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Biographies: Assistant Coaches.................................... 8-12 Draft choices, 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-55 Erhardt, Ron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Kilroy, Bucko ................................... , . . . . . . 6 Sullivan, William H., Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Veteran players ...................................... 16-50

Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Bryant College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Club Directory.............................................. 3

Draft Choices, Year by Year .............................. 111-114

Historical Highlights of Club ............................. 120-121

Hotels on the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

How the Patriots Were Built .................................. 51

Important NFL Dates ......................................... 67

Listings: All-Time Attendances .................................... 80 Crowds, Largest ........................................ 83 Head Coaches, Won and Lost ............................ 12 Interceptors, Top 10 ..................................... 119 KO Returners, Top 10 .................................... 118 Last Time It Happened ................................... 114 Patriots with 100 Games ................................. 121 Passers, Top 10 ......................................... 113 Points by Kicking ........................................ 119 Punters, Top 10 ....................................•.... 119 PuntReturners,Top 10 .................................. 118

Receivers, Top 20 ....................................... 118 Rushers, Top 10 ......................................... 118 Scorers, Top 30 ......................................... 117

Longest Plays ............................................... 129

Media Contacts ............................................. 126

Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Opponents: Pre-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Regular Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-69

Outstanding Performances .............................. 127-128

Playoffs History ............................................. 130-131 Tie-breaking Procedures ................................ 132

Records: Consecutive ............................................ 108 Individual ........................................... 96-102 Team ............................................... 102-108 Tied or Broken in 1979 ................................... 94

Results: Pre-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-61

Regular Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-81

Retired Players............................................. 13

Rosters: All-Time Player ...................................... 109-111 Coaches, All-Time................................... 12-13 First Year, 1980......................................... 67 Veteran, 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Schaefer Stadium Story .................................. 124-125

Schedules: NFL, 1980 ........................................... 122-124 Patriots, 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Staff Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15

Trades, 1979-8Q............................................ 93

Year by Year Leaders .................................... 115-117

Year in Review, 1979: Awards ................................................ 94 Best Days.............................................. 85 Defensive Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Final Statistics, Team and Individual ................... 81-92 Game by Game Summaries ........................... 84-92 NFL Standin1;s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Sack Summary ......................................... 83 Statistical Highlights.................................... 93

Won-Lost, Home and Away.................................. 61 1

New England Patriots 1980 Schedule

(All times local)

PRE-SEASON

Monday, Aug. 11 at Los Angeles Rams 8:00

Saturday, Aug. 16 at Oakland Raiders 6:00

Sunday, Aug. 24 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 12:30

Friday, Aug. 29 at Seattle Seahawks 5:30

REGULAR SEASON

Sunday, Sept. 7 CLEVELAND BROWNS 1 :00

Sunday, Sept. 14 ATLANTA FALCONS 1 :00

Sunday, Sept. 21 at Seattle Seahawks 1:00

Monday, Sept. 29 DENVER BRONCOS 9:00

Sunday, Oct. 5 at New York Jets 1 :00

Sunday, Oct. 12 MIAMI DOLPHINS 1 :00

Sunday, Oct. 19 at Baltimore Colts 2:00

Sunday, Oct. 26 at Buffalo Bills 1:00

Sunday, Nov. 2 NEW YORK JETS 4:00

Monday, Nov. 10 at Houston Oilers 8:00

Sunday, Nov. 16 LOS ANGELES RAMS 1:00

Sunday, Nov. 23 BAL Tl MORE COL TS 1 :00

Sunday, Nov. 30 at San Francisco 49ers 1 :00

Monday, Dec. 8 at Miami Dolphins 9:00

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MEDIA INFORMATION· This media guide has been prepared by the Patriots' Media Relations Department to assist all members of the media in their coverage of the Patriots in 1980. Should you require additional information or wish to arrange in­terviews, please contact Tom Hoffman or Claudia Smith at (617) 543-7911. CREDENTIAL REQUESTS · Credential requests should be made in writing or by calling the Media Relations Department no later than noon on the Wednesday preceeding any home game to insure issuance. TRAINING CAMP. The Patriots will make Bryant College their summer training home for the fifth straight summer in 1980. The Smithfield, R.I. campus is located 12 miles northwest of Providence and 60 miles south of Boston. Telephone numbers at the Patriots training camp offices are (401) 231-9420 and 231-9421.

Patriots Club Directory Address: Schaefer Stadium, Route One

Foxboro, Ma. 02035

Telephones: All personnel (617) 543-7911 Boston number (617) 262-1776

President - William H. Sullivan, Jr. General Manager - Francis "Bucko" Kilroy

Charles W. Sullivan ( Executive Vice President) Miss Mary H. Sullivan

(Treasurer) Walter T. Sullivan

BOAR D OF DIRECTORS William H. Sullivan, Jr.

( President> Jeanne Sullivan McKeigue

Mrs. Mary M. Sullivan ( Vice President) Paul Sonnabend

Head Coach .

GENERAL COUNSEL: William F. Finucane ASSISTANT TREASURER: Jeannette Allen

COACHING STAFF

Thomas J. White

................. Ron Erhardt Offensive Coordinator/ Line ...........................•.................. Jim Ringo Defensive Coordinator I Line ......................................... Fritz Shurmur Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . ... Raymond Berry Special Teams .. . .. .. .. . . • .. .. . • • .. . .. .. Gino Cappelletti Defensive Backs . . . . . . • . . . . . .................................... Billy Kinard Linebackers. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . • . .. . .. . • • • . . . . .... Bill Parcells Quarterbacks ..... . Defensive Line ... . Running Backs .... . Coaches Administrative Aide ..

. . John Polonchek

... Fritz Shurmur . ......................... Tom Yewcic . ...................... Rick Buffington

AOMINISTRATIVE STAFF President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William H. Sullivan, Jr. General Manager ...... . ....................... Francis J. "Bucko" Kilroy Assistant General Manager . . • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Patrick J. Sullivan Executive Oirector, Player Personnel . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . ... Darryl Stingley Director of College Scouting .. . ....••.......•.......••.......... Mike Holovak Director of Marketing .. Miceal Chamberlain Director of Media Relations .......................................... Tom Hoffman Director of Pro Scouting ..............•......••.......•................ Bill McPeak

Personnel Assistant ......................................... George Blackburn Personnel Assistant .....................•.......•.......••......... Mike McCarthy Personnel Assistant .........•......•.......•.......••................. Bob Teahan Data Processing Manager ..................................•......... Tom Gardiner Equipment Manager . . . . . . . . ....................................... George Luongo Film Manager. . . ........................................... Ken Deininger Ticket Manager ................................................... Kevin Fitzgerald Trainer ............................................................. Tom Healion Assistant Equipment Manager .......•.......•........•................ Don Brocher Assistant Trainer .................................................... John Waters Administrative Asst. to G.M . .................•......•.•.......••...... Judy Quimby Admininistrator, Player Personnel ..................................... Nancy Meier Asst. Director, Media Relations ........•.......•.......••............. Claudia Smith Assistant Ticket Manager ............................................... Bill Fantini Assistant Ticket Manager.. . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . .... Karen Maskas Systems Analyst ...................•••............•.•............... Steve Poreda Admin. Aide to Gen. Mgr . ..................•.......••................ Barry Stewart Team Physician, Orthopedics ...........••.....•............. Dr. Donald Akikie, M.D. Team Physician, Internal Medicine .........••............... Dr. John B. Cadigan, M.D. Team Physician, .......................................... Dr. Brendan Crotty, M.D. Team Dentist ....................................... Dr. William E. Lenkaitis, D.D.S. Team Photographer .................................................... Tom Croke

OFFICE STAFF: Patti Del Grosso (College Scouting), Sara Harvey (Asst. Gen. Mgr.), Bette Hall (Media Relations), Helen Igo (College Scouting), Cheryl Langhorn (Coaches), Cindy O'Brien <Coaches), Susan Ouellette (Marketing), Marie Paster (Business Office), Bev Scollins (Receptionist), Lisa Walker (Pro Scouting).

STA DIUM OPERATIONS: Ed Bayley, Kevin Cave, Ray and Edith Meyers, Charlie Parish, Larry Sheldon.

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WILLIAM H. SULLIVAN, JR. PRESIDENT

Until 1959 New England had been a graveyard for more than a half dozen professional football teams. William H. "Billy" Sullivan, Jr. changed that.

On November 18, 1959, Billy was awarded the eighth franchise in the fledgling American Football League. He has made an indelible impact on the na­tion's No. 1 sport since that great day. He did get a team on the field. From 1961 to 1964 he was Presi­dent of the AFL and served on the televison commit­tee that authored a $36 million contract with NBC to guarantee survival of the young league. He

was a key member of the AFL's team that hammered out the merger format with the NFL, and he has served as a director of both NFL Properties and Films.

Since starting his love affair with pro football, Billy has travelled through many valleys and over many peaks. By un­daunted determination and a boundless capacity for hard work, he kept the Patriots alive until locating the team in its present 61,279-seat Schaefer Stadium home, and assumed full control of the franchise by purchasing 88 percent of

the voting stock on Nov. 17, 1975 and all of the non­voting stock on Dec. 8, 1976.

Billy graduated from Boston College in 1937, serv­ed as Publicity Director at his alma mater from 1938-1940. In 1941 he went to Notre Dame as special assistant to the Director of Athletics. After a hitch on the staff of the U.S. Naval Academy, he joined the Boston Braves baseball team as Director of Public Relations in 1946. During his six-year tenure with the Braves he conceived the "Jimmy Fund" that has since grown to be an internationally known cancer research program studying leukemia in children.

In 1955 he joined Metropolitan Petroleum Co. and became President of the firm three years later. He continued his rise in the corporate world 20 years later when he was named executive vice president of the parent Pittston Corporation, one of the nation's energy giants. In addition to serving as a director for numerous organizations, Billy was elected in March, 1980 to serve a second term as Chairman of the Board of NFL Properties, Inc.

Whether it's the oil business or the Patriot for­tunes in the NFL, Billy Sullivan has the same, un­wavering philosophy, "The best is yet to come."

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Charles W. Sullivan Executive Vice President

Miss Mary H. Sullivan Treasurer

Paul Sonnabend

Thomas J. White

Mrs. Mary M. Sullivan Vice President

Mrs. Jeanne Sullivan McKeigue

Walter T. Sullivan

William F. Finucane General Counsel

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BUCKO KILROY

GENERAL MANAGER

Francis J. "Bucko" Kilroy has been employed in almost every conceivable capacity in the NFL during his 38 years within the league and will begin his second year as general manager of the Patriots in 1980.

Born May 21, 1921 in Phila­delphia, he established himself as one of the city's premier schoolboy athletes before departing for South Bend and the University of Notre Dame. His stay there was short as he returned to his hometown to at­tend Temple University where he went on to become one of the greatest linemen in the school's history. For his efforts on the col­legiate gridiron, Bucko was in­ducted into the Temple Hall of Fame in 1976.

Bucko began his NFL career with his hometown Philadelphia Eagles in 1943 and played there 13 straight seasons. During that time, he once played in 146 consecutive games and was selected as an all-pro at both offensive guard (1947-49) and middle guard (1952-54). He gained additional honors for his pro grid ex­ploits as he was elected to the NFL's all-decade team for the 1940's and inducted into the Helms Hall of Fame.

He made a gradual entry into the coaching ranks by serv­ing the Eagles for three seasons as a player/coach before assuming the fulltime role of defensive line coach for six more NFL campaigns. In addition to coaching, he also serv­ed as the club's player personnel director, making him one of the five original talent scouts in the league.

In 1962, Bucko was named director of player personnel to the Washington Redskins and then moved to the Dallas Cowboys in 1965 to become a "super scout" with that organization. During Bucko's five year tenure with the Cowboys, the team won five straight divisional champion­ships, an indication of his impact on the team's scouting success.

Having developed a reputation as one of football's finest scouts, Bucko was named player personnel director of the Patriots in 1971 by then General Manager Upton Bell. He faced a monumental challenge of revamping and revitaliz­ing a scouting operation that had shown little success in prior years. Under his direction, the Patriots scouting department became one of the finest in the NFL and played an intergral part in the Patriots upsurge that brought them playoff appearances in 1976 and 1978.

A natural choice for the position, Bucko was named general manager to the Patriots on April 6, 1979. One of the first moves he made was the selection of Ron Erhardt as head coach, a decision he felt vital to insure the Patriots ongoing success on the field. Bucko has total responsibili­ty for directing all phases of the Patriots operation, a task he readily accepts as a great challenge.

An excellent organizer and a talent hunter extrodinaire, Bucko continues to stress his scouting philosophy "to leave no stone unturned" as he directs the Patriots organization in its effort to become the best in the NFL.

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RON ERHARDT

HEAD COACH

The 1979 NFL season was not an easy one for Ronald Peter Erhardt, but he was doing just what he had always dreamed about, directing a NFL club as its head coach. He fulfilled his life long dream when he was named head coach of the Patriots on April 6, 1979 after spending 23 seasons as a high school, college and pro assistant coach. Having started the Patriots off to a 6-2 record at the midway point of his rookie season as a head mentor, the club was beseiged by injuries in the second half of the season and finished with a 9-7 record. None-the-less, if Ron's previous suc­cess as a coach is any indication, there is a bright future awaiting the Patriots in 1980.

Born February 27,1932, at Mandan, N.D., the 48 year old Erhardt starred in both football and basketball at Mandan H.S. He then enrolled at Jamestown (N.D.) College where he was an all- con­ference quarterback and three time let­ter winner in football, basketball and baseball. After graduation in 1953, he served for three years in military ser­vice.

Ron started his coaching career as an assistant at Williston (N.D.) H.S. in 1956 and made head coaching stops at St. Mary's H.S. (New England, N.D.) from 1957-59 and Bishop Ryan H.S. (Minot, N.D.) form 1960-62. His 1962 Bishop Ryan squad was tabbed as the state's best and his six year record as a high school head coach was an impressive 45-9-2.

Moving on to college ranks, he joined the staff of North Dakota State in 1973 as defensive coordinator and line coach. Three years later, he was promoted to head coach and assistant athletic direc­tor and later served as athletic director before leaving NDSU in 1973.

As the Bison's head coach, Ron bettered his high school coaching record, compiling a seven year regular season record of 58-6-1 and a 3-1-0 slate in post season play. Included among his record setting accomplishments at NDSU was a three year unbeaten and untied streak , followed by an 8-0-1 record in 1970 that ran his squad's four year total to 35-0-1. His 1968 and 1969 squads won the national College Division championship titles and his seven year winning_ percentage of .884 ranks him as one of the winningest coaches ever in College Division football.

Ron entered the pro coaching ranks in 1973 as the Patriots offen­sive backfield coach. Upon the departure of Red Miller to Denver in early 1977, Ron was promoted to offensive coordinator of the club.

Nicknamed "Fargo" for his North Dakota heritage, the affable Erhardt wasted little time in directing the Patriots offense in attain­ing the NFL's best team rushing record ever, an output of 3,165 yds. in 1978. His offensive troops also led the entire NFL in total team offense with an average of 372.8 yds. per game.

Ron commands the respect of players, coaches, and staff alike for his dedication to winning and the game of football. The quick witted North Dakota native is noted for his easyteaching mannner and technical expertise. In his first year as head coach, he molded a team with a wide open offensive attack that continued to be one of the league's most potent as evidenced by the Patriots runnerup status for the NFL scoring title with 411 points. In 1980, he plans to continue that offensive tradition and improve the overall strength of the club with a vigorous conditioning program. Among the goals he has set for the squad in his second year as head coach is improved special teams and defensive play. With those objectives in mind, Ron looks to start the new decade by directing the Patriots to a playoff berth and most importantly the chance to represent the AFC in the 1981 Super Bowl.

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PATRIOTS COACHING STAFF

JIM RINGO Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line

Jim Ringo has become a familiar name in NFL circles since he established himself as one of the league's greatest lineman ever while playing in 14 NFL seasons.

Jim broke into the NFL ranks as Green Bay's seventh round choice in 1953 after playing at Syracuse University. In 1957 he was named to the All-Pro Team, the first of eight times he was so honored. During his stellar Packer career as a center, he played on the 1960 squad that won the NFL Western Division Title and the Packer teams that won NFL Championships in 1961 and 1962. After 11 seasons with the Packers, which included 1 O Pro Bowl appearances and 8 years as team captain, Jim was traded to Philadelphia where he played the balance of his career before retiring. Before his retirement, Jim established a then NFL record of playing in 182 consecutive games.

Born on November 21, 1932 in Orange, N.J. , Ringo began his coaching career as offensive line coach of the Chicago Bears in 1969. After three seasons with the Bears, he moved to Buf­falo to accept similiar responsibilities with the Bills in 1972. While at Buffalo, he tutored the "Electric Company," Buffalo's famed offensive line that included Joe DeLamielleure and Reg­gie McKenzie. The "Electric Company" helped pave the way for the record setting performance of O.J. Simpson and Ringo was named "NFL Assistant Coach of the Year" in 1973 by the National 1000 Yard Club.

Jim was named head coach of the Bills on October 15, 1976, replacing the departed Lou Saban, and served in that capacity through the 1977 season. He joined the Patriots staff as offen­sive line coach in 1978 and during his first season at that post, the Patriots set an NFL team record for most yards rushing in a season (3165). When Ron Erhardt was named head coach in April, 1979, he picked Jim to serve as the team's offensive coordinator, a position Erhardt had held himself for two seasons.

Jim and his wife, Betty, are the parents of three sons and one daughter.

FRITZ SHURMUR Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Line

A veteran coach with 26 years of col­lege and pro coaching under his belt, Fritz Shurmur will begin his first season as defensive coordinator of the Patriots in 1980. Shurmur was promoted to the

coordinator's post on February 2, 1980 after Hank Bullough resigned to accept a similiar job with Cincinnati.

Born in Riverview, Michigan on July 15, 1932, Fritz played both center and linebacker at Albion College (Mich.) from 1951-53. Upon graduating from Albion in 1954, he remained at his alma mater to serve as a graduate assistant for the 1954 and 1955 seasons. In 1956, he was named a full time assistant coach and served there through the 1961 season.

Fritz then moved to the University of Wyoming where he spent eight seasons as defensive line coach. During those nine seasons (1962-70) the Cowboys won three straight WAC Championships (1966-68) and appeared in both the 1966 Sun Bowl and the 1968 Sugar Bowl. Fritz then spent the 1971, 1972 and 1973 seasons as head coach of the Cowboys. 8

He returned to his hometown to make his pro coaching debut as defensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions in 1975. Fritz spent three seasons at Detroit (1975-77) before leaving the NFC Club to become defensive line coach of the Patriots in 1978. In just his second season at New England, the Patriots led the entire NFL in both QB sacks (57) and fewest yards allowed per rushing attempt (3.4), a credit to his untiring deter­mination and devotion to the game of football.

Fritz and his wife, Peggy, have one son and two daughters.

RAYMOND BERRY

Receivers

One of the NFL's greatest all-time receivers, Raymond has continued his career in pro football as one of the game's coaching authorities. A tireless worker and technician, Raymond was

the favorite target of passing great Johnny Unitas at Baltimore. During a 13 year career with the Colts, Raymond amassed

9275 receiving yards and 68 career TDs on 631 catches good for the third spot on the Hall of Fame's leading lifetime receiv­ing list. In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments on the gridiron, Raymond was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973.

A native Texan, he was born in Corpus Christi on February 27, 1933, exactly one year after Patriot Head Coach Ron Erhardt was born in Mandan, N.D. Raymond played at Southern Methodist before being selected as a future choice in the 20th round of the 1954 NFL draft. Following his playing career with the Colts, he remained in the NFL by accepting his first coaching position as an assistant at Dallas in 1968.

Two years later, Raymond left Dallas and worked as an assis­tant on the collegiate level at Arkansas (1970-72) before rejoin­ing the NFL coaching ranks at Detroit (1973-75). He then spent two years (1976-77) with Patriot secondary coach Billy Kinard on Forrest Gregg's staff at Cleveland before arriving in New England in early 1978.

Raymond and his wife, Sally, are the parents of one son and two daughters.

GINO CAPPELLETTI

Special Teams

One of the greatest players in Patriots and AFL history, Gino Cappelletti begins his second season in the coaching ranks as special teams coach.

Gino was born on March 26, 1934 in Keewatin, Minnesota and played at the University of Min­nesota. Signed as a free agent defensive back off a Min­neapolis sandlot in 1960, Gino switched to wide receiver the following season. In addition to playing wide receiver, he handled the Patriots placekicking chores and in the process set a host of club and AFL records. He still ranks as the Patriots all-time leading scorer with 1130 points (350 conversions, 176 of 327 PAT attempts and 42 TDs) and was the AFL scoring leader five times. A five time AFL All-Star, he was one of only three players to play in all of his team's games during the AFL's existence. Only OT Tom Nevile (160 games) has played more games as a Patriot than Gino who appeared in 153 games before retiring prior to the start of the 1971 season. During his career, he caught 292 passes for 4574 yards and 42 TDs. Gino is one of only three Patriot players to have his jersey (#20) retired, with that distinction shared only by DT Jim Lee Hunt and DE Bob Dee.

Prior to joining the Patriots staff in May, 1979, Gino served as the color commentator on the Patriots radio broadcasts for seven seasons and pursued a career in the restaurant and food service industry.

Gino and his wife, Sandy, are the parents of three daughters.

BILLY K INARD

Defen s ive Backs

Enter ing h is second season as the Patr iots secondary coach, Billy joined the Patr iots in May, 1979 as the club's fourth secondary coach in as many seasons. In h is first year, he guided a

secondary group that spearheaded the Patr iots defens ive at­tack wh ich allowed only one receiver to exceed the 100 yard receiving mark dur ing the long 16 game slate.

Hav ing been born in Jackson, Miss iss ippi on December 16, 1933, he played h is college ball at Ole Miss and was drafted in the second round of the 1956 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns . Following h is rookie season as a defens ive back for the Browns, he was traded to Green Bay where he played for the Packers for two years (1957-58). Billy left pro football for one year (1959) to begin h is coach ing career as a h igh school coach in Daytona Beach, Flor ida but returned to play with the Buffalo Bills in 1960 .

Hanging up h is cleats for the last t ime, Billy joined the staff at Auburn as an ass istant (1961-63) and later worked on the staffs at Flor ida (1964-66), Georgia (1967-69) and Arkansas (1970) . In 1971, Billy became head coach at h is alma mater, Ole Miss, the first Rebel alumnus to do so in the school's football h istory that dates back to 1893. In h is f irst of three seasons as head mentor there, he led the Rebels to an impress ive 10-2-1 record.

Billy made h is return to Green Bay in 1974 for h is first ass ign­ment as a pro coach. He spent the 1974 season as secondary coach and assumed the pos it ion of Director of Research and Development for the Pack in 1975. In 1976, Bill returned to the team that had drafted h im twenty years earl ier, Cleveland, and he spent two years as the secondary coach on the Browns staff. Pr ior to accept ing a coach ing role with the Patr iots, Billy served as head coach of Gardner Webb College (N.C.) dur ing the 1978 season.

Billy and h is wife, Kay, have one son and one daughter .

BILL PARCELLS

Linebackers

Bill Parcells is the newest coach on the Patr iots staff and will make h is NFL coach ing debut th is season wh ile assuming the l inebacker coach ing post vacated by the departure of Hank

Bullough to Cincinnat i . Along with the appointment of defen­s ive l ine coach Fr itz Shurmur as defens ive coordinator, Bill was named to the Patr iots coach ing staff on February 2, 1980. Although he is enter ing h is first season in the NFL, Bill is no stranger to the game of football with h is 15 years of college coach ing exper ience.

A former All Missour i Valley Conference l inebacker at Wich ita State (1961-63), Bill played in the 1963 Blue Gray Game and 1964 College All-Star Game. Opt ing for a coach ing career, rather than playing pro ball, he joined the staff at Hast ings Col­lege (Neb.) in 1964 as a defens i ve ass istant. He returned to h is alma mater in 1965 to coach the defens ive l ine before join ing Tom Cah ill's West Point staff as l inebacker coach in 1966. After coach ing the Black Kn ights for four seasons (1966-69), he directed the l inebackers at Flor ida State for three years (1970-72). He then went on to serve as defens ive coordinator at both Vanderb ilt (1973-74) and Texas Tech (1975-77).

Born on August 22, 1941 in Englewood, N.J., Bill was 36 years old when he was named head coach at the Air- Force Academy on December 13, 1977, succeeding Ben Mart in who ret ired after 20 seasons as the Falcons' head coach. He directed the Falcons to a 3-8 record before join ing the staff of Ray Perk ins with the New York Giants but was forced to res ign the post for personal reasons several months later. He spent s ix months in pr i vate bus iness before coming to the Patr iots.

Bill and h is wife, Judi th , have three daughters.

JOHN POLONCHEK

Quarterbacks

John Polonchek joined the Patriots in 1975, the same year that the team chose Steve Grogan in the fifth round of the NFL draft, and he has played an in­strumental role in the development of

Grogan as one of the finest quarterbacks in the NFL today. Born January 1, 1928 in Granastov, Czechoslovakia, John

played both offensive and defensive back for Michigan State (1946-49) and began his coaching career as a graduate assis-. tant on the Spartan's junior varsity squad headed by Duffy Daugherty. After a two year coaching stint at MSU, John serv­ed a four year (1952-55) tour of duty with the Air Force which in­cluded coaching at Bolling Air Force Base.

John returned to civilian life and MSU in 1956 as an assistant on Daughtery' s varsity staff. In 1959 he moved west to coach the offensive backs at Colorado for three seasons (1959-61 ). Following his coaching stop with the Buffs, John entered private business for several years (1962-66) but remained ac­tive with football as a part-time scout for the New York Jets.

Later, John returned to football on a full time basis as offen­sive backfield coach with the Oakland Raiders from 1967-71. He then joined Dan Devine's staff at Green Bay where he serv­ed the Packers for three seasons (1972-74) as receivers coach. Since joining the Patriots, John has helped engineer an offen­sive passing attack that ranks among the most potent in the NFL.

John and his wife, Joanne, have one son and two daughters.

TOM YEWCIC

Offensive Backs

Tom Yewcic has served the Patriots organization in a variety of roles over the years and will begin his second season as offensive backfield coach in 1980. He played with the Patriots during the infant

years of the franchise and later returned to the Patriots as a coach and scout. Only quarterback coach John Polonchek can boast a longer Patriot coaching service record than Yewcic among the present staff members.

Born May 9, 1933 at Conemaugh, Pa., Tom played at Michigan State and quarterbacked the Spartans to a 1954 Rose Bowl win over UCLA. A two-time sport All-America selection, Tom played catcher in the Detroit Tiger organization following his Spartan playing career. He played for the Toronto Argonauts in 1960 and then joined the Boston Patriots (AFL) for six seasons (1961-66). Tom still heads the Patriots all-time punters list with 377 punts for 14, 553 yards (38.6 avg.) and boomed a 70 yard punt against the New York Jets on November 28, 1965. He was also the first Patriot ever to pass for over 300 yards in a game as he completed 18 of 38 attempts for 304 yards against the Jets on October 5, 1963.

Tom served the Patriots as offensive backfield coach in 1967 and 1968 before joining the college coaching ranks for several years. He then assumed the head coaching duties of the New England Colonials se!Tli-pro team, for the 1973 season before returning to the Patriots in 1974 to work in the Pro Scouting Department. In 1976 he took command of the special teams and was promoted to offensive backfield coach in 1979 when Ron Erhardt was promoted from that role to head coach.

Tom and his wife, Jane, have one son and one daughter.

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RICK BU FFINGTON

Adminstrative Assistant

As the game of pro football grows in­creasingly more complex each season, NFL coaching staffs must rely on ad­ministrative assistants to handle the myriad duties such as film study and

computerized game scouting analysis. Rick Buffington hand­les those important functions for the Patriots.

A native of Massachusetts, Rick was born on April 16, 1945 in nearby Fall River and was a star halfback at Durfee High School. Following a stint at Brigham Young Univesity, he played with numerous semi-pro clubs throughout New England and later became Head Coach and General Manager of the semi-pro Attleboro Kings (EFL) where he turned in a 37-14-1 record.

After working as a part time scout for the New York Jets, Rick joined the Patriots Scouting Department in June, 1978 and assumed his present role in May, 1979. Not only does he spend numerous hours with football, he enjoys running and completed the 1980 Boston Marathon.

Rick is married to the former Susan Auger.

H EAD COACH ES RECORDS

Coach LOU SABAN M IKE HOLOVAK CL IVE R U S H J O H N MAZU R P H I L BENGTSON C H U C K F A I R B A N K S RON E R H A R DT

Seasons 1 ½ 7½ 1 ½ 2

½ 6 1

Years 1 960-61 1 96 1 -68 1 969-70 1 970-72 1 970 1 973-78· 1 979

W-L-T Record Pct. 7-1 2-0 .368

53-47-9 . 530 5-1 6-0 .238 9-2 1 -0 .300 1 - 4- 0 .200 49-39-0 . 557 9- 7-0 . 563

· Fa i rba n k s was u nder s uspens ion , for 1 2- 1 8-78 game aga inst M iami , won by Do l p h i n s 23-3 . Erhardt & B u l l o u g h served as act i ng co-head coac hes and t h i s loss i s not i n c l uded in Fa i rba n k ' s record .

ALL-TI M E COACH ES ROSTER

Total Years of Name Pos ition Years Service

Beatty , Bruce Offens ive L ine 4 1 969-1 972 Bengtso n , P h i l H ead Coach ( I n t . ) ½ 1 972 Berry , Raymond Receivers 2 1 978-1 979 Bru ney , F red Defens ive Backf ie ld 2 1 962-1 963 B u l l o u g h , H a n k Defe n s ive L i ne 7 1 973-1 979 Cam p b e l l , Mar ion Defens ive L i ne 2 1 962-1 963 Cappe l le tt i , G i n o Spec ia l Teams 1 1 979 Co l l i e r , Joe l D . Defen s ive Backf ie ld 2 1 960- 1 961 Dotsch , Ro l l i e Ou ts i de L i nebackers 2 1 975-1 976 E l i as , B i l l Defens ive Backf ie ld 2 1 969-1 970 Erhardt , Ron Offens ive Backf ie ld 6 1 973-1 978 Eva n s , D i ck Defen s ive L i ne 2 1 97 1 - 1 972 Fa i rba n k s , C h u c k H ead Coach 5 1 973-1 977 F letcher , Tom Defe n s ive Backf ie ld 2 1 97 1 - 1 972 G i bson , C laude Defe ns ive Backf ie ld 1 1 968 Ho lovak , M i ke Offens ive Backf ie ld 1 ½ 1 960- 1 961

H ead Coach 7½ 1 96 1 - 1 968 K i nard , B i l l y Defens ive Backf ie ld 1 1 979 Loudd , Rommie L i n e backers 1 1 966 M c la u g h l i n , Leon Offens ive L i n e 1 1 977 Mazur , J o h n Offens ive Backf ie ld 1 ½ 1 969-1 970

H ead Coach 2 1 970-1 972 Meyer , J o h n L i nebackers 4 1 969-1 972 M i l l e r , Red Offens ive L i ne 6 1 960-6 1 , 73-76 N e l s e n , B i l l Q uarterbacks 2 1 973-1 974 Perk i n s , Ray Rece ivers 4 1 974-1 977 Po lonchek , J o h n Q uarterbacks 5 1 975-1 979 R ichard so n , Jesse Defen s ive L i ne 5 1 965-1 969

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R ingo , J i m Offens ive L i ne 2 1 978-1 979 R u s h , C l i ve H ead Coac h 1 ½ 1 969-1 970 Ru t i g l iano , Sam Off. Backs-Receivers 3 1 97 1 - 1 973 Saban . Lou Head Coac h 1 ½ 1 960-1 961 S h u r m u r , Fr i tz Defensive L i ne 2 1 978-1 979 S m i t h , J e rry Defens ive L i ne 2 1 960-1 961 Sp inney , Art Offens ive L ine 7 1 962-1 968 Stoltz , J erry Receivers 4 1 969-1 972 S u m ner , Char l ie L i nebackers 6 1 973-1 978 Taseff , Car l Defensive Backf ie ld 1 1 964 Valek , J i m Specia l Teams 3 1 973-1 975 Walker , D ick Defens ive Backs 1 1 977 Weaver, Larrye Defens ive Backf ie ld 4 1 973-1 976 Weber , Chuck De f . L i n e / Backf ie ld 4 1 964-1 967 Yewc ic , Tom Off. Backs / Spec. Teams 6 1 967-68, 75-79

20 - 79 - 89 RET I R E D

CAPPELLETTI HU NT DEE

Over the 20-year h i story of the Patr iots on l y th ree p layers have been honored by havi ng t he i r j e rsey n u m be rs ret i red from act ive serv ice - N o . 20 of k i cke r / w ide rece iver G i n o Cappe l l ett i ; No. 79 of defens i ve tack l e J i m m y H u nt ; No. 89 of defens ive end Bob Dee .

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PATRICK J. S ULLIVAN Asst . Gen . M g r .

M I K E McCARTHY Personne l Asst .

TOM HEALION H ead Tra iner

M ICEAL CHAMB ERLAIN Dir . , Market i n g

N A N C Y M E I E R Adm . , P layer Perso n n e l

S T E V E POREDA Systems Ana lyst

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D i r . , Col l . Scout ing

BOB TEAHAN Person ne l Asst .

• GEORGE LUONGO

Equip . M g r .

KEN DEININGER F i lm Mgr .

JUDY QU IMBY Ad m . Asst . , G . M .

D O N BROCHER Asst . Equ ip . Mgr .

BILL McPEAK Dir . , Pro Scout ing

JEANNETTE ALLEN Asst. Treasurer

TOM HOFFMAN Dir . , Media Rel .

KEVIN FITZGERALD Ticket Manager

TOM GARDNER Data Process ing Mgr .

JOHN WATERS Asst. Tra iner

CLAUDIA SMITH Asst . D i r . Med ia Rel .

BARRY STEWART Ad m i n . Aide. G . M .

SARA HARVEY Asst . Gen . Mgr .

S USAN OULLETTE Market ing

LISA WALKER Pro Scout ing

CHARLIE PARISH Stad . Operations

BILL FANTINI Asst . Ticket Mgr .

PATTI DEL GROSSO Col l . Scout ing

HELEN IGO Col l . Scout ing

MARIE PASTER Bus i ness Office

ED BAYLEY Stad . Operat ions

LARRY SHELDON Stad . Operat ions

KAREN MASKAS Asst. Ticket Mgr .

BETTE HALL Media Relat ions

CINDY O'BRIEN Coaches Office

BEV SCOLLINS Recept ionist

KEVIN CAVE Stad . Operat ions

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VETE RA N S ' BIOG RA P H IES

J U L I U S ADAMS 85

DE 6-4 263 TEXAS SOUTH ERN 9th year DOB : 4-26-48 at Macon Ga . HOW ACQU IRED : D-2 , 1 971

PRO: One of the veteran ma instays i n the Patriots defens ive l i ne, J u l i us retu rned to the g r id i ron last season after m iss ing a l l but the open­ing game of the '78 season with a shou lder i nj u ry (vs. Wash . , 9-3-78) . . . h i s s ix QB sacks, i nc l ud i ng two each i n w ins over the NY Jets (9-9) and Chicago ( 1 0- 14 ) he l ped the Patriots to a league lead i ng QB sack effort (57) . . . "The Jewel " also accounted for 49½ tack les , 1 3 QB pressures and a fumb le recovery in ' 79 wh i l e mak ing seven starts . . . h i s best day was a six tack le effort vs. Denver ( 1 1 -1 1 ) a long with a fumb le recovery . . . a strong and q u ick DE , J u l i u s sets the example for the younger Patriot defenders . . . whi le start i ng a l l 14 games i n ' 77 , J u l i u s had 9½ sacks, i nc l ud i ng 4½ aga inst the Falcons ( 1 2-4-77) i n front of h is hometown fans . . . he also had 43 tack les on the year whi le lead i ng the defensive l i n e i n total plays (841 ) . . . J u l i u s was the top tack ler (47½ ) among the defens ive l i nemen i n ' 76 and also had s ix sacks and 1 2 QB pressures . . . du r i ng h i s Patriots career, he has p layed three posit ions - DE, DT and LB for the c l ub . . . was Patr iots l ead i ng sacker (7½ ) i n '74 and was named as one of the N FL 's top defens ive l i nemen by Pro QB Magaz ine . . . m issed f ive games the fol lowing year ( 1 975) with a foot i n­j u ry but retu rned to spearhead the defense i n '76 . . . chosen to the UPI a l l-rook ie team i n 1 971 . . . one of on ly four p layers on the active squad (a long wi th center B i l l Lenkait is guard Sam Adams and NT Ray Hami l ton) who have played in more than 1 00 games in a Patriot 's u n iform ( 1 07 games) . COLLEGE: Four year starter at Texas Southern where he was twice tab­bed a l l conference . PERSONAL: Marr ied (Yvonne) . . . father of th ree sons, J u l i us I l l (9) , Chris (5 ) , and Keith ( 1 ) , as wel l as a daughter Simone (2) . . . l i kes to h u nt . . . operates a farm in his hometown Macon , Ga. area. STATS: B locked PAT in 1 974; F umbles Recover ies: ' 7 1 -1 , ' 73°1 , ' 79-1 ; Games played : 1 97 1 -1 4 , 1 972-1 1 , 1 973-1 4 , 1 974- 14 , 1 975-9 , 1 976-1 4 , 1 977-1 4 , 1 978-1 , 1 979-1 6 , Tota l : 1 07 .

SAM ADAMS 6 1

O G 6-3 260 PRA IR I E V IEW 9th year DOB: 9-20-48 at Jasper, TX . H OW ACQ U IRED : W-Da l las , 1 971

PRO: A veteran ma instay i n the Patriots offensive l i ne , Sam has started 82 of 86 games s ince becom ing a Patriot . . . had a f ine year in ' 78 as he he lped pave way for the Patriots NFL record sett i ng season rush i ng ef­fort . . . a long with l i nemate and center B i l l Len ka i t is ( 1 25) , Sam is one of only four act ive Patr iots to p lay i n more than 1 00 games in a Patriots u n iform th rough the 1 979 season , hav ing p layed in 1 05 games in e ight years . . . started 13 of f i rst 14 games i n ' 79 whi le miss ing a start against Ch icago ( 1 0-1 4) because of f l u . . . i nj u red ank le early i n 1 4th game (vs. M iam i , 1 1 -29) and was replaced i n start i ng l i neup for f ina l two games by backup Bob Cryder . . . saw act ion in f ina l game . . . wh i l e the Patriots start i ng r igh t g uard , Patriots were N FL ' s second best rush ing c l ub i n '76 and AFC ' s t h i rd best in ' 77 performance of 31 65 yards . . . Sam not on ly p lays r ight g uard , he can a lso p lay both tack le spots as proven by h is performance in '73 when h e started e ight games there . . . began pro career as a supp lemental d raft se lect ion by Los Ange les i n 1 970 . . . released by Rams, then jo in ed Dal las before Patr iots c la imed h im on waivers from Cowboys pr ior to 1 971 season . . . spent '71 season on Patriots tax i squad . . . started seven games at g uard i n 1 972 before moving to tack le in '73 and back to r ight g uard spot opposite John Han­nah i n '74 .

COLLEGE: Three year starter at Pra i r ie View A & M .

PERSONAL: Marr ied (Mari l yn ) and has om, son , Sam (6) . . . spent past off-season study ing Account ing at U n iversity of Houston . . . cous in of former P i ttsburgh Stee ler and Patriots DE Ern ie Ho lmes . . another cous i n , James Had not was chosen by Kansas City i n 3rd round of 1 980 N FL d raft .

STATS: Fumb le recover ies : 1 9"?2-1 , 1 977-1 ; Games p layed 1 972-7 , 1 973-1 2 , 1 974- 1 4 , 1 975- 1 3 , 1 976- 14 , 1 977-1 4 , 1 978- 16 , 1 979- 15 , Tota l : 1 05 .

DOUG B EAU DO IN 27

ss 6-1 1 90 M I N N ESOTA 5th year DOB: 5-1 5-54 at D i ck i nson , N D . H O W ACQ U I RE D : D-9, 1 976

PRO: Doug had another season of combat wi th the i nj u ry bug in ' 79 a l though he won the start i ng strong safety spot in t ra i n i ng cam p . . after start i ng the fi rst two games, he m issed the next two with a g ro in in ­j u ry but retu rned to the start ing l i neup for f i ve more games before frac­tu r i ng a cheekbone vs. Bu ffalo ( 1 1 -25) . . . as a resu l t of that inj u ry , he was p laced on the i n j u red reserve l is t on 1 1 -27 . . . had 17 tack les on the year i nc l ud i ng f ive i n the season opener vs . Pittsburgh . . . a lso record­ed an i n tercept ion vs. Buffalo ( 1 1 -25) . . . started 13 games in 1 978 wi th the b iggest day of h i s pro career coming when he had two i n tercept ions i n Patriots 33-24 w i n over M iami ( 1 0-22-78) . . . tu rned i n 49 tack les and t h ree i ntercept ions i n 1 978 . . . saw p lenty of specia l teams action his f i rst two years as a pro . . . placed on i n j u red reserve l is t for f ina l th ree games of rook ie year ( 1 976) with mononec leos is .

COLLEGE: Four year varsity starter for Golden Gophers . . . was a RB as a frosh (51 3 yards rush i ng , 4 TDs ) before switch i ng to free safety spots . . . second team A l l Big Ten as a sen ior i n 1 975.

PERSONAL: Marr ied (Renee ) , has one son , Ryan (2) . . . works part­t ime as an i nstructor in a Naut i l us tra i n i ng fac i l i ty . . . a long with team­mates Dick Conn and Edd ie Hare, he won the N FLPA Golf Tournament i n Las Vegas du r i ng the past off-season . . . besides go l f , he enjoys photography .

STATS: Fumb le recover ies : 1 976-1 , 1 979-2 ; I ntercept ions : 1 978-3 , 1 979-1 ; K ickoff Retu rns : 1 977-fou r for 73 yards ; Punt returns : 1 977-one for zero yards ; Games p layed : 1976-9, 1977-1 1 , 1978- 16 , 1979- 10 , Total-46

R ICHARD B ISHOP 64

NT / DE 6-1 260 LOU ISV ILLE 5th year DOB: 3-23-50 at C levelan d . H O W ACQ U I RE D : FA , 1 976

PRO: Wel l bu i l t , muscu lar performer who can play both nose tack le and D E . . . started 14 games as knee i n j u ry vs . Buffalo ( 1 1 -25) he ld h im ou t of M iam i ( 1 1 -29) and NY Je t s ( 1 2-9) games . . . retu rned to start f ina l game vs . M i n n esota ( 1 2-1 6) . . . e igh th on team , t h i rd best tack ler (54) among defens ive l i nemen i n ' 79 . . . runnerup i n sack race with 8½ whi le add i n g 18 Q B pressu res . best day was seven tack le per­formance vs. M i n n . ( 1 2-1 6) . . . earned start ing role at DE i n early '78 when J u l i u s Adams was placed on i n j u red reserve . . . opened wi th outstand i ng performance vs . A l l -Pro tack le Art She l l (Oak land) and won J im Lee Hunt Memor ia l Award as team ' s outstand i ng l i neman . . . a lso won 1 776 Fan Club U nsung Hero Award i n '78 . . . led Patriots i n QB pressu res (27) , second i n sacks (7 ) and th i rd i n tack les (75) . . . topped DL with 15 pressu res as defensive unit was tops i n AFC i n '77 . . . pro g rid career got off to a wh i rlw ind start . . . 5th round pick of C inc innati i n 1 974 NFL d raft but was v ict im o f f i n a l roster cu t i n c amp . . . p layed wi th Ham i l ton T iger-Cats ( 1 974) and Ottawa Rough R iders ( 1 975) of CFL the next two years . . . re-s i gned by Benga ls as FA on 2-24-76 but cut again on 8-1 7-76 . . . s igned by Patriots as FA on 9-5-76 and p layed i n open i ng game vs . Ba l t imore . . . waived the fo l lowing day , but re-s igned f ive days later and played i n f inal 13 games.

COLLEGE: A l l M issou ri Va l ley Conference p layer who led Cardina ls i n tackles for two years . PERSONAL: Married ( Barbara) . . . act ive in N .E . area Special O lym­p ics , Boy Scout g roups and Boys ' Club . . . works as auto b roker and on Pres ident ' s Task Force on Youth Emp loyment . . . l i kes to write and pa int . STATS: Fumb le Recoveries : 1 976-2, 1 977-1 , 1 978-2 , 1 979-1 ; Games p layed : 1 976- 14 , 1 977- 12 , 1 978- 16 , 1 979- 14 , Total-56 .

P ETE B ROCK 58

OC I OG 6-5 260 COLORADO 5th year DOB: 7-1 4-54 at Port land , OR . HOW ACQ U IRED : D-l b , 1 976

PRO: No matter what the offensive l i ne position is, Pete p roved in 1 979 that he can p lay it . . . primary backup at center and g uard th rough first ten games, he started last six games at LT in p lace of the i nj u red Dwight Wheeler . . . started at AG i n 27-7 win over Ch icago ( 1 0-7) and p layed th ree other positions (LT, WB and snapper) i n same series of p lays . . . h is versat i l ity i n f i l l i n g a l l positions and shor ing up the Patriots offensive l i ne that was ridd led with i n juries earned Pete the 1 776 Fan C lub ' s U n­sung Hero Award for 1 979 . . . not on ly does he snap for FG , PAT and punts, Pete also has p layed as wingback or th i rd TE i n th ree TE offense . . . started at LG in p lace of absent John Hannah for fi rst th ree games of ' 77 . . . as a rookie, Pete caught TD pass vs. NY Jets and was dubbed "Deep Th reat" by teammates . . . one of th ree fi rst round p icks by Patriots i n 1 976 d raft . . . he and Tim Fox were chosen with first round p icks acqu i red from San Francisco i n J im P lunkett trade . . . second of­fensive l i neman, 1 2t h p layer selected i n 1 976 d raft . COLLEGE: Consensus Al l-America and co-captain at Co lorado h is senior year . . . teammate of Patriot TE Don Hasselbeck wh i le p laying for Buffs. PERSONAL: Married (Karen ) . . . fat her of Stephanie (4) and John (2) . . . began career in research and d evelopment with N i ke Shoes, now i n promotions wit h same company . . . b rother W i l l p layed with Detro it and Kansas City . . . younger brother Stan was Al l-American l i neman at Co l­orado and d rafted in f irst round of '80 N FL d raft by New Orleans . . . l ikes to fly-fish . STATS: Receiving : 1 97�ne for six yards (TD) ; Fumb l e recoveries: 1 976-1 , 1 979-2; Games p layed : 1 976-1 4 , 1 977-1 4, 1 978-1 6, 1 979-1 6, Total : 60.

MARK B U B EN 63

DE 6-3 260 TU FTS 2nd year DOB: 3-23-57 at M ethuen , MA. HOW ACQ U I RED : FA , 1 979

PRO: Defens ive Coord inator Fritz Sh u rmu r tutored Mark i n h is rookie campa ign as a pro and said " he 's an i ntense young compet itor whose outstand ing hust l e and compet it iveness earned h im a spot on the roster" . . . p layed in a l l 1 6 games as a reserve DL and on special teams . . . was cred ited with 7½ tackles in the defense cause . COLLEGE: A local hero , Mark p layed h is co l l ege ba l l at nearby Tufts U n ivers ity , a Div is ion I l l schoo l in Medford . . . MVP as a sen ior and Kodak Div is ion I l l A l l-America select ion . . . also co l lege d iv is ion win­ner of the prest i g ious New Eng land footba l l award, the Go lden Helmet Award . . . in h is f ina l year as a co l l eg ian , had 1 2 QB sacks , 90 u nass isted tackles and 1 0 b locked passes in n i ne games . PERSONAL: S i ng l e . . . father is an Orthodox M i n ister i n hometown of M ethuen M A . . . d idn ' t p lay footba l l un t i l sen ior year in H .S . . . . spent h is f i rst pro off-season weight trai n i ng and speak ing to g roups on Boston 's North Sho re . STATS: Games p layed : 1 979- 16 .

D O N CA LHO U N 44

RB 6-0 21 2 KANSAS ST ATE 7th year DOB: 4-29-52 at M u skogee, Ok la . HOW ACQ U IRED : FA, 1 975

PRO: Don has earned the reputation as the squad ' s f i reman , always coming to the rescue when the Patriots offens ive backf ie ld has been beseiged by i nj u ries , as has often been the case i n the past several seasons . . . a l though he d i dn ' t win a start i ng role at the open ing of the season , Don made s ix starts i n place of starters Sam Cunn i ngham (FB) and Andy Johnson (HB) and f i n i shed the year as the c lub 's t h i rd best rusher beh ind Cunn i ngham and Horace Ivory . . . he also t ied Cunn­i n g ham for team leadersh i p i n rush ing TDs wi th 5 scores . . . Don ' s best day of the year was an 83 yard rush ing effort on 20 carries vs . Buffalo on 1 1 -25 . . . on the strength of his 456 rush ing yards i n '79 , Don has become the Patriots fou rth ranked a l l -t ime rusher with 2399 career yards on 563 carr ies (4.3 avg . ) to rank beh ind only Jim Nance ( 1 323-5323) , Cunn i ngham ( 1 290-51 63) and Larry Garron (763-2981 ) . . . had the longest run of h i s p ro career vs . St . Lou i s (9-1 0-78) when he dashed 73 yards on the f ina l p lay of the f i rst ha l f , on ly to be stopped one yard short of the goal l ine . . . '77 saw Don ranked n inth among AFC rushers , his best year as a pro . . . emerged from the background in 1 976 to he lp lead the Patriots to a p layoff spot when he took the p lace of start i ng FB Cunn i n gham who was i n j u red in the tenth game of the season . . . he r ipped off four consecutive games with over 1 00 yards rush ing vs . Ba l t imore (24-1 41 ) , NY J ets (22-1 09) , Denver (25-1 77) and New Or leans (22-1 1 3 ) . . . ranks only behind Nance and Cunn i ngham for most 1 00 yards rush ing games i n c l ub h i story wi th s ix to his credit . . . h i s 5 .6 r ush i ng avg . was tops i n the NFL i n '76 . . . was Buffa lo 's 1 0th round choice i n 1 974, p lay i ng i n a l l 14 games for the B i l l s that year . . . after p lay i ng f i rst s ix games of '75 , he was waived by the B i l l s and s ign­ed as a FA w i th the Patriots on 1 1 -22-75 . . . i ron ica l l y , he caught the Patriots longest recept ion of the year (62 yards) f rom former Kansas State teammate Steve G rogan agai nst the B i l l s .

COLLEGE: P l ay i ng bo th hal fback and fu l l back as he, now does fo r t he Patr iots, Don ga i ned 1 300 yards du ri ng h i s career w i t h the W i ldcats .

PERSONAL: Marr ied ( Donna) . . . father of t h ree daughters . . . avid we igh t l i fte r who pound for pound i s one of the team ' s strongest players.

RUSH ING RECEIVING

Year G No. Yds. Avg. Lg. TD 0

No. Yds. Avg. Lg. TD 1 974 1 4 2 1 BB 4.2 1 5 2 1 0 5.0 1 975 1 1 42 184 4.4 3Bt 1 1 1 22.2 62 1 976 1 4 1 29 721 ,-.6 54 12 56 4.7 12 1 977 14 1 98 727 3.7 25 13 1 52 1 1 . 7 47 1 978 1 4 76 391 5 . 1 73 3 29 9.7 15 1 979 16 1 37 456 3.3 29 1 5 66 4.4 14

Totals 83 603 2567 4.3 73 12 50 424 8.5 62

Single Game Career Highs 1 00 Yard Rushing Games

Most Carries-27, vs . Baltimore ( 1 0-23-77) 1 975 - vs. NY Jets ( 1 2-71 1 5-1 03-1 (38t) Most Yds. Rush . - 1 77, vs. Denver ( 1 1 -28-76) 1 976 - at Balt imore ( 1 1 -4) 24- 14 1 -0 (54) Longest Ru n-73, at St. Lou is (9-1 0-78) at NY Jets ( 1 1 -21 I 22-1 09-0 ( 1 2)

vs . Denver ( 1 1 -28) 25-1 77-0 (26) vs. New Orleans ( 1 2-5) 22-1 13-0 (24)

1 978 - at St. Louis (9-10) 1 7-1 43-0 (73)

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MATT CAVANAUGH 1 2

Q B 6-1 2 1 0 P ITTS B U RG H 3rd year DOB: 1 0-27-56 at Youngstown , OH . HOW ACQ U IRED : D-2, 1 978 .

PRO: Last season provided another year of wait i ng for Matt as he strugg led w i th a late season knee prob lem and p layed beh ind Steve G rogan and Tom Owen . . . expected to take over pr imary backup role and make a run for start i ng t ime i n 1 980 . . . p layed i n 13 games i n h is second pro campai g n , most ly as placeho lder for John Smith . . . saw

s igna l ca l l i n g action vs . J ets (9-9 ) , t h row ing one complete pass for ten yard s . . . rook ie year was spent learn i ng and rehab i l itat i ng from Spri n g , 1 978 k n e e su rgery , . . . m i ssed th ree g a m e s i n ' 79 ( Ba it . , Buff . and M iam i ) fo l l ow ing m i no r knee ( r i g ht) su rgery ( 1 1 / 1 2) to remove bone ch ips , but returned to action for f inal two games . COLLEGE: Record laden career wi th Panthers enab led h im to be chosen 50th in 1 978 N F L d raft . . . ho lds Pitt records for most pass ing TDs (5 ) i n a game (vs . Duke, ' 76 ) , most TD passes ( 1 5) i n a season ( ' 77 ) , most career TD passes (3 1 ) and tota l offense i n one game (370 yards vs . Duke , ' 76 ) . . . wr is t i n j u ry ear ly i n sen ior year forced h im to s i t out on ly th ree weeks , then he returned to lead P i t t over C lemson i n Gator Bowl (36-23-378-4 TDs) to win MVP honors . . . as a j u n ior , he broke a leg but retu rned a month later to steer P i tt to Sugar Bowl win over Georg ia (game MVP) and to Nat iona l Co l lege Championsh ip . PERSONAL: S i ng l e . . . works as management trai nee i n P i ttsburgh bank . . . cou nts go l f and racquetba l l as h i s two favorite hobb ies . . b rothe r Ken p lays for Youngstown State wh i l e other brother Dan is a frosh Q B at P i t t . STATS : Pass i ng : 1 979-one complet ion for ten yards . Games played : 1 978-0 , 1 979- 1 3 , Tota l - 1 3 .

AL CHAND LER 82

T E 6-3 229 OKLAHOMA 7th year DOB: 1 1 -1 8-50 at 0k lahoma City , Ok HOW ACQ U IRED : W-St. Lou is , 1 979

PRO: Al made h i s ret u rn to the Patr iots via the waiver w i re when he was c la imed from St. Lou i s on 1 1 -1 -79 to he lp bolster the Patr iots receiv ing corps m idway th rough the season . . . af ter p lay ing the f i rst n ine games of the year for the Cards (5 recept ions for 49 yards ) , he p layed i n the seaso n ' s last seven as a Patr iot , making one catch for two yards . . . A l i s an able rece iver who can a lso p lay an i m portant role on specia l teams . . . after p lay ing f i rst fou r games of ' 78 wi th the Patr iots , he was waived on 9-29-78 and later s i gned as a FA by the Cards on 1 0-4-78 . . . had 1 6 catches f o r 1 90 ( 1 1 . 9 avg . ) f o r S t . Lou i s a n d t ied f o r team leadersh ip i n TD recept ions ( 4 ) . . . started i n t h ree games for i n j u red R u s s Francis i n both '76 and '77 . . . ori g i na l l y a second round p ick of C i nc i n nat i i n 1 973, A l was traded to San Franc isco in 1 975 and was a vict im of the 49ers ' f i na l cu t . . . d i d not p lay d u ri n g ' 75 NFL season . . . s i gned as FA by Patr iots on 4-6-76 p layed in a l l 28 games d u ri n g '76 and '77 seasons . COLLEGE: Two t ime A l l -B ig 8 se lect ion as TE at Ok lahoma and was a lso named to several A l l -America squads . PERSONAL: Marr ied ( Peaches) . . . father of daug hter N i k i sh i (3) . . . ho lds B .S . deg ree i n management and a M . A . i n pub l i c ad m i n i stration . . . works i n em ployee relat ions for energy company i n Ok lahoma City .

RECE IV ING Year Club G No. Yds. Avg. TD

1 974 C i n n . 1 3

1 975 C i n n . 1 4 1 9 9 .0 0

1 976 Patriots 1 4 5 49 9 .8 3

1 977 Patriots 1 4 68 9 .7 0

1 978 Patr iots 4

St . Louis 1 1 1 6 1 90 1 1 .9 4

1 979 St. Louis 9 5 49 9 .9 0

Patriots 6 51 8 .5

Total s 86 36 367 1 0 . 5 9

OTHER STATS : Fum b les Recover ies : ' 76-2 .

ALLAN CLARK 3 5

RB / KOR 5-1 0 1 86 NORTHERN AR IZONA 2nd year DOB: 6-8-57 at G rand Rapids , M N . H O W ACQ U I RED : D-1 0-b , 1 979

PRO: No one expected A l lan to make the Patr iots roster last season

after be ing chosen as the last of the Patriots 1 979 d raft cho ices ( tenth rou nd ) and 271 st p layer overa l l i n the d raft . . . desp i te h is smal l s ize , he became the " kam i kazee k id" on the specia l teams and h is outstand ing spec ia l teams p lay i n pre-season won h i m a spot on the roster . . . top tack le r on the k ickoff coverage squad with 10 stops . . . ranked sixth in AFC among k ickoff returner with 8 1 6 yards on 37 returns (22 . 1 avg . ) . . . R B Coac h Tom Yewcic says Clark " i s a tou g h hard nosed runn i ng back who i s very com pet i t ive and can make t h i ngs happe n " . . . A l lan won the adm i rat ion of Patr iot fans for his special teams play and was chosen as Patriots Rook ie of the Year by the Patriots 1 776 Fan C l ub . . . h i s best r ush i ng day was in Patriots 50-2 1 win over Ba l t imore ( 1 1 - 1 8) when he got 65 yards on 9 carr ies i n c l ud i ng a 15 yard TD r un . COLLEGE: Second team A l l-America se lect ion who had 3575 a l l pu r­pose yards in fou r years of p lay . . . had a 4 .87 rush ing average (2753 on 552 attempts) . . . scored f i rst two t imes he hand led the bal l i n co l lege . . . as a ha lfback opt ion passer , went 7 for 9 i nc l ud i ng f i ve TD passes . PERSONAL: Marr ied (Deborah ) w i th two sons , A l lan , J r . (3) and M ichae l ( 1 ) . . . began a sa les career d u ri ng the past off-season for a local Dodge dea lersh i p . . . often seen at Schaefer Stad i um work ing out . . . l i kes to f i sh and h u nt .

RUSHING KICKOFF RETURNS

Year G AU Yds . Avg. Lg. TD No. Yds . Avg. Lg. TD

1 979 1 6 1 9 84 4 . 4 1 9 37 8 1 6 22 . 1 38 0

RAY CLAYBORN 26

C B 6-1 1 90 TEXAS 4th year DOB: 1 -2-55 at Forth Worth , Tx HOW ACQU IRED : D-1 a , 1 977

PRO: I n on l y h i s t h i rd year as a pro, Ray l ived up to potential by p lay ing w hat many NFL observers fe l t was an a l l-pro season . . . Patriots Head Coach Ron Erhard t s u m m ed up Ray ' s t h i rd year by say i n g , "I thought Ray be longed i n the P ro Bowl" . . . Ray started a l l 16 games for the se­cond consecut ive year and snapped M i ke Haynes th ree year re i g n as team i n tercept ion leader by snagg i n g f ive i n tercept ions to Haynes ' t h ree . . . he a lso f ig u red i n 15 of the 45 passes b locked by Patriot d efenders o n the year wh i l e f i n i s h i ng fou rth on the squad i n tack les (58½ ) . . . havi n g become a f u l l t ime corner , Ray ' s ro le as the Patriots p r imary k ickoff retu rner was taken over by rook ie A l lan Clark, but he f i l l ­ed i n for the i n j u red C lark vs . Bal t imore ( 1 0-28) to return two k ickoffs fo r 33 yards . . . i n h i s sophomore season ( 1 978) , he earned the start i ng ro l e at corner for a l l 1 6 games and was 1 0th among AFC k ickoff retu rners (27 for 636 yards , 23.6 yard avg . ) . . . as the 1 6th player taken in the '77 N F L d raft (cho ice from San Franc isco i n J i m P l unkett trade ) , h e broke i n to the N F L i n ste l l a r fash ion , sett i ng f i ve Patr iot k ickoff return records as a rook ie . . . h i s 1 01 yard KOR vs . Ba i t . ( 1 2-1 8-77) for a TD was the N F L ' s longest of the year . . . he added KOR ' s of 1 00 yards (vs. NY J ets , 1 0-2-77 ) and 93 yards (vs. Bu ffa lo , 1 1 -6-77) to lead the leag ue in that department for the '77 season . . . . Ray ' s 869 k ickoff retu rn yards was second best in both the AFC and N F L in '77 . . . as a rook ie , he was named to PRO FOOTBALL WEEKL Y'S a l l-AFC and a l l-pro sq uads as a k i ckoff retu rner . . . now p lay ing w i th g reater conf idence at the i nc reas­i n g l y d i f f i cu l t corner pos i t i on , Ray i s expected to emerg e as one of the top corne rs i n t he NFL i n the seasons to come. COLLEGE: A two sport standout at Texas , Ray p layed both footbal l and ran on the track team . . . whi le a sophomore RB, he ga ined 209 yards o n 74 carr ies for the Longhorns , bu t switched to the secondary for h is f ina l two co l l ege seasons . . . tu rned i n s i x i n tercept ions and 23 b locked passes in co l l ege . . . as a retu rn specia l ist at Texas, he returned pu nts for 477 yards and k ickoffs for another 582 yards , i n c l ud i ng a 95 yarder for a TD vs . Boston Co l lege ( 1 974) . PERSONAL: Sing le . . . retu rned to the UT cam pus to complete deg ree req u i rements in t he off-season . . . col lege roommate was R B Earl Campbe l l o f Houston .

KICKOFF RETURNS INTERCEPTIONS

Year G No. Yds . Avg. Lg. TD No. Yds . Avg. Lg. TD

1 977 14 28 869 3 1 . 0 1 0 1 1 1 978 1 6 27 636 2 3 . 6 6 0 0 4 7 2 1 8.0 4 4 0 1 979 1 6 2 33 1 6 . 5 20 0 5 56 1 1 .2 27 0

Totals 46 57 1 538 27 .0 1 0 1 1 3 9 1 28 1 4.2 44 O OTHER STATS: ' 77·1 ; F u mb les Recover ies : ' 78-1 .

RAY COST ICT 55

OLB 6-0 21 8 M ISSISS IPP I STATE 4th year DOB: 3-1 9-55 at Moss Point , MS. HOW ACQ U IRED : D-1 1 , 1 977

PRO: A steady specia l teams performer through h is th ree year Patriot career, Ray has p layed at both the i ns ide and outs ide l i neback ing posi­t ions . . . Ray had the most tack les of any non-starter on the Patriots, record i ng 50 tack les wh i l e back ing up Rod Shoate and seeing action in pass ing s i tuat ions . . . started one game in ' 79 for the i n j u red Shoate vs. Balt imore ( 1 0-28) . . . had a 22 yard i nterception retu rn vs . NY Jets (9-9) . . . F ritz Shu rmur feels Ray is "an except ional producer on pass coverage s i tuations and is a very a lert player who works hard at the mental aspect of the game" . . . when Steve Nelson was i n j u red in 1 978, Ray started four games at ILB . . . also had 50 tack les in 1 978 . . . saw most ly specia l teams act ion as a rook ie in 1 977 , after be ing chosen i n the 1 1 th rou nd (303rd player overa l l ) of NFL d raft.

COLLEGE: A tenac ious tack ler at M iss iss ipp i State , Ray had 462 tack les in th ree years as a LB for the Bu l ldogs . . . AP th i rd team Al l -America as a senior and two t ime SEC select ion . . . had a 4 .8 yard rush ing average as a frosh FB .

PERSONAL: S ing le . . . spends the off-season working with youngsters and i n various charity funct ions . . . l i kes to swim and play basketbal l .

STATS: Fumb le recover ies : 1 978-2 , 1 979-2 , Games played : 1 977-1 4, 1 978-1 6 , 1 979-1 6 , Total : 46.

BOB CRY D ER 7 5

OG 6-4 265 ALABAMA 3rd year DOB: 9-7-56 at East St . Lou i s , I L . H OW ACQ U IRED : D-1 , 1 978

PRO: Bob ' s sophomore campaign was much more successfu l than his rook ie year in that he was active for all 16 games . . . as a promis ing rook ie , he was p laced on i n j u red reserve after f ive games fo l lowing su rgery for a ch ron ic wrist i n j u ry . . . he rebounded to add g reat depth to the offens ive l ine and started the f inal two games (vs . NY Jets and M i n n . ) at RG after Sam Adams i n j u red an ank le . . . Ron Erhardt "ex­pects a batt le between Cryder and Sam Adams for the start ing RG spot in 1 980" and the hefty Cr imson Tide product has shown s igns of matu r­i ng i nto N F L form . . . as Patriots top choice in 1 978 d raft, he was the 1 8th overa l l se lect ion .

COLLEGE: Fol lowed i n the footsteps of l i nemate John Hannah at Alabama . . . wh i l e a strong s ide g uard in the T ide 's w ishbone , he show­ed h i s versat i l i ty by p lay i ng tack le in the Sen ior Bowl . . . won Jacobs Award as a sen ior for be ing top b locker i n SEC . . . t imed at 5.1 i n 40 and at 2.8 in the 20.

PERSONAL: S ing le . . . spends the off season in hometown of O ' Fa l lon , I l l i no i s (St. Lou i s subu rb ) . . . p lans to open a health center featur ing Naut i l i s equ ipment . . . hobb ies i nc lude f i sh ing and co l lect ing guns .

STATS: Fumb le recover ies : 79-1 ; Games played : ' 78-5, '79- 16 , Total-2 1 .

SAM CU NN INGHAM 39

FB 6-3 230 U SC 8th year DOB: 8-1 5-50 at Santa Barbara H OW ACQ U IRED : D-1 b, 1 973

PRO: Three d i fferent i n ju r ies d u ri n g the course of the ' 79 season did

not prevent "Sam Barn " from lead i ng the Patriots rush ing efforts for the f ifth stra ight season . . . s i nce jo i n i ng the Patr iots i n 1 973, he has led the c l u b i n rush i ng in s ix of his seven p ro years ( ru nnerup i n 1 974) . . . now ranks second on the Patriots a l l - t ime rush ing list with 5 1 63 career yards on 1 290 carr ies (4.0 avg . and 39 TOs) . j ust 1 60 yards beh ind Jim Nance ( 1 323 attempts for 5323 yards) . . . Sam ranks as the top act ive player on the Patriots a l l-time rece iv i ng l i st with 1 98 career recept ions for 1 8 1 3 yards ( 9 . 6 avg . a n d 6 TDs) . o n l y o n e catch s h y o f th i rd ranked Art G raham ( 1 99 recept ions) . . . the b ig fu l l back added f ive rush ing TDs to h i s career scor ing total of 45 TDs (39 rush i ng , 6 receiv i ng ) in '79 . . . now ranks fou rth on the c lu b ' s a l l -t ime scor ing l i st with 270 points . . . Nance is a s i ng le TD ahead in the th i rd spot with 276 career points . . . he was off to a so l id start in '79, rush ing for 4 1 9 yards on 1 01 carries (4 . 1 4 avg . ) i n t h e fi rst s i x games before succu mbing t o a rash o f in ju r ies . . . sat ou t the second half of the season ' s seventh game, a 27-7 Patriots w in at Ch icago ( 1 0-1 4) because of shou l der prob lems . . . p layed the next game, a p ivotal 28- 1 3 win over M iami at Foxboro ( 1 0-2 1 ) , bu t sat ou t the Patriots 31 -26 defeat at Balt imore the next week ( 1 0-28) because of the shou l der prob lems . . . three weeks later ( 1 1 -28) , i n the rematch bet­ween the Colts and Patriots, he twisted an ank le i n the early go ing and sat ou t the balance of the contest as wel l as the next two games, both losses ( Bu ffa lo 1 6-1 3 OT and M iami 39-24) . . . made a retu rn to the l i neup in the f i fteenth game vs NY Jets ( 1 2-9 ) . rush ing for 39 yards and 1 TD on 1 4 carri es , bu t was fe l led wi th a knee i nj u ry late in the f ina l stanza . . . p laced on the in ju red reserve l i st the next week ( 1 2- 12 ) and m issed the season f ina le . . . prior to his bout with i nj u r ies i n '79 , Sam had chalked up back to back complete seasons the prev ious two years . . . had h i s best day i n '79 agai nst Detroit ( 1 0-7) . hand l i ng 20 of the Patriots 45 rush i ng attem pts and ga in i ng 93 yards on the day for a 4.7 average . . . ' 78 was his best overal l as a pro, as he made his lone Pro Bowl ap­pearance after accu mu lat ing 1 , 065 total offens ive yards . . . his 768 rush i ng yards topped the Patriots and he f i n i shed fou rth on the c lub ' s rece iv i ng l i st w i t h 297 yards on 31 recept ions . . . has had 1 1 1 00 yard rush i ng games du ri ng h i s career, h i s most recent a 1 41 yard effort on 25 carr ies at San D iego ( 1 0-1 6-77) . . . became the f i rst Patriot s ince J im Nance i n 1 967 to rush fo r over 1 000 yards i n a season , accompl ish ing that task wi th 1 , 01 5 yards on 270 attempts to rank fifth i n the AFC and e ighth among a l l NFL ru nners . . . desp i te m iss ing three games in ' 76 p layoff dr ive , led c lu b i n rush ing (824 yards ) wh i le f i n i sh ing e ig hth on the AFC chart . . . a l thoug h a broken leg ended h i s season after ten games i n 1 974, he was named team MVP . . . stepped i n as a rook ie to start i n ten games whi le play ing the ent i re year , and led the c l ub i n ru sh ing (5 1 6 yards) wh ich sti l l ranks as the best rush ing performance by a rook ie i n c lu b h i story . COLLEGE: Earned the n ickname "Sam Barn " for h is dari ng d ives over goal l i ne p i l eu ps whi le lead ing the Trojans to a nat ional championsh ip as a senior i n 1 972 . . . scored fou r TDs i n b ig Rose Bowl w in over Ohio State . . . a consensus A l l-America p ick , he doub led as a trackman , win­n ing two C IF shotpu t t i t les and a lso ran a 9 .8 1 00 yard dash . PERSONAL: S ing le . . . t he personable and soft spoken native Cal i for­n ian spends h i s off-seasons in h i s home state . . . enjoys rais ing dogs and i s usua l l y accompan ied by two of h i s favorite fou r leggers , W ink les and S . L .

RUSH ING RECEIVING Year G AU. Yds . Avg. Lg. TD No. Yds. Avg. Lg. 1 973 1 4 1 55 5 1 6 3 . 3 25 4 1 5 1 44 9 .6 341 1 974 1 0 1 66 81 1 3 . 3 25 1 5 1 44 9 .6 341 1 975 1 3 1 69 666 3 . 9 1 7 32 253 7.9 24 1 976 1 1 1 72 824 4 .8 24 3 27 299 1 1 . 1 41 1 977 1 4 270 1 0 1 5 3 .8 3 1 1 4 42 370 8.8 35 1 978 1 6 1 99 768 3 .9 52t 8 3 1 297 9.6 31 1 979 1 2 1 59 563 3 . 5 27 29 236 8 . 1 20

Tota ls 90 1 290 5 1 63 4 .0 75 1 39 1 98 1 8 1 3 9 . 2 4 1 Single Game Career Highs 1 00 Yard Rushing Games

Most Carries-31 , vs . Seatt le ( 1 0-9-77) 1 974-at Bufalo ( 1 0-20) 1 1 -1 25-3 (751)

Most Yds. Rush ing- 1 4 1 . at San Diego at M i nnesota ( 1 0-271 22-1 29-0 (24)

( 1 0-1 6-77) vs. NY Jets ( l l -1 7) 2 1 - 1 1 3-0 (40) Longest Run-75, at Buffalo ( 1 0-20-74) 1 975-at Buffalo ( 1 1 -23) 1 9-1 00-2 ( 1 2) Most Receptions-?, vs . Houston (9-26-77) 1 976-vs. M iami (9- 19 ) 2 1 - 1 06-0 ( 1 5)

at Cleveland (9-26-77) vs. Oakland ( 1 0-3) 2 1 - 1 0 1 -0 (24) Most Yds . Receiv ing-94,vs .Oakland ( 1 0-3-76) at Buffalo ( 1 0-241 22-1 1 8-1 (22) Longest Reception-41 , vs. Oakland ( 1 0-3-76) vs. Buffalo ( 1 1 -7) 25-1 4 1 - 1 (23)

1 977-vs. Kansas City (9-18) 23-1 05-0 ( 1 1 ) vs . Seattle ( 1 0-9) 3 1 - 1 0 1 -26 (01

TD

0 1 0 0

6

at San Diego ( 1 0- 16 ) 25-1 4 1 -0 (20)

OTHER STATS: '73- 1 0 , ' 74-2 , ' 75-1 2 , ' 76-5, '77- 10 , ' 78-4, ' 79-4 ; Fumble Recover ies : ' 73-2 for m i nus two yards , ' 75-2 , '76-1 , ' 77-2 , ' 78-0, ' 79-0.

J U DS O N FL I NT 24 C B 6-0 201 M E M P H I S STATE 1 st year DOB: 1 -26-57 at Farre l l , PA . HOW ACQ U I R E D : D-7 , 1 979

P RO: A l t h o u g h h e started h is pro career with a f ine show i ng i n tra i n i n g camp , J ud s o n was fe l l ed by a knee i n j u ry i n t he s e c o n d game of t h e preseason ( vs , LA , 8- 1 2 ) k n e e s u rgery fo l lowed and h e spen t the e n ­t i re y e a r o n t he i n j u red reserve l i s t . . . off-season rehab i l i ta t ion has been a success and h e i s ex pected to p u s h for a bac k u p spot i n the ta lented Patr iots secondary .

COLLEGE : Began co l l eg iate caree r a t Cal i fo rn ia State ( P A ) where he was a two t i m e a l l -Pe n n DB . . . switched to M e m p h i s State and won scho la rs h i p as a wa l kon . p layed safety as a j u n i o r and corner as a s e n i o r , t u r n i n g i n 3 i n tercept i o n s . . . a l so a p u n t ret u r n e r ( 1 9 ret u r ns for 2 1 1 yards and 2 TDs ) .

PERSONAL : S i n g l e . . . ret u rned to cam p u s d u r i n g past off-season to c o m p lete d e g ree l i ke s to p lay rac q u etba l l and bowl . . . co l l ege room mates w e re E rnes t G ray (NY G ian ts ) and Edd i e H i l l ( LA Rams )

STATS: Games p l ayed : 1 979-0 .

CH U CK FO R EMAN 22 R B 6 -2 2 1 0 M I A M I ( FL ) 8th year DOB : 1 0-26-50 at Fred er i ck , M D HOW ACQ U I RE D : T-M i n n . , 1 980

PRO : C h u c k became a Patr iot o n Ap r i l 1 7 , 1 980 w h e n he was traded by the M i n n e sota V i k i n g s in exc h a n g e for an u na n n o u nced 1 98 1 d raft cho i ce . . . had 1 7 1 00 yard r u s h i n g games to h i s c red i t d u r i n g seven year career with V i k e s . . . most recen t came d u r i n g ' 78 season when he rushed for 1 22 yards i n season opener vs . New Or leans (9-3 ) and 1 0 1 yard s v s . Da l l as ( 1 0-26) . . . C h u c k h o l d s V i k i n g c l u b records for most career pass recep t i ons (336) and career r u s h i n g yards ( 5 , 879) . . . ranks second i n a l l - t ime c l ub career l i s t i n g s beh i nd B i l l Brown for TDs (75) and tota l offe n s e (9 , 1 98 yard s ) . . . has p layed i n f i ve Pro Bowls wh ich equa ls t he mark of new tea m m ate Haro ld Jackson to top t he Patr iots in that d e partm e n t . . . ree led off t h ree stra i g h t 1 , 000 yard r u s h i n g seasons ( 1 975-77) be fo re a k n e e i n j u ry i n t he fou rth game of 1 978 vs . Ch i cago forced h i m to m i s s two games and l i m i ted h is effec t i veness d u r i n g the ba lance of t he year . . . retu rned i n ' 79 to be b i t by t he i n j u ry bug aga i n , t h i s t i m e s u ffe r i n g a r i b i n j u ry w h i c h p laced h i m o n t h e i n j u red reserve l i st after 1 2 games . a g reat pass rece i ver , he led the N F L in recep­t i o n s in ' 75 with 73 catc h e s (691 yards and 9 TDs) . . . e xpected to bo ls te r the Patr iots g ro u n d game w i t h h i s g reat ru n n i n g a b i l i ty and lend a n added t h reat a s a rece i ve r o u t of t he backf i e l d .

COLLEGE : P layed both W R and R B d u ri n g h i s f i n a l t w o years a t M iam i . . . as a n R B , was offens i ve M V P i n both Sen io r Bowl and No rth-South games . . . r u s h e d for 1 , 63 1 yards and caugh t 56 passes for 732 yard s d u r i n g career w i t h H u r r i cane s .

P E R S O N A L : S i n g l e . . . o p e rates a c h a i n o f Nau t i l u s cen te rs and an i n ­te rstate t ru c k i n g b u s i n ess i n M i n n ea po l i s . . . en joys f i s h i n g and m u s ic . . . b ro thers Ga ry ( M i am i , FL ) a n d F ra n c i s ( C i n c i n na t i ) both p lay co l lege footba l l .

RUSHING RECEIVING

Year G No. Yds. Avg. Lg. TD No. Yds. Avg. Lg. TD 1 973 1 2 1 82 801 4 .4 501 4 37 362 9 .8 46 1 974 1 3 1 99 777 3 .9 32 9 53 586 1 1 . 1 661 6 1 975 1 4 280 1 070 3 .8 3 1 1 1 3 7 3 691 9.5 33 9 1 976 1 4 278 1 1 55 4 .2 46 13 55 567 1 0.3 4 1 1 1 1 977 1 4 270 1 1 1 2 4 . 1 5 1 6 38 308 8 . 1 3 1 1 3 1 978 1 2 237 749 3 . 2 21 5 61 396 6 .5 20 2 1 979 1 2 83 2 1 5 2 . 6 1 6 1 9 1 47 7 . 7 22 0

Totals 91 1 529 5879 3 .8 51 52 336 3057 9 . 1 661 23

OTHER STATS: K ickoff retu rns : '74-one for 30 yards, ' 75-one for fou r yards; Fumble Recoveries : '73-1 , '74-2 , ' 75-2, ' 76-2. '77-2.

S INGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Most Yds . Rushing - 200, vs. Phi l . ( 1 0-24-76). 28 alt . Most Pass Recept ions - 10 , vs. Buffa lo ( 1 2-20-75), 87 yards Most Yds. Rece iv ing - 1 1 8, vs. NY Giants ( 1 0-1 7-76) , 8 receptions Most TOs, Rush ing - 3 , vs. Green Bay (9-1 5-74) Most TDs, Receivng - 2, vs. Buffalo ( 1 2-20-75) Most TOs - 4, vs. Buffalo ( 1 2-20-75) , 2 rushi ng . 2 receiv ing

T IM FOX 48

FS 6-0 201 OH IO STATE 5th year DOB: 1 1 -1 -53 at Canton , OH HOW ACQ U I RED : D-1 c , 1 976

PRO: T im has fast become one of the game's best free safet ies although he has been passed over i n Pro Bowl bal loting du ri ng his four pro campaigns . . . an i ntense and aggressive player, he is a sp i rited l eader on defense and was the team ' s second l ead i ng tack l e r (70½) i n '79 . . . h e also added two i nterceptions , four QB pressures, four pass deflections and one fumb le recovery to his i mpressive tack l e total . . . T im has now made 59 consecutive starts s i nce m iss ing the season opener as a rook ie i n '76 with a hip in jury . . . this past year was his th i rd stra ight as the Patriots top tack ler in the secondary, and he also topped the secondary tack l e chart in both 1 977 (54) and 1 978 (68) . . . Tim is the type of player who plays with reck less abandon and l ikes to charge up and hit oppos i ng ball carriers . . . turned i n 52 tack les and 27 assists as a rook ie wh i l e a lso contribut ing a top effort on special teams , espec ia l ly as a b locker . . . earned U PI and PFW al l-rook i e honors i n 1 976 . . . in season opener of '79 vs. Pittsburg h , h e was the game's top tack ler wi th n ine h i ts and three ass ists . . . recorded a sack on a bl i tz vs. Balt imore ( 1 1 / 78) . . . was one of three f i rst round d raftees selected by Patriots and 2 1 st player selected overa l l in 1 976 NFL d raft . . . acqu i red with a fi rst round choice from San Francisco (ori g i na l ly Houston 's) in J im P lunkett trade . COLLEGE: A four year starter under Woody Hayes at Oh io State, he p layed i n 43 of 46 games dur ing h i s four year Buckeye career . . . con­senus Al l-America selection who he l ped l ead Buckeyes to 40-5-1 record in h i s four years at Colu m bus . . . co-captai n of u nbeaten ( 1 1 -0) squad i n 1 975 . . . l e d B ig Ten du r i n g senior year i n pun t returns (22 for 256 yards , 1 TD) and ranked 1 2th nationa l ly , j ust one spot beh ind Patriot teammate M ike Haynes. PERSONAL: Marr ied (Debbie) . . . father of two daughters, Land in (3) and Haley ( 1 ) . . . raised in home of Pro Footba l l Ha l l of Fame , Canton , Oh io . . . en joys both water and snow sk i i n g . . . organ izer of Patriots off-season basketbal l squad . . . would l ike to pursue a career in law or real estate after footbal l career ends .

INTERCEPT IONS Year G. No. Yds. Avg. Lg. 1 976 1 3 3 67 22.3 29 1 977 1 4 3 39 1 3.0 27 1 978 1 6 2 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 979 1 6 2 38 1 9 .0 25

Totals 59 1 0 1 54 1 5.4 29

OTHER STATS: Fumb le Recoveries: '76-4, '77-1 , '78-1 , '79-1 .

RUSS FRANC IS 8 1

TE 6-6 242 OREGON 6th year DOB: 4-3-53 at Seatt le , WA HOW ACQ U I RED : D-1 , 1 975

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PRO: The M iam i Dol ph i ns proved to be Russ ' s nemesis last season as he was in ju red in both contests against the Patriots AFC East rival . . . i n t he Patriots 28- 1 3 v ictory over t he Dolph ins a t t he season's m idway mark ( 1 0-21 ) , Russ fractu red a smal l bone in h i s back (transwerse pro-

cess) and m i ssed the fo l l ow ing two games . . . he retu rned to action i n the nex t fou r contests , but i n the Patriots-Do l ph i n s return match a t the Orange Bowl ( 1 1 -29) , Russ suffered a concussion when d iv ing for a pass early i n the t h i rd q uarter . . . the i n j u ry she lved h i m for the remai n i ng two games on the sched u l e . . . desp i te the i nj u r ies wh ich caused h im to m i ss four f u l l games and parts of two o the rs , he had h i s best year ever stat i st ica l l y (39 recept ions for 557 yards ) and ranked th i rd i n the Patr iots potent rece iv i ng attack beh ind 1 , 000 yard receivers Harold Jackson and Stan ley Morgan . . . had f ive recept ions i n each of the seasons f i rst two games (53 yards vs . P i ttsburgh and 82 yards vs . NY Jets . . . he repeated that mark aga in i n the f i fth game of the season when he g rabbed f ive passes vs. G reen Bay ( 1 0-1 ) for 88 yards . . . du r­i n g h i s f ive year career , Russ has logged th ree 1 00 yard receiv ing games . . . h is best day was a 1 39 yard effort of s ix recept ions i n the Patr iots big 30-27 u pset win over P i ttsburgh (9-26-76) . . . has been se lected to t h ree Pro Bow ls , fo l low ing the '76, '77, '78 seasons . . . an u nfortu nate motorcyc le acc ident prevented him from play i ng i n the 1 979 postseason affa i r . . . ran ked tops in recept ions on the Patriots in ' 78 (39 catches for 543 yard s) . . . cons idered by most as the game 's best TE, Russ i s a s u perb b locker and has g reat speed for h i s b ig s ize . . . m iss­ed fou r games in late go i ng of ' 77 w i th a r i b i n j u ry . . . made his f i rst Pro Bowl appearance after ste l l a r 1 976 season . . . capped the year with a g reat p layoff game performance . as he tu rned in fou r recept ions for 96 yards and 1 TD in 24-2 1 loss at Oakland ( 1 2-1 8-76) . . . the 1 6th player se lected i n the 1 975 d raft , Russ p layed i n al l 14 games, start i ng i n 1 1 as a rook ie . . . second lead i n g rece iver on the Patr iots that year (35 cat­ches for 636 yards and 4 TDs) and was named to U P I and FOOTBALL D IG EST a l l -rook ie squads . . . caught passes i n f i rst 13 games of f i rst pro campaig n before str i ng was snapped at Balt i more in season f ina le . COLLEGE: D id not p lay as a sen ior . . . a h igh schoo l QB , Russ switch­ed to TE as a frosh at Oregon . . . i n j u red his ankle as a soph but return­ed i n j u n io r year to ran k t h i rd among PAC-8 rece ivers with 3 1 recept ions for 495 yards . . . ga i ned a l l -PAC 8 and honorab le ment ion A l l-America berths as a j u n io r . PERSONAL: S ing le . . . a mu l t i-ta lented i nd i v i dua l , Russ en joys many hobb ies . . . among them are f l y i ng s i ng l e and tw i n eng i ne p lanes and he l icopters , hav i ng earned his p i lots l i cense in 1 974 . . . a lso enjoys scuba d i v i ng , sky d i v i n g , s u rf i n g , mou nta in c l imb i ng and horseback r id i n g in h i s off-season res idence of Hawai i . . . father Ed i s a part t ime scout for the Patri ots , cover ing the Pac i f ic Northwest . . . act ive i n chari­ty organ izat ions i n Hawai i . . . as a h i g h school senior i n 1 97 1 , he tr ied jave l i n t h row i n g for the f i rst t ime . . . d u ri n g the same year , he set the nat ional prep record of 259 '9" wh i ch st i l l stands today . . . was a n i nth round d raft cho ice as a p i tcher by the KC Royals in the 1 974 basebal l d raft . . . moved w i th fam i l y to Hawai i as a youngster and res ides there i n t he off-seaso n .

RECEIVING Year G No. Yds . Avg. 1 975 1 4 35 636 18 . 2 1 976 1 3 26 367 1 4 . 1 1 977 1 0 1 6 229 1 4 .3 1 978 1 5 39 543 1 3 .9 1 979 1 2 39 557 1 4 . 3

Tota ls 64 1 55 2332 1 5 .0

Single Game Career Highs 1 00 Yard Receiving Games

Lg. 48 48 3 1 1 53 44

53

Most Recept ions-7. at Buffalo ( 1 1 -23-75) 1 975 - at Buffalo ( 1 1 -23) 7-1 25-1 (33) Most Yds. Receivin_g - 1 39. at P i t tsburgh 1 976 - at Pi t tsburgh (9-26) 6-1 39-1 (48) (9-26-76) 1 978 - at Oakland (9-24) 5-1 26-1 (53)

Longest - 53, at Oakland (9-24-78)

BOB GOL IC 5 1

L B 6-2 240 NOTRE DAM E 2nd year

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DOB: 1 0-26-57 at Cleve land , Ohio HOW ACQ U I RE D : D-2 , 1 979

PRO: Last year began as a year of promise but it turned to disappoint­ment for Bob after he suffered a pain fu l shoulder injury in training camp . . . the i nj u ry persisted th ru camp but Golie made the 45 man active squad at th e start of the season although he didn't see any pre-season action . . . placed on in jured reserve on 8-28 but was reactivated for the

f ina l game of the year on 1 2-1 2 . . . saw special teams action in season f ina le vs . M i n nesota . . . Be ing counted upon to push Sam H u nt for a start i ng ro le at the R I LB spot. COLLEGE: A much heralded and consensus Al l-America for the F igh t i ng I r ish as we l l as be ing tabbed as an A l l-America heavyweight w rest l er h i s j u n ior year at South Bend . . . holds ND career tack le record (479) . . . defens ive co-capta in as a sen ior and had 1 52 stops inc lud ing a school record 26 vs . M i ch igan . . . f i rst co l leg iate game was as a frosh vs. Boston Col lege at Schaefer Stad i um . . . as a wrest ler was 54-4-1 w i th a l l fou r losses coming in NCAA National Tou rnaments . PERSONAL: Single . . . stays busy i n off-season in hometown of W i l lowick , Oh io , a Cleveland suburb . . . act ive with HS and Notre Dame a l umn i g roups and he lps conduct HS wrest l i ng c l i n ics . . . a lso does construct ion work . . . enjoys racquetbal l and sw imming . . . father Louis played seven years of CFL footba l l wi th Montrea l , Hami lton and Saskatewan . STATS: Games played: 1 979-1 .

STEVE GROGAN 1 4

Q B 6-4 208 KANSAS ST ATE 6th year DOB: 7-24-53 at San Anton io , TX HOW ACQ U IRED : D-5a , 1 975

PRO: "Steve Grogan had his best year i n five seasons as a pro" was H ead Coach Ron Erhard t ' s assessment of the gu tsy s ignalcal ler 's ' 79 efforts . . . wh i l e cal l i ng 90 percent of h i s own plays, he operated with g reater conf idence and became the tr igger man in one of the NFL's best pass i ng attacks . . . he led the NFL i n both TD passes (28,- l ied with Cleveland 's Brian S ipe) , and TD Pct . (6 .6% ) and was the top rush ing QB i n the league (368 yards on 62 carries for a 5 .8 avg . ) . . . under h is g u idance, the Patriots produced the best complet ion yardage average in the NFL ( 1 5 . 1 7) last year . . . he has now started 65 consecutive reg u lar season games and two p layoff contests, more than any other NFL QB, wh i l e chart ing a 40-27 record du ring the streak . . . his 3286 pass i ng yards in '79 was the second best seasonal performance in Patriot h i story, ran k ing beh ind on ly Babe Pari l l i ' s 3465 yard output i n 1 964 . . . on the year, he wen t over the 300 yard pass ing mark i n fou r games, ru nn i ng h i s career total t o five s u c h t imes . . . d u ring a four week stretch that i nc l uded games vs. Ch icago ( 1 0- 14 ) , M iami ( 1 0-21 ) , Ba l t imore ( 1 0-28) a nd Buffalo ( 1 1 -4 ) , he ran off a pass ing streak that in­c l uded complet ion of 7 1 of 1 25 pass ing attempts (56 . 9%) for 1 098 yards and 9 TDs . . . for his effo rts , he was voted as c l ub MVP by the 1 776 QB Fan C lub and as the NEA Th i rd Down Award recepient . . . du ring the year, he su rpassed Jim P l unkett on the Patr iots al l -t ime passing charts and now ranks as ru nnerup to Babe Pari l l i on that l ist . . . underwent m inor knee ( r ight ) su rgery i n Apri l , 1 980 and was work ing out on ly a few days later . . . had an i nc red ib le day in lead ing Patriots to a record set­t i ng 56-3 win over the Jets (9-9) , complet ing 13 of 18 passes (72 .2%) for 3 1 5 yards and 5 TDs . . . th rew for over 200 yards on five occasions du r­i ng 1 978, i nc l ud i ng another ste l lar job against the Jets ( 1 0-29-78) that saw him hit on 1 5 passes for 281 yards and 4 TDs . . . his 539 rush ing yards enabled the Patriots to become the f i rst team ever to have fou r mem bers o f the same backfie ld b reak the 500 yard rush ing mark i n the same campaign ( 1 978) . . . had the longest TD toss of h i s career , con­nect ing w i th al l-pro WR Stan ley Morgan for a 75 score at Balt imore ( 1 1 -26-78) . . . completed a hercu lean task of ca l l i ng every one of the Patriots 922 offensive plays i n 1 977 . . . h i s 13 rush ing TDs i n 1 976 , beat ing previous h i gh mark for NFL QBs , estab l ished "Grogs" as the game 's most feared ru nn i ng Q B . . . as a rook ie , he p layed i n 13 games, start i ng i n seven of the last eight contests . . . . had the best day of h is pro career that year vs . Buffa lo ( 1 1 -23-75) , complet ing 25 of 46 attempts for 365 yards . . . was the 1 1 6th player chosen in the 1 975 d raft . COLLEGE: Started for K-State as a j u n ior and senior dur ing career com­p leted 1 66 of 371 attempts for 22 1 3 yards , 12 TDs and 26 i n terceptions . . . a lso ran for addit ional 585 yards and s ix TDs on 339 tr ies du ring that span . . . part t ime pu nter as a j u n ior and senior, h i t t ing seven punts for 279 yards (39.9 avg . ) . . . caught a 22 yard TD pass as a senior . PERSONAL: Marr ied ( Robbi ) . . . became father of f i rst ch i ld , Ty ler , d u ri ng the past off-season . . . ra ised i n Ottawa, Kansas and was a schoolboy g rid rival of Patriots reserve QB Tom Owen . . . avid golfer

and ten n i s p layer i nvolved i n numerous charitable organ izat ions throughout the year . . . spends two months before trai n i ng camp each year assist i ng w i th wheat harvest on father-i n-law ' s Kansas farm .

PASSING Year Club G Alt. Comp. Pct. Yds . TD Int . LG. LAP

1 975 Patriots 13 274 1 39 50 . 7 1 976 1 1 1 8 621 22-207 1 976 Patr iots 14 302 1 45 48.0 1 903 1 8 20 581 1 8- 155 1977 Pat r iots 14 305 1 60 52 . 5 2 162 1 7 21 68 1 4-1 55 1 978 Patriots 16 362 1 8 1 50.0 2824 1 5 23 751 2 1 - 1 84 1 979 Patriots 16 423 206 48.7 3286 28 20 631 45-341

Totals 73 1 666 831 49.9 1 2 1 61 89 1 02 751 1 25-1 057

RUSH ING Year Club G No. Yds . Avg. Lg. TD 1 975 Patriots 13 30 1 1 0 3 .7 1 4 3 1 976 Patriots 14 60 397 6.6 41 1 1 2 1 977 Patriots 14 61 324 5.3 41 1 1 978 Patriots 16 81 539 6 .7 31 5 1 979 Patriots 16 62 368 5 .8 26 2

Totals 73 294 1 738 5 .9 41 1 23

Single Game Career Highs Pass Attempts - 46 (at Bu lfalo. 1 1 -23-75) Complet ions - 25 (at Bu ffa lo . 1 1 -23-75) Yards Pass ing - 365 (at Bu lfalo. 1 1 -23-75) H i ghest Percentage - 78.9% ( 1 5- 19 , vs. NY Jets , 1 0-29-78) Longest Comp let ion - 751 (to Stan ley Morgan . at Ba i t . , 1 1 -26-78) TO Passes - 5 (vs . NY Jets . 9-9-79) I n te rcept ions - 5 (at Bai t . , 1 2-21 -75 and at Detroi t , 1 0-1 0-76) T imes Sacked - 8 for 87 yards (vs . Bu ffa lo . 1 2-1 4-75) Rush ing Attem pts - 12 (at Bu lfa lo , 1 1 -20-77) Rush ing Yards - 1 03 (vs. NY Je ts . 1 0-1 8-76) Longest R u n - 4 1 t (vs. NY Jets , 1 0-1 8-76) and 41 (vs. Seattle . 1 0-9-77)

OTHER STATS: Fumb le ' 75-6. ' 76-7 , " 77-6, ' 78-9 , " 79- 12 : Fumble Recove ries : "75-1 , "76-3 (one for TD) . " 77-2 . " 78-2 . ' 79-4 .

G ROG A N ' S PASSING VS. EACH TEAM

ATT-GP COMP

New York Jets 10 232 / 1 29 Bu lfalo 1 0 257 / 1 21 Bal t imore 9 2 1 7 / 1 05 Miami 10 228 / 1 1 5 San D iego 4 1 02 / 59 Oakland 2 39 /24 Pi t tsburgh 2 65 / 24 Ph i lade l ph ia 2 43 / 22 Cinc innat i 2 52 / 24 St. Lou i s 2 55 /27 G reen Bay 33/ 1 7 Ch icago 35 /2 1 M i n nesota 26 / 1 2 Washington 1 31 / 1 2 Atlanta 1 26 / 1 2 Detroit 2 34 / 1 4 Cleve land 1 23/ 1 5 Dal las 29 / 1 5 Kansas City 1 1 6 / 1 0 Houston 2 24 / 1 1 San Franc isco 1 20 / 1 2 Seattle 1 5 / 9 N e w O r leans 23 1 9

Denve r 27 / 1 0 Tampa Bay 1 1 4 / 4 Totals 71 1 666 / 831

1 975-79 -BEST GAME-

ATT-YDS TD INT DATE COMP YDS 2048 22 1 1 9- 9-79 1 8 / 1 3 3 15 1 832 1 9 1 1 -23-75 46 / 25 365 1 786 1 1 1 6 1 0-28-79 36 / 1 5 3 17 15 13 7 6 1 1 -29-79 38 /2 1 350 7 1 6 5 1 1 - 9-75 28 / 1 7 245 384 9-24-78 25 / 1 4 219 380 4 9-26-76 32 / 1 3 257 362 2 1 0- 8-78 23 / 1 2 1 89 360 1 2 1 0-1 5-78 26 / 1 3 1 84

345 2 4 1 t- 2-75 34 / 1 4 1 73 255 2 3 1 0- 1 -79 33 / 1 7 255 244 3 2 1 0-1 4-79 35 /2 1 244

204 2 1 1 2-1 6-79 26 / 1 2 204 1 99 2 2 9- 3-78 31 / 1 2 1 99 1 79 1 3 1 2- 4-77 26 / 1 2 1 79 1 76 1 6 1 0-1 0-76 25/ 1 1 1 3 1 1 72 2 1 9-26-77 23 / 1 3 1 72 1 70 0 2 1 2- 3-78 29 / 1 3 1 70 1 55 1 2 9-1 8-77 1 6 / 1 0 1 55 1 5 1 0 3 1 1 - 12-78 1 8 / 9 1 30 1 38 2 0 1 0-26-75 20 / 1 2 1 38 1 37 3 1 1 0- 9-77 1 5 / 9 1 37 1 08 2 0 1 2- 5-76 23 / 9 1 08 1 07 1 2 1 1 -28-76 1 4 / 8 84 40 0 1 1 2-1 2-76 1 4 / 4 40

1 2 , 1 6 1 89 1 02

RAY HAM I LTO N 7 1

N T 6-1 245 OKLAHOMA 8th year DOB: 1 -20-51 at Omaha, Neb . HOW ACQ U I R E D : D-1 4 , 1 973

TD 5 2 2 3 1 1 2 t 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 0

PRO: "Sugar Bear" has become a f ixtu re at the Patriots nose tack le pos i t ion , hav i ng started 1 02 stra ight games for the c lub . . . after making the squad as a 1 4th round p ick , he earned start i ng honors at the left DE spot, start i ng a l l 14 games there as a rook ie . . . i n the fol low ing season ( 1 974), the Patriots switched to the 3-4 a l i gnment and Ray was sh i fted to

NT, a spot where he has started 86 strai gh t games . . . Defensive Coor­d i nator Fr i tz Shu rmu r says, " Ray is an except ional tech n i que p layer and i s t he best I ' ve seen at execu t i ng the mechan ics of the nose tack le posi­t io n " . . . not on l y has Ray been a d u rab le defender, he has been the top tack ler among the Patr iots defens ive l i nemen for th ree years i n a row . . . h i s 68½ tack les i n ' 79 was t h i rd best on the ent i re squad and he added 1 1 Q B pressu res , 6 QB sacks , and one pass def lect ion to the Patr iots defens ive effort . . . h i s most prod uct ive game on the year was aga inst M iami ( 1 1 -29) when he made seven tack les and accounted for one sack and one Q B pressure . . . i n 1 978, he was the c lub 's second lead i ng tack le r with 85½ tack les wh i l e a lso add i ng f ive sacks , 14 QB pressures and th ree f umb le recover ies . . . he t ied a club record by · scor ing a TD on a 23 yard fumb le return (at St . Lou is ( 1 1 -2-75) and was voted " U nsung He ro" by the 1 776 Fan C l ub for his prod uct iv i ty d u ri ng the 1 975 season . . . Ray ' s g reat reach and q u ickness a l low h im to c reate havoc w i th oppos i ng centers and c log u p the m idd le r ush i ng l anes . COLLEGE: A two t ime a l l -B ig 8 se lect io n , Ray played f i ve d i fferent posi­t ions for the Sooners before sett l i ng down at the defens ive tack le spot . PERSONAL: Marr ied ( Pau la) father of two sons, Kadar (4) and Damon ( 1 ) . . . ho lds a bache lor ' s degree i n marketi ng from OU and a master 's deg ree i n Pub l i c Adm in i strat ion from Boston ' s Suffo l k U n iver­s i ty . . . was a d ean ' s l i st s tudent at both schools . . . he l ped estab l i sh­ed and operates a youth footba l l camp wi th Tony McGee and Leon G ray . . . has spent the past two off-seasons work i ng for IBM . . . won the Fr i to-Lay Com m u n i ty Service Award i n 1 979 . . . an avid photog rapher and racq uetba l l p layer , Ray is a lso an accredited pro tenn is off ic ia l . . . second o ldest i n fam i l y of 1 2 c h i ld ren . STATS: F u m b les Recover ies : ' 73-2 , ' 74-2, ' 75-2 (one for TD) , ' 76-2, ' 77 " 2 , ' 78-3 ; Games played : 1 973-1 4 , 1 974-1 4 , 1 975-1 4 , 1 976-1 4 , 1 977-1 4 , 1 978-1 6 , 1 979- 1 6 , Tota l : 1 02 .

JOHN HANNAH 73

OG 6-2 265 ALABAMA 8th year DOB: 4-4-51 at Canto n , Ga . HOW ACQ U I R E D : D-1 a , 1 973

PRO: Cons i dered to be one of the g reatest offens ive l i nemen ever in t he NFL, John s u rv ived several i n j u ries to p lay a l l 16 games last season and win a host of honors . . . a starter i n the Pro Bow l , he made h is t h i rd appearance i n the last four years in the post-season game . . . " Hog" won the Budwe ise r Offens ive L i neman of the Year Award fo r the th i rd stra i gh t year , and is the on l y rece ipent of that award s ince i ts i ncept ion in 1 978 . . . a l so named to every conceivable A l l -pro team . . . a l though h e was l i sted as dou btfu l for the contest , John shaked of f a sever ly twi sted ank le to make a last m i n ute start aga inst San D iego (9-23-79) and expand h i s consecut ive start i ng streak to 43 games by season ' s end . . . a long with center B i l l Lenka i t is , John was one of on l y two Patriot offen­s ive l i nemen to play in al l 16 games of the 1 979 campaig n . . . Offens ive Coord i nator J i m R i ngo , a g reat NFL l i neman h imse l f at G reen Bay and Ph i lade lph i a , says that "John has better pu l l i n g speed than Jerry K ramer and Fuzzy Thrusto n , a l thoug h he ' s twenty pounds heav ier than both , " . . . d u ri n g the 1 978 season , he was a ma instay i n the Patriots of­fens ive l i n e that he l ped pave the way for the Patr iots record sett i ng pace of 3 1 65 rus h i n g yards , an NFL s i ng l e season c l ub record . . . du r i ng h i s rook ie year of 1 973 , John stepped i n to start the f i rst 13 games , but a freak leg i n j u ry i n p ract ice forced h i m to m i ss the f ina l game . . . s ince t hen , he has started every game of h i s NFL career except the f i rst t h ree of 1 977 when h e was i nvo lved i n a contract d i spute . . . an except ional run b locker , Hog a lso exce l l s at pass blocking desp i te havi ng played in the W ishbone offense of Bear B ryant ' s Cr imson T ide . . . made h is f i rst P ro Bowl appearance fo l l ow ing the 1 976 season . . . as a rook ie , was named to a host of a l l - Rook ie squads and was named the Card ina l Cush ing Award w inner as the Patr iots Offens ive MVP . . . was the f i rst o f t h ree Patr iot f i rst rou n d d raft cho ices and the fou rth p layer se lected overa l l in 1 973 . COLLEGE: ' u nde r the tu te lage of the legendary Bear B ryant , John earn­ed e i gh t varsity l etters and was a two time consenus A l l -America at A labama . . . p layed in both the H u l a and Cotton Bowls . . . made an im­press ive showing vs . the Do lph i n s i n the Co l lege A l l Star Game.

PERSONAL: Marr ied ( Page) . . . father of son Seth ( 1 ) . . . stays busy du r i ng the off-season work i ng i n the fam i ly owned Hannah Farm Su pply Company, a farm supp ly dealersh i p i n Alabama that d i stri butes products throughout seven states . . . also owns a 250 acre farm with 40,000 ch ickens and 1 50 Holste in catt le . . . l i kes to f ish i n h is spare t ime . . . h i s father Herb played for the NY G iants i n the early 1 950 ' s wh i le brother Char les i s present ly an offens ive tack le for Tampa Bay . . . another brother , Dav id , j u st f i n ished a four year g rid career at Alabama.

STATS: Kickoff Retu rns : ' 73-one for zero yards ; Fumb le Recoveries: ' 73-1 , ' 74-one for two yards (TD) , ' 78-2 , ' 79-1 ; Games played : 1 973-1 3, 1 974-1 4 , 1 975- 1 4 , 1 976- 1 4 , 1 977-1 1 , 1 978- 1 6 , 1 979- 16 , Total : 98 .

E D D I E HARE 8

P 6-4 209 TU LSA 2nd year DOB: 5-30-57 at U l ysses, Kansas. H OW ACQ U I RE : D-4 , 1 979

PRO : Edd ie ' s f i rst pro campaig n was a tough one as he searched for cons istency th roug hout the season . . . his longest punt of the year of 58 yds . came in the season opener vs. P ittsburgh . . . h i s percentage (24% ) of punts i ns ide the 20 was 4th best in the AFC . . . Edd ie 's g reat ath let ic ab i l i ty and natura l punt i ng talents w i l l be put to the test in tra in­i ng camp as he tr ies to prove he can punt with the best i n the NFL .

COLLEGE: Sport i ng News A l l-America a t Tu l sa . . . career totals i nc lud­ed 7633 pun t i ng yards ( 1 82 punts) for 41 .9 avg . , i nc l ud ing a 43 . 1 avg . h is sen ior year . . . boomed pu nts of 66, 70, 75 and 77 (vs . Arkansas, 1 976) as a co l leg ian . . . as a j u n ior , passed off a punt format ion , h i t t ing M ike Rol l i n s for a 75 yarder , a school record . . . proved he has a g reat arm as a p i tcher on the Go lden H u rr icane baseba l l squad . . . roommate was Dave Rader of the NY G iants .

PERSONAL: Marr ied (Deb i ) . . . spent the off-season work ing for a Tu l sa petro leum f i rm . . . member of Fel lowsh i p of Ch rist ian Ath letes . . . active in various char i ty groups in Tu lsa area . . . enjoys qua i l and pheasant h unt ing . . . a long with teammates Dick Conn and Doug Beau­do i n , Edd ie won the 1 980 N FLPA golf tournament . . . he is a 2 hand icap gol fer .

PUNTING

Year G No. Yds. Avg. TB I n 20 Lg. Blk.

1 979 16 83 3038 36.6 11 20 58

OTHER STATS: Pass i ng : ' 79-once for four yards .

DON HASS ELB ECK 80

TE 6-7 245 COLORADO 4th year DOB: 4-1 -55 at C i nc i n nat i , O H . H OW ACQ U I RED : D-2b , 1 977

PRO : " Hass" has the d ub ious d ist inct ion of p lay ing the backup role beh ind prototype TE Russ Franc is , none-the- less he hasn ' t let that stop h im from prov ing h i s val ue to the Patriots . . . a leader on special teams , he a lso started 4 games when Franc is was i n j u red . . . Receiver Coach Ray Berry says , "An all out effort player, Don has several key qua l i t ies for the job of TE - he blocks effect ively and he has the speed to beat defenders deep . " . . . wh i l e shar ing honors as tal lest player on the Patr iots squad a long wi th OT Shelby Jordan , Hass uses his he ight for g reat b lock i ng leverage i n two and three TE format ions . . . after be ing 52nd p layer taken i n '77 d raft , he started off with a sp lash , hau l i ng in n ine recept ions , fou r for TDs . . . was named to Pro FB Weekly and Foot-ba l l D igest a l l -Rook ie squads . . . Berry says , "Hass has i t all in front of h im at t h i s point of his pro career with fine potent ia l for be ing a top TE . "

COLLEGE: Started every game for the Buffs i n h i s fou r years at Boulder after earn i ng starl i ng TE spot wi th two games remain i ng i n frosh cam­paig n . . . ranks fou rth on a l l -t ime CU recept ion l i st . . . F i ne Arts major at CU .

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PERSONAL: Marr ied ( Betsy) . . . two sons Matthew (4) and Tim (2) . . . an accomp l i shed artist and metal scu l ptor, he was a b ig h i t at a one man Boston art show i n October, 1 979 . . . attends Rhode Is land School of Des ign . . spends his free time pai n t ing and runn i ng . . . active on the Patriots basketba l l team and enjoys b icycle r id ing and hitch h i k i ng .

Year G No. 1 977 1 4 9

1 978 1 6 7

1 979 16 1 3

Totals 46 29

RECE IV ING

Yds . Avg. Lg. TD

76 8.4 21

1 07 1 5.3 24

1 58 1 2.2 41

341 1 1 .8 4 1

M I KE HAW K I N S 59

OLB 6-2 232 TEXAS A & I 3 rd year DOB: 1 0-29-55 at Bay Ci ty , TX . HOW ACQ U I RED : D-7, 1 978

PRO: B ig , q u ick performer who won the start ing OLB spot in last year 's trai n i ng cam p . . . got off to a fast start, record ing 10 tack les and 5 sacks in f i rst two games ( P itt , 9-3 and NY Jets, 9-9) i nc lud ing 4 sacks against Jets . . . started 14 games and had 48 tack les . . . suffered ri b i n ju ry in f i rst ha l f vs . G reen Bay ( 1 0-1 ) and sat out balance of game, played spar­i ng l y fo l low ing week vs . Detroit ( 1 0-7) . . . had two big i ntercept ions i n 28-1 3 w in over M iami ( 1 0-21 ) i nc l ud ing 35 yard retu rn fo r TD . . . a l so had six tack les vs. NY Jets ( 1 2-9) . . . was cut in trai n i ng camp as a rook ie , but re-s igned 9-29-78 . . . ch ipped i n 12 tack les and one sack . . . w i l l look to keep start i ng ro le i n 1 980 as he ga ins more pro exper ience.

COLLEGE: Team capta in h i s sen ior year . . . Jave l i nas were 46- 1 - 1 du r­i n g h i s four year career . . . 252 tack les , 69 assists, f ive i nterceptions and four f umb le recoveries as col leg ian .

PERSONAL: S ing le . . . spent off-season i n Bay C i ty work ing out for com ing season .

STATS: I n tercept ions : 1 979-two for 3 5 yards and 1 T D ; Games Played : 1 978-1 2 , 1 979- 1 4 , Tota l : 26 .

M I K E HAY N ES 40

CB 6-2 1 95 AR IZON A ST ATE 5th year DOB : 7-1 -53 at Denn ison , TX HOW ACQ U I RED : D-1 a , 1 976

PRO: M ike cont i n ued his re ign as one of the games top cornerbacks last year as he appeared in the Pro Bowl for the fourth time i n as many years . . . p roved h i s du rab i l i ty by start ing i n 58 consecutive games since start of rook ie year before r ib and hand i n j u ries kept him out of the start ing l i neup i n the f i fteenth game of the year (vs. NY Jets 1 2-9) . . . was the c l ub ' s top i n terceptor for th ree stra ight years ( 1 976-78) before Ray Clayborn snapped his streak in ' 79 . . . M i ke f i n ished as runnerup in the department with 3 stea ls . . . now ranks beh ind Ron Hall (29) and N i ck Buon icont i (24) as the th i rd best i nterceptor in c l ub h istory with 22 career i ntercept ions . . . his on ly i nterception return for a TD came at Bal t imore on 1 1 -26-78, good for 31 yards and the game's f i rst score . . . retu rned on ly f ive punts i n '79 , but ran ks as the Patriots a l l -t ime punt returner wi th 88 returns (on ly f i ve fa i r catches) for 1 007 yards ( 1 1 . 7 avg . ) . . . f i rst p layer i n c l u b h i story t o return a p u n t for a T D , scamperi ng 89 yards vs . Bu ffalo on 1 1 -7-76 . . . he repeated the feat three weeks later with a 62 yard pun t return for a score vs . Denver ( 1 1 -28-76) . . . had h is best day i n '79 a t Bal t imore ( 1 0-28) when he made e ight tackles and recovered a f umb le . . . on the year , he reg istered 50 tack les , e ight pass def lect ions , and th ree i n te rcept ions . . . had s ix i n terceptions i n ' 78 to ran k th i rd in AFC . . . added 28 tack les on the year . . . re l ies on g reat speed , q u ickness and range to cover the best receivers in the league . . . was t he f i f th player overa l l a nd f i rst defens ive back taken i n 1 976 d raft . . . was jo ined by secondary mate Tim Fox and OC Pete Brock as the f i rst of th ree Patriot f i rst round choices that year . . . enjoyed an ava lanche of post-season accolades fol low ing his rook ie year rang i ng

from Pro Bowl appearance to Bert Be l l Award . . . wrote seven new c l ub punt retu rn records i n f i rst year as a pro . . . tops i n AFC and second i n NFL i n pun t returns as a rook ie ( 45 returns fo r 608 yard , 2 TDs and 1 3 . 5 avg . ) .

COLLEGE: Cons idered t o be t he nation ' s t op defensive back as a j u n io r and sen ior , M i ke p layed u nder Frank Kush at Ar izona State and was a consenus A l l -Amer ica . . . earned al l-WAC status at both DB and as a kick retu rner . . . ranked 1 1 th ( just ahead of T im Fox) in nation as punt ret u rner d u ri ng sen ior year . . . was selected as defens ive MVP in ' 76 Japan Bow l .

PERSONAL: Marr ied (J u l ie ) . . . father o f a n i n fant son , Aaron . . . ac­t ive in FCA and team B ib le study sess ions . . . ra ised in Los Ange les . . . retu rned to a lma mater to work towards complet ion of co l lege deg ree dur i ng past off-season .

Year G No. 1 976 1 4 8 1 977 1 4 5 1 978 1 6 1 979 1 5

Totals 59 22

KICKOFF RETU RNS PUNT RETURNS Yds . Avg.

90 1 1 .3 54 1 0 . 8

1 23 20 . 5 66 22 .0

333 1 5 . 1

Lg. TD No. FC Yds. Avg.

28 45 0 608 1 3 . 5 2 2 0 24 200 1 8. 3 5 0 1 1 4 2 1 83 1 3 . 1 33 0 5 1 6 3 . 2

50 88 1 007 1 1 .4

SAM H U NT 50

LB 6- 1 270 STE P H A N F . A U ST IN 7th year DOB : 8-6-51 at Longv i ew , Tx HOW ACQ U I R E D : D-1 5 , 1 974

Lg. TD

89t 46 35

5 0

89t

PRO: A tou g h defender against the run , Sam started the f i rst 1 5 games but a leg i n j u ry in pre-game d ri l l s forced him to s i t out the season f ina le against M i n n esota . . . d ubbed " B ig Backer" by h is teammates, Sam cont i nues to amaze opponents w i th h i s swift movement despite h is la rge f rame . . . Sam accou nted for 44½ tack les , one fumb le recovery and one pass def lect ion wh i l e p lay i ng most ly in run s i tuat ions du ring the past season . . . was a dominate force on defense i n 1 978 wi th 60 tack les . . . h i s 56 tack les in 1 977 was a key factor in the Patriots ach iev­i ng top rank i ng among AFC rush defenses . . . h i s 68 yard i nterception return for a TD vs . Tam p Bay ( 1 2- 12 ) was the t h i rd longest of the season i n the N F L and the h i g h l ig h t of his f ine 1 976 season . . . was c l ub ' s se­cond lead i ng tack le r i n 1 975 with 99 stops and tops among the i ns ide l i nebackers i n 1 974 wi th 74 tack les . . . was a su rpr ise i n h is rook ie year, as he stepped i nto start i ng role in the c l ub ' s new 3-4 defensive a l ign­ment . . . went on to earn a l l -Rookie honors wi th PRO FOOTBALL WEEKLY AND FOOTBALL D IGEST . . . a lso named Rookie of the Year by Patr iots 1 776 Fan Club . . . a very a lert and knowledgable l i nebacker, Sam has played along side Steve Ne lson since both players jo ined the Patr iots as rook ies i n 1 974 .

COLLEGE: A team co-captai n h i s sen ior year , he was a fou r year starter at Stephan F . Aust in . . . averaged ten tack les per game in 35 co l lege contests .

PERSONAL: Sing le . . . spends off-seasons i n Nacogdoches, Texas . . . an avid f isherman .

STATS: I ntercept ions : ' 74-t h ree for 66 yards , ' 76-two for 1 06 yards ( 1 TD ) , ' 77-two f o r 1 7 yards ; K i ckoff Retu rns : ' 74-one f o r 2 1 yards ; Fumb le Recover ies : ' 75-th ree for 13 yards , ' 79-1 ; Games played : 1 974- 14 , 1 975- 13 , 1 976-1 4 , 1 977-1 3 , 1 978- 1 5 , 1 979- 15 , Tota l : 84 .

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HORACE IVORY 23

RB 6-0 1 98 OKLAHOMA 4th year DOB : 8-8-54 at Fo rt Worth , Tx HOW ACQ U IRED : D-2a, 1 977

PRO : At the start of his th i rd year as a pro, i t appeared as thoug h Horace was go ing to suffer through an i nj u ry plagued campaign s im i l iar to his rook ie year . . . after in jur ing both an ank le and knee i n the season opener against P ittsburg h , he was placed on the in ju red reserve l ist for the next fou r games and was later reactivated for the Detroit contest ( 1 0-7) although he did not play . . . he then returned to form with a game h i g h 55 yards on 10 carries in the Patriots 27-7 win over Ch icago the fo l low ing week ( 1 0- 14 ) , to f i n ish as the Patriots second lead ing rusher for the second stra ight season . . . h is 1 1 6 yards on 1 2 carr ies vs . Bal t imore ( 1 1 -1 8) was the f i rst t ime in 1 6 games that a Patriot rushed for over 1 00 yards in a game . . . he had been last Patriot to accompl ish that feat, rol l i n g up 1 28 yards on 16 carries against Buffalo ( 1 1 -5) the year before . . . Horace a lso added 23 recept ions for 2 16 yards to rank f ifth in rece iv ing on the Patriots d u ri ng '79 . . . he hau led in six passes for 57 yards vs. M iam i ( 1 1 -29) for his best day of his career i n the receiv ing dept . . . . fol lowing a d i sappoint ing rookie year that saw a th igh in ju ry l im it h im to spot d uty in j ust five games, he rebounded for a sensational sophomore year . . . he was the club scori ng leader with 66 points and his 1 1 rush ing TDs fel l j u st one shy of Steve Grogan 's c l ub record 12 set in 1 976 . . . he also f i n i shed fifth in the NFL TD race of '78 . . . his last m i nute heroics, i nc l ud ing the game w inn ing TD run (23 yards with 3 : 1 0 remain i ng ) earned h im CBS Star o f t he Week Honors i n t he Patriots 33-24 win over M iam i ( 1 0-28-78) . . . an e lusive runner who has an un­canny ab i l i ty to change speed, he was the 44th p layer selected in the 1 977 NFL d raft . . . Horace was chosen with a second round pick ac­q u i red from San Francisco as part of the J im P lunkett trade . . . a b ig p lay runner , a healthy Horace Ivory shou ld p lay a key role i n restor ing the Patriots g round game to its top form i n 1 980.

COLLEGE: One of the best backs i n OU h istory , Horace scored 16 TDs and rushed for 1 396 yards as a Sooner . . . he prepped for two years at Navarro (TX) J .C .

PERSONAL: S ing le spent t he off-season work ing ou t i n h i s hometown of Fort Worth .

RUSHING RECEIVING Year G Alt. Yds. A,g. Lg. TD No. Yds. 1 977 5 3 1 0 3 .3 0 0 0 1 978 1 5 1 4 1 693 4 .9 28 1 1 1 4 1 22 1 979 1 1 1 43 522 3 . 7 52 23 2 1 6

Totals 31 287 1 225 4.3 52 1 2 37 338

Single Game Career Highs 1 00 Yards Rushing Games

A,g. Lg. 0 0

8 .7 18 9 .4 24

9 . 1 24

Most Carries - 23, vs. Buffalo ( 1 1 -25-79) 1 978 - vs. Miami (1 0-22) 1 5-1 1 3-2 (28) Most Yds. Rushing - 1 28, at Buffalo (1 1 -5-78) at Buffalo ( 1 1 -5) 1 6-1 28-2 (26) Longest Run - 52. vs. Balt imore ( 1 1 -1 8-79) 1 979 - vs. Balli more (1 1 - 1 8) 1 2-1 1 6-0 (52) Most Receptions - 6. Miami at ( 1 1 -29-79) Most Yds. Receiving - 57, at Miami ( 1 1 -29-79) Longest Reception - 24, at Denver ( 1 1 - 1 1 -79)

TD 0 0 2

OTHER STATS: Fumbles : '78-6 , '79-4; Fumble Recover ies: '78-2, '79-1 .

DID YOU KNO W -The Patr io ts led the e n t i re N F L i n ave rage yards per

comp le t ion w i th a hef ty 1 5 . 1 9 ya rd average in 1 979?

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HAROLD JACKSON 29 WR 5-1 0 1 75 JACKSON ST ATE 1 3th year DOB : 1 -6-46 at Hatti esburg , MS HOW ACQ U IRED : T-LA , 1 978

PRO: Had anyone had the idea at the start of the 1 979 NFL season that Harold Jackson was s lowing down , the seasoned veteran receiver q u ick l y proved them wrong by produc i ng one of the best seasons of h is career . . . Haro ld became one of the f i rst p layers i n c lub h i story to ach ieve a 1 , 000 yard rece iv ing season and topped the c l ub in receivi ng wi th 45 catches for 1 , 0 1 3 yards and seven TDs . . . he went over the 1 , 000 yard mark i n the season f inale vs . M i n nesota ( 1 2-1 6) when he g rabbed a 43 yard pass from Steve Grogan late i n the f ina l stanza . . . jo ined Stan ley Morgan on the same day in ach ievi ng that c l ub f i rst . . . Receiver Coach Raymond Berry says "Harold is an amaz ing ath lete and his trademarks of d u rab i l i ty and cons istency are revea led by his career stat is t ics . He ' s an explos ive p layer who can break a game open . " . . . he d id j ust that by catch i ng th ree passes vs . the NY Jets (9-9 ) , a l l for TDs (49 ,44 ,28) that he l ped eng i neer a record sett i ng 56-3 Patriot win . . . i t was his t h i rd 1 , 000 yard rece iv ing campaig n as he led the NFL i n receiv­i ng i n both 1 969 ( 1 , 1 1 6 yards) and 1 972 ( 1 ,048 yards) wh i le at Ph i lade lph ia . . . on the year, he had th ree 1 00 yard rece iv ing games, cha l k i ng up 1 21 yards vs . the NY Jets (9-9) , 1 05 vs . M iami ( 1 1 -29) and 1 47 yards vs . M i n nesota ( 1 2-1 6) . . . that effort ran h i s career total to 24 1 00 yard rece iv ing games . . . more amazi ng l y , he has never m i ssed a game as a pro, a career that spans 12 seasons and i nc ludes 1 60 games . . . he now ranks as the top active NFL receiver and n i nth on the Hal l of Fame a l l-l ime receivers l i st . . . Harold was the NFL leader i n recept ions dur­i ng 1 972 wi th 62 catches and topped the league the fo l lowing year with a 2 1 . 9 yard recept ion average . . . ranked tenth in the NFL in ' 79 in recep­tion yardage total . . . jo ined the Patriots on 8-1 6-78 when he was traded by the Rams . . . Patr iots sent the i r t h i rd round choice i n 1 979 and fou rth round choice i n 1 980 for the c lassy receiver . . . s ince then, he has started a l l 32 games for the Patr iots . . . started his Patr iot career in g reat fash ion , hau l i n g i n seven passes for 1 24 yards , inc lud ing a 45 yard TD pass in the season opener vs. Wash ing ton (9-3-78) . . . had h i s best day as a Ram rece iver when he caugh t 8 passes for 1 27 yards and 2 TDs vs. New Or leans in 1 977 . . . wh i l e with Ph i lade lph ia , snagged a s ing le game career h igh of n ine recept ions vs . Dal las i n 1 972 . . . has made five P ro Bowl appearances , ty ing new teammate and longt ime friend Chuck Foreman for top honors i n that department on the Patriots squad . . . f i n i shed second i n the NFL last year wi th a 22 .5 yard recept ion average . . . teammate Stan ley Morgan was tops i n the NFL with a 22 .8 average . . . Haro ld has ach ieved his standout career wh i l e p lay i ng for th ree N F L c l ubs . . . or i g i na l l y the 1 4th round p ick of the Rams in 1 968, he was active in j ust two games wh i l e spend ing t ime on the cab squad . . . the fo l l ow ing year , he was traded to Ph i lade lph ia on 7-7-69 with DE John Zook for Eag le RB I s rael Lang . . . he returned to the Rams i n another trade on 6-8-73 with RB Tony Baker and several d raft choices that sent Ram QB Roman Gabrie l to Ph i l l y . . . shares the d i st inct ion of p lay ing the most pro seasons on the Patriots a long wi th OC B i l l Lenkai t is .

COLLEGE: Clocked at 9 . 3 i n the 1 00 yard dash , Harold set a school rece iv ing record as a senior at Jackson State , a school that has produc­ed many outstand i ng N F L p layers .

PERSONAL: S i ng l e . . . d ubbed "Ho l lywood " by teammates, havi ng appeared i n sma l l ro les i n several mot ion p ictu res . . . the personable vet spent the past off-season trave l l i ng th roughout the country mak ing speak i ng appearances . . . enjoys work i ng wi th youth g roups . . . l i ves in Los Ange les d u ri ng the off-season . . i nc l udes golf and tenn i s among h i s hobb ies .

RECEIVING Year Club G No. Yds. Avg. LG. TD 1 968 Los Angeles 0 0 0 .0 0 0 1 969 Phi ladelphia 1 4 65 · 1 1 1 6 1 7 . 2 65 9

1 970 Phi lade lph ia 1 4 4 1 6 1 3 1 5 .0 79 5 1 97 1 Phi lade lph ia 47 47 7 1 6 1 5 . 2 69 3 1 972 Ph ;au o lph ia 1 4 '62 · 1 048 1 6 .9 77 4

1 973 Los A .-1ge les 14 40 874 ' 2 1 .9 69 ' 1 3 1 974 Los Angeles 1 4 30 5 1 4 1 7 . 1 44 5 1 975 Los Angeles 1 4 43 786 1 8 . 3 54 7

1 976 Los Angeles 14 39 751 19 . 3 65 5 1 977 Los Angeles 14 48 666 1 3 .9 58 6 1 978 Patriots 1 6 37 743 20 . 1 57 6 1 979 Patriots 1 6 45 1 0 1 3 22 .5 59 7

Totals 12 years 1 60 497 8840 1 7 .8 79 70 " N FL Leader

OTHER STATS: Rush ing : ' 69-twice for 10 yds. , ' 70-once for minus f ive yd s . , ' 7 1 -five t imes for 4 1 yd s . , ' 72-nine t imes for 76 yds . , ' 73-twice for minus eight yds . , ' 74-once for fou r yds . , ' 75-none. ' 76-once fo r 1 5 yd s . , ' 77-once fo r six yds . , ' 78-once fo r 7 yds . , ' 79-one in-complet ion .

SINGLE GAME CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 9 vs. Dal las (9-1 7-72 ) , 1 6 1 yds. Receiving Yards : 238 vs. Dallas ( 1 0-1 4-73) , 7 recept ions Longest Recept ion : 79 vs. NY G iants ( 1 0- 1 1 -70) TD Receptions : 4 vs. Dallas ( 1 0-1 4-73)

JACKSO N's 1 000 YARD SEASON - 1 979 Date / Oponent No. Yds . AVG. LG. TD

91 3 Pittsburgh 91 9 NY Jets 9 1 1 6 @Cinc innati 9 1 23 San Diego

1 0 1 1 @Green Bay 1 0 1 7 Detroit 1 0 1 1 4 @Ch icago 1 0 1 2 1 Miami 1 0 1 28 @ Balt imore 1 1 1 4 @Bu ffalo 1 1 1 1 1 @Denver 1 1 1 1 8 Balt imore 1 1 1 25 Buffalo 1 1 1 29 @ M iami 121 9 @ N Y Jets 1 2 1 1 6 M i n nesota

TOTALS

1 9 9 9 0 3 1 2 1 40.3 491 3 2 76 38.0 59 0 2 33 1 6 . 5 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 59 1 9 . 6 32 0 4 65 1 6 . 2 30 1

35 35.0 35 0 92 23.0 28 0

4 69 1 7 .2 25 0 1 1 7 1 7 .0 17 0 3 50 1 7 .6 33 1

87 2 1 . 7 50 0 1 05 2 1 .0 33 1 48 1 6 . 0 2 1 0

1 47 29.4 43

45 1 0 1 3 22.5 59

ANDY JOHNSON 32 RB 6-0 204 G EORGIA 6th year DOB: 1 0-1 8-52 at Athens , Ga. HOW ACQ U IRED : D-5a , 1 974

PRO: What began as another impressive year for Andy qu ick ly tu rned to one of g reat d i sappointment as he was fel led by a knee i n j u ry in the season ' s f i fth game (at G reen Bay, 1 0-1 ) and was lost for the year . . . after u ndergo ing su rg ical repai r to h i s left knee , Andy has u ndergone an i ntens ive rehab i l i tat ion prog ram and is mak ing ready to have another g reat comeback s im i lar to h is performance of 1 978 . . . after s i t t ing out the ent i re 1 977 season wi th a damaged r ight knee , "A .J . " retu rned in '78 to become the Patriots th i rd lead ing rusher on the year with 675 yards on 1 47 carr ies for a 4 .6 yard rush i ng averaged and th ree TD 's . . . he a lso f i n i shed as the team 's f i fth best receiver with 26 recept ions for 267 yards . . . his 43 rush ing attem pts through the f i rst f ive games of ' 79 was good enough! to cover 1 32 yards and vau lt h im i nto the fifth spot on the Patriots a l l t ime career rush i ng l i st . . . d u ri ng h i s f i ve pro seasons , Andy has chu rned out fou r 1 00 yard rush ing games , i nc l ud ing h is career best effort of 1 27 yards on 14 attempts vs . Tampa Bay ( 1 2-1 2-76) . . . in that game, he also ripped off the longest ru n of his pro career, a 69 yard jaun t for a TD . . . an in te l l i gent player, he fo l lows his blocks as well as any ru nne r i n the l eag ue and is a g reat threat as a pass receiver com ing ou t of the backf ie ld . . . before m iss ing the 1 977 season , Andy had p layed i n al l 42 games of his f i rst th ree pro campaig ns and he retu rned i n '78 to start i n 1 3 of his 1 5 appearances . . . Andy had his best year in 1 976, account i ng for 699 rush ing yards , 343 yards in recept ions and ten tota l TDs , second only to team leader Steve G rogan ( 1 3) . . . for h i s outstand i ng p lay , he was named " U nsung Hero" by the Patriots 1 776 Fan C l ub in 1 976 . . . a g ifted ath lete, Andy was d rafted by the Balt imore Or io les , but chose a g rid career and made th ree starts as a rookie at WR . . . h e played the other 1 1 games of h i s f i rst year at RB and on specia l teams . . . m i dway th rough the fol lowing year , Andy became a regu lar at R B and f i n ished the year as the Patriots second best rusher (488 yards) wh i le start i� n ine games . . . d u ri ng h i s Patriot career, he has played both RB and WR, retu rned punts and k ickoffs and attempted passes on the HB option . . . a lso a capable punter .

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COLLEGE: Former ly a q uarterback for the Bu l ldogs , Andy was choser as the nat i on ' s top col lege sophomore QB by FOOTBALL NEWS i n 1 971 . . . accou nted for 1 799 yards on 431 carries over three year varsity career . . . was second rated ru sher in SEC as a soph and reg istered 7f po ints on 1 3 TDs that year .

PERSONAL: Marr ied (Char lotte) . . . father of one daughter Kristy (6 : and one son Brent (4) . . . act ive i n area char i t ies and serves a� spokesman for local Ronald MacDonald House . . . fo l lowing rehab i l i ta· t ion of h i s i n j u red knee , he won the s ing les championsh ip in the 1 98( N FLPA Ten n i s Tournament he ld in Las Vegas . . . a lso enjoys playing basketba l l .

R U S H I N G RECEIVING

Year G No. Yds . Avg. Lg. TD No. Yds . Avg. Lg. TD

1 974 1 4 2 -4 -2 .0 -2 0 8 1 47 18 .4 34 1 975 1 4 1 1 7 488 4 . 2 661 3 26 294 1 1 .3 29 1 976 1 4 1 69 699 4 . 1 691 6 29 343 1 1 .3 53 1 978 1 5 147 675 4 .6 52 3 26 267 1 0.3 31 1 979 5 43 1 32 3 . 1 1 5 9 68 7 .6 1 1

Totals 62 478 1 990 4 . 2 691 1 3 98 10 19 1 0.4 53

Single Game Career Highs 1 00 Yard Rushing Games

1 975 - vs. Balt imore ( 1 0- 19 ) 1 8-1 24-2 (661) Most Carries-27, vs. Balt imore (9-1 8-78) Most Yd. Rsh . - 1 27 , at rampa Bay( 1 2-1 2-76) Long . Run-69 (TD), a1 Tampa Bay( l 2-1 2-76) Most Recept ions-?, vs. M iam i(9-1 9-76) Most Yds. Rec . - 1 03 , at Balt imore( 1 2-21 -75) Long . Reception-53, vs . Bal1 imore(9-1 2-76)

vs. San Francisco ( 1 0-26) 2 1 -1 03-0 ( 1 4) 1 976 - at Tampa Bay ( 1 2- 1 2 1 1 4-1 27-2 (691) 1 978 - vs. Balt imore (9-18) 27-1 09-1 ( 1 2 )

OTHER STATS: Pass i ng : ' 76-zero for two , ' 78-zero for two ; Pun t Retu rns : ' 74-3 FC, ' 75-s ix for 74 yards and four FC; K ickoff returns : ' 74-1 5 for 303 yards , '75-1 0 for 1 88 yards ; Fumbles : '75-4, ' 76-5, ' 78-4 , ' 79-0; Fumb les Recover ies : ' 78-2 .

S H ELBY JORDAN 74

OT 6-7 260 WAS H INGTON ( MO) 5th year DOB : 1 -23-52 at St . Lou i s . HOW ACQ U IRED : FA , 1 974

PRO: Havi ng assumed the start i ng ro le at r ight tack le for the Patriots i r 1 978, She lby was we l l on h i s way to another f u l l season of 16 games un· t i l a knee i n j u ry vs . Denver ( 1 1 -1 1 ) fe l led h im after 1 1 sta rts . . . afte1 m iss ing the next two games against Bal t imore ( 1 1 -1 8) and Buffalo ( 1 1 · 25) , he returned for duty i n t h e fou rth q uarter v s . M iami ( 1 1 -29) anc started the f inal two games of the season . . . havi ng m i ssed the 1 97f campa ign , he retu rned in 1 977 to start 1 0 games, three at left tack le anc seven at the r ight tack le posit ion . . . started 14 games at r ight tackle i n 1 975 i n p lace of the i n j u red Tom Nev i l le . . . a 7th round cho ice b� Houston i n 1 973, he had a tough pro g rid start . . . f i rst he was p laced on O i l ers taxi squad, then the i n j u red reserve l i st and was f inal ly waived . . . j o i ned the Patriots as free agent on 4-2-74 . . . was impressive in '74 trai n i n g cam p but an i n j u ry s ide l i ned h im for the ent i re regu lar season .

COLLEGE: Sma l l Co l l ege A l l-America at Wash ington U n iversity i n St . Louis . . . p layed as DT his f i rst t h ree seasons before switch i ng to LE! . . . f i rst p layer ever from Wash i ng ton U. (MO) to be d rafted i n NFL .

PERSONAL: Marr ied ( Donzel la ) and father of one son , She lby I I ( 1 ) . . . pursu ing an M BA at B ryant Col lege (R . I . ) , s i te of Patriots summer train· ing camp . . . active in speakers bureau for U n ited Way and various civic g roups . . . hobb ies i nc lude racquetba l l and cyc l i ng . . . along with Don Hasse lbeck , lays c la im to be ing tal lest on Patriots squad at 6-7 . . . youngest i n fam i l y of seven ch i ld re n .

STATS: F umb l e recover ies: 1 975-two for 1 2 yards , 1 979-1 ; Games played : 1 975- 1 4 , 1 976-0, 1 977-1 0, 1 978-1 6, 1 979-1 4 , Total - 54 . 36

BOB J U RY 24

DB 6-1 1 88 PITTS B U RG H 2nd year DOB: 1 0-5-55 at Los Ange les HOW ACQ U I RED : W-NY G iants , 1 980

PRO: Bob is hop ing to f ind a permanent spot in the Patr iots secondary after mak ing stops wi th th ree other NFL c l ubs . . . after be ing selected in the th i rd round of the 1 978 draft by Seattle , he was t raded to San Fran­c isco pr ior to the start of the reg u lar season (8-28) and played in a l l but the open i ng game for the 49ers . . . started the last e ight games of '78 for the Bay City c l ub but was waived last season on 9-1 1 without being act ive . . . s i gned as FA wi th the NY G iants i n February , 1 980 but was p laced on waivers and c la imed by the Patriots on 5-1 9-80. COLLEGE: As a sen ior , Bob was selected as both an AP and UPI A l l­Amer ica wh i l e p lay ing for the Panthers . . . a lso played in H u la and Japan Bowls . . . ho lds the school record for ten i ntercept ions du ri ng the 1 976 season and the schoo l ' s career i n terception record of 1 9 . . . a lso had two more i ntercept ions i n post-season play. PERSONAL: Marr ied (V ictor ia) . . . he l ped father- i n- law open and manage g rocery store d u ring the past off-season i n· subu rban Pi tt­sburgh . . . c lose fr iend and former Pitt teammate of Patriots QB Matt Cavanaug h . STATS: Games p layed : 1 978-1 5 .

JOHN K IMBROUGH 82

WR 5-1 1 1 75 ST. CLO U D STATE 2nd year DOB :8-1 2-54 at Mt . Vernon , A la . HOW ACQ U IRED : FA, 1 980

PRO: Or ig i na l l y Buffa lo ' s t h i rd round d raft choice in 1 977 , John played as a rook ie with the B i l l s but was waived the fo l low ing year du ri ng t ra in­i ng camp . . . caugh t 1 0 passes for 208 yards i n '77 , inc lud ing the team 's longest of the season , a 42 yarder vs . Patriots . . . retu rned both punts and k ickoffs at Buffalo . . . had a 73 yard k ickoff retu rn for a TD vs . Ba l t imore . . . s ig ned as a FA w i t h Oakland after '78 season but released in Spr i ng , 1 979 . . . s ig ned as a FA by Patriots on 5-23-80. COLLEGE: Second team ·,L itt le A l l-America select ion . . . p layed i n Sen ior Bow l under g u idance of Patriots receiver coach Raymond Berry . . . was top receiver i n the game, g rabb ing 8 passes for 1 01 yards . PERSONAL: Married ( Betty) . . . two ch i ld ren . . . m i ssed 1 978 and 1 979 season after becom ing aff l icted wi th G raves d i sease, a hyperac­t ive thyro id cond i t ion wh ich he has recovered f rom .

Year G 1 977 1 4

R ECEIV ING PUNT RETURNS No. Yds.

1 0 208

No. 1 977 1 5

Avg. Lg. TD No. Yds. Avg.

20.7 42 2 1 6 1 85 1 1 . 5

KICKOFF R ETURNS Yds . Avg. Lg. TD 346 23 . 1 27 0

STEVE K I N G 52

OLB 6-4 230 TU LSA 8th year

Lg.

731

DOB: 6-1 0-51 at Qu i nton , O K . H O W ACQ U I RED : F A , 1 973

TD

PRO: Steve prov ided another season of fine specia l teams play and backup depth at the outside l i nebacker post behind Mike Hawk ins . . . credited w i th 24 tack les wh i l e p lay i ng i n a l l 1 6 games . . . h i s most pro­duct ive day in '79 was aga inst Detro i t ( 1 0 / 7 ) when he recorded 3 tack les

and an ass is t . . . in ' 77 and '78 , he started fou r and s i x games, respec­t ive ly , at the OLB spot . . . a leader on the specia l teams , Steve started the f i rst seven games of the '76 season before m iss i ng th ree games wi th an i n j u ry . . . he returned to p lay i n the f ina l th ree games that year . . . started at OLB in '74 after Patriots sh i fted to 3-4 defens ive a l i gnment . . . s igned as a free agent on 4-23-73 and played pr imari l y on special teams his f i rst year i n the N FL . COLLEGE: A long w i th Patr iot pu nter Edd ie Hare , i s one of two Tu lsa g rads on the Patr iots roster . . . t h ree year performer at both DE and LB for the Go lden H u rr icane . . . best game came when he made 20 tack les h is j u n io r year against Lou i sv i l l e . PERSONAL: Marr ied (Cathy ) . . . spent past off-season a s an i n structor at a Rhode Is land Naut i l u s tra i n i n g center . . . a lso active with Steve N e lson in f und rai s i ng projects for the Wrentham State School . . . en­joys work i ng w i th Spec ia l O lymp ics . . . l i kes to f i sh in h i s spare t ime . STATS : Intercepted one pass for n i ne yards i n 1 974 . Games played : 1 973-7, 1 974- 1 4 , 1 975-1 4 , 1 976-1 1 , 1 977- 1 4 , 1 978- 1 6 , 1 979-1 6 , Tota l : -92.

B I LL LENKAIT IS 67

oc 6-4 255 PENN STATE 1 3th year DOB : 6-30-46 at Cleveland , O H HOW ACQ U IRED : W-San Diego, 1 971

PRO: One of the Patr iots e lder statesmen a l ong w i t h WR Harold Jackson , " D r . Lenk" has p layed more games ( 1 25) i n a Patriots u n iform than any other act ive p layer . . . hav i ng played 29 games with San Diego from 1 968-1 970, Lenk has 1 54 pro games under h i s be l t . . . a long with John Hannah , was one of only two Patr iots offens ive l i nemen to play al l 16 games last year . . . Lenk had a ste l la r season i n 1 978 and was the apex i n an offens ive l i n e that paved the way for the Patr iots league record sett i ng performance of 3 1 65 rush i ng yard s for the year . . . Lenk entered the p ro ranks as the second round d raft choice of the !:ian Diego Chargers i n 1 968 and recorded a tack le on a k ickoff i n h i s f i rst p lay . . . started at g u ard for the Chargers i n 1 970 bu t was a pre-season cut the fo l low ing year . . . q u i ck l y acq u i red off the waiver w i re by the Patriots and he saw f u l l t ime du ty at gua rd and part t ime serv ice at center and on spec ia l teams . . . a pre-season cut by the Patr iots i n 1 973 , Lenk return­ed after the second game to replace the i n j u red Jon Morr is . . . despite the fact that h e had hard l y p layed the pos i t ion s ince 1 967 , he started the last 12 games of the season at center . . . s i nce then, he has played every game at center except the last th ree of 1 975 when he was fe l led by a knee i n j u ry . . . pr ior to the i n j u ry , he started 37 straig h t games and h e w i l l enter the 1 980 campa ign with 60 consecut ive starts to his cred i t . . . honored by h is teammates as the N FL Dodge Man of the Year in 1 976 and as the 1 776 Fan C l ub ' s U n sung He ro i n 1 974 . COLLEGE: A standout at Penn State , he p layed for both R ip Eng le and Joe Paterno w h i l e serv i ng as squad capta i n as a sen ior . PERSONAL: Marr ied (Donna ) . . . father of daug hters Kr i sten (6) and Lauren (4) and a son Jam ie ( 1 ) . . . hav i ng earned a denta l deg ree from the U n i v . of Tenn-Memph i s i n 1 973-74 off-season , he cond ucts a prac­t ice in Foxboro and is the off ic ia l team dent is t . . . a lso owns a cha in of five h i g h l y successf u l racquetba l l c l u bs w i th former Patriot Randy Vataha . . . an avfd racq uetba l l p layer h i m se l f , Lenk has g reat ly im prov­ed h i s footwork on the g rid i ron s i nce tak i ng up the court game . . . serv­ed as Honora ry Cha i rman of the Massachusetts Easter Seal Society d u r­i n g the past off-season . STATS : F u m b les : ' 75-1 , ' 77-1 . F umb le Recover ies : ' 70-1 , ' 75-2, ' 79-1 . Games P layed : 1 968-6, 1 969-1 4 , 1 970-9 , 1 97 1 - 1 4 , 1 972- 1 4 , 1 973-1 2 , 1 974-1 4 , 1 975-1 1 , 1 976- 1 4 , 1 977-1 4 , 1 978-1 6 , 1 979- 1 6 , Total - 1 54 .

M EL LU N S FORD 72

DE 6-3 260 CENTRAL STATE (Oh) 8th year DOB : 6-1 3-50 at C incin nati HOW ACQ U I RED : T-Wash . , 1 973

PRO: Since jo i n i ng the Patriots i n 1 973·, Me l was a large ly u nheralded but steady performer on the Patr iots defens ive l i ne , but th i ngs changed for him in 1 979 . . . the Patriots f i fth best tack ler (57) , Me l also t ied Tony McGee for most QB pressures (22) and was named w inner of the J im Lee H u nt Memoria l Award , c i t i n g h im as t he team ' s most va l uable l i nemen i n a po l l of the Patriots coach i ng staff . . . Me l also started a l l 1 6 games for the second stra ight year wh i l e shar ing the left D E dut ies wi th McGee . . . had the most QB sacks i n a season du ri ng h i s career, d ropp­ing oppos i ng quarterbacks seven times on the year . . . one of the team ' s strongest players, he i s a lso one of the most du rable , hav ing p layed i n 59 of 60 games over the last four years . . . Defensive Coor­d i nator Fr i tz Shu rmur ca l ls Me l "an except iona l ly physical player who can domi nate h is s ide of the l i ne" . . . Me l was chosen i n the th i rd round of the ' 72 d raft by Oak land , but was released and made free agent stops at At lanta and Wash i ngton . . . he was traded by the Redsk ins to the Patriots on 7-26-73 in exchange for the Patriots fifth round select ion i n 1 974 . . . i n h i s f i rst year a s a Patr iot , he was active for t h e ent i re season wh i l e appeari ng in fou r games . . . the fo l lowing year he recorded five sacks wh i l e play i ng i n a l l but one game . . . Mel started the fi rst fou r games o f 1 975 , b u t reti red from footba l l f o r personal reasons . . . after h i s re i nstatement in 1 976, he was i nvolved in 678 plays, mak ing 40 tack les . COLLEGE: Mel played i n 35 stra ight games as a co l leg ian . . . twice named NAIA A l l-America ( 1 970 and 1 971 ) . PERSONAL: Marr ied (D iane) . . . l i ves i n hometown of C i n c i nnati du r­i n g the off-season and enjoys p lay i ng basketba l l . STATS: Fumb le Recover ies : ' 74-1 , ' 76-2 ; Games played : 1 973-4, 1 974-1 3 , 1 975-4 , 1 976-1 4 , 1 977-1 3 , 1 978-1 6 , 1 979-1 6 , Tota l : 80 .

B I L L M ATTH EWS 53 LB 6-2 235 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 2nd year DOB: 3-1 2-56 at Santa M o n i ca , CAL. HOW ACQ U I R E D : D-5, 1 978

PRO: "A young player who can play both i ns ide and outs ide l i nebacker w i th equal sk i l l " says Defensive Coord i nator Fr i tz Shurmur . . . re­bounded after rook ie campaign found h im on i nj u red reserve for ent i re regu lar season wt ih neck i n j u ry and made squad at the h igh l y com­pet i t ive LB post . . . backs up Steve Ne lson at I LB spot and f i l led i n for him vs . G reen Bay ( 1 0 / 1 ) when Ne lson suffered a concuss ion . . . got f i rst and on l y start of short pro career the fo l low ing week vs . Detro i t ( 1 0 1 7) . . . had 27½ tack les on the year . . . w i l l have to batt le for roster spot in camp with other young l i nebackers Go l ie , Zamberl i n and Petersen . COLLEGE: Two-t ime Academic al l-American f o r t h e Jack Rabbits . . . p layed TE as freshman , OT as a soph and DE as a j u n ior and sen ior . . . Dai ry Sc ience Major w i th 3 .65 average . P ERSONAL: S i ng l e . . . h a i l s from Wess ington , S .D . (pop. 350) . . . spends off season there work ing as a carpenter and restor ing ant ique cars . . . performs char i ty work for Specia l Olympics and Cancer Soc iety . . . l i kes to both snow and water sk i . STATS: Games played : ' 79-1 6 .

PRENTICE McCRAY 34 ss 6- 1 1 90 A R IZONA STATE 8th year DOB : 3-1 -51 at Stockto n , Ca l . HOW ACQ U I RE D : F A , 1 974

PRO: For the second stra ight year, Prent ice was pestered by a nagg i ng i n j u ry t ha t l i m ited h i s avai lab i l i ty and play i ng t ime . . . appeari ng i n 1 4 games , Prent ice started at the strong safety posit ion s ix t imes , but m i ssed the Detroit ( 1 0-7) and Ch i cago ( 1 0- 14 ) games with a shou lder i n­j u ry . . . i n 1 978, he had a 57 game start i ng streak at SS snapped by a nagg i n g knee i nj u ry that l i m ited h i s act ion to j ust e igh t games ( three starts) . . . despi te the i n j u ries , Prentice had th ree i ntercept ions i n 1 979,

ty ing M i ke Haynes for the runnerup spot beh ind team i n terception leader Ray C layborn (5) . . . he a lso added 21 ½ tack les and a sack in 1 979 . . . 1 977 was a workhou rse year for the former Sun Devi l as he led the secondary i n n u mber of p lays (891 ) , wh i l e making 47 tack les and p ick ing off fou r passes . . . had the best season of h is pro career du ring the Patr iots p layoff d r ive of 1 976 . . . h i s 1 82 yard s on i nterception retu rns (5 ) was tops i n the AFC and his 36 .4 in tercept ion retu rn average was the best in the NFL . . . aga inst the NY Jets ( 1 1 -21 -76 ) , he set team record for in tercept ion retu rn yard s in a game ( 1 1 8) and became the on ly p layer i n Patr iot h i story to return two intercept i ons for TDs (63 and 55 yard s) i n the same game . . . or ig ina l l y the e ig hth rou nd d raft choice of Detroit in 1 973 , he was a late cut by the L ions that season . . . s igned as a FA w i th the Patr iots on 4-7-74 and earned the start i ng strong safety ro le wi th an i m p ress ive showing in trai n i ng camp . . named to a l l ­rook ie squads by PRO FOOTBALL WEEKLY AND FOOTBALL DIG EST in 1 974 . COLLEGE: A two-year starter at corner for the Sun Devi l s , Prent ice a lso worked as a pun t retu rn spec ia l i s t at ASU . . . ha i l s f rom the same a lma mater as secondary mate M i ke Haynes . P ERSONAL: Marr ied (Casand ra) . . . father of Prent ice , J r . ( 1 ) . . . spent the off-season i n Tempe, A r izona area.

INTERCEPTIONS Year G No . Yds . Avg . Lg . TD

1 974 1 4 3 6 1 20 . 3 33 0 1 975 14 0 0 0 . 0 0 1 976 1 4 5 1 82 36 .4 63 1 977 14 6 1 1 5 .2 48 1 978 8 0 0 . 0 0 1 979 1 4 48 1 6 . 0 2 6

Tota l s 86 1 5 352 2 3 . 5 6 3 2

OTH E R STATS : F u m b le Recover ies : ' 74-1 ' 76-2 , ' 77-1 , ' 79-1 .

TONY McGEE 78

DE 6-4 250 B ISHOP (TX) 1 0th year DOB : 1 -1 8-49 at Batt le Creek , M ic h . HOW ACQU IRED : T-Ch icago, 1 974

PRO: " M ac the Sack" cont i n u ed h i s harrassment of oppos ing QB ' s as he led the Patr iots in the sack dept . for the fifth stra igh t year . . . play­ing as a DR (des ignated rusher ) , he also started twice and matched h i s 1 978 sack total of 1 1 ½ i n '79 . . . he now has 78½ career sacks . . . on the year , Ton y notched 35 tack les and t ied Me l Lunsford for most QB p ressu res w i th 22 . . . h i s most product ive game was i n the season opener vs. P ittsbu rgh (9/ 3 ) when he made 5 tack les 1 ½ sacks and 1 QB pressu re . . . also had 3½ sacks i n two meet i ngs with Buffa lo . . . a d u rab le p layer , Tony has p layed in 1 29 of h i s 1 30 N F L games and in 87 of 88 as a Patr iot , m i ss i ng j ust one game in '75 wi th an ank le i n j u ry . . . h i s outstand i n g p lay i n 1 977 earned h i m the coveted J i m Lee H u nt Memoria l Award , an honor voted upon by the Patr iots coaches for most outstan­d i n g l i n e play . . . j o i ned the Patriots in a pre-season 1 974 trade from C h icago in exchange for the Patriots e ig hth cho ice in '75 and th i rd cho ice i n ' 76 . . . o ri g i na l l y the Bears t h i rd round d raft cho ice in 1 971 , he p layed i n 42 consecut ive games for the Windy Ci ty c lub at both DT and DE before the trade . . . i n h is f i rst year as a Patriot, he turned i n 4½ sacks , w h i l e acco u nt i ng for 6½ i n ' 75 , 1 2½ in '76 and 1 3½ more i n ' 77 . COLLEGE: Tony p layed two for two seasons at the U n ive rs ity of Wyom­ing before transferr i n g to B ishop Co l lege i n Texas . PERSONAL: Marr ied ( N ovenna) . . . fathe r of two sons , David and Soloman , and a daughter , Shay la . . . one of the most affab le members of the squad , h e is popu lar on the speak i ng c i rc u it . . . d u ri ng the past off seaso n , he worked in the bond management prog ram at Rhode Is land H o spi ta l Trust and pu rsue<:! g raduate stud ies i n recreat ion ad­m i n ist ratio n . . . a l so he lped conduct the popu lar New Eng land Youth Footba l l Camp wh i ch he he lped fou n d with Ray Ham i l ton and Leon G ray . . . active in n um e ro u s chari tab le acit iv it ies, he was the 1 980 recepitent of the Fr i to Lay Com m u n ity Service Award . . . a lso was feted at the White H o u s e for h is efforts i n fede ra l l y funded youth employment pro­grams.

STATS: Fumb l e Recover i es : ' 7 1 -3 , ' 73-4 , '77-1 , ' 78-1 . Games played -1 97 1 - 1 4 , 1 972-1 4 , 1 973-1 4 , 1 974-1 4 , 1 975-1 3 , 1 976-1 4 , 1 977-1 4 , 1 978- 1 6 , 1 979- 1 6 , Total - 1 29 .

STA N L EY M O RGAN 86

WR 5-1 1 1 80 TEN N ESS E E 4th year DOB: 2-1 7-55 at Eas ley , SC HOW ACQ U I R E D : D-1 b , 1 977

PRO : "Stan l ey ' s peers c i ted h i s g reat performance last year by vot ing h im to the Pro Bowl sq uad " was the way Patriot Head Coach Ron E rhardt s u m m ed u p Morgan ' s t h i rd and f i nest year as a pro . . . hav ing started a l l 46 games i n h i s t h ree pro g rid years , he i s now cons idered as one of the games top receivers and g reatest deep th reats . . . jo i ned Haro ld Jackson as f i rst p layer in c l ub h i story to ga in over a 1 , 000 yards rece iv ing i n a season (44 catches for 1 , 002 yards) . . . f i n i shed 1 2th in NFL i n rece iv i ng yards , but tops i n the leag ue i n TD recept ions wi th ( 1 2 ) and yards per recept ion (22 .8) . . . notched f ive games wi th more than 1 00 yards rece iv ing d u ri n g the year , i n c l ud i ng one against each AFC East opponen t - NY Jets ( 1 02 , 1 29) , Balt i more ( 1 5 1 ) , Buffalo ( 1 58) and M iam i ( 1 24) . . . has a tota l of e ight games wi th over 1 00 yards rece iv ing d u r i n g short career . . . i n last fou r meet i ngs aga inst Colts , he has hau l ­ed i n 14 passes for 371 yards , i n c l ud i ng 5 TDs (75 , 62, 56, 27 and 25 yards) . . . i n the Patriots 50-2 1 t hump i ng of the Colts at Foxboro last year ( 1 1 1 1 8) , Stan ley retu rned a punt 80 yards for a score, on l y the th i rd t ime that feat has been accomp l i shed in c l ub h i story . . . set a c l ub record fo r h i g hest recept ion yardage average i n a season (22 .8 yards) wh i l e tying Steve G rogan ' s c l ub record of 13 TDs i n a season set i n 1 976 . . . now ranks as the t h i rd best punt returner in c l ub h i story (78 for 840 yards and 1 0 . 7 avg . ) after l ead i ng team in that department last season with 29 retu rns for 289 yard s ( 1 0 . 0 avg . ) . . . caught two passes for 32 yards i n P ro Bowl at Hono l u l u . . . i n sophomore pro campaig n , Stan ley led the team i n recept ion yardage (820) and was the team ' s top punt returner (32 for 335 yards and 1 0 . 5 avg . ) . . . ste l l a r rook ie year i nc l uded rank i ng second on team recept ion l i s t (2 1 ) , tops among Patriot receivers w i th 2 1 . 1 yard recept ion average and tops in pun t returns ( 1 6 for 220 yards and 1 3 . 8 avg . ) . . . h i s 1 3 .8 yard pun t retu rn ave rage was second best i n AFC i n ' 77 . . . named to the PFW a l l -rook ie team and tabbed Rookie of the Year by the 1 776 Fan C l ub i n 1 977 . . . the 25th p layer se lected i n the 1 977 d raft , Stan ley jo ined Ray Clayborn ( 1 6th ) as one of two Patr iot f i rst rou nd se lect ions that year . COLLEGE : Rece ived count less awards after four year career wi th the Vo lu nteers . . . p layed th ree d i fferent pos i t ions - WR , RB and WB . . . accou nted for 47 1 3 yards wh i l e a co l l eg ian , ave rag i ng 9 .2 yards every t ime he touched the bal l . PERSONAL: Marr ied ( R ho led ia ) . . . o n e daug hter , San i t ra N i ko le (4) . . . f i n i shed his deg ree work i n Recreat ion Adm in i st rat ion by work i ng at a local YMCA in off-season . . . also worked for the second stra igh t year at I n d u str ia l National Bank i n Prov idence hand l i n g govern ment and m u n i c i pa l bond management . . . l i kes col lect ing var ious types of m u s ica l reco rd i n gs . . . a standout performer on the Patriots off-season basketbal l sq uad .

RECEIVING PUNT RETURNS Year G No. Yds . Avg. Lg. TD No. FC Yds. Avg. Lg. TD 1 977 14 21 443 21 .3 64t 3 1 6 2 220 1 3 . 8 53 0

1 978 1 6 34 820 24 . 1 64t 3 1 6 2 220 1 3 .8 53 0

1 979 1 6 44 1 002 22 8 63t 1 2 ' 29 21 289 1 0.0 801

Totals 46 99 2265 22.9 751 20 77 27 844 1 1 .0 801

' N FL Leader

OTHER STATS: Rush ing : ' 77-once for 10 yards, ' 78-twice for 1 1 yards, ' 79-seven for 39

yard s; Fumbles: '78-6, "79-1 .

Single Game Career Highs Most receptions - 6 , at NY Jets ( 1 2-9-79)

Most Yds. receivng - 1 70 .

at Balt imore ( 1 1 -26-78)

Longest Receptio,,.._ 75 (TD),

at Balt imore ( 1 1 -28-78)

Most TO receptions - 2 (Four t imes), vs

NY Jets (9-9-79), at Bait. ( 1 0-28-79),

1 00 Yard Receiving Games 1 978-vs. Balt imore (9-1 8) 3-1 25-1 (621)

vs. Ph i l . ( 1 0-8) 3-1 04-1 (581)

at Baltimore ( 1 1 -26) 5-1 70-1 (751)

1 979-vs. NY Jets (9-9) 3-1 02-2

at Baltimore ( 1 0-28) 5-1 5 1 -2 (561)

at Buffalo ( 1 1 -4 5-1 58-2 (631)

at Miami ( 1 1 -29 5-1 24-1 (381)

at Buf f . ( 1 1 -4-79) . at NY Jets ( 1 2-9-79) . at NY Jets ( 1 2-9) 6-1 29-2 (481)

Date / Opp

9 / 3 P i t tsburgh 9 / 9 NY Jets 9 / 16 Qi C i n c i n nati

9 / 23 San D iego 10/ 1 q, G reen Bay 10 / 7 Detroit 1 0 / 1 4 q, Chicago 1 0 1 2 1 M iam i 1 0 1 28 a, Ba l t imore 1 1 / 4 ti, Bu ffalo 1 1 / 1 1 (ri, Oenver

1 1 / 18 Ba l t imore 1 1 1 25 Bu ffalo 11 / 29 <ft· M iami

121 9 tii NY Je ts 1 2 1 1 6 M i n nesota

Total s

MORGAN'S 1 000 YD . SEASON- 1 979

No.

2 0

0

1 5

44

Yds . Avg Lg TDs

33 33 33t 0 1 02 34 50t 54 18 .0 27 1 0 0 0 0

63 15 . 7 35 0 22 22.0 22 0 43 10 . 7 14 1 53 26.5 41 0

15 1 30.2 56t 1 58 31 .6 63t

0 0 0 0 25 25.0 25 1 16 16 .0 16 0

1 24 24.8 38t 1

1 29 2 1 . 5 481 2 29 9 .8 16 0

1 002 22.8 631 12

STEVE N ELSON 57

LB 6-2 230 NORTH DA KOT A ST ATE 7th year DOB : 4-26-51 at Farm i ng ton , M N H O W ACQ U I RED : D-2b , 1 974

PRO: The nuc leus of the Patriots st ingy defense , Steve led the Patriots in tack les for the second stra ight year with 1 34 stops , g reatly outd istan­c i ng runnerup Tim Fox (70) . . . Defensive Coordi nator Fr i tz Shu rmur ca l ls Ne l son " the leader of the defense and an outstand ing competitor with every characte r ist ic of a top m idd le l i nebacker-toughness, q u ickness , strength and g reat knowledge of the game , " . . . wh i le over looked by most a l l -pro squads , he commands respect f rom many as one of the top m idd le l i nebackers i n the NFL today . . . " Ne l l i e" saved the day in the Patriots narrow 27-21 w in over San D iego (9 / 23) when he in tercepted a Dan Fou t ' s pass at the goal l ine wi th j ust 1 :30 remain ing . . . after mak ing 33 tack les i n the f i rst fou r games , he suffered a con­cuss ion vs . G reen Bay ( 1 0 / 1 ) that seem ing l y ended his activ ity for the year , but he returned two weeks later to start the last ten games of the year, averag i ng ten tack les per game . . . he a lso added two sacks on the year . . . his top tack le perfo rmance came i n the season f ina le vs. M iooesota ( 1 2 / 1 6) when he made 12 tack les . . . h is team lead i ng 98 tack les and fou r f umb le recover ies earned him second team AP al l-pro honors i n 1 978 . . . started f i rst 1 4 games of the year but knee in ju ry vs. Da l las ( 1 2 / 3) s i de l i ned him for f inal two games of '78 campaign . . . 1 977 was a banner year as he had 97 tack les and 4 sacks , wh i l e earn ing a l l ­pro honors w i th the NY POST and U nsung Hero Award with 1 776 Fan Club . . . started f i rst ten games of 1 976, but a d i s located kneecap suf­fered vs . Balt imore ( 1 1 / 1 4) he ld h im out off last fou r games . . . retu rned to p lay i n p layoff game vs . Oakland . . . led team with 1 42 tack les wh i le start i ng every game of '75 . . . named Patriots MVP and NEA Th i rd Award rec ip ient . . . started 1 1 games as a rook ie .

COLLEGE: Played h i s co l l ege ba l l a t North Dakota State unde r then head coach Ron E rhardt . . . p layed both OLB and DE . . . served as team capta i n in 1 973 and was team MVP i n both '72 and '73.

PERSONAL: Married ( Maria) . . . father of two daughters, Cam (4) and Casey (2) . . . enjoys work i ng on Naut i l u s equ ipment and i s an i nstructor at a nearby Naut i l u s Center . . . active with Wrentham State Schoo l , a home for menta l l y hand icapped . . . served as co-cha i rman of a ce lebri­ty golf tournament that netted $7 , 500 for the schoo l ' s students . . . a lso i nvolved wi th n ume rous other char itable organizations , especia l l y area Specia l O lymp ic programs . . enjoys outdoor act iv i t ies i nc l ud ing f i sh i ng and wood cu tt i ng . . . wou ld l i ke to cont i n ue i n some capacity i n footba l l after p lay i ng days a re over.

STATS: I n te rcept ions : ' 75-two for eight yards , ' 76-two for 32 yards , ' 78-f ive for 1 04 yards , ' 79-one for 18 yards ; Fumble recover ies: ' 74-1 , ' 75-3 , ' 77-1 , ' 78-4 , '79-1 ; Games played : 1 974-1 1 , 1 975-4, 1 976-1 0 , 1 977-1 3 , 1 978-1 4 , 1 979-1 4 , Total - 76.

42

TOM OWEN 1 7

Q B 6-1 1 94 WICH ITA STATE 7th year DOB: 9-1 -52 at Sh reveport, La. HOW ACQ U I RED : T-S . F . , 1 976

PRO: Tom Owen was able to show his pass ing talents last year as he p layed i n more games (5) i n '79 than he had in h is fi rst three seasons wi th the Patr iots . . . with the Patriots trai l i ng Detroit 1 7-1 4 on 1 0-7, ' ' T .O . " stepped i n for Steve G rogan and d i rected the Patriots to ten fou rth quarter po ints and a 24-1 7 win . . . a lso stepped i n for G rogan against Denver ( 1 1 -1 1 ) when the starter was fe l led early with a concus­s ion . . . had his bus iest day as a Patr iot agai nst Broncos, complet ing 9 of 1 7 passes for 62 yards before also suffer ing a concuss ion , forc ing G rogan to return to the l i neup . . . s i nce com ing to the Patriots with fou r d raft choices from San Francisco i n a trade fo r J im P l unkett (4-5-76) has seen l im ited act ion beh ind Grogan . . . i ron ical l y , he was a school boy rival of G rogan , havi ng d i rected Turner H i gh ( Kansas City) against G rogan and h is Ottawa , Kansas e leven . . . he p layed in two games for Patriots i n '76 and was act ive for ent i re '77 campaign but d id not cal l a p lay . . . after 30 game non-play ing streak, he he lped d i rect Patriots to record break ing 55-1 4 w in over NY Jets ( 1 0-29-78) . . . a l though a 1 3th round choice of San Franc isco i n 1 974, Tom emerged as 49er 's top QB i n second ha l f of the season , lead ing the c lub to w ins i n four of the i r last f ive games of the year . . . started seven games as a rook ie .

COLLEGE: A three year starter at QB for the Shocker . . . d id not make travel squad when trag ic a i r crash wi ped out most of school ' s footbal l sq uad .

PERSONAL:

Year 1 974 1 97 5 1 976 1 977 1 978 1 979

Tota l s

Married ( Patt i ) . . . spent off-season at home in Kansas.

PASSING (San Fran . 1 974-75 , Patriots 1 976-79)

G Att Comp Yds Pct Int TD 1 0 1 84 8 8 1 327 4 7 . 8 1 5 1 0

4 51 24 3 1 8 4 7 . 1 2 1 2 5 1 7 20 .0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 . 0 0 0 2 26 1 5 1 82 5 7 . 7 2 0 6 47 27 248 57 . 4 3 2

2 4 3 1 3 1 55 2082 49 . 5 22 1 3

LG Rating 68t 55 .8 24 5 7 . 3

7 0

23 32

68t

4 7 . 3 59 .6

OTHER STATS: Rush i ng : ' 74-1 6 t imes for 36 yards and 1 TD, '75-once for one y_ard . ' 79-twice for m i nus one yard ; Fumbles : '74-4, ' 75-1 , ' 79-1 ; Fumb le Recover ies : ' 74-1 , '75-1 .

CARLOS PEN NYWELL 88

WR 6-2 1 80 G RA M B LING 3 rd year DOB: 3-1 8-56 at Crowley , LA. H OW ACQ U IRED : D-3 , 1 978

PRO: With two of the NFL ' s top rece ivers, Harold Jackson and Stan ley Morgan p lay i ng ahead of h im, Car los f inds a tough t ime gett ing action . . . spent most of his rook ie year as a special teams player and was hop ing to get more playi ng t ime at the WR posit ion before heel i n j u ry in the th i rd week of practice fel led him . . . p laced on i n ju red reserve (9-2 1 ) before fou rth game of the year vs . San Diego . . . reactivated for 1 4th game at M iam i and caught a 13 yard TD pass on final play of the game from Steve G rogan . . . Receiver Coach Ray Berry feels "Carlos can be a John Sta l lworth type player i f he can get the playi ng time and become a regu lar . "

COLLEGE: Comes from the school that p roduces many a player for the NFL, G ramb l i ng . . . teamed wi th Tampa Bay QB Doug Wi l l iams to make T igers nation ' s second ranked pass ing offense . . . member of the same G ramb l i ng receiver corps as Sammy White (V ik ings) and Dwight Scales (G iants) . . . the 4.4 speedster had over 200 co l lege offers as a prepster.

PERSONAL: Marr ied (Jan ice) . . . earned n ickname "Ch i l l y" for re­ma in i ng cool unde r pressure situat ions . . . spent off season working to comp lete co l lege degree in Bus iness Management and working with

Sh reveport area h i gh schoolers . . . counts Jazz, bow l i ng and f ish ing as hobbies . . h i s Dad C l i fford coached both Carlos and h is cous in Robert Pennywel l ( Fa lcons) as prepsters .

Year G.

1 978 1 6 1 979 6

Totals 22

RECEIV ING No. Yds . Avg. lg.

1 28 28.0 28 35 8.8 1 31

63 31 . 5 28

E R N EST PR ICE 60

D E 6-4 245 TEXAS A & I 8th year DOB : 9-20-50 at Corpus Chr is t i , TX.

TD

0

HOW ACQU IRED : Trade w / Cleve land , 1 980

PRO: Along wi th DE M i ke St. C la i r , Ernest was traded to the Patriots from the C leveland Browns on 2-7-80 . . . the former f i rst round draft p ick of the Detroit L ions ( 1 973) came to the Patriots in exchange for the Patriots tenth round choice i n 1 981 . . . reun i ted with Patriots defensive l i ne coach Fritz Shu rmu r who had coached h im at Detroit in 1 975-77 . Ron E rhardt cal l s E rnest "an excel lent upf ie ld pass rusher who g ives you the d imens ion of a Tony McGee and is the type of player that w i l l he lp improve your overa l l defense" . . . jo ined the Browns as a free agent late in the '79 season . . . played 53 games for L ions from 1 973-1 978 before be ing t raded to Seattle on 9-27-78 for DE B i l l Cooke and the Seahawks 8th rou nd pick i n '79 . . . after start ing f i rst three games of '78 for L ions , h i s move to Seatt le enab led h im to play i n the last 1 2 games of the year for Seattle where he started the f ina l 1 1 . . . E rnest was c red i ted with 56 tack les and four sacks in those 1 2 games . . . was released by the Seahawks in ' 79 pre-season before s ign ing with Cleveland . COLLEGE: A f i rst team Col lege D iv is ion Al l-America select ion as a TE at Texas A & I , he was switched to DE as a pro . . . L ions TE David H i l l was h i s backup i n co l lege , the same school that Patriots l i nebacker M i ke Hawk i n s ha i l s f rom . PERSONAL: Marr ied (Caro l ) and has three ch i ld ren : Ernest , J r . (8) , N i k i ta (7 ) , and Kenyada (5) . . . owns and manages a 7-1 1 store i n Seatt le area . . . spends free t ime play i ng pool and bowl i ng . . . active with Boy Scout and c hu rch g roups . STATS: Scored a safety vs . Kansas Ci ty , 1 975 ; Fumble recover ies: 1 973-1 , 1 974-2 , 1 976-2 , 1 977-1 , 1 978-1 . Games Played : 1 973-1 2 , 1 974-1 1 , 1 975-1 3 , 1 976-1 4 , 1 977- 1 2 , 1 978-1 5 , 1 979-0, Total-77 .

GARRY P U ETZ 77

O T 6-4 265 VA LPA RAISO 8th year DOB: 3-1 4-52 at E l m h u rst , I L . H OW ACQ U I RE D : FA , 1 979

PRO: Garry came io the rescue late in the season when Patriot tackles Shelby Jordan and Dwigh t Wheeler suffered i n j u ries . . . s igned on a Thu rsday ( 1 1 -1 5) , got start i ng nod on Satu rday and he ld DE Fred Cook to one tack le in Patriots b ig 50-2 1 w in over Balt imore ( 1 1 -1 8) . . . won game bal l for h i s efforts . . . started next two games before Jordan returned to act ion . . . expected to make a strong b id for start i ng ro le and lends p lenty of p ro exper ience to talented Patriots f ront wa l l . . . ori g i na l ly d rafted i n 1 2th round of 1 973 NFL d raft by NY Jets , he p layed 56 con­secut ive games for them , started as rook ie ahead of veteran Dave Her­man but broken bone i n foot put h im on i nactive l i st seven of last n i ne games . . . waived after s ix games i n '78 , c la imed by Tampa Bay where he played ten games , start i ng f ina l e i ght games (s ix at RG and two at RT) . . . act ive for t h ree games with Ph i lade lph ia at start of '79 season and s igned as FA by Patriots on 1 1 -1 5-79 . COLLEGE: Two-time Col lege D iv is ion Al l-America . . . outstand ing p lace k icker who made 10 of 13 FG attempts as sen ior ( 16 of 22 i n career ) . . . 34 of 37 i n PAT attempts over two years . . . two-time letter w i nne r as f i rst baseman .

PERSONAL: Marr ied (C indy) . . . spends off-season teach i ng and deal­ing i n Real Estate . . . would l ike to become a smal l col lege footba l l coach . . . name pronounced " pets . "

STATS: Games P layed : 1 973-7 , 1 974- 14 , 1 975-1 4 , 1 976-1 4 , 1 977-1 4 , 1 978-1 6 (6 wi th NY Jets , 10 wi th Tampa Bay) , 1 979-8 (3 with Ph i l . , 5 w i th Patriots) , Total-87 .

M I K E ST. CLA IR 65

DE 6-5 253 G RAM BL ING 5th year DOB : 9-2-53 at C leve land , OH . HOW ACQU IRED : Trade w / C leve land , 1 980

PRO: Jo ined the Patriots a long with DE E rnest Price i n a trade with Cleveland on 2-7-80 . . . Patr iots sent their own sixth round choice i n the 1 980 d raft to the Browns for M i ke . . . Ron E rhardt cal l s St . C la i r , " both a good run and pass rusher and he lends you the opportun ity to work more often wi th a four man defensive front , " . . . M i ke is being counted upon to make a strong bid for a regu lar defensive spot and increase the compet i t ion for DL jobs i n trai n i ng camp . . . a native of Cleveland , h i s f i rst fou r years as a p ro were spen t w i th h i s hometown Browns after they made M i ke their second of two fourth round d raft p icks i n 1 976 . . . has p layed at both r ight and left defensive end, star ing at left DE for the Browns i n ' 78 wh i l e record i ng 3 1 tack les , 18 assists and a team lead ing t h ree fumb le recoveries . . . contr ibuted 21 tack les and 9 assi sts to the C leveland defens ive cause i n ' 79 . . . started the last fou r games of '76 at r ight D E and kept that job through the '77 season .

COLLEGE: Began h i s co l leg iate career a t Iowa Central J .C . before transferr i ng to G ramb l i ng for two years . . . Patriots WR Carlos Pen­nywel l was a G ramb l i ng team mate .

PERSONAL: Marr ied (Vava) . . . resides in C leve land . . . spends off­season work i ng w i th youth g roups and char i tab le organ izat ions . . . en­joys speak ing to you ngsters in C leveland area schoo ls .

STATS: Fumb le recove r ies : 1 976-one fo r 21 yards ; 1 977-1 ; 1 978-th ree for m i n us f ive yards . Games played : 1 976-1 4 , 1 977-1 1 , 1 978-1 6 , 1 979.-0. Total - 41

RICK SANFORD 25

DB 6-1 1 92 SOUTH CAROLI NA 2nd year DOB: 1 -9-57 at Rock H i l l , S .C . HOW ACQ U IRED : D-1 , 1 979

PRO: Rick had the usua l pressure to perform that goes with be ing a n u m ber one d raft cho ice , but he had added pressure in havi ng to learn both the corner and safety posit ions . . . the 25th player taken i n the 1 979 d raft , Rick started fou r games as a rook ie , i nc l ud i ng a start at cor­ne r in p lace of the i n j u red M i ke Haynes vs . the NY Jets ( 1 2-9) . . . w i th i n j u ries to vete rans Doug Beaudo in and Prent ice McCray, he was a lso ca l led upon to start at SS vs . Bu ffalo ( 1 1 -25) , M iami ( 1 1 -29) and Min­nesota ( 1 2-1 6) dur ing the f i nal stretch of the season . . . a key special teams performer , Rick was the f i rst Patr iot s ince 1 971 ( last was Roland Moss vs . Bu ffalo 1 1 -1 4-71 ) to return a b locked punt for a TD . . . he ac­comp l i shed the feat when he b locked a Bucky D i l ts ' pun t and retu rned the ba l l 8 yards for a score i n the Patr iots 50-21 win over the Colts ( 1 1 -1 8) . . . he was a lso the Patriots second lead i ng KO returner beh ind fel low rook ie A l lan Clark, retu rn i ng 1 O k ickoffs for 1 79 yards . . . i n the Patriots 26-6 win at Bu ffalo ( 1 1 -4 ) , Rick took a lateral from Rod Shoate after Shoate in tercepted a Joe Ferguson pass and he returned i t 27 yards to he lp set up the Patriots go ahead FG . . . in the Patriots-B i l l s rematch ( 1 1 -25) , he recorded h i s f i rst pro i ntercept ion , retu rn ing the sto len aerial 1 2 yards . . . on the year , he had 28 tack les . . . a good a l l around ath l ete , R i ck has the ab i l i ty to p lay both corner and safety, but i s ex­pected to be a top contender for the start i ng SS ro le this season .

COLLEGE: R ick was the h i g hest NFL d raft se lect ion i n h i s schoo l ' s h i sto ry (A lex Hawk i ns taken by Colts i n the second round , 1 959) and

was the top D B taken in 1 979 d raft . . . a consenus A l l America, he was a th ree year starter for the Gamecocks, and tu rned in 1 1 2 career tack les . . . had n ine career i n tercept ions for 1 1 2 yards .

PERSONAL: S ing l e . . . retu rned to South Caro l i na to complete degree requ i rements in off-season and g raduated i n May, 1 980 . . . South Caro l i na H i g h School Ath lete of the Year in 1 975 . . . u nt i l he tu rned pro, R i ck ' s parents attended every one of his games since he started play ing footba l l at the age of e ight .

INTERCEPTIONS KICKOFF RETURNS Year G No. Yds . Avg . Lg . TD No. Yds . Avg . Lg . TD

1 979 1 6 1 39 ' 39 .0 1 2 10 1 79 1 7 .9 23 0 · retu rned lateral after Shoate i n tercept ion for 27 yards .

OTHER STATS: Returned one punt for one yard i n 1 979. Fumb le Recover ies : 1 979-2 .

STEVE S CH I N DLER 68

O G 6-3 260 BOSTON COLLEG E 3rd year DOB: 7-24-54 at Caldwe l l , NJ HOW ACQ U I RED : FA, 1 980

PRO: A prom is i ng young l i n eman who was or ig ina l l y d rafted by the Denver Broncos i n the f i rst round of the 1 977 d raft ( 1 8th player overa l l ) , Steve d id not p lay footbal l i n 1 979 i n an effort to recover f rom a pai nfu l le f t e lbow i n j u ry . . . operat ions i n January and November of 1 979 have seem i ng l y co rrected the prob lem and he is expected to make a strong bid for p lay i ng t ime on the Patriots fo rward l i n e . . . s ig ned as a FA by the Patriots 5-5-80 . . . had been waived by Broncos in ' 79 tra i n i ng camp (8-2 1 ) . . . as a rook ie , Steve appeared i n all 1 4 games and had one start . . . in 1 978, Steve tore an abdomina l musc le but saw action in 14 of 1 6 games, start i ng i n th ree . . . t h e musc le tear was su rg ica l ly repai red i n t h e off-season bu t he developed e l bow prob lems later . . . has good speed and strength and i s an i ntense p layer . . . has bench pressed 425 pou nds .

COLLEGE: A consenus A l l -America fo r the Eag les , Steve was the fi rst of seven Boston Co l lege players selected in the '77 d raft.

PERSONAL: S ing l e . . . resides i n Denver . . . g raduated from Boston Co l lege w i th a S . S . in Market ing and ho lds a real estate l i cense .

STATS: Games played : 1 977-1 4 , 1 978- 14 , Total - 28 .

ROD SHOATE 56

O L B 6-1 2 1 5 OKLAHOMA 5th year DOB: 4-26-53 at Sp i ro , Ok la . HOW ACQ U I RED : D-2 , 1 975

PRO: " Rod had as f ine a year as anybody on the team" was the way that Ron E rhardt summed Rod ' s th i rd year as the Patriots start i ng right outs ide LB . . . Rod started 1 4 games last year, m iss ing on ly the Cinc in­nati game on 9-1 6 ( th roat i nfect ion ) and Bal t imore contest on 1 0-28 ( neck) . . . ch i pped in 47 tack les , 4 sacks , 4 QB pressu res and one in ­tercept ion last season wi th h i s best performance coming i n the Patriots 50-21 win over Ba l t imore ( 1 1 -1 8) when he recorded 5 tack les and one pass def lect ion . . . has except ional q u ickness and ath let ic ab i l i ty . . . p layed i n a l l 1 6 games of '78 , t u rn i ng i n 48 tack les , 1 3 QB pressu res and f ive sacks wh i l e m iss i ng only one start . . . i n f i rst fu l l healthy season ( 1 977) , he played in al l 14 games and started th ree t imes . . . can a lways be counted u pon for specia l teams play and leadersh i p . . . was the 44th player se lected i n '75 d raft and served as Patr iots specia l teams ' capta in th rough f i rst fou r game unt i l broken leg su ffered vs . C inc innati s ide l i ned h i m for the season . . . made a g reat return i n '76 pre-season but leg i n­j u ry i n f i na l exh i b i t ion game she lved h im for the ent i re season .

COLLEGE: A perienne l A l l -American select ion fo r th ree years, Rod played for the Sooners under Barry Swi tzer .

PERSONAL: Marr ied ( Deborah) . . . enjoys work i ng i n the commun ity and spent the past off-season promot ing the 1 980 census . . . plays

with the Patr iots off-season basketba l l team . . . l i kes to r ide horses and skeet shoot i ng . . . the second youngest i n a fam i l y of ten ch i ld ren , Rod learned to d rive a tractor at the age of s i x and he l ped worked h i s fam i l y ' s farm i n hometown of Sp i ro . STATS: Fumb les Recover ies : ' 78-3 , ' 79-1 , I n tercept ions : ' 79-1 ; Games P layed : 1 975-4 , 1 976-0, 1 977-1 4 , 1 978-1 6 , 1 979-1 4 , Tota l-48.

J O H N SM ITH 1

PK 6-0 1 85 SOUTHAM PTON ( E ng . ) 7th year DOB: 1 2-30-48 at Leafi e l d , Eng land HOW ACQ U I RED : FA , 1 974

PRO: John made a remarkab le recovery last season by not on l y retu rn­i n g to the game after suf fer ing a leg m usc le tear in 1 978, but by lead i ng the N F L i n scor i ng w i th 1 1 5 po i n t s . . . i n the process of w i nn i ng the NFL scor i ng c rown , edg i ng bo th Ea r l Cam pbe l l (Houston) and Mark Moseley (Wash i ng ton ) by on ly a po in t , he set the c lub record for most points i n a season by k i ck i ng . . . the o ld record of 1 1 1 po ints had been set in 1 964 by h i s k i ck i ng coach and former Patriot star G i no Cappe l l etti . . . by scoring i n al l 16 games i n '79, John has run u p a str ing of 60 consecut ive games i n which he has scored and has scored i n a l l but one of h is 75 games played as a Patr iot . . . on l y t ime he was b lan ked was i n the 1 975 season opener when Houston handed the Patriots the i r last sh utout 7-0 (9-2 1 ) . . . his FGs spe l led the marg i n of victory on back to back weeks as the Patr iots stopped C inc i nnat i 20-1 4 (9- 16 ) and San Diego 27-21 (9-23) . . . desp ite mak ing on l y one of his f i rst e i gh t attempts past the 40 yard mark last year , he h i t on f ive of h i s last six FG attem pts from 40 yards or more . . . in Patr iots 56-3 v ictory over the NY Jets (9-9) , he t ied the c lub record for most PAT attem pts (8) and estab l i shed the new c l ub record fo r mos t PATs made ( 8 ) i n a game . . . a leg m usc le tear ea r l y i n ' 78 a lmost ended John ' s k i c k i ng career and he j o i ned t he i n j u red reserve ro l l after t h ree games . . . pr ior to ' 78 , he led the Patriots i n scor i ng fou r stra i gh t seasons ( 1 974-77) . . . was t he on l y NFL k icker who d i d no t m i ss a PAT attem pt i n '75 (33-33) and matched that feat aga i n i n ' 77 (33-33) . . . John had an u n usua l start on t he p ro g rid i ron . . . as a v i s i t i ng soccer camp i n structor , he tr ied k ick ing a footba l l and was g iven a tryout by the Patr iots i n 1 973 . . . after s i gn i ng a free agent contract , he was trad ed to Pittsb u rg h , la ter waived , and su bseq uent ly retu rned to k ick for the N E Co lon ia ls (ACFL) . . . was ACFL scori ng champ of '73 whi le h i t t ing 36 stra i gh t PAT convers ions and 19 of 2 1 FGs ( longest was 48 yard s) . . . the left footed soccer style k icker then s ig ned another free agent pact w i th the Patr iots on 4-7-74 . . . as a rook ie , scored 90 po ints to f i n i sh as runnerup to AFC scor ing champ Roy Gere la and fourth best i n NFL . . . PFW and Footba l l D igest A l l -Rookie Team se lec­tion i n ' 74 . . . l ongest FG of career was a 49 yard shot i n 38-1 4 win over Denver on 1 1 -28-76 . PERSONAL : Marr ied (V iv ienne ) . . . has two daughters , Fe l ic ity (4) and N ico la (2) . . . Manager of Trade Deve lopment for a sales company i n the food bus i ness . . . a lso spends off-seasori organ i z i ng , promot ing and conduct ing youth soccer school . . . act ive i n a var iety of organizat ions and char i t ies i n c l ud i ng Fe l lowsh i p of Ch r ist ian Ath le tes , Ath letes i n Ac­t i on . Spec ia l O l ym pics and Boys C l ub . . . f i rst t ime he ever saw an American footba l l game , he played in i t when he was 24 years o l d .

1 974 1 975 1 976 1 977 1 978 1 979

Totals

G FGM FGA Pct. LG

14 16 22 72% 46 1 4 9 1 7 53% 46 1 4 1 5 25 60% 49 1 4 1 5 2 1 7 1 % 44 3 1 1 00% 24

16 23 33 70% 47 - ·- -----��---

71 79 1 1 9 66% 49

BLK

1 3

0 0

1 979 Kicking

XPM

42 33 42 33 6

46

202

(Bo ld face ind icates FG made)

FG Made

Total Avg.

XPA Yds. Yds .

43 5 12 32.0 33 312 34.7 46 534 35.6 33 445 29.6

24 24.0 49 796 34 .6

21 1 2623 33.2

Pittsbu rgh ( 3 1 , 32'; Jets (- ) ; C inc innati (37, 47b, 39, 39); San Diego ( 3 1 , 3 1 ) ; Green Bay (42); Detro i t (44, 48, 29); Ch icago (21, 29) ;M iami (48); Balt imore (42, 39); Buttalo (48, 49b, 33, 37); Denver (42); Balt imo re (24, 29, 42); Buffalo (47, 40, 32) ; Miami (28); Jets ( 47, 34) ; M innesota (42, 30)

Field-Goal Accuracy Year 1 - 1 9 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-plus Total 1 974 0-0 6-7 8- 1 0 2-5 0-0 1 6-22 1 975 1 - 1 1 - 1 5-6 2-8 0-1 9-1 6 1 976 0-1 4-4 4-6 7 - 14 0-0 1 5-25 1 977 1 - 1 4-5 9-1 1 1 -4 0-0 1 5-2 1 1 978 0-0 1 - 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 -1 1 979 0-0 6-6 1 1 -1 3 6-1 4 0-0 23-33

Tolal 2-2 22-24 37-46 1 8-45 0-1 79-1 1 8 P layoff 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1

Single Game H ighs Most FG ·s Attem pted : 6 vs. Jels 1 2-7-75 Most FG ' s Made: 4 ( 1 975) Longest FG attempted : 52 . vs . Ba l t imore 1 0- 1 9-75 Longest FG Made : 52 vs. Ba l t imore 1 0- 1 9-75 Most PA T ' s Attem pted : 8 vs. Jets 9-9-79 Most PA T ' s Made : 8 vs. Jets 9-9-79

M O S I TAT U P U 30 FB 6-0 229 SOUTH ERN CAL 3rd year DO B : 4-26-55 at Pago Pago ,

American Samoa HOW ACQ U I R ED : D-8b , 1 978

Pct. 73% 56%

60%

7 1 % 1 00% 69.6%

66.9% 00%

PRO: Cont i nued to play a backup ro le at FB spot beh ind fe l low USC alum Sam C u n n i n g ham and Don Cal houn , bu t stood out on special teams , an ab i l i ty that earned him Patr iot Rook ie of the Year honors in 1 978 . . . R B Coach Tom Yewcic cal l s Mos i "a pick and sl ide type of run­ner who has very good run v is ion and i s a f i ne pass receiver . . . wh i le a FB i n the famous I format ion offense at USC, Head Coach Johnny Robin­son ca l led Mos i " the best b lock i ng back at USC s ince Sam Cunn­i ng ham " . . . had 8 carr ies , i n c l ud i ng a 12 yarder , for 50 yards i n Patriots 56-3 th ras h i n g of the NY Jets on 9-9-79. COLLEGE: Made four post-season bowl appearances wh i l e p lay i ng for the USC Trojans . . . recorded 1 277 rush ing yards and 9 TDs on 223 career carr ies in add i t ion to another 1 47 yards ga ined on 19 receptions wh i l e a co l leg ian . PERSONAL: Marr ied ( L i n nea) . . . became the proud father of daug hter L i n nea Mos i u la a week after ' 79 season ended . . . the son of a former Samoan m idd lewe igh t wrest l i ng champ , he ranks wi th Russ Franc is as one of the top schoolboy g ridders in Hawai ian h istory havi ng played for P unahoe H . S . . . . has an u n u sua l hobby of rai s i ng P i t Bu l l Terr iers .

RUSHING Year G No. Yds . Avg. 1 978 16 3 6 2 .0 1 979 16 23 71 3 . 1

Totals 32 26 77 3.0

KICKOFF RETURNS Lg. TD No. Yds . Avg. Lg. TD

3 0 1 1 7 1 7.0 1 7 1 2 3 1 5 5.0 12

12 32 8.0 17

DON W ESTBROOK 83 WR 5-1 0 1 84 N E B RASKA 4th year DOB : 1 1 - 1 -53 at Reno , N ev . HOW ACQ U I RED : FA , 1 977

PRO: " A toug h , d u rab le and c l utch p layer , " says Coach Raymond Berry . . . "Westy " i s versati le and can play a l l t h ree receiver pos i t ions i n c l ud i ng TE i f needed . . . saw act ion as the t h i rd WR i n th ree WR offen­s ive sets used by the Patr iots last year . . . had his best day as a Patriot at Bu ffa lo on 1 1 -4-79 , hau l i n g in 3 passes for 65 yds. i nc l ud i ng a 38 yarder . . . g rabbed h i s l one TD recept ion of the year vs. NY Jets , a 1 4 yarde r i n Patr iots 56-3 v ictory on 9-9 . . . f i n i shed a s Patriots t h i rd best KO Returner in ' 79 ( 1 1 -1 51 -1 3 . 7 avg . - Lg . 30) . . . Bal t imore ' s 6th round pick i n '76, FA with Tampa Bay in '76 and p layed br ief ly w i th Ph i lade lph ia (WFL) that year . . . jo ined Patr iots as a FA i n 1 977 .

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COLLEGE: No. 2 receiver i n B ig 8 h i s sen ior year at Nebraska, caught 33 passes for 508 yds . . . . a lso had 581 rush ing yards i n th ree years for Corn h uskers . PERSONAL: Sing le . . . enjoys young ch i l d ren and espec ia l ly work ing wi th area Special O lympics programs . . . hobb ies inc lude racquetbal l and tenn i s . . . ra i sed i n Cheyenne , Wyom i ng .

RECEIV ING

Year G. No. Yds . Avg. Lg. TO

1 976 1 3 3 67 22.3 29 0

1 977 1 3 1 978 1 6 38 12 . 7 1 9 0

1 979 1 6 9 1 73 1 9 .2 38

Total s 45 1 2 2 1 1 1 7 .6 38 1

OTHER STATS: K ickoff Retu rns : ' 78 : 7-1 25 yds. ( 1 7 .9 avg . ) ; ' 79-1 1 -1 51 yds . -( 1 3 . 7 avg . ) Pun t retu rns : ' 77-1 , ' 78-0, ' 79-2 for 5 yds . ; Fumb le recover ies : ' 77-1 , ' 78-1 , ' 79-1 ; Rush ing : ' 78 : once for m inus 5 yds . , ' 79: twice for 8 yds . ; Passi n g : ' 79-two of two for 52 yards .

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O T 6-3 255 TENN ESSEE STATE 2nd year DOB : 1 -1 3-55 at Memph i s , TN . HOW ACQ U I RE D : D-4, 1 978

PRO: Last year was a big cha l lenge for "Wh impy" as he was tabbed the replacement at LT for Leon Gray after his pre-season trade to Houston . . . the affab le l i neman won the praise of coaches and players a l i ke for his pre-season play in 1 978, but he broke his ankle i n the sec­ond game of the season vs. St. Lou is and was placed on the i n j u red reserve l i st for the year . . . h i s prom ise was so g reat, he got the start ing spot at LT and despite a host of nagg i ng i n j u ries , began the season wi th some f i ne play . . . i n j u ries to h i s ank le and back cont i nued to nag h im and he was forced out of the start i ng l i neup after ten games . . . saw spot act ion in next five games and f ina l ly wound up on i n j u red reserve again ( 1 2-1 2) j u st before the season ' s f i nal game . . . h i s healthy return should enable the b ig man to rega in h is start i ng role and fu l f i l l h i s poten­tial as a standout pro OT. COLLEGE: Saw action as center, guard and tack le for the Bengal T igers . . . Sen ior Bowl part ic ipant and w inner of J .C . Coffee Award as schoo l ' s top b locker . \ PERSONAL: Sing le . . . cont i nues to work on h i s col lege deg ree and partakes in a v igorous off season strength bu i l d i ng prog ram . . . l i kes to play tenn i s and racquetball . . . wou ld l i ke to retu rn to Memph is after pro career and become a teacher and coach . STATS: Fumb les : ' 79-1 (snapped bal l over punter for safety) ; Games played : ' 78-2 , ' 79-1 3 ; Total - 1 5 .

JOH N ZAM B ERLI N 54

ILB 6-2 232 PACIFIC LUTHERAN (WASH) 2nd year DOB : 2-1 3-56 at Tacoma, WA. HOW ACQUIRED: D-5, 1 979

PRO: I n j u ries s lowed John down at the start of h i s rook ie year, but Coach Fr i tz Shu rm u r cal l s h im "a p layer with outstand ing strength and h i t t i ng ab i l i ty" . . . g reat development d u ri ng the year and he started in place of Sam Hun t in the season f inale vs. M i nnesota ( 1 2-1 6) . . . wi l l bat­tle wi th Hun t and Go l ie , among 0thers, for start i ng role a longs ide Steve Nelson in 1 980 . . . recorded 18 tack les as a rook ie . COLLEGE: F i rst p layer ever d rafted i n to NFL f rom t i ny Paci f ic Lutheran . . . p layed DE as freshman and soph, switched to LB for f inal two years . . . ho lds school record of 1 1 i ntercept ions in 1 977 . . . career i nc luded 268 tack les and 1 5 i ntercept ions . . . standout centerf ie lder i n baseba l l who was d rafted by Seattl e Mar iners .

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PERSONAL: S ing le . . . returned to PLU for teach ing dut ies . . . a lso acts as su bst itute teacher in Tacoma Pub l i c Schools . . . s low pitch soft­ball en thusiast .

STATS: Games played : 1 979-1 6 .

B RYANT CO LLEGE

S U M M E R HOM E O F T H E PATR IOTS

Since 1976, the Patriots have conducted summer practice sessions at Bryant College in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Situated on a beautiful 290 acre campus located 12 miles northwest of Providence, Bryant offers undergraduate degrees in Business Administration and Criminal Justice as well as Graduate Programs in Business Administration . Bryant 's enrollment includes over 5,000 students attending both day and evening pro­grams while more than 2, 500 of the students, reside on campus.

Bryant has a 117 year-old tradition of excellence in business education and relocated from a Providence campus in 1971 . Since that time, the campus has ex­panded to accomodate an ever increasing student enrollment. The focal point of the campus is the award­winning Unistructure (pictured above) that houses faculty, administrative and student activities offices as well as all classrooms, a swimming pool, bank, U.S. Post Office, bookstore, dining facilities and the Patriot's summer offices . Currently under construction is a Multipurpose Activities Center which will adjoin the pre­sent gym building.

Since moving their summer training site to Bryant, the Patriots have amassed a 40-20 regular season record (66 .7%), indicative of the fine pre-season training facilities offered at the Smithfield campus.

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HOW TH E PATR IOTS WERE B U I LT FREE AGENTS /

YEAR DRAFT TRADES WAIVERS

1 971 Adams, J . (2 ) Adams, S . (W-Dallas) Lenkait is (W-San Diego)

1 973 Cunn i ngham, S . ( 1 b) Lunsford K ing (FA) Hami lton ( 1 4) (Wash i ngton) Hannah ( 1 a)

1 974 Hun t ( 1 5) McGee Jordan, S . (FA) Johnson (Sa) (Ch icago) McCray, (FA) Nelson, S . (2b) Smith (FA)

1 97S Francis ( 1 ) Calhoun (FA) G rogan (5) Shoate (2)

1 976 Beaudoin (9) Owen Bishop (FA) B rock ( 1 b) (San Francisco) Fox ( 1 c ) Haynes ( 1 a)

1 977 Clayborn ( 1 a) Westbrook (FA)

Costict ( 1 1 ) Hassel beck (2b) Ivory (2a) Morgan ( 1 b)

1 978 Cavanaugh (2) Jackson (LA) Cryder ( ! ) Hawkins (7) Matthews (5) Pennywel l (3) Tatupu (Sb) Wheeler (4)

1 979 Clark ( 1 0b) Buben (FA) F l int (7) Chand ler (W-St . Louis) Go l ic (2) Puetz (FA) Hare (4) Sanford ( 1 ) Zamber l i n (5)

1 980 Brown (6) Foreman (M i n nesota) Beal (FA) Burget (9) Price (Cleveland) Cah i l l (FA) Daniel ( 10) St. Cla ir (Cleveland) Col l i ns (FA) Ferguson ( 1 b) Colosimo (FA) House (B) Cusumano (FA) Hubach ( 1 1 ) Day ( FA) James ( 1a) Doughtie (FA) Jordan, J . ( 12) Ewald (FA) Kearns (?) Gaffney (FA) McDougald (5) Hanna (FA) McGrew (2) Hober (FA) McMichael (3) J u ry (W-NY G iants)

K imbrough (FA) Konecny (FA) Lazor (FA) LeMay (FA) Loftus (FA) Loncar ( FA) Marze (FA) McAleenan ( FA) McGi l l (FA) Mc Intyre (FA) Najarian (FA) Newhal l (FA) Parm (FA) Petersen (FA) Ricker (FA) Rosen (FA) Schind ler (FA) Sherri l l (W-Buffalo) Startze l l (FA) Tumpane (FA) U l rich (FA)

1 980 D R A FT

C H O ICES

ROLAND JAMES

D B 6-2 1 89 TEN N ESSEE D-1 A DOB : 2-2-58 at Jamestown , Oh io

COLLEGE: Roland was the f i rst o f the Patriots two f i rst round draft choices selected in '79 draft and rejoins former Tennessee teammate Stan ley Morgan (D-1 b , 1 977) on the Patriots squad . . . 1 4th overal l player se lected i n draft and second DB chosen (Mark Haynes selected 8th by NY G iants) . . . f i rst Al l -America select ion at Tennessee in last th ree years . . . noted for his exceptional coverage ab i l ity , Roland was a fou r year starter for the Vols and recorded 288 career tackles . . . had 1 0 career i n tercept ions , i nc lud ing th i rd longest i n school h istory , a 90 yard return for a TD vs. Ole M iss in '78 . . . a versat i le performer who started senior year at CB and switched to safety after fou r games . . . also retu rns punts, havi ng chalked up 356 yards on 37 retu rns . . . returned a punt for 89 yards and TD vs. Vanderbi l t in '79 . . . doesn ' t al low inj u ries to bother his performance . . . played with broken nose as a soph and shrugged off broken thumb as a j u n ior . . . outstand ing track star, hav­ing been c locked at 7 .26 in the 60 h i gh hu rd les and 1 3 .5 in 1 1 0 h igh hu rd les . . . f i n i shed th i rd i n SEC i ndoor meet and fou rth in SEC outdoor competit ion . . . consensus Al l-America who was named to e ight f irst team squads and one second team squad . . . played i n Hu la, Senior and B luebonnet Bowls . PERSONAL: S ing le . . . H uman Services major at UT and p lans to com­plete degree du ri ng pro off-seasons . . . hobbies inc lude m usic and ro l ler skat ing . . . g rew up i n small town of Jamestown , Ohio where his grandfather was f ire ch ief , one u nc le was the mayor, another uncle the assistant police ch ief and a th i rd unc le a detective.

VAGAS FERGUSON

RB 6-1 1 94 N OTRE DAME D-1 a DOB: 3-6-57 at R ichmond , Ind .

COLLEGE: As Notre Dame 's al l-t ime career rush ing leader, Vagas holds several school rush ing records . . . picked with the fi rst round choice acqu i red from Houston in the Leon G ray trade , Vagas was the fou rth R B and 25th player taken in the NFL d raft . . . holds Ir ish record for most yards rush ing in a game (255 vs. Georgia Tech in '78), most rush ing TDs in a season ( 1 7), most 1 ()() yard rush ing games ( 1 2) and most yards rushing in a career (3,472 yards on a school record 673 car­ries) . . . fifth ranked on national colleg iate rush ing chart in '79 and only ND back ever to rush for more than 200 yards i n a game twice in same season . . . longest run from scrimmage was for 79 yards vs. USC ( 1 0-20-79) . . . 1 978 Cotton Bowl MVP with 3 TDs (2 rushing and 1 receiv­ing) . . . placed fifth in '79 He isman Trophy balloting . . . reliable r!'ceiver who snagged 43 receptions for 366 yards and 3 TDs during ND career . . . second N otre Dame player d rafted by Patriots in two years . . . jo ins former Ir ish teammate LB Bob Gol ie (D-2, 1 978) . . . has great speed and strength . . . made a host of Al l-America squads and played in both '80 Japan Bowl and '80 East-West Shrine Game . . . d u rable player who makes the big plays in the big games. PERSONAL: Single . . . Economics major at N D . . . would l ike to pur­sue a career in computer management or programming . . . g iven name is Vasquero Diaz but was nicknamed "Vagas" by g randmother.

COLLEGE STATISTICS Year Att Yds. Awg. TD Rec. Yds. Awg. TD

1 976 81 350 4.3 2 3 27 9 .0 1 977 80 492 6.2 6 6 96 16 .0 1 978 21 1 1 192 5.6 7 20 171 8 .6 1 979 301 " 1 437• 4.8 1 7 • 1 4 72 5 . 1 0

Totals 673" 3472• 5.2 32 43 366 8.5 3

·Notre Dame record.

LARRY McGREW

OLB 6-4 231 USC D-2 DOB: 7-23-57 at Berkeley , Cal .

COLLEGE: . Considered by the Patriots to be one of the top l i nebacking p rospects i n the 1 980 d raft, Larry was the 45th p layer chosen overa l l and the s ixth LB selected . . . USC coaches voted him as defensive MVP in '79 . . . h is forte i s b l itz ing and he is h igh ly regarded for h is open f ield tack l ing ab i l i ty . . . made 1 38 tackles i n th ree years . . . started i n two Rose Bow l games, made s ix tackles in 1 7- 1 0 w i n over Mich igan in '79 and five tack les in 1 7- 1 6 w i n over Ohio State in ' 80 . . . career h igh of ten tackles came against Notre Dame as a j un ior . . . p layed i n '80 Japan Bow l . . . spent frosh year at Contra Costa JC after being tabbed as an All Northern Cal ifornia schoolboy selection wh i le p lay ing TE and LB at Berkeley H i gh . PERSONAL: Marr ied ( E la ine) . . . g raduated i n Spri ng , 1 980 w i th deg ree i n Speech and Commun ications . . . enjoys bike rid i ng . . . spent two years l iv ing i n same apartment bu i ld ing w i th Patriot RB Mosi Tatupu wh i l e at U SC.

STEVE McM ICHAEL

NT 6-2 245 TEXAS (Aust i n ) D-3 DOB: 1 0-1 7-57 at F reer , Texas

COLLEGE: Many scouts felt he was one of the country ' s most produc­tive defensive l i nemen after a ste l lar career w i th the Longhorns . . . 72nd p layer selected i n the d raft and was the f i rst defensive l i neman d rafted by the Patriots above the sixth round si nce Pete Cusick (D-3, 1 975) . . . se lected to e ight Al l-America squads . . . recorded 372 tackles and 30 sacks over fou r years, i nc lud ing a team lead ing 1 42 stops as a j u n ior . . . was Longhorn ' s second lead ing tackler as a senior w i th 1 38 tackles . . . defensive MVP in '80 Hu la Bow l who made 1 4 tackles . . . chosen to the AP All-America Strength Team and was a f inal ist i n both the '79 Out land Trophy and '80 Lombardi Award bal loting . . . had 1 3 tackles ( 9 solos) and two QB sacks i n Longhorns' 1 6-7 w i n over

Oklahoma . . . du r i ng sophomore year he booted 8 of 10 PATs and 2 of 3 FGs when Russe l l Erx leben (Saints) was h u rt . PERSONAL: S ing le . . physical education major . . . l i kes to f ish but cal ls ratt lesnake h u nt ing h i s favorite pasttime .

DOUG McDOUGALD

D E 6-5 271 VPI D-5 DOB: 2-6-57 at Fayettevi l le , N C

COLLEGE: D o u g was t h e second stra ight defensive l i neman chosen by the Patriots in the d raft and the th i rd in a succession of Mac's as he fol lowed LB Larry McGrew (D-2) and NT Steve McM ichael (D-3) . . . the largest Patriot d raftee, he was the 1 26th p layer chosen in the d raft . . . a g reat u pf ie ld pass rusher and is amaz ing ly qu ick and agi le desp i te his large s ize . . . m i ssed five games as a senior w i th deep th igh bru ise . . . 2 1 0 career tackles . . . made Al l-South Independent Team as a j un ior and p layed i n both the ' 79 B l ue-Gray Game and 'BO East-West Shr ine Game . . . started for three years. PERSONAL: S ing le . . . physical education and recreation major . . . wou ld l ike to coach after p laying career i s over . . . one of seven ch i ldren , he has five s isters.

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P RESTON B ROWN

WR / KR 5-1 0 1 84 VAN D ERB ILT D-6 DOB: 3-2-58 at N ashv i l l e , Ten n .

COLLEGE: The 1 62nd p layer se lected i n the d raft, Preston was chosen w i th the s ixth rou n d p ick aqu i red from Hou ston i n the Leon G ray trade . . . potent ia l l y one of the fastest players on the Patr iots , he was the fastest p layer ever to wear the Black and Gold . . . c locked at 9 .3 i n the 1 00 as a schoo lboy , he has also dashed to a 4 .35 40 . . SEC 's l ead i ng rece iver as a sen io r w i th 52 recept ions fo r 786 yards and 3 TDs . . . rank­ed e i gh th nat iona l l y in rece iv ing as a sen ior . . . lead i ng receiver i n '79 B l ue-G ray game with 4 catches for 78 yards . . . dangerous kick retu rner who t ied SEC record with a 1 00 yard KO return vs . O le Miss as a soph . . . retu rned a pun t 90 yards for a TD in season opener of j u n ior year ( 1 978) vs A rkansas . . . 59 career punt retu rns for 497 yards (8 .4 avg . ) and 80 career KO retu rns for a school record 1 ,497 yards ( 1 8 .7 avg . ) . . . p layed i n 'BO Sen io r Bow l . PERSONAL: S i n g l e . . . H istory major a t Vanderb i l t w h o wou ld l i ke to eventua l l y p u rsue a career in law or mus i c . . . p lays both the p iano and g u itar and enjoys s i n g i n g . . . h is s i ster has played on Broadway.

TOM KEARNS

OG 6-3 259 KENTUCKY D-7 DOB: 5-6-58 at Lex i ng ton , Kentucky

COLLEGE: A hard work i ng and in tense g uard wi th good pu l l i n g speed who was a th ree year starter for the W i ldcats . . . 1 84th player se lected in the d raft . . . tabbed as the schoo l ' s outstand i n g offens ive l i neman as a j u n io r . . . honorab le ment ion A l l -Amer ica cho ice by SN and second team A l l -SEC by AP as a sen ior . PERSONAL: Sing le . . . General Stud ies Major . . . l i kes to sk i and hunt rabb i ts . . . b rother Kev in is a j u n ior DE at Kentucky .

M I K E HOUSE

T E 6-3 243 U OF PACI F IC D-8 DOB: 9-26-57 at Oakda le , Cal .

COLLEGE: The seventh T E and 2 1 1 th p layer se lected i n the d raft, M i ke led a l l TEs i n t he cou ntry as a sen ior wi th 52 recept ions . . . a lso ranked s ixth nat iona l l y among al l receivers . . . 2nd ranked on Pac i f i c ' s a l l -t ime rece iv i ng l i st w i th 86 recept ions for 1 009 yards and 4 TDs i n two seasons . . . g ood b locker who can catch the ba l l i n a c rowd . . . bes t game as a co l l eg ian was aga inst Iowa State ( 1 0-6-79) when he g rabbed 1 1 passes for 90 yard s . . . prepped at Modesto (Cal) JC for two years. PERSONAL: Marr ied ( Judy ) . . . has one daug hter Jenn i fer Anne . . . Economics major who wou ld l i ke to pursue a farm i ng career .

BARRY BU RG ET

OLB 6-2 226 OKLAHOMA D-9 DOB: 8-6-57 at Stroud , Ok la .

COLLEGE: Jo i ns fo rmer Sooners Ray Ham i l ton , Rod Shoate and Horace Ivory on the Patr iots . . . the 238th p layer taken i n the d raft, Barry had 1 78 career tack les ( 1 1 for losses) and two i n tercept ions . . . wh i l e p lay i n g for Sooners , he made th ree Orange Bowl appearances and one in the F iesta Bowl . . . as a soph, retu rned a b locked FG attempt for 64 yards and a TD vs . Vanderb i l t . . . a lso had 1 4 tack les that day . had 85 tack les as a sen io r . . . Patr iot scout M i ke McCarthy was h i s l i n ebacker coach d u ri n g h i s f rosh and soph seasons . PERSONAL: S i ng l e . . . Jou rna l i sm and Pub l i c Relat ions major . . . hobb ies i nc l ude h u n t i ng and f i sh i ng . . . father was a sma l l co l lege A l l­America at Central State (Ok la . )

TOM DAN IEL

oc 6-4 245G EORG IA TECH 0-1 0DOB : 8-1 4-57 at Da l to n , Ga .

COLLEGE: Tom was voted as most va l uab le l i neman by h is teammates as a sen ior . . . 269th player selected in the d raft . . . started senior year at center, then m i ssed a few games due to i n j u ry and later retu rned to start the balance of the season at tack le . . . team capta in as a sen ior , Tom bench presses 400 lbs . . . . accomp l i shed snapper for punts , PATs and FGs . . . made an impressive showing at Patriots Spr ing Rookie Camp .

PERSONAL: S ing le . . . I ndustr ia l Eng i neer ing major . . . hopes to pur­sue eng i neer ing career after footbal l days are over.

M I K E H U BACH

P 5-1 0 1 85 KANSAS 0-1 1 DOB : 1 -26-58 at Cleveland , Oh io

COLLEGE: M ike was the second punter d rafted by t he Patriots i n the last two years fol lowing the select ion of punt ing i ncumbant Eddie Hare who was p icked on the fou rth round i n 1 979 . . . 296th player selected in the d raft and 4th punter taken . . . h i t 259 career punts for 1 0 ,6 1 8 yards for a 41 .0 career average . . . boomed four punts du ring career over 70 yards i nc l ud i ng schoo l record 83 yarder vs . Iowa State i n '79 . . . a l so h i t on a 53 yard FG that day . . . the second lead ing scorer i n Jayhawkh i story wi th 1 35 po ints (72 of 76 PAT attempts and 21 of 48 on FG at­tempts) . . . two-t ime A l l B ig 8 pu nter . . . best day as co l leg ian wasagainst Ok lahoma State in ' 78 when he punted 8 t imes for 50.6 average(40, 46, 54, 42, 70, 47 , 43 and 63 yards . )

PERSONAL: S i ng l e . . . Personna l Adm in i strat ion major . . . played soccer since he was seven years o l d .

J I M M Y JORDAN

Q B 6-0 1 91 FLORIDA ST ATE D-1 2 DOB : 2-1 1 -58 at Ta l lahassee, F la .

COLLEGE: Shar ing QB du ties wi th Wal l y Woodham, J immy led the Semino les to their f i rst undefeated season ( 1 1 -0) ever and an ap­pearance i n the ' 80 O range Bowl vs . Ok lahoma . . . 323rd player se lected . . . twice named "Chevrolet Offensive Player of the Week" on ABC-TV , he owns school record for longest TD pass, a scoring str ike that covered 96 yards when he was a frosh . . . earned Offens ive MVP honors i n 1 977 Tanger ine Bowl by complet ing 18 of 25 passes for 3 1 1 yards and 2 TDs . . . 24- 1 9 w in over LSU d u ri ng sen ior year ( 1 979) , he h i t on 14 of 3 1 pass attem pts for 312 yards and 3 TDs . . . played i n '80Sen ior Bowl . . . showed accurate pass ing ab i l ity du ring Patriots Spr ingRook ie Camp and wi l l start tra i n i ng camp as fou rth QB on Patriots rosterbeh ind Grogan , Cavanaugh and Owen .

PERSONAL: S ing le . . Cr im ino logy major . . . spends free t ime h unt­i n g and f i sh ing . . . t h rew for over 4 ,000 yards as a h i gh school QB and was named a h i gh school A l l-America.

PASSING Year Att. Comp. Y ds. Pct. Int. TOs 1 976 50 23 434 46.0 3 2 1 977 1 66 * 80 1 1 39 48 .2 9 1 0 · 1 978 1 99 * 1 08 * 1 427 54 .3 9 1 4 ' 1 979 1 80 ' 8 7 * 1 1 73 48.3 1 4 1 3 * Tota l s 595 298 4 1 73 50 . 1 3 5 39

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Pre-Season Opponen ts

LOS ANG ELES RAMS

N FC WEST ( 1 979 Cham p i o n s) August 1 1 - at Anaheim Head Coach: Ray Ma lavasi Pub lic Re lations: Jerry Wi lcox (Geno Eff ler)

Office: (71 4) 535-7267 Date Location Pats Opp.

8-29-71 Foxboro 21 31 8- 5-78 Los Angeles 1 4 7 8-1 2-79 Foxboro 3 1 5

RAMS LEAD 2-1 . 38 53

OAK LA N D RA IDERS

A FC WEST August 16 - at Oak land Head Coach: Tom F lores Pub lic Re lations: John Herrara

Office: (41 5) 562-5900 Date Location Pats Opp.

8-28-60 Amherst 28 1 4 8-1 1 -62 P rovidence 20 21 8 - 4-63 Oakland 1 7 24 8-20-66 Anaheim , CA 21 1 0 8- 5-72 Oakland 24 31 8- 5-73 Foxboro 1 7 1 7 8-1 2-78 Oakland 21 7 8-1 9-79 Foxboro . 35 1 4

PATRIOTS LEAD 4-3-1 1 83 1 38

P H I LADELPH IA EAG LES

N FC EAST ( 1 979 W i l d Card ) August 24 - at Foxboro Head Coach: Dick Vermei l

Att. 53 ,271 60, 1 34 44,955

1 58,360

Att. 4 ,000 9,000 9,721

36,038 53,661 43,91 4 53,335 46 , 5 1 8

256 , 1 87

Pub lic Re lations: Jim Ga l lagher (Chick McE l rone) Office: (21 5) 463-2500 Date Location Pats Opp.

9- 2-68 Boston 20 22 8-1 2-72 P h i lade lph ia 20 29 9- 8-74 Foxboro 27 1 7 8-22-75 P h i lade lph ia 24 1 0 9 - 5-76 Foxboro 20 7 8-22-77 P h i lade lph ia 1 0 2 1

SERIES T IED 3-3 . 1 21 1 06

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

A FC W EST August 29 - at Seatt le Head Coach: Jack Patera

Att. 31 , 404 30,000 35, 4 1 2 40, 1 56 32,254 28,025

1 97 ,251

Pub lic Relations: Don Andersen (Gary Wright) Office (206) 827-9777

First Pre-Season Meeting Ever

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PRE-SEASON RESU LTS

YEAR-BY-YEAR

Date S ite Attendance 1 960 ( 4- 1 -0 ) 7 / 30 at Bu ffalo ( 1 6 , 000) 8/ 5 at Prov idence (4 , 706) 8 / 1 4 at Boston ( 1 1 , 000) 8 / 2 1 at Worcester ( 7 , 500) 8 / 28 at A m herst (4 ,000) 1 96 1 ( 3- 1 -0 ) 8 / 1 0 a t Boston ( 1 5 , 387) 8/ 19 at P h i ladelp h ia (73 ,91 6) 8 / 25 at Prov idence (4 , 762) 9 / 1 at Bu ffalo (9 ,022) 1 962 ( 2-3-0) 8/ 1 1 at P rov idence (9 ,000) 8 / 1 5 at Bu ffalo (22, 1 1 2) 8 / 1 8 at New Or leans (31 ,000) 8 / 25 at Lowel l ( 1 1 , 1 1 8) 9 / 1 at Boston (8 , 783) 1 963 ( 0-5-0) 8/ 4 at Oakland (9 ,72 1 ) 8 / 1 0 at San Diego ( 1 6,427) 8 / 1 4 at Lowel l (9 ,387) 8 / 24 at Bu ffalo ( 1 7 , 697) 9/ 1 at New Brunswick , N . J . ( 1 2 , 500) 1 964 ( 0-5-0 l 8 / 9 at Boston (20,087) 8 / 1 8 at Lowel l (6 ,390) 8 / 22 at New Brunswick , N . J . ( 1 1 , 500) 8 / 28 at Bu ffalo ( 1 2 , 566) 9 / 5 at Denver (20, 568) 1 965 ( 0-5-0) 8/ 8 at Boston (23 ,674) 8/ 1 3 at A l lentown , Pa . ( 1 8 ,000) 8 / 21 at Houston (30 , 1 42) 8 / 28 at N o rfol k , Va. (9 ,2 1 7) 9/ 4 at Kansas City ( 1 5 , 1 57) 1 966 ( 1 -3-0) 8 / 7 at Boston (23 ,29 1 ) 8 / 20 at Anahe im (36,038) 8/ 27 at San Diego ( 1 1 , 894) 9/ 1 at Mob i l e (22 , 000) 1 967 ( 1 -3-0) 8/ 4 at Br idgeport , Conn . ( 1 6 ,000) 8 / 1 3 at Boston (29 ,3 1 3) 8 / 20 at Rochester, N . Y . ( 1 5 ,300) 8 / 26 at Boston ( 1 5 , 523) 1 968 ( 1 -3-0) 8/ 10 at New Or leans (54,400) 8 / 1 7 at R i chmond , Va. ( 1 4 , 000) 8 / 23 at Jacksonvi l l e ( 1 5 , 003) 9/ 2 at Boston (3 1 , 404) 1 969 ( 2-3-0) 8 / 1 0 at Bowl i ng G reen ( 1 6 ,900) 8 / 1 7 at Boston (24 , 084) 8 / 25 at M ontreal ( 8 , 2 12 ) 8 / 3 1 at Jacksonvi l l e ( 1 8 , 375) 9/ 6 at B i rm ingham ( 1 8 ,000) 1 970 ( 0-4-0) 8 / 1 6 at Boston (25 , 584) 8 / 29 at Jackson , M i ss . (32 ,000) 9/ 4 at S h reveport, La. (22 ,000) 9 / 1 1 at Salt Lake City ( 1 7 ,832) 1 97 1 ( 1 -5-0) 8/ 8 at M i n neapo l i s (3 1 ,8 1 3) 8/ 15 at Foxboro (60,423) 8 / 22 at B u ffalo ( 3 1 , 6 1 0) 8 / 29 at Foxboro (53 ,27 1 ) 9 / 5 at Foxboro (48,63 1 ) 9 / 1 O at M e m p h i s (28 ,082)

Score

Patriots 28, B i l l s 7 Patriots 43, B rQllfS)S 6 Texans 24, Patriots 1 4 Patriots 2 1 , B i l l s 7 Patriots 28, Raiders 1 4

Patriots 1 4 , Titans 3 Titans 1 7 , Patriots 7 Patriots 28, B i l l s 1 0 Patriots 1 5 , B i l l s 1 2

Raiders 2 1 , Patriots 20 Patriots 1 2 , B i l l s 7 O i le rs 20, Patriots 1 O

Patriots 1 7 , Titans 1 O

B i l l s 7, Patriots 6

Raiders 24, Patriots 1 7 Chargers 50, Patriots 1 7 Oi l ers 2 1 , Patriots 20 B i l l s 24, Patriots 1 4 Jets 22, Patriots 20

O i lers 38, Patriots 7 Jets 23, Patriots 7 J ets 2 1 , Patriots 20 B i l l s 24, Patriots 1 4 Broncos 27, Patriots 1 7

B i l l s 23, Patriots O

Jets 26, Patriots 1 6 Oi lers 27, Patriots 6 Jets 1 7 , Patriots O

Ch iefs 34, Patriots 7

B i l l s 1 9 , Patriots 1 3 Patriots 2 1 , Raiders 1 O

Chargers 3 1 , Patriots 1 3 Jets 4 1 , Patriots 3

Jets 55, Patriots 1 3 Colts , 33, Patriots 3 Patriots 1 3 , B i l l s 1 0 Redsk ins 1 3 , Patriots 7

Saints 1 9 , Patriots 0 Jets 25 , Patriots 3 Patriots 1 9 , Do lph ins 1 7 Eag les 22, Patriots 20

Patriots 2 1 , Bengals 1 3 Falcons 34, Patriots 1 6 L ions 22, Patriots 9 Patriots 26, Broncos 1 O

Dolph ins 1 3 , Patriots O

Redsk ins 45 , Patriots 2 1 Saints 2 6 , Patriots 0 Stee lers 3 1 , Patriots 3 B roncos 1 6, Patriots 1 4

V ik ings 1 7 , Patriots 1 0 Patr iots 20, G iants 1 4 B i l l s 28, Patriots 1 4 Rams 31 , Patriots 2 1 Falcons 45, Patriots 35 Jets 38, Patriots 9

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1 972 ( 2-4-0) 8 / 5 at Oakland (53 ,66 1 ) Ra iders 3 1 , Patr iots 24 8 / 1 2 a t Ph i lade lph ia (30 ,000) Eag les 29, Patriots 20 8 / 20 at Foxboro (50 ,892) Patr iots 27 , Bears 1 7 8 / 27 at Foxboro (51 , 470) G iants 3 1 , Patr iots 1 0 9 / 2 at Denver (37 , 1 28) Broncos 49, Patr iots 24 9 / 1 0 at Foxboro (47 ,684) Patr iots 34, L ions 30 1 973 ( 1 -5-0

7 / 28 at Canton , Oh io ( 1 9 ,685) 49ers 20, Patr iots 7 8 / 5 at Foxboro (43 ,9 1 4) Patr iots 1 7 , Raiders 1 7 8 / 1 2 a t Foxboro (49, 209) G iants 1 3 , Patr iots 7 8 / 1 8 at At lanta (56,239) Falcons 27, Patriots 1 0 8 / 25 at New Orleans (64 , 1 31 ) Patr iots 3 1 , Sa in ts 6 9 / 2 at Foxboro (50,369) Redsk i ns 35 , Patriots 1 4 9 / 7 at Detroit (50, 1 04) L ions 34, Patriots 2 1 1 974 ( 4-2-0) 8 / 2 at Wash i ngton ( 1 6 ,405) Patr iots 2 1 , Redsk i ns 1 6 8 / 1 1 at Foxboro ( 1 7 ,992) G iants 2 1 , Patriots 6 8 / 1 8 a t Foxboro (20, 546) Patriots 7 , Sa in ts 3 8 / 24 at San Diego ( 1 8 ,903) Patriots 23, Chargers 1 4 8 / 3 1 a t Spokane, Was h . ( 1 8 ,000) Broncos 27, Patr iots 2 1 9 / 8 at Foxboro (35 ,4 1 2 ) Patr iots 27 , Eag les 1 7 1 975 ( 3-2-0) 8 / 1 0 a t Foxboro (40,726) G iants 28 , Patr iots 1 4 8 / 1 7 a t Foxboro (40 ,2 1 8) Patr iots 36, V i k i ngs 1 0 8 / 22 at Ph i lade lph ia (40 , 1 56) Eag les 24 , Patr iots 1 0 8 / 30 at M i lwau kee (51 , 769) Patriots 20, Packers 1 7 (OT) 9/ 7 at Foxboro (39, 502) Patriots 3 1 , Chargers 24 1 976: ( 3-3-0) 8 / 1 at Foxboro (30 ,032) Patr iots 1 3 , G iants 7 (OT) 8/ 6 at Norman , Ok . (23 ,800) Chargers 26, Patr iots 1 7 8 / 1 5 at Foxboro (30, 552) Packers 1 6 , Patr iots 1 4 8 / 2 1 a t A t lanta (30,6 1 9) Patr iots 28, Falco n s 1 7 8 / 30 at C leveland (36 ,0 1 6) Brown s 30, Patr iots 27 9 / 5 at Foxboro (32,254) Patr iots 27 , Eag les 7 1 977 ( 5 - 1 -0 ) 8 / 6 at E . Rutherford , N . J . (44 ,47 1 ) Patr iots 1 9 , G ian ts 3 8 / 1 3 a t M i lwaukee (53,244) Patr iots 38, Packers 3 8 / 22 at Ph i lade lph ia (28 ,025) Eag les 2 1 , Patr iots 1 0 8 / 28 at Foxboro (43, 779) Patriots 1 3 , Stee lers 1 0 (OT) 9/ 4 at Foxboro (41 ,053) Patr iots 45 , Redsk i ns 7 9 / 1 1 at Foxboro (41 ,346) Patr iots 29, Falco n s 1 0 1 978 ( 4-0-0 ) 8 / 5 at Los Ange les (60 , 1 34) Patriots 1 4 , Rams 7 8 / 1 2 a t Oakland (53,335) Patr iots 2 1 , Ra iders 7 8 / 20 at Foxboro (39,043) Patr iots 24 , Ch iefs 7 8 / 27 at Foxboro (42 , 696) Patr iots 2 1 , B rown s 1 0 1 979 ( 2-2-0 ) 8 / 4 at At lanta (59 , 725) Patr iots 37, Falco n s 1 4 8 / 1 2 a t Foxboro (44 ,955) Rams 1 5 , Patr iots 3 8 / 1 9 a t Foxboro (46 ,5 1 8) Patr iots 35 , Ra iders 1 4 8 / 24 at Denver (75 , 1 03) Broncos 20, Patriots 1 7 (OT) Twenty year record : 40-59-1

PRES EASON RESU LTS

TEAM-BY-TEAM ATLANTA

Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Results 8-1 7-69 Boston 1 6 34 24 ,084 L 9- 5-71 Foxboro 35 45 48,631 L 8-1 8-73 A t lan ta 1 0 27 56,239 L 8-21 -76 A t lanta 28 1 7 30, 6 1 9 w 9-1 1 -77 Foxboro 29 1 0 4 1 , 346 w 8- 4-79 A t lan ta 37 1 4 59,725 w

SERIES T IED 3-3 . 1 55 1 47 206,608 BALTIMORE

Date Location Pats Opp. Alt. Results 8-1 3-67 Boston (Harvard) 3 33 29,31 3 L

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B U FFALO Date Location Pats Opp . Att. Results

7-30-60 Bu ffalo 28 7 1 6 , 000 w 8-21 -60 Wo rceste r 2 1 7 7 , 500 w 8-25-6 1 P rov idence 28 1 0 4 , 762 w 9- 1 -6 1 Bu ffalo 1 5 1 2 9 ,022 w 8-1 5-62 Bu ffalo 1 2 7 22 , 1 1 2 w 9- 1 -62 Boston ( B U ) 6 7 8, 783 L 8-24-63 B u ffalo 1 4 24 1 7 ,697 L 8-28-64 Bu ffalo 1 4 24 1 2 , 566 L 8- 8-65 Boston ( BC) 0 23 23, 674 L 8- 7-66 Boston ( BC) 1 3 1 9 23 ,291 L 8-20-67 Rocheste r , N . Y . 1 3 1 0 29, 3 1 3 w 8-22-71 Bu ffalo 1 4 28 3 1 ,6 1 0 L

S E R I ES T IED 6-6 . 1 78 1 78 206 , 330

CH ICAGO Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Results

8-20-72 Foxbo ro 27 1 7 50,892 w

C INC IN NATI Date Location Pats Opp . Att. Results

8-1 0-69 Bowl ing G reen, Ky . 21 1 3 1 6 , 990 w

CLEVELAND Date Location Pats Opp . Att. Results

8-30-76 Cleveland 27 30 36, 01 6 L 8-27-78 Foxbo ro 2 1 10 42, 696 w

S E R I ES T IED 1 -1 . 48 40 78 ,71 2

DENVER Date Location Pats Opp . Att. Results

8- 5-60 P rov idence 43 6 4 , 706 w 9- 5-64 Denve r 1 7 27 20 ,568 L 8-31 -69 Jacksonv i l l e 26 1 0 1 8 , 375 w 9-1 1 -70 Salt Lake City 1 4 1 6 1 7 , 832 L 9- 2-72 Denve r 24 49 27 , 1 28 L 8-3 1 -74 Spokane 2 1 27 1 8 ,000 L 8-24-79 Denve r 1 7 20 (OT )75, 1 03 L

BRONCOS LEAD 5-2. 1 62 1 55 1 91 , 7 1 2 DETROIT

Date Location Pats Opp . Att. Results 8-25-69 Mon treal 9 22 8, 2 1 2 L 9-1 0-72 Foxbo ro 34 30 47, 684 w 9- 7-73 Det ro i t 2 1 34 50 ,0 1 4 L

L IONS LEAD 2-1 . 64 86 1 05 ,9 1 0

GREEN BAY Date Location Pats Opp . Att. Results

8-30-75 M i lwaukee 20 17 (OT) 5 1 , 769 w 8-1 5-76 Foxbo ro 1 4 1 6 30, 552 L 8-1 3-77 M i lwaukee 38 3 53, 244 w

PATRIOTS LEAD 2-1 . 72 36 1 35 , 565

HOUSTON Date Location Pats Opp . Att. Results

8-1 8-62 New O r leans 1 0 20 3 1 , 000 L 8-1 4-63 Lowel l 20 2 1 9 , 387 L 8- 9-64 Boston ( Fenway) 7 38 20 ,087 L 8-2 1 -65 Houston 6 27 30, 1 42 L

O ILERS LEAD 4-0. 43 1 06 90, 6 1 6

KANSAS CITY Date Location Pats Opp . Att. Results

8-1 4-60 Boston ( H a rvard) 1 4 24 1 1 , 000 L 9- 4-65 Kansas City 7 34 1 5 , 1 57 L 8-20-78 Foxbo ro 24 7 39 , 043 w

CH IEFS LEAD 2-1 45 65 65 , 200

MIAMI Date Location Pats Opp . Att. Results

8-23-68 Jacksonv i l l e 1 9 1 7 1 5 , 003 w 9- 6-69 B i rm i ngham 0 1 3 1 8 , 000 L

SER IES T IED 1 - 1 . 1 9 30 33 ,003

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MIN NESOTA Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

8- 8-7 1 M i n neapo l i s 1 0 1 7 31 ,81 3 L 8-1 7-75 Foxboro 36 1 0 40,2 1 8 w

SERIES T I ED 1 -1 . 46 27 72,031

NEW O RLEANS Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

8-1 0-68 New Orleans 1 0 1 9 54,400 L 8-29-70 Jackson , M iss . 20 26 32 ,000 L 8-25-73 New Orleans 31 6 64, 1 31 w 8-1 8-74 Fox boro 7 3 20,546 w

SERIES T I E D 2-2 . 68 54 1 71 , 077

NEW YORK GIANTS Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

8-1 5-71 Foxbo ro 20 1 4 60,423 w 8-27-72 Fox boro 1 0 31 5 1 , 470 L 8-1 2-73 Fox boro 7 1 3 49,209 L 8-1 1 -74 Foxbo ro 6 2 1 1 7 , 992 L 8-1 0-75 Fox boro 1 4 28 40, 726 L 8- 1 -76 Foxboro 1 3 7 (OT) 30,032 w 8- 6-77 E . Rutherford 1 9 3 44 ,471 w

GIANTS LEAD 4-3 . 89 1 1 7 294,323

NEW YORK JETS Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

8-1 0-61 Boston ( B U ) 1 4 3 1 5 , 387 w 8-1 9-61 Ph i ladel ph ia 7 1 7 73 ,9 1 6 L 8-25-62 Lowel l 1 0 1 7 1 1 , 1 1 8 w 9- 1 -63 New Bru n s . , NJ 20 22 1 2 ,500 L 8-1 8-64 Lowel l 7 23 6 , 390 L 8-22-64 New Bru n s . , NJ 20 2 1 1 1 ,500 L 8-1 3-65 Al lentown , PA 1 6 26 1 8,000 L 8-28-65 Norfo l k , VA 0 1 7 9 ,2 1 7 L 9- 1 -66 Mob i le , AL 3 41 22,000 L 8- 4-67 Br idgeport , CT 1 3 55 1 6 ,000 L 8-1 7-68 R ichmond , VA 3 25 1 4 ,000 L 9-1 0-71 Memph is , TN 9 38 20,082 L

J ETS LEAD 1 0-2 . 1 29 298 230, 1 1 0

PITTSBU RGH Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

9- 4-70 S h reveport, LA 3 3 1 22,000 L 8-28-77 Fox boro 1 3 1 0 (OT ) 43, 779 w

SER IES T I ED 1 -1 . 1 6 4 1 65 , 779

SAN D IEGO Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

8-1 0-63 San Diego 1 7 50 1 6 ,427 L 8-27-66 San Diego 1 3 3 1 1 1 , 894 L 8-24-74 San Diego 23 1 4 1 8 ,903 w 9- 7-75 Fox boro 31 24 39, 502 w 8- 6-76 Norman , OK 1 7 26 23 ,800 L

CHARG ERS LEAD 3-2 . 1 01 1 45 1 1 0, 526

SAN FRANCISCO Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

7-28-73 Canton , Oh io 1 7 20 1 9, 685 L

WASHINGTON Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

8-26-67 Boston 7 1 3 1 5 , 523 L 8-1 6-70 Boston 21 45 25 ,584 L 9- 2-73 Foxboro 1 4 35 50,369 L 8- 2-75 Wash i ngton 21 1 6 1 6 ,405 w 9- 4-77 Fox bo ro 45 7 41 , 053 w

REDSKINS LEAD 3-2 . 1 08 1 1 6 1 48,934

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P re-Season Record vs . A l l Opponents Team w L T Pct. PF PA Attendance

Atlanta 3 3 0 .500 155 147 260,608

Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 3 33 29 ,313

Buffalo 6 6 0 .500 178 178 192,317

Chicago 1 0 0 1.000 27 17 50,892

Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 21 13 16,900

Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 48 40 78,712

Denver 2 5 0 .286 162 155 191,712

Detroit 1 2 0 .333 64 86 106,000

Green Bay 2 0 .667 72 36 135,565

Houston 0 4 0 .000 43 106 90,616

Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 45 65 65 ,200

Los Angeles 1 2 0 .333 38 53 158,360

Miami 1 1 0 .500 19 30 33,003

Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 46 27 72,031

New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 58 54 171,117

N.Y. Giants 3 4 0 .429 89 117 294,323

N.Y. Jets 2 10 0 .167 129 298 238,110

Oakland 4 3 1 .571 183 138 256,187

Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 121 106 197,251

Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 16 41 65,779

San Diego 2 3 0 .400 101 145 110,526

San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 7 20 19,685

Washington 2 3 0 .400 108 116 148,934

TOTALS 40 59 1 .400 1733 2021 2,973 ,141

WON-LOST, HOM E AND AWAY Home Record Away Record

Year w L T PF PA w L T PF PA 1 960 3 4 0 1 50 1 58 2 5 0 1 36 191 1 961 4 2 1 223 166 5 2 0 1 90 147 1 962 6 1 0 1 77 1 27 3 3 1 1 69 188 1 963 5 1 1 1 90 90 2 5 0 1 37 1 87 1 964 4 2 1 16 1 1 41 6 1 0 204 158 1 965 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 41 3 4 0 1 32 181 1 966 4 2 1 1 58 1 46 4 2 1 1 57 1 37 1 967 2 4 0 1 23 1 71 1 8 1 1 57 218 1 968 2 4 0 97 1 32 2 8 0 1 32 274 1 969 2 5 0 1 22 1 43 2 5 0 1 44 1 73 1 970 1 6 0 92 1 71 1 6 0 57 190 1 971 5 2 0 1 50 1 29 1 8 0 88 198 1 972 2 5 0 1 27 203 1 8 0 85 243 1 973 3 4 0 1 28 1 34 2 5 0 1 30 1 88 1 974 3 4 0 1 71 1 33 4 3 0 1 77 1 58 1 975 2 5 0 1 32 1 53 1 8 0 128 1 976 6 1 0 2 17 95 5 2 0 1 59 141 1 977 6 1 0 1 35 73 3 4 0 1 43 1 44 1 978 5 3 0 230 1 80 6 2 0 1 28 1 08 1 979 6 2 0 238 1 30 3 5 0 1 73 1 96 Tota l s 72 62 6 3 1 33 281 8 57 84 3 2804 3537

( POST S EASON GAMES > 1 963 1 0 36 57 1 976 0 0 2 1 24 1 978 0 0 1 4 31 Tota l s 0 1 0 1 4 31 1 2 0 57 81 G ra n d Tota l 66 61 6 2909 27 1 9 55 81 3 2688 3422 Note : S i x home and e i gh t away games in 1 967 and 1 968.

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Reg u la r Season Opponents

SEPTEM BER 7 - AT FOXBORO

CLEVELAND BROWNS AFC CENTRAL, 9-7 Record , 3rd Place HEAD COACH: Sam Rut ig l iano (3rd year, 1 7-1 5) PR: Nate Wal lack (Ed U h as ) PHON E : ( 2 1 6 ) 696-5555 1 979 RES U LTS: Jets , W 25-22 ; Ch ie fs W 27-24 ; Colts , W 1 3- 10 ; Cowboys , W 26-7; O i l e rs , L 3 1 - 10 ; Stee le rs , L 5 1 -35; Redsk i ns , L 1 3-9 ; Benga ls , W 28-27 ; Card ina ls , W 38-20; Eag les , W 24-1 9 ; Seahwaks , L 29-24; Do l p h i ns , 30-24 ; Stee lers , L 33-30; O i le rs , W 1 4-7; Raiders , L 1 9- 1 4 ; Benga ls , L 1 6- 1 2 . 1 980 SCHED U LE : 9 / 7 a t N e w Eng land ; 9 / 1 5 Houston ; 9 / 2 1 Kansas City ; 9 / 28 at Tampa Bay ; 1 0 / 5 Denver ; 1 0 1 1 2 at Seatt le ; 1 0 / 1 9 G reen Bay ; 1 0 / 26 P i tts b u rg h ; 1 1 / 3 C h icago; 1 1 1 9 at Balt imore ; 1 1 1 1 6 at Pi t tsbu rg h ; 1 0 / 23 C i n c i n nat i ; 1 0 1 30 at Houston ; 1 2 1 7 NY Jets ; 1 2 / 1 4 at M i n n esota; 1 2 1 2 1 at C i n c i n nat i . B ROWNS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCO R I N G Don Cockroft , 89 (38 1 43 PAT, 1 7 1 29 FG) R U S H I N G M i ke Pru i t t , 264-1 294-9 TDs

(2nd AFC, 5th N FL) PASS ING B r i an S ipe , 535-286-3793-28 TDs 26 I nt .

-73 . 1 Rat i ng RECE IV ING Dave Loga n , 59-982-7 TDs KO RETU R N S D ino H a l l 50- 1 0 1 4-20 .3 Avg . P U NT RETU R N S D ino H a l l 29-5-295-1 0 .2 Avg . INTE RCEPTIONS Thom Darden 5-1 25-1 TD SERIES NOTES: B ROWNS LEAD SERIES 3-0 . . . Sam Rut ig l iano makes h is debut as a Head Coach i n reg u la r season act ion vs . the Pat r iots , a team he served as an ass istant w i th i n 1 971 -73 . . . last reg u la r seaso n meet ing was a M onday N i g h t th r i l l e r at Cleveland that the B rown s won i n OT 30-27 before 77 ,9 1 0 . .

SEPTEM BER 1 4 - AT FOXBORO

ATLANTA FALCONS N FC WEST, 6-1 0 , 3 rd Place HEAD COACH: Leeman Bennett (4th year, 22-24 , Post-season 1 -1 ) PR: Char l ie Dayton PHON E : (404) 588-1 1 1 1 1 979 RESULTS: Sa in ts , W 40-34 (OT) ; Eag les , W 1 4- 10 ; Broncos , L 20-1 7 (OT) ; L ions , L 24-23 ; Redsk i ns , L 1 6-7, Packers , W 25-7 ; Raiders , L 50-1 9 ; 49ers , L 20-1 5 ; Seahawks , L 3 1 -28; Buccaneers , W 1 7- 1 4 ; NY G iants , L 24-3 ; Rams , L 20- 1 4 ; Sa in ts , L 37-6; Chargers , W 28-26, Rams , L 34- 1 3 ; 49ers , W 3 1 -2 1 . 1 980 SCHED U LE : 9 1 7 at M i n n esota; 9 1 1 4 at New Eng land ; 9 1 2 1 M iam i ; 9 / 28 at San F ranc isco ; 1 0 / 5 Detroi t ; 1 0 / 1 2 N . Y . J ets ; 1 0 / 1 9 at New Or leaons ; 1 0 1 26 Los Ange les ; 1 1 /2 at Bu ffa lo ; 1 1 / 9 at St . Lou is ; 1 1 1 1 6 New Or leans ; 1 1 1 23 Ch icago; 1 1 / 30 Wash i ngton ; 1 2 / 7 at P h i lade lph ia ; 1 2 / 14 San F ranc isco ; 1 2 / 2 1 at Los Ange les . FALCONS LEADERS IN 1 979 . . . SCO R I N G T im M azzett i , 70 (3 1 / 37 PAT, 1 3 / 25 F G ) R U S H I N G W i l l i am And rews 239- 1 023-3 TDs . PASS I N G Steve Bartkowsk i 379-203-2502-1 7 TDs-20

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KO R ET U R N S P U NT RETU R N S INTERCEPTIONS

In t . Wa l lace Francis 7 4-1 01 3-8 TDs (3rd N F L , Recept ions ) Denn is Pearso n 30-577-1 9 . 2 Avg . Den n is Pearso n 1 2-1 0-1 1 5-9 . 6 Avg . Rol land Lawrence 6-1 20-0 TD (3rd N FC , 7th N FL)

SERIES N OTES: PATR IOTS LEAD SHORT SERIES 2-0 . . . last meet ing was at At lanta on 1 2-4-77 i n game that Patr iots won 1 6- 1 0 .

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S EATTLE S EAHAW KS

A F C W EST, 9-7 Reco rd , 3 r d P lace H EAD COACH: Jack Patera (5th year, 25-35) PR: Do n Anderson (Gary Wr ight ) PHONE: (206 ) 827-9777 1 979 RESULTS: San D iego , L 33- 1 6 ; M ia m i , L 1 9- 1 0 ; Oak land , W 27-1 0; Denver L 37-34 ; Kansas C i ty , L 24-6; San F ranc i sco , W 35-24 ; San D iego , L 20- 1 0 ; Hou ston , W 34-1 4 ; At lanta, W 31 -28; Ho uston , W 34-1 4 ; At lanta, W 3 1 -28; Los Ange les , L 24-0; Cleve land , W 29-24; New Orleans , W 38-24; New Yo rk Jets , W 30-7; Kansas C i ty , L 37-2 1 ; Denver , W 28-23; Oakland , W 29-24 . 1 980 SCHEDU LE: 9 / 7 San D iego ; 9 / 14 at Kansas C i ty ; 9 /2 1 New Eng land ; 9 / 28 at Wash i ng ton ; 1 0 / 5 at Housto n ; 1 0 / 1 2 C leve land ; 1 0 / 1 9 a t Jets ; 1 0 / 26 a t Oak land ; 1 1 / 2 Ph i lade lph ia ; 1 1 / 9 Kansas Ci ty ; 1 1 / 1 7 Oakland ; 1 1 / 23 at Denver ; 1 1 / 27 at Dal las ; 1 2 / 7 G iants ; 1 2 / 1 3 at San D iego ; 1 2 / 2 1 Denver S EAHAWKS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCOR I NG Efren Herrera, 1 00 (43 / 46 PAT, 1 9 / 23 FG ) R U S H I N G Sherman S m i t h , 1 94-775- 1 1 TD ' s (9th AFC) PASSING J im Zo rn , 505-285-3661 -20 TD 's-1 8 In t .

77 .6 Rat i ng R ECE IV ING Steve Largent , 66-1 237-9 TD 's KO R ETU R N S Jeff Moo re, 3 1 -641 -20 . 7 Avg . P U N T R ETU R N S Tony Green , 1 9-9-1 38-7 .3 Avg . INTERCEPTIONS Dave Brow n , 5-46-0 TD . SERIES NOTES: PATRIOTS LEAD SERIES 1 -0 . . . on ly game i n the ser ies between the two c l u bs was i n a to rrent ia l downpou r at Foxbo ro befo re 54 ,363 on 1 0-9-77 Patr iots won 3 1 -0 fo r the most recent s h u to ut v icto ry i n Patr iot h i sto ry .

SEPTEM BER 29 - AT FOXBORO

DENVER B R O N COS

A F C WEST, 1 0-6 Reco rd , 2nd P lace HEAD COACH : Red M i l l e r (4th year, 32-1 4 , Post-season 2-3) PR: G eo rge M acFadden ( J i m Saccomano ) PHONE: (303) 623-8778 1 979 RESULTS: C inc i n nat i , W 1 0-0; Los Ange les , L 1 3-9 ; At lanta, W 20-1 7 ; Seatt l e , W 37-34; Oakland , L 27-3; San D iego , W 7-0; Kansas Ci ty , W 24- 1 0 ; P i ttsb u rg h , L 42-7 ; Kansas C i ty , W 20-3 ; New Orleans , W 1 0-3; N ew Eng land , W 45- 1 0 ; San Franc i sco , W 38-28; Oak land , L 1 4- 10 ; Buf­falo , W 1 9- 1 6 ; Seatt le , L 28-23; San D iego , L 1 7-7 . 1 980 SCHEDULE : 9 / 7 at P h i lade lph ia ; 9/ 14 Dal las ; 9 / 2 1 San D iego ; 9 / 29 at New Eng land ; 1 0 / 5 at Cleveland ; 1 0 / 1 3 Wash i ng ton ; 1 0 / 1 9 Kansas Ci­ty ; 1 0 / 26 at G iants ; 1 1 /2 Ho uston ; 1 1 /9 at San D iego ; 1 1 / 16 Jets ; 1 1 / 23 Seatt le ; 1 2 / 1 at Oakland ; 1 2 / 7 at Kansas C i ty ; 1 2 / 1 4 Oakland; 1 2 / 2 1 at Seatt le . BRONCOS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCO R I NG J i m Tu rne r , 7 1 (32 / 34 PAT, 1 3 / 2 1 FG ) R U S H I N G O t i s Armstron g , 1 08-453-2 TDs PASSING Cra ig Mo rton , 370-204-2626-1 6 TD 's

R ECE IV ING KO RETU R N S P U N T R ETU R N S

1 9 l n t . -70 . 7 Rat ing R ick U pch u rch , 64-937-7 TD's Chr is Pane, 1 8-354- 1 9 . 7 Avg . R ick U pch u rch 30-4-304-1 0 . 1 Avg . (5th NFL )

INTERCEPTIONS Steve Fo ley 6-1 4-0 TD SER IES NOTES: BRONCOS LEAD SERIES 1 2-9 . . . last meeting started unde r s u n s h i n e at M i l e H i g h Stad i u m on 1 1 - 1 1 -79, but by games' end two i nches of snow covered the g round and Patr iots lost 45-1 0 . B ronco H ead Coach Red M i l l e r makes h i s second appearance against Patriots and f i rst at Schaefer Stad i u m s i nce leav ing his Patr iot offensive coo r­d i nato r post after 1 976 seaso n .

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OCTO BER 5 - AT N EW YORK

NOVEM BER 2 - AT FOXBORO

N EW YO RK J ETS AFC EAST, 8-8 Record , 3 rd P lace HEAD COACH : Walt M ichae ls (3rd year , 1 9-27 ) PR : F ra n k Ramos ( Ed W i s n esk i ) PHONE: ( 2 1 2 ) 421 -6600 1 979 RESULTS: Cleve la n d , L 26-22 ; New Eng l and , L 56-3 ; Detroit , W 3 1 - 1 0 ; Buffa lo , L 46-3 1 ; M i a m i , W 33-27 ; Ba l t imore , L 1 0-8 ; M i n nesota, W 1 4-7 ; Oak la n d , .W 28- 1 9 ; H o u ston , L 27-24 ; G reen Bay , W 27-22; Buffa lo, L 1 4- 1 2 ; Ch icago , L 23- 1 3 ; Seatt le , L 30-7 ; Ba l t imore , W 30-1 7 ; N ew E ng l a n d , W 27-26 ; M ia m i , W 27-24 . 1 980 SCHEDULE : 9 / 7 Ba l t imore ; 9 / 4 at Buffa lo ; 9 / 2 1 San Franc isco; 9 / 28 at Ba l t imore ; 1 0 / 5 N ew E ng l a nd ; 1 0 / 1 2 at At lanta ; 1 0 / 1 9 Seatt le ; 1 0 / 27 M ia m i ; 1 1 / 2 at N ew E ng l and ; 1 1 / 9 Buffa lo ; 1 1 / 16 at Denver ; 1 1 / 23 H o u ston ; 1 1 / 30 at Los A ng e les ; 1 2 / 7 at Cleve land ; 1 2 / 1 4 New Orleans ; 1 2 / 20 at M ia m i . J ETS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCO R I N G R U S H I N G PASS ING

Pa t Lea h y , 36 ( 1 2 / 1 5 PAT , 8 / 1 3 FG ) C la r k Ga ines , 1 86-905-0 TD ' s ( 4 t h AFC) R ichard Tod d , 334-1 7 1 -2660- 1 6 TD 's -22 l n t . -66 . 4 Rat ing

RECEIV ING Der r i ck Gaffney , 32-537- 1 TD KO RETU R N S B ruce Harper , 55-1 1 58-21 . 1 Avg . P U N T RETU R N S Bruce H a r p e r 33-9-290-8 .8 Avg . INTE RCEPTIONS Bu rg ess Owe n s , 6-4 1 -0 TD . SERIES NOTES: J ETS LEAD SER IES 24- 1 5- 1 . . . desp ite a 56-3 th rash i ng of the J ets i n the second game of the 1 979 seaso n , (9-9-79 at Fox boro) , Patr iots we re bounced from p layoff content ion i n the retu rn match at Shea on 1 2-9-79 . . . J ets n i pped the Patr iots 27-26 to stop Patriots four game w i n streak i n the ser ies .

OCTOBER 1 2 - AT FOXBORO

D ECEM BER 8 - AT M IA M I

MIAMI DOLPHINS

AFC EAST, 1 0-6 Record , 1 st P lace HEAD COACH: Don S h u la ( 1 1 th year Miami 94-33-1 , Post-Season 8-4) (7 years Ba l t imore 7 1 -23-4, Post-Season 2-3) PR: Bo b Kearney (Char l ie Ca l l ahan ) PHONE: (305) 379-1 85 1 1 979 RESULTS: Bu ffa lo , W 9-7 ; Seatt le , W 1 9- 1 0 ; M i n n esota, W 27- 1 2 ; Ch icag o , W 3 1 - 16 ; J ets , L 33-27 ; Oak land , L 1 3-3 ; Buffa lo , W 1 7-7 ; New E ng l a nd , L 28- 1 3 ; G reen Bay , W 27-7 ; Houston , L 9-6; Ba l t imore , W 1 9-0; C leve land , L 30-24 ; Ba l t imore , W 28-24; N ew E ng l a nd , W 39-24; Detro i t , W 28- 1 0 ; Je ts , L 27-24 . 1 980 SCHEDU LE: 9 / 7 at Buffa lo ; 9 / 1 4 C i nc i n nat i ; 9 / 2 1 at At lanta; 9 / 28 N ew Or lea n s ; 1 0 / 5 Ba l t imore ; 1 0 / 1 2 at New E ng l a nd ; 1 0 / 1 9 Buffalo; 1 0 / 27 at Jets; 1 1 /2 at Oak land ; 1 1 /9 at Los A ng e les ; 1 1 / 16 San Fran­c i sco ; 1 1 / 23 San D ieg o ; 1 1 / 30 at Pit ts b u rg!].; 1 2 / 8 New E ng l and ; 1 2 / 1 4 a t Ba l t imore ; 1 2 / 20 Jets . DOLP H I N S LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCO R I N G U we Von Schaman n , 9 9 (36 / 40 PAT, 2 1 / 29

FG) R U S H I N G Larry Csonka , 220-837-1 2 T D ' s PASS I N G Bo b G riese , 31 0-1 76-2 1 60-1 4 TD 's-

1 6 l n t . -7 1 .8 Rat i ng RECEIV I N G N a t Moore , 48-840-6 TD ' s K O RETU R N S Tony Nath a n , 45- 10 1 6-22 . 6 Avg .

( 1 0th i n N FL) P U NT R ETU R N S Ton y Nathan , 28- 1 4-306-1 0 .9 Avg . I NTE RCEPTIONS T im Fo ley , 2-8-0 TD SERIES NOTES: DOLP H I N S LEAD SERIES 1 7 - 1 0 . . . Patr iots have won fou r straig h t over the Do l p h i n s at Foxboro but have been beaten by the Do l p h i n s at the Orang e Bow l the last 12 t imes the two c lubs have met there . . . Patr iots and Dol p h i n s have f i n i s hed 1 -2 i n AFC East the last two years as M iami wo n the t i t le i n ' 79 and the Patr iots f i n i s hed tops in '78 . . . se r ies has been sp l i t every season s i nce Dol p h i n s swept both games in ' 75 .

OCTOBER 1 9 - AT BALTIMORE

NOVEM BER 23 - AT FOXBORO

BAL Tl MORE COL TS

AFC EAST, 5-1 1 Record , 5th Place HEAD COACH : M i ke McCormack ( 1 st year Ba l t imore) (3 years P h i lade lph ia 1 6-25-1 ) PR : J i m H u sbands ( Marge B latt) PHONE: (301 ) 356-9600 1 979 RESU LTS: Kansas C i ty , L 1 4-0; Tam pa Bay, L 29-26; Cleve land , L 1 3- 1 0 ; P i t tsbu rgh , L 1 7- 1 3 ; Buffa lo , L 3 1 - 1 3 ; J ets , W 1 0-8 ; Housto n , L 28-1 6 ; Bu ffa lo , W 1 4- 1 3 ; New Eng land , W 3 1 -26; C i nc i nnat i , W 38-28; M i a m i , L 1 9-0; New Eng land , L 50-2 1 ; M iam i , L 28-24; Jets , L 30- 1 7 ; Kan­sas C i ty , L 1 0-7 ; G iants , W 3 1 -7 . 1 980 SCHEDU LE: 9 /7 at Jets ; 9 / 1 4 P i t tsburg h ; 9 /2 1 at Houston ; 9 / 28 Jets ; 1 0 / 5 at M i a m i ; 1 0 / 1 2 at Bu ffa lo ; 1 0 / 1 9 New Eng land ; 1 0 / 26 St . Lou i s ; 1 1 /2 at Kansas C i ty ; 1 1 / 9 Cleve land ; 1 1 / 16 at Detro i t ; 1 1 / 23 at N ew Eng land ; 1 1 / 30 Bu ffa lo ; 1 2 / 7 at C i nc i nnati ; 1 2 / 1 4 M ia m i ; 1 2 / 2 1 Kansas C i ty . COL TS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCOR ING Steve M i ke-Mayer, 6 1 (28 / 29 PAT,

1 2 / 23 FG) R U S H I N G PASS ING

Joe Wash i ngto n , 242-884-4 TD 's ( 5 th AFC) G reg Landry , 457-270-2932-1 5 TD 's-

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1 5 l n t . -75 .3 Rat i ng Joe Was h i ngto n , 82-759-3 TD ' s Nesby G lasgow, 50- 1 1 26-22 .5 Avg . Nesby G lasgow, 44-1 1 -352-8 .0 Avg . (5th AFC)

INTERCEPTIONS Sanders Sh iver , 4-85-0 TD SERIES NOTES: COL TS LEAD SERIES 1 1 -9 . . . Colts (2-6) su rpr ised the s u rg i n g Patr iots (6-2) by a 3 1 -26 sco re at Ba l t imore ( 1 0 / 28 i n n i nth game last season ) . . . Pat r iots rebou nded t h ree weeks later by rom p ing 50-2 1 at Foxboro . M i ke McCormack meet the Patr iots once before as a head mentor , d i rect i ng the Ph i lade lph ia Eag les to a narrow 24-23 w in over the Patr iots on 1 1 / 4 / 73 .

OCTOBER 26 - AT BU FFALO

DECEM BER 1 4 - AT FOXBORO

BUFFALO B ILLS

AFC EAST, 7-9 Record , 4th Place HEAD COACH: Chuck K n ox (3rd year-Buffalo 1 2-20) (5 years-Los Ange les 54-1 5-1 , Post Season 3-5) PR: Budd Tha lman ( M ike Shaw) PHONE: ( 7 1 6) 648-1 800 1 979 RESU LTS: M i a m i , L 9-7; C i nc i nnat i , W 5 1 -24; San D iego , L 27- 1 9 ; J e t s , W 46-3 1 ; Ba l t imore , W 3 1 - 1 3 ; Ch icago, L 7-0; M iam i , L 1 7-7 ; Balt imore, L 1 4- 1 3 ; Detro i t , W 30- 1 7 ; New Eng land , L 26-6 ; Jets , W 1 4-1 2 ; G reen Bay, W 1 9- 1 2 ; N e w Eng land , W 1 6- 1 3 ; Denver , L 1 9- 1 6 ; M i n­nesota, L 1 0-3 ; P i t tsbu rg h , L 28-0 . 1 980 SCHEDU LE: 9 / 7 M i a m i ; 9 / 1 4 Jets ; 9 / 2 1 at New Orleans ; 9 / 28 Oak land ; 1 0 / 5 at San D iego ; 1 0 / 1 2 Balt imore ; 1 0 / 1 9 at M iam i ; 1 0 / 26 N ew Eng land ; 1 1 / 2 At lanta ; 1 1 / 9 at Jets ; 1 1 / 1 6 at C inc i n nat i ; 1 1 / 23 P i tts b u rg h ; 1 1 / 30 at Ba l t imore ; 1 2 / 7 Los Ange les ; 1 2 / 1 4 at New Eng land ; 1 2 / 2 1 at San F ranc isco . BI LLS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCOR ING RUSH ING PASS ING

RECE IV ING KO RETU R N S P U NT R ET U R N S I NTE RCEPTIONS

N ick M i ke-Mayer, 77 ( 1 7 / 1 8 PAT, 20 / 29 FG) Cu rt is Brown , 1 72-574-1 TD Joe Ferg u son , 458-238-3572-1 4 TD ' s-1 5 l n t-74 . 5 Rat ing Frank Lew is , 54-1 082-2 TD 's (5th N FL) Keith Moody, 27-556-20 .6 Avg . Ke i th Moody, 38- 1 0-3 1 8-8 . 4 Avg. Jeff N i xon , 6-81 -0 TD

SER IES NOTES: B ILLS LEAD SERIES 20- 1 9- 1 that started i n f i rst year of old AFL . . . Patriots had won four stra igh t i n ser ies un t i l upset 1 6- 1 3 at Foxboro ( 1 1 -25-79) in OT . . . Steve G rogan passed for a total of 5 1 0 yard s i n two meet i ngs v s . B i l l s i n ' 79 .

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85 A DA M S , J u l i u s DE 6-4 263 9 4-26-48 Tex .Southern 61 ADA M S , Sam OG 6-3 260 9 9-20-48 Pra ir ie View 27 BEAU DO I N , Doug ss 6-1 1 90 5 5- 1 5-54 M i n n . 64 B ISHOP , R ichard N T / DE 6-1 260 5 3-23-50 Lou isv i l le 58 BROC K , Pete OT / OC 6-5 260 5 7-1 4-54 Colorado 63 B U B E N , Mark NT 6-3 260 2 3-23-57 Tufts 44 CALHO U N , Don RB 6-0 2 1 2 7 4-29-52 Kansas St . 1 2 CAVA N A U G H , M att QB 6-1 2 1 0 3 1 0-27-56 P i t t . 82 C H A N D L E R , A l T E 6-3 229 7 1 - 1 8-50 Oklahoma 35 CLA R K , A l l an R B 5- 1 0 1 86 2 6- 8-57 N . Ar iz . 26 CLAYBOR N . Raymond CB 6-1 1 90 4 1 - 2-55 Texas 55 COSTICT, Ray LB 6-0 2 1 8 4 3-1 9-55 Miss . St. 75 CRYD E R . Bob OG 6-4 265 3 9- 7-56 Alabama 39 C U N N I N G H A M , Sam RB 6-3 230 8 8-1 5-50 USC 33 FL INT , J udson CB 6-0 201 1 1 -26-57 M emph is St . 22 FOR E M A N , Chuck R B 6-2 220 8 1 0-26-50 M iam i ( F L) 48 FOX , T im FS 5- 1 1 1 90 5 1 1 - 1 -53 Oh io St . 81 FRANCIS , R u ss TE 6-6 242 6 4- 3-53 Oregon 5 1 GOL IC , Bob L B 6-2 240 1 1 0-26-57 Notre Dame 1 4 G ROGA N , Steve QB 6-4 208 6 7-24-53 Kansas St . 7 1 H A M I LTON , Raymond NT 6-1 245 8 1 -20-5 1 Ok lahoma 73 H A N N A H , J o h n OG 6-2 265 8 4- 4-5 1 A labama

8 H A R E , Edd ie p 6-4 209 2 5-30-57 Tu lsa 80 HASSELBECK , Don TE 6-7 245 4 4- 1 -55 Colorado 59 HAWK INS , M i ke L B 6-2 232 3 1 1 -29-55 Texas A & I 40 HAYNES , M i ke CB 6-2 1 95 5 7- 1 -53 Ar iz . St . 50 H U NT, Sam LB 6-1 270 7 8- 6-5 1 S. F. Aust in 23 IVORY , Horace RB 6-0 1 98 4 8- 8-54 Oklahoma 29 JACKSO N , Ha ro ld W R 5- 1 0 1 75 1 3 1 - 6-46 Jackson St . 32 J O H N S O N , Andy RB 6-0 204 6 1 0-1 8-52 Geo rg ia 74 J O RDA N , She l by OT 6-7 260 5 1 -23-52 Wash . (MO) 24 J U RY , Bob D B 6-1 1 88 2 1 0- 5-55 Pit t 82 K I M BROUG H , J o h n WR 5- 1 1 1 75 2 8-1 2-54 St . C loud St . 52 K I N G , Steve L B 6-4 230 8 6-1 0-5 1 Tu lsa 67 LEN KAIT IS , B i l l oc 6-4 255 1 3 6-30-46 Penn State 72 L U N S FORD , M e l DE 6-3 260 8 6-1 3-50 Cntr l . St . (Oh) 53 M ATTH EWS , B i l l L B 6-2 235 2 3-1 2-56 S. Dakota St . 34 McCRAY, P rent ice ss 6-1 1 90 8 3- 1 -5 1 Ar i z . St . 78 McG E E , Tony DE 6-4 250 1 0 1 - 1 8-49 Bishop 86 MORG A N , Stan ley W R 5- 1 1 1 80 4 2- 1 7-55 Ten n . 57 N E LSON , Steve L B 6-2 230 7 4-26-5 1 N . Dakota St . 1 7 OWE N , Tom QB 6-1 1 94 7 9- 1 -52 Wich ita St. 88 PENNYWELL , Car los WR 6-2 1 80 3 3-1 8-56 Gramb l ing 60r PR ICE , E rn ie DE 6-4 245 8 9-20-50 Texas A & I 7 7 P U ETZ, Garry OT 6-4 265 8 3-1 4-52 Valpara iso 65 ST. CLA IR , M i ke D E 6-5 253 5 9- 2-53 G ramb l i ng 25 SAN FORD , R ick SS / C B 6-1 1 92 2 1 - 9-57 S. Caro l i na 68 SCH IN DL E R , Steve OG 6-3 260 3 7-24-54 Boston Co l . 56 SHOATE, Rod LB 6-1 2 1 5 5 4-26-53 Oklahoma

1 S M I T H , J o h n K 6-0 1 85 7 1 2-30-49 Sthhmptn .Eng 30 TATU P U , Mos i RB 6-0 229 3 4-26-55 U SC 83 WESTBROOK, Don W R 5- 1 0 1 84 4 1 1 - 1 -52 Nebraska 62 W H E E L E R , Dwigh t OT 6-3 255 2 1 - 1 3-55 Ten n .St . 54 ZAM B E R L I N , J o h n LB 6-2 232 2 2- 1 3-56 Pac . Lutheran

TH E J I M P L U N K ETT TRADE O n e o f t h e most i m portant t rad es i n t h e 2 0 year h i story o f the Patr iots f ra n c h i s e occu rred o n Apr i l 5 , 1976 when Q B J i m P l u n kett w a s traded t o t h e S a n Franc i sco 49ers . I n exchange for P l u n kett , the 49ers sent Q B Tom Owen and fou r d raft cho ices to the Patr iots , i n c l u d i n g two f i rst rou nd cho ices i n 1976 a n d both a f i rst a n d second rou n d se lect ion i n 1977 . Wi th the cho ices , the Patr iots p ic ked OC Pete B rock ( D- l b , 1 2th overa l l ) and D B Tim Fox ( D-1 c , 2 1 st overa l l ) in add i t ion to the i r own s e l ect i o n , D B M i ke Haynes (D-1 a , 4 th overa l l ) i n 1976 . The fo l l ow i n g year , the Patr iots used the San F ranc i sco cho ices to tab DB Ray Clay born ( D 1 a , 1 6th overa l l ) and RB Horace Ivory ( D-2a , 44th ove ra l l ( as new Patr iots .

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1 980 F I RST YEAR ROSTER

NFL Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Exp. Birthdate Col lege

90r BEAL , Steve DE 6-4 240 R 9-1 7-58 U. Con n . 87 BROW N , Preston W R / K R 5-1 0 1 84 R 3- 2-58 Vanderb i l t 94 B U RG ET , Barry LB 6-2 226 R 8- 6-57 Oklahoma 1 1 CAH I L L , Mark QB 6-1 1 98 1 1 1 - 8-55 Nevada / LV 93w COL L I N S , Pau l WR 5-1 1 1 82 R 4-1 8-57 W i l l iams Co l . 47 COLOS I M O , Ange lo RB 5-1 1 208 R 7- 1 -58 Colgate 94w C U S U M ANO , M i k e W R 5-1 1 1 78 R 6-2 1 -57 C i n n . 60w D A N I E L , Tom oc 6-4 245 R 8-1 4-57 Ga. Tech 42 DAY , Ron RB 6-0 1 97 R 9-2 1 -57 Ktztw n . St . , Pa 3 1 DOU G H T I E , James ss 6-1 1 94 R 3- 6-55 Norfol k St . , Va. 45 EWA L D , Larry RB 6-0 1 95 R 8-1 2-57 Ho ly Cross 43 F E RG USON , Vagas RB 6-1 1 94 R 3- 6-57 Notre Dame 95 G A F F N E Y , C l i n t L B 6-2 230 R 2-1 6-57 Boston Co l . 97 H A N N A , Mart in LB 6-1 220 R 4-1 3-55 Wm Pen n . , la 2 1 H O B E R , Be rn ie ss 6-1 205 R 8-30-56 V i l l anova 90w H O U S E , M i ke TE 6-3 243 R 9-26-57 U . of Pac i f ic

6 H U BACH , M i ke p 5-1 0 1 85 R 1 -26-58 Kansas 38 J A M E S , Ro land CB 6-2 1 89 R 2- 2-58 Ten n . 1 0 JORDA N , J i m m y QB 6-0 1 91 R 2-1 1 -58 F lor ida St . 76w K E A R N S , Tom OG 6-3 259 R 5- 6-58 Kentucky 76r KON ECNY , Jon NT 6-2 245 R 8- 2-55 U. Con n . 96 LAZO R , Jack LB 6-2 2 1 8 R 5-1 7-57 Kent St . 23 L E M A Y , Steve ss 6-2 202 R 3-1 2-58 U. Mass . 46 LOFT U S , Mark RB 6-1 205 R 1 0-1 3-54 Jffrsn . C .C .NY

2 LONCA R , Ed K 6-1 1 85 R 4- 9-56 Maryland 1 5 M A RZO, J o h n Q B 6-3 1 80 R 4-1 8-58 Colgate 37 MCALE E N A N , G reg ss 6-1 1 9 1 1 5-24-57 W i l l iams ?Or MCDO U G A L D , Doug DE 6-5 271 R 2- 6-57 VPI 98 M CG I L L , Bruce L B 6-1 232 R 7- 4-57 Norwich 93 MCGREW, Larry LB 6-3 231 R 7-23-57 USC 66w MC INTY R E , Bob OC / OG 6-2 255 R 7-20-55 Salem , W . Va . 66r M C M I C H A E L , Steve NT 6-1 245 R 1 0-1 7-57 Texas 41 NAJ A R I A N , Ma lco lm R B 5-1 1 1 97 R 4-28-58 Boston U . 9 1 w N EW H A L L , M i ke TE 6-3 240 R 4- 9-58 V i rg i n ia 95w PARM , Tom WR 5-7 1 80 R 6-26-57 E. M ich igan 98r PETERS E N , T im LB 6-2 232 1 5-28-55 Ar iz . St . 92w R ICK E R , Paul TE 6-4 240 1 9-23-56 Norwich 70w ROS E N , R ich OG 6-4 255 1 9-1 5-56 Syrac use

7 S H E R R I L L , Jay p 6-2 1 80 1 5-28-56 No .Caro l i naSt . 3 STARTZELL , Ken K 5-8 1 50 R 1 1 - 1 3-57 Ru tgers 5 S U NT E R , Ian p 6-1 2 1 5 1 1 2-21 -52 None

91 r T U M PA N E , T im LB 6-0 2 1 7 R 5-1 5-58 Yale 1 9 U L RIC H , Kar l QB 6-2 1 98 R 3-31 -55 Brockport St.

NOTES : The n u m ber in the N F L exper ience co lumn ind icates the n u m ber of the season the player w i l l be enter ing i n 1 980. The des ig nat ion " R " i n the NFL experience col u m n i nd icates the p layer wi l l be attend ing h i s f i rst NFL cam p . The des ig nat ion " 1 " i n the N F L exper ience co l u m n i nd i cates the player reported to a N F L camp in a prev ious year but has not been active for at least th ree reg u lar o r postseason games d u ri ng the same season . In trai n i n g cam p , several p layers wear dup l icate je rsey nu mbers . Defens ive p layers wear red je rseys and are des ignated with a ( r) wh i l e offens ive players wear wh i te je rseys and are des ig nated wi th a (w) .

I M PO RTANT DATES J u l y 2 1 ( M o n . ) Rook ies report t o tra i n i ng camp (B ryant Col lege , Sm i th f ie ld , R . I . ) J u l y 2 5 ( Fr i . ) Veterans report t o t ra i n i ng camp A u g u st 19 (Tues . ) Roster cu tdown to 60 players A u g u st 26 (Tues . ) Roster cu tdown to 50 players Septe m ber 1 ( M o n . ) F inal roster cu tdown to 45 players December 28 (Su n . ) Wi ld Card P layoff Round Jan uary 3 & 4 (Sat . & S u n . ) D iv is iona l P layoffs Jan uary 1 1 ( S u n . ) A FC-NFC Champ ionsh ip Games Jan uary 25 ( S u n . ) Super Bowl XV , Superdome , New Orlean s , La . February 1 ( M o n . ) NFL Pro Bowl , H u la Bowl , Hono l u l u , Hawai i

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NOVEM BER 1 0 - AT HOUSTON

HOUSTON O I LERS

AFC CENTRAL, 1 1 -5 Record , 2 n d P lace HEAD COACH: O . A . ( B u m ) Ph i l l i p s , (5th year , 44-30, Post-season 4-2) PR: M i ke McCl u re ( Bob Hyde) PHONE: ( 7 1 3) 797-91 1 1 1 979 RESU LTS: Was h i n gton , W 29-27 ; P i t tsburg h , L 38-7; Kansas Ci ty , W 20-6 ; C i n c i n nat i , W 30-27 ; Cleveland , W 31 -1 0 ; St . Lou i s , L 24-1 7 ; Ba l t imore , W 28-1 6 ; Seatt le , L 34-1 4 ; Jets , W 27-24; M ia m i , W 9-6 ; Oakland , W 3 1 -1 7 ; C i n c i n nat i , W 42-2 1 ; Da l las , W 30-24; Cleve land , L 1 4-7; P i t ts b u rg h , W 20-1 7 ; P h i lade lph ia , L 26-20. 1 980 SCHEDU LE: 9 / 7 at P i t ts b u rg h ; 9 / 1 5 at Cleveland; 9 / 2 1 Bal t imore; 9 / 28 at C i n c i n nat i ; 1 0 / 5 Seatt le ; 1 0 / 12 at Kansas Ci ty ; 1 0 / 19 Tampa Bay; 1 0 / 26 C i n c i nnat i ; 1 1 /2 at Denver; 1 1 / 1 0 New Eng land ; 1 1 / 16 at Ch icago; 1 1 / 23 at J ets ; 1 1 / 30 C leveland ; 1 2 / 4 P i ttsbu rg h ; 1 2 / 1 4 at G reen Bay; 1 2 / 2 1 M i n nesota . OILERS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCOR ING Ton i Fr i tsc h , 1 04 (4 1 / 43 PAT , 2 1 / 25 FG ) R U S H I N G Earl Cam pbe l l , 368-1 697-1 9 TD 's ( 1 st i n

N FL) PASS ING Dan Pastor i n i , 324-1 63-2090-1 4 TD ' s-

1 8 l n t-61 .9 Rat i ng RECE IV ING Ken B u rrou g h , 40-752-6 TD ' s KO RETU R N S R ichard E l lender , 24-51 4-2 1 .4 Avg . P U N T R ET U R N S R ichard E l lender , 3 1 -2-203-6 . 5 Avg . INTERCEPTIONS M i ke Re i nfe ld! , 1 2-205-0 TD SERIES NOTES: PATRIOTS LEAD SERIES 1 2- 1 1 - 1 . . . Oi le rs have won last t h ree meet ings i n the ser ies i nc l ud i ng a 3 1 - 1 4 w in i n 1 978 d iv is iona l p layof f game at Foxboro ( 1 2-31 -78) . . . Patr iots make f i rst v is i t to Astrodome s ince stopp ing Houston there 32-0 on 1 1 -25-73 . . . O i le rs are the last team to b lank Patr iots , do ing so 7-0 on open i ng day of ' 75 (9-2 1 ) . . . s i nce then Patr iots have scored i n 73 straigh t games .

NOVEM BER 1 6 - AT FOXBORO

LOS ANG ELES RAMS

N FC WEST, 9-7 Record , 1 st P lace HEAD COACH: Ray Ma lavas i (3 rd year Los Ange les 2 1 -1 1 , Post Season 3-2) ( 1 year Denver, AFL 4-8) PR: J e rry W i lcox (Geno Eff ler) PHONE: ( 7 1 4 ) 535-7267 1 979 RESU LTS: Oak land , L 24-1 7 ; Denver , W 1 3-9; San Francisco, W 27-1 4 ; Tampa Bay, L 2 1 -6 ; St . Lou i s , W 2 1 -0 ; New Or leans , W 35-1 7 ; Da l l as , L 30-6 ; San D iego , L 40- 1 6 ; G iants , L 20- 1 4 ; Seatt le , W 24-0; Ch icago , L 27-23 ; At lanta , W 20-1 4 ; San Francisco, W 26-20; M i n nesota, W 27-2 1 ; At lanta, W 34-1 3 ; New Orleans, L 29-1 4 . 1 980 SCHEDU LE: 9 / 7 Detroi t ; 9 / 1 1 a t Tam pa Bay; 9 / 2 1 G reen Bay; 9 / 28 at New York G iants ; 1 0 / 5 San F ranc isco ; 1 0 / 1 2 at St . Lou i s ; 1 0 / 1 9 at San Francisco; 1 0 / 26 at At lanta ; 1 1 / 2 New Orleans; 1 1 / 9 M ia m i ; 1 1 / 1 6 at N ew Eng land ; 1 1 / 24 at New Orlean s ; 1 1 / 30 Jets ; 1 2 /7 at Buffalo; 1 2 / 1 5 Da l las ; 1 2 / 2 1 At lanta . RAMS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCOR ING R U S H I N G PASS ING

Frank Corra l , 75 (36 / 39 PAT , 1 3 / 25 FG ) Wende l l Ty le r , 2 1 8- 1 1 09-9 T D ' s ( 7 t h N FC) Pat Haden , 290-1 63-1 854-1 1 TD ' s-1 4 l n t-68 .2 Rat ing

RECE IV ING Preston Dennard , 43-766-4 TD 's KO RETU R N S Drew H i l l , 40-803-20. 1 Avg . P U N T RETU R N S E d d i e B row n , 56-1 9-332 . -5 .9 Avg . INTERCEPTIONS Nolan Cromwe l l , 5-1 09-0 TD SERIES NOTES: PATRIOTS LEAD SERIES 1 -0 . . . on ly game i n the ser ies was a 20- 1 4 Patr iot v ictory on 9-29-74 . . . both c l ubs opened Rams new Anahe im Stad i u m home on 8-1 1 -80.

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NOVEM BER 30 - AT SAN F RA NCISCO

SAN F RANC ISCO 49E RS NFC W EST, 2-1 4 Record , 4th Place HEAD COACH: B i l l Wa l s h , (2nd year, 2- 1 4) PR : George Hedd leston ( B rian B i l l ick ) PHONE : (4 1 5) 365-3420 1 979 RESULTS: M i n n esota , L 28-22 ; Da l las , L 2 1 - 1 3 ; Los Ange les , L 27-1 4 ; New Or leans , L 30-2 1 ; San D iego , L 3 1 -9 ; Seatt le , 35-24 ; G iants , L 32-1 6 ; At lanta , W 20-1 5 ; Ch icago, L 28-27 ; Oak land , L 23-1 0 ; New Or leans , L 3 1 -20; Denver , L 38-28; Los Angeles , L 26-20; St . Lou i s , L 1 3- 1 0 ; Tam pa Bay, W 23-7; At lanta, L 3 1 -2 1 . 1 980 SCHEDU LE: 9 / 7 at New Or leans ; 9 / 1 4 St . Lou i s ; 9 / 2 1 at Jets ; 9 / 28 At lanta ; 1 0 / 5 at Los Ange les ; 1 0 / 1 2 at Da l las ; 1 0 / 1 9 Los Ange les ; 1 0 / 26 Tampa Bay; 1 1 / 2 at Detro i t ; 1 1 / 9 G reen Bay ( M i l w . ) ; 1 1 / 1 6 at M ia m i ; 1 1 / 23 G iants ; 1 1 / 30 N e w E n g l a n d ; 1 2 / 7 New Or leans ; 1 2 / 1 4 at At lanta; 1 2 / 2 1 Bu ffa lo . 49ERS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCOR ING R U S H I N G

Ray Wersc h i n g , 9 2 (32 / 35 PAT, 20 / 24 FG) Pau l Hofer , 1 23-61 5-7 TD's

PASS ING

RECE IV ING

Steve DeBery , 578-347-3652-1 7 TD ' s-21 l n t-73 . 1 Rati ng Pau l Hofer , 58-662-2 TD ' s

KO RETU R N S P U N T RET U R N S I NTE RCEPTIONS

James Owens , 4 1 - 1 002-24 .4 Avg . (5th N FL) F redd ie So lomon , 23-2-1 42-6 . 2 Avg. Dwight Hicks, 5-57-0 TD.

SERIES NOTES: SERIES T IED 1 - 1 . . . both c lubs have won the i r games o n home f ie lds ( Patr iots 24-1 6 at Foxboro on 1 0-26-75 and 49ers by a 27-1 0 score on 1 0-3 1 -7 1 ) .

DECEM BER 2 1 - AT N EW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS SA INTS NFC WEST, 8-8 Record , 2nd Place H EAD COACH: Dick Nolan (3 rd year New Or leans 1 5-1 7) (8 years, San Franc i sco 54-53-5, Post Season 2-3) PR : J e rry Wynn (G reg Su i t ) PHONE: (504) 587-3034 1 979 RESULTS: Atlanta, L 40-34; G reen Bay, L 28- 1 9 ; Ph i lade lph ia , L 26-1 4 ; San F ranc isco W, 30-21 ; G iants , W 24-1 4 ; Los Ange les , L 35-1 7 ; Tampa Bay , W 42-1 4 ; Detro i t , W 1 7-7 ; Wash ing to n , W 1 4-1 0 ; Denver , L 1 0-3; San F ranc isco , W 3 1 -20; Seatt le , L 38-24 ; At lanta, W 37-6 ; Oak land , L 42-35 ; San D iego , L 35-0; Los Ange les , W 29-1 4 . 1 980 SCHEDULE: 9 / 7 S a n Franc isco ; 9 / 4 a t Ch icago; 9 / 2 1 Buffa lo ; 9 / 28 at M i a m i ; 1 0 / 5 St . Lou i s ; 1 0 / 1 2 at Detro i t ; 1 0 / 1 9 At lanta; 1 0 / 26 at Wash i ngto n ; 1 1 / 2 at Los Ange les ; 1 1 / 9 P h i lade lph ia ; 1 1 / 1 6 at At lanta; 1 1 / 24 Los Ange les ; 1 1 / 30 M i n n esota; 1 2 / 7 at San Francisco; 1 2 / 1 4 at Jets ; 1 2 / 2 1 New Eng land . SA INTS LEADERS I N 1 979 . . . SCOR ING Garo Yepremian , 75 (39 / 40 PAT, 1 2 / 1 6 FG ) R U S H I N G C h u c k M u nc ie , 238-1 1 98-1 1 T D ' s PASS ING Arch ie Mann i ng , 420-252-3 1 69-1 5 TD 's-

20 l n t . -75 . 6 Rati ng RECE IV ING Wes Chand ler , 65-1 069-6 TD 's KO RETU R N S R ich M a u t i , 36-801 -22 .3 Avg . P U NT R ET U R N S R i c h M a u t i , 27-1 3-2 1 8-8 . 1 Avg . INTERCEPTIONS Tom M yers , 7-1 27-1 TD SERIES NOTES: PATRIOTS LEAD SERIES 2-0 . . . Patr iots make the i r f i rst appearance ever i n Superdome . . . l as t meet ing was at Foxboro as Patr iots won 27-6 on 1 2-5-76 to c l i nch AFC wi ld card berth for ' 76 p layoffs .

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REG U LAR SEASON RESU LTS

1 960 ( Fourth in AFL-East, 5-9-0 l Date PF Opponent PA 9/ 9 10 Denver 1 3 9 / 1 6 28 at New York 24 9 / 23 0 Buffalo 1 3

1 0 / 8 3 5 at Los Angeles 0 1 0 / 1 6 1 4 Oakland (at S . F . ) 27 1 0 / 23 24 at Denver 31 1 0 / 28 16 Los Angeles 45 11 / 4 34 Oakland 28 1 1 / 1 1 38 New York 21 11 / 1 8 42 Dal las 1 4 1 1 / 25 1 0 Houston 24 1 2 / 4 14 at Bu ffalo 38 1 2 / 1 1 0 at Dal las 34 1 2 / 18 21 at Houston 37 Total 286 349

Result L w L w L L L w w w L L L L

NOTE: A l l home games p layed at Boston U n iversity F ie ld .

1 96 1 ( Second in AFL-East, 9-4- l l

Attendance 21 ,597 1 9 ,220 20, 732 1 8 ,226 1 1 ,500 1 2 ,683 1 3 ,988 8,446

1 1 ,653 1 4 , 721 27, 1 23 1 4 ,335 1 2 ,000 22, 352

228 ,576

Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance 9 / 9 20 New York 2 1 L 1 6 ,683 9 / 1 6 45 Denver 17 W 1 4 ,479 9 / 23 O at Bu ffalo 2 1 W 21 ,504

1 0 / 1 30 at New York 37 L 1 5 , 1 89 1 0 / 7 27 San Diego 38 L 1 7 , 748 1 0 / 1 3 31 Houston 31 T 1 5,070 1 0 / 22 " 52 Buffalo 2 1 W 9,398 1 0 / 29 18 at Dal las 17 W 20,500 1 1 / 3 28 Dallas 21 w 25,063 1 1 / 1 2 15 at Houston 27 L 35,649 1 1 / 1 7 20 Oakland 17 W 1 7 , 1 69 1 2 / 3 28 at Denver 24 W 9,303 1 2 / 9 O Oakland (at S. F . ) 21 W 6 ,500 1 2 / 1 7 41 at San Diego O W 21 ,339 Total 4 1 3 31 3 245, 594 • H u rricane threat postponed th is ori g ina l l y sched u led n i ght game from

October 20. NOTE: A l l home games p layed at Boston U n iversity F ie l d .

1 962 (Second in AFL-East, 9-4- 1 l Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance 9/ 8 28 at Dal las 42 L 32,000 9 / 1 6 34 Houston 21 W 32,276 9 / 2 1 41 Denver 16 W 21 ,038

1 0 / 6 43 at New York 14 W 1 4 ,4 1 2 1 0 / 1 2 7 Dal las 27 L 23,874 1 0 / 1 9 24 San D iego 20 W 20,888 1 0 / 26 26 Oakland 1 6 W 1 2 ,51 4 1 1 / 3 28 at Buffalo 28 T 33,247 11 / 1 1 33 at Denver 29 W 28 , 1 87 1 1 / 1 8 1 7 at Houston 21 L 35,250 1 1 / 23 21 Bu ffalo 10 W 20,021 1 1 / 30 24 New York 1 7 W 20,01 5 1 2 / 9 20 at San Diego 14 W 1 9 ,887 1 2 / 1 6 0 at Oakland 20 L 8,000 Total 346 295 321 ,609 NOTE: A l l home games played at Boston U n iversity F ie ld with exception of 9/ 16 game vs. Houston which was p layed at Harvard Stad i u m .

1 963 ( First in AFL-East, 7-6- 1 l Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance 9 / 8 38 New York 1 4 w 24, 1 20 9 / 1 4 1 3 at San Diego 1 7 L 26,097 9 / 22 20 at Oakland 1 4 w 1 7 , 1 31 9 / 29 1 0 a t Denver 1 4 L 1 8,636

1 0 / 5 24 at New York 31 L 1 6 , 769 1 0 / 1 1 20 Oakland 1 4 w 26,494 1 0 / 1 8 40 Denver 21 w 25 , 4 1 8 1 0 / 26 21 at Bu ffalo 28 L 29,243 1 1 / 1 45 Houston 3 w 31 , 1 85 1 1 / 1 0 6 San Diego 7 L 28,402 1 1 / 1 7 24 Kansas City 24 T 1 7 ,270 1 2 / 1 1 7 Buffalo 7 w 1 6 ,981 1 2 / 8 46 at Houston 28 w 23,462 1 2 / 1 4 3 at Kansas City 35 L 1 2 ,598 Total 327 257 31 3 ,806

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1 963- C Continued ) EASTERN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP 12 / 28 26 at Bu ffalo 6 W 33,044 AFL C H A M PION S H I P

1 / 5 1 0 at S a n D iego 51 L 3 1 ,270 G rand Tota l 363 3 1 6 378, 1 20 NOTE : A l l home games played at Fenway Park w i th except ion of 9 / 8 vs . N ew York which was played at Boston Col lege A l u m n i Stad i u m .

1 964 ( Second i n AFL-East, 1 0-3- 1 l Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance 9 / 1 3 1 7 at Oakland 14 W 21 , 1 26 9 / 20 33 at San D iego 28 W 20,568 9 / 27 26 New York 10 W 22, 7 1 6

1 0 / 4 3 9 a t Denver 10 W 1 5 , 485 1 0 / 9 1 7 San D iego 26 L 35,096 1 0 / 1 6 43 Oakland 43 T 23,279 1 0 / 23 24 Kansas Ci ty 7 W 27,400 1 0 / 3 1 1 4 at New York 35 L 45,033 1 1 / 6 25 H o u ston 24 W 28, 1 6 1 1 1 / 1 5 3 6 a t Bu ffalo 28 W 42,308 1 1 / 20 1 2 Denver 7 W 24,979 1 1 / 29 34 at H o u ston 17 W 1 7 , 560 1 2 / 6 3 1 at Kansas City 24 W 1 3 , 1 66 1 2 / 20 1 4 Bu ffalo 24 L 38,021 Total 365 297 374 ,898 NOTE: A l l home games played at Fenway Park with except ion of 9 / 27 vs . New York wh i ch was p layed at Boston Col lege A l u m n i Stad i u m .

1 965 ( Third i n AFL-East, 4-8-2 ) Date PF Opponent PA 9/ 1 1 7 at Bu ffalo 24 9 / 1 9 10 at H o u ston 31 9 / 24 1 0 Denver 27

1 0 / 3 17 at Kansas Ci ty 27 1 0 / 8 1 0 Oakland 24 1 0 / 1 7 13 San Diego 1 3 1 0 / 24 2 1 a t Oakland 30 1 0 / 31 22 at San Diego 6 1 1 / 7 7 Bu ffalo 23 1 1 / 1 4 20 N ew York 30 1 1 / 2 1 10 Kansas Ci ty 1 0 1 1 / 28 27 at New York 23 1 2 / 1 2 28 at Denver 20 1 2 / 1 8 42 H o u ston 1 4 Total 244 302 NOTE: A l l home games played at Fenway Park .

1 966 ( Second in AFL-East, 8-4-2 ) Date PF Opponent PA 9/ 1 0 O at San D iego 24 9 / 1 8 24 at Denver 1 0 9 / 2 5 24 Kansas Ci ty 43

1 0 / 2 24 New York 24 1 0 / 8 20 at B u ffalo 1 0 1 0 / 23 3 5 San D iego 1 7 1 0 / 30 24 Oakland 2 1 1 1 / 6 10 Denver 1 7 1 1 / 1 3 2 7 H o u ston 2 1 1 1 / 20 27 at Kansas C i ty 27 1 1 / 27 20 at M ia m i 1 4 1 2 / 4 1 4 Bu ffa lo 3 1 2 / 1 1 38 at Houston 1 4 1 2 / 1 8 28 at New York 38 Total 315 283 NOTE: A l l home games p layed at Fenway Park .

1 967 ( Fifth in AFL-East, 3- 10- 1 l Date PF Opponent 9/ 3 21 at Denver 9/ 9 1 4 at San D iego 9 / 1 7 7 at Oakland 9 / 24 23 at B u ffalo

1 0 / 8 ° 31 at San D iego 1 0 / 1 5 4 1 M ia m i 1 0 / 22 1 4 Oakland 1 0 / 29 23 at New York

PA 26 28 35

0 31 1 0 48 30

Result L L L L L T L w L L T w w w

Result L w L T w w w L w T w w w L

Result L L L w T w L L

Attendance 45 ,502 32,445 26, 782 26,773 24 ,824 20,924 20,858 33,366 24,4 1 5 1 8,589 1 3 , 056 59,334 27 ,207 1 4 , 508

388,583

Attendance 29,539 25,337 22,641 27 ,255 45, 542 32 ,371 26,941 1 8, 1 54 23,426 4 1 ,475 22, 754 39,350 1 7 , 1 00 58,921

430,806

Attendance 35,488 39,337 26,289 45,748 23,620 23 ,955 25 ,057 62, 784

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1 967- ( Continued ) 1 1 / 5 1 8 H o u ston 1 1 / 1 2 10 Kansas Ci ty 1 1 / 1 9 24 New York 1 1 / 26 6 at H o u ston 1 2 / 9 1 6 Buffa lo 1 2 / 1 7 32 at M iam i Total 280 • Sched u led as home game , Ser ies at Fenway Park .

7 33 29 27 44 4 1

389 p layed at San

w L L L L L

1 9 ,422 23,01 0 26, 790 28,044 20,627 25,969

426 , 1 40 D iego because of World

NOTE: Al l home games p layed in Fenway Park w i th except ion of 1 0 / 1 5 v s . M ia m i w h i c h was p layed a t Boston Co l lege A l u m n i Stad i u m .

1 968 ( Fourth in AFL-East, 4- 1 0-0) Date P F Opponent PA Result Attendance 9 / 8 1 6 at Bu ffa lo 7 W 38,865 9 / 22 · 3 1 New York 47 L 29, 1 92 9 / 29 20 at Denver 17 W 37,024

1 0 / 6 10 at Oak land 4 1 L 44,253 1 0 / 1 3 O H o u ston 16 L 32, 502 1 0 / 20 23 Bu ffa lo 6 W 21 , 082 1 0 / 27 1 4 at New York 48 L 62 ,351 1 1 / 3 14 Denver 35 L 1 8 ,304 1 1 / 1 0 1 7 San D iego 27 L 1 9,278 1 1 / 1 7 1 7 at Kansas Ci ty 3 1 L 48,271 1 1 / 24 10 M i a m i 3 4 L 1 8, 305 1 2 / 1 33 C i n c i n nat i 14 W 1 7 , 796 1 2 / 8 7 at M iam i 38 L 24,242 1 2 / 1 5 1 7 at H ou ston 45 L 34, 1 98 Total 229 406 445,663 • Sched u led as home game , p layed in B i rm i n g ham , Alabama, because of conf l ict wi th majo r leag u e basebal l . NOTE : A l l h o m e games p layed a t Fenway Park .

1 969 ( Tied for third in AFL-East, 4- 1 0-0) Date P F Opponent PA Result Attendance 9 / 1 4 7 at Denver 35 L 43,679 9 / 2 1 0 Kansas C i ty 31 L 22 ,002 9 / 28 23 Oak land 38 L 1 9 ,069

1 0 / 5 14 New York 23 L 25, 584 1 0 / 1 1 1 6 at Bu ffa lo 23 L 46,201 1 0 / 1 9 10 San D iego 13 L 1 8,346 1 0 / 26 1 7 at New York 23 L 62,298 1 1 / 2 24 H o u ston O W 1 9,006 1 1 / 9 1 6 M iam i 1 7 L 1 9,821 1 1 / 16 25 at C i n c i n nat i 14 W 27 ,927 1 1 / 23 35 Bu ffa lo 2 1 W 25,584 1 1 / 30 38 M ia m i ( at Tampa) 23 W 32, 1 2 1 1 2 / 7 1 8 at San D iego 28 L 33 , 1 46 1 2 / 1 4 23 at H o u ston 27 L 39,2 1 5 Total 266 31 6 433,999 NOTE: A l l home games p layed at Boston Co l lege A l u m n i Stad i u m .

1 970 ( Fifth in AFC- East, 2- 1 2-0) Date P F Opponent PA Result Attendance 9 / 20 27 M ia m i 1 4 W 32,607 9 / 27 21 New York J ets 31 L 36 ,040

1 0 / 4 6 Ba l t imore 14 L 38,235 1 0 / 1 1 10 at Kansas Ci ty 23 L 50,698 1 0 / 1 8 0 New York G i ants 1 6 L 39,091 1 0 / 25 3 at Ba l t imore 27 L 60,240 1 1 / 1 10 Bu ffa lo 45 L 31 , 1 48 1 1 / 8 0 at St . Lou i s 31 L 46,466 1 1 / 1 5 1 4 San D iego 16 L 30,597 1 1 / 22 3 at New York J ets 1 7 L 61 ,822 1 1 / 29 1 4 at Bu ffa lo 10 W 31 ,427 1 2 / 6 20 at M iam i 37 L 5 1 , 032 1 2 / 1 3 1 4 M i n n esota 35 L 37,8 1 9 1 2 / 20 7 at C i __ n_c i_n_n_a_ti _____ _ 4_5 ___ L ____ 6_0�, 1_5_7_ Total 1 49 361 NOTE: Al l home games p layed at Harvard Stad i u m .

1 97 1 ( Third in AFC-East, 6-8-0) Date PF Opponent 9 I 19 20 Oak land 9 / 26 7 Detro i t

1 0 / 3 3 Ba l t imore 1 0 / 1 0 20 New York Jets 1 0 / 1 7 3 at M ia m i 1 0 / 24 2 1 at Da l las 72

PA 6

34 23

0 41 44

Result w L L w L L

607 , 379

Attendance 55,405 6 1 , 057 6 1 , 232 6 1 , 357 58,822 65, 708

1 97 1 - ( Continued ) 1 0 / 31 1 0 a t San F ranc isco 27 L 1 1 / 7 28 H o uston 20 w 1 1 / 1 4 38 Bu ffa lo 33 w 1 1 / 2 1 7 at C leveland 27 L 1 1 / 28 20 at Bu ffalo 27 L 1 2 / 5 34 M ia m i 1 3 w 1 2 / 1 2 6 at New York Jets 1 3 L 1 2 / 1 9 2 1 at Bal t imore 1 7 w Total 238 325 NOTE : A l l home games played at Schaefer Stad i u m .

1 972 ( Fifth in AFC-East, 3 - 1 1 -0 ) Date P F Opponent 9 / 1 7 7 C i n c i n nat i 9 / 24 2 1 At lanta

1 0 / 1 24 Was h i ngton 1 0 / 8 1 4 a t Bu ffalo 1 0 / 1 5 1 3 New York Jets 1 0 / 22 3 at P i t tsburgh 1 0 / 29 1 0 at New York Jets 1 1 / 6 1 7 Ba l t imore 1 1 / 1 2 0 at M iam i 1 1 / 1 9 24 Bu ffalo 1 1 / 26 0 at Ba l t imore 1 2 / 3 2 1 M ia m i 1 2 / 1 0 1 7 at New Or leans 1 2 / 1 7 2 1 at Denver Total 1 92

1 973 ( Third in AFC-East, 5-9-0) Date PF Opponent 9 / 1 6 1 3 Bu ffalo 9 / 23 7 Kansas Ci ty 9 / 30 23 at M i a m i

1 0 / 7 24 Bal t imore 1 0 / 1 4 7 New York Jets 1 0 / 2 1 1 3 at Ch icago 1 0 / 28 1 4 M ia m i 1 1 / 4 23 at P h i lade lph ia 1 1 / 1 1 1 3 at New York Jets 1 1 / 1 8 33 G reen Bay 1 1 / 25 32 at Houston 1 2 / 2 30 San D iego 1 2 / 9 1 3 at Bu ffalo 1 2 / 1 6 1 3 at Bal t i more Total 258

1 974 ( Tied for third in AFC-East, 7-7-0 ) Date PF Opponent 9 / 1 5 34 M ia m i 9 / 22 28 at New York G iants 9 / 29 20 Los Ange les

1 0 / 6 42 Balt imo re 1 0 / 1 3 24 at N ew York Jets 1 0 / 20 28 at Bu ffalo 1 0 / 27 1 7 at M i n nesota 1 1 / 3 28 Bu ffalo 1 1 / 1 0 1 4 Cleveland 1 1 / 1 7 1 6 New York Jets 1 1 / 24 27 at Balt i more 1 2 / 1 26 at Oakland 1 2 / 8 1 7 P i ttsb u rg h 1 2 / 1 5 27 at M iam i Total 348

1 975 ( Fifth in AFC-East, 3- 1 1 -0 ) Date PF Opponent 9 / 2 1 0 H o u ston 9 / 28 1 4 M ia m i

1 0 / 5 7 at New York Jets 1 0 / 1 2 1 0 at C i n c i n nat i 1 0 / 1 9 2 1 Bal t i mo re 1 0 / 26 24 San Franc isco 1 1 / 2 1 7 at St . Lou is 1 1 / 9 33 at San Diego 1 1 / 1 6 3 1 Da l las 1 1 / 23 3 1 a t Bu ffalo 1 2 / 1 7 at M iam i 1 2 / 7 28 New York Jets 1 2 / 1 4 1 4 Buffa lo 1 2 / 21 2 1 a t Balt imore Total 258

PA Result 31 L 20 w 23 w 38 L 4 1 L 33 L 24 L 24 L 52 L 27 L 31 L 37 L 1 0 w 45 L

446

PA Result 31 L 1 0 L 44 L 1 6 w 9 L

1 0 w 30 L 24 L 33 L 24 w

0 w 1 4 w 37 L 1 8 L

300

PA Result 24 w 20 w 1 4 w 3 w 0 w

30 L 1 4 w 29 L 2 1 L 2 1 L 1 7 w 41 L 2 1 L 34 L

289

PA Result 7 L

22 L 36 L 27 L 1 0 w 1 6 w 24 L 1 9 w

34 L 45 L 20 L 30 L 34 L 3 1 L

358

45,092 53, 1 55 57, 446 65, 238 27 , 1 66 61 ,457 63, 1 75 57 ,942

794 ,252

Attendance 60,999 60,999 60,999 41 , 749 60,999 46,081 62,867 60,999 80,0 1 0 60,999 54,907 60,999 64,889 51 ,656

829 , 1 52

Attendance 56 , 1 1 4 57 ,9 1 8 80,047 57 ,044 58,659 55 ,701 61 , 279 65,070 60,737 61 , 279 27 , 344 58, 1 50 75,841 52,065

827 , 248

Attendance 55,006 49,267 6 1 , 279 59, 502 61 , 400 80, 020 48,497 61 , 279 61 ,279 61 ,279 38,971 54,020 61 ,279 79, 420

832,498

Attendance 54,2 1 2 61 ,279 61 , 4 1 5 55,856 56 , 844 60,691 47 ,263 26,090 61 ,279 69,207 68,480 57, 539 59,646 50 ,801

790,602

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1 976 ( Tied for First in AFC-East, 1 1 -3-0) Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance 9 / 1 2 1 3 Bal t imore 27 L 43,637 9 / 1 9 30 M i a m i 1 4 w 46,227 9 / 26 30 at P i tt sburgh 27 w 50,350

1 0 / 3 48 Oakland 1 7 w 61 , 279 1 0 / 1 0 1 0 a t Detroi t 30 L 63 ,71 1 1 0 / 1 8 4 1 New Y o r k J ets 7 w 5 1 , 236 1 0 / 24 26 at Bu ffalo 22 w 50,383 1 0 / 3 1 3 at M i a m i 1 0 L 57,984 1 1 / 7 20 Bu ffa lo 1 0 w 61 , 279 1 1 / 1 4 2 1 at Ba l t imore 1 4 w 60,020 1 1 / 2 1 38 at N ew York J ets 24 w 58,509 1 1 / 28 38 Denver 1 4 w 61 ,279 1 2 / 5 27 New Or leans 6 w 54,057 1 2 / 1 2 3 1 a t Tampa 1 4 w 46,475 Total 376 260 820,463 AFC P LAYOFF 1 2 / 1 8 2 1 at Oakland 24 L 54,037 G rand Total 397 284 874, 500

1 977 ( Third in AFC-East, 9-5-0) Date P F Opponent PA Result Attendance 9 / 1 8 2 1 Kansas City 1 7 w 58,288 9 / 26 27 at Cleveland (OT) 30 L 77 ,91 0

1 0 / 2 27 at New York J ets 30 L 49,801 1 0 / 9 3 1 Seatt le 0 w 54,363 1 0 / 1 6 24 at San D iego 20 w 51 , 1 43 1 0 / 23 1 7 Bal t imore 3 w 61 ,279 1 0 / 30 24 N ew York Jets 1 3 w 61 , 279 1 1 / 6 1 4 Bu ffalo 24 L 61 ,279 1 1 / 1 3 5 at M iam i 1 7 L 67,907 1 1 / 20 20 at Bu ffalo 7 w 31 , 1 57 1 1 / 27 1 4 P h i lade lph ia 6 w 58, 1 92 1 2 / 4 1 6 a t At lanta 1 0 w 60, 738 1 2 / 1 1 1 4 M iam i 1 0 w 61 ,279 1 2 / 1 8 24 at Balt imore 30 L 60, 763 Total 278 2 1 7 81 5 , 378

1 978 ( Tied for First in AFC-East, 1 1 -5-0) Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance 9 / 3 1 4 Was h i n gton 1 6 L 55,063 9 / 1 0 1 6 at St . Lou i s 6 w 49,555 9 / 1 8 27 Ba l t imore 34 L 57, 503 9 / 24 2 1 a t Oakland 1 4 w 53,500

1 0 / 1 28 San D iego 23 w 61 , 297 1 0 / 8 24 P h i lade lph ia 1 4 w 61 ,297 1 0 / 1 5 1 0 at C i nc i n nati 7 w 56,257 1 0 / 22 33 M iam i 24 w 61 , 297 1 0 / 29 55 New York J ets 21 w 61 , 297 1 1 / 5 1 4 at Bu ffalo 1 0 w 46, 1 01 1 1 / 1 2 23 H o u ston 26 L 61 , 297 1 1 / 1 9 1 9 a t N ew York J ets 1 7 w 60,372 1 1 / 26 35 at Ba l t imo re 1 4 w 49,404 1 2 / 3 1 0 at Da l las 1 7 L 65 ,045 1 2 / 1 0 26 B u ffalo 24 w 59,927 1 2 / 1 8 3 at M iam i 23 L 75, 445 Total 358 286 934 ,657 A FC PLAYOFF 1 2 / 3 1 1 4 Hou ston 31 L 6 1 , 297 G rand Total 372 3 1 7 995 ,954

1 979 ( Second i n AFC-East, 9-7-0 ) Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance

9 / 3 1 3 P i t tsbu rgh (OT) 1 6 L 61 , 297 9/ 9 56 NY J ets 3 w 53,220 9 / 1 6 20 at C i nc i n nat i 1 4 w 46,581 9 / 23 27 San Diego 21 w 61 , 297

1 0 / 1 1 4 a t G reen Bay 27 L 56, 2 1 2 1 0 / 7 24 Detro i t 1 7 w 61 , 297 1 0 / 1 4 27 at Ch icago 7 w 57,979 1 0 / 2 1 28 M iam i 1 3 w 61 , 297 1 0 / 28 26 at Ba l t imore 3 1 L 47 ,042 1 1 / 4 26 at Bu ffalo 6 w 69,465 1 1 / 1 1 1 0 at Denver 45 L 75, 1 03 1 1 / 1 8 50 Ba l t imore 21 w 6 1 , 297 1 1 / 25 1 3 B u ffalo (OT) 1 6 L 61 , 297 1 1 / 29 24 at M i a m i 39 L 75 ,037 1 2 / 9 26 at NY J ets 27 L 60,372 1 2 / 1 6 27 M i n n esota 23 w 57,9_85 Total 4 1 1 326 966,778

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REG U LA R SEASON RESU LTS

TEAM-BY-TEAM ATLANTA

Date Location Pats 9-24-72 Foxboro 2 1

1 2- 4-77 At lanta 1 6 Patr iots Lead 2-0 . 37

BALTIMORE Date Location Pats

1 0- 4-70 Boston 6 1 0-25-70 Ba l t imore 3 1 0- 3-71 Foxboro 3 1 2-1 9-7 1 Ba l t imore 21 1 1 - 6-72 Foxboro 1 7 1 1 -26-72 Bal t imore 0 1 0- 7-73 Foxboro 24 1 2- 1 6-73 Balt i m o re 1 3 1 0- 6-74 Foxboro 42 1 1 -24-74 Balt imore 27 1 0-1 9-75 Foxboro 2 1 1 2-21 -75 Balt imore 2 1 9-1 2-76 Foxboro 1 3

1 1 - 1 4-76 Balt imore 2 1 1 0-23-77 Foxboro 1 7 1 2- 1 8-77 Bal t i more 24 9-1 8-78 Foxboro 27

1 1 -26-78 Bal t i more 35 1 0-28-79 Bal t i more 26 1 1 - 1 8-79 Foxboro 50 Colts Lead 1 1 -9 . 4 1 1

BU FFALO Date Location Pats

9-23-60 Boston 0 1 2- 4-60 Bu ffalo 1 4 9-23-6 1 Bu ffalo 23

1 0-22-6 1 Boston 52 1 1 - 3-62 Bu ffalo 28 1 1 -23-62 Boston 2 1 1 0-26-63 Bu ffalo 21 1 2- 1 -63 Boston 1 7 1 1 - 1 5-64 Bu ffa lo 36 1 2-20-64 Boston 1 4

9-1 1 -65 Bu ffa lo 7 1 1 - 7-65 Boston 7 1 0- 8-66 Bu ffalo 20 1 2- 4-66 Boston 1 4 9-24-67 Bu ffalo 23

1 2- 9-67 Boston 1 6 9- 8-68 Bu ffalo 1 6

1 0-20-68 Boston 23 1 0-1 1 -69 Bu ffa lo 1 6 1 1 -23-69 Boston 35 1 1 - 1 -70 Boston 1 0 1 1 -29-70 Bu ffalo 1 4 1 1 - 1 4-71 Foxboro 38 1 1 -28-7 1 Bu ffalo 20 1 0- 8-72 Bu ffa lo 1 4 1 1 - 1 9-72 Foxboro 24 9-1 6-73 Foxboro 1 3

1 2- 9-73 Bu ffalo 1 3 1 0-20-74 Bu ffa lo 28 1 1 - 3-74 Foxboro 28 1 1 -23-75 Bu ffa lo 3 1 1 2-1 4-75 Foxboro 1 4 1 0-24-76 Bu ffa lo 26 1 1 - 7-76 Foxboro 20 1 1 - 6-77 Foxboro 1 4 1 1 -20-77 B uffulo 20 1 1 - 5-78 Bu ffa lo 1 4 1 2- 1 0-78 Foxboro 26 1 1 - 4-79 Bu ffa lo 26 1 1 -25-79 Foxboro 1 3 - - ----------��-- -----

B i l l s Lead 20-1 9-1 • 809

Opp. Alt. 20 60,999 1 0 60, 738 30 1 21 , 737

Opp. Alt . 1 4 38, 235 27 60,240 23 61 ,232 1 7 57 ,942 24 60,999 31 54,907 1 6 57 ,044 1 8 52 ,065

3 59, 502 1 7 38.971 1 0 56,844 34 50,801 27 43 ,637 1 4 60,020 3 61 ,279

30 60, 763 34 57 ,503 1 4 49,404 3 1 4 1 , 029 2 1 60,879

408 1 , 083 ,296

Opp. Alt. 1 3 20, 732 38 1 4 , 335 21 2 1 , 504 2 1 9 , 398 28 33 , 247 1 0 20,021 28 29,243

7 1 6 ,981 28 42, 308 24 38,021 45 45, 502 23 24 .4 1 5 1 0 45,542 3 39, 350 0 45, 748

44 20,627 7 38,865 6 2 1 , 082

23 46,201 2 1 25, 584 45 3 1 , 1 48 1 0 3 1 ,427 33 57 ,446 27 27 , 1 66 38 4 1 , 749 27 60,999 3 1 56 , 1 1 4 37 75 ,841 30 80 , 020 29 61 ,279 45 69, 207 34 59,646 22 50, 383 1 0 61 ,279 24 61 ,279

7 31 , 1 57 1 0 46 , 1 01 24 59,927 6 67,935

16 (OT) 60,991 884 1 , 688,252

Results w w

Results L L L w L L w L w w w L L w w L L w L w

Results L L w w T w L w w L L L w w w L w w L w L w w L L L L L L L L L w w L w w w w L

. - 1 2-28-62 East P layoff Games at Bu ffalo - Patriots won 26-6 (Al t . 33 ,044 ) . Not i nc l uded in above l i s t .

CHICAGO Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

1 1 -27-73 Ch icago 1 3 1 0 55,701 w 1 0- 1 4-79 Ch icago 27 7 54, 1 28 w

Patr iots Lead 2-0. 40 1 7 99,829 CINCINNATI

Date Location Pats Opp . AU. Results 1 2- 1 -68 Boston 33 1 4 1 7 , 796 w 1 1 -1 6-69 C i nc in nat i 25 1 4 1 7 ,927 w 1 2-20-70 C inc in nat i 7 45 60, 1 57 L 9-1 7-72 Foxboro 7 31 60,999 L

1 0-1 2-75 C i nc in nat i 1 0 27 55,856 L 1 0-1 5-78 Ci nc in nat i 1 0 3 56,257 w 9-1 6-79 Ci nc in nat i 20 1 4 46,581 w

Patr iots Lead 4-3 . 92 1 38 31 5 , 573 CLEVELAN D

Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results 1 1 -2 1 -7 1 Cleveland 7 27 65,238 L 1 1 -1 0-74 Foxboro 1 4 2 1 6 1 , 279 L

9-26-77 Cleveland 27 30 (OT) 77 ,91 0 L

Brown s Lead 3-0 . 48 78 204,427

DALLAS Date Location Pats Opp . AU. Results

1 0-24-7 1 Da l las 2 1 44 65, 708 L 1 1 -1 6-75 Foxboro 31 34 61 , 279 L 1 2- 3-78 Da l las 1 0 1 7 65 ,045 L Cowboys Lead 3-0 . 62 95 1 92 ,032

DENVER Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

9- 9-60 Boston 1 0 1 3 2 1 , 597 L 1 0-23-60 Denver 24 31 1 2 , 683 L 9-1 6-61 Boston 45 1 7 1 4 ,479 w

1 2- 3-61 Denver 28 24 9 , 303 w 9-21 -62 Boston 41 1 6 2 1 ,038 w

1 1 - 1 1 -62 Denver 33 29 28 , 1 87 w 9-29-63 Denver 1 0 1 4 1 8 ,636 L

1 0-1 8-63 Boston 40 2 1 25 ,41 8 w 1 0- 4-64 Denver 39 1 0 1 5 ,485 w 1 1 -20-64 Boston 1 2 7 24,979 w 9-24-65 Boston 1 0 27 27 ,782 L

1 2-1 2-65 Denver 28 20 27 ,207 w 9-1 8-66 Denver 24 1 0 25 ,337 w

1 1 - 6-66 Boston 1 0 1 7 1 8 , 1 54 L 9- 3-67 Denver 2 1 26 35,488 L 9-29-68 Denver 20 1 7 37,024 w

1 1 - 3-68 Boston 1 4 35 1 8, 304 L 9-1 4-69 Denver 7 35 43,679 L

1 2- 1 7-72 Denver 2 1 45 5 1 , 656 L 1 1 -28-76 Foxboro 38 1 4 6 1 , 279 w 1 1 - 1 1 -79 Denver 1 0 45 74,379 L Patr iots Lead 1 1 -1 0 . 485 473 61 2 ,094

DETROIT Date Location Pats Opp . AU. Results

9-26-7 1 Foxboro 7 34 6 1 ,057 L 1 0-1 0-76 Detroi t 1 0 30 63 ,71 1 L 1 0- 7-79 Foxboro 24 1 7 6 1 ,297 w

L ions Lead 2-1 . 4 1 81 1 86 ,065 GREEN BAY

Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results 1 1 -1 8-73 Foxboro 33 24 6 1 , 279 w 1 0- 1 -79 G reen Bay 1 4 27 56,2 1 2 L Ser ies T ied 1 - 1 . 47 51 1 1 7 ,491

HOUSTON Date Location Pats Opp. AU. Results

1 1 -25-60 Boston 1 0 24 27 , 1 23 L 1 2- 1 8-60 H o u ston 2 1 37 22 ,352 L 1 0- 1 3-6 1 Boston 31 31 1 5 ,070 T 1 1 -1 2-61 Houston 1 5 27 35 ,649 L 9-1 6-62 Boston 34 2 1 32 ,976 w

1 1 -1 8-62 H o u ston 1 7 2 1 35,250 L

76

1 1 - 1 -63 Boston 45 3 31 , 1 85 w 1 2- 8-63 Houston 46 28 23,462 w 1 1 - 6-64 Boston 25 24 28, 1 61 w 1 1 -29-64 Houston 34 1 7 1 7 , 650 w

9-1 9-65 H o u ston 1 0 3 1 32 , 445 L 1 2-1 8-65 Boston 42 1 4 1 4 , 508 w 1 1 - 1 3-66 Boston 27 2 1 23 ,426 w 1 2-1 1 -66 H o u ston 38 1 4 1 7 , 1 00 w 1 1 - 5-67 Boston 1 8 7 1 9 , 422 w 1 1 -26-27 H o u ston 6 27 28,044 L 1 0- 1 3-68 Boston 0 1 6 32, 502 L 1 2-1 5-68 Houston 1 7 45 34, 1 98 L 1 1 - 2-69 Boston 24 0 1 9 ,006 w 1 2-1 4-69 H o u ston 23 27 29,2 1 5 L 1 1 - 7-71 Foxboro 28 20 53, 1 53 w 1 1 -25-73 Houston 32 0 27 ,344 w 9-2 1 -75 Foxboro 0 7 54 , 2 1 2 L

1 1 - 1 2-78 Foxboro 23 26 61 ,297 L Patr iots Lead 1 2- 1 1 -1 . 566 488 723,960

KANSAS CITY Date Location Pats Opp. Alt. Results

1 1 - 1 8-60 Boston 42 1 4 1 4 ,721 w 1 2- 1 1 -60 Da l las 0 34 1 2 ,000 L 1 0-29-6 1 Dal las 1 8 1 7 20, 500 w 1 1 - 3-61 Boston 28 21 25 ,063 w

9- 8-62 Dal las 28 42 32,000 L 1 0- 1 2-62 Boston 7 27 23,874 L 1 1 - 1 7-63 Boston 24 24 1 7 ,270 T 1 2- 1 4-63 Kansas Ci ty 3 35 1 2 , 598 L 1 0-23-64 Boston 24 7 27 ,400 w 1 2- 6-64 Kansas Ci ty 3 1 24 1 3 , 1 66 w 1 0- 3-65 Kansas Ci ty 1 7 27 26, 773 L 1 1 -2 1 -65 Boston 1 0 1 0 1 3 , 056 T 9-25-66 Boston 24 43 22 ,641 L

1 1 -20-66 Kansas Ci ty 27 27 41 ,475 T 1 1 - 1 2-67 Boston 1 0 33 23,0 1 0 L 1 1 - 1 7-68 Kansas Ci ty 1 7 3 1 48,271 L

9-2 1 -69 Boston 0 3 1 22 ,002 L 1 0-1 1 -70 Kansas City 1 0 23 50,698 L 9-23-73 Foxboro 7 1 0 57 ,91 8 L 9-1 8-77 Foxboro 2 1 1 7 58,288 w

Ch iefs Lead 1 1 -6-3 . 448 497 562 , 724 LOS ANGELES

Pats Opp. Alt. Results 9-29-74 Foxboro 20 1 4 61 ,279 w

MIAMI Date Location Pats Opp. Alt. Results

1 1 -27-66 M iam i 20 1 4 22, 754 w 1 0-1 5-67 Boston 41 1 0 23 ,955 w 1 2-1 7-67 M iam i 32 4 1 25 ,969 L 1 1 -24-68 Boston 1 0 34 1 8,305 L 1 2- 8-68 M iam i 7 38 24 ,242 L 1 1 - 9-69 Boston 1 6 1 7 1 9,821 L 1 1 -30-69 Tam pa 38 23 32 , 1 2 1 w

9-20-70 Boston 27 1 4 32 ,607 w 1 2- 6-70 M iam i 20 37 5 1 , 032 L 1 0- 1 7-71 M iam i 3 4 1 58,822 L 1 2- 5-7 1 Foxboro 34 1 3 6 1 ,457 w 1 1 - 1 2-72 M iam i 0 52 80,01 0 L 1 2- 3-72 Foxboro 2 1 37 60,999 L 9-30-73 M iam i 23 44 80,047 L

1 0-28-73 Foxboro 1 4 30 6 1 ,279 L 9-1 5-74 Foxboro 34 24 55 ,006 w

1 2-1 5-74 M iam i 27 34 79,420 L 9-28-75 Foxboro 1 4 22 6 1 ,279 L

1 2- 1 -75 M iam i 7 20 68,480 L 9-1 9-76 Foxboro 30 1 4 46 ,227 w

1 0-31 -76 M iam i 3 1 0 57 ,984 L 1 1 - 1 3-77 M iam i 5 1 7 67 ,907 L 1 2-1 1 -77 Foxboro 1 4 1 0 6 1 ,279 w 1 0-22-78 Foxboro 33 24 6 1 , 297 w 1 2- 1 8-78 M iam i 3 23 75,445 L 1 0-21 -79 Foxboro 28 1 3 61 ,096 w 1 1 -29-79 Miami 24 39 69, 1 74 L Dolph i ns Lead 1 7- 10 . 528 695 1 ,4 13 ,483

77

M I N N ESOTA Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Results

1 2- 3-70 Boston 1 4 35 37 ,81 9 L 1 0-27-74 M i n n eapo l i s 1 7 1 4 48, 497 w 1 2- 1 6-79 Foxboro 27 23 57 ,985 w

Patriots Lead 2-1 . 58 72 1 44 ,301

NEW ORLEANS Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Results

1 2-1 0-72 New Or leans 1 7 1 0 64 ,889 w 1 2- 5-76 Foxboro 27 6 54 ,057 w

Patr iots Lead 2-0. 44 1 6 1 1 8 ,946 NEW YORK GIANTS

Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Results 1 0- 1 8-70 Boston 0 1 6 39,091 L 9-22-74 New Haven 28 20 49,267 w

Ser ies Tied 1 -1 . 28 36 88, 358 NEW YORK JETS

Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Resu lts 9-1 6-60 N ew York 28 24 1 9, 220 w

1 1 - 1 1 -60 Boston 38 21 1 1 , 653 w 9- 9-61 Boston 20 21 1 6 , 683 L

1 0- 1 -6 1 New York 30 37 1 5 , 1 89 L 1 0- 6-62 New York 43 1 4 1 4 , 4 1 2 w 1 1 -30-62 Boston 24 1 7 20 ,01 5 w 9- 8-63 Boston 38 1 4 24 , 1 20 w

1 0- 5-63 New York 24 31 1 6 , 769 L 9-27-64 Boston 26 1 0 22 , 1 76 w

1 0-31 -64 New York 1 4 35 45 ,033 L 1 1 -1 4-65 Boston 20 30 1 8, 589 L 1 1 -28-65 New York 27 23 59,334 w 1 0- 2-66 Boston 24 24 27 , 255 T 1 2- 1 8-66 New York 28 38 58,921 L 1 0-29-67 New York 23 30 62, 784 L 1 1 -1 9-67 Boston 24 29 26 ,790 L 9-22-68 B i rm ingham 31 47 29 , 1 92 L

1 0-27-68 New York 1 4 48 62 ,351 L 1 0- 5-69 Boston 1 4 23 25 ,584 L 1 0-26-69 New York 1 7 23 62 ,298 L 9-27-70 Boston 21 31 36,040 L

1 1 -22-70 New York 3 1 7 6 1 ,822 L 1 0- 1 0-71 Foxboro 20 0 6 1 ,357 w 1 2- 1 2-71 New York 6 1 3 63 , 1 75 L 1 0- 1 5-72 Foxboro 1 3 4 1 60,999 L 1 0-29-72 New York 1 0 34 62 ,867 L 1 0- 1 4-73 Foxboro 7 9 58,659 L 1 1 - 1 1 -73 New York 1 3 33 60,737 L 1 0- 1 3-74 New York 24 0 6 1 , 400 w 1 1 - 1 7-74 Foxboro 1 6 2 1 6 1 ,279 L 1 0- 5-75 New York 7 36 6 1 , 4 1 5 L 1 2- 7-75 Foxboro 28 30 57 ,539 L 1 0- 1 8-76 Foxboro 41 7 5 1 , 236 w 1 1 -2 1 -76 New York 38 24 58, 509 w 1 0- 2-77 New York 27 30 49,801 L 1 0-30-77 Foxboro 24 1 3 6 1 ,279 w 1 0-29-78 Foxboro 55 2 1 6 1 , 297 w 1 1 -1 9-78 New York 1 9 1 7 60,372 w 9- 9-79 Foxboro 56 3 53, 1 1 3 w

1 2- 9-79 New York 26 27 60,372 L Jets Lead 24-1 5-1 . 961 946 1 ,802 , 1 76

OAKLAND Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Results

1 0- 1 6-60 San Franc isco 1 4 27 1 1 , 500 L 1 1 - 4-60 Boston 34 28 8 , 446 w 1 1 -1 7-61 Boston 20 1 7 1 7 , 1 69 w 1 2- 9-61 San Francisco 35 21 6 , 500 w 1 0-26-62 Boston 26 1 6 1 2 , 5 1 4 w 1 2- 6-62 Oakland 0 20 8 , 000 L 9-22-63 Oakland 20 1 4 1 7 , 1 3 1 w

1 0- 1 1 -63 Boston 20 1 4 26, 494 w 9-1 3-64 Oakland 1 7 1 4 2 1 , 1 26 w

1 0- 1 6-64 Boston 43 43 23,279 T 1 0- 8-65 Boston 1 0 24 24 , 824 L

78

1 0-24-65 Oakland 21 30 20 ,858 L 1 0-30-66 Boston 24 21 26 ,941 w

9-1 7-67 Oakland 7 35 26,289 L 1 0-22-67 Boston 1 4 48 25,057 L 1 0- 6-68 Oakland 1 0 4 1 44,253 L

9-28-69 Boston 23 38 1 9 , 069 L 9-1 9-71 Foxboro 20 6 55 ,405 w

1 2- 1 -74 Oakland 26 41 54,020 L 1 0- 3-76 Foxboro 48 1 7 6 1 ,279 w 9-24-78 Oakland 21 1 4 53, 500 w

Patr iots Lead 1 1 -9-1 453 529 563 ,654

PHILADELPHIA Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Resu lts

1 1 - 4-73 Ph i lade lph ia 23 24 65 ,070 L 1 1 -27-77 Foxboro 1 4 6 58, 1 92 w 1 0- 8-78 Foxboro 24 1 4 6 1 , 297 w

Patriots Lead 2-1 . 6 1 44 1 84 , 559 PITTSB U RGH

Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Results 1 0-22-72 Pittsburgh 3 33 46,081 L 1 2- 8-74 Foxboro 1 7 2 1 6 1 ,279 L 9-26-76 Pittsburgh 30 27 50,350 w 9- 3-79 Foxboro 1 3 1 6 (OT) 6 1 , 297 L

Stee lers Lead 3-1 . 63 97 2 1 9 ,007 ST. LOU I S

Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Results 1 1 - 8-70 St . Lou is 0 :3 1 46, 466 L 1 1 - 2-75 St. Lou i s 1 7 24 47 ,263 L 9-1 0-78 St. Lou i s 1 6 6 49,555 w

Card i na ls Lead 2-1 . 33 6 1 1 43 , 284 SAN D IEGO

Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Results 1 0- 8-60 Los Ange les 35 0 1 8 ,226 w 1 0-28-60 Boston 1 6 45 1 3 ,988 L 1 0- 7-61 Boston 27 38 1 7 , 748 L 1 2-1 7-61 San D iego 4 1 0 2 1 ,339 w 1 0-1 9-62 Boston 24 20 20 ,888 w 1 2- 9-62 San D iego 20 1 4 1 9 , 887 w 9-1 4-63 San D iego 1 3 1 7 26 ,097 L

1 1 - 1 0-63 Boston 6 7 28,402 L 9-20-64 San D iego 33 28 20, 568 w

1 0- 9-64 Boston 1 7 26 35 ,096 L 1 0-1 7-65 Boston 1 3 1 3 20 ,924 T 1 0-31 -65 San D iego 22 6 33, 366 w 9-1 0-66 San D iego 0 24 29,539 L

1 0-23-66 Boston 35 1 7 32 ,371 w 9- 9-67 San D iego 1 4 28 39,337 L

1 0- 8-67 San D iego 3 1 3 1 23 ,620 T 1 1 - 1 0-68 Boston 1 7 27 1 9,278 L 1 0-1 9-69 Boston 1 0 1 3 1 8 , 346 L 1 2- 7-69 San D iego 1 8 28 33, 1 46 L 1 1 -1 5-70 Boston 1 4 1 6 30,595 L 1 2- 2-73 Foxboro 30 1 4 58, 1 50 w 1 1 - 9-75 San D iego 33 1 9 26 ,090 w 1 0-1 6-77 San D iego 24 20 5 1 , 1 43 w 1 0- 1 -77 Foxboro 28 23 6 1 , 297 w 1 1 - 3-79 Foxboro 27 21 6 1 , 297 w

Patriots Lead 1 2-1 1 -2 . 548 495 760,740 SAN FRANCISCO

Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Resu lts 1 0-31 -71 San Franc isco 1 0 27 45 ,092 L 1 0-26-75 Foxboro 24 1 6 60,691 w

Series Tied 1 -1 . 34 43 1 05 , 783 SEATTLE

Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Resu lts 1 0- 9-77 Foxboro 3 1 0 54,363 w

TAM PA BAY Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Resu lts

1 2-1 2-76 Tam pa Bay 31 1 4 46,476 w

WAS H INGTON Date Location Pats Opp. Att. Resu lts

1 0- 1 -72 Foxboro 24 23 60,999 w 9- 3-78 Foxboro 1 4 1 6 55 ,063 L

Series Tied 1 -1 . 38 39 1 1 6 , 062

PATR IOTS VS . A L L OPPON E NTS I N R E G U LA R S EASON P LAY

Team w L T Pct. P F P A

Atlanta 2 0 0 1 .000 37 30 Baltimore 9 1 1 0 .450 41 1 408 Buffalo 1 9 20 1 .490 809 884 Chicago 2 0 0 1 .000 40 1 7 Cincinnati 4 3 0 . 571 1 1 2 1 48 Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 48 78 Dallas 0 3 0 .000 62 95 Denver 1 1 1 0 0 . 524 485 473 Detroit 1 2 0 .333 41 81 Green Bay 1 1 0 . 500 47 51 Houston 1 2 1 1 1 . 550 566 488 Kansas City 6 1 2 3 .333 448 497 Los Angeles 1 0 0 1 .000 20 1 4 M ia m i 1 0 1 7 0 .370 528 695 Minnesota 2 1 0 .670 58 72 New Orleans 2 0 0 1 .000 44 1 6 New York Giants 1 1 0 . 500 28 36 New York Jets 1 5 24 1 .390 961 946 Oakland 1 1 9 1 . 550 453 529 Philadelphia 2 1 0 .670 61 44 Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 63 97 St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 33 61 San Diego 1 2 1 1 2 . 530 548 495 San Francisco 1 1 0 . 500 34 43 Seattle 1 0 0 1 .000 31 0 Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1 .000 31 1 4

Washington 1 1 0 . 500 38 39 PATRIOTS TOTALS 1 29 1 46 9 .470 6037 6351

A L L-TI M E ATTE N DA N CES Home Away

Year Games Alt. Games Alt. Total 1 960 7 1 1 8 , 260 7 1 1 0 , 3 1 6 228 , 576 1 96 1 7 1 1 5 , 6 1 0 7 1 29 ,984 245, 594 1 962 7 1 50 , 626 7 1 70 ,983 321 , 609 1 963 7 1 69 ,870 7 1 43 ,936 31 3 ,806 1 964 7 1 99 ,652 7 1 75 ,246 374,898 1 965 7 1 43 , 098 7 245,485 388 , 583 1 966 7 1 90 , 1 38 7 240,668 430,806 1 967(a) 6 1 38 , 86 1 8 287,279 426, 1 40 1 968(a) 6 1 27 , 267 8 31 8 ,396 445,663 1 969 7 1 49 ,4 1 2 7 284 , 587 433,999 1 970 7 245, 537 7 361 ,842 607 , 379 1 97 1 7 4 1 1 , 1 09 7 383 , 1 43 794 ,252 1 972 7 426,993 7 402 , 1 59 829 , 1 52 1 973 7 4 1 0 , 443 7 4 1 6 , 805 827,248 1 974 7 420,903 7 4 1 1 , 595 832 , 498 1 975 7 4 1 1 , 490 7 379, 1 1 2 790,602 1 976 7 378,994 7 387 , 432 766,426 1 977 7 4 1 5 , 959 7 399 ,4 1 9 81 5 ,378 1 978 8 478 , 978 8 455,679 934 , 657 1 979 8 478,987 8 502 ,492 981 ,479 Tota ls 1 40 5 , 582 , 1 87 1 44 6 ,206 ,558 1 1 , 788 , 745

< POST-SEASON GAMES) 1 963 2 64 , 3 1 4 64 ,31 4 1 976 1 54 ,037 54 ,037 1 978 6 1 , 297 6 1 , 297 Tota l s 6 1 , 297 3 1 1 8 ,35 1 1 79 ,648 G rand Total s 1 4 1 5 , 643, 484 1 47 6 , 324 ,909 1 1 ,968,393 (a) One home game resched u led and played away from home.

ONE GAME RECORDS Largest Home Crowd:

6 1 ,457 vs. M ia m i at Schaefer Stad i u m on Dec. 5 , 1 97 1 . Smallest Home Crowd:

8 , 446 vs. Oak land at Boston U n ivers ity F ie ld on Nov. 1 1 , 1 960. Largest Away Crowd:

80,047 at M ia m i , Sept. 30, 1 973. Smallest Away Crowd:

6 , 500 vs. Oak land at San Franc isco on Dec . 9 , 1 96 1 . 80

N EW E N G LA N D PATR IOTS

TEAM STAT I ST ICS

TOTAL F IRST DOW N S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R u s h i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pass i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pena l ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T h i rd Dow n : M ad e / Alt . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . Th i rd Down Eff ic iency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . .

TOTAL N ET YARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avg . Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total P lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avg . Per P lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . .

N ET YA R DS R U S H I NG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avg . Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total R u shes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

N ET YA RDS PASS ING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avg . Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tack led / Yards Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G ross Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attem pts / Com p let i ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pct . of Complet ions . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . Had I n tercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

P U NTS / AVERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N ET P U NTI NG AVERAG E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PENALTIES / YA RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F U M B L ES / BALL LOST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOU C H DOWNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

R u s h i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pas s i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retu rns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TOTAL POINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Patriots 3 1 8 1 32 1 59

27 1 1 3 / 254

44 .4 5470

341 . 9 1 1 27

4 .8 2252

1 40 .8 603

321 8 201 . 1

49 / 382 3600

475 / 237 49 .9

23 84 / 36 . 2

29 .8 99 / 864

29 / 1 5 49 1 6 30

3 41 1

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Opponent 283 1 1 8 1 39 26

85 / 225 37 .7 4323

270.2 1 01 9

4 .3 1 770

1 1 0.6 495

2553 1 59 .6

57 / 5 1 2 3065

467 / 246 52 . 7

20 94 / 38 .7

33 .5 1 03 / 9 1 7

35 / 22 39 22 1 3 4

326

1 85 87

2 1 37

93

3 60 71

4 1 29 69

OT Total PATRIOTS Opponents

TDR SCORING

TDP TDRt PAT FG

0 4 1 1 6 326

SAF TP Sm i th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 5 46-49 23-33

1 2 Mo�an 78 7 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Cal h o u n . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5 1 5 F ranc is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

5 C u n n i n g ham 30 Ivory 1 8 1 2 Clark . . . 1 2 2

2 G rogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Hawk i n s 6 Sanford 6 Wstbrk / Penyw l . . . . . . . 1 / 1 6 / 6 J o h n s n / Jarvs . . . . . . . . 1 6 / 6 PATRIOTS TOTA L 1 6 30 3 46-49 23-33 4 1 1 Opp . Total . . . 22 1 3 4 36-39 1 8-26 1 326 · scORI N G : Sm i t h : ( 3 1 , 32 ) ; ( - ) ; (37 , 47b , 39, 39 ) ; ( 3 1 , 3 1 ); (42) ; (44 , 48 , 29 ) ;

( 2 1 , 29 ) ; ( 48 ) ; ( 42, 39 ) ; ( 48 , 49b , 3 3 , 37 ) ; ( 42 ) ; ( 24, 29 , 42 ) ; ( 47, 40, 32 ) ; ( 28 ) ; ( 47, 34) ; ( 42, 30)

Note: Bold face indicates FG's made.

F IELD GOALS

S mith . . Opp . Total .

1 - 1 9 0-0 0-0

Att. Comp. G rogan . . . . . . . . . 423 206 Owen . . . . . . . . . . . 47 27 Wstbrk /Cvngh . 2 / 1 2 / 1 Hare / Jc k s n . . . . . 1 / 1 1 / 0 PATRIOTS TOTAL475 237 Opp. Total . . . . . . . 467 246

20-29 6-6 7-7

30-39 40-49 50 + 1 1 -1 3 6-1 4 0-0

5-7 5-1 1 1 -1

PASS ING Yds. Pct. TD Int. LG 3286 48 . 7 2 8 2 0 631

248 57.4 2 3 32 52 / 1 0 1 00 .0 0 / 0 0 / 0 28 / 1 0

4 / 0 1 00 .0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 0 3600 49.9 30 23 631 3065 52 . 7 1 3 2 0 82

Total 23-33 1 8-26

Lost / Att. 45 / 34 1

4 / 41 0 / 0 0 / 0

49 / 382 57 / 5 1 2

81

RUSH ING No. Yds . A,g. LG TD

Cu nn ing ham · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 59 563 3 . 5 2 7 5 Ivory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 43 522 3 . 7 52 1 Ca lhou n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 37 456 3 .3 29 5 G rogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 368 5 .8 26 2 Joh nson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 1 32 3 . 1 1 5 1 C lark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 84 4 .4 1 9 2 Tatupu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 71 3 . 1 1 2 0 Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 39 5 .6 1 7 0 Jackson . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3 1 2 4 .0 1 2 0 Westbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 4 .0 4 0 Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -1 -0. 5 0 0 Cavanaugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 -2 -2 .0 -2 0 PATRIOTS TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 2252 3 . 7 52 1 6 Opp. Total . . . . . . . . 495 1 770 3 .6 39 22

RECEIV ING No. Yds. A,g. LG TD

Jackson · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . . . . . . . . . . 45 1 0 1 3 22 . 5 5 9 7 Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 1 002 22 .8 631 1 2 Franc is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 557 1 4 .3 44 5 Cunn ingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 236 8 . 1 2 0 0 Ivory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2 1 6 9 . 4 24 2 Ca lhou n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 66 4 .4 1 4 0 Hasselbeck · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 3 1 58 1 2 .2 4 1 0 Westbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 73 1 9 . 2 38 1 Johnson · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 9 68 7 .6 1 1 0 Pennywel l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 35 8 .8 1 31 1 C lark / Ja rv is . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 / 2 35 / 30 1 7 / 1 5 5 / 2 0 / 0 Tatupu / Chand ler · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 / 1 9 / 2 4 / 2 5 / 2 0 / 0 PATR IOTS TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 3600 1 5 . 2 631 30 Opp. Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 3065 1 2 . 5 82 1 3

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. A,g. LG TD

C layborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 56 1 1 .2 27 0 Haynes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 66 22.0 33 0 McC ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 48 1 6 .0 26 0 Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 38 1 9 . 0 2 5 0 Hawkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 35 1 7 . 5 351 1 Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 • 39 39 .0 12 0 Beaudoi n / Cost ict · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 / 1 30 / 22 30 / 22 30 / 22 0 / 0 Ne lson / S hoate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 / 1 1 8 / 0 1 8 / 0 1 8 / 0 0 / 0 PATRIOTS TOTAL . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , 20 352 1 7 .6 351 1 Opp. Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4 1 7 1 8 . 1 56 0

PUNTING No. Yds. A,g. TB In 20 LG Blk.

Hare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 3038 36.6 1 1 20 58 1 PATR IOTS TOTAL . . . . . . . 84 3038 36 .2 1 1 20 58 Opp. Total . . . . . . . . . . . 94 3641 38 . 7 9 1 1 63

PUNT RETU RNS No . FC Yds. A,g. LG TD

Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haynes . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29 21 289 5 1 1 6 2 0 5 1 0 1

PATRIOTS TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 22 31 1 Opp. Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1 7 3 1 7

KICKOFF RETU RNS

c�� - · - · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C layborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tatupu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wash ing ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivory I M organ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRIOTS TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . Opp. Total . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • .

82

No. Yds. A,g. 37 8 1 6 22 . 1 1 0 1 79 1 7 . 9 1 1 1 51 1 3 . 7 2 33 1 6 . 5 3 1 5 5 . 0 1 1 8 1 8.0

1 / 1 1 5 / 1 2 1 5 / 1 2 66 1 239 1 8.8 80 1 62 1 20.3

1 0 . 0 3 . 2 2 . 5 1 .0 8 .4

1 1 . 3

LG 38 23 30 20 1 2 1 8

1 5 / 1 2 38 45

801 1 5 0 5 0 1 0

801 751

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

1

U NOFF IC IAL D EFENS IVE STATISTICS 1 979

Name LINE:

Tackles Sacks QB

Press. I nt. Pass

Deflect. Fumble Recov.

Hami l ton , Raymond 68½ Lunsford , Mel 57 Bishop, R ichard 53½ Adams, Ju l i us 49½ McGee.Tony 35½ Buben , Mark 7½ LINEBACKERS: Ne lson , Steve Costict, Ray Hawkins , M ike Shoate, Rod Hunt , Sam Matthews, B i l ly K ing , Steve Zam berl i n , John SECONDARY:

1 34½ 50½ 48½ 47 44½ 27½ 24½ 1 8

Fox, T im 70½ Clayborn , Ray 58½ Haynes, M i ke 50 Sanford , R ick 28½ McCray, Prent ice 2 1 ½ Beaudo in , Doug 1 7½ Con n , Dick 1 ½ Washington , Mark 1

8½ 6

1 1 ½

2 2 7½ 4

1 1 22 1 8 1 3 22

4

8 4

2 5 3 1 3

4 2 6 1 1

4 1 5 8 2

Totals 9 1 6 · 57 1 06 20 45 • NOTE: Patriots were NFL leaders with 57 total sacks and 5 1 2 total yards lost.

SACK S U M M A RY - NFL LEADER

1 3

Date / Opponent NO YDS LOST 9/ 3 P i tts b u rg h 4 30

9 / 9 NY J ets 9 86

9 / 1 6 @Cinc innat i 5 51

9 / 23 San D iego 4 25

1 0 / 1 @G reen Bay 1 7

1 0 / 7 Detro i t 2 1 7

1 0 / 1 4 @Ch icago 5 48

1 0 / 2 1 Miam i 1 3 1 0 / 28 @ Ba l t i more 5 37

1 1 / 4 @ B u ffa lo 7 65

1 1 / 1 1 @ Denver 1 1 2

1 1 / 1 8 Ba l t imore 5 56

1 1 / 25 B u ffa lo 3 34

1 1 / 29 @ M iam i 1 1 1

1 2 / 9 @ N Y J ets 3 2 1

1 2 / 1 6 M i n nesota 1 9

Tota ls 57 51 2

1 0 LARG EST CROWDS TO S E E TH E PATR IOTS PLAY

Date 9-30-73

1 0-20-74 1 1 -1 2-72 1 2-1 5-74

9-26-77 1 2- 9-73 1 2-1 8-78 1 1 -1 1 -79 1 1 -29-79 1 1 -23-75

Crowd 80 , 047 80,020 80 ,01 0 79,420 77,91 0 75,841 75,445 75, 1 03 75 ,037 69,207

City M iam i Buffa lo M iami M iam i Cleveland Buffalo M iam i Denver M iami Buffalo

Result Dolph i n s 44, Patriots 23 B i l l s 30, Patriots 28 Do lph ins 52, Patriots 0 Dolph i n s 34, Patriots 27 Browns 30, Patriots 27 (OT) B i l l s 37, Patriots 1 3 Do lph ins 23, Patriots 3 Denver 45 , Patriots 1 0 M iami 39, Patriots 24 B i l l s 45, Patr iots 31

83

1 979 Game By Game

P ittsburgh 1 6, Patriots 1 3, ( OT ) Foxboro. Sept . 3 - Fac i ng what appeared to be the i r b iggest cha l lenge of the season on ope n i n g n igh t , the Patriot hosted the World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers i n the f i rst segment of the N F L ' s 1 979 M onday Night Footba l l series . Russ Franc is hau led i n a 4 yard scor ing pass from Steve G rogan o n l y 5 : 2 1 in to the act ion to put the Patr iots i n front , a lead that j u m ped to 1 3-6 at hal f t ime fo l lowing two John Smi th FGs (3 1 , 32 ) . Bo th teams cou ld not score i n the th i rd per iod, and the Patriots he ld a narrow 1 3-6 lead go i ng i nto the final stanza. The Patriots threatened midway through the th i rd period though , as G rogan hit Stan ley Morgan for 39 yds . to the Steeler 5 yardl i n e after su rv i v i ng a b l i tz , but the play was n u l l i f ied by an i l legal mo­t ion cal l . A c l i pp i ng ca l l on Carlos Pennywel l n u l l i f ied another b ig Patriots play early in the fourth q uarter, this t ime a 3 1 yd. sweep around left end by Sam Cunn i ngham that wou ld have p laced the bal l at the Stee ler 13 . Fo l lowing a shanked punt of 1 4 yds . b y rook ie Edd ie Hare , the Steelers took over a t the Patriots 3 4 with j u st 4 : 54 left to play. Terry Bradshaw then found John Stallworth for 13 yds. down to the Patriot 21 and fo l lowed with a 2 1 yd. scori ng strike to rook ie R B S idney Thorto n . Matt Bah r ' s PAT attempt was good to t ie the score at 1 3-1 3 and send the game i nto overt ime . The Patr iots won the toss , b u t unab le to move the bal l on t h e i r o n l y possess ion i n the overt i m e per iod , p u n ted to t h e Stee le rs . The Stee lers then moved 45 yds . from their own 3 1 o n 7 p lays to set u p a Matt Bahr 4 1 yd . FG on a fourth and two at the Patriot 24 . T im Fox ch i pped i n 9 tack les and 3 assists whi le Tony McGee opened up h u r1 t i ng season o n NFL Q B ' s with 2 scaks of Terry Bradshaw.

Pittsburgh 0 6 0 7 3 - 1 6 Patr iots 7 6 0 0 0 - 1 3 N E - Fra n c i s 4 pass from G rogan F i rst Down

(Smi th k ick ) Rushes-Yards P - Thorton 2 run (PAT fai led) Pas s i n g Yards N E - Smith FG 3 1 Total Yards N E - S m ith FG 32 Had Q B Sacked P - Thorton 2 1 pass from Bradshaw Passes

( Bahr k ick ) Pun t P - Bahr FG 41 Fumb les / Lost

Penal t ie s / Yd s .

INDIVID UAL LEADERS R U S H I N G - Pi t tsburg h : Harr is 2-74, Thornton 1 2-44-1 TD

Patr iots : C u n n i ngham 1 7-62, Johnson 1 2-42 Grogan 4-38, Ivory 4-20.

PASSI N G - Pittsbu rg h : Bradshaw 26-1 5-0, 221 yards . 1 TD Patr iots: G rogan 33-1 1 -2 . 1 23 yards , 1 TD.

p

20 38-1 1 8

1 91 309

4-30 29-1 5-0

7-40 . 1 2-2

6-50

RECEIV ING - Pittsbu rg h : Sta l lworth 5-95 , Thornton 3-4 1 - 1 TD, Harr is 3-1 4 , B . C u n n i n g ham 2-40. Swann 1 - 1 9 .

Patr iots : Franc is 5-53-1 TD . Johnson 2-1 9 . S . Cunn i ngham 2-9 Morgan 1 -33, Jackson 1 -9 .

Patriots 56, New York Jets 3

NE

1 6 37- 1 6

82 244

5-41 33-1 1 -2

9-39 . 7 1 -0

7-58

Foxboro, Sept . 9 - · 'That was the best offensive and defensive effort by the Patriots i n the seven years that I have been h e re , " remarked Head Coach Ron Erhardt after the Patr iots bombed the Jets i n a record sett i ng affa i r . I n the process . four team and o n e i nd i v idua l record were set as Steve G rogan combined w i th Harotd Jackson and Stan ley Morgan for 223 yds . and 5 TDs . The Patr iots were ree l i ng from their 1 6- 1 3 overt i m e l o s s to P i t tsburgh t h e w e e k before a n d no l e s s than 8 Patr iots f i g u red i n t h e team ' s 2 3 2 yard rush i ng performance, t h e c l u b ' s second best output o f t h e year. The defense was a lso a key factor i n the Patriots win, as J u l u i s Adams (2) , Ray Ham i l ton (2). M i ke Hawk ins (4) and Tony McGee ( 1 1 u nvei led the Patriots powerful 4-3 pass rush in com b i n i n g to drop Jets QBs nine l imes . Ray Clayborn , Ray Costict and Prentice M cCray each picked off a pass and Steve Nelson led i n tack les wi th 6 h its and 4 ass is ts . The game a lso marked the f i rst t ime that two Patr iots receivers both passed the 1 00 s ingle game rece iv ing mark s ince Dec . 17 , 1 967 . Jackson f i n i shed the day wi th 3 catches . a l l TDs . for 121 yds . wh i le Stanley Morgan added 1 02 yds . o n 3. recept ions . As a team . the Patr iots rang u p a c lub record 597 yds . total offense . a mark they had set (529 yds . ) i n the i r 55-2 1 th rash ing of the Jets on Oct. 29. 1 97 8 at Foxboro . The 56 po in ts was also a s i n g l e game po in t p rod uct ion record for the loca l s .

New Y o r k 3 0 0 0 - 3 Patr iots 1 4 21 7 1 4 - 56 N E - Jackson 49 pass from G rogan

(Smi th k ick) N E - Morgan 37 pass from G rogan

(Sm i th k ick ) N Y J - Leahy FG 30 NE - Morgan 50 pass from G rogan

(Sm i th k ick ) N E - Johnson 2 run (Smi th k ick ) NE - Jackson 44 pass (Smi th k i ck ) NE - Jackson 28 pass f rom Grogan

(Smi th k ick ) NE - Westbrook 14 pass from Owen

(Smith kick) NE - Clark 1 run (Smith k i ck )

84

NYJ

F i rst Down 1 2 Rushes-Yards 23-89 Pass ing Yards 45 Total Yards 1 34 Had Q B Sacked 9-86 Passes 24-1 2-3 Punts 7-40.7 Fumbles/ lost 3-3 Penalt ie s / Yds 5-45 A - 53, 220 paid, 53, 1 1 3 actual

NE

30 45-232

365 597

2-1 0 25- 1 6- 1

2-30.0 3-2

6-60

I N D IV IDUAL LEADERS R U S H I N G - New York : Long 1 0-46, D ierk ing 6- 1 0 , Gaines 4-1 5 .

Patr iots C u n n i ngham 1 5-8 1 , Tatupu 8-50 , G rogan 2-38, Cal houn : 8-22 , Johnso n : 6-1 5-HD, C lark 4-1 1 - 1 TD .

PASS ING - New York : Todd 20-1 0-2, 1 1 8 yds . , Ryan 4-2-1 , 1 3 yds . Patr iots : G rogan : 1 8- 1 3-0, 31 5 yds . , 5 TDs .

RECE IV ING - New York : Shu le r 3-48, Newton 4-33 , Long 2-1 4 . Patr iots : Jackson 3-1 2 1 , 3 TDs , Morgan 3- 102 . 2 TDs , F ranc is 5-82,

Hasselbeck 2-27. Pennywe l l 3-22 .

Patriots 20, C inc innati 1 4

Cinc innat i , Sept . 1 6 - In the i r f i rst road game o f the ' 79 reg u lar season , the Patriots trave led to R iverf ront Stad i u m for the i r second meet ing wi th the Bengals at C inc in ­nat i i n two years . Two John Smi th FGs (39, 39 ) spe l led the marg i n of victory for the Patr iots i n a game tha t marked the t h i rd o f th ree straigh t losses for the Bengal s . " A

c o n f i d e n c e b u i ld i n g t y p e w in , " w a s R o n Erhard l ' s s u m mation t h a t p u s h e d the Pat r io ts to a 4-3 lead i n the C i n c i n nat i ser ies and a l lowed them to keep pace i n the AFC East race with u n beaten M iami (3-0) . Whi le on ly ab le to su rmount a 7-0 lead at the hal f . the Patr iots outga ined the Bengals 1 56 yds . to 70 yds . A fter the Bengals got on the board on a 13 yd . r un by rookie Q B Jack Thompson , Smith h i t on h i s two FGs to r un the score to 20-7 . The Benga ls th reatened with another Thom pson TD r un , th i s one a one ya rd scamper . to c l ose t he gap to 20- 1 4 w i t h 2 : 1 2 showing on the clock. A n ons ides k ick attempt was unsuccessfu l by the home club as Andy J o h n son recovered at the Patr iots 45 to perserve the Patr iots second w in i n three o u t i n g s .

Patr iots 0 7 6 - 20 C i n c i n nat i 0 0 7 7 - 1 4 N E

N E - Morgan 1 7 pass f rom G rogan F i rst Downs 20 (Smith k ick) Rushes-Yard s 42- 165

N E - Cal houn 3 run (Smi th k ick) Pass ing Yards 1 67 C - Thompson 3 r un ( Bahr k ick) Tota l Yards 332 NE - Smi th FG 39 Had OB Sacked 2-9 NE - Smith FG 39 Passes 27-1 1 -0 C - Thom pson 1 r un ( Bahr k ick ) Punts 3-34 .6

Fu mbles I lost 0-0 Penalt ies / Yds . 3-30 A - 46,581 paid , 4 1 . 805 actual

I N D IV ID UAL LEAD ERS R U S H I N G - Patr iots : C u n n i ngham 1 6-6 1 , Johnson 1 7-49, Calhoun 3-12- 1 TD

C i nc i nnat i : P Johnson 1 4-54 . Thom pson 6-57-2 TDs , Gr i f f i n 6-29 , A lexander 5-2 1

PASSING - Patr iots : G rogan 26- 1 1 -0 , 1 76 yards, 1 TD . C i nc i nnat i : Thompson 20-7-0. 83 yds . Anderson 1 -0-0.

RECE IV ING - Patriots C u n n i ngham 4-27 , Morgan 3-54-1 TD, Johnson : 2-1 9 , Jackson 2-76 .

Patriots 27, San D iego 2 1

C

1 7 32- 1 66

32 1 98

5-5 1 20-7-0

6-49 2-1

3-25

Foxboro, Sept. 23 - The unde feated Chargers (3-0) traveled cross country to Fox­boro for the second year i n a row and returned to the coast again with another c lose l oss . U nder beaut i fu l and sunny Fal l sk ies , the Patriots j u m ped to a 1 7-0 lead by the end o f the f i rst per iod and pushed the score to 20-0 midway through the second q uarte r . Not to be d e n i e d . the Chargers roared back with two TDs i n four m i n utes to close the gap to 20- 1 4 at the hal f . Fo l lowing a few exchanges in the th i rd stanza, the Patr iots took over the ball at t h e i r own 36 late in the t h i rd q uarter and d rove 64 yards on 10 plays. scor ing t h e w i n n i n g T D as Russ Franc is hauled i n a 5 yard pass from Steve G rogan to cap the 3 m i n ute 47 second dr ive. John Smi th added the PAT to run the score to 27- 1 4 Patr iots , b u t fo l low ing a G len Edwards i n tercept ion of a G rogan pass wi th 7 m i n utes remai n i n g , the Chargers d rove from the Patr iot 36 and scored o n a o n e yard d ive b y R B Clarence W i l l i a m s . The Patr iots took the e n s u i n g ons ide k icko f f and d rove to the i r 42 , where on a th i rd and 12 , G rogan was i n tercepted by L B B o b H o r n who sk ipped t o t h e Patr iot 1 0 be fore being hauled down on a touchdown sav ing tack le by Shelby Jordan. Dan Fouts h i t Bob Klein for 5 yards to the Patr iots 5 b u t on the n e x t p lay T i m Fox came up to stop A rt ie 9wens for a four yard loss on a sweep . Steve Ne lson estab l i s hed h i m s e l f as the h e ro of the day on the next p lay , snagging a Fouts pass at the 2 that had been d i rected for John Je f ferson i n the end­zone. Nelson craddled the ba l l and returned i t 18 yards to help perserve the Patr iots t h i rd v ic tory of the season and enable them to keep pace wi th the div is ion lead i n g Do lph ins (4-0) A key to the Patr iots ' v ictory was the i r ab i l i ty to shutdown the Chargers g round game wh ich managed j ust 39 yards on 1 8 carr ies .

San Diego 0 1 4 0 7 - 21 Patr iots 1 7 3 0 7 - 27 so NE

N E - C u n n i ng ham 1 r un (Smi th k ick ) F i rst Downs 1 5 20 NE - Cal h o u n 10 run (Smi th k ick ) Rushes-Yards 1 8-39 44-1 47

N E - Sm ith FG 3 1 Pass ing Yards 1 93 1 44

NE - Smi th FG 31 Tota l Yards 232 291 S D - J e fferson 19 pass from Fouts Had OB Sacked 4-25 2-1 3

( Be n i rschk ie k i c k ) Passes 35-2 1 -2 23-1 3-2 SD - W i l l iam 1 run ( B e n i rschke k i ck ) Punts 7-35 .3 5-35 .2 N E - Franc is 5 pass from G rogan Fumbles I lost 1 -0 1 -0

(Smi th k ick ) Penalt ies I Yds . 6-48 5-49 SD - W i l l i a m s 1 r u n A - 61 ,297 paid , 60,91 6 actual

( Be n i rschke k ick )

I N D IV ID UAL LEADERS R U S H I N G - San D iego : C. W i l l iams 1 3-34-2 TDs , Owens 2-4

Patr iots : C u n n i ng ham 22-75-1 TD, Cal houn 1 0-45, Johnson 7-24 . PASSING - San D iego : Fouts 34-20-2 , 200 yds . , 1 TD

Patr io ts : G rogan 23-1 3-2 , 1 57 yds . . 1 TD RECE IV ING - San Diego: Jefferson 4-59-1 TD , Klein 6-50, Thomas 2-46 .

Patr iots : F ranc i s 4-85-1 TD , Jackson 2-33, Johnson 4-2 1 .

Green Bay 27, Patriots 1 4

G reen Bay, Oct . 1 ( M o n . ) - In the Patr iots · second Monday N igh t game in j us t f ive weeks , and the f i rst one ever played at Lambeau F i e l d , they ran into a determ i n ed Packer e leven that sent th ree Patr iots to the hospi ta l and the whole squad back to Foxboro w i th t h e i r second loss of the year . The Patr iots scored f i rst on a G rogan to Franc is pass that covered 27 yd s . , capping a two play d rive set up by a T im Fox in ­tercept ion of a Dav id W h i tehu rst pass at the Packer 40. Forc ing the " Pack" to pun t on i ts nex t possess i o n , the Patr iots began to d rive agai n , bu t Stan ley Morgan t i pped u p a G rogan pass that was p icked off by Johnny G ray to set up the Packs ' f i rst scor­i ng dr ive. R B Andy Joh nson i n j u red his knee i n the ear ly going and was lost for the year , and i n t h e second q uarter Steve N e l son was fe l led by a concuss ion that she lv­ed him for the next g a m e . M i ke Haw k i n s a lso jo i ned J o h n son and N e l son on the am­bu lance l i s t with a r i b i n j u r y . The Patr iots managed only one other score i n the f i rst hal f and were held scoreless i n the second half as the Packers b l itzed G rogan , forc­ing him to th row u n d e r great pressure a l l n i g h t . The game marked the 1 , 000th game i n Pac ker h i story .

Patr iots 7 7 0 0 - 1 4 Green Bay 7 1 3 7 0 - 27 NE

N E - Franc is 27 pass from G rogan F i rst Dow ns 26 (Smi th k ick ) Rushes-Yards 33- 1 62

GB - B. Smi th 1 r un ( Marcol k i ck ) Pass ing Yards 239 GB - Thompson 15 pass from Total Yards 401

Wh i tehu rst ( Marcol k ick ) Had Q B Sacked 5-3 1 GB - M idd leton 1 run ( k i ck b locked) Passes 37-1 8-5 NE - F ranc is 6 pass from G rogan Punts 3-30 . 7

(Sm i t h k i c k ) Fumb les / Lost 1 - 1 G B - Whi tehu rst 4 run ( Marcol k ick ) Penal t ies / Yds . 5-43

A - 56 , 2 1 2 paid , 52 ,842 actua l

I N D IV IDUAL LEADERS R U S H I N G - Patr iots : C u n n i ngham 1 1 -47 , Cal houn 1 4-64, G rogan 7-49

G reen Bay: M idd leton 20-80- 1 TD, B . Smi th 9-39 . PASSING - Patr iots : G rogan 33- 1 7-3, 225 yds . , 2 TDs .

G reen Bay: Wh i tehu rst 27-1 7-2 . 206 yds . , 1 TD . RECEIV ING - Patr iots : Franc is 5-88-22 TDs , Morgan 4-63 , Cunn i ngham 6-22 .

G reen Bay: Coffman 6-43. Lofton 3-67 , M idd leton 2-46.

Patriots 24, Lions 1 7

GB

1 9 35-1 1 8

1 99 3 1 7 1 -7

29-1 7-2 3-34 .5

2-0 4-25

Foxboro , Oct. 7 - Desp i te t h reate nt ing sk ies , a se l lout c rowd was on hand to watc h the Patr iots seek ou t a 24- 1 7 v ictory to move them in to a f i rst p lace t ie w i th the Dol p h i n s i n the AFC East rac e . Wi th Sam C u n n i n g ham and Don Ca l h o u n each scor­i ng in the second period , the Patr iots took a 1 4-0 lead and seemed to be off to an easy v ictory . Bu t Benny Ricardo h i t on a 26 yard FG and the L ions narrowed the Patr iots lead to 1 4- 1 0 on a 1 yard run by Scott H u nter . That d rive was set up by a Steve G rogan pass that bounced off the chest of Ca l houn and was i n tercepted by Char l ie Weaver at the Patr iot 36. On the nex t Patr iots ser ies , G rogan was b l i nds ided w h e n atte m p t i n g to pass from near h i s own goal l i n e , and fumb led in to the end zone . Bi l l Gay recovered to put the L ions o n top 1 7- 1 4 . G rogan was benched and replaced by backup Q B Tom Owen who was able to d i rect the Patr iots to 10 fourth quarter points to earn a hard fought v ictory . Ray Cost ict and Rod Shoate topped the Patr iots tack le chart wi th 4 stops each whi le Tony McGee and R ichard Bishop each ch ipped i n a Q B sac k . With A n d y Johnson recove r ing from knee s u rgery , Don Ca l h o u n a s s u m e d the start i n g r o l e at R B and c o m b i n ed wi th F B S a m C u n n i ngham to record 40 of the Patriots' 4 5 r u s h i n g attempts . Steve N e l son n u rsued his concuss ion w h i l e watc h i n g B i l l Matthews f i l l i n for h i m at i n s i d e l i nebacker and Horace Ivory returned to the act ive l i st f rom i n j u red reserve bu t d i d not p lay .

Detroi t Patr iots

0 3 1 4 0 - 1 7 0 1 4 0 1 0 - 24

NE - C u n n i ngham 1 run (Smi th k ick ) N E - Cal houn 2 run (Sm i th k ick ) DET - Ricardo FG 26 DET - H u nter 1 r un ( R icardo k ick ) DET - Gay recovered G rogan fumb le i n endzone ( R icardo k i ck ) N E - Cal houn 6 pass f rom Owen

(Smith k ick ) N E - Smi th FG 29

D ET

F i rst Downs 9 Rushes-Yards 27-55 Pass ing Yards 1 56 Total Yards 2 1 1 Had QB Sacked 2-1 7 Passes 24-8-2 Punts 8-34 .0 Fum bles I Lost 1 - 1 Penal t ies 1 2- 1 07 A - 6 1 ,297 pa i d , 60,629 actual

I N D IV IDUAL LEADERS R U S H I N G - Detro i t : Bu ssey 1 3-34, Rob inson 5-1 0 . Gaines 2-6 .

Patr iots : C u n n i n g ham 20-93- 1 TD , Calhoun 20-4 1 - 1 TD .

NE

2 2 45- 1 40

1 1 1 251

5-43 23-1 1 - 1

7-38 . 4 2-1

1 2-84

PASSING - Detro i t : H u nter 1 6-6- 1 , 1 55 yds . , 0 TD . , Kom lo : 8-2- 1 . 1 8 yds . , 0 TD . Patr iots : Owen 1 3-7-0, 8 1 yds . , 1 TD . . Grogan 9-3- 1 , 45 yds . . 0 TD .

RECE IV ING - Detroi t : H i l l 3 -35 , Thompson 2-98 , B l ue 2-30 .

86 Patr iots : C u n n i n g ham 4-3 1 , Jackson 3-59, Francis 2-36 .

Patriots 27, Chicago 7 Chicago , Oct . 1 4 - In on l y the second reg u lar season meet ing ever between the Pat r io ts and Bears . a se l lou t c rowd at So ld iers F ie ld g reeted the two c lubs on a sun ­ny and c lear afternoo n . Steve G rogan wasted l i t t le t ime i n pu t t i ng the Patr iots ou t i n f r o n t . m o v i n g the Patr iots 35 yards f o r the i r f i r s t score fo l lowing a D o u g Beaudo in recovery of a Wal ter Payton fumb le at the Bears ' 35 . G rogan h i t Stan ley Morgan for a 1 0 yard score . capp ing a 7 p lay dr ive . On the next Bears ' ser ies , Rob in Earl was h i t by T im Fox and f u m bled wi th Steve N e l son mak ing the recovery at the Patr iots ' 2 1 yard l i n e . Beh i nd G rogan . t h e Patr iots marches 7 9 yards on 9 p lays on o n l y the i r se­cond possess ion of the game, and hit payd i r t as G rogan found Harold Jackson for 1 9 yds . desp i te a b l i tz b y the Bears . The score stood a t 1 4-0 Patr iots j u s t 1 1 m i nu tes i n ­to the game . I n the second q u arter, Bob Avel l i n i found Dave W i l l iams for a 4 yard comp le t ion . but W i l l iams out raced the Patr iots ' defense for another 50 yards and the Bears · on l y score of the day. On the i r f i rst possess ion of the second half, the Patriots comp l ied a 58 yard, 13 scor i ng d rive as the recently returned Horace Ivory (mak i ng his f irst appearance i n six games) hauled i n a 5 yard pass from G rogan to set up a John Sm i th 21 yard FG . I n the f i na l stanza, Stan ley Morgan ret u rned a Bob Parsons pun t 1 7 yards to the Ch icago 48 and G rogan lead the Patr iots on another scor i n g marc h , t h i s t ime h i t t ing Russ Franc is for a 4 yard score and reg iste r ing h is t h i rd TD pass of the day . The f i na l Patr iots score came on Sm i t h ' s second FG of the day , a 29 yarder , the resu l t of a 14 p lay d r ive cover ing 46 yards and tak ing 1 1 m i n utes , 28 second . Darry l S t i ng ley made h i s second v is i t of the season with h i s o ld teammates, j o i n i n g them o n the Patr iot s ide l ine i n h i s hom etown of Ch icago. J u l i u s A d a m s proved he h a d returned t o form , record i ng t w o Q B sacks wh i l e Me l L u nsford ( 2 ) and Ray Ham i l ton I 1 ) added the other Patr iot sacks . The Patr iot w in kept them in a f i rst p lace t ie w i th M i a m i in the AFC East , both at 5-2 , and set up a showdown in Fox­boro the fo l low ing S u nday .

Patr iots Ch icago

14 0 3 10 - 27 0 7 0 0 - 7

N E - Morgan 1 0 pass from G rogan (Smith k i ck )

N E - Jackson 19 pass f rom G rogan (Smith k i ck )

C - Wi l l i ams 54 pass f rom Avel l i n i (Thomas k i c k )

N E - S m i t h FG 2 1 N E - F ra n c i s 4 pass from G rogan

(Smith k i c k ) N E - Smi th FG 29

NE

F i rst Downs 27 R u shes-Yards 47- 1 42 Pass ing Yards 2 1 8 Total Yards 360 Had QB Sacked 2-26Passes 35-2 1 -2 Pun ts 4-37 .3Fumb les / Lost 0-0Penal t les / Yds . 5-42A - 57 ,979 pa id , 54 . 1 28 actual

I N D IV ID UAL LEADERS

R U S H I N G - Patr iots : Ivory 1 0-55. Cal houn 1 4-27 . G rogan 4-23 Ch icago : Payton 1 5-42 . Earl 4-22 . W i l l iams 3-9.

PASSING - Patr iots : G rogan 35-2 1 -2 . 244 yds . . 3 TDs Ch icago : Ave l l i n i 1 0-5-0, 1 01 yds . . 1 TD .

RECE IV I N G - Patr io ts : Jackson 4-65- 1 TD. I vory 4 -44 , Morgan 4-43 1 TD Ch icag o : Wi l l i ams 2-62- 1 TD, Lala 2 -65 , Ear l 2-20.

Patriots 28, M iami 1 3

C

7 22-73

961 69

5-481 5-8-0 7-38 .3

2-09-66

Foxboro, Oct. 21 - Showdown t ime in the AFC East at Foxboro, the same scr ipt and same s i te as a year before at the season ' s ha l fway mark . And had the Patr iots l ived u p to a reputat ion given them by cyn i cs . they shou ld have folded when the Do lph ins had a 1 3-0 lead w i th s i x m i n utes left i n the f i rst ha l f . B u t comb in i ng tenac ious defense and a pound ing o f fens i ve attack i n the second ha l f , the Patr iots scored 2 1 u n a n swered po in ts i n the f i na l ha l f to takeover so le possession of f i rst p lace i n the AFC East w i th a 6-2 record . The Dolph ins were forced to use a l l t h ree of the i r QBs as Bob G riese was i n effect ive u n d e r a heavy pass rush by the host c l u b . Meanw h i l e . Steve G rogan came a l i ve i n the second ha l f h i t t i ng 9 of 24 passes for 1 03 yards and d i rect ing the Patr iots on scor i n g d rives of 69 yards and 59 yard s . M i k e Hawk i n s cap­ped the day ' s scor i n g , p i c k i n g off a Don Strock pass late i n the game and ram b l i n g 35 y a r d s across the goal l i n e f o r h i s f i rst N F L career s c o r e . Haw k i n s a lso added s ix tac k l e s and an ass ist wh i le Steve N e l son topped the tack lers wi th s i x s tops and f i ve ass ists i n c l u d i n g o n e Q B sack . Bes ides h i s i n tercept ion retu r n , Hawk ins added one other in tercept i o n , sto p p i n g a Miami dr ive at the i r own 3 7 . M ike Haynes added thePatr iots t h i rd i n tercept ion of the day , stea l i ng a G riese aer ia l at the goa l l i ne andretu r n i n g i t 3 3 yard s .

M i a m i 1 0 3 0 0 - 1 3 Patr iots 0 7 7 1 4 - 28 M N E

M - Von Schamann F G 53 F i rst Downs 1 3 1 7 M - Hardy 1 3 pass from G riese Rushes-Yards 29- 135 44-1 29

( van Schamann k i c k ) P a s s i n g Yards 69 1 70 M - Von Schamann FG 40 Total Yards 204 299 NE - Ivory 1 run (Sm i th k i ck ) Had Q B Sacked 1 -3 2-21 NE - C u n n i n g ham 1 r un (Smith k ick) Passes 27-1 2-3 25-1 7-0N E - Jarv is 1 5 pass from G rogan P u nts 5-32 .8 5-30 .8

(Sm i th k ick ) Fumb les / Lost 3-2 4-1N E - Haw k i n s 3 5 in tercept ions Penal t i e s / Yds . 4-45 6-59

return (Sm i th k i ck ) A - 6 1 . 297 pa id , 6 1 .096 actual

I N D I V I DUAL LEADERS

RUSH I N G : M ia m i : D . W i l l ia m s 1 3-99, Csonka 1 3-32, Dav is 2-4. Patr iots: Ivory 1 6-44-1 TD , G rogan 1 0-42, C u n n i ngham 1 3-33-1 TD.

PASSIN G : M ia m i : G riese 1 8- 1 0-1 , 57 y d s . , 1 TD , Strock 7-1 - 1 , 8 yds . Patr iots : G rogan 24-1 6 , 1 87 yds . , 1 TD : Hare 1 - 1 -0 , 4 yds .

RECE IV I N G : M ia m i : Ha rdy 3-39-1 TD , Dav i s 3- 1 9 , W i l l iams 2-1 4 . Pat r io ts : C u n n i n g h a m 5-29 , Franc i s 4-34 , Morgan 2-53 .

Baltimore 3 1 , Patriots26

Bal t imore , Oc t . 28 - Kick ing o f f the second of the 1 979 season , the Patriots traveled to Balt i more , their ranks depleted by i n j u r ies that s ide l i ned four key starters . Russ Francis ( back ) , Sam C u n n i n g ham (shou lder ) , Doug Beaudoin ( g ro i n ) and Rod Shoate ( n eck) were all n u rs i ng i n ju r ies as the Patriots took on the Colts with the recent ly returned Bert Jones at OB. As h e had done i n the past , l i t t le Joe Wash i ngton had a f ie ld day aga inst the Patr iots , scor ing the f i rst rush ing TD of h i s career and provid ing the w inn ing score on a 12 yard pass recept ion wi th j u st f ive m i n utes to play . Despi te hav ing the topped ranked defense in the NFL, the Patr iots a l lowed 14 f i rst q uarter po in ts on the way to g i v i n g u p the most po ints ( 3 1 ) i n a reg u la r season game s ince the Colts u pset them 34-27 at Foxboro on Sept . 18 , 1 978. The Colts he ld onto a nar­row 1 7- 1 3 lead at the half , increas ing the marg i n to 24- 1 3 as Washi ngton took a 7 yard pass from J o n e s for h i s second score of the day . John Smi th then h i t on a 42 yard FG , h i s longest of the year at that po int , and on the ensuing k ickoff , Bob Cryder recovered a Nesby Glasgow fumble at the Colt 25 and the tab les appeared to be tu r­n i n g . T h e Patr iots o n l y managed 4 net yards on the dr ive , stopped by a Fred Cook sack of G rogan o n a t h i rd and 10 at the Colt 1 1 and the Patr iots went to Smi th aga in , t h i s t ime for a 39 FG . That shot c lose the gap to 24- 1 9 Co l ts go ing into the f i na l qua rter of p lay . S teve M i ke-Mayer m i ssed on a 44 yard FG t ry and the Patriots took over at t h e i r own 28 . G rogan then e n g i neered a 9 play, 72 yard drive that i n c l u d ed a 22 yard complet ion to Stan l ey Morgan and a 27 yard catch by Ha ro ld Jackso n . G rogan scored h i m s e l f on a 8 yard scram b l e t o put the Patr iots on t o p f o r the f i rst t ime a l t d a y , 26-2 4 . A l t h o u g h t h e Co l ts had to start f rom their 15 after a c l ip o n the k i c koff ret u r n , coup led w i th the fact that J u l u i s Adams sac ked Jones for a loss to the Colt 8 , they d rove 85 yards i n 7 p lays ( the b ig play a 36 yard Jones to Carr pass) to score a 3 1 -26 upset win . Wi th j ust 1 : 4 1 rema in i ng and the Patr iots ho ld ing the ba l l at the Colt 4 with a f i rst and goal to go , they could not break the tough Colt defense in f ive attem pts and d ropped t h e i r t h i rd game i n n i n e o u t i n g s .

Patr iots 13 0 6 7 - 26 Ba l t imore 14 3 7 7 - 31

B - Was h i n g ton 8 run ( M i k e Mayer k ick )

N E - Morgan 56 pass from G rogan (k ick b locked)

B - Hardeman 4 run ( M i ke Mayer k ick )

N E - Morgan 27 pass from G rogan (Smi th k ick )

B - Mike Mayer FG 37

F i rst Downs Rushes-Yards Pass i n g Yards Total Yards Had Q B Sacked Passes Pu nts Fumb les / Lost Pena l t ies

NE

1 9 3 1 - 1 1 0

3 1 7 408

2 - 19 36- 1 5-1

6-38 .31 - 1

6-49B - Wash ing ton 7 pass from Jones A - 47 ,042 pa id , 4 1 , 029 actual

( M i ke-Mayer k ick ) N E - Smi th FG 42 NE - Smith FG 39 NE - G rogan 8 run (Smi th k ick ) B - Was h i n g ton 12 pass from Jones

( M ike-Mayer k ick )

I N D IV I DUAL LEADERS R U S H I NG - Patr iots : Ivory 1 9-49, G rogan 5-37-1 TD , Ca l houn 5- 1 4 .

Ba l t imore : Wash i ngton 1 4-53-2 T D s . Hardeman 1 2-35. PASSI N G - Patr iot s : G rogan 36-1 5-1 , 317 yds . . 2 TDs

Ba l t imore : 30-1 7-1 , 280 yds . . 1 TD. RECE IV ING - Patr iots : Morgan 5- 1 5 1 -2 TDs , Jackson 4-92 .

Ba l t imore : McCau ley 5-84 , Carr 4-78, Doughty 2-65.

Patriots 26, Buffalo 6

B

23 37-140

293396

5-37 3 1 - 1 8- 1

3-35 .34-3

7-64

Orchard Park . N . Y . Nov . 4 - Ree l i n g from the i r u pset defeat the week before in Ba l t imore , the Patr iots looked to rebound with a win aga inst d i v i s ion rival Buf fa lo . However , Buf fa lo had other i deas and i f i t had not been for a s t ingy Patr iots ' defense, the B i l l s could have had a 1 4-0 lead after their f i rst two possess ions . In both cases , the B i l l s started wi th g reat f ie ld posit io n , f i rst at the Patr iot 45 fo l lowing a Tony Greene i n tercept ion and the second t ime on a Ke i th Moody pun t return of 1 3 yards t o the Patr iot 49 . The best the B i l l s cou ld m uster were two N ick M ike-Mayer f ie ld goa ls for a 6-0 lead . Each t ime the Patr iots ' defense he ld and the Bi l ls moved no c loser to the endzone than the Patr iot 2 2 . On the last possession of the hal f , Steve Grogan d i rected the Patr iots to their f i rst score, mov ing 59 yards on 6 plays as Ho race Ivory caught a six yard pass on the f inal p lay of the half to deadlock the score at 6-6. J o h n Smi th ' s PAT attempt fai led and the score was t ied at the half . I n a nut­s h e l l , the second ha l f cou ld be summed u p as the G rogan to Morgan air show. For the second stra i g h t week , the two con nected for two TD passes, and Morgan sur­passed the 1 50 yard rece iv ing mark ( 1 58 yds .-5 recept ions ) . The Patriots moved ahead 9-6 on a 33 yard FG at 5 : 32 of the t h i rd quarter , and Morgan busted the game open wi th a 63 yard TD bomb from G rogan at 9 : 23 of that quarter . M idway through the f i na l stanza, Morgan _hau led i n another TD pass, th i s one a 34 yarder . Tony McGee l e d the assau l t of top rated passer Joe Ferg uson , d u m p i n g the s igna l ca l ler 3 ½ t imes, as t h e Patr iots defense accounted for 7 sac k s . Rod Shoate in tercepted o n e Ferguson pass a n d latera led to rook ie R ick Sanford for a 2 7 yard return and RayC layborn sque lched another Buffalo drive with an intercept i o n .

88

Patriots 0 6 1 0 1 0 - 26 Buffalo 6 0 0 0 - 6 NE BUF

BUF - Mike-Mayer FG 39 First Downs 1 5 20 BUF - Mike-Mayer FG 40 R ushes-Yards 37-1 1 1 23-94 NE - Ivory 6 pass from G rogan Passing Yards 327 16 1

( k i ck fai led) Total Yards 438 275 N E - Smith FG 33 Had QB Sacked 3-23 7-65 NE - Morgan 63 pass from Grogan Passes 35-19-1 33- 16- 2

(Smith k ick) Punts 6-39 . 7 6-37.7 NE - Morgan 34 pass from G rogan Fumbles/ Lost 3-2 3-3

(Smith kick) Penalties / Yds. 8-75 1 0-70 NE - Smith FG 37 A - 69,465 paid , 67,935 actual

INDIVID UAL LEADERS R U S H I N G - Cal h o u n : 4-40, Ivory 1 4-27 , C u n n i ngham 1 1 - 1 9 , G rogan 3-1 5 .

Patr io ls : Ca l h o u n 4-40, Ivory 1 4-27 , C u n n i n g ham 1 1 - 1 9 , G rogan 3-1 5 Bu ffa lo : Brown 1 3-67 , Hooks 7- 1 8 , M i l l e r 3-9 .

PASS I N G - Patr io ls : G rogan 35-1 9-1 , 350 yds . , 3 TDs B u ffa l o : Ferguson 26- 1 3-2 , 2 1 5 yds .

RECE IV ING - Pat r io ts : M o rgan 5-1 58-2 TDs , Jackson 4 -69 , Wes I b rook 3-65. Bulfalo: P iconne 4-84 , Gant 3-57, Hooks 4-36.

Denver 45, Patriots 1 0

Denver . Nov . 1 1 - Sold ou t M i l e H i g h Stad i u m , 75 . 1 03 fans o n hand a long w i th a na­t iona l te lev is ion aud ience ( N BC) . and two d iv i s ion leaders , one with a s t ingy defense . lhe o ther w i lh a h igh powered offense . What had a l l the mak ings of a c lass ic match t u rned ou t to be a n ig h tmare for t he Patr iots . On t h i rd down and 3 at t he Patr iots 20 ( f i rst ser ies of t he game) Steve G rogan was not on l y sacked , bu t f umb led the ba l l and was forced to leave the game w i th a concuss ion . Rub i n Carter recovered and ram b l ed 2 yards for the f irst score . On t he i r very next possess ion , the Broncos ran f ive plays and got t h ree more points on Jim Tu rne r ' s longest FG of the year, a 49 yarde r . Tom Owe n . sub i ng for t he i n j u red G rogan , su ffered much the same fate as G rogan on the next ser ies , being sacked by Don Lat imer and f umb l i ng back to t he Patr iot 2 where J o h n Gran t recovered fo r the Broncos . Rob Ly t l e ran for s i x more po in ts on the next play, and the Broncos had a 1 7·0 lead on 5 offens ive p lays on ly 7 : 46 i n to the game . To add i n s u l t lo i n j u ry . Owen was knocked oul of lhe game w i th a concuss ion ear ly i n t he t h i rd q uarter and was rep laced by the dazed G rogan h i m se l f . T h i rd s t r i ng QB Matt Cavanaugh was unava i l ab le for duty with a locked knee . one that was to be operated on the fo l low ing day . Pete Brock made h i s f i rst start at l e f t tack le , rep lac i ng t he i n j u red D w i g h t W h e e l e r . However , start i ng r i gh t tack le She lby Jo rdan i n j u red h i s knee i n the ear ly go ing and Whee ler was fore· ed to step i n for the i n j u red Jordan . I n the second half , the snow started to fa l l and before the f ina l wh i s t l e had been b lown. the f ie ld was covered w i th the wh i testuff and both tea m s s t rugg led on the s l i p pe ry t u rf for more than a quarter . Steve Ne l son was tops i n t he tack le departmen t . cont r ibu t i ng 6 tack les . 9 ass is ts and one sack fo r 12 yard s . wh i l e R ichard B i shop ( 5 tack les . 3 ass is ts ) and Me l L u nsford (4 tack les and 4 ass is ts ) were c lose beh i nd .

Patriots Denver

0 7 3 0 - 10 24 1 4 0 7 - 45

D - Carter 2 fumble return (Turner k ick)

D - Turner FG 49 D - Lyt le 2 run (Turner k ick) D - Moses 7 pass from Morton

(Turner k ick) NE - C u n n i ngham 2 r un (Sm ith k ick) D - Upchurch 28 pass from Morton

(Turner k ick) D - Nairne 22 r un with b locked p u n t

(Turner kick) N E - Smith FG 42 D - Lyt l e 3 run (Turner kick)

NE

First Downs 8 Rushes-Yards 23-58 Pass ing Yards 34 Total yards 92 Had QB Sacked 4-51 Passes 30-1 1 -1 P unts 9-36.3 Fumb les/ Lost 2-2 Penalt ies 9-66 A - 75 , 1 03 paid , 74,379 actual

INDIVID UAL LEADERS R U S H I N G - Patr iots : Ca lhoun 6-28, Ivory 7- 1 7 . C u n n i ngham 5- 1 0- 1 T D .

Denver : A rmst rong 1 5-33 , L y t l e 5-22-2 T D s .

D

21 44-1 07

1 82 289

1 - 12 1 9- 13-0 4-40 . 5

3-3 6-51

PASS I N G - Patr iot s : Owen 1 7-9-0, 62 yds . , 0 T D . G rogan 1 3-2-1 . 23 yds . 0 T D . D e n v e r : Morton 1 8- 1 3-0. 1 94 y d s . . 2 T D s .

R E C E I V I N G - Patr iots : Ivory 4 - 4 4 . C u n n i ngham 2-1 4 , Jackson 1 - 1 7 . Denver : U pc h u rch 4-73-1 T D . Moses 4-55 . A rmstrong 2-2 1 .

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Patriots 50, Baltimore 2 1

Foxboro, Nov . 1 8 - Hop ing t o rebound from a 45- 1 0 pasti ng a t the hands o f Denver the week before , the Patr iots returned home after three weeks o n the road to face d iv is ion r ival Ba l t imore . Only th ree weeks before, the Colts (then 2-6) shocked the Patr iots i n Ba l t imore 3 1 -26 to halt a three game w in streak and o n e game d iv is ion lead t h e Patr iots had amassed . I n the ear ly go ing , i t appeared that the Patriots were off to an easy star t aga inst a Colts squad that had been shutout 1 9-0 by M iam i the previou s week. Steve G rogan e n g i n e e r the Patr iots on a 9 play, 85 yard dr ive on the i r f i rst possess ion , f ind ing a l l -pro Stan ley Morgan for a 26 yd . scor ing s t r ike and the f i rst score of the day . John Sm ith ' s PAT attem pt was b locked and the Patr iots took a 6-0 lead j u st four m i n utes in to the game. Ba l t imore rebounded with a 1 3 play, 77 yard d rive with Don McCauley go i ng over from the one to knot the score at 6-6. The k ick was good and the Col ts led 7-6 . After that , i t was a l l Patr iots as the host c l ub rang up 37 u nanswered points on the way, to a 43-7 lead . H i g h l ights of the Patriots scori ng spree i nc l uded Morga n ' s 80 yard pun t retu rn for a TD. on l y the th i rd one i n Patriots h i story , and a e igh t yard blocked punt return for a TD by rookie R ick Sandford , the f i rst one by a Patr iot s ince 1 97 1 By the t ime the game had f in ished , the f ifth se l lout c rowd of the season at Schaefer saw the 50 po int scor ing mark h i t for the second t i m e i n ' 7 9 . H o race Ivory snapped a drought i n the Patr iots rush ing game, dash ing for 1 1 6 yards on 12 car r ies ( longest run a 52 yarder on the second p lay of the f i na l q uarter ) . Ivory ' s r u s h i n g e f fo r t was the f i rst t ime i n 17 games that a Patriot rushed for over 1 00 yards i n a game ( Ivory had done i t l as t wi th 1 28 yards on 16 attempts against Bu ffalo o n 1 1 -5-78 ) . On defense, LB Steve Nelson topped both squads with 9 tack les and 3 ass is ts . L B Rod Shoate was a c lose second on the Patr iots tack le c hart wi th 6 tack les and 3 ass is ts . T im Fox , Ray Cost ict , M i ke Hawk i ns , R ichard B ishop and Tony McGee a l l had one sack apiece as Colt Q B G reg Landry was dropped 5 t imes for 56 yds .

Ba l t imore Patr iots

7 0 7 7 - 21 6 27 10 7 - 50

NE - Morgan 25 pass from G rogan (k ick b locked)

B - McCauley 1 run ( M ike Mayer k ick )

N E - Cal h o u n 1 run (Sm ith k ick ) N E - Jackson 5 pass from G rogan

(Smith k ick ) N E - Sanford 8 b locked pun t return

(Smi th k ick ) N E - S m ith FG 24 N E - Smith FG 29 N E - Morgan 80 pun t retu rn

(Sm i thk ick ) N E - Smi th FG 42 B - G lasgow 75 pun t retu rn

M ike Mayer k ick ) N E - Clark 15 run (Smi th k ick) B - Doughty 10 pass f rom Landry

( M i ke Mayer k ick )

Fi rst Downs Rushes-Yards

B

24 24-89

Pass ing Yards 1 74 Total Yards 263 Had Q B Sacked 5-56 Passes 37-26-0 Punts 5-27 . 2 Fumb les / Lost 5-3 Penalt ies 7-84 A - 61 ,297 paid , 60,879 actual

I N D I V I D U AL LEADERS R U S H I NG - Bal t imore : Wash i ngton 1 4-68, Hardeman 4- 1 3 , Landry 1 -9 .

NE

22 42-248

1 69 4 1 7 1 -4

2 0 - 1 4 - 0 2-39 .5

1 - 1 9-94

Patr iots: Ivory 1 2- 1 1 6 , Clark 9-65, C u n n i ngham 4-2 1 , G rogan 3- 1 9 . PASSING - Bal t imore : Landry 37-26-0, 230 yards , 1 TD .

Patr iots : G rogan 1 3-8-0 , 1 33 yards , 2 TDs, Owen 7-6-0, 40 yards . RECEIV ING - Balt imore : McCau ley 1 0-80, Wash i ngton 6 -62 , Hardeman 4-22 .

Patr iots : Jackson 3-50-1 TD , Francis 2-48, Morgan 1 -25 , Hassel beck 2-1 6 .

Buffalo 1 6, Patriots 1 3 ( OT) Foxboro, Nov . 2 5 - U nd e r u nseasonably warm sk ies ( k ickoff temperature o f 70 degrees) , the Patriots hosted the B i l l s j u st th ree short weeks after beat ing them 26-6 at Orchard Park . Before a se l lout crowd , the s ix th of the season at Schaefer, both tea m s traded second q uarter f ie ld goals for a 3-3 halft ime t ie. Buffalo moved to a 6-3 l ead on another N i c k M ike-Mayer f ie ld goal i n the th i rd stanza, but Steve G rogan capped a 66 yard , 1 1 p lay Patr iot drive with a 1 yd. scoring run to enable the Patr iots to go ahead 1 0-6 . The Patr iots then extended their lead to 1 3-6 on a 32 yd. FG by John Smith and seem ing l y na i led their 8th win of the season with j u st 2:25 re­m a i n i n g . The B i l l s thought d i f fere n t l y , however , and beh ind the arm of Joe Ferg u s o n , passed their way to a 64 yard , 6 p lay scor ing dr ive as Ferguson h i t Lou Piccone for 1 1 yds. and six points wi th 0 : 1 8 on the clock. M i ke-Mayer added the PAT to tie the score and send the Patriots i nto the i r second overt ime game of the year . The Patr iots won the f l i p and unab le to move the bal l , pu nted to Buffalo . The B i l l s d rive a lso stal led , and they pun ted back to the hos t c l ub . Mov i ng f rom the i r own 20 , the Patr iots advanced to the -B i l l s 32 and o n fou rth and two , Grogan rol led r i gh t and th rew to Ca lhoun , but B i l l s rookie L B J i m Has lett s to le the aerial at the B i l l s 3 1 and returned i t to h i s 42 . F e r g u s o n then h i t roo k i e sensat ion J e rry But le r for 5 1 yds . over the t i p of Rick Sanford ' s hands to set the bal l at the Patriots 12. Taking no chances, B i l ls Coach Chuck K nox e lected to try a FG o n f i rst down and M i ke Mayer sealed the B i l l s v ictory w i th a 29 FG at 9 : 1 5 i nto OT. A dejected Ron Erhardt summed u p the Patr iots f ru strat ion for the e l u sive e i g hth v ictory, "we had o u r chances to score, but j u st d i d n ' t . " Steve Ne l son had an outstand ing afternoon with 13 tackles and 4 ass ists wh i le Ray Clayborn batted down th ree passes and R ick Sanford and Doug Beaudoin each snagged an i n tercept ion .

90

Buffalo 0 3 3 7 0 - 1 6 B Patr iots 0 3 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 F i rst Downs 1 8 N E - Smi th F G 47 Rushes-Yards 33-80 B - M i ke-Mayer FG 29 Pass ing Yards 201 B - M i ke-Mayer FG 26 Total Yards 281 NE - G rogan 1 run (Smi th k ick ) Had Q B Sacked 3-34 NE - Smi th FG 32 Passes 33-1 7-2 B - Piccone 1 1 pass from Ferg u so n Pu nts 8-42 .9

( M i ke-Mayer k i ck ) Fumb les / Lost 2-0 B - M i ke-Mayer FG 29 Penalt ies / Yards 6-65

A - 61 ,297 pa id , 60 ,991 actua l

I N D IV I DUAL LEADERS R U S H I N G - Buffa lo : Brown 1 5-42 , M i l l er 1 1 - 1 8 , Hooks 6-1 4 .

Patr iots : Ivory 23-83 , Cal houn 20-83, Grogan 5-1 1 1 TD . PASS ING - B uffa lo : Fe rguson 33-1 7-2, 235 yds . , 1 TD

Patr iots : G rogan 25-9-4 , 1 60 yds . , 0 TD. RECE IV ING - Buffa lo : P iccone 5-57-1 TD , But ler 4-95 , Gant 2-41

Patriots : Jackson 4-87, Franc is 2-27 , Westbrook 1 -27 .

Miami 39, Patriots 24

N E 21

49-1 73 1 36 309

3-24 25-9-4 5-37 . 4

1 -0 3-1 5

M iam i , Nov . 29 - In the f irst Thu rsday N i g h t game ever for both c l u bs , d iv is ion rivals New England and M iam i squared off before a sellout c rowd for the AFC East cham­p ionsh ip . Before the Patr iots could cross the goal l i ne , the Dolph i n s su rged to a 1 0-0 lead, bu t the Patr iots responded with a 1 7 po int second q uarter to take a 1 7- 1 3 lead to the locker room at the half . Do lph i n s Q B Don Strock was l im i ted to j ust 62 passing yds . (3 of 12) i n the f i rst ha l f and was replaced i n the second half by Bob Griese. The veteran s i gna l cal ler responded by d i rect ing the Do lph ins to scores o n both of their possess ion i n the t h i rd q uarter, and coupled wi th a safety after Dwight Wheeler snapped the bal l ou t of the end zone on a pun t attempt , the Dolphins j umped to a 29-1 7 lead . I n the f ina l stanza, M iam i widened i ts lead to 39- 1 7 on a Ewe van Schamann 27 yd. FG and Larry Csonka 's t h i rd TD run of the n igh t . On the f ina l play of the game, G rogan h i t Carlos Pennywel l wi th a 13 yd . TD str ike, Pennywel l ' s only TD recept ion of the year. G rogan had an impressive 327 yard pass ing performance, h is fourth game of the year over the 300 yd . mark. Russ F ranc is was lost for the season i n the th i rd q u a rter , suffer i n g a concuss ion i n the th i rd q u a rter whi le div ing for a G rogan pass at the Do lph in 3. Steve Ne lson made 8 tack les wh i le Sam H u nt was run­nerupwith 6 h i ts . Ray Clayborn and Prent ice McCray added i n tercept ions and Ray Hami l ton a Q B sack to the Patr iots defensive cause. The loss was the Patr iots se­cond stra ight and d ropped them to second place with a 8-6 record behind the Dolph i n s who took over so le possession as AFC East k i ngp i n wi th a 9-5 mark.

Patr iots M i a m i

0 17 0 7 - 24 3 10 16 10 - 39

Mia - van Schamann FG 31 M ia - Csonka 1 Run ( U we van SchamannK ick )

k i ck ) N E - Jackson 1 6 pass f rom G rogan .

(Smi th k ick ) N E - M organ 38 pass f rom G rogan

(Smith k ick) M i a - Safety , Wheeler snapped bal l over p u nters head a n d in to endzone Mia - Csonka 1 run (von Schamann kick) Mia - van Schamann FG 27 M ia - Csonka 1 run (von Schamann k ick) NE - Pennywel l 1 3 pass from Grogan

(Smith kick)

F i rst Downs

NE

21

Rushes-Yards 25-93 Pass ing Yards 327 Total Yards 420 Had Q B Sacked 4-23 Passes 39-2 1 -2 Pu nts 3-35 .3 Fumb le s / Lost 3-3 Penalt ies / Yd s . 8-80 A - 75,037 paid , 69, 1 74 actual

I N D IV I DUAL LEAD E RS R U S H I N G - Patr iots: Ivory 1 1 -45 , Cal houn 1 2-34, 2-1 4 .

M i a m i : Csonka 22-88-3 , T D s , D . W i l l iams 9-36 , G . Davis 8-26. PASS ING - Patriots : G rogan 39-21 -2 , 350 yds. , 3 TDs

M iam i : G riese 1 0-8-0, 101 yds . , 1 TD, Strock 1 2-3-2, 62 yds. , 1 TD. RECEIV ING - Patr iots : Morgan 5-1 24 1 TD , Jackson 5-1 05 1 TD , Ivory 57.

M iam i : Cefalo 2-53 , Moore 2-48 1 TD , Nathan 2-30, Hardy 1 -20.

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MIA

22

4 1 - 1 70 1 52 322

1 - 1 1 22-1 1 -2

4-48 .0 1 -0

7-45

Entering the 1980 season, the Patriots have not allow­ed an opposing rusher to gain over 100 yards in 24 con­secutive regular season games?

91

New York Jets 27, Patriots 26

New York , Dec. 9 - Fol low i ng a n ine day break after the Thu rsday n ight loss to M iam i , the Patriots traveled to Shea Stad i u m for a rematch w i th the Jets. The Jets entered the g a m e with a 6-8 record and were seek ing reven g e for a 56-3 lambast i n g by the Patr iots at Schaefer o n September 9th . What resu l ted was a see-saw contest that found the Jets scor ing f i rs t o n a R i chard Todd to Derr ick Gaffney pass for 1 3 yds . late in the f i rst quarter. The Jets nosed the i r way to a 1 7-1 2 half t ime lead, but the Patr iots emerged from the locker room for the second hal f and scored o n the i r f i rst possess ion of the th i rd stanza, a dr ive started at the Jets 1 9 fo l low i ng a 35 yd . pun t retu rn by Stanely Morgan . Sam C u n n i ngham dove over f rom the one to put the Patriots o n top 1 9- 1 7 , but the Jets rebounded w i th 10 more points to run the i r lead to 27-1 9 . W i th j ust 1 :39 remai n i n g , Steve G rogan found Stanley Morgan open and con­nected w i th the speedster for the i r second scori n g combinat ion of the day, a 39 yd . p lay . The PAT by John Smi th was good, but an ons ide k ick on the ensu ing k ickoff was u n successfu l and the J ets h e ld o n to a narrow 27-26 lead to raise the i r record to 7-8. The loss d ropped the Patriots to 8-7 and coup led w i th M iam i ' s 28-1 0 w i n at Detro i t , Erhard t ' s charges were e l m i nated from any post season act ion . Stan ley Morgan recorded h i s f i f th g a m e of the season i n su rpassi n g the 1 00 yd . rece iv i ng mark w h i le Sam C u n n i n g ham made h i s f i rst re tu rn to ac t ion fo l lowing a three game break to n u rse a n a n k le i n j u r y . C u n n i n g ham i n j u red h i s k n e e late i n the game and was p laced o n the i n j u red reserve l i s t the fo l lowing week . O n defense , Steve Ne lson led a l l tack lers wi th 8 pr imary s tops and 6 assists , wh i le the ent i re defense recorded th ree sacks ol R i chard Todd to raise the i r NFL lead i n g season total to 56 sacks .

Patr iots N ew York

0 1 2 7 7 - 26 7 10 7 3 - 27

NY - Gaffney 1 3 pass from Todd (Jacobs k ick ) N E - Smi th FG 47 NE - Safety, Ramsey ran out of endzone NE - Morgan 48 pass from G rogan

(Sm ith k ick) N Y - N ewton 1 r un (Jacobs k ick) N Y - Jacobs FG 39 NE - C u n n i n g ham 1 run (Smi th k ick ) N Y - Todd 8 run (Jacobs k ick ) N Y - Jacobs FG 25 N E - Morgan 39 pass from G rogan

NE F i rst Downs 1 9 Rushes-Yards 36-1 07 Pass i n g Yards 2 1 3 Total Yards 320 Had QB Sacked 5-34 Passes 35-1 5-0 Punts 8-32 .2 Pu nts 8-32 .2 Fumb les 4- 1 Penalt ies I Yds . 6-50

(Sm i th k ick ) A - 60 , 372 pa id , 45 , 1 3 1 actual

IND IV IDUAL LEADERS R U S H I N G : Patr iots : Ivory 1 7-54 , C u n n i ngham 1 4-29- 1 TD, Grogan 3-1 1

N Y Jets : D ierk ing 1 9-93, Ga ines 1 5-44, Todd 2-6-1 TD. PASS I N G : Patriots : Grogan : 35- 1 5-0 , 247 yds . , 2 TDs

N Y Jets: Todd : 27-1 0-0 , 1 48 yds . , 1 TD. RECEIV I N G : Patrio ts : Morgan 6- 1 29-2 , Jackson 3-48, Westbrook 2-29

NY Jets : D ierk ing 2-43, Jones 2-38, Harper 2-22 , Gaffney 2-2 1 .

Patriots 27, Minnesota 23

NYJ 20

4 1 -1 54 1 27 281

3-2 1 27-1 0-0

8-42.0 8-42.0

1 -0 6-60

Foxboro, Dec . 1 6 - Hav ing been e l im i nated from any p layoff competit ion , the Patr iots set out aga inst the V i k i n g s to win and i n s u re a fourth stra ight season above the .500 mark . Fo l low i ng a 24 yd . R i ck Danmeier FG at 1 1 : 4 1 of the th i rd quarter, the V i k i ngs s u rged to a 1 6-7 lead . The Patr iots fought from beh ind w i th 20 fourth quarter po in ts and held off a last m i nute aerial attack by Tommy Kramer to seal a 27-23 vic­tory . Kramer set a Schaefer Stad i u m and V i k i ngs club record for attempts (6 1 ) , com­p let ion s ( 35 ) and most f i rst down s by pass ing ( 1 8) . Harold Jackson recorded the 24th 1 00 yd . rece iv ing game of his career and su rpassed the 1 ,000 yd . season rec e i v i n g mark for the t h i rd t ime i n his 12 year NFL career . Jackson became the f i rst Patriols ever to cross the 1 ,000 yard mark and was jo ined by Stan ley Morgan as the t h i rd year pro from T e n n essee also transcended the 1 ,000 yd . season rece iv ing mark . C B Ray C layborn led a l l tack lers w i th 10 stops and added one i n tercept ion .

M i nnesota 6 7 3 7 - 23 Patriots 7 0 0 20 - 27 M i n n - Brown 1 run ( Da n m e i e r k i c k ) N E - Ivory 5 pass f rom G rogan

(Smi th k ick) M i n n - R . M i l le r 1 run

(Danmeier k ick) M i n n - Danmeier 24 FG NE - Calhoun 1 run (Smith k ick) NE - Jackson 40 pass from G rogan

(Smi th k ick) N E - Smi th FG 42 M I N N - Young 1 3 pass from Kramer

(Danmeier k ick ) N E - S m ith FG 30

MINN

F i rst Down s 30 Rushes-Yard 29-1 54 Passi n g Yards 299 Total Yards 453 Had Q B Sacked 1 -9 Passes 6 1 -35- 1 Punts 5-38 .2 Fumbles I Lost 0-0 Penalt ies I Yards 4-52 A - 57 , 985 pa id , 54 ,7 1 9 actual

I N D IV I DUAL LEADERS

RU S H I N G : - M i nnesota : Young 1 6-80 , Brown 6-20 , Kramer 4-50 N ew Eng land : Calhoun 1 0-37 , Ivory 1 0- 1 2 , G rogan 4-20 .

PASSIN G : - M i n n esota: K ramer 6 1 -35- 1 , 308 yds . , 1 TO N ew Eng land : G rogan 26-1 2-1 , 204 yds . , 2 TDs

RECE IV I N G : - M i n nesota: Young 1 5-1 1 6-1 , Rashad 8-68, Brown 4-35

92 N ew Eng land : Jackson 5-1 47-1 , Morgan 3-29 , Calhoun 2-1 6.

NE

1 4 24-69

222 291 1 -6

27-1 3-1 7-36 . 1

H J 1 -1 0

1 979 STATIST ICAL

H IGH L IGHTS

• Pat r iots estab l i shed themselves a s a b ig p lay team via t h e pass . sett ing a c l u b reco rd for net passing ya rds in a season (321 8) and by lead ing the NF I i n TD recept ions (30 ) and most ave rage ya rds per completion ( 1 5 .9 ) . They also spo rted the NFL ' s top two ranked receivers in te rms of ya rds pe r catch ave rage : STAN LEY MORGAN (22.8) and HAROLD JACKSON (22 .5 ) . ' Ranked as the th i rd best team de fense in the NFL , the Patr iots extended a streak to 24 consecu tive games in wh ich they have not al lowed and opposi ng rushe r to c ross the centu ry mark in a s ing le game. Along with the Jets, they we re one of on ly two teams to lay c la im to that hono r du r ing the 16 games 1 979 NFL s late . 'The Patr iots de fense was tops in the NFL in sacks (57) and ya rds a l lowed per ca rry (3 .4 ) ' STEVE G ROGAN shared hono rs with Br ian S ipe of Cleveland for most TD passes in the NFL (28) . but was tops in the league in TD percentage (6.6) , hav­ing made 423 attem pts as compa red to S ipe 's 535 attempts. G ROGAN ranked 30th in AFC rush ing rat ings (62 - 368 - 5.8 avg . ) , for top hono rs among a l l QB's in the NFL. He outd istanced Seattle ' s J im Zorn (46-279) and A rch ie Mann ing of New Or leans (35-1 86) for that honor . ' STA N LEY MORGAN ( 1 001 ) and HAROLD JACKSON ( 1 01 3) became the f i rst Pat r iots eve r to reco rd 1 ,000 ya rd receiv ing seasons. MORGAN made his f i rst P ro Bowl appea rance eve r and led the NFL in TD receptions ( 1 2) . JACKSON , a 1 2 yea r vet, had the th i rd 1 , 000 ya rd receiv ing season of his career and ran h is caree r tota l for 1 00 ya rd p lus receiv ing games to 24 . ' SAM C U N N I N G H A M toi led with seve ral in ju r ies d u r ing the year but narrowly edged HORACE IVORY for team rush ing hono rs. CUNN INGHAM ( 1 59-563) topped IVORY ( 1 43-522) by 41 yards and moved c lose r beh ind Patr iots a l l t ime rush ing leade r J i m Nance ( 1 323-5323) as he moved h is seven year career tota ls to 1 290-51 63. ' JO H N S M ITH su rp r ised eve ryone by retu rn ing from a severe leg in ju ry i n 1 978 to l ead the NFL in sco r ing with 1 1 5 po in ts . I n the process. he broke the c l ub reco rd of 1 1 1 points for most points by k ick ing i n a season , a record in 1 964 by Smith ' s k ick ing coach , G i no Cappel l ett i . ' RAY CLAYBORN snapped t he th ree year streak of M I K E HAYNES for leade r­sh ip on the Patr iots inte rcept ion l is t . CLAYBORN f i n i shed with f ive inte rcep­t ions and 1 5 pass de f lect ions whi le HAYNES had th ree inte rceptions and e ight pass def lect ions . • STEVE N E LSON was the runaway winne r i n the tack le depa rtment , amass­ing 1 34½ stops. TIM FOX was in second and the top secondary tack ler with 70½ whi le RAY HAM IL TON was th i rd at 68½ and was the top tack le r along the defensive l ine for the f i fth straight yea r . • ALLAN CLARK f i n ished sixth in the AFC in kickoff retu rns with a 22.3 avg . (37-81 6 ) . " TONY MCG EE matched h is '78 p roduct ion of 1 1 ½ sacks, runn i ng h is career total to 78½ . App ropr iately enough h is je rsey number is 78. ' B I LL LENKA ITIS sta rted al l 16 games in '79, as he extended h is games p layed as a Patr iot total to 1 25, tops among active Patr iots. HAROLD JACKSON has now p layed in 1 60 games for th ree c l ubs after start ing a l l 32 games for the Patr iots over the last two seasons. T IM FOX has started 59 straight games s ince m iss ing the opene r of h is rookie year with an in ju ry . M I K E HAYNES had a consecut ive game start ing streak of 58 snapped in game #15 vs. the Jets when a r ib i n j u ry forced h im from the start ing l i neup . STEVE G ROGAN has now started 65 consecutive regu lar season games as wel l as two p layoff games. ' R ICK SANFORD became the f i rst Patr iot s ince Roland Moss to retu rn a b locked pun t for a TD when he d id so wi th a b locked Bucky Di l ts pu nt on 1 1 - 18 vs. Ba l t imore . Roland Moss was the l as t Patr iot do to so when he h i t payd i rt on a 1 0 ya rd b locked pun t retu rn against Bu ffalo on 1 1 - 1 4-71 . 'The Patr iots had a f i ne 6-2 record in the regu lar season at Schaefe r , losing on ly two games on home tu rf i n '79. Both losses (to Pittsbu rgh and Buffalo) came by ident ical ove rt ime scores of 1 6- 1 3 .

1 979-80 TRADES

August 1 5 , 1 979 - Offens ive tack le Leon G ray t raded t o Houston for Oi lers f i rst and s ixth round d raft select ion in 1 980 p l us cash . February 7. 1 980 - Patr iots trade the i r own s i x th round d raft choice i n 1 980 to Cleveland for DE M i ke St. C la i r and the i r tenth round p ick in 1 981 for DE E rnest P r ice . Apr i l 1 7 , 1 980 - Patr iots t rade und isc losed d raft choice to M i nnesota for R B C h u c k Foreman .

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RECORDS SET OR EQUALLED I N 1 979 ( Old record in parenthes i s )

I N D I V I DUAL M ost Pts . by K ick i ng , Season , 1 1 5 , John Sm i th ( 1 1 1 , G i no Cappel lett i , 1 964) M ost TDs , Rece iv i ng , Gam e , (T IED) , 3 , Harold Jackson vs . Jets 9-9 (ac­com pl ished many t i mes) Most TDs , Rece iv i ng , Season , 1 2 , Stan ley Morgan ( 1 0 , J i m Colcough , 1 962 ) Most TDs , Season , 1 3 , (T IED) , Stan ley Morgan ( 1 2 r , 1 pr) (Steve G rogan , 1 976 ) M ost TD Passes , Gam e , (T IED) , 5 , Steve G rogan vs . J ets 9-9 ( Babe Par i l l i tw ice) Most P u n t Returns for TD , Gam e , (T IED) 1 , Stan ley Morgan vs . Ba i t . 1 1 - 1 8 ( 1 , M i ke Haynes , vs Buf f . 1 1 -7-76 , vs . Denver 1 1 -28-76 ) Most PATS , Attem pted , Game , (T IED) 8 , Joh n Sm i th 9-9 VS . J ets (8 VS . J ets 1 0-29-78 , Dav id Posey) Most PA Ts , Made , Gam e , 8 , Joh n Sm i th vs . Jets 9-9 (7 , Dave Posey vs . J ets 1 0-29-78) M ost Yards Rece iv i ng , Season , 1 0 1 3 , Harold Jackson and 1 002 , Stan ley M organ (872 , Rand y Vataha , 1 97 1 ) H ig hest Average Ga i n (35 M i n . ) , Season , Morgan 22 . 8 and Jackson 22 . 5 (2 1 . 7 , J i m Co lcoug h , 1 962 )

TEAM Offense Most Pts . , Gam e , 56 vs . J ets 9-9 (55 , vs . Jets 1 0-29-78) M ost Pts . , Quarter , 27 (2nd ) vs. Ba i t . 1 1 - 1 8 (24 , vs. G i n n 1 2-1 -68 and vs . Den . 1 1 -28-76 ) Most TDs , Gam e , (T IED) , 8 vs . J ets 9-9 (8 vs . Jets 1 0-29-78) Most F i rst Down s , Passin g , Season , 1 59 ( 1 44 , 1 964) M ost Net Yards , Gam e , 597 vs . Jets 9-9 (529 vs . Jets 1 0-29-78) M ost Pass Com p let io n s , Season , 237 (229 , 1 964) Most Net Pass i ng Yards , Season , 32 1 8 (3 1 66, 1 964) Most TD Passes , G am e , 6 vs . Jets 9-9 (5 , many t i mes) Con secut ive Gam es Scor i ng , 73 , 9-28-75 thru 1 2- 1 6-79 ( l ast shutout was by H o u ston , 7-0 on 9-2 1 -75)

Defense Fewest F i rst Down s A l l owed , Gam e , 5 vs Ch icago , 1 0- 1 4 (6 vs . Seatt le 1 0-9-77) M ost F i rst Down s A l lowed , Gam e , 30 by M i n n . 1 2- 1 6 (29 by M iam i 1 2- 1 2-72 ) M ost Pass i ng F i rst Down s A l l owed , Game , (T IED) , 1 7 by M i n n . 1 2- 1 6 ( 1 7 by H o u ston 1 0- 1 3-6 1 and by M i n n . 1 2- 1 3-70) Fewest F i rst Down s A l lowed by Penalty , Gam e , 0 , accom pl ished f ive t i mes (vs G B , Del , Ch icago , Buffalo and M i n n . ) M ost Pass Attem pts A l l owed , Game , 6 1 , M i n n . 1 2 - 1 6 (Tom my Kram er ) ( 56 by Den . , 9-2 1 -62 and NY Jets , 1 0-2-66 )

1 979 AWARDS PETE BROCK - 1 776 Fan C l u b U n su ng He ro ALLAN CLARK - 1 776 Fan C l u b Rook ie of the Year RAY CLAYBORN - PRO FOOTBALL WEE K L .' P :ayer of the Week STEVE G ROGA N - N EA Th i rd Down Award , 1 776 Fan C l u b MVP , PRO

FOOTBALL W E E K LY Player of the Week (9 / 9) J O H N H A N N A H - Pro Bowl ( starte r ) , Budweiser Offens ive L i neman of

the Year , N EA a l l- N F L , AP a l l -NFL , A P al l -AFC , UPI a l l -NFL , UPI a l l ­AFC Pro F B W r i ters a l l -N FL , S PORTING N EWS al l -AFC, FOOTBALL D IG EST Offen s ive L i neman of the Year , Forrest G regg N F L Offen­s ive L in eman of the Year .

M I K E H A Y N ES - Pro Bowl ( starter) , AP a l l-N F L (2nd team ) , U PI a l l -N F L , U P I a l l -A FC , SPORTING N EWS a l l -AFC, PRO FOOTBALL WEEKLY a l l -AFC .

STA N LEY MORGAN - P ro Bowl STEVE N E LSON - UPI a l l -AFC (2 nd team ) R ICK SANFORD - P RO FOOTBALL W E E K LY A l l Rook ie Team

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1 979

BEST I ND IV IDUAL S INGLE-GAME PERFORMANCES

Ya rds Rush i ng 1 1 6 Horace Ivory vs. Ba l t imore ( 1 1 / 1 8 / 79) Rush i ng Attempts 23 Horace Ivory vs. Buffa lo ( 1 1 / 2 5 / 79) TDs Rush i ng 1 Many T imes

Yards Pass ing 350 Twice - Steve G rogan vs. Buffa lo ( 1 1 / 4) (35-1 9-1 , 3 TD) and vs. M iam i ( 1 1 / 29) (39-2 1 -2 1 n t . , 3 TD)

Pass ing Attempts 39 Steve Grogan vs. M iam i ( 1 1 / 29 / 79) Passes Comp leted 21 Twice - Steve G rogan vs . Chicago ( 1 0 / 1 4)

and vs . M iam i ( 1 1 / 29) TDs Pass ing 5 Steve G rogan vs. N . Y . Jets (9 / 9 / 79)

Yards Receiv ing 1 58 Stan ley Morgan vs. Buffa lo ( 1 1 / 4 / 79) Recept ions 6 Twice : Horace Ivory vs . M iam i ( 1 1 / 29)

Stan ley Morgan vs. Jets ( 1 2 / 9) TDs Receiv i ng 3 Harold Jackson vs . Jets (9 / 9) t ied c lub record .

I n tercept ions 2 M ike Hawkins vs . M iam i ( 1 0 / 2 1 ) 1 TD . F ie ld Goa l s 3 John Smith V S . Ba l t imore ( 1 1 / 1 8) 3 of 3

(24-29-42)

Longest Punt 58 Edd i e Hare vs . P i t tsburgh (9-3)

BEST TEAM S INGLE-GAME PERFORMANCES

Yards Rush i ng Rush i ng Attempts TDs Rush i ng

Yards Pass ing Pass ing Attempts Passes Comp leted TDs Pass i ng

248 vs. Ba l t imore ( 1 1 / 1 8 / 79) 49 vs. Buffa l o ( 1 1 / 2 5 / 79)

2 5 t imes : vs . Jets (9 / 9) , vs . San Diego ( 9 / 23) , Ba l t imore ( 1 1 / 1 8)

375 vs. NY Jets (9 / 9 / 79) 39 vs. M iam i ( 1 1 / 29 / 79) 21 Twice vs. Ch icago ( 1 0 / 1 4) , vs. M iam i ( 1 1 / 29) . 6 G rogan vs . NY Jets . Owen vs . NY Jets .

F I NAL NFL STAND INGS - 1 979

AFC NFC Eastern Divis ion Eastern Division

w L T Pct. Pts. Opp w L T Pct. Pts. Opp ' M iami 10 6 0 . 625 341 257 ' Dal las 1 1 5 0 .688 371 3 13 N . England 9 7 0 563 41 1 326 #Phi la . 1 1 5 0 .688 339 282 N . Y . Jels 8 8 0 .500 337 383 Wash . 1 0 6 0 .625 348 295 Buffalo 7 9 0 .438 268 279 N .Y . G iants 6 1 0 0 .375 237 323 Balt imore 5 1 1 0 . 3 1 3 271 351 St. Louis 5 1 1 0 . 3 1 3 307 358

Central Div is ion Central Division #Pittsburgh 12 4 .750 4 1 6 262 #Tampa Bay 1 0 6 0 .625 273 237 · Houston 1 1 5 .688 362 331 'Ch icago 1 0 6 0 .625 306 249 C leveland 9 7 563 359 352 Min nesota 7 9 0 .438 259 337 Cinc innati 4 1 2 .250 337 421 G reen Bay 5 1 1 0 . 3 13 246 3 16

Detroit 2 12 0 . 1 25 219 365

Western Divis ion Western Division

#San Diego 12 4 0 750 4 1 1 246 #Los Angeles9 7 0 .563 323 309

' Denver 1 0 6 0 625 289 262 N .Orleans 8 8 0 .500 370 360 Seattle 9 7 0 .563 378 372 Atlanta 6 1 0 0 .375 300 388 Oakland 9 0 .563 365 337 San Fran . 2 12 0 . 1 25 308 4 16 Kansas C i t y 7 0 438 238 262

#D ivision Champion • Wild Card for playoffs

PLAYOFF RES U LTS WILD CARD ROU N D

D IV IS ION PLAYOFFS

C H A M PION S H I P G A M ES

S U PER BOWL a t Rose Bowl P R O BOWL at H u l a Bow l

@ H o u ston 1 3 , Denve r ? @Ph i lade l p h i a 27 , Ch icago 1 7 H o uston 1 7 , @ San D iego 1 4 @ P it ts b u rgh 34 , M i am i 1 4 @Tampa Bay 24 , Ph i lade lph i a 1 7 Los Ange les 2 1 , @ Da l l as 1 9 @ P it ts b u rgh 27 , Houston 1 3 Los Ange les 9 , @ Tampa Bay 0 PITTSBU RGH 31 , LOS ANGELES 1 9 N FC 3 7 , A F C 2 7

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A LL-T I M E I N D IV I D U A L RECORDS The fo l l ow ing records relate to serv ice w i th the Pat r iots and ref lect

on l y reg u la r seaso n ac t i v i ty ; post- season p lay-off compet i t ion is ex­c l uded .

SERVICE MOST

Seaso ns- 12 Tom Nev i l l e , 1 965-74 , 76-77 1 1 G i no Cappe l lett i , 1 960-70

J i m H u n t 1 960-70

Games-

Houston An twine , 1 96 1 -7 1 Jon Morr i s , 1 964-74

1 60 Tom Nev i l l e , 1 965-74 , 76-77 1 53 G i no Cappe l le tt i , 1 960-70 1 47 J i m H u n t , 1 960-70

Len St . J ean , 1 964-73

SCORI NG MOST PO INTS

Career- 1 1 30 G i n o Cappe l l ett i , 1 960-70 439 J o h n Sm i th , 1 974-79 276 J i m Nance , 1 965-71

Season- 1 55 Gino Cappe l l ett i , 1 964 (7-td , 38-xp · , 25-fg ) 1 47 G i no Cappe l l ett i , 1 961 (8-td , 48-xp, 25-fg )

' i nc l udes one two-po i n t convers ion Game- 28 Gino Cappe l l ett i , vs . Hou . , Dec. 1 8 , 1 965

(2-td , 4-xp , 4-fg ) 24 G i n o Cappe l l e tt i , vs . Bu ff . , Nov . 1 5 , 1 964

(3-td , 6-x p · ) • i n c l udes o n e two-po in t convers ion

Mos t Season s Lead ing Leag ue-5 G i n o Cappe l l ett i , 1 96 1 , 63-66

TOUCH DOWNS MOST

Career- 46 J i m Nance , 1 965-7 1 (45-r , 1 -p) 45 Sam C u n n i n g ham (39r , 6p)

Season-

Game-

42 Gino Cappe l l ett i , 1 960-70 (42-p) Larry Garro n , 1 960-68 ( 1 5r , 26-p, 1 rt )

1 3 Stan Morgan ( 1 2p , 1 Rel) 13 Steve G rogan , 1 976 ( 1 2-r , 1 -f ) 12 Mack Herro n , 1 974 (7-r , 5-p) 3 B i l l y Lott , VS. Bu ff . , Oct . 22 , 1 961 (3-p)

B i l l y Lott , vs . Oak . , Dec. 9 , 1 96 1 (2-r, 1 -p) Larry Garro n , vs. Oak . , Oc t . 1 6 , 1 964 ( 1 -r , 2-p) G i n o Cappe l lett i , vs . Bu ff . , Nov. 1 5 , 1 964 (3-p) Larry Garro n , vs . S . D . , Oc t . 23 , 1 966 ( 1 -r ,2-p) J im Wha len , vs . M ia m i , Oc t . 1 5 , 1 967 (3-p) Sam C u n n i n g ham at Buffa lo , Oc t . 20, 1 974 (3-r) Mack He rron vs . Bu ffa lo , Nov. 3 , 1 974 ( 1 -r , 2-p) Sam C u n n i n g ham at Buffa lo , Nov. 23 , 1 975

(2-r, 1 -p) Haro ld Jackson vs J ets Sept . 9 , 1 979 (3-p)

PO I NTS AFTER TOUCHDOWN ( K I CKS > MOST ATTEMPTS

Career- 353 G i no Cappe l l e tt i , 1 960-70 2 1 1 John Sm i th , 1 974-79

Season- 50 G i no Cappe l l ett i , 1 961 49 J o h n Sm i th , 1 976 and 1 979

Game- 8 Dav id Posey, vs . N .Y . Jets , Oc t . 29, 1 978 8 John Sm i th vs . N . Y . J e ts , Sept . 9, 1 979 7 G i no Cappe l lett i , vs. Buff . , Oct . 22, 1 961

John Sm i th , vs . Oak land , Oc t . 3 , 1 976 MOST MADE

Career- 342 G i n o Cappe l le tt i , 1 960-70

Season­

Game-

202 J o h n Sm i th , 1 974-79

48 G i n o Cappe l le tt i , 1 961 46 John Sm i th , 1 979

8 John Sm i th , vs. N .Y . J ets , Sept . 9 , 1 979 7 David Posey, vs . N . Y . Je ts , Oc t . 29, 1 978 7 G i no Cappe l l ett i , vs . Bu ff . , Oct . 22 , 1 961

F IELD GOALS MOST ATTEM PTS

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Career- 333 G i n o Cappe l le tt i , 1 960-70 1 1 9 John Sm i th , 1 974-79

Season- 39 G i n o Cappe l lett i , 1 964 38 G i n o Cappe l l e tt i , 1 963 33 John Sm i th , 1 979

Game- 7 Gino Cappe l let t i , vs . S . D . , Sept . 20, 1 964 G i no Cappel lett i , vs. Bu ff . , Sept . 24, 1 967 G i n o Cappe l l ett i , vs. G in . , Nov. 1 6 , 1 969

Most Season s Lead ing Leag ue-

MOST MADE Career-

Season­

Game-

3 G i no Cappel lett i , 1 96 1 , 63-64

1 76 G i n o Cappel lett i , 1 960-70 79 J o h n Sm i th , 1 974-79 25 G i n o Cappe l le tt i , 1 964 23 John Sm i t h , 1 979

6 G i n o Cappe l lett i , vs. Den . , Oct. 4, 1 964 4 Accomp l ished 9 t imes , Last: John Smi th at San

D iego , Nov. 9 , 1 975 Game ( N o M i sses)-

6 Gino Cappe l le tt i , vs . Den . , Oct . 4 , 1 964 Longest Made- 53 G i n o Cappel lett i , vs. N . Y . Jets , Nov . 28, 1 965

51 G i no Cappe l l ett i , vs . Denver, Nov. 20, 1 964 Char l ie Gogolak , vs. M i am i , Oct. 1 7 , 1 971

M I SCELLANEOUS SCORING M I S S E D F G RETURN F O R T D

91 Ron B u rton , vs . Den . , Nov. 1 1 , 1 962 BLOCKED FG RETURN FOR TD-

45 Larry Carwe l l , vs . C i nc i . , Sept . 1 7 , 1 97 1 BLOCKED PUNT FOR TD-

8 R ick Sanford , vs . Ba i t . Nov . 1 8 , 1 979 O Leroy M oo re vs. Oak land , Nov . 1 7 , 1 961

20 Don Webb vs . San D iego , Dec. 1 7 , 1 961 SAFETY- Accomp l i shed 16 t imes, Last: Team vs . N . Y .

Jets , Dec . 9 , 1 979, T im Fox v s . Bu ff . , Dec. 1 0 , 1 978 ( NOTE: See fumb le sect ion for scor ing on fum bles)

RUSH I N G MOST ATTEMPTS

Career- 1 323 J i m Nance, 1 965-7 1 1 290 Sam C u n n i n g ham , 1 973-79

763 Larry Garron , 1 960-68 Season- 299 J im Nance , 1 966

270 Sam C u n n i n g ham , 1 977 269 J im Nance , 1 967

Game- 38 J im Nance , vs . Oak . , Oct . 30, 1 966 (208 yards) 34 J im Nance , vs . Buff . , Sept . 24 , 1 967 ( 1 85 yards)

Seasons Lead i ng League-3 J im Nance , 1 966-67, 69

MOST YARDAGE Career- 5323 J i m Nance , 1 965-7 1

5 1 63 Sam C u n n i ngham , 1 973-79 2981 Larry Garro n , 1 960-68

Season- 1 458 J im Nance , 1 966 1 2 1 6 J i m Nance , 1 967

Game- 208 J im Nance , vs . Oak . , Oct . 30, 1 966 (38 alt) 1 85 J i m Nance . vs. Bu ff . , Sept. 24 , 1 967 (34 alt)

Season s Lead i ng Leag ue-2 J i m Nance , 1 966-67

LONGEST R U N FROM SCR IM MAGE-85 Larry Garro n , vs . Bu ff . , Oct. 22 , 1 961 ( Id) 80 Carl Garrett , vs . M i am i , Nov . 9 , 1 969 (Id)

HIGHEST AVG. GAIN Career (450 Atts . )-

4 . 1 6 Car l Garrett , 1 969-72 (537-2 ,235) 4 . 02 J i m Nance, 1 965-7 1 ( 1 , 323-5 ,323) 4 . 00 Sam C u n n i n g ha m , 1 973-79 ( 1 , 290-5, 1 63)

Season ( 1 00 Atts)-5 . 59 Don Cal h o u n , 1 976 ( 1 29-72 1 ) 5 .04 Carl Garrett , 1 969 ( 1 37-691 ) 4 . 89 Sam C u n n i ngham , 1 974 ( 1 66-81 1 )

Game ( 1 0 Atts)-1 1 .60 Larry Garro n , vs . Buff . , Oct. 22, 1 961 ( 1 0-1 1 6) 1 1 . 36 Sam C u n n i n g ham, at Buffalo Oct . 20, 1 974

( 1 1 -1 25) MOST TOU CHDOWNS

Career- 45 Jim Nance, 1 965-71 39 Sam C u n n i n g ham , 1 973-79

Season- 12 Steve G rogan , 1 976 1 1 Horace Ivory , 1 978 1 1 J i m Nance , 1 966 9 Sam C u n n i n g ham , 1 974

Game- 3 Sam C u n n i n g ham at Bu ffa lo , Oct. 20, 1 974 2 By many players Last: Horace Ivory at N. Y.

Jets , Nov. 1 9 , 1 978 Seasons Lead i ng Leag u e-

1 J i m Nance , 1 966

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PASSING MOST ATTEMPTS

Career- 241 3

Season-

Game-

1 666 1 503

473 426

50

Vito ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 96 1 -67 Steve G rogan , 1 975-79 J i m P l u n kett , 1 97 1 -75 V i to ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 964 Vi to ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 965

48 MOST COMPLETIONS

V i to ( Babe) Pari l l i , vs . N .Y . Jets , Nov . 1 4 , 1 965 Tom Sherman , vs. K . C . , Nov . 1 7 , 1 968

Career- 1 1 40

Season-

Game-

831 729 228 206 1 93 25

Vi to ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 96 1 -67 Steve G rogan , 1 975-79 J i m P l u n kett , 1 97 1 -75 V i to ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 964 Steve G rogan , 1 979 J i m P l u n kett , 1 973 Ed (Butch ) Song i n , vs . Dal l . Texans ,

Nov . 1 8 , 1 960 Vito ( Babe) Pari l l i , VS. K . C . , Nov. 1 7 , 1 963 Vito ( Babe) Par i l l i , vs. Oak . , Oct. 1 6 , 1 964 Steve G rogan , at Buffa lo , Nov. 23, 1 975

22 Vi to ( Babe) Pari l l i , vs . N . Y . Jets, Nov. 1 4 , 1 965 PASSING EFFICIENCY { Pct)

Career (500 Attem pts)-

Season-

. 4987 Steve G rogan , 1 975-79

. 4850 J i m P lu nkett , 1 97 1 -75 . 553 V i to ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 962 . 525 Vito ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 96 1 . 525 Steve G rogan , 1 977

Game (20 Attempts)-.800 Vito ( Babe) Pari l l i , vs . M i a m i , Oct . 1 5 , 1 967

(20-1 6) . 7 1 4 Ed ( Butch ) Song i n , vs . Dal l . Texans ,

Nov . 1 8 , 1 960 (35-25) M ost Season s Lead i n g League

1 Vi to ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 96 1 MOST YARDAGE

Career- 1 6 , 747 Vito ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 96 1 -67

Season-

Game-

1 2 , 2 1 1 Steve G rogan , 1 975-79 9 ,932 J i m P l u n kett , 1 97 1 -75 3 , 465 Vi to ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 964 3 ,286 Steve G rogan , 1 979

422 Vi to ( Babe) Par i l l i , vs. Oak . , Oct. 1 6 , 1 964 379 Vito ( Babe) Par i l l i , vs. N . Y . Jets , Dec . 1 7 , 1 966

Seasons Lead i ng League-1 Vi to ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 964

Longest Complet ion-88 J im P l u n kett , vs . Bait . , Dec . 19 , 1 97 1

( to Randy Vataha-td) 87 Tom Sherman, vs . N . Y . J ets , Oct . 27 , 1 968

(to J i m Wha len td) MOST TOUCHDOWNS

Career- 1 32 Vi to ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 96 1 -67 89 Steve G roga n , 1 975-79 62 J i m P l u n kett , 1 97 1 -75

Season- 31 Vito ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 964 28 Steve G roga n , 1 979 22 Ed ( B utch ) Son g i n , 1 960

Game- 5 Steve G rogan , vs . N .Y . J ets Sept . 9 , 1 979 5 Vito ( Babe) Par i l l i , vs. Buf f . , Nov . 1 5 , 1 964

Vito ( Babe) Par i l l i , vs. M ia m i , Oct. 1 5 , 1 967 4 Ed ( B utch ) Song i n , vs. Den . , Sept 1 6 , 1 96 1

V i to ( Babe) Par i l l i , vs . Oak . , Oc t . 1 6 , 1 964 J i m P l u n kett , vs. Buff . , Nov. 1 4 , 1 97 1 Steve G rogan vs . N . Y . Jets , Oc t . 29, 1 978

Seasons Lead i ng Leag ue-1 Vito ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 964 1 Steve G rogan , 1 979 ( t ied Brian Sipe of

Cleveland w i th 28) HAD INTERCEPTED

( Fewest)

98

Career (500 Attem pts)-24 Ed ( Butch ) Song i n , 1 960-6 1 44 M y ron ( M i ke) Tal iaferro, 1 968-70

Season- 8 Vito ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 962 (253 att) 9 V i to ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 96 1 ( 1 98 att)

Ed (Bu tch ) Song i n , 1 96 1 (2 1 2 att) Game- 0 Accom pl ished 8 t imes , Last : Steve G rogan vs .

{ Most) Career-

G i n n . , Sept . 1 6 , 1 979 (26 att . ) and vs . M i am i , Oct . 2 1 , 1 979 (24 att . )

1 38 Vito ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 96 1 -67 1 02 Steve G rogan , 1 975-79

87 J i m P l u n kett , 1 97 1 -75

Season- 27 V i to ( Babe) Pa r i l i , 1 964 26 Vito ( Babe) Pa r i l l i , 1 965

Game- 6 V i to ( Babe) Pa r i l l i , vs . Den . , Sept . 3 , 1 967 5 Vi to ( Babe) Par i l l i , vs . N . Y . Jets , Oct . 31 , 1 964

Vito ( Babe) Pa r i l l i , vs . Bu ff . , Sept . 1 1 , 1 965 M y ron ( M ike ) Tal iafe r ro , vs . N .Y . Jets , Oct . 27, 1 968 Steve G rogan , at Balt imore , Dec. 2 1 , 1 975 Steve G rogan , at Detroi t , Oct . 1 0 , 1 976.

Lowest Pe rcentage Season-3 .2 Vi to ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 962 (8-253) 3.8 Ed ( Bu tch) Song i n , 1 960 ( 1 5-392)

Seasons Leading League Fewest- 2 Vito ( Babe) Pa r i l l i , 1 96 1 ( t ied) -62

1 Ed ( Bu tch) Song i n , 1 96 1 ( t ied) M os t- 1 Vito ( Babe) Par i l l i , 1 964 ( t ied)

RECE IV ING MOST RECEPTIONS

Ca ree r- 292 G i n o Cappe l lett i , 1 960-70 283 J i m Colc loug h , 1 960-68

Season- 53 Regg ie R ucke r , 1 973 51 A rt G raham, 1 966

Randy Vataha , 1 97 1 Game- 11 A rt G raham, vs . K . C . , Nov . 20 , 1 966 ( 1 34 ya rds )

1 0 Tony Romeo, vs . K . C . , Nov . 1 7 , 1 963 ( 1 49 ya rds )

YARDAGE Ca ree r- 5,001 J i m Colc loug h , 1 960-68

4 , 589 G i no Cappel let t i , 1 960-70 Season- 1 ,0 1 3 Ha rold Jackson , 1 979

1 , 002 Stan ley M o rgan , 1 979 872 Randy Vataha , 1 97 1 868 J i m Colc loug h , 1 962

Game- 1 70 Stan ley Mo rgan vs . Bai t . , Nov . 26 , 1 978 1 67 A rt G raham, vs . Hou . , Nov . 6 , 1 964 (8)

Longest Recept ion-88 Randy Vataha , vs . Bai t . , Dec. 1 9 , 1 97 1

( from J i m P lu nkett-Id) 87 J i m Wha len , vs . N . Y . Jets , Oct . 27 , 1 968

( from Tom She rman-Id )

AVERAGE GAIN Ca ree r ( 1 50 M i n . )-

1 7 . 7 J i m Colc loug h , 1 960-68 (283-5 , 001 ) 1 7 . 2 Randy Vataha, 1 97 1 -76 ( 1 78-3055)

Season (35 M i n . )-22 .8 Stan ley M o rgan , 1 979 (44-1 ,002) 22 .5 Ha rold Jackso n , 1 979 (45-1 ,0 1 3) 2 1 . 7 J i m Colc loug h , 1 962 (40-868) 20 . 1 Ha rold Jackson , 1 978 (37-743)

Game (4 M i n . )-35 .5 J i m Colc lou g h , vs . N . Y . Jets , Oct . 6, 1 962

(4-1 42)

TOUCHDOWNS Ca ree r-

Season-

Game-

MOST Caree r-

Season-

Game-

35.0 Aaron Ma rsh , vs . N .Y . Jets , Sep t . 22 , 1 968 (4-1 40)

42 G i no Cappe l l ett i , 1 960-70 39 J i m Colc loug h , 1 960-68 1 2 Stan ley M o rgan , 1 979 10 J i m Colc loug h , 1 962 9 J i m Colc loug h , 1 960-6 1

G i no Cappe l l ett i , 1 965 Randy Vataha , 1 97 1

3 B i l ly Lott , vs . Bu ff . , Oc t . 22 , 1 96 1 G i n o Cappe l lett i , vs . Bu f f . , Nov . 1 5 , 1 964 J i m Wha len , vs . M i a . , Oct . 1 5 , 1 967 Ha rold Jackson , vs . Je ts , Sept. 9 , 1 979

I NTERCEPTIONS BY

2 9 R o n H a l l , 1 96 1 -67 24 N i c k Buon icont i , 1 962-68 1 1 Ron Ha l l , 1 964 8 Bob Suc i , 1 !?63

M i ke Haynes , 1 976 3 G i n o Cappe l lett i , vs . Oak . , Oct. 1 6 , 1 960

Ross O' Han ley , vs . Hou . , Nov . 1 8 , 1 962 Ron Ha l l , vs . S . D . , Sept . 20, 1 964 N i c k Buon icont i , vs . Bu l l . , Oct . 20, 1 968 M i ke Haynes at N. Y. Jets , Nov . 2 1 , 1 976

99

YARDAGE Career-

Season­

Game-

476 366 277 1 82 1 1 8

Ron Ha l l , 1 96 1 -67 Don Webb , 1 96 1 -62 ,64-71 Bob S u c i , 1 963 Prent ice M cCray, 1 976 Prent ice M cCray, at N . Y . Jets ,

Nov . 2 1 , 1 976 (2 ) Bob Suc i , vs . Hou . , Nov. 1 , 1 963 (2 ) 1 1 0

Longest Return-98 Bob Suc i , vs . H o u s . , Nov . 1 , 1 963 (TD) 87 Ron Ha l l , vs . Den . , Sept . 1 8 , 1 966

TOUCHDOWNS Career- 2 John Char les , 1 967-69

Bob Suc i , 1 963 Don Webb , 1 96 1 -62 , 64-7 1 Prent ice McCray, 1 976

Season- 2 Don Webb , 1 961 Bob Suc i , 1 963 Prent ice M cCray, 1 976

Game- 2 Prent ice McCray at N . Y . J ets , Nov. 2 1 , 1 976

MOST PU NTS Career- 377

243 Season- 87

86 Game- 1 1

1 0

YARDAGE Career- 1 4 ,553

9 , 5 1 6 Season- 3 , 364

3 , 249 Game- 436

PU NT ING

Tom Yewc ic , 1 961 -67 Tom J a n i k , 1 969-71 Tom J a n i k , 1 97 1 Tom Jan i k , 1 970 J i m Fraser, vs. N . Y . Jets , Oct. 2 , 1 966 Tom G reene , vs . Hou . , Dec . 1 8 , 1 960 Tom Yewc ic , vs. Buff . , Dec . 1 , 1 963 Tom Yewc ic , vs. Buff . , Nov. 1 5 , 1 964 Bob Scarpit to , vs. Oak . , Oct. 6 , 1 968

Tom Yewcic, 1 96 1 -67 Tom J a n i k , 1 969-71 Tom J a n i k , 1 970 Tom J a n i k , 1 97 1 Bob Scarpitto, vs . Oak . , Oc t . 6 , 1 968 ( 1 0) Tom Yewc ic , vs . Bu ff . , Nov . 1 5 , 1 964 ( 1 0) 4 1 7

Longest Pu nt-87 Bob Scarpitto, vs . Den . , Sept . 29, 1 968 70 Tom Yewc ic , vs. N . Y . J ets , Nov. 28, 1 965

HIGHEST AVERAGE YARDAGE Career ( 1 00 P u nts)-

40.0 Terry Swan son , 1 967-68 ( 1 27) 39 .2 Tom Jan i k , 1 969-7 1 (243)

Season (Oua l i f ie rs)-41 . 5 Tom J a n i k , 1 969 40 . 7 Tom Yewc ic , 1 965

Game (4 P u nts)-

MOST

50 .8 Terry Swanson , vs. G in . , Dec. 1 , 1 968 (4) 48.8 Tom Yewc ic , vs. Den . , Sept . 29, 1 963 (4)

P U NT RETURNS

Career- 86 M i ke Haynes , 1 976-78 78 Stan ley Morgan , 1 977-79 74 Mack Her ro n , 1 973-75

Season- 45 M i ke Haynes, 1 976 35 Mack Herro n , 1 974

Game- 6 F red Bruney , vs . Buff . , Sept . 23 , 1 96 1 Ron B u rton , vs . Oak . , Sep t . 1 3 , 1 964 Mack H erron vs. Cleve land , Nov. 1 0 , 1 974

Most Seasons Lead i n g Leag ue-

MOST YARDAGE

1 F red Bruney , 1 961 Ron B u rton , 1 962

Career- 1 , 007 M i ke Haynes , 1 976-79 888 Mack Herro n , 1 973-75

Season- 608 M i ke Haynes, 1 976 51 7 Mack He rron , 1 974

Game- 1 56 M i ke Haynes vs . Bu ff . , Nov . 7 , 1 976 1 33 Stan ley Morgan vs . Bu ffa lo , Nov . 20, 1 977 1 26 B i l l y Johnson , vs . Hou . , Nov . 5 , 1 967

LONGEST PUNT RETU RN 89 M i ke Haynes , vs . Buff . , Nov . 7 , 1 976(TD) 80 Stan ley Morgan , vs . Ba l t imore ,

Nov . 1 8 , 1 979(TD) 66 Mack H erron vs . Ba l t imore , Oct . 6 , 1 974

HIGHEST AVG. YARDAGE Career (20 Returns )-

1 2 .0 Mack Her ro n , 1 973-75 (74-888) 1 1 .9 M i ke Haynes , 1 976-78 (83-99 1 )

Season (Qua l i f i ers)-

1 00

1 4 .8 Mack He rron , 1 974 1 3 .8 Stan ley Morgan , 1 977

Game (3 Returns)-

TOUCHDOWNS Career­Season­Game-

MOST

39.0 M i ke Haynes vs. Bu ff . , Nov. 7 , 1 976 (4) 33.3 Stan ley Morgan vs. Bu ff . Nov. 20, 1 977 (4)

2 M i ke Haynes , 1 976-79 2 M i ke Haynes , 1 976 1 M i ke Haynes , vs. Bu ff . , Nov. 7 , 1 976

M i ke Haynes , vs . Den . , Nov. 28, 1 976 Stan ley Morgan , vs. Ba i t . , Nov . 1 8 , 1 979

K I CKOFF RETU RNS

Career- 92 Carl Garrett, 1 969-72 89 Larry Garro n , 1 960-68

Season- 41 Mack H e rron , 1 973 36 W i l l ie Porter , 1 968

Game- 8 W i l l i e Porter , vs . N . Y . Jets , Sept . 22, 1 968 6 by many p layers .

Last : A l len Carter , at Bal t imore, Dec . 2 1 , 1 975 Most Seasons Lead i n g League-

YARDAGE­Career-

Season-

Game-

LONGEST

1 Raymond Clayborn , 3 1 . 0 (28-869) , 1 977

2 , 299 Larry Garro n , 1 960-68 2 ,25 1 Carl Garrett , 1 969- 1 972 1 , 092 Mark H e rron , 1 973

879 A l len Carter, 1 975 869 Ray Clayborn , 1 977 206 A l len Carter , at Ba l t imore, Dec. 2 1 , 1 975 1 75 Carl Garrett , vs . Bu ff . , Oct . 1 1 , 1 969

1 0 1 Raymond Clayborn , at Bai t . , Dec . 1 8 , 1 977 (TD) 1 00 Raymond Clayborn , at N .Y . Jets , Oct . 2 , 1 977

(TD) 99 A l l en Carte r, at Bait . , Dec . 2 1 , 1 975 (TD) 95 Larry Garro n , vs . Bu ff . , Nov . 3 , 1 962 (TD)

HIGHEST AVG. YARDAGE Career (20 Returns)-

26 .9 Raymond Clayborn , 1 977-79 (57-1 , 538) 27 . 2 A l len Carter, 1 975-76 (33-898) 25 .8 Larry Garro n , 1 960-68, (89-2 ,299)

Season (Qua l i f i e rs)-31 . 0 Raymond Clayborn , 1 977 28 . 5 Larry Garro n , 1 962 28 .4 Jess Ph i l l ips , 1 976

Game (3 Returns)-49.3 Ron B u rton , vs . Dal l . Texans , Nov . 3 , 1 96 1 (3) 46 .0 Mack Herron , vs . S . D . , Dec. 2 , 1 973 (3)

TOUCHDOWNS Career-

Season­Game-

MOST

3 Raymond Clayborn , 1 977 2 Larry Garro n , 1 960-68 1 Ron Bu rton , 1 960-65

Mack Herron , 1 973-75 A l len Carter, 1 975

3 Raymond Clayborn , 1 977 1 Accomp l i shed 8 t imes Last : Raymond

Clayborn , vs . Bai t . , Dec . 1 8 , 1 977 ( 1 01 yards-TD)

FU M B LES

Career- 47 Sam C u n n i n g ha m , 1 973-79 42 V i to (Babe) Pari l l i , 1 96 1 -67 37 Larry Garro n , 1 960-68

Season- 12 Mack Herron , 1 974 Sam C u n n i ng ha m , 1 975 Steve G rogan , 1 979

Game- 4 V i to ( Babe) Pari l l i , vs . Den . , Nov . 6 , 1 966 3 Accom p l i shed 6 t imes , Last Sam Cunn i ng ham

vs . Bu ff . , Oct . 24 . 1 976 . MOST OWN RECOVERIES

Career- 1 9 V i to ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 96 1 -67 1 2 Larry Garro n , 1 960-68

Season- 6 V i to ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 963 5 V i to ( Babe) Pari l l i , 1 964

Game- 2 Accomp l i shed 6 t imes , Last : Andy J oh nson vs Bait . , Sept . , 1 8 , 1 978 .

MOST OPPONENT RECOVERIES Career- 1 5 J i m H u nt , 1 960-70

13 Bob Dee, 1 960-67 13 Raymond Hami l ton , 1 973-79

Season- 5 Bob Dee, 1 961 4 Jack Rudolph, 1 960

Larry E isenhauer, 1 964 John Sanders , 1 975 Steve Nelson , 1 978

1 01

Game- 3 Steve Ne lson , vs . Ph i la . , Oct . 8 , 1 978 2 By 1 5 Players

Last : Raymond Ham i l ton at St . Lou i s , Sept. 1 0 , 1 978

MOST RETU R N YARDAGE Career- 82 Don Webb, 1 96 1 -62 ,64-71

67 J i m H u nt , 1 960-70 Season- 52 Chuck Shonta , 1 960

51 J i m H u nt , 1 968 Game- 52 Chuck Shonta , vs . N .Y . T i tans , Sept . 1 7 , 1 960

( 1 -opp) 51 J im H u nt , vs . Hou . , Dec . 1 5 , 1 968 ( 1 -opp)

LONGEST RETU RN

TOUCHDOWNS

52 Chuck Shonta , vs . N . Y . T i tans , Sept . 1 7 , 1 960 (TD)

51 J im H u nt , vs . Hou . , Dec . 1 5 , 1 968

Own F u m b les Recovered For TD-1 F ive Players

Last : Steve G rogan vs . N . Y . Jets , Oct . 1 8 , 1 976 (6 yds . )

Opponen ts ' F u m b les Recovered For TD-1 E i gh t Players

Last : Ray Hami l ton at St . Lou i s , Nov. 2 , 1 975 (23 Yds . )

ALL-T I M E TEAM RECO RDS

MOST Season-

OFFENSE VICTORIES

1 1 1 978 1 1 1 976 1 0 1 964

SCO R I N G MOST POINTS SCORED

Season- 41 3

Game-

Quarter-

41 1 56 55 52

1 96 1 1 979 N . Y . Je ts , Sept . 9 , 1 979 N . Y . Jets , Oct. 29, 1 978 Buffa lo , Oct. 22, 1 96 1 1 st : 2 1 at M ia m i , Dec . 1 5 , 1 974 1 st : 21 N . Y . Jets , Oct . 29, 1 978 2 n d : 27 Ba l t imore , Nov. 1 8 , 1 979 Denver , Nov . 28, 1 976 3rd : 22 Dal las Texans , Nov . 1 8 , 1 960 4th : 22 Oak land , Oct. 1 6 , 1 964

FEWEST POINTS SCORED Season- 1 49 1 970

1 92 1 972 Game- O 1 1 t imes

MOST TOU CHDOWNS Season- 52

Game-

49 48

8 8 7

FEWEST TOU CHDOWNS

Last : H o u ston , Sept . 2 1 , 1 975

1 96 1 1 979 1 976 N . Y . Jets , Sept. 9 , 1 979 N . Y . Jets , Oct. 29, 1 978 Bu ffa lo , Oct. 22, 1 96 1 Oakland , Oct . 3 , 1 976

Season- 18 1 970 24 1 972

MOST POINTS AFTER TOUCHDOWN Season- 48 1 96 1

4 6 1 979 43 1 976

FEWEST POINTS AFTER TOUCHDOWN Season- 1 7 1 970

24 1 972 MOST FGS ATTEMPTED

Season- 39 1 964 38 1 963

Game- 7 San D iego , Sept . 20, 1 964 Buffa lo , Sept . 24, 1 967 C i nc i nnati , Nov . 1 6 , 1 969

FEWEST FGS ATTEMPTED Season- 16 1 972

1 7 1 975

1 02

MOST FGS MADE Season- 25 1 964

23 1 979 22 1 963

Game- 6 Denver , Oct . 4, 1 964 4 Many t imes ,

Last : v s . San D iego , Nov . 9 , 1 975 ( John Smi th ) FEWEST FGS MADE

Season- 8 1 960, 1 970, 1 972 9 1 975

F I RST DOWNS MOST TOTAL

Season- 322 1 978 3 1 8 1 979 260 1 976

Game- 31 H o u ston , Dec . 1 1 , 1 966 30 N . Y . J ets , Sept . 9 , 1 979 29 Oakland , Dec . 9, 1 96 1

N . Y . Jets , Oc t . 1 8 , 1 976 FEWEST TOTAL

Season- 1 66 1 969 1 81 1 968

MOST RUSHING Season- 1 81

1 50 Game- 2 1

1 8 FEWEST RU SHI NG

Season- 55 63

MOST PASSI NG Season- 1 59

1 44 1 33

Game- 20 1 8

FEWEST PASSI NG Season- 87

94 MOST PENAL TY

Season- 29 27 26

Game- 7 5

FEWEST, PENAL TY

1 978 1 976 Denver , Nov . 28, 1 976 New York J ets , Oct. 1 8 , 1 976

1 965 1 970

1 979 1 964 1 975 Oaklan d , Oct. 1 6 , 1 964 at Buffa lo , Nov. 23, 1 975

1 969 1 968, 1 97 1

1 965 1 979 1 975 H o u ston , Sept . 19 , 1 965 M i a m i , Dec . 1 7 , 1 967 Balt imore, Oct. 7 , 1 973 at San D iego , Nov . 9 , 1 975 Detro i t , Oct . 7 , 1 979

Season- 1 1 1 97 1 1 4 1 977

TOTAL YARDS ( Net Yards Rushing and Pas sing )

MOST Season-

Game-

FEWEST Season-

5 ,965 5 ,470 4 , 736

597 529 498

2 ,626 3 , 1 27

1 978 1 979 1 962 N . Y . Je ts , Sept. 9 , 1 979 N . Y . J ets , Oct. 29, 1 978 at Buffa lo , Nov . 23, 1 975

1 970 1 968

RUSH I N G OFFENSE MOST ATTEMPTS

Season- 671 603

Game- 62 55

FEWEST ATTEMPTS Season- 334

MOST YARDS Season-

Game-

FEWEST YARDS

363

3 , 1 65 2 ,948

332 330

1 978 1 977 Denver , Nov . 28, 1 976 Oak land , Oct. 30, 1 966 Seatt le , Oct. 9 , 1 977

1 970 1 960

1 978 1 976 Denver , Nov. 28, 1 976 New York Jets , Oct . 1 8 , 1 976

Season- 1 ,040 1 970 1 , 1 1 7 1 965

1 03

MOST TOUCHDOWNS Season- 30

Game-24

4

1 978 1 976 New York Jets , Sept. 8 , 1 963 Oak land , Oct. 3 , 1 976 New York Jets , Oct. 1 8 , 1 976 M iam i , Oct . 22, 1 978 New York Jets , Oct. 29, 1 978

FEWEST TOUCHDOWNS Season- 7 1 97 1

8 1 965, 1 968

MOST ATTEM PTS Season- 476

475 475

Game- 50

FEWEST ATTEM PTS

PAS S I N G

1 964 1 960 1 979 Houston , Sept . 1 9 , 1 965 N . Y . Jets , Nov. 1 4 , 1 965

Season- 305 1 977 309 1 976

MOST COMPLETIONS Season- 237 1 979

229 1 964 223 1 960

Game- 27 Da l las , Nov . 1 8 , 1 960 26 Kan sas City, Nov. 1 7 , 1 963

FEWEST COMP LETIONS Season- 1 46 1 976

1 59 1 971 MOST NET YARDS

Season- 3 , 2 1 8

3ame-

3 , 1 66 2 , 800

405 366 365

FEWEST NET YARDS

1 979 1 964 1 978 Oakland , Oct. 1 6 , 1 964 Kan sas Ci ty , Nov . 1 7 , 1 963 N . Y . Jets , Sept . 9 , 1 979

Season- 1 , 586 1 970 1 , 746 1 976

MOST TOUCHDOWNS Season- 31

Game-

30 29

6 5 4

1 964 1 979 1 96 1 N .Y . Jets , Sep t . 9 , 1 979 Many t imes . Last: Buffa lo , Nov . Many t imes . Las t : N .Y . Jets , Oct . 29, 1 978

FEWEST TOUCHDOWNS Season- 7 1 970

1 0 1 972 MOST HAD INTERCEPTED

Season- 33 1 968 32 1 967

Game- 6 Denver , Sept . 3, 1 967 Buffalo , Dec . 9 , 1 967 Kansas Ci ty , Oct. 1 1 , 1 970

FEWEST HAD INTERCEPTED Season- 13 1 962

16 1 971

MOST PUNTS Season- 96

87 Game- 1 1

1 0

P U NT I N G

1 968 1 971 New York Jets , Oct . 2 , 1 966 Housto n , Dec . 1 8 , 1 960

1 5 , 1 964

Buffa lo , Dec . 1 , 1 963; Nov . 1 5 , 1 964 Oak land , Oct. 6 , 1 967

FEWEST PU NTS Season- 61 1 973 ; 1 978

64 M OST YARDS

1 96 1

Season- 3 ,831 3 ,364

Game- 436 41 7

1 968 1 970 Oakland , Oct. 6 , 1 968 Bu ffalo , Nov . 1 5 , 1 964

FEWEST YARDS Season- 2 , 1 37 1 978

2 , 297 1 973 HIGHEST AVG.

1 04

Season- 41 . 5 1 969 40 . 5 1 967

Game- 50.8 C inc i n nat i , Dec . 1 , 1 968 48 .8 Denver , Sept . 29, 1 963

LOWEST AVG. Season- 34.6 1 977

35 .0 1 978

MOST Season-

Game-

P U NT RETU RNS

4 8 1 976 47 1 978

7 H o u ston . Nov . 5, 1 967 Accom p l i shed 8 t imes. Last: vs . Bu ff . , Nov . 20, 1 977 .

FEWEST RETU RNS Season- 17 1 972

23 1 969 MOST YARDS

Season- 628 533

Game- 1 67 1 39

FEWEST YARDS Season- 37

1 38 HIGHEST AVG.

Season- 1 3 .3 1 3 . 1

LOWEST AVG. Season- 2 .2

5 .3 MOST TOUCHDOWNS

Season- 2 Game- 1

1 976 1 974 Bu ffa lo , Nov . 7 , 1 976 Buffa lo , Nov. 20, 1 977

1 972 1 962

1 974 1 976

1 972 1 962. 1 968

1 976 Bu ffalo . Nov . 7 , 1 976 Denver . Nov . 28, 1 976 Bal t imore. Nov. 1 8 , 1 979

KICKOFF RETU RNS MOST

Season-

Game-

FEWEST Season-

MOST YARDS Season-

Game-

FEWEST YARDS

73 7 1 1 0 9

39 46

1 , 520 1 , 442

245 230

1 967 1 968 Buffalo , Dec. 9 , 1 967 Oaklan d . Oct . 1 6 , 1 964 New York Jets, Sept . 22, 1 968 Dal las . Oct. 24, 1 97 1

1 977 1 976

1 975 1 968 Dal las . Oct . 24, 1 97 1 a t Ba l t imore , D e c . 21 , 1 975

Season- 1 ,051 1 977 1 , 087 1 976

HIGHEST AVG. Season- 26.9 1 977

24 . 1 1 973 LOWEST AVG.

Season- 1 9 . 7 1 9 .9

MOST TOU CHDOWNS Season - 3

2 1

1 967 1 965

1 977 1 96 1 1 962. 1 973, 1 975

Game- 1 E igh t t imes-Last : at Bal t imore, Dec. 8, 1 977

MOST Season- 1 1 2

1 02 Game- 1 4

1 3 FEWEST

Season- 50 52

MOST YARDS Season- 931

9 1 4 Game- 1 25

1 24 FEWEST YARDS

Season- 456 467

P ENALTIES

1 977 1 976 at C i nc i nnat i , Oct . 1 5 , 1 978 vs. Kansas City , Sept . 1 8 , 1 977

1 973 1 962

1 977 1 976 at C i nc i n nat i , Oct . 1 5 , 1 978 New York Jets , Oct. 29, 1 978 Oakla n d . Oct . 3 , 1 976

1 962 1 964

105

F U M B L ES MOST

Season- 51 1 973 43 1 975

Game- 8 Ba l t imore , Oct . 7, 1 973 6 Acco m p l ished 7 t imes , Last : vs . M i am i , Dec.

1 5 , 1 974 FEWEST

Season- 15 1 969 18 1 970

MOST TOTAL RECOVERED Season- 43 1 973

36 1 975 Game- 8 at P i t tsbu rg h , Sept . 26 , 1 976 (2-6)

7 Kansas C i ty , Oct . 23 , 1 964 (4-3) FEWEST TOTAL RECOVERED

Season- 19 1 969 2 1 1 965

MOST OWN RECOVERED Season- 25 1 973

21 1 975 Game- 5 Ba l t imore , Oct . 7, 1 973

4 Oakla n d , Dec . 1 6 , 1 962 Kansas City, Oct. 23 , 1 964

FEWEST OWN RECOVERED Season- 5 1 969, 1 970

8 1 968, 1 97 1 TOTAL D E F E N S E

( N e t R u s hing a n d Pa s s ing ) MOST N ET YARDS ALLOWED

Season- 5 , 248 1 972 4 ,8 1 0 1 969

Game- 540 H o u ston , Oct. 1 3 , 1 96 1 528 N ew York J ets , Dec. 1 7 , 1 966

FEWEST N ET YARDS ALLOWED Season- 3 ,638 1 977

3 ,834 1 963 Game- 86 Balt imore , Oct . 23 , 1 977

1 1 5 Housto n , Dec. 1 8 , 1 965

MOST POINTS ALLOWED Season- 446 1 972

406 1 968

S coring

Game- 52 at M ia m i , Nov. 1 2 , 1 972 48 Oakland , Oct. 22, 1 967

at N ew York Jets , Oct . 27 , 1 968 Sh utout Game-52 at M ia m i , Nov . 1 2 , 1 972

34 at Dallas Texans , Dec . 1 1 , 1 960 FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED

Season- 2 1 7 1 977 236 1 976

Game- 0 Accomp l i shed 8 t imes , Last : vs . Seatt le , Oct . 9 , 1 977 and vs . N .Y . J ets , Oct. 13 , 1 974.

R U S H I N G A L L O W E D MOST ATTEMPTS ALLOWED

Season- 560 1 973 555 1 975

Game- 58 New York Jets , Oct. 1 4 , 1 973 54 N ew York Jets , Oct. 1 5 , 1 972

FEWEST ATTEMPTS ALLOWED Season- 31 0 1 963

350 1 96 1 MOST YARDS

Season-

Game-

FEWEST YARDS

2 , 850 2 , 7 1 7

360 349

Season- 1 ,041

Game-1 , 1 07

2 1 9

MOST TOUCHDOWNS Season- 27

Game-22

6 4

1 973 1 972 Buffa lo , Sept. 1 6 , 1 973 vs. Bu ffa lo , Dec. 1 4 , 1 975

1 96 1 1 963 San D iego , Dec . 1 7 , 1 96 1 Houston , N o v . 1 , 1 963

1 972 1 968 New York J ets , Oct. 27, 1 968 Oakland , Nov. 4 , 1 960 Dal las , Sept. 8 , 1 962 Bu ffa lo , Sept. 1 6 , 1 973

FEWEST TOUCHDOWNS Season- 7 1 966

8 1 977 1 06

P A S S I N G A L LOW E D

MOST ATTEMPTS ALLOWED Season- 530 1 964

509 1 966 Gam e- 61 M i n n . , Dec. 1 6 , 1 977

56 Denve r , Sept . 2 1 , 1 962 New York J ets , Oct . 2 , 1 966

FEWEST ATTEMPTS ALLOWED Season- 240 1 973

325 1 972 Gam e- 7 New York J ets , Oct . 1 4 , 1 973

Buffa lo , Dec . 9 , 1 973 9 N ew York J ets , Oct . 1 5 , 1 972

MOST COMPLETIONS ALLOWED Seaso n- 261 1 964

247 1 966 Gam e- 35 M i n n . , Dec . 1 6 , 1 979

28 New York J ets , Oc t . 2 , 1 966 FEWEST COMPLETIONS ALLOWED

Seaso n- 1 34 1 973 1 70 1 97 1

Gam e- 1 N ew York J ets , Oct . 1 4 , 1 973 2 Buffa lo , Dec . 9, 1 973

MOST NET YARDS ALLOWED Season- 3,356 1 966

3 , 2 1 7 1 964 Gam e- 467 M i n n . , Dec. 1 6 , 1 979

448 Ho uston , Oct . 1 3 , 1 96 1 FEWEST N ET YAR DS ALLOWED

Season- 1 ,338 1 973 2 , 033 1 977

Gam e- O N ew York J e ts , Oct . 1 4 , 1 973 8 New York J ets , Oct . 1 0 , 1 97 1

MOST TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED Season- 28 1 967

27 1 96 1 Gam e- 5 Kansas C i ty , Sept . 25 , 1 966

Oak land , Oc t . 22 , 1 967 FEWEST TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED

Season- 1 1 1 973 16 1 97 1 , 1 976 and 1 977

F I R S T D O W N S A L L O W E D MOST TOTAL ALLOWED

Season- 289 1 972 283 1 979 278 1 969

Gam e- 30 M i n n . , Dec . 1 6 , 1 979 29 M iam i , Nov . 1 2 , 1 972

FEWEST TOTAL ALLOWED Season- 2 1 5 1 973 and 1 977

2 1 9 1 967 Gam e- 5 Ch icago , Oct . 1 4 , 1 979

6 Seatt le , Oct . 9, 1 977 7 Ho uston , Dec . 1 8 , 1 965 7 Ho uston , Sept . 2 1 , 1 975

MOST RUSHING Season- 1 44

1 42 Game- 1 9

1 9 1 8

FEWEST RUSHING Seaso n- 59

6 1 Gam e- 0

MOST PASSING Season- 1 65

1 53 G am e- 1 7

FEWEST PASSIN G Seaso n- 67

1 05 Gam e- 1

1 972 1 969, 1 973 New York J ets , Oct . 1 5 , 1 972 vs . Buffa lo , Dec . 1 4 , 1 975 Buffa lo , Sept . 1 6 , 1 973

1 963 1 967 Ho uston , Nov . 1 , 1 963 M iam i , Oct . 1 5 , 1 967 Buffa lo , Oct . 20 , 1 968

1 964 1 966 Ho uston , Oct . 1 3 , 1 96 1 M i n n . , Dec . 1 3 , 1 970 M i n n . , Dec . 1 6 , 1 979

1 973 1 970 N ew York J ets , Oc t . 1 4 , 1 973

2 Accomp l i shed 7 t imes , Last : vs . G i n n . , Sept . 1 6 , 1 979 and vs . Seatt le , Oct . 9, 1 977

1 07

MOST PENAL TY Season - 2 8 1 968

24 1 960 Game- 7 Oakland , Oct . 6, 1 968

6 New York Jets , Oct . 27 , 1 968 FEWEST PENAL TY

Season- 6 1 973 1 1 1 974 13 1 965

Game- O Ma ny t imes- Last: at M i am i , Dec. 1 8 , 1 978

I N TE RCEPTIONS BY PATRIOTS MOST

Season- 3 1 29

Game- 7 6

1 964 1 963 at New York J ets , Nov . 2 1 , 1 976 Housto n , Nov . 1 , 1 963 New York Jets , Sept. 27 , 1 964

FEWEST Season- 8 1 970

1 0 1 972 MOST YARD S

Season- 645 1 963 505 1 976

Game- 204 Housto n , Nov . 1 , 1 963 1 45 at New York Jets , Nov . 2 1 , 1 976

FEWEST YARDS Season- 1 05

1 65 MOST TOUCHDOWNS

1 973

Season- 3

Game-2 2

1 975

1 962, 1 963, 1 976 1 96 1 , 1 967 , 1 97 1 , 1 974 Housto n , Nov . 1 , 1 963 at New York Jets , Nov . 2 1 , 1 976

FEWEST TOUCHDOWNS Season- 0 1 960, 1 965 , 1 966, 1 970, 1 972, 1 973, 1 977

1 1 964, 1 968, 1 969, 1 975 , 1 978, 1 979

"CONSECUTIVE " RECO RDS ( Regular Season Only l

I N D I V I DUAL Seasons Played

1 1 G i no Cappel l etti ( 1 960-70) J im H unt ( 1 960-70) Houston Antwi ne ( 1 96 1 -71 ) Jon Morris ( 1 964-74)

Games Played 1 52 G ino Cappel letti ( 1 960-70)

Games S coring 60 John Sm ith ( 1 975-78)

Pats Made 1 06 G i no Cappe l letti ( 1 96-66) 42 John Smith ( 1 976-78)

Games, FG Made 1 1 G i no Cappe l letti ( 1 1 -1 -63 to 1 0-9-64)

Passing Attempts N one Intercepted 1 38 Butch Songin ( 1 960) 1 05 Butch Song in ( 1 960)

Games, Reception Made 42 J i m Colc lough ( 1 960-63) 27 G ino Cappe l letti ( 1 961 -63)

Games, Interception Made 4 M ike Haynes ( 1 976)

Victories 7 7

( 1 978) ( 1 976-77)

Games, S coring

TEAM

73 (9-28-75 to 1 2-1 6-79) 1 08

PATR IOTS ALL-TI M E ROSTER Acks, Ron ! LB ) . I l l i no i s . . 1 972-73 Adams, Bob iTE) . Pac i f ic 1 973-74 Adams, J u l i u s !DE ) . Texas So. . 1 971 -79 Adams, Sam iOG) . Pra i r ie View . 1 972-79 Add ison , Tom !LB ) . South Caro l i na 1 960-67 A l lard . Don !OB) , Boston Col lege 1 962 Anderson. Bob !RB ) , Colorado 1 975 Anderson . Ra lph IS), W . Texas State . 1 973 Antwine . Houston iDT) ,. So . I l l i no i s . . 1 961 -71 Ashton. Josh !RB ) , Tu l sa . . . . . . . . 1 972-74 Atchason, Jack !OE) . Western I l l i no i s . . 1 960 Atess is , B i l l !DE ) . Texas . . 1 97 1 Avezzano, Joe IC) . F lo r i da State . 1 966

Bai ley . B i l l ! RB ) , C inc i nnat i . 1 969 Baker, Me lv in !WR) . Texas Southern . 1 975 Bal lou, Mike !LB) , UCLA . 1 970 Banks , W i l l i e iG ) . A lcorn A & M 1973 Barnes, Bruce IPL UCLA . 1 973-74 Barnes, Pete !LB ) , So. U n iversity . . 1 976-77 Barnes, Rod r igo !LB ) , R ice . . . . 1 974-75 Beach, Walter IDB ) , Centra l M i ch . 1 960-6 1 Beaudo in . Doug ISL M i n nesota . . 1 976-79 Beer , Tom iTE) , Houston . . 1 970-72 Be l l , B i l l I K ) , Kansas . . . 1 973 Bel Imo, Joe !RB ) . Navy . . . . . . 1 965-67 Bennett , Ph i l ( LB ) , M iam i . . . . . . 1 960 Berger, Ron !DEL Wayne State . 1 969-72 Bever ly , Randy IDB) , Colorado St. . . . 1 970-71 Biscaha, Joe !OE) , R ichmond . . . . . . . 1 960 B ishop , R ichard INT ) , Lou isv i l l e . . 1 976-79 Blahak, Joe !CB ) , Nebraska . . . . 1 976 Blanchard , D ick ! LB ) , Tu l sa . . . . . 1 972 B lanks , Sid !RB ) , Texas A & I . . . 1 969-70 Bolton , Ron IDB ) , Norfolk State . . . . 1 972-75 Boudreaux , Jim !DEL Lou is . Tech . . . 1 966-68 Boyd, G reg IS ) . A rizona . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 973 Boyd , G reg !DE ) . San Diego State . 1 977-78 Bramlett . John !LB ) , Memph i s St . . 1 969-70 Br iscoe. Mar l i n IWR) , Nebraska i0maha) 1 976 Brock. Pete !CL Colorado . . 1 976-79 Brown . Barry ITE-LB ) , F lor ida . 1 969-70 Brown . B i l l E. ! LB ) . Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . 1 960 Brown , S idney !CB) , Oklahoma . . . . . 1 978 Bruney . Fred IDB ) . Ohio State 1 960-62 Bryant , Hub ie !WR) , M i n nesota . 1 97 1 -72 Buben , Mark IDL ) . Tufts . 1 979 Bugenhagen , Gary iOT-G ) , Syracuse 1 969-70 Buon icont i . N i ck ! LB ) . Notre Dame 1 962-68 Bu rks , Steve !WR) , Arkansas State 1 975-77 Bu rton . Ron !RB ) . Northwestern . . 1 960-65 Byrd, Denn is I DT) , North Caro l i na State 1 968

Cag le , John I DT-LB-G I , C lemson State . 1 969 Ca lhoun . Don !RB ) , Kansas State 1 975-79 Canale . Jus t i n iG ) . M i ss iss ipp i S t . 1 965-68 Canale . Wh i t !DE ) . Tennessee . 1 968 Cappadona, Bob !RB ) , Northeastern 1 966-67 Cappe l le t t i , G i no iWR-K-DB ) . M i nn . . 1 960-70 Carter, A l len !RB ) , Southern Cal . . 1 975-76 Carter. Kent ! LB ) , Southern Ca l . . 1 974 Carwe l l , Larry IDB ) . Iowa State . . . . 1 969-72 Cash , R ick IDT) , N. E. M issour i 1 972-73 Cavanaugh , Matt !OB) , P i t tsburgh . 1 978-79 Caveness , Ron ! LB ) . Arkansas . . . 1 968-69 Chand ler , Al iTE) , Ok lahoma . 1 976-79 Chand ler , Edgar ! LB ) . Georgia . . . . . . . . 1973 Chapp le , Dave IP ) . Ca ! . !Santa Barbara) . 1 974 Char les , John (DB ) , Purdue . . . . 1 967-69 Cheyunsk i , J i m !LB ) , Syracuse . 1 968-72 Chr is ly , R ichard IRS ) , North Caro l ina 1 960 C indr ich , Ralph !LB ) , P i t tsburgh . 1 972 Clark. A l len !RB ) , Northern Arizona . 1 979 Clark , Gail ! LB ) , M ich igan State . . . . . . . 1 974 Clark, Phil I DB ) , Northwestern 1 97 1

Clayborn, Ray !CB ) , Texas . . . . . 1 977-79 Clout ier , Dave IDB ) , Maine . . . . . . 1 964 Cohen, Abe (G), Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . 1 960 Colc lough , J im !WR) , B . C . . . . . . . . . . . 1 960-68 Coleman, Denn is ! LB) , M iss iss ipp i . . . 1 971 Conn, D ick IS ) , Georgia . . . . . . . 1 975-79 Corbett, Steve IG), Boston Col lege . . . 1 975 Corcoran , Jim !OB), Maryland . . . . . . 1 968 Costict , Ray !LB ) , M iss . St . . . 1 977-79 Crabtree, Eric !WR) , P i t tsburgh . . . . . . . . 1 971 Crawford, J im !RBI , Wyoming 1 960-64 Cross, Bob (OT) , K i l gore J r . Col . . . 1 960 Croulhamel , Jake !RB I , Dar1mouth 1 960 Crow, A lbert IDT) , W i l l iam & Mary . . 1 960 Crump, Harry !RB ) , Boston Col lege . 1 963 Cryder, Bob iG) , Alabama . 1 978-79 Cudz ik , Walt IC), Purdue . . . 1 960-63 Cunn i ngham, Jay IDB) , Bwl . Grn . 1 965-67 Cunn ingham, Sam !RB ) , So. Cal 1 973-79 Cus ick , Pete INT) , Ohio State . . . 1 975

Damkroger, Maury !LB), Nebraska . . . . . 1 974 Danenhauer , B i l l !DE ) , Empor ia . . 1 960 Dav is , Jack iG ) , Maryland . . . 1 960 Dawson B i l l ! LB-TE-DE) , F lor ida St. . . . . 1 965 Dee, Bob !DE i , Holy Cross . . . . 1 960-67 Delucca, Gerry !OT), M i d . Tenn . St . . . 1 960-64 D im i t roff, Tom !OB) , M iami 10) . . . . . . . . . 1 960 Discenza, Tony !OT). M ich igan St . . . 1 960 Dorsey, Nate IDE ) , M i ss iss ipp i Va l . . 1 973 Dow l i ng , Brian !OB) , Yale . . . . . . . . . . . 1 972-73 Dressler , Doug !RB ) , Chico State . . . . 1 975 Dukes, Mike !LB ) , Clemson . . . . . . . . . 1 964-65 Du Lac, B i l l iG), Eastern M ich . . . . . . . 1 974-75 Dumler , Doug IC), Nebraska . . . . . . . . 1 973-75 Durko, Sandy IS). Southern Cal . . . . . 1 973-74

Edmonds, Randy ILB ) , Geo. Tech . . . 1 97 1 E isenhauer , Larry !DE ) , B . C . . 1 962-69

Falcon, Terry IG) , Montana 1 978-79 Farmer, Lon (LB ) , Chattanooga . . . . . 1 964-66 Feacher, R icky !WR) , M iss . Val . St. . . . . . 1 976 Feldhausen, Paul !OT), N ' rt h l ' nd . 1 968-69 Fel t . D ick IDB ) , Br igham Young . 1 962-66 For1e, Ike !RB I , Arkansas 1 976-77 Foster. W i l l ! LB ) , E . M ich igan . . . 1 973-74 Fox. Tim IS), Ohio State . . . 1 976-79 Franc is , Russ !TEL Oregon . . . . 1 975-79 Fraser. Jim I LB-P) , Wiscons in . . . . . . . . 1 966 Fraz ier . Char ley !WR) . Texas So . . . . . 1 969-70 Funchess , Tom (OT) . Jack . St . . 1 968-70 Fussel l , Tom !DE) , LSU . . . 1 967

Gal laher , A l len iOT), Southern Cal . . . . 1 974 Gamble , R . C. !RB ) , So. Car. St . . 1 968-69 Gard i n , Ron IWR) , Ar izona . 1 971 Garret t , Carl !RB ) , N . Mex . H i gh . . . . . 1 969-72 Garrett, J. D. !RB ) , Grambl ing . . . . . . . 1 964-67 Garron, Larry !RB ) , Western I l l . . 1 960-68 Geddes, Bob lLB ) , UCLA . . . . . . 1 973-75 Germany, W i l l i e IS), Morgan State . . . . 1 976 Gipson , Paul !RB ) , Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 973 Glad ieux , Bob !RB ) , Notre Dame . . . . 1 969-72 Gogolak, Char l ie IK ) , Pr inceton . . . . 1 970-72 Gol ie , Bob !LB ) , Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . . 1 979 Gonzalez, Noe !RB) , SW Texas St . . . . . . 1 974 Graff, Ne i l !OB) , Wiscons in . . . 1 974-75 Graham, Art !WR) , Boston Co l . . . . . 1 963-68 G raham, M i l t iOT) , Colgate . . . . . . . . . . 1 96 1 -63 Graves, White IDB ) , LSU . . . . . . . . . . . 1 965-67 G ray, Leon iOT), Jackson State . . . 1 973-78 Green, Jer ry IRB ) , Georgia Tech . 1 960 Greene, Tom !OB), Holy Cross . . . . . . . . . 1 960 Grogan, Steve !OB), Kansas St . . . 1 97!'>-79

Hagen, Halvor (G-DEI , Weber St. 1 97 1 -72 Haggerty , M ike (OT-DEi , M iami . . . . . . . . 1 971 Ha l l , Ron (DB) , M i ssouri Va l ley . . . . . . 1 961 -67 Hami l ton , Ray (DE) , Oklahoma . . . . . . 1 973-79 Hammond , Kim (OB) , F lor ida State . . 1 968-70 Hannah , John (G ) , A labama . . . 1 973-79 Hanneman , Craig (DE i Oregon State . 1 974-75 Hare, Eddie (Pl Tulsa . . . . . . 1 979 Harr is , R ick ie (DB) Arizona . . . 197 1 -72 Hasselbeck. Don (TE) Colorado . . 1 977-79 Hauser , Art ( DT) Xavier . . 1 960 Hawkins , M ike (OLB) Texas A&I . . 1 978-79 Hayman, Conway (GI Delaware . . . . . 1 972 Haynes, Mike (CBI Arizona State . . 1 976-79 Henke , Karl (OT) Tulsa . . . . 1 969 Hennessey, Tom (DB) Ho ly Cross 1 965-66 Herock , Ken (LB) West V i rg in ia . . . . 1 969 Herron, Mack (RB) Kansas State . 1 973-75 H i nton , Edd ie (WR) Oklahoma . . . . 1 974 Hoey, George (DBI M ich igan . 1 972-73 Ho lmes , Ern ie (NT) Texas Southern . . . . 1 978 Howard , Bob (CB) San Diego State . . . 1 975-77 H uarte, John (OB) Notre Dame . . . . . . 1 966-67 Hudson . B i l l (DTI Clemson 1 965 Hun t , J im Lee (DT) Prnir ie View . . 1 960-70 Hun t , Kevin (OT) Doane . 1 973 Hunt, Sam (LBJ S . F . Austin . 1 974-79 Hy land , Bob (Cl Boston Col lege . . . 1 977

I l g , Ray (LB) Colgate . . . 1 967-68 Imhof , Mart in (DE ) San Diego State . 1 975 Ivory, Horace (RB) Oklahoma . . . 1 977-79

Jackson, Harold (WR) Jackson State . 1 978-79 Jackson , Honor (DB I Pacif i c . . . . . . . 1 972-73 Jacobs, Harry (DE-LBJ Brad ley . . . 1 960-62 Jacobs, Ray (DT) Howard Payne . 1 969 Jag ie lsk i , Harry (DTI I nd iana . . . . . 1 960-61 Jan ik , Tom (DB-Pi Texas A & I . . . . 1 969-71 Jarvis , Ray !WR) Norfolk State . . . 1 979 Jenk ins , Ed (RB I Ho ly Cross . 1 974 Johnson , Andy (RB) Georgia . 1 974-76, 78, 79 Johnson , B i l l y IDB I Nebraska . 1 966-69 Johnson , Daryl (DB) Morgan State 1 968-7 1 Johnson , E l l i s ( RB) S. E. Louis iana . . 1 965-66 Johnson , Joe (OE) Boston Col lege . . 1 960-61 Johnson , Preston (RB I Flor ida A & M . . . 1 968 Jones , Ezel l (OT) M i n nesota . 1 969-70 Jordan , Shelby (OT) Wash . (Mo I 1 975. 77-79

Kadz ie l . Ron (LB) Stanford Kapp, Joe (OB) Cal i fornia Keeman, Dan (LB) Maryland . . Keeton , Du rwood (Si Oklahoma Khayat, Ed (DT) Tu lane K imber , B i l l (OE) Flor ida State . . K iner , Steve (LBJ Tennessee . K i ng , Claude (RB I Housto n . K i ng , Steve (LBJ Tulsa Kle in , D ick (OT) Iowa State . Kn ief, Gayle (WR) Morn ings ide . . Koontz, Ed !LB) Catawba . . Krakau, Merv ( ILB ) Iowa State

. 1 972 . . 1 970

1 970 . . . 1 975

1 966 1 961

1 971 , 73 1 962

. . 1 973-79 . . . . 1 96 1 -62

1 970 . . . 1 968

1 978

Larson , Wi l l i am (RB I Western I l l i no is . . . 1 960 Lassiter, Ike (DE ) St. August ine 's . . . 1 970-71 Lawson , Odell (RB ) Langsto n . . . . 1 970-71 Lee, Robert iG) Missour i . 1 960 Lenkait is , B i l l (Cl Penn State . 1 971 -79 Leo, Bobby (WR) Harvard 1 967-68 Leo. Char l ie (GI Ind iana . 1 960-62 L indqu ist , Paul I DT) New Hampshire . . 1 96 1 L iv ingston , Wa l t (RB ) He ide lberg . 1 960 Lofton , Oscar (OE) S. E. Louis iana . . 1 960

1 1 0

Long , Char l ie (OT) Chattanooga . . 1 961 -69 Long , M i ke (OE) Brandeis . . . . 1 960 Lott, B i l l y !RB I M i ss iss ipp i . . . . . . . . . . 1 96 1 -63 Loudd, Rommie (LB) UCLA. . . . . . . 196 1 -62 Loukas, Angelo (GI Northwestern . . . . . 1 970 Lowery, Nick (Kl Dartmouth . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 978 Lunsford, Mel (DE) Centra l (0.) State . 1 973-79

Mait land. Jack (RB) Wi l l i ams . 1 97 1 -72 Mal lory , Irvin (DB) V i rg in ia U n ion 1 971 Mangum. John (DT) S . M iss iss ippi . 1 966-67 Marsh, Aaron (WR) Eastern Kentucky 1 968-69 Marshal l , Al (WR) Boise State . . . . . . . . . . 1 974 Mart i n , Donald (CB) Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 973 Mason, Dave (S I Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 973 Massey, Jim (CB) Linfield . . . . . . . . 1 974-75 Mass, Wayne iOTI M iam i . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 972 Matthews, B i l l (LB) South Dakota State . . 1 979 Matthews, Henry (RB) M ich igan State . . . 1 972 May, A rt (DE) Tuskegee . . 1 971 McAl ister, James !RB / KR) UCLA . . . . . . . 1 978 McCa l l , Bob (RBI Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 973 McComb, Don (DE) Brad ley . . 1 960 McCray, Prentice (SI Arizona State . . 1 974-79 Mccurry, Dave (SI Iowa State . . 1 974 McGee, George (OT) Southern . 1 960 McGee, Tony (DE) Bishop (Tex ) . . . . . 1 974-79 McKay, Bob (OT) Texas . . 1 976-78 McK innon , Don (LB) Dartmouth . . . . . . 1 963-64 McMahon, Art (DBI N. Caro l ina St. . . . 1 968-72 McOuay, Leon (RB) Tampa . . 1 975 Meix ler , Ed (LB) Boston U n iversity . . . . . 1 965 M i ldren , Jack (Si Oklahoma . . . 1 974 M i l ler , A l (RBI Boston College . . . . . . . . . . 1 960 M i rich , Rex (DT) Northern Arizona . . 1 970 Mi tche l l . Leroy (DBI Texas Southern . 1 967-68 Mont ier , M ike (OT) Colorado . 1 969-72 Moore. Arthur (DT) Tu lsa . . . . . . . 1 973-77 Moore, Leroy (DE) Ft . Valley State . . . 1 961 -62 Morgan, Stanley (WR) Tennessee . 1 977-79 Morr is . Jon (Ci Holy Cross . . 1 964-74 Mosier , John (TE) Kansas . 1 973 Moss. Roland (TE) Toledo . . . 1 971 Mu rphy, Bil l (WR) Cornell . 1 968

Nance, J im (RB) Syracuse . 1 965-7 1 Ne ighbors, B i l l y (G I Alabama . . . . . 1 962-1 965 Nelson , Steve (LB) N. Dakota St . . . . . 1 974-79 Neumann , Tom (RB) Northern Mich igan . 1 963 Nevi l le , Tommy (OTI M iss iss ippi St. . 1 965-77 Nichols , Bob (TE) Boston U niversity . 1 967-68

Oakes, Don (OT) Vi rg in ia Tech . . . 1 963-68 O' Han ley , Ross (DB) Boston Col lege 1 960-65 Osley, Wi l l ie (CB) I l l i no is . . 1 974 Outlaw, John (DBI Jackson State . . 1 969-1 972 Owen, Tom (OB) Wichi ta State . . . . 1 976-79

Pari l l i , Babe (OB) Kentucky . . 1 961 -67 Patr ick, M ike (Pi M ississippi State 1 975-78 Patton , Jerry (DE) Nebraska . . . . . . 1 975 Pennywe l l , Carlos (WR) Grambl ing 1 979 Perk ins , Wi l l i s (G I Texas Southern . . . 1 96 1 Ph i l pott, Ed (LB) Miami (0) . . . . 1 967-71 Ph i l l i ps , Jess (RB) Mich igan State 1 976-77 P lun kett, Jim (OB) Stanford . . 1 97 1 -75 Pope, Ken (CB) Oklahoma . . . . 1 974 Porter, Wi l l i e (DB) Texas Southern . . 1 968 Posey, David (Kl Florida 1 978 Price, Kenny (LB) Iowa . 1 97 1 Pruett, Perry (DBI North Texas State 1 97 1 Puetz, Garry (OG ) Valparaiso 1 979 Purvis, Vic (WR) S . M ississippi 1 966-67 Pyne, George (OT) Ol ivet 1 965

Rademacher, B i l l !WR) N. M ich . St. . . 1 969-70 Ratkowsk i , Ray !RBI Notre Dame . . . 1 961 Ray, Eddie iRB-P) LSU . . . . . . . 1 970 Rei l ly , Kevin !LB) Vi l lanova . . . 1 975 Reynolds, Bob !OT) Bowl ing Green . 1 972-73 Reynolds, Tom !WR) San Diego State . . . 1 972 Richardson , Al !DE) Grambl ing . . . . . . . . . 1 960 Richardson, Jesse IDT) Alabama . . . . 1 962-64 Richardson , Tom !WR) Jackson State 1 969-70 Robott i , Frank !LB-RB) Boston Col lege 1 961 Romaniszyn, Jim ILBI Ed inboro St . IPA). 1 976 Romeo, Tony iTE) Florida State . . 1962-67 Romine, A l IDB) Florence State . . . . . . . . . 1 961 Rowe, Dave IDT) Penn State . . . . . . . . . 1 971 -73 Rucker, Reggie lWR) Boston U n iv . . . 197 1 -74 Rudolph . Jack !LB) Georgia Tech . . 1960-65 Sanders, John IS) South Dakota . . . . . 1 974-76 Sanford , R ick iCB / S) South Caro l ina . . . . 1 979 Sardisco, Tony iG ) Tu lane . . . 1 960-62 Satcher , Doug !LB) S. M i ss iss ippi . . 1 966-68 Scarpito. Bob iWR-P) Notre Dame . . . . . . 1 968 Schaum , G reg !DE ) Mich igan State . . . . . 1 978 Schmidt , Bob !OT) M i nnesota . 1 964 Schottenhe imer , Marty !LB) Pttsbrg h . 1 969-70 Schubert , Steve !WR) UMass . . . . . . . . . . . 1 974 Schwedes, Gerhardt !RB ) Syracuse . . 1 960-61 Scott, Clarence IDBI Morgan State . . . 1 969-72 Sel lers , Ron !WR) Flor ida State . . . . . . 1 969-71 Sherman, Tom 108-08) Penn State . . 1 968-69 Sh iner , D ick 108) Maryland . 1 973-74 Shoate. Rod !LB) Oklahoma . . . . . . 1 975-79 Shonta, Chuck IDBI Eastern M ich igan 1 960-67 Simerson, John iOT) Purdue . . 1 961 S inger , Car l iOT) Purdue . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 966-68 Smi th , Donne l l !DE ) Southern Un iv . . . 1 973-74 Smi th , Hal IDT) UCLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 960 Smi th , John !K l Southhampton !Eng . ) 1 974-79 Snyder , AI IWR) Ho ly Cross . . . . . . 1 964 Solt is , Bob IDB) M i nnesota . . . 1 960-61 Song i n , Ed !Butch) 108) 8. C . . . 1 960-61 Stenger, Br ian !LB ) Notre Dame . 1 973 Stephens . Tom IDB-TE) Syracuse . . 1 960-64 St ing ley , Darryl !WR) Purdue . . . . . . . . 1 973-77 St. Jean , Lenn ie iG) N. M ich igan . . . . . 1 964-73 Sto lberg , Eric !WR) Ind iana . . . . 1 97 1 Str iegal , B i l t l LB I Col lege of Pacif ic 1 960 Studst i l l , Pat !P ) Houston . . . . . . 1 972 Stu rt. Fred iG) Bowl i ng G reen . . 1 976-78 Suc i , Bob IDB) M ich igan State . . . . 1 963

Swanson , Terry IP) Massachusetts . . 1 967-68 Sweet. Joe !WR) Tennessee State . . . . 1 974 Sykes. A l lred (WR) Florida A & M . 1 971

Taliaferro, M ike 108) I l l i no is . . . . . . . . 1 968-71 Tanner , John ILB-DE) Tenn . Tech . . . 1 973-74 Tarver, John ! RB) Colorado . . . 1 972-74 Tatupu , Masi !RB ) S Cal i fornia . . . . . . 1 978-79 Thomas, Donn ie ILB) Ind iana . . . . . . . . . . 1 976 Thomas, Gene !RB) Flor ida A & M . 1 968 Tipton, Dave INT) Western I l l i no is . 1 975-76 Toner. Ed I DT) Massachusetts . . . 1 967-70 Towns, Bobby IDB) Georgia . . 1 96 1 Tru l l , Don 108) Baylor . 1 967 Turner , Bake iWR) Texas Tech . . . . . . . . . 1 970

Vataha, Randy !WR) Stanford . . 1 971 -76

Walker, M ike !K i None . 1 972 Washington. Clyde (DB) Purdue . . . . 1 960-61 Wash ington , Mark !CB) Morgan State . . 1 979 Watson , Dave iG) Georgia Tech . . . . . . 1 963-64 Webb, Don IDB) Iowa State . . . . . . . . . . 1 961 -71 Webster, George !LB) M ich igan State 1 974-76 Weisacosky, Ed !LB) M iami . . . 197 1 -72 Welch , Claxton !RB) Oregon . 1 973 Wells, Bi l ly !RBI M ich igan State . . . . . . . . 1 960 West, Me l IDB) M i ssour i . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 961 Westbrook, Don IWR) Nebraska . . . . . 1 977-79 Whalen , J im !TE) Boston Col lege . . . . 1 965-69 Wheeler , Dwight lT) Tennessee State 1 978-79 While , Harvey 108) Clemson . . . . . . . . . . . 1 960 White , Jell (K-P) Texas El Paso . . . . . . 1 973 White, Jim !DE) Colorado State . . . . . . . . . 1 972 Whi t t ingham, F red ILB) Cal i fornia Poly . . 1 970 Wi l l i am, J . R . iLB-C) La. Tech . . . . . . . . 1 968-70 Wi lson , Ed 108) Arizona State . 1 965 Wi lson , Jerrel IP) S . Miss iss ipp i . . 1 978 Wi lson , Joe !RB) Ho ly Cross . 1 974 Windsor , Bob iTE) Kentucky . . 1 972-75 Wirgowski , Denn is !DE ) Purdue . . . . . 1 970-72 Witt , Mel IDT) Ar l ington State . . . . . . . . 1 967-70 Wright , E lmo !WR) Houston . . . . . . . . . 1 975

Yates, Bob iOt-G-C) Syracuse . . . . . . . 1960-65 Yewcic , Tom IP-OB) Mich igan State . 1 961 -66

Zabel , Steve !LB) Oklahoma . . . . . . . . 1 975-78 Zamber l i n , John ILB) Pacific Lutheran . . 1 979

A L L T I M E PAT R I OTS PLAY ER D RA FTS

1 980 1 -a . Roland James ( D B ) , Tennessee. 1 -b . Vagas Ferg uson ( R B ) , Notre Dame (choice from Houston ) . 2 . Larry Mcgrew (OLB) , USC . 3 . Steve McM ichael (NT) , Texas. 4 . (cho ice to Los Ange les ) . 5 . Doug McDougald (DE) , VP I . 6-a . (choice to Cleveland ) . 6-b. Preston Brown ( W R / K R ) . Vanderb i l t (choice from Houston ) . 7 . Tom Kearns(OG) , Kentucky . 8 . Mike House (TE) , U. of Pac i f ic . 9 . barry Bu rget (OLB), Oklahoma.10. Tom Daniel (OC) , Georgia Tec h . 1 1 . M i ke H u bach (P) , Kansas. 1 2 . J immy Jordan(OB) , Florida State .

1 979 1 . R ick Sanford , 25 , (DB ) South Caro l i na . 2 . Bob Go l ie , 52, ( LB ) Notre Dame. 3 . (Choice to L o s A n g e l e s ) . 4 . E d d i e Hare, 1 06 , ( P ) T u l s a . 5 . John Zamberl i n , 1 35 , ( LB ) Pac i f ic Luthera n . 6 . (Cho ice to Pi t tsbu rg h ) . 7 . Judson F l i n t , 1 77 , (DB ) Memph is State (choice from Wash ington . cho ice forfeited ) . 8 . Randy Love, 2 1 6 , (RB ) Housto n . 9 . J o h n Spag no la , 2 4 5 , ( T E ) Ya le . 1 0 . Mart in Cox , 2 7 0 , ( W R ) Vanderbi l t (choice from Denver): Al lan Clark, 271 , ( R B ) Northern Arizona. 1 1 . (Choice to Washington) . 1 2 . (Choice t o Detro i t ! .

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1 978 1 . Bob Cryder , 1 8 , (G I A labama . 2 . Matt Cavanaugh , 50 , (QB) P it tsburg h . 3 . Car los Pen nywe l l . 77 , (WR) G ramb l i ng . 4 . Dwig h t Wheeler , 1 02 , (Tl Tennessee State . 5 . B i l l M atthews . 1 29 , ( L B ) South Dakota State . 6 . K e m Coleman , 1 56 , ( L B ) Miss iss i pp i . 7 . M i ke Hawk i ns , 1 88 , ( LB) Texas A & I . 8 . Terry Fa lcon , 1 98, (G I Mon tana (cho ice from Bu ffa lo th rough Ph i l ade lph ia ) ; Mos i Tat u p u , 2 1 5 , (RB) Southern Cal i forn ia . 9 . T i m Petersen . 242 , ( L B ) A r izona State. 1 0 . Bryan Ferguson , 269, (DB ) Miam i . 1 1 . Char l ie W i l l iams . 296, ( L B ) F lor ida . 1 2 . Jo hn G ibn ey, 328 , (Cl Colgate .

1 977 1 . Raymond C layborn , 16 . (DB) Texas (cho ice f rom San Franc isco) ; Stan ley Morgan , 25 , (WR) Ten nessee . 2 . Horace Ivory , 44 . (RB ) Ok lahoma (cho ice from San Fran­c isco; Don Hasse lbeck . 52 . (TE) Colorado . 3. S id ney Brown , 82 , (DB ) Ok lahoma. 4 .Gera ld Sk i n ner , 1 09 , ( T l Arkan sas . 5 . (Cho ice to S t . Lou is ) . 6 . (Cho ice to Houston ) . 7 .Ken Sm it h . 1 92 . ( W R ) Arkan sas-P i ne B l uff . 8 . B rad Benson , 2 1 9 , ( G I Penn State . 9 .J erry Voge le , 249. ( LB) M ic h igan . 1 0 . John Rasmussen , 276, (Tl W iscons i n ; G i l esA lexander . 279, ( D E ) Tu lsa (cho ice f rom Oak land ) . 1 1 . Ray Cost ict , 303 , (LB)M iss i ss i pp i State . 1 2 . Dave Preston , 333 , ( R B ) Bow l i ng G reen .

1 976 1 . M i ke Hay nes , 5 , ( D B ) Ar izona State ; Pete Brock . 1 2 , (Cl Colorado (cho ice from San Franc isco) ; T im Fox, 2 1 , (DB) Oh io State (cho ice from Houston through San Franc isco) . 2 . I ke Forte . 35 . ( R B ) Arkansas . 3. (Cho ice to Ch icago) . 4. (Cho ice to Cleve land th rough Ph i l ade lph ia ) . 5. (Cho ice to San D iego) . 6 . (Cho ice to New York G ia n ts ) ; G reg Boyd , 1 70 . (DE ) San D iego State . 7 . !Cho ice to C i nc i n nat i ) ; Perry Brooks . 202 ( DT) Southern ( cho ice from Houston ) . 8 . (Cho ice to Ph i l ade lph ia ) ; Stu Be t ts , 235 , ( R B) N o rt he rn M ic h i gan ( c h o i ce from M i n ne sota) . 9 . Doug Beaudo i n , 243, (DB ) M i n nesota . 1 0 . R icky Feacher , 270, (WR) M iss . Va l ley . 1 1 . Donn ie Thomas, 298, ( LB ) I nd ia na . 1 2 . Nathan iel Be l l . 325 , ( DT) Tu lane . 13 . James Jones, 352 , (DB) Cen tra l M ich ig an . 14 . Dav id Q u e h l , 382 , (WR) Ho ly Cross . 15 . Bernard Coleman , 409, (WR) Bethu ne-Cookman . 1 6 . C l i fford Brown , 436, ( DT) Tuskegee. 1 7 . Todd Ander­son , 465, (Ci Stan ford .

1 975 1 . Russ Franc is , 1 6 , (TE) Oregon . 2 . Rod Shoate, 4 1 , ( L B ) Ok lahoma . 3 . Pete Cus ick , 66, ( DT) Oh io State. 4 . A l l en Carter, 86. ( R B ) So. Cal iforn ia (cho ice f rom San D iego th rough Cleve land ) ; Steve B u rks , 9 1 . (WR) Arkan sas State . 5 . Steve Grogan , 1 1 6 , (QB) Kan sas State; Steve Freeman , 1 1 7 , (DB ) M iss iss ipp i St . (cho ice from Ph i l ade l p h i a ) . 6. (Cho ice to Detro i t ) . 7 . Law rence W i l l iams . 1 72 . (WR) Texas Tech . 8. (Cho ice to Ch icago . 9 . (Cho ice to P i ttsburgh ) . 1 0 . (Cho ice to P it tsburg h ) . 1 1 . Rene Garnett , 272 . ( DB ) Idaho State. 1 2 . Matt Kendon , 297, ( DT) Idaho State; Con redge H o l l oway . 306. (OB-DBI Ten nessee (cho ice from Wash i ngton ) . 1 3 . Joe Harvey, 328 , ( D E i Northern M ic h igan . 14 . Tom Gossom, 353 , (WR) Aubu rn . 1 5 . Don Clayton , 378, ( R B ) M u rray State. 1 6 . Kerry Marbury , 403, (RB) West V i rg i n ia . 1 7 . M yke Horton , 428 , (T i UCLA

1 974 1 . (Cho ice to San Franc isco) . 2 . Steve Corbett , 30 , (G) Boston Col lege (cho ice from Ch icago) ; Steve Ne lson , 34, ( L B ) North Dakota State . 3 . (Cho ice to Ch icago through Wash i ngton ) . 4 . (Cho ice to C i nc i nnat i ) . 5 . And y Joh nson , 1 1 3 , (RB ) Georg ia ; Char l ie Batt le . 1 24 . ( L B-DE) G ramb l i ng (cho ice from Wash i ngton th rough New Orleans ) . 6 . (Cho ice t o Ba l t imore) ; C h u c k Ramsey, 1 4 1 , ( P l Wake Forest (cho ice from Ph i l ade lph ia) . 7 . (Cho ice to P i ttsburg h ) ; Mau ry Damkroger , 1 78 , (LB) Nebraska ( c h o i ce f rom Wash i n g t o n ) .

1 973 1 . J oh n Han na h . 4 . (G ) A labama; S a m Cu n n i ngham , 1 1 , (RB ) S o . Cal i forn ia (cho ice from Los An ge les ) ; Darry l St i ng ley , 19, (WR) Purdue (cho ice from Ch icago . 2 . (Cho ice to Cleve land th rough N . Y . G ian ts ) . 3. B rad Dusek , 56, (DB ) Texas A&M ; Char les Dav is , 79 , ( R B ) A lcorn A& M ( cho ice from Da l las ) . 4. A l l en Gal laher , 82 , (Tl So . Cal i forn ia . 5 . Doug Dum ler , 1 93 . (Cl Nebraska. 6 . (Cho ice to New Orleans ) . 7 . (Cho ice to M iam i ) . 8 . I saac Brown , 1 85 , (RB) W . Ken tucky . 9 . Dav id Ca l l away , 2 1 2 (T) Texas A& M . 1 0 . Dan Ruster , 238, (DBI Ok lahoma . 1 1 . Homer May , 264, (TE ) Texas A&M . 1 2 . Bruce Barn s 290, (Pl UCLA. 1 3 . Alan Low ry , 3 1 6 , (DB) Texas, 14. Raymond Ham i l ton , 342 , ( LB ) Ok lahoma . 1 5 . Conde Pugh , 358, (DB ) Norfo l k State. 1 6 . M ike K utter . 394. (DE) Concord ia . 1 7 . Edd ie McAshan , 418, (QB-DB) Georg ia Tec h .

1 972 1 . (Cho ice to M i n nesota ) . 2 . (Cho ice to Da l l as ) ; Tom Reyno lds . 49 . (WR) San D iego State (cho ice from Kan sas C i t y ) . 3 . (Cho ice to Dal las) ; J i m Wh i te, 73, (DE ) Colorado State U . ( cho ice from Wash i ngton through Los Ange les ) . 4 . (Cho ice to Dal las) . 5 . (Cho ice to Ba l t i more) ; Ron Bol ton , 1 24 , (DB) Norfo lk State (cho ice from Oak land ) . 6 . (Cho ice to At lan ta th rough New York G ian ts ) . 7 . C lark Hoss, 1 65 , (TE) Oregon State; Joh n Tarver, 1 65 . (RB) Co lorado (cho ice from San D iego) . 8 . Steve Beyr le , 1 95 , (GI Kansas State. 9 . M ike Ke lson . 220 . (Tl Arkan sas . 10 . M el Caraway , 245, (DB) N . E . Ok lahoma . 1 1 . Rod ney Cason , 269, (Tl Ange lo State . 1 2 . Steve Booras, 295, (DE ) M esa J .C . 1 3 . Sam E l more , 325 , (DB ) E . M ich igan . 14 . Ed R ideout , 350 , (WR) Boston Col lege . 1 5 . Joel K l imek , 375, (TE) P i t tsburg h . 1 6 . E r ic Dah l . 400. (DB I San Jose State. 1 7 . J u n ior Ah You, 425 . (LB) Ar izona State.

1 97 1 1 . J i m P l u n kett . 1 , (OB) Stan ford . 2 . J u l i us Adams, 27 , ( DT) Texas Southern . 3 . (Cho ice to Buffa lo t h r o u g h Oak land ) . 4 . (Cho ice to Denver) . 5 . T im Ke l l y , 1 05 , ( L B ) Notre D a m e . 6 . Dav id Hardt . 1 3 1 . ( T E ) Ken tucky . 7 . (Cho ice to Oak land ) . 8 . (Cho ice to Buffa l o ) . 9 . J osh Ashton , 209, (RB ) Tu l sa . 1 0 . Layne McDowe l l , 235, (Tl Iowa . 1 1 . Dan Schn e iss , 251 , (TE) Nebraska . 1 2 . Jo h n Rodman , 287, (Tl Northwestern 1 3 . Lew i s Swa i n . 3 1 3 , ( D B ) A labama A& M . 1 4 . A l fred Sykes, 339. (WR) F lor ida A&M . 1 5 . N i c k McGarry . 365, (TE) Massac h u setts 1 6 . J i m Z i kmu nd , 391 , ( D B ) Kearney State . 1 7 . Rona ld Le ig h , 4 1 7 , ( D E i E l izabeth C i ty St .

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1 970 1 . Ph i l O l s e n . 4 , ( D T ) U t a h State. 2 . (Cho ice to Housto n ) . 3 . M i ke Bal l ou , 5 6 , ( L B ) U C L A . 4 . Edd ie R a y . 8 3 . ( D B ) LSU . 5 . B o b O l s o n , 1 07 , ( L B ) Notre Dame (choice from M iam i ) : (cho ice to New York Jets ) . 6 . (Choice to Buffa lo ) . 7 . Odel l Lawson , 1 60 , (RB ) Langston , Ok la . 8 . (Choice to New Yo rk Jets ) . 9 . Denn is W i rgowsk i , 2 1 2 , (DE ) Pu r­due . 1 0 . Henry Brow n . 239, (K-WR) M i ssour i . 1 1 . Denn i s Bramlett , 264, (Tl Texas-El Paso. 1 2 . G reg Roero, 291 , (DT) New Mex. H i g h lands . 1 3 . Ronnie She l ley , 3 1 6 , (DB ) T roy State . 1 4 . Garv ie Craw , 343 , ( R B-TE) M ich igan . 1 5 . Kent Schoo l f ie ld , 368, (WR) F lor ida A&M. 16 . Ot is McDan i e l , 395, (DE ) Tuskegee. 17 . Joe K i l l i ngsworth , 420, (WR) Ok lahoma.

1 969 1 . R o n Sel lers 6 , ( S E ) F lor ida State . 2 . M i ke Mont ie r 32 , (G I Co lorado . 3 . Carl Garrett , 58, (RB) N . M . H i g h lands . 4 . (Choice to Denver through Kansas City . 5 . O n ree Jackson, 1 1 0 , (QB) Alabama A&M. 6 . (Choice to Oakland ) . 7 . Rick Hack ley , 1 62 , (Tl New Mex ico State . 8. Bob G lad ieux , 1 88 , (RB) Notre Dame. 9 . Steve Alexakos, 209 (G-LB) San Jose State (choice from Buffa lo) : Joe Walker , 2 1 4 , (DE) A l bany State . 1 0 . Denn is Devl i n , 240, ( D B ) Wyo m i n g . 1 1 . Barry Ga l l up 266, ( S E ) Boston Col lege . 1 2 . R ichard Lee 292 , ( DT) G ram b l i n g . 1 3 . J o e Leasey, 3 1 8 , ( L B ) A lcorn A & M . 1 4 . J o h n Cag le , 344, ( LB ) C lemson . 1 5 . Brant Con ley , 3 7 0 , ( R B-P) Tu l sa . 1 6 . J i m V u o n o , 396, (LB) Adams State. 1 7 . George M use, 472 , ( L B-DB) G ram b l i n g .

1 968 1 . Denn i s Byrd , 6 , ( D T ) North Caro l i na State . 2 . T o m F u n c h e s s , 32 , ( T i Jackson State . 3 . Aaron Marsh , 60, (FL ) Eastern Kentucky . 4 . R . C . Gamble , 88, (RB) South Caro l i na State. 5 . J i m Sm ithberger , 1 1 6 , (DB ) Notre Dame. 6 . (Choice to C inc i nnat i ) . 7 . J o h n Schneider , 1 70 , ( Q B ) Toledo. 8 . Daryl Johnson , 1 97 , ( D B ) M o rgan State . 9 . (Choice to Hous ton ) . 1 0 . John Out law, 249 , (DB ) Jackson State . 1 1 . Pau l Feldhausen , 278 , (Tl North land , W is . 1 2 . James Chey u n s k i , 305 , ( L B ) Sy racuse . 1 3 . Max H u ber , 332 , (Tl B r i gham Young . 1 4 . H e n ry McKay , 358 , ( E l G u i l ford . 1 5 . A r t McMahan, 385 , (DB ) No . Caro l i na State . 1 6 . Cha r les Fu l ton , 4 13 , ( R B ) Tennessee. 17 . Ed Koontz , 440 , ( LB ) Catawba.

1 967 1 . John Char les , 2 1 , (DB ) P u r d u e . 2 . (Choice to Kansas C i t y ) . 3 . (Choice to New York Jets) . 4 . Ed Ph i l pott , 1 01 , (DE ) M iam i (Oh io ) . 5 . Me lv in Wit t , 1 28, (DE ) Ar l i ngton State. 6 . Ron Med len , 1 54 , (DE) S M U . 7 . Robert Leo, 1 80, ( H B ) Ha rvard . 8 . Tom Fusse l l ,206 , ( DT) LS U . 9 . Char l i e Thorn h i l l , 232, (DB ) M ich igan State . 10 . J o h n R u n ne l s , 257 ,(LB) Penn State . 1 1 . Leroy M i tchel l , 283, ( FL ) Texas Southern . 12 . Dave Dav i s , 3 1 0 ,( T l Harvard . 1 3 . R a y I l g , 336, ( LB ) Colgate. 1 4 . Bobby Beard , 361 , ( L B ) A u b u r n . 1 5 . Tom Fol l iard , 388 , ( LB ) M iss iss ipp i State . 1 6 . D i k Nocera , 4 1 4 , ( H B) Southern Con n .1 7 . Bobby N icho ls , 440, (TE) Boston U n iversity .

1 966 1 Karl S inger , ( T l Purdue : W i l l i e Townes , ( T l Tu lsa . 2 . J i m Boudrea u x , ( T l L a . Tech ; K e n Avery, ( L B ) M i s s . Southe rn . 3 . Haro ld Lucas , ( T l M i c h . State: Ed Toner , (G ) U . Mass. 4 . (Choice t o N e w York) : Heath Wingate, ( T ) Bowl i ng G reen . 5 . J o h n Mang u m , ( T l M i s s . Southern : Ray Perk i ns , ( E ) Alabama. 6 . D a n I rby , ( T l Lou i s . Tech . : Joe Avezzano , (G) F lor ida State . 7 . J i m Batt les , (T) Southern U . : Brent Caston ( D B ) M iss iss ipp i . 8 . S a m Montgomery , (DB ) Southern : Tom Schaefer , ( R B ) Chattanooga. 9 . Doug Satcher , ( LB ) Southern : Jack Whi te , (OB) Penn State . 10 . Denn is B rewster , ( T l BYU : B o b E l l i s , ( H B ) Massac h u setts. 1 1 . (Choice to N e w Y o r k ) : Jay M a r i o n , ( D B ) Wyom i n g . 1 2 . D i c k Fugere , ( LB ) C inc in nati . 1 3 . Tom Carr , ( F B I Bates St . 1 4 . B o b Hal l . (DB I B row n . 1 5 . B i l l y Laird , (OB) L a . Tec h . 1 6 . Buddy Owen s , (G ) M ic h igan State . 17 . D ick Capp, (DE ) Boston Co l lege . 1 8 . John P incavage , (E -DB) V i rg in ia . 1 9 . Joe Novog ratz , (G ) Pittsb u rg h . 20 . Paul Sou le , ( H B ) Bowdoi n .

1 965 1 . Jerry Rush , (Tl M ich igan State: Dave McCormick , (Tl LSU . 2 . (Cho ice t o Houston ) : Bob Kowlowsk i , (Tl V i rg i n i a . 3 . J i m Wha len , ( E ) Boston Co l lege : Bob Cappadonna , (FB) Northeaste r n . 4 . E l l i s Johnson , (HB ) S .E . Lou is iana : D ick Ar r i ng ton , (G I Notre Dame. 5 . Corwyn Aldredge, ( E l N . W . Louis iana; Dennis Sm i t h , (DE) C inc i n nat i . 6 . J ust in Canale, (G) M i ss iss ipp i State; B i l l y Ezel l , (DB ) LSU . 7 . Tom Nev i l l e , (T ) M iss iss ipp i State; John Hank inson , (OB) M i n nesota. 8 . F red Brow n , ( E l M iam i ; Beau Col le , (DB) LSU . 9 . Bob Malone, (Tl Louis iana Tech . ; Char les B row n , (Tl Tulsa. 1 0 . (Choice to Buffa lo ) ; Dave Hettema, (Tl New Mex ico . 1 1 . J o h n Frechette, (T l Boston Col lege: Roy Schmidt , (GI Long Beach State . 12 . J im Weather ly , (DB) M iss i ss ipp i ; Leon Stanr idge , ( E l San Diego State . 13 . Char l i e G reen , (OB) Wit tenberg . 14 . Jay Cunn ingham, (HB) Bowl i ng G ree n . 1 5 . Ted Rodosevitch , (GI C inc i nnat i . 16 . George Pyne, (Tl Ol ivet . 17 . White G raves , (DB) LSU ; Dave Lee, ( E l Lou is iana Tec h . 1 8 . Ed Meixler , (LB) Boston U n ivers i ty . 19 . J im Nance (FBI Sy racuse . 20 . Fred Fugazz i , (FBI M i ssour i Val ley .

1 964 1 . Jack Concan non , (OB) Boston Co l l ege . 2 . J i m Ke l l y , ( E l No t re Dame. 3 . (Cho ice to Denver) . 4 . Jon Morr is , (El Holy Cross. 5 . (Choice to San D iego) . 6 . J im Mazurek, (GI Sy racuse . 7 . T . W . Al ley, (Tl W i l l iam & Mary . 8 . J . D . Garrett , ( H B ) G ram b l i n g ; Roger La londe , (Tl Musk i ngum . 9 . Leonard St . Jean , ( E l N . M ich igan . 10 . (Cho ice to Bu f­fa lo ) . 1 1 . J i m Barrett, ( H B ) Boston Co l lege . 1 2 . (Choice to Kansas C i ty ) . 1 3 . Joe Scar­pat i , (DB) N. Caro l i na State. 1 4 . Jim W i l son , (T) Georg ia . 1 5 . Tony G ibbons , (Tl John Carro l l . 1 6 . Pete Pedro, ( H B) Wes t Texas State . 1 7 . Ga ry Wood , (OB-H B) Cornel l . 1 8 . Joe T i l l e r , (Tl Montana State. 1 9 . B i l l Dawso n , ( E l F lor ida State . 20 . Lonn ie Farmer , (LB) Chattanooga. 2 1 . Tony Lawrence, (Tl Bow l i ng Gree n . 22 . Dave Archer , (Tl Syracuse . 23 . Dave H umen ick , (Tl Notre Dame. 24 . Larry Barto lamec l i , (T l West V i rg i n i a . 25 . Bryan Genera lov ich , ( E l Pittsbu rg h . 26 . D ick N i g l i o , ( H B) Yale .

1 963 1 . Art G raham , ( E l Boston Col lege . 2 . LeRoy J o rda n , ( C l A labama. 3 . B o b Vog e l , (T) Ohio State . 4 . Bob Reynolds , (Tl Bow l i ng G ree n . 5 . Lou C ioc i , (G I Boston Col lege . 6 . Sam S i las , (Tl Southern I l l i no i s , 7 . D ick W i l l i amson , ( E l A labama. 8 . Rod Foster , (GI Ohio State. 9 . J i m S imon , ( E l M iam i . 1 0 . Don McKinnon , (Ci Dartmouth . 1 1 . Dave Hayes, (FBI Penn State (choice from H o u ston ) ; Dave Watson , (GI Georg ia Tec h . 1 2 . B i l l Gambre l l , ( H B ) South Caro l i na (choice from Buffa lo) : T im Gauntner , ( H B) John

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Carro l l . 1 3a . Dave Adams , (T ) Arkansas . 1 3b . Ralph Ferri ss i , ( F B ) So . Con nect icut . 1 4 . Whaley Ha l l , (T) Miss iss ipp i . 1 5 . Bob Den te l , (C ) Miam i . 1 6a . Wes Bryan t , (T) Arkansas . 1 7 . Tom Neuman n , ( H B ) M ich igan . 1 8 . Dave O ' Br ien , ( T) Boston Col lege . 1 9 . Pat McCarthy , (QB ) Ho ly Cross. 20 . J i m Bradshaw , ( H B ) Chattanooga. 2 1 . Gary Sherman , ( H B ) Bow l i ng G reen . 22. Nate Craddock , ( F B ) Parson s . 23 . A l Sn yder , ( H B ) Holy Cross. 24 . Dick Schu l tz, (T) Ohio . 25 . Den n i s Gau batz, (G ) Lou is iana State U . 26 . Jim Tu l l i s , ( H B ) Florida A&M . 27 . Dave Adama, (T) A rkan sas. 28 . Ron Whaley , ( H B ) Chattanooga . 29 . Dock Ke l l y , (G ) Georg ia .

1 962 1 . Gary Col l in s , ( E ) Maryland . 2 . LeRoy Jackson , ( H B ) W . l l ino i s . 3 . Sherwyn Thor­son , (G ) Iowa . 4. (Choice to Houston ) . 5 . (Choice to Dal las ) . 6. B i l l Ne ighbors , (T) Alabama . 7 . John Schop! , (T) M ich igan . 8 . Ben ny McRae, ( H B ) M ich igan . 9. B i l l Trip lett , ( FB ) Miam i , O h i o . 1 0 . John K n i gh t , ( H B ) Valparai so . 1 1 . (Cho ice to B u ffa lo ) . 1 2 . (Choice to Oak land ) . 1 3 . N ick Buon i con t i , (G ) Notre Dame. 1 4 . Chas . S iem insk i , (T ) Pen n State . 1 5 . Gerry Goer l i tz , N . M ich igan . 1 6 . Ken Byers , (G ) Ci nc in nati . 1 7 . Scott Maen tz , ( E ) Mich igan . 1 8 . Tom Chand ler , (T) Flor ida A & M . 1 9 . Ron Meyers , ( E ) Vi l lanova . 20 . Tom Neck , ( H B ) LSU . 2 1 . John Trayn ham, ( H B ) V M I . 22 . Bob Asack , (T) Colum b ia . 23 . Walt Crate, ( H B ) Pen n M i l itary . 24 . Don Chr istman , (C) Richmond . 25 . Bob Stem, (C ) Richmond . 26. J i m F ie ld , (QB ) LSU . 27 . Al G ursky , ( H B ) Pen n State . 28. Charles Dickerson , (T) I l l i no i s . 29. J u l i u s . F incke , (T) M cNeese State. 30 . John L . Fin n , (T) Lou isv i l le . 3 1 . M ike Ing ram, (G ) Ohio State. 32 . Char les Tay lor , ( H B ) Miss iss ipp i . 33 . Steve Jastrzem bsk i , ( E ) Pittsburgh . 34 . Ray Lardan i , (T) M iami (F la . ) .

1 96 1 1 . Tommy Mason, ( H B) Tu lane . 2 . R i p Hawkins , (C) N o rth Caro l i na . 3 . Danny LaRose, ( E ) M issour i . 4 . M ike Zeno , (G ) Virg in ia Tech . 5 . Fran Tarken ton , ( O B ) Georg ia . 6 .Larry Eisen hauer , (T) Boston Col lege . 7 . Paul Terhes, (OB ) Buck ne l l . 8 . Char lesLong , (G ) Chattanooga . 9 . Roland Lakes , (C ) Wich ita . 1 0 . R ichard M ue l ler , ( E ) Ken­tucky . 1 1 . Mel West, ( H B ) M i ssour i . 1 2 . Wayne Harris, (C ) Arkan sas . 1 3 . Dan U nder­wood, (T ) McNeese State . 1 4 . James Wr ight , (OB ) Mem ph i s State . 1 5 . (Choice to Da l las ) . 1 6 . George Balthazar, (T) Ten nessee A& I . 1 7 . Ray Ratkowsk i , ( H B ) NotreDame. 18. Tom Rodgers, ( H B ) Ken tucky . 19. Joe Be l l i no , ( H B ) Navy . 20 . ClarenceChi lds , ( H B ) F lor ida A&M . 21 . Dan Oakes , (G ) VPI . 22 . Bob John son , ( E ) M ich igan . 23. Darrel DeDecker , (C ) I l l ino is . 24 . Don Webb , ( H B ) Iowa State . 25 . Robert M in ihane , (T ) Boston U n iversity . 26. Char les G ranger , (T) Southern U . ( la . ) . 27 .Terry H uxho ld , (T) Wiscons in . 28. Bryan t Harvard , (QB ) A ubu rn . 29 . E rn i e M c M i l lan , (T) I l l ino is . 30 . George Hu l z , (T) Miss iss ipp i Southern .

1 960 Buddy A l len , ( H B ) Utah State; Ron B u rton , ( H B ) Northwestern ; Dale Chamber la in , ( FB ) Miami , O . ; Hen ry Chr istopher , ( E ) S M U ; Dan Colch icco , ( E ) San Jose State ; Jack Cummings , (OB ) North Caro l ina State; James Dav is , (C ) Ok lahoma; Sarafine Faz io , (C ) Pittsburgh ; Max Fug le r , (C ) LSU ; J i m Gardn er, (T ) Duke ; James Goodyear, (T-G ) Wake Forest; Dave Harr is , ( H B ) Kan sas; Al Henderson , (T) Colorado State; JamesH ickman , (T-G ) Pen n State ; Robert Kran tz, ( F B ) Pen n State ; Joe K u lback i , ( H B ) P u r­due ; Dee Mackey, ( E ) E. Texas St . ; Leon Man ley (G ) W. Texas St . Cl i f f Man n i ng (T-G ) Hardi n-S immons ; Pete Man n i ng , ( E ) Wake Forest ; Edward Mazurek , (T) Xavier ( . ) ; Bel l Meglen , (G ) Utah State; Fran k Mestn ik , ( F B ) Marquette; Ron M i x , (T ) U SC ; Irv in N ikola i , (E ) Stan ford ; J i m Preste l , (T) Idaho; Bob Salerno , (G ) Colorado ; GerSchwedes, ( H B ) Syracuse ; R ichard Soerge l , (OB ) Ok l ahoma St . , Larry Wagn er , (T ) Vanderb i l t ; Harvey Whi te , (OB ) Clemson ; T irey Wi leman , ( H B ) S M U ; Gary Wisener ,(E ) Baylor .

LAST TIME IT HAPPENED KICKOFF RETURN FO R TD ; By Patr iot : Raymond Clayborn at Ba l t imore , 1 2- 1 8-77 ( 10 1 yards) By Opponen t : Joe Wash i ngton , Ba l t imore , 9-1 8-78 (90 yards) P U NT RETU R N FO R TD: By Patr iot : Stan ley Morgan vs . Ba l t imore , 1 1 -1 8-79 (80 yards) By Opponent : Nesby G lasgow, Ba l t imore , 1 1 - 1 8-79 (75 yards) I NTERCEPTION FO R TD; By Patr iot : M i ke Hawk i ns vs . M ia m i , 1 0-21 -79 (35 yards) By Opponent : Ly le B lackwood , Bal t imore , 1 1 -26-78 (2 1 Yards) F U M B L E RET U R N FOR TD ; By Pat r iot : Steve G rogan vs . NY Jets , 1 0- 1 8-76 (6 yards) By Opponent : R u b i n Carter at Denver, 1 2- 1 1 -79 (2 yards) BLOCKED PUNT RETU R N E D FOR TD ; By Patr iot : R i ck Sanfo rd vs . Ba l t imore , 1 1 - 1 8-79 (8 yards) By Opponent : Rob Na i rne at Denver, 1 2- 1 1 -79 (22 yards ) BLOCKED FG RET U R N E D FOR TD : By Patr iot ; Larry Carwe l l vs . C i nc i n nat i , 9-1 7-72 ( 45 yards ) By Opponent : L loyd M u mphord at M ia m i , 1 2-6-70 (5 1 yards) 1 00-YARD R U S H I N G GAME; By Patr iot : Horace Ivory vs . Buf fa lo , 1 1 -1 8-79 ( 1 1 6 yards) By Opponent : De lv in W i l l i ams , M iam i 1 0-22-78 ( 1 1 6 yards) 1 00-YARD RECEIVING GAME; By Patr iot : H arold Jackson vs . M i n nesota, 1 2- 1 6-79 ( 1 47 yards) By Opponent ; Ricky Y o u n g , M i n n esota, 1 2-1 6-79 ( 1 1 6 yards) 300-YARDS PAS S I N G ;By Patr iot : Steve G rogan at M ia m i , 1 1 -29-79 (350 yards) By Oponent : Tom m y Kramer , M i n nesota , 1 2- 1 6-79 (308 yards)

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PATR IOTS LEADERS YEAR-BY-YEAR R U S H I N G

Year Player Att. Yds . Avg. Lg TD

1 960 A lan M i l le r 1 01 4 1 6 4 .2 33 1 1 96 1 B i l l y Lott 1 00 461 4 . 7 38 5 1 962 Ron B u rton 1 34 548 4 .0 59 2 1 963 Larry Garron 1 79 750 4 . 1 47t 2 1 964 Larry Garron 1 83 585 3 .2 1 6 2 1 965 J im Nance 1 1 1 321 2 . 9 20 5 1 966 J i m Nance 299 1 458 4 .9 65t 1 1 1 967 J im Nance 269 1 2 1 6 4 . 5 53 7 1 968 J i m Nance 1 77 593 3 . 4 30t 4 1 969 J i m Nance 1 93 750 3 .9 43 6 1 970 J i m Nance 1 45 522 3 .6 21 7 1 97 1 Carl G arrett 1 8 1 784 4 . 3 38 1 1 972 J o s h Ashton 1 28 546 4 .3 35 3 1 973 Sam C u n n i n g ham 1 55 5 1 6 3 .3 25 4

1 974 Mack H erron 231 824 3 .6 28 7 1 975 Sam C u n n i n g ham 1 69 666 3 .9 1 7 6 1 976 Sam C u n n i ngham 1 72 824 4 .8 24 3 1 977 Sam C u n n i n g ham 270 1 01 5 3 .8 31 t 4

1 978 Sam C u n n i ngham 1 99 768 3 . 9 52t 8 1 979 Sam C u n n i n g ham 1 59 563 3 . 5 27 5

PASS I N G Year Player Att. Comp Pct. Yds . Int. Lg TD

1 960 Butch Song i n 392 1 87 47 .7 2476 1 5 78 22 1 96 1 Butch S o n g i n 2 1 2 98 46 .2 1 429 9 58t 1 4 1 962 Babe Pari l l i 253 1 40 55 .3 1 988 8 67t 1 8 1 963 Babe Pari l l i 337 1 53 45 .4 2335 24 77t 1 3 1 964 Babe Par i l l i 473 228 48.2 3465 27 80t 31 1 965 Babe Par i l l i 426 1 73 40.6 2597 26 73t 1 8 1 966 Babe Pari l l i 382 1 81 47 .4 272 1 20 63t 20 1 967 Babe Pari l l i 344 1 61 46 .8 231 7 24 79t 1 9 1 968 Tom Sherman 226 90 39.8 1 1 99 1 6 87t 1 2 1 969 M i ke Tal iafe rro 331 1 60 48.3 2 1 60 1 8 77 1 9 1 970 Joe Kapp 2 1 9 98 44 . 7 1 1 04 1 7 48 3 1 97 1 J i m P l u n kett 328 1 58 48.2 2 1 58 1 6 88t 1 9 1 972 J i m P l u nkett 355 1 69 47 .6 2 1 96 25 62 8 1 973 J i m P l u n kett 376 1 93 51 . 3 2550 1 7 64 1 3 1 974 J i m P l u nkett 352 1 73 49 . 1 2457 22 691 1 91 975 Steve G rogan 274 1 39 50 .7 1 976 1 8 621 1 1 1 976 Steve G rogan 302 1 45 48 .0 1 903 20 581 1 8 1 977 Steve G rogan 305 1 60 52 . 5 21 62 2 1 68 1 7 1 978 Steve G rogan 362 1 81 50 .0 2824 23 751 1 5 1 979 Steve G rogan 423 206 48 . 7 3286 20 631 28

P U NTI NG Year Player No. Yds . Avg. Long

1 960 Tom G reene 59 2235 37 .9 66 1 961 Tom Yewc ic 62 2406 38 .8 64 1 962 Tom Yewc ic 68 2634 38 . 7 56 1 963 Tom Y ewc ic 73 2880 39.4 65 1 964 Tom Yewc ic 72 2787 38.7 63 1 965 Tom Yewc ic 74 3094 41 .8 70 1 966 J i m Fraser 53 2044 38 .6 68 1 967 Terry Swanson 65 2632 40 . 5 62 1 968 Bob Scarpi tto 34 1 382 40.6 87

Terry Swanson 62 2449 39 .5 57 1 969 Tom J a n i k 70 2903 4 1 . 5 56 1 970 Tom J a n i k 86 3364 39 . 1 57 1 97 1 T o m J a n i k 87 3249 37 .3 58 1 972 Pat Studst i l l 75 2859 38 . 1 57 1 973 Bruce Barnes 55 2 1 34 38 .8 53 1 974 Bruce Barnes 45 1 604 35 .6 50 1 975 M i ke Patr ick 83 3223 38.8 62 1 976 M i ke Patr ick 67 2688 40 . 1 52 1 977 M i ke Patr ick 65 2354 36 .2 64 1 978 J e rrel W i l son 54 1 921 35 .6 57 1 979 Eddie Hare 83 3038 36 .6 58

P U NT RETU RNS Year Player No. Yds . Avg. Lg TD

1 960 B i l l y We l l s 1 2 66 4 . 6 1 6 0 1 96 1 F red Bruney 23 1 09 4 . 7 1 1 0 1 962 Ron B u rton 2 1 1 22 5 .8 22 0 1 963 Bob Suc i 25 233 9 .3 22 0 1 964 Dave C lou t ie r 20 1 36 6 .8 40 0 1 965 Ron B u rton 1 5 6 1 4 . 1 1 2 0 1 966 Tom H e n n e ssey 7 39 5 . 6 1 1 0

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P U NT RETU RNS-Cont i n ued Year P layer No . Yds . Avg. Lg TD 1 967 Jay Cunn i ngham 1 7 1 05 6 .2 44 0

Joe Be l l i no 1 5 1 29 8 .6 1 8 0

1 968 W i l l i e Porte r 22 1 35 6 . 1 24 0

1 969 Carl Garrett 1 2 1 59 1 3 .3 45 0

1 970 Carl Garrett 1 7 1 68 9 .9 62 0

1 971 Carl Garrett 8 1 24 1 5 .5 50 0

1 972 Carl Garrett 6 36 6 .0 27 0

1 973 Mack He rron 27 282 1 0. 8 54 0

1 974 Mack H e rron 35 51 7 1 4 .8 66 0

1 975 Darryl St i ng ley 1 5 1 1 3 7 . 5 29 0

1 976 M i ke Haynes 45 608 1 3 . 5 891 2

1 977 Stan ley Morgan 1 6 220 1 3 .8 53 0

M i ke Haynes 24 200 8 .3 46 0

1 978 Stan ley Morgan 32 335 1 0 .5 48 0

1 979 Stan ley Morgan 29 289 1 0 .0 801 1 K I C K O F F R ETU R N S

Year P layer No . Yds . Avg. Lg TD 1 960 D ick Ch r isty 24 61 7 25 .7 46 0

1 961 Larry Garron 1 6 438 27 .4 89 1

1 962 Larry Garron 24 686 28 .5 951 1

1 963 Larry Garron 28 693 24 .7 58 0

1 964 J . D . Garrett 32 749 23 .4 42 0

1 965 Jay Cunn i ngham 1 7 374 22 .0 45 0

1 966 Joe Be l l i no 1 8 4 1 0 22 .8 43 0

1 967 Jay Cunn ing ham 30 627 20.9 4 1 0

1 968 W i l l ie Porter 36 8 1 2 22 .6 61 0

1 969 Carl Garrett 28 792 28.3 63 0

1 970 Ode l l Lawson 25 546 2 1 .8 52 0

1 971 Car l Garrett 24 538 22 .4 37 0

1 972 Carl Garrett 1 6 4 1 0 25 .6 49 0

1 973 Mack H e rron 41 1 092 26 .6 921 1

1 974 Mack H erron 28 629 1 8 .0 62 0

1 975 Al len Carte r 32 879 27 .5 991 1

1 976 J ess Ph i l l i ps 1 4 397 28 .4 7 1 0 1 977 Raymond Clayborn 28 869 31 .0 1 0 1 1 3

1 978 Raymond Clayborn 27 636 23 .6 60 0

1 979 Al lan Clark 37 81 6 22 . 1 38 0

PASS I N T E RC E PT I O N S Year P layer No . Yds . Avg. Lg TD 1 960 G i no Cappe l lett i 4 68 1 7 .0 24 0

1 961 Don Webb 5 1 53 30.6 59 2

1 962 Ross O ' Han ley 5 83 1 6 .6 28 0

1 963 Bob Suc i 8 294 36 .7 98 2

1 964 Ron Ha l l 1 1 1 48 1 3 .5 50 0

1 965 Ron Ha l l 3 35 1 1 . 7 29 0

1 966 Ron Ha l l 6 1 59 26 .5 87 0

1 967 Don Webb 4 91 22 .8 4 1 0

1 968 Le roy M i tche l l 7 4 1 5 .9 20 0

1 969 Larry Carwe l l 4 1 1 4 28 .5 38 0

1 970 Daryl Johnson 2 51 25 .5 42 0

1 971 Larry Carwe l l 5 72 1 4 . 4 531 1

1 972 Honor Jackson 4 1 33 33 .3 55 0

1 973 Ron Bolton 6 65 1 0.8 56 0

1 974 Ron Bolton 7 1 8 2 . 6 1 0 0

1 975 Ron Bolton 5 33 6 .6 1 5 0

1 976 M i ke Haynes 8 90 1 1 . 3 28 0

1 977 M ike Haynes 5 54 1 0.8 22 0

1 978 M i ke Haynes 6 1 23 20.5 50 1

1 979 Ray Clayborn 5 56 1 1 .2 27 0

SCO R I N G Year P layer TD PAT FG Tota l 1 960 G i no Cappe l lett i 0 36 8 60 1 961 G i no Cappe l let t i 8 48 1 7 1 47 1 962 G i no Cappe l lett i 5 38 20 1 28 1 963 G i no Cappe l let t i 2 35 22 1 1 3 1 964 G i no Cappe l lett i 7 38 25 1 55

1 965 G i no Cappe l lett i 9 27 1 7 1 32 1 966 G ino Cappe l lett i 6 35 1 6 1 1 9 1 967 G i no Cappe l lett i 3 29 1 6 95 1 968 G i no Cappe l lett i 2 26 1 5 83 1 969 G ino Cappe l lett i 0 26 1 4 68 1 970 J i m Nance 7 0 0 42 1 971 Char l i e Gogolak 0 28 1 2 64

1 972 Carl Garrett 5 0 0 30 1 973 J eff Wh i te 0 2 1 1 4 63 1 974 John Sm i th 0 42 1 6 90 1 975 John Sm i th 0 33 9 60

1 976 John Sm i th 0 42 1 5 87

1 977 John Sm i th 0 33 1 5 78

1 978 Horace I vory 1 1 0 0 66

1 979 John Sm i th 0 46 23 1 1 5

PASS R EC E IV I N G Year Player No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD 1 960 J i m Co l c l o u g h 49 666 1 3 . 6 61 9 1 96 1 G i n o Cappe l l ett i 45 768 1 7 . 1 53 8 1 962 J i m Co l c l o u g h 40 868 2 1 . 7 781 1 0 1 963 J i m Co lc l o u g h 42 793 1 8.8 561 3 1 964 G i n o Cappe l l ett i 49 865 1 7 . 7 581 7 1 965 J i m Co l c l o u g h 40 677 1 6 . 9 4 1 3 1 966 A rt G raham 51 673 1 3 .2 42 4 1 967 Art G raham 41 606 1 4 .8 791 4 1 968 J i m Wha len 47 7 1 8 1 5 . 3 871 7 1 969 Carl G arrett 29 267 9 .2 34 2 1 970 Ron Se l l e rs 38 550 1 4 . 5 48 4 1 97 1 Randy Valaha 5 1 872 1 7 . 1 881 9 1 972 R e g g i e Rucke r 44 681 1 5 . 5 62 3 1 973 Reg g i e Rucke r 53 743 1 4 .0 64 3 1 974 Mack H e rron 38 474 1 2 . 5 1 8 5 1 975 Randy Valaha 46 720 1 5 . 7 4 7 6 1 976 A n d y J o h n so n 29 343 1 1 .8 53 4 1 977 Sam C u n n i n g ham 42 370 8 .8 35 1 1 978 R u s s F ranc i s 39 543 1 3 .9 53 4 1 979 Haro ld Jackson 45 1 0 1 3 22 . 5 59 7

Stan l ey M o rgan 44 1 002 22 .8 631 1 2

TOP 30 SCORERS

NAME R p RET FG K TP

Gino Cappe l l ett i ( 1 960-70) 0 42 0 1 76 342 1 1 30 JOHN SM ITH ( 1 974-79) 0 0 0 79 202 439 J im Nance ( 1 965-7 1 ) 45 1 0 0 0 276 SAM C U N N INGHAM ( 1 973-79) 39 6 0 0 0 270 Larry Garron ( 1 960-68) 1 4 26 2 0 0 252 J im Colc l ough ( 1 960-68) 0 39 0 0 0 238 Randy Vataha ( 1 97 1 -76) 0 23 0 0 1 44

STEVE GROGAN ( 1 975-present ) 23 0 0 0 1 44

STANLEY MORGAN ( 1 977-present) 0 20 1 0 0 1 26 RUSS FRANCIS ( 1 975-present) 0 20 0 0 0 1 20 Art Graham ( 1 963-68) 0 20 0 0 0 1 20 Ron B u rton ( 1 960-65) 9 8 2 0 0 1 1 4 Car l Garrett ( 1 969-721 1 5 3 0 0 0 1 08 ANDY JOHNSON ( 1 974-present ) 1 3 5 0 0 0 1 08 J im Wha len ( 1 965-69) 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 02 Char l ie Gogolak ( 1 970-72) 0 0 0 20 42 1 02 Darry l S t i ng ley ( 1 973-1 977) 2 1 4 0 0 0 96 Mack He rron ( 1 973-75) 9 6 1 0 0 96 Babe Par i l l i ( 1 96 1 -67) ' 1 5 0 0 0 0 92

B i l l y Lott ( 1 96 1 -63) 8 0 0 0 90 DON CALHOUN ( 1 975-present) 1 2 2 0 0 0 84

HORACE IVORY ( 1 977-present) 1 2 2 0 0 0 84 Ron Se l le rs ( 1 969-7 1 ) 0 1 3 0 0 0 78 HAROLD JACKSON ( 1 978-p resent) 0 1 3 0 0 0 78 J eff Wh ite ( 1 973) 0 0 0 1 4 21 63 David Posey ( 1 978) 0 0 0 1 1 29 62 Regg ie Rucker ( 1 97 1 -74) 0 1 0 0 0 0 60 Tony Romeo ( 1 962-67) 0 9 0 0 0 56 J im P l u n kett ( 1 97 1 -75) 9 0 0 0 0 54

John Tarver ( 1 972-74) 0 0 0 48

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TOP 1 0 PASSERS Avg. /

Name Att. Comp. Yds. Pct. Atl. Td. Int. Babe Par i l l i (61 -67) 241 3 1 1 40 1 6 ,747 47.2 6 .94 1 32 1 38 STEVE G ROGAN (75-79) 1 666 831 1 2 , 1 6 1 49.9 7.30 89 1 02 J im P l un ke tt ( 7 1 -75) 1 503 729 9,932 48.5 6.61 62 87 M ike Ta l iaferro (68-70) 680 305 3 ,920

.. 44.9 5 .76 27 44

Butch Son g i n (60-6 1 ) 604 285 3 ,905 47 .2 6 .47 36 24 Tom Yewcic (61 -66) 206 87 1 ,374 42 .2 6 .67 1 2 1 2 Tom Sherman I 1 968) 226 90 1 , 1 99 39. 8 5 .3 1 12 16 Joe Kapp ( 1 970) 2 1 9 98 1 , 1 04 44 .7 5 .04 3 1 7 Don Tru l l ( 1 967 ) 81 27 442 33.3 5 . 46 7 TOM OWEN (76-79) 78 43 437 55 . 1 5 .60 5

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TOP 20 RECE IVERS

NAME YRS NO VOS AVG LG TD Gino Cappel lett i 60-70 292 4589 1 5 . 7 631 42 J i m Coe lo ugh 60-68 283 5001 1 7 . 7 781 39 Art Graham 63-68 1 99 3 1 07 1 5 .6 801 20 SAM C U N N INGHAM 73-79 1 98 1 8 1 3 9 . 1 4 1 6 Larry Garron 60-68 1 85 2502 1 3 . 5 92 26 Randy Vataha 7 1 -76 1 78 3055 1 7 . 2 881 23 RUSS FRANCIS 75-79 1 55 2332 1 5 .0 53 20 J im Wha len 65-79 1 53 2487 1 6 . 3 871 1 7 J im Nance 65-71 1 29 844 6 . 5 45 1 Reggie Rucker 7 1 -74 1 26 1 884 1 5 .0 691 1 0 Aon Bu rton 60-65 1 1 1 1 205 1 0 .9 731 8 Darryl S t ing ley 73-77 1 1 0 1 883 1 7 . 1 68 1 4

Tony Romeo 62-67 1 1 0 1 724 1 0 . 8 801 1 0 Carl Garrett 69-72 107 1 1 58 10 . 8 801 3 STAN LEY MORGAN 77-79 99 2265 22 .9 751 20 ANDY JOHNSON 74-79 98 1 1 1 9 1 1 .4 53 5 HAROLD J ACKSON 78-79 82 1 756 2 1 . 4 59 1 3 Ron Se l lers 69-71 79 1 477 1 8 . 7 77 1 3 Bob W indsor 72-74 74 9 1 5 1 2 . 4 36 6 Mack Herron 73-75 6 1 789 1 2 .9 29 6

TOP 10 RU S H ERS

PLAYER Years AU. Yds . Avg. LG TD Jim Nance 65-71 1 323 5323 4 .0 651 45 SAM C U N N I NGHAM 73-79 1 290 5 1 63 4 .0 751 39 Larry Garron 60-68 763 2981 3 .9 851 1 4 DON CALHOU N 75-79 563 2399 4 .3 73 1 2 Carl Garrett 69-72 537 2235 4 .2 801 1 5 ANDY JOHNSON 74-79 478 1 990 4 . 1 691 1 3 STEVE GROGAN 75-79 293 1 738 5.9 4 1 1 2 3 R o n B u rton 60-65 429 1 536 3 .6 77 9 Mack Herron 73-75 353 1 298 3 . 7 53 9 HORACE IVORY 77-79 287 1 225 4 .4 52 1 3

TOP 1 0 KO R ETU RN ERS

Players Years No. Yds . Avg. LG TD

Larry Garron 60-68 89 2299 25 .8 951 Carl Garrett 69-72 92 2251 24 .5 63 0 Mack Herron 73-75 71 1 796 25 . 3 921

RAYMOND CLAYBORN 77-79 57 1 538 26 .9 1 0 1 1 Jay C u n n i ngham 65-67 64 1 372 2 1 .4 45 0 Ron B u rton 60-65 46 1 1 1 9 24 . 3 9 1 1 1 J . D . Garrett 64-67 48 1 054 22 .0 42 0 Joe Be l l i no 65-67 43 905 21 .0 43 0 A l len Carter 75-76 33 898 27 .2 991 1 ALLAN CLARK 79 37 816 22 . 1 38 0

TOP 1 0 P U NT RETU RNS

NAME Years No. Yds . Avg. LG TD

MIKE HAYNES 76-79 86 1 007 1 1 .7 891 2 Mack Her ron 73-75 74 888 1 2 .0 66 0 STAN LEY MORGAN 77-79 78 840 1 0. 7 80 1 Carl Garrett 69-72 43 487 1 1 . 3 62 0 Ron B u rton 60-65 56 389 6 .9 62 0 Bob Suci 63 25 233 9 .3 22 0 Bi l l Johnson 66-69 23 1 95 8 .6 52 0 Tom Stephans 60-64 1 9 1 51 7 . 9 37 0 Fred Bruney 60-62 30 1 48 4.9 1 8 0 Joe Bel l ino 65-67 1 9 1 48 7 . 8 3 1 0

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TOP 1 0 1 NTERCEPTORS

Name Years No. Yds. A,9. LG TD Ron Hal l 6 1 -67 29 476 16 . 4 87 1 Nick Buon iconti 62-68 24 223 9 .3 41 0 MIKE HAYNES 76-79 22 333 1 5 . 1 50 Don Webb 61 -70 21 366 1 7 .4 59 Ron Bolton 72-75 1 8 1 1 6 6 .4 56 Tom Addison 60-65 1 6 1 03 6 .4 1 7 1 PRENTICE MCCRAY 74-79 1 5 352 23 .4 63t 2 Ross O' Hanley 60-65 1 5 288 1 9 .2 61 1 Chuck Shonta 60-67 1 5 261 1 7 . 4 52 0 Dick Felt 62-66 1 2 1 99 16 .6 35 0

TOP 1 0 PUNTERS

NAME Years No. Yds. A,9. LG BLK Tom Yewcic 61 -66 377 1 4 , 553 38.6 70 9 Tom Janik 69-7 1 243 9 ,5 16 39.2 58 1 Mike Patrick 75-78 222 8,481 38.2 47 0 Terry Swanson 67-68 1 27 5 ,081 40.0 62 2 Bruce Barnes 73-74 1 00 3,738 37.4 53 0 EDDIE HARE 79 83 3 ,038 36.6 58 Pat Studst i l l 72 75 2 ,859 38 . 1 57 Tom Greene 60 61 2 ,253 36.9 66 1 J im Fraser 66 55 2 ,044 37.2 68 2 Jerrel Wilson 78 54 1 ,921 35.6 57 0

POI NTS BY K I C K I N G PAT PAT Total

Name Year FGM FGA Made Att. Points John Sm ith 1 979 23 33 46 49 1 1 5 G ino Cappel letti 1 964 25 39 36 36 1 1 1 G ino Cappel letti 1 963 22 38 35 36 1 01 G ino Cappel letti 1 96 1 1 7 32 48 50 99 G ino Cappel letti 1 962 20 37 38 40 98 John S m ith 1 974 1 6 22 42 43 90 John S m ith 1 976 1 5 25 42 46 87 Gino Cappel letti 1 966 1 6 32 35 36 83 G ino Cappel letti 1 965 1 7 27 27 27 78 John Sm ith 1 977 1 5 2 1 33 33 78 G i no Cappel letti 1 967 1 6 31 29 30 77 G i no Cappel letti 1 968 1 5 27 26 26 71 G i no Cappe l letti 1 969 1 4 34 26 27 68 Charl ie Gogolak 1 971 1 2 2 1 28 28 64 Jeff Wh ite 1 973 1 4 25 21 25 63 David Posey 1978 1 1 22 29 31 62 John S m ith 1 975 9 1 7 33 33 60 G ino Cappel l etti 1 960 8 21 30 32 54 G ino Cappel letti 1 970 6 1 5 1 2 1 3 30 Charl ie Gogolak 1 972 6 8 9 9 27 M ike Walker 1 972 2 8 1 5 1 5 21 Char l ie Gogolak 1 970 2 7 5 5 1 1 John S m ith 1 978 1 1 6 7 9 B i l l Bel l 1 973 1 4 4 5 7 N ick Lowery 1 978 0 1 7 7 7 J u st in Canale 1 967 0 0 1 1 1 Steve Zabel 1 976 0 0 1 1 0 Walt Cudzik 1 960 0 1 0 0 0 Jerrel Wi lson 1 978 0 0 0 1 0

Team 0 0 0 4 0 Team Totals- 1 2 K ickers 303 550 664 696 1 573

A L L T I M E F IELD-GOA L K ICK E RS Kicker FGM FGA Pct.

Gino Cappel letti 1 76 333 . 529 John S m ith 79 1 1 9 .664 Charl ie Gogolak 20 36 .556 J eff W hite 1 4 25 . 560 David Posey 1 1 22 . 500 M ike Walker 2 8 .250 Bil l Bell 1 4 .250 Jim C rawford 0 1 .000 Walt Cudzik 0 1 .000 Nick Lowery 0 1 .000 Team Totals - ( 1 0 kickers) 303 550 .551

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H ISTO R ICA L H IG H L IG HTS Nov . 1 6 , 1 959 - Am er ican Footba l l Leag u e ' s e i gh th franch ise awarded to W i l l i am H. S u l l i van , J r .

N o v . 22 , 1 959 - Se lected Northwestern r u n n i n g back R o n B u rton a s f i rst d raft c h o i c e and Syrac use r u n n i n g back Gerhard Schwedes as f i rst ter r i tor ia l cho i ce .

Dec . 20 , 1 959 - Clemson qua rterback Harvey W h i te f i rst p layer s i g n e d .

Feb . 8 . 1 960 - Lou Saban s i g ned as team ' s f i rst head coac h .

Feb . 2 0 , 1 960 - P u b l i c con test produced team n a m e of Patr io ts . Red , wh i te . and b l u e· se lected as team co lors . Apr i l 1 , 1 960 - Boston U n ivers i ty F ie ld Patr iots f i rst home f ie ld .

Apr i l 2 , 1 960 - F i rst p rofess iona l sports team i n h i story to i ssue pub l i c stock .

Apr i l 1 9 , 1 960 - U n i formed Pat r iot center i ng a footba l l ( c reat ive work o f Boston-Worcester cartoon i st P h i l B isse l l ) adopted a s team i n s i g n i a .

J u l y 4 , 1 960 - Open f i rst pre-season t ra i n i n g camp at U Mass , 350 p layers atte n d . J u ly 3 0 . 1 960 - I n f i rst p re-season g a m e i n AFL h i story Patr iots defeated B i l l s 28-7 at Bu ffa lo (War Memor ia l Stad i u m ) . DE Bob Dee recovered f u m b l e for the leag u e ' s f i rst touchdow n .

Aug . 1 4 , 1 960 - F i rst p rofess iona l sports event ever staged i n Harvard Stad i u m fou nd Patr iots l os i ng 24- 1 4 dec is ion to Da l las Texans (to become Kansas C i ty Ch iefs ) before 1 1 , 000 fans . Sept . 9 , 1 960 - A c rowd o f 2 1 , 597 w a s o n h a n d a t BU F ie ld t o we lcome pro foota l l back to Boston after 1 1 -year absence . Patr iots lost f i rst reg u l a r season game 1 3- 1 0 to Denver .

Sept . 1 6 , 1 960 - Defens ive back Chuck Shon ta recovered a fumb le on the f i na l p lay of t he game and ran for a touchdown to b r i ng a 28-24 w in over New York T i tans (to become New York J ets) at Po lo G rounds , N . Y . f o r Patr iots f i rs t reg u l a r season v ic tory .

Oct . 1 1 , 1 963 - F i rst game in Fenway Park , beat Oak land 20-1 4 .

D e c . 28 , 1 963 - Won Eastern D i v i s i o n ( A F L ) t i t l e i n 26-8 v ic tory over Buf­fa lo i n leag u e ' s o n l y p layoff game ever h e l d .

J a n . 5 , 1 964 - L o s t AFL t i t l e i n 5 1 - 1 0 game w i th S a n D i e g o Chargers .

Feb . 1 8 , 1 967 - Tea m ' s corporate t i t l e changed to Boston Patr iots Foot­bal l C l u b , I n c . f rom A m e r ican Leag u e Profess iona l Footba l l Team of Bosto n , I n c .

A p r i l 4 , 1 970 - Fox boro se lected as s i t e f o r Pat r iots n e w h o m e . (Spec ia l town meet i n g gave okay o n 4-1 3-70) .

March 22 . 1 97 1 - Team renamed New Eng land Patr iots .

Aug. 1 5 , 1 97 1 - Schaefer Stad i u m ded icat ion game (Gino Cappe l le t i ' s 36-yard f i e l d goa l f i rst po in ts scored i n 20-1 4 w i n over N e w York G iantsbefore 60 ,423 fan s ) .Feb . 1 7 , 1 972 - M a d e f i n a n c i a l h i story by pay i ng f i rst c a s h d iv idend o f 1 5 c e n t s per share . Jan . 26 , 1 973 - Chuck Fa i rbanks named head coach and genera l manager .

Nov . 7 , 1 975 - Pres ident W i l l i am H . S u l l ivan , J r . , became f i rst maj or i ty owner i n team ' s h i story when he p u rc hased add i t iona l vot i ng stock tog ive h i m 88 per cent of the fran c h i s e ' s vot i ng stock .

A p r i l 5 , 1 976 - Majo r trade s e n t q u a rterback J i m P l u n kett t o S a n Fran­c i sco for four d raft cho i ces ( two f i rsts in 1 976, f i rst and second i n 1 977) and q uarterback Tom Owe n .

J u l y 1 0 , 1 976 - O p e n tra i n i n g c a m p a t n e w s i te , Bryant Co l l ege i n Sm i t h f i e l d , R . I . Team had been a t U Mass from 1 969 t h r u 1 975 . Dec . 5 , 1 976 - Patr io ts beat New Or leans 27-6 to qua l i fy for a p lace in the p layoffs - f i rst t ime u nde r c u rre nt AFC-NFC syste m , f i rst p layof f op­port u n i ty s i n c e 1 963 .

Dec . 8 , 1 976 - N o n vot i n g stockho lders approve offer of $ 15 per share made by B i l l S u l l i van to p u rchase a l l ou tsta n d i n g non-vot i ng stock .

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Dec . 1 8 , 1 976 - Lost p layoff game to Oak land , 24-2 1 , in last 1 0 seconds .

Jan . 3 1 , 1 977 - F i led art i c les of merger to reo rgan ize the corporat ion u nder t he New Patrio ts , I n c . headed by B i l l S u l l ivan , and then revert to New Eng land Patr iots Footba l l C l u b , I n c .

J u n e 6 , 1 977 - Patr iots v ice-pres iden t Char les W . S u l l ivan named cha i r­man of t he N FL Management Cou n c i l .

A u g . 2 0 , 1 977 - Work comp leted o n i n sta l la t ion of n e w su rface (Super Tu rf) i n Schaefer Stad i u m .

N o v . 6 , 1 977 - Tom m y Nev i l l e p lays h i s 1 54th game for t h e Patr iots (vs . Buffa lo at Schaefer) to set a new a l l -t ime serv ice mark .

May 1 7 , 1 978 - Pau l Sonnabend res i g n s as Patr iots V ice Pres ident to assume new ro le as Execut ive D i rector of N FL Management Cou n c i l .

Sept . 3 , 1 978 - M rs . W i l l i am H . ( Mary M . ) S u l l ivan , J r . e lected t o the Patr io ts Board of D i rectors .

Oct . 29 , 1 978 - Record sett i ng v ictory over New York Je ts , a 55-2 1 w in at Schaefer Stad i u m , prod uces a dozen team and i n d iv idua l records and seven new stad i u m marks .

Dec . 1 0 , 1 978 - Patr iots c l i nc h t he i r f i rst ou t r i gh t d iv i s iona l champ ion­sh ip i n the c l u b ' s h i story w i th a last m i n ute 26-24 v ictory over Buffa lo a t Schaefer Stad i u m .

Dec . 3 1 , 1 978 - Patr iots lose 3 1 - 1 4 t o Hou ston i n f i rst p layoff game ever p layed at Schaefer Stad i u m .

Apr i l 2 , 1 979 - Patr iots a n n o u nce that Head Coach a n d Genera l Manager Chuck Fa i rbanks has been re leased from h i s contract to assume du t i es as Head Footba l l Coac h at the U n ivers i ty of Colorado .

Apr i l 6 , 1 979 - Franc i s " Bucko" K i l roy named as new Genera l Manager and former Patr iots offen s ive coord i nator Ron " Fargo" Erhardt named as Head Coac h .

J u l y 1 3 , 1 979 - Patr iots V ice Pres iden t Char les W . "Chuck" S u l l ivan i s promoted t o Execut ive V ice Pres iden t o f the c l u b .

J u l y 2 3 , 1 979 - Former Patr iots General Manager a n d Head Coach M i ke Ho lovak is promoted from the pos i t ion of Personne l Ass istant to the pos i t ion of D i rector of Co l lege Scout i n g . B i l l McPeak i s named D i rector of Pro Scout i n g .

Sept . 3 , 1 979 - Former Patr iots w ide rece iver Darryl St i ng ley i s named Execut ive D i rector of P layer Perso n n e l . Sept . 9 , 1 979 - Patr iots s e t fou r team a n d one i nd i v i dua l record i n 56-3 t ro u n c i n g of the New York J ets at Schaefer Stad i u m . Oct . 2 3 , 1 979 - J e a n n e S u l l i van McKe igue i s e l ected a s member o f the c l u b ' s Board of D i rectors .

PATR IOTS WITH " 1 00" GAM ES ( RE G U LAR S EASON O N LY )

Player Pos. No . Games Years Played Tommy Neville OT 160 1965-77 G ino Cappelletti K-WR 153 1960-70 Jim Lee Hunt OT 147 1960-70 Len St. Jean OG 140 (c) 1964-73 Houston Antwine OT 137 1961-71 Don Webb DB 134 1961-71 Jon Morris C 131 1964-74 Jimmy Colclough WR 126 1960-68 BILL LENKAITIS C 125 1971-79 Charl ie Long OT 124 1961-69 Larry Eisenhauer DE 115 1961-69 Bob Dee DE 112 (c) 1960-67 Tommy Addison LB 108 1960-67 JULIUS ADAMS DE 107 1971-79 RAY HAMILTON NT 102 1973-79 SAM ADAMS OG 106 1972-79 NOTE: The players l isted are those credited with having played 100 games or more as a Patriot. (c) denotes consecutive games played.

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1 980 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

SCHEDU LE ( All times local >

CBS-N BC-TV DOUBLEH EADER GAMES TO BE DETERMIN E D

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 ( first Weekend)

Atlanta at Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 :00 Baltimore at New York Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:00 Chicago at Green Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 :00 Cleveland at New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Denver at Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 4:00 Detroit at Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Houston at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Miami at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 New York G iants at St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2:00 Oakland at Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 San Diego at Seattle . . . 1 :00 San Francisco at New Orleans . . . 1 2 :00 Tampa Bay at Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00

NBC-TV Doubleheader Week

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Dallas at Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1 (Second Weekend)

Los Angeles at Tampa Bay . . . 9:00

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Atlanta at New England . . . . . 1 :00 Cincinnati at Miami . . . . . . . . 4:00 Dallas at Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 Detroit vs. Green Bay at Mi lw . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 New Orleans at Chicago . . . . 1 :00 New York Jets at Buffalo . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Oakland at San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Philadelphia at Minnesota . . . . 1 2 :00 Pittsburgh at Baltimore . . . . . . . . 2 :00 St. Louis at San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Seattle at Kansas City . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Washington at New York Giants . . . . . . . . 4 :00

CBS-TV Doubleheader Week

MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 1S Houston at Cleveland . . . . . 9 :00

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 (Third Weekend)

Baltimore at Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Buffalo at New Orleans . . . . . . . 1 :00 Green Bay at Los Angeles . . . . . 1 :00 Kansas City at Cleveland . . . . . . 1 :00 Miami at Atlanta . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Minnesota at Chicago . . . . . . . 1 2 :00 New England at Seatt le . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati . . . . 1 :00 St. Louis at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 San Diego at Denver . . . . 2:00 San Francisco at New York Jets . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Tampa Bay at Dal las. . . . . . . . . . 3:00 Washington at Oakland . . 1 :00

CBS-TV Doubleheader Week

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 New York Giants at Philadelphia . . . . . . . . 9:00

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 ( fourth Weekend)

Atlanta at San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Chicago at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Cleveland at lampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Dallas vs. Green Bay at Mi lw . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Houston at Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Los Angeles at New York Giants . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Minnesota at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 New Orleans at Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 New York Jets at Baltimore . . 4:00 Oakland at Buffalo . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Philadelphia at St. Louis . . . . . . 1 :00 San Diego at Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 Seattle at Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 :00

NBC-TV Doubleheader Week

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Denver at New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 :00

SUNDAY, OCTOBER S ( filth Weekend)

Baltimore at Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Buffalo at San Diego . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 1 :00 Cincinnati at Green Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Denver at Cleveland . . . . . 1 :00 Detroit at Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Kansas City at Oakland . . . . . . 1 :00 New England at New York Jets . . . . . . . . 1 :00 New York G iants at Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:00 Pittsburgh at Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2:00 St. Louis at New Orleans . . . . . . 1 2:00 San Francisco at Los Angeles . . 1 :00 Seattle at Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2:00 Washington at Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00

CBS-TV Doubleheader Week

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 Tampa Bay at Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12 (Sixth Weekend)

Baltimore at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Chicago at Minnesota . 1 :00 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh . . . 1 :00 Cleveland at Seattle . . . . . . . 1 :00 Green Bay at Tampa Bay . . . . . . 1 :00 Houston at Kansas City . . . . . 3:00 Los Angeles at St. Louis . . . . . . 1 :00 Miami at New England . . . . . . 1 :00 New Orleans at Detroit . . . . . . . . . 4:00 New York Jets at Atlanta . . . . . 4:00 Philadelphia at New York Giants . . . . . . . . 1 :00 San Diego at Oakland . . . 1 :00 San Francisco at Dallas . . . . . . . . . 1 :00

NBC-TV Doubleheader Week

MONDAY. OCTOBER 1 3 Washington a t Denver . . . . . . . . . 7:00

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1 9 ( Smnth Weekend I

At lanta at New Or leans . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Buffa lo at M iam i . . . . . 1 :00 Da l las at Ph i lade lphia . . . . . 1 :00 Detroit at Chicago . . . . . 1 :00 Green Bay at C leve land . 1 : 00 Kansas City at Denve r . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 :00 Los Ange les at San Francisco . . . . . . . . . 1 : 00 M i nnesota at C inc in nati . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 New Eng land at Ba lt imore . . . . . . . . . . 2:00 New York G iants at San Diego . . . 1 :00 St . Louis at Washington . . . 1 :00 Seatt le at New York Jets . . 1 :00 Tampa Bay at Houston . . . 3 :00

CBS-TV Doub leheader Week

MONDAY, OCTOBER 20 Oak land at Pi t tsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 :00

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 ( Eighth Weekend )

Ch icago at Ph i lade lphia . C inc innati at Houston . Denver at New York G iants Detroit at Kansas City . Los Ange les at At lanta . M i nnesota at G reen Bay . . New Eng land at Buffa lo . New Or leans at Wash ington . Pittsburgh at C leve land . St. Louis at Ba lt imore . San Diego at Da l las . Seatt le at Oak land . Tampa Bay at San Franci sco . .

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CBS-TV Doub leheader Week MONDAY, OCTOBER 27

Miami at New York Jets . . 9:00

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 ( Ninth Weekend)

At lanta at Buffa lo . Ba lt imore at Kansas City . Da l las at St . Lou is . . G reen Bay at Pit tsburgh . Houston at Denver . M iami at Oak land . M i nnesota at Wash ington . New Or leans at Los Ange les . . New York G iants at Tampa Bay . New York Jets at New Eng land . . Ph i lade lphia at Seatt le San Diego at C inc innati . . San Francisco at Detroit .

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Ch icago at C leve land . . . . . . 9 :00

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 ( Tenth Weekend I

At lanta at St . Lou is . Buffa lo at New York Jets Cinc innati at Oak land C leve land at Ba lt imore Da l las at New York Giants Denver at San Diego Detroi t at M i nnesota Kansas City at Seatt le M iam i at Los Ange les Ph i lade lphia at New Or leans . . Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay

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. 1 :00 San Francisco vs. G reen Bay at M i lw Wash ington at Ch icago . .

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NBC-TV Doub leheader Week

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10 New Eng land at Houston . . . . . . . . . . 8 :00

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 ( Elmnth Weekend I

Ba lt imore at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Buffa lo at Cinc i nnati . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 C leve land at Pittsburgh . . . . . 1 :00 Green Bay at New York Giants . . 1 :00 Houston at Ch icago . . . 3 :00 Kansas City at San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Los Ange les at New Eng land . . . . 1 :00 New Or leans at At lanta . . . . . 1 :00 New York Jets at Denver . . . . . . . . . . 2 :00 Ph i lade lphia at Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 St. Louis at Da l las . . . . . . . 1 :00 San F rancisco at Miam i . . . . . . . . . . 4:00 Tampa Bay at M innesota . . . . . . . . 1 :00

NBC-TV Doub leheader Week

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Oak land at Seatt le . . . . . . . . 6 :00

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 ( Twelfth Weekend)

San D iego at Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 :30

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Ba lt imore at New Eng land . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Ch icago at At lanta . . . . . . 1 :00 Cincin nati at C leve land . . . . . . . 1 :00 Detroit at Tampa Bay . 1 :00 Green Bay at M innesota . 1 :00 Houston at New York Jets . 1 :00 Kansas City at St. Louis . . . . 1 :00 New York Giants at San Francisco . . . . . . 1 :00 Oakland at Ph i lade lphia . . . . t :00 Pittsburgh at Bu ffa lo . . . . . 1 :00 Seatt le at Denver . . 2 :00 Wash ington at Da l las . . 3 :00

CBS-TV Doub leheader Week

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Los Ange les at New Or leans . . . . 8:00

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27 (Thirteenth Weekend I

Chicago at Detroit 1 2 :30 Seatt le at Da l las . . . . . . . . 3 :00

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Buffa lo at Ba lt imore . . . . . 2 :00 Cinc innati at Kansas City . 1 :00 C leve land at Houston . . . . 3:00 Miami at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 M innesota at New Or leans . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 New Eng land at San Francisco . . 1 :00 New York Jets at Los Ange les t :00 Ph i lade lphia at San Diego . . . . 1 : 00 St. Louis at New York Giants . 1 :00 Tampa Bay vs. G reen Bay at M i lw . . . 1 :00 Wash ington at At lanta . . . . . . . 1 :00

NBC-TV Doub leheader Week

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 Denver at Oakland . . . . . 6:00

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 (Fourteenth Weekend)

Pittsburgh at Houston . . 7:30

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7 Atlanta at Ph i ladelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Balt imore at C inc innati 1 : 00 Dal las at Oakland . . . . . 1 :00 Denver at Kansas City . . . . . 3 :00 Detroit at St . Louis . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Green Bay at Ch icago . . . . 1 :00 Los Angeles at Buffalo . . 1 :00 M i nnesota at Tampa Bay . . 1 : 00 New Orleans at San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 New York Giants at Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 New York Jets at Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 San Diego at Wash ington . . . 1 :00

CBS-TV Doubleheader Week

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8 New Eng land at M iam i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 3 I Fifteenth Weekend )

New York G iants at Washington . . . . . . . 1 2 : 30 Seattle at San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 : 00

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1 4 Buffalo a t New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 C inc innati at Ch icago . . . . . . . 1 :00 Cleveland at M i nnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Houston at G reen Bay . . . . . . 1 2 :00 Kansas City at Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 M iami at Balt imore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 :00 New Orleans at New York Jets . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Oakland at Denver . . . . 2 :00 St. Louis at Ph i ladelphia . . . . . 1 :00 San Francisco at At lanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Tampa Bay at Detroit . . . 4 :00

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NBC-TV Doubleheader Week

SCHAEFER STADIUM ROUTE 1

MONDAY. DECEMBER 1 5 Dallas at Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . 6 :00

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20 ( Sixteenth Weekend )

Ch icago at Tampa Bay . . New York Jets at Miami

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21

. . . . 4 :00 . . . 1 2 : 30

Atlanta at Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 :00 Buffalo at San Francisco. . . 1 :00 Cleveland at C inc innati . . . . . . 1 :00 Denver at Seattle . . . . . . 1 :00 Green Bay at Detroit . . . . . . . 1 :00 Kansas City at Balt imore . . . . . 2 :00 M innesota at Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 :00 New England at New Orleans . . . . . . . . . 1 2:00 Oakland at New York Giants . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 : 00 Phi ladelphia at Dallas . . . . . . . . . . 3 :00 Washington at St. Louis . . . . . . . 1 2 :00

CBS-TV Doubleheader Week

MONDAY, DECEMBER 22 Pittsburgh at San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 :00

HOME OF THE PATRIOTS

SCHAEFER STAD I U M

Schaefe r Stadiu m was bu i l t at t h e cost of $6 . 7 mi l l io n and finan ced t h ro u g h the p rivate sal e of m o re than 400, 000 shares of stock in Stadiu m Rea l ty Trus t . The officia l g ro u nd b reaki n g c e re m o n y took p lace on Sept . 23 , 1 970 , a n d 326 d ays later (A u g . 1 5 , 1 97 1 ) the fi rst game was p layed at t h e new Fox boro faci l ity in w hic h the Pat riots posted a 20- 1 4 victo ry ove r t h e N ew York G iants befo re 60, 423 fan s .

With s pace to park 1 6 , 000 au to m o bi les s u r­ro u nd ing t h e stadiu m , the site cove rs an a rea of 1 5 acres a n d is as l o n g as it is wid e , 700feet . I n t h e p rocess of excavating the bowls h ape for the stadiu m , 250 , 000 c u bic yard s ofeart h w e re re m oved f ro m the 35-feet deepho le . The J . F . W h ite Co n structio n Co . t henu sed 1 5 , 000 c u bic yard s of concrete and 660to n s of ste e l to e rect the stadiu m .

I n 1 977 t h e o rig ina l Po l y-Tu rf p laying s u r­face was re m oved , an e n ti re l y n ew d rainag e system ins ta l l ed , t h e fie l d c rown raised fo u r inc h e s , a n d t h e e n ti re fie l d res u rfaced with a new S u pe r-Tu rf carpet . Lig ht ing is p rovid ed by t h ree towe rs w i th 324 m e rc u ry l amps ( 1 500 watts per) , 200 cand l e power per sq uare foot on t h e p layi n g fie l d .

Sc haefer's 6 1 , 297 seats a re a l l con stru cted of a l u m in u m . T h e re a re 5604 specia l box (chairs) seats , 48, 71 O seats o n the side l i nes , and 6983 e n d zo n e seats .

Th ro u g h t h e 1 979 seaso n , 90 games h ave been p l ayed at Sc haefer Stadiu m d u ring the p re-season and reg u la r season N F L sched u l e . A tota l of 4 , 876 , 343 (54 , 1 81 ave rag e per g a m e ) have watc h ed the Patriots in action at Schaefe r Stadiu m .

SCHAEFER STAD I U M FANS

Year Pre-Season Regular Total 1 97 1 1 62 , 325 4 1 1 , 1 09 573,434 1 972 1 50 ,046 426 ,993 577 ,039 1 973 1 43 , 492 4 1 0 , 443 553,935 1 974 73 ,950 420,903 494 ,853 1 975 1 20, 446 4 1 1 , 490 531 ,936 1 976 92 ,838 378,994 47 1 ,832 1 977 1 26 , 1 78 4 1 5 ,959 542 , 1 37 1 978. 8 1 , 739 478,978 560 , 7 1 7 1 979 • � 3 478,987 570,460

TOTA LS 1 ,042 , 487 3 ,833 ,856 4 ,876,343 · sched u l e format was changed to 2 pre-season games and 8 regu la rseason games i nstead of the 3-7 format.

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OUTSTAN D I NG PERFORMANCES

Yards 1 ,458 1 ,2 1 6 1 ,0 1 5

Yards 1 , 0 1 3 1 ,002

Yards 3 ,465 3 ,286

S EASON 1 ,000 YARDS RUSH ING

Name Jim Nance Jim Nance Sam Cunn ingham

1 ,000 YARDS RECE IV ING Name Harold Jackson Stan ley Morgan

3,000 YARDS PASS ING Name Babe Pari l l i Steve Grogan

S I N G L E GAM E 1 00 YARDS R U S H I N G

1 960- 1 979 Yds. Att. Name Game

Year 1 966 1 967 1 977

Year 1 979 1 979

Year 1 964 1 979

208 38 J i m Nance 1 0-30-66 vs Oakland1 85 34 Jim Nance 9-24-67 vs Buffalo1 77 25 Don Cal houn 1 1 -28-76 vs Denver1 77 22 Don Cal houn 1 2-5-76 vs New Or leans1 64 24 J i m Nance 1 2-1 7-67 vs M iami1 46 1 7 J im Nance 1 2-1 1 -66 vs Houston1 43 1 7 D o n Cal houn 9-1 0-78 vs S t . Lou is141 25 Sam Cunn i ngham 1 0-7-76 vs Buffalo1 4 1 24 Don Cal houn 1 1 - 1 4-76 vs Balt imore 1 41 25 Sam Cunn i ngham 1 0-1 6-77 vs San D iego1 40 13 Larry Garron 1 0-26-62 vs Oakland1 33 23 J i m Nance 1 1 -27-66 vs M iami1 29 22 Sam C u n n i ngham 1 0-27-74 vs M i n nesota 1 28 16 Horace Ivory 1 1 -5-78 vs Buffalo1 27 16 Ron Bu rton 1 0-23-60 vs Denver1 27 21 Carl Garrett 1 1 -28-71 vs Buffalo1 27 14 Andy Johnson 1 2-1 2-76 vs Tampa 1 27 29 J i m Nance 1 0-8-67 vs San D iego1 26 24 J i m Nance 9-1 8-66 vs Denver1 25 24 J im Nance 1 1 -1 6-69 vs C inc innati1 25 1 1 Sam Cunn i ngham 1 0-20-74 vs Bu ffalo1 24 18 Andy Joh nson 1 0-1 9-75 vs Balt imore12 1 1 2 J . D . Garrett 1 0-4-64 vs Denver1 1 9 13 Mack Herron 1 0-1 2-75 vs C inc in nati1 1 8 17 Ron Burton 9-1 6-62 vs Houston1 1 8 22 Sam Cunn i ngham 1 0-24-76 vs Buffalo1 1 6 10 Larry Garron 1 0-22-61 vs Buffalo1 1 6 12 Horace Ivory 1 1 - 18-79 vs Balt imore1 1 3 20 J i m Nance 1 0-1 5-67 vs M iami1 1 3 21 Sam C u n n i ngham 1 1 -1 7-74 vs N .Y . Jets 1 1 3 15 Horace Ivory 1 0-22-78 vs M iami1 1 1 1 9 J im Nance 1 2-8-68 vs M iami1 1 1 1 5 Carl Garrett 1 0- 10-71 vs N .Y. J ets 1 09 24 J i m Nance 1 2-4-66 vs Buffalo1 09 18 J i m Nance 1 1 -26-67 vs Houston1 09 1 7 J i m Nance 1 1 -9-69 vs M iami1 09 22 Don Cal houn 1 1 -21 -76 vs N .Y .Jets 1 09 27 Andy Johnson 9-1 8-78 vs Balt imore 1 08 25 J i m Nance 1 0-23-66 vs San D iego1 08 26 Jim Nance 1 1 -5-67 vs Houston1 08 23 Josh Ashton 1 0-1 -72 vs Wash i ngton1 07 17 Larry Garron 1 2-8-63 vs Houston1 07 22 Jim Nance 1 1 -20-66 vs Kansas City1 06 21 Sam C u n n i ngham 9-1 9-76 vs M iami1 05 1 1 D ick Ch risty 1 1 -1 1 -60 vs N .Y. Titans1 05 23 Sam Cunn i ngham 9-1 8-77 vs Kansas City1 04 22 J i m Nance 1 1 - 1 3-66 vs Houston1 03 21 Andy Joh nson 1 0-26-75 vs San Francisco 1 03 1 5 Don Cal houn 1 2-7-75 vs N .Y. Jets 1 03 7 Steve G rogan 1 0-1 8-76 vs N .Y . Jets 1 01 21 Sam C u n n i ngham 1 0-3-76 vs Oakland101 3 1 Sam C u n n i ngham 1 0-9-76 vs Seattle1 00 1 9 Sam Cunn i ngham 1 1 -23-75 vs Buffalo

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1 00 YARDS RECEIV ING Yds . Rec. Name Games 1 70 5 Stanley Morgan 1 1 -26-79 vs Colts 167 8 Art Graham 1 1 -6-64 vs Oi lers 1 58 3 Ron Se l le rs 1 2-1 4-69 vs Oi lers 1 58 5 Stan ley Morgan 1 1 -4-79 vs B i l l s 1 56 6 Art Graham 9-8-63 vs Jets1 51 5 Stanley Morgan 1 0-28-79 vs Colts 1 49 6 Randy Vataha 1 2-7-75 vs Jets 1 49 1 0 Tony Romeo 1 1 - 1 7-63 vs Ch iefs 1 47 5 Harold Jackson 1 2-1 6-79 vs Vik ings 1 47 7 Gino Cappe l letti 1 0-31 -64 vs Jets 1 46 5 Gino Cappe l letti 1 2-1 8-65 vs Broncos 1 42 4 J im Colc lough 1 0-5-62 vs N.Y. Titans 1 40 4 Aaron Marsh 9-22-68 vs Jets1 39 6 Russ Francis 9-26-76 vs Steelers1 37 9 J im Colc lough 12-1 4-63 vs Chiefs 1 34 6 J im Colc lough 1 2-20-64 vs Bi l ls 1 34 6 J im Whalen 1 0-1 5-67 vs Dolph ins 1 34 1 1 Art Graham 1 1 -20-66 vs Ch iefs 131 6 Gino Cappe l l etti 1 0-1 3-61 vs Oi lers 1 29 6 Stan ley Morgan 1 2-9-79 vs Jets 1 29 7 Randy Vataha 1 2-5-71 vs Dolph ins 1 27 3 J i m Colc lough 1 1 -30-62 vs N .Y . Titans 1 26 5 Russ Francis 9-24-78 vs Raiders1 25 3 Stan ley Morgan 9-1 8-78 vs Colts1 25 7 Russ Francis 1 1 -23-75 vs B i l l s1 24 4 Ron Se l le rs 1 1 -2-69 vs O i lers1 24 5 Dick Chr isty 1 0-1 6-60 vs Raiders 1 24 5 Stan ley Morgan 1 1 -29-79 vs Dolph ins 1 24 7 Harold Jackson 9-3-78 vs Redskins1 23 5 Joe Johnson 1 1 -25-60 vs Oi lers 1 23 5 J im Colc lough 1 1 -1 1 -62 vs Broncos 1 23 7 J im Colc lough 9-1 6-61 vs Broncos1 22 4 J im Whalen 1 2-27-67 vs Dolphins 121 3 Harold Jackson 9-9-79 vs Jets12 1 4 Tony Romeo 9-21 -62 vs Broncos121 8 Darryl Sti ng ley 1 0-30-77 vs Jets1 1 8 3 Gino Cappel letti 1 1 -1 3-66 vs O i lers1 1 8 5 Harold Jackson 1 0-29-78 vs Jets1 1 6 4 Darryl Sti ng ley 1 0-23-77 vs Colts1 1 6 9 Art Graham 9-9-67 vs Chargers1 1 4 4 J im Colc lough 1 1 -1 7-65 vs Bi l ls1 1 3 2 J im Whalen 1 0-27-68 vs Jets1 1 3 6 Larry Garron 1 2-1 1 -66 vs Oi lers1 1 2 3 J i m Colc lough 1 2-1 7-67 vs Dolph ins 1 1 1 8 Gino Cappe l letti 1 2-1 8-66 vs Jets 1 1 0 6 J im Colc lough 1 0-1 8-63 vs Broncos 1 09 3 J im Whalen 1 0-24-65 vs Raiders 1 08 5 Ron Se l lers 1 0-4-70 vs Colts 1 08 5 Reggie Rucker 1 1 - 1 8-73 vs Packers 1 08 6 B i l l y Lott 1 0-22-61 vs B i l l s 1 07 7 Randy Vataha 1 0-24-71 vs Cowboys 1 06 2 Larry Garron 1 0-23-66 vs Chargers 1 06 4 Harold Jackson 1 0-1 -78 vs Chargers 1 05 5 Harold Jackson 1 1 -29-79 vs Dolph ins 1 04 3 Stan ley Morgan 1 0-8-78 vs Eag les 1 04 3 Art Graham 1 1 -29-64 vs O i lers 1 03 6 Andy Johnson 1 2-21 -75 vs Colts 1 03 7 G ino Cappel letti 1 1 -3-62 vs B i l l s 1 03 7 Reggie Rucker 1 1 - 19-72 vs Bi l ls 1 02 3 Ron Se l le rs 1 2-7-69 vs Chargers 1 02 3 Stan ley Morgan 9-9-79 vs Jets1 02 5 Ron Se l le rs 1 0-25-70 vs Colts 1 01 5 Ron Se l lers 1 1 -23-69 vs Colts 1 01 6 Gino Cappel letti 9-20-64 vs Chargers1 00 3 Don Calhoun 1 2-1 4-75 vs B i l l s 1 00 4 Randy Vataha 1 2-1 9-71 vs Colts 1 00 6 Bob Adams 1 2-9-73 vs B i l l s

300 YARDS PASS ING Yds . A. C. Name Game 405 47 25 Babe Parilli 10-16-64 vs Oak.379 38 21 Babe Parilli 12-17-66 vs NY Jets365 46 25 Steve Grogan 11-23-75 vs Buff.354 45 25 Babe Parilli 11-17-63 vs K. C.350 35 19 Steve Grogan 11-4-79 vs Buff.350 39 21 Steve Grogan 11-29-79 VS Miami348 32 18 Jim Plunkett 11-18-73 vs G. 8 . 333 36 20 Babe Parilli 11-29-64 vs Hous. 331 31 21 Babe Parilli 10-18-63 vs Den. 317 36 15 Steve Grogan 10-28-79 vs Bait . 315 18 13 Steve Grogan 9-9-79 vs NY Jets 304 38 18 Tom Yewcic 10-5-63 vs NY Jets

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Accomplished 12 times: Parilli and Grogan 5 times each, Plunkett and Yewcic once each.

PATR IOTS LONGEST PLAYS

RU S HING ( 50 YARDS OR BETTER)

PLAYER YDS OPPONENT DATE 1. Larry Garron . . . . . 85 Buffalo Oct. 22, 1961 2. Carl Garrett . . . . . . 80 Miami Nov. 9, 1969 3. Ron Burton . . . . . . . 77 at Denver Oct. 23, 1960 4. Sam Cunningham. 75 at Buffalo Oct. 22, 1974 5. Claude King . . . . . . 71 Denver Sept. 21, 1962 6. Andy Johnson . . . . 69 at Tampa Bay Dec. 12, 1976 7. Larry Garron . . . . . 67 at Buffalo Sept. 23, 1961 8. Andy Johnson . . . . 66 Baltimore Oct. 19, 1975 9. Jim Nance . . . . . . . 65 Buffalo Dec. 4, 1966

10. Larry Garron . . . . . 59 at San Diego Oct. 31, 1965 11. Ron Burton . . . . . . . 59 Houston Sept. 16, 1962 12. J. D. Garrett . . . . . . 58 at Denver Oct. 4, 1964 13. Jim Nance . . . . . . . 54 Oakland Oct. 30, 1966 14. Larry Garron . . . . . 54 Oakland Oct. 30, 1966 15. Don Calhoun . . . . . 54 at Baltimore Nov. 14, 1976 16. Jim Nance . . . . . . . 53 at Buffalo Sept. 24; 1967 1 7. Mack Herron . . . . . 53 at Cincinnati Oct. 12, 1975 18. Sam Cunningham. 52 at Dallas Dec. 3, 1978 19. Andy Johnson . . . . 52 at Baltimore Nov. 26, 1978 20. Horace Ivory . . . . . 52 Baltimore Nov. 18, 1979 21. Jim Nance . . . . . . . 50 NY Jets Oct. 10, 1971

PASS PLAYS PLAYERS YDS OPPONENT DATE

1. Jim Plunkett to Randy Vataha . . 88 at Baltimore Dec. 19, 1971

2. Tom Sherman to Jim Whalen . . . . 87 NY Jets Oct. 27, 1968

3. Babe Parilli toArt Graham . . . . . 80 at Houston Nov. 29, 1964

4. Jim Plunkett toCarl Garrett . . . . 80 Houston Nov. 14, 1971

5. Babe Parilli to Art Graham . . . . . 79 at Denver Sept. 3, 1967

6. Butch Songin to Billy Wells . . . . . . 78 L.A. Chargers Oct. 8, 1960

7. Tom Yewcic to Jim Colclough . . 78 NY Titans Nov. 30, 1962

8. Babe Parilli toArt Graham . . . . . 77 Houston Nov. 1, 1963

9. Mike Taliaferro toRon Sellers . . . . 77 at Houston Dec. 14, 1969

10. Jim Plunkett to Steve Burks . . . . 76 Dallas Nov. 16, 1975

11. Babe Parilli to Larry Garron . . . 76 at Buffalo Oct. 23, 1963

1 2. Steve Grogan to Stanley Morgan. 75 at Baltimore Nov. 26, 1978

13. Babe Parilli toRon Burton . . . . . 73 San Diego Oct. 17, 1965

1 4. Mike Taliaferro to Aaron Marsh . . . 70 at NY Jets Sept. 22, 1968

FIELD GOALS PLAYER YDS OPPONENT DATE

1. Gino Cappelletti . . 53 at NY Jets Nov. 28, 1965 2. Gino Cappelletti . . 51 Denver Nov. 20, 1964 3. Charlie Gogalak . . 51 at Miami Oct. 17, 1971 4. Gino Cappelletti . . 49 at Miami Nov. 27, 1966 5. John Smith . . . . . . . 49 Denver Dec. 28, 1976 6. Gino Cappelletti . . 48 at Oakland Sept. 13, 1964 7. Gino Cappelletti . . 48 San Diego Oct. 9, 1964 8. Jeff White . . . . . . . . 48 �t Houston Nov. 25, 1973

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PLAYOFF H ISTORY

GAM E S U M MARIES

1 963

AFL D IV IS IONAL PLAYOFFS

BOSTON PATRIOTS 26, BUFFALO 8

Buffalo (War Memoria l Stad i u m ) . Dec. 28 - The game was the fi rst playoff in the st i l l i nfant American Footbal l Leag u e ' s h istory , a match for the AFL's Eastern Divi­s ion t i t le . OB Babe Pari l l i and Gino Cappel lett i f i gu red i n a l l of the Patriots points as Pari l l i h i t Lar ry Garron for scori n g s t r i kes of 59 and 17 yards and Cappel lett i h i t fo r four FGs (28 , 12 , 33 and 36 ) wh i le add ing two PATs . Ron B u rton provided an i nsp i ra­t iona l boost for the Patriots as he heroica l ly retu rned to play j u st a few weeks after disc surgery . Jack Rudo lph led a Patriots defensive charge with 1 1 tack les wh i le he lp i ng ho ld Buf fa lo ' s b ig back , Cook ie G i lchr is t to j us t 7 yards . Bu ffalo ' s on ly h i g h l igh t of the day was a 93 yard scor ing pass f rom Darryl Lamon ica to E lbert Dube­n i o n .

Pat r io ts 1 0 6 0 1 0 26 BP BUF Buffalo 0 0 8 0 8 BP - Cappel lett i FG 28 F i rst Down 1 1 3 BP - Garron 59 pass from Pari l l i Ru shes-Yards 36-83 1 2-7

Cappel lett i k ick) Pass i ng Yards 300 301 BP - Cappel lett i FG 1 2 Total Yards 383 308 B P - Cappel lett i FG 33 Lost Att . / Pass 8 22 BUF-Oubenion 93 pass from Lamon ica Passes 34-14-1 45-19-4

(Tracey pass from Lamon ica) Pu nts 7-32 .3 8-35 . 1B P - Garron 1 7 pass from Fumbles / Lost 0-0 3-2

Pari l l i (Cappe l l etti k ick ) Penalt ies / Yd s . 7-65 9-1 00 BP - Cappel l etti FG 36 A - 33 ,044

IN D IV I DUAL LEADERS RUSH I NG: Bosto n : Garron 1 9-44 , Neumann 1 - 1 6 , Bu rton 8-1 2 , Crump 5-9 .

Bu ffa lo : G i l ch ris t 8-7, Bass 2-4 , Kemp 2 for m i n u s 4 . PASS I NG: Bosto n : Pari l l i 35-1 4- 1 , 300 yard s , 2 TDs.

Buffa lo : Lamonica 24-9-3 , 1 68 yards , 1 TD, Kemp 2 1 - 1 0-1 , 1 33 yards . RECE IV ING: Boston : Garron 4- 1 20-2 TDs , Cappel lett i 4- 1 29, Bu rton 3-22 .

Bu ffalo : Duben ion 3-1 1 5- 1 TD , Ferg u son 4-47 , Bass 4-45 , Rutkowsk i 3-45 .

1 963

AFL CHAMPIONSH IP GAME

San D iego ( Ba lboa Stad i u m ) , Jan . 5 , 1 964 - Charger Ke i th L inco ln and in ju r ies to star F B Larry Garron (concuss ion ) , Houston Antwine ( back) and Harry Crump (shou lder) spe l led d i saster for the Patriots as the 6½ po int favorite Chargers coasted to a 5 1 - 1 0 v ictory. L inco ln rushed for an amaz ing 206 yards on the ground and added 1 23 more yards i n receptions . The Chargers ran u p a 3 1 - 1 0 lead at the hal f , and added 20 more unanswered points i n the second half to captu re the AFL t i ­t le .

Patr iots 7 3 0 0 1 0 B SD San D ie20 2 1 1 0 7 1 3 5 1 S D - Rote 2 r u n ( B la i r k ick) F i rst Downs 1 4 21 S D - L inco ln 67 run ( B la i r k ick) Rushes-Yards 1 6-75 32-3 1 8B P - Garron 7 r un (Cappe l lett i k ick) Pass i ng Yards 1 86 292 SD - Lowe 58 run ( B la i r k ick ) Total Yards 261 6 1 0B P - Cappel lett i FG 1 1 Passes 37-1 7-2 26- 1 7-0 SD-Norton 14 pass from Rote (Blair kick) Pun ts 7-47 2-44

SD-Alworth 48 pass from Rote (Blair kick) Fumbles / Lost 1 -0 1 - 1SD - Linco ln 25 pass from Hadl (pass fai led) Penalt ies / Yds . 1 - 1 8 6-30 SD - Hadl 1 r un ( B la i r k ick ) A - 30, 1 27

I N D IV I DUAL LEADERS RUSH I NG: Boston : Crump 7-1 8 , Garron 3-1 5 , Lott 3-1 5 , Yewcic 1 -1 4 .

San D iego : L inco ln 1 3-206, Lowe 1 2-94 , Rote 4-1 5 . PASS I NG: Bosto n : Pari l l i 29-1 4- 1 , 1 89 yards , 0 TD . Yewcic 8-3-1 , 3 9 yards , 0 T D .

S a n D i e g o : Rote 1 5- 1 0-0 , 1 73 yards , 2 T D s . H a d I 1 0-6-1 , 1 1 2 yards , 1 TD. RECE IV ING: Bosto n : Cappe l lett i 2-72, G raham 2-68, Crump 2-28, Colcough 3-26.

San D iego : A lworth 4-77, Mac K i n n o n , 2-52, Norton 2-44 .

1 976

AFC D IV IS IONAL PLAYOFFS

Oakland (Oakland-Alameda Coun ty Co l i seum) . Dec . 1 8 - The surpr is ing Patr iots , hav ing f i n i shed a complete t u rnaround wi th an 1 1 -3 record (3-1 1 i n 1 975) , trave l led to Oakland to meet the Raiders i n the i r f i rst p layoff compet i t ion s ince 1 963. The Patr iots j u m ped i n front of the Raiders 7-0 on a 1 yard run by Andy Johnson , but fe l l beh ind at the ha l f 1 0-7 when Fred B i le tn ikoff hau led i n a 3 1 yard scor ing pass f rom Ken Stab ler wi th j ust 39 seconds le f t on the c lock . Steve Grogan eng ineered

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s c o r i n g d r ives on t h e Patr iots f i rst two posses s i o n s of t h e t h i rd q uarter , r u n n i n g t h e Patriots lead to 2 1 - 1 0 at the end of three q uarters of p lay . Oak land responded with a score on i t s f i rst possess ion of t h e f o u rt h per iod , a o n e yard r u n off lef t tack l e by Mark van Eeghan . Wi th the score at 2 1 - 1 7 i n the Patriots favor , John Smi th attempted a 50 yard FG with 4 : 1 2 remai n i n g , but the kick was low and the Patriots hung on to a s l im 2 1 - 1 7 lead . Ken Stab ler ra l l ied the Oakland sq uad , dr iv ing the Raiders from the i r own 32 after the Smi th FG attempt , and h i t t ing payd i rt for the winn ing score with on ly 14 seconds to go . T h e d r ive was m a rred by a c o n t rovers ia l roug h i n g t h e passer c a l l on Ray Ham i l to n . The Patr iots had seem ing l y stopped the Ra iders when a Stab ler toGarrett pass on a 3rd and 1 8 from the Patriot 27 fe l l i ncom plete, but penalty f lagswere t h ro w n a n d t h e Ra iders had possess ion w i t h a f i rst and ten at t h e P a t r i o t 1 3 .

F i ve p lays la ter Stab ler ro l l e d a ro u n d lef t e n d f o r t h e w i n n i n g score a n d t h e Patr iots d re a m s o f a c h a m p i o n s h i p i n t h e i r rag s to r iches season were over . T h e loss was the c losest one i n t h e p layoffs for the Raiders o n their way to their Super Bowl Cham­p ionsh ip . The Patr iots were the on ly team to beat the Raiders (48- 1 7 on 1 0-3-76) d u r­i n g t h e reg u l a r season as t h e y reg i stered a 1 3- 1 record .

Patr iots Oakland

7 0 1 4 0 21 3 7 0 14 24

NE - A. Johnson 1 run (Smi th k ick ) 0 - M a n n FG 40 0 - B i l etn i koff 3 1 pass from Stab le r

( M a n n k ick ) N E - F ranc is 26 pass from G rogan

(Smith k ick ) N E - J . P h i l l ips 3 run (Smi th k ick ) 0 - Van Eeghen 1 r un (Mann k ick ) 0 - Stab le r 1 r un (Mann k ick )

F i rs t Downs Rushes-Yards Pass i n g Yards Tota l Yards Had Q B Sacked

p

23 49- 1 64

1 67 3310-0

Passes 24-1 2-2Punts 3-44F u m b l e s / Lost 1 - 1Penal t ies / Yd s . 1 0-83 A - 54,037 paid , 53 ,045 actual

I N D I V I D UAL LEADERS RUSHING: Patr io ts : C u n n i n g ham 20-68, G rogan 7-35 , Johnson 1 4-32.

Oak land : Van Eeghan 1 1 -39 , C . Davis 7-29 , Banaszak 4-8. PASSING : Patr iots : G rogan 23- 1 2-1 , 1 67 yard s , 1 TO.

Oak l and : Stab le r 32-1 9-0, 233 yard s . 1 TD. RECEIV ING : Pat r iots : Francis 4-96-1 TD , St ing ley 2-36, C u n n i ngham 2-1 4 .

Oak land : Bi le tn iko l l 9-1 37-1 TD , Casper 4-47, Branch 3-32 .

1 978

AFC D I V I S I ONAL PLAYOFFS

0 20

24-81201282

4-3232-1 9-0

5-37 .81 - 1

1 1 -93

Foxboro (Sc haefer Stad i u m ) . Dec . 3 1 - With the AFC East D iv is ion t i t le tucked under their belts . the Patr iots played host to the Houston Oi lers i n the f i rst playoff game ever played at Schaefer Stad i u m . T h e Oi lers earned t h e r ight to meet the Patr iots af ter h a n d i n g t h e D o l p h i n s a 1 7-9 defeat at t h e Orange Bowl a week ear l i e r . T h e P a t r i o t s had f i n i sh e d t h e s e a s o n at 1 1 -6 . b u t were ree l i n g f r o m t h e cont roversy that started when Coach C h u c k Fa i rba n k s a n n o u nced his res ignat ion to accept the head coac h i n g p o s i t i o n at C o l o rado . T h e game found Fairbanks o n the Patr iots s i d e l i n e s , however , b u t t h e last day of 1 978 a lso proved t h e last day of t h e Patr iots ' 7 8 season . Dan Pasto r i n i c o m pleted 10 of 13 passes for 1 84 yards i n t h e f i rst ha l f as t h e Oi lers b u i l t a 2 1 -0 lead at t h e i n t e r m i s s i o n . T o n i Fr i tsch added a 30 yard FG before the Patr iots ra l l i e d with two TDs i n the second half , one a 24 yard score o n an o p t i o n pass f rom R B A n d y J o h n s o n to W R Harold Jackson and t h e other o n a 24 yardsco r i n g s t r i ke from sub Q B Tom Owen to TE Russ Franc i s . Owen had replacedstarter Steve G rogan late i n t h e f i rst half . W i t h t h e score H o u ston 2 4 , Patr iots 1 4 , thePatr iots began a late ra l l y . Start i n g at their o w n 18, t h e Patr iots started to move butG re g g B i n g h a m picked of f a n Owen for Morgan pass and returned i t to the Patr iot 1 8 ,k i l l i n g t h e d r ive a sett i ng u p an Ear l Cam pbe l l 2 yard TD run that p u t t h e game o u t o f reach . S S D o u g Beaudo in had a b i g day on defense . mak ing 8 tack les a n d add ing 7 a s s i s t s , w h i l e I L B Steve N e l so n added 5 tac k l e s a n d 5 ass is ts .

H o u ston Patr iots

0 2 1 3 7 3 1 0 0 7 7 14

H - B u rro u g h 7 1 pass f rom Pasto r i n i ( F r i tsch k ick )

H - Barber 1 9 pass f rom Pasto r i n i ( F r i tsch k i c k )

H - Barber 1 3 p a s s f r o m Pasto r i n i ( F ri tsch k ick )

H - Fr i tsch FG 30 NE - J a c k s o n 2 4 pass from J o h n so n

(Sm i th k ick ) N E - F r a n c i s 2 4 pass f rom Owen

(Smi th k ick H - Campbe l l 2 run ( F r i tsch k ick )

F i rst Downs R u s h es-Yards Pass i n g Yards Total Yards Had Q B Sacked Passes P u n t s F u m b l e s / Lost Pena l t iesYds . A-61 ,297 paid .

I N D I V IDUAL LEADERS

H NE

2 1 1 5 54- 1 74 20-83

1 70 1 80 344 263

3-30 4-261 5-1 2-1 35-1 6-3 5-34 .8 4-43 .3

1 -0 2-0 2-25 8-92

60,881 actual

RUSH ING : Houston : Campbe l l 27- 1 1 8- 1 TD, T im W i l son 1 4-26, Coleman 7- 1 9 . Patr iots : C u n n i n g ham 1 0-42 , G rogan 1 - 1 6 , Johnson 6- 1 4 .

PASS ING : Housto n : Pasto r i n i 1 5- 1 2-1 , 200 yards , 3 TOs . Patr iots : Owen 22- 1 2-1 , 1 44 yards . 1 T O . G rogan 1 2-3-2, 28 yards.

RECEIV ING : H o u ston : Barber 5-83-2 TDs , B u rroug h 3-91 - 1 TD, Caster 2-1 2 . Patr iots : F ranc i s 8- 1 01 - 1 TD, C u n n i ngham 3-28, Morgan 2-37 .

1 3 1

D I V I S I O N T I ES I f , at t he end of t he reg u l a r seaso n , two or more c l u b s i n the same d iv i ­

s i on f i n i sh w i t h t he best won- l ost-t ied percen tag e , the fo l l ow i ng s teps w i l l be t aken u n t i l a champ ion i s determ i n e d :

T w o C lubs

1 . Head-to-H ead ( best won-lost-t i ed ) percentage in games between t he c l u bs .

2 . B e s t won- lost-t ied percent­age in games p layed w i t h i n t he d i v i s i on .

3. Best won- l ost- t ied percen t­age i n games p layed w i t h i nt he con fe rence .

4 . Best won- l ost-t ied percent­age i n common games , if ap­p l i cab le .

5 . Best ne t po i n ts i n d iv i s i on games .

6 . Best ne t po i n t s i n a l l games . 7 . S t reng th of sched u l e . 8 . B e s t ne t touchdowns i n a l l

games . 9 . Co in toss .

Three or M ore C lubs

( Note : I f two c l u bs rema i n t i ed after a t h i rd c l u b is e l i m i nated d u r i n g any step , t i e-breaker reverts to Step One of two-c l u b format . ) 1 . Head-to-Head ( best won­

lost- t ied percentage in games among the c l u b s . )

2 . B e s t won- lost-t ied percent­age i n games played w i t h i n the d i v i s i o n .

3 . B e s t won- lost-t ied percent­age i n games played w i t h i n the conference .

4 . Best won- lost-t ied percent­age i n common games .

5 . Best ne t po in ts i n d iv i s i on games .

6 . Best net po in ts i n a l l games . 7 . S t reng th of sched u l e . 8. B e s t net touchdowns i n a l l

games .9 . Co in toss .

W I LD CARD T I ES

If necessary to break t ies to determ i n e t he two W i l d Card c l ubs from each con ference , t he fo l l ow ing steps w i l l be taken : 1 . I f a l l t h e t ied c l u b s are from the same d i v i s i on , app ly d iv i s ion t ie ­

breaker . 2 . I f t he t ied c lubs are from d i f ferent d iv i s i ons , app ly t he fo l l ow ing

s teps :

( Note : I f two c l ubs rema i n t ied a f te r t h i rd o r o ther c l u b s e l i m i nated , t i e b reaker reverts to Step One of app l i cab le two-c l u b format . )

Two C lubs

1 . H ead-to-H ead , i f app l i cab le . 2 . Best won- lost- t ied percent­

age i n games p layed w i t h i n the con fe rence .

3 . Best won- l ost- t ied percent­age i n common games , m i n i m u m of fou r .

4 . B e s t ne t po i n t s i n con fe rence games .

5 . Best ne t po i n t s i n a l l games . 6 . S t ren g t h of sched u l e 7 . B e s t ne t touchdowns i n a l l

g a m e s . 8 . Co in t o s s .

Three-or-More-C lubs

1 . Head-to-Head sweep (ap­p l icab le on ly i f one c lub has defeated each of the others or one c lub has lost to each of the others . )

2 . Best won- lost-t ied percen t­age in games played w i th i nt h e conference .

3 . Best won- lost-t ied percen t­age i n common games ,m i n i m u m of fo u r .

4 . Best ne t po i n t s i n conference games.

5 . Best ne t po ints i n a l l games. 6 . S t reng th of sched u l e . 7 . B e s t net touchdowns i n a l l

games . 8 . Co in toss .

l n terconference Victor ies 1 970-79

Regular Season

AFC NFC Tie 1 970 1 2 27 1 1 97 1 1 5 23 2 1 972 20 23 1 1 973 1 9 1 9 2 1 974 23 1 7 0

1 975 23 1 7 0 1 976 1 6 1 2 0 1 977 1 9 9 0

1 978 3 1 2 1 0 1 979 36 1 6 0

Total 2 1 4 1 80 6

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re la t i o n s h i p began in 1 976 . D u r i n g th is pe r iod , F r i to-Lay , w i t h t he he l p of t he N e w E n g l and Pat r io ts , c o n t r i b u ted $ 1 72 , 800 to t he Boys ' C l u b . The f u nds he l p t he Boys ' C l ub to prov i de e d u ca­t i o na l , soc i a l , c u l t u ra l , recreat i o na l , a nd g u i dance serv ices to i t s 5000 boy a n d g i r l m e m bers .

FRITO-LAY, I N C. N O.

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Dur ing the Patriots - M inne sota game at S chaefer Stadi um on Dec . 1 2 , 1 979 , a check for $47 .600 was presented by the Fr ito Lay Company to the Boys Clubs of Bo ston . The check represented a S 1 00 contribution for each po int the Patriots scored dur ing pre-season and regular season p lay in 1 979 . I n addit ion . another $2700 was donated as a resu lt of the 27-23 Patr iot w in over the Vik ings in the season · , f inal game , br ing ing the tota l 1 979 contribution to SS0.300 and four year total contr ibut ion to $ 1 72 .800. Shown on the far right of the pic­ture. i s Mike Grene rt, F rito Lay D i v i s i on Sa les Manager. who has p layed an instrumental role in the relati onsh i p between the Patriots . F rito Lay and the Boy s C l ubs of Boston .

Last yea r , the a m o u n t con t r i b u ted was $50 , 300 - the la rgest thus far . Th is u n i q u e t ro i ka wou ld no t have been made pos s i b l e w i t h o u t t h e s u p po rt and v i s i o n of t he team ' s p res i den t , M r . W i l l i a m H . S u l l i van , J r .

I t was h e w h o d e s i g nated The Boys ' C l u bs of Boston as t he Pat r io t ' s o f f i c i a l cha r i t y i n 1 968 . Eac h t ime t he Patr io ts p lay a t home , be t te r t han 60 , 000 fa n s f req u e n t l y h ea r t he stad i u m an­n o u n c e r say , "and that ' s ano t he r $700 fo r t he Boys ' C l u b s of Boston " . The F r i to -Lay Com pan y ' s com m i t m e n t to the Boys ' C l u bs i s at t h e ra te of $ 1 00 for eve ry po i n t t he Patr io ts sco re d u r­i n g t h e e n t i re season , i n c l u d i n g t h e p l ay-offs .

The p u b l i c re la t i o n s e l e m e n t of t h i s s i g n i f i can t p rog ram en hances the Boys ' C l u b s o rgan izat i o n . There has been act ive part i c i pat i o n eac h year by the Pat r io ts ' p l aye rs in t he Boys ' C l u bs p ro g ra m s as g u est speake rs a n d vo l u n tee rs . Many of them have v i s i t ed the Boys ' C l u b s to part i c i pate in t he p rograms w i t h i t s you th m e m be r s .

T h i s i s t he f i f t h y e a r t he F r i to-Lay Co m pany w i l l t e a m u p w i t h t he N ew E n g l a nd Pat r io ts to he l p t he Boys ' C l u bs of Boston f i n ance i t s yea r- ro u n d youth deve l o p m e n t p ro g ram w h i c h p ro­v i des se rv i ces to g i r l s and boys between the ages of 6 and 1 8 years of age .

Robe rt A . C l ea r y , t h e Pres i d e n t of t he Boys ' C l u bs has com­mended P r e s i d e n t B i l l y S u l l i van and F r i to-Lay fo r t he i r jo i n t ef­fort in d e m o n st rat i n g the co rpo rate b u s i ness com m u n i ty ' s s u p­port of cha r i t ab l e o rgan izat i o n s whose pu rpose i s to h e l p y o u n g peo p l e beco m e ac h i evers w i t h t h e i r l i ves .