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1972 New England Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-11-0, 5th in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Phil Bengtson (1-4-0) and John Mazur (2-7-0)

Points For: 192 (13.7/g) 24th of 26

Points Against: 446 (31.9/g) 26th of 26

Expected W-L: 1.7-12.3

SRS: -17.40 (26th of 26), SOS: .75

Defensive Coordinator: Dick Evans

Other Notable Asst.: John Meyer (Linebackers), Burnie Miller (Special Teams) and Sam Rutigliano (WR Coach)

Stadium: Schaefer Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Billy Sullivan

General Manager: Upton Bell

Acting General Manager: Peter Hadhazy

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	192	3659	842	4.3	38	10	236	198	412	2127	10	28	4.7	126	386	1532	13	4.0	86	66	761	24
Opp. Stats	446	5250	889	5.9	24	14	288	175	326	2533	24	10	7.4	124	548	2717	27	5.0	143	88	862	21
Lg Rank Offense	24	21			21	5	13		2	15	21	25	24		24	22	15	16
Lg Rank Defense	26	26			24	14	26		8	24	26	24	26		25	26	26	26

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Cincinnati Bengals	7	31	9	137	83	54	3	21	357	111	246
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Atlanta Falcons	21	20	19	287	184	103		20	399	217	182
3	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Washington Redskins	24	23	23	380	253	127	2	15	349	213	136	2
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Buffalo Bills	14	38	23	354	244	110	4	19	305	160	145	2
5	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		New York Jets	13	41	18	311	175	136	2	24	396	63	333	1
6	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	33	17	276	149	127	4	19	426	183	243	1
7	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5	@	New York Jets	10	34	14	194	128	66	3	21	392	201	191	2
8	Mon	November 6	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6		Baltimore Colts	17	24	21	281	154	127	3	19	267	89	178	2
9	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7	@	Miami Dolphins	0	52	11	169	77	92	3	21	482	301	181	1
10	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-8		Buffalo Bills	24	27	15	298	183	115	4	19	295	116	179	4
11	Sun	November 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9	@	Baltimore Colts	0	31	12	206	75	131	6	15	262	98	164	2
12	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-10		Miami Dolphins	21	37	14	217	107	110	2	29	501	197	304	3
13	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-10	@	New Orleans Saints	17	10	18	289	180	109	2	20	337	243	94	4
14	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-11	@	Denver Broncos	21	45	22	260	135	125		26	482	341	141

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Plunkett	25	QB	14	14	3-11-0	169	355	47.6	2196	8	2.3	25	7.0	62	6.2	3.47	13.0	156.9	45.7	39	385	9.90	4.60	2.15	2	2
2	Brian Dowling	25	QB	14	0		29	54	53.7	383	2	3.7	1	1.9	42	7.1	7.00	13.2	27.4	81.0	4	63	6.90	5.52	5.43	0	0
3	Pat Studstill	34	P	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
4	Carl Garrett	25	RB	10	6		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	1	4	50.00	-2.00	-24.50	0	0
5	Bob Gladieux	25	FB	11	6		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	3-11-0	198	412	48.1	2127	10	2.4	28	6.8	62	6.3	2.59	13.0	151.9	48.0	44	452	9.65	4.66	2.34	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Kicking

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Punting

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Defense & Fumbles

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Scoring Summary

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Touchdown Log

Opponent Touchdown Log

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