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1977 New England Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-5-0, 3rd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (9-5-0)

Points For: 278 (19.9/g) 9th of 28

Points Against: 217 (15.5/g) 9th of 28

Expected W-L: 9.0-5.0

SRS: 4.00 (9th of 28), SOS: -0.35

Offensive Coordinator: Ron Erhardt

Other Notable Asst.: Hank Bullough (Assistant Head Coach/DL), Ray Perkins (Wide Receivers) and Charlie Sumner (Linebackers)

Stadium: Schaefer Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Billy Sullivan

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Chuck Fairbanks

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +500

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	278	4310	922	4.7	36	15	247	160	305	2007	17	21	6.3	101	603	2303	13	3.8	132	112	931	14
Opp. Stats	217	3638	866	4.2	29	10	215	188	356	2033	16	19	4.9	111	452	1605	8	3.6	86	71	610	18
Lg Rank Offense	9	11			16	14	10		25	14	8	13	3		3	6	13	15
Lg Rank Defense	9	5			23	25	8		15	15	22	17	10		3	2	5	7

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 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Kansas City Chiefs	21	17	19	381	140	241	4	21	335	155	180	2
2	Mon	September 26	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	1-1	@	Cleveland Browns	27	30	21	263	122	141	2	25	393	195	198	3
3	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	New York Jets	27	30	20	356	231	125	5	10	251	144	107	3
4	Sun	October 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Seattle Seahawks	31	0	19	333	137	196	3	6	145	50	95	5
5	Sun	October 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	San Diego Chargers	24	20	22	325	69	256	1	16	283	230	53	2
6	Sun	October 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Baltimore Colts	17	3	20	370	201	169	2	8	86	11	75
7	Sun	October 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		New York Jets	24	13	19	375	228	147	2	15	292	158	134
8	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3		Buffalo Bills	14	24	14	202	113	89	4	21	399	175	224	2
9	Sun	November 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	Miami Dolphins	5	17	17	274	140	134	1	14	173	102	71	1
10	Sun	November 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4	@	Buffalo Bills	20	7	19	329	73	256	1	11	209	83	126	2
11	Sun	November 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		Philadelphia Eagles	14	6	11	282	173	109	3	17	217	139	78	3
12	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4	@	Atlanta Falcons	16	10	13	267	170	97	3	9	124	57	67	5
13	Sun	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4		Miami Dolphins	14	10	16	283	106	177	3	18	248	223	25	1
14	Sun	December 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-5	@	Baltimore Colts	24	30	17	270	104	166	2	24	483	311	172

Passing

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	Steve Grogan	24	QB	14	14	9-5-0	160	305	52.5	2162	17	5.6	21	6.9	68	7.1	5.1	13.5	154.4	65.2	14	155	4.39	6.29	4.4	2	2
	Team Totals			14	14	9-5-0	160	305	52.5	2007	17	5.6	21	6.9	68	7.1	5.1	13.5	143.4	65.2	14	155	4.39	6.29	4.39	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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	27	FB	14	14	270	1015	4	31	3.8	72.5	19.3	42	370	8.8	1	35	3.0	26.4	312	4.4	1385	5	10
2	Don Calhoun	25	RB	14	14	198	727	4	25	3.7	51.9	14.1	13	152	11.7	0	47	0.9	10.9	211	4.2	879	4	3
3	Darryl Stingley	26	WR	14	14	3	33	1	34	11.0	2.4	0.2	39	657	16.8	5	68	2.8	46.9	42	16.4	690	6	0
4	Stanley Morgan	22	WR	14	14	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.7	0.1	21	443	21.1	3	64	1.5	31.6	22	20.6	453	3	0
5	Steve Grogan	24	QB	14	14	61	324	1	41	5.3	23.1	4.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	61	5.3	324	1	7
6	Ike Forte	23	RB	13	0	62	157	2	16	2.5	12.1	4.8	8	88	11.0	0	22	0.6	6.8	70	3.5	245	2	2
7	Russ Francis	24	TE	10	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	229	14.3	4	31	1.6	22.9	16	14.3	229	4	0	PB
8	Steve Burks	24	WR	13	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	79	15.8	0	22	0.4	6.1	5	15.8	79	0	0
9	Don Hasselbeck	22	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	76	8.4	4	21	0.6	5.4	9	8.4	76	4	0
10	Al Chandler	27	TE	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	68	9.7	0	16	0.5	4.9	7	9.7	68	0	0
11	Jess Phillips	30	FB	14	0	5	27	1	13	5.4	1.9	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	5.4	27	1	0
12	Horace Ivory	23	RB	5	0	3	10	0	9	3.3	2.0	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.3	10	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	603	2303	13	41	3.8	164.5	43.1	160	2162	13.5	17	68	11.4	154.4	763	5.9	4465	30	22

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Julius Adams	29	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	0
2	Don Calhoun	25	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Sam Cunningham	27	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Tim Fox	24	FS	14	14	3	39	0	27	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
5	Steve Grogan	24	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	2	-41	0	0.0	0
6	Ray Hamilton	26	NT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.5	0
7	Mike Haynes	24	RCB	14	14	5	54	0	22	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Prentice McCray	26	SS	14	14	4	61	0	48	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Sam Adams	29	RG	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Sam Hunt	26	RILB	13	13	2	17	0	10	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
11	Mel Lunsford	27	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
12	Steve Nelson	26	LILB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0
13	Bob Howard	33	LCB	13	12	4	10	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Pete Barnes	32	ROLB	12	11	1	13	0	13	0	1	11	0	5.0	0
15	Russ Francis	24	TE	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0	PB
16	Steve Zabel	29	LOLB	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	3.0	0
17	Steve King	26	LB	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Bob McKay	30	T	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Rod Shoate	24	LB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
20	Raymond Clayborn	22	DB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1
21	Tony McGee	28	DE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	13.5	0
22	Richard Bishop	27	NT	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
23	Greg Boyd	25	DE	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
24	Ike Forte	23	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jess Phillips	30	FB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Don Westbrook	24	WR	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	194	0	48	28	21	-11	0	60.5	1

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