1976 New England Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-3-0, 2nd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (11-3-0)

Points For: 376 (26.9/g) 2nd of 28

Points Against: 236 (16.9/g) 11th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.5-3.5

SRS: 8.65 (6th of 28), SOS: -1.35

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 21-24 vs. Oakland Raiders

Other Notable Asst.: Hank Bullough (Assistant Head Coach/DL), Ron Erhardt (Offensive Backs), Red Miller (Offensive Line), Ray Perkins (Wide Receivers), Charlie Sumner (Linebackers) and Larrye Weaver (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Schaefer Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Billy Sullivan

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Chuck Fairbanks

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Training Camp: Bryant College (Smithfield, Rhode Island)

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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	376	4694	919	5.1	36	16	260	146	309	1746	18	20	5.3	95	591	2948	24	5.0	150	102	914	15
Opp. Stats	236	4022	946	4.3	50	27	258	229	437	2175	16	23	4.5	134	462	1847	12	4.0	102	83	715	22
Lg Rank Offense	2	8			17	10	10		25	20	7	19	14		3	2	3	1
Lg Rank Defense	11	11			1	1	17		28	16	16	7	5		5	8	8	16

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 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Baltimore Colts	13	27	17	317	168	149	5	20	272	150	122	1
2	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Miami Dolphins	30	14	23	430	152	278	2	17	254	146	108	4
3	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	30	27	18	399	257	142	4	24	416	247	169	6
4	Sun	October 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Oakland Raiders	48	17	27	468	172	296	1	25	321	207	114	4
5	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Detroit Lions	10	30	10	199	103	96	5	20	329	133	196
6	Mon	October 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		New York Jets	41	7	29	475	145	330	1	20	309	193	116	2
7	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	Buffalo Bills	26	22	18	272	93	179	4	21	309	100	209	5
8	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	Miami Dolphins	3	10	11	226	96	130	1	18	257	100	157
9	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Buffalo Bills	20	10	16	303	126	177	5	20	373	224	149	8
10	Sun	November 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Baltimore Colts	21	14	19	326	121	205	2	13	202	95	107	3
11	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	New York Jets	38	24	13	237	83	154	3	20	287	184	103	10
12	Sun	November 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		Denver Broncos	38	14	25	414	82	332	2	12	189	145	44	3
13	Sun	December 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3		New Orleans Saints	27	6	21	328	108	220		14	236	118	118	1
14	Sun	December 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31	14	13	300	40	260	1	14	268	133	135	3
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-4	@	Oakland Raiders	21	24	23	331	167	164	3	20	282	201	81	1

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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
1	Steve Grogan	23	QB	14	14	11-3-0	145	302	48.0	1903	18	6.0	20	6.6	58	6.3	4.5	13.1	135.9	60.6	18	155	5.63	5.46	3.8
2	Tom Owen	24	QB	2	0		1	5	20.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	1.4	1.4	7.0	3.5	39.6	0	0	0.00	1.40	1.4
3	Marlin Briscoe	31	WR	14	5		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	9	100.00	-9.00	-9.0
4	Andy Johnson	24	RB	14	13		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	Team Totals			14	14	11-3-0	146	309	47.2	1746	18	5.8	20	6.5	58	5.7	3.90	12.0	124.7	57.5	19	164	5.79	5.32	3.68

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%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Steve Grogan	23	QB	1	1	0-1-0	12	23	52.2	167	1	4.3	1	4.3	40	7.3	6.2	13.9	167.0	72.2	0.00	7.26	6.2
2	Russ Francis	23	TE	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	-45.0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	12	24	50.0	167	1	4.2	2	8.3	40	7.0	4.04	13.9	167.0	51.9	0.00	6.96	4.04

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Sam Cunningham	26	FB	11	11	172	824	3	24	4.8	74.9	15.6	27	299	11.1	0	41	2.5	27.2	199	5.6	1123	3	5
2	Andy Johnson	24	RB	14	13	169	699	6	69	4.1	49.9	12.1	29	343	11.8	4	53	2.1	24.5	198	5.3	1042	10	5
3	Don Calhoun	24	RB	14	3	129	721	1	54	5.6	51.5	9.2	12	56	4.7	0	12	0.9	4.0	141	5.5	777	1	4
4	Darryl Stingley	25	WR	13	13	8	45	0	27	5.6	3.5	0.6	17	370	21.8	4	58	1.3	28.5	25	16.6	415	4	1
5	Steve Grogan	23	QB	14	14	60	397	12	41	6.6	28.4	4.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	60	6.6	397	12	6
6	Russ Francis	23	TE	13	12	2	12	0	8	6.0	0.9	0.2	26	367	14.1	3	48	2.0	28.2	28	13.5	379	3	1	PB,AP-2
7	Randy Vataha	28	WR	12	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	192	17.5	1	44	0.9	16.0	11	17.5	192	1	0
8	Jess Phillips	29	RB	13	0	24	164	1	46	6.8	12.6	1.8	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.1	1.4	25	7.3	182	1	1
9	Marlin Briscoe	31	WR	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	136	13.6	1	21	0.7	9.7	10	13.6	136	1	0
10	Ike Forte	22	RB	10	1	25	100	1	26	4.0	10.0	2.5	3	9	3.0	1	6	0.3	0.9	28	3.9	109	2	1
11	Al Chandler	26	TE	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	49	9.8	3	29	0.4	3.5	5	9.8	49	3	0
12	Ricky Feacher	22	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	38	19.0	0	21	0.7	12.7	2	19.0	38	0	0
13	Steve Burks	23	WR	8	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.3	0.1	2	27	13.5	0	17	0.3	3.4	3	9.7	29	0	0
14	Pete Brock	22	C	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	1	6	0.1	0.4	1	6.0	6	1	0
15	Mike Patrick	24	P	14	0	1	-16	0	-16	-16.0	-1.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-16.0	-16	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	591	2948	24	69	5.0	210.6	42.2	146	1910	13.1	18	58	10.4	136.4	737	6.6	4858	42	24

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Russ Francis	23	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	96	24.0	1	40	4.0	96.0	4	24.0	96	1	0
2	Sam Cunningham	26	FB	1	1	20	68	0	22	3.4	68.0	20.0	2	14	7.0	0	7	2.0	14.0	22	3.7	82	0	1
3	Andy Johnson	24	RB	1	1	14	32	1	8	2.3	32.0	14.0	2	13	6.5	0	9	2.0	13.0	16	2.8	45	1	0
4	Darryl Stingley	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	36	18.0	0	24	2.0	36.0	2	18.0	36	0	0
5	Steve Grogan	23	QB	1	1	7	35	0	10	5.0	35.0	7.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	5.0	35	0	0
6	Don Calhoun	24	RB	1	0	5	17	0	7	3.4	17.0	5.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.4	17	0	0
7	Jess Phillips	29	RB	1	0	3	12	1	6	4.0	12.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	4.0	12	1	0
8	Marlin Briscoe	31	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
9	Al Chandler	26	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	1	1.0	0	1	1.0	1.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	49	164	2	22	3.3	164.0	49.0	12	167	13.9	1	40	12.0	167.0	61	5.4	331	3	1

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Julius Adams	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
2	Leon Gray	25	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Steve Grogan	23	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	4	-18	1	0.0	0
4	Ray Hamilton	25	NT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.5	0
5	Mike Haynes	23	RCB	14	14	8	90	0	28	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP DRoY-1
6	Bob Howard	32	LCB	14	14	3	28	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Prentice McCray	25	SS	14	14	5	182	2	63	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Steve Zabel	28	LOLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	3.0	0
9	Tim Fox	23	FS	13	13	3	67	0	29	0	4	11	0	0.0	0
10	Andy Johnson	24	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Tony McGee	27	LDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	0
12	Darryl Stingley	25	WR	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Russ Francis	23	TE	13	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
14	Sam Hunt	25	RILB	14	12	2	106	1	68	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Sam Cunningham	26	FB	11	11	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Steve Nelson	25	LILB	10	10	2	32	0	34	0	3	0	0	1.0	0
17	Pete Barnes	31	ROLB	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Steve King	25	ROLB	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Don Calhoun	24	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Al Chandler	26	TE	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	George Webster	31	LB	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jim Romaniszyn	25	LB	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ike Forte	22	RB	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Mel Lunsford	26	DE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
25	Doug Beaudoin	22	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Richard Bishop	26	NT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.0	0
27	Pete Brock	22	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Jess Phillips	29	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	David Tipton	23	NT	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	23	505	3	68	28	37	0	1	39.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Julius Adams	28	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0
2	Sam Cunningham	26	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Mel Lunsford	26	DE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.0	0	0

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