Raymond Clayborn 24 LCB 16 16 5 56 0 27
Ray Costict 24 16 1 1 22 0 22 0 2 16 0
Bob Cryder 23 16 2 0 1 0 0
Sam Cunningham 29 FB 12 12 4 0 0 0
Tim Fox 26 FS 16 16 2 38 0 25 0 1 4 0
Steve Grogan 26 QB 16 16 12 4 -12 0
John Hannah*+ 28 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Eddie Hare 22 P 16 0 0 2 0 0
Don Hasselbeck 24 16 3 1 0 0 0
Mike Hawkins 24 LOLB 16 14 2 35 1 35
Mike Haynes* 26 RCB 16 15 3 66 0 33 1 3 0 0
Sam Hunt 28 RILB 15 15 0 1 0 0
Horace Ivory 25 RB 11 9 4 1 0 0
Shelby Jordan 27 RT 14 12 0 1 0 0
Bill Lenkaitis 33 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Mel Lunsford 29 LDE 16 16 0 2 0 0
Prentice McCray 28 ss 14 5 3 48 0 26 0 1 0 0
Stanley Morgan* 24 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Steve Nelson 28 LILB 15 15 1 18 0 18 0 1 0 0
Tom Owen 27 6 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Sanford 22 16 4 1 39 0 27 0 2 10 0
Rod Shoate 26 ROLB 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Don Westbrook 27 16 0 0 1 0 0
Dwight Wheeler 24 LT 13 10 1 0 -14 0
Team Total 26.4 16 20 352 1 35 29 34 4 0
Opp Total 16 49 35 12 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
John Smith 30 K 16 0 46 23 115
Stanley Morgan* 24 WR 16 16 12 1 78
Harold Jackson 33 WR 16 16 7 42
Don Calhoun 27 fb 16 6 5 1 36
Sam Cunningham 29 FB 12 12 5 30
Russ Francis 26 TE 12 12 5 30
Horace Ivory 25 RB 11 9 1 2 18
Allan Clark 22 RET 16 0 2 12
Steve Grogan 26 QB 16 16 2 12
Mike Hawkins 24 LOLB 16 14 1 6
Ray Jarvis 30 7 0 1 6
Andy Johnson 27 rb 5 5 1 6
Carlos Pennywell 23 6 0 1 6
Rick Sanford 22 16 4 1 6
Don Westbrook 27 16 0 1 6
Team Total 26.4 16 16 30 1 1 1 46 23 409
Opp Total 16 22 13 1 36 18 1 326