1973 New England Patriots (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/28/1973	N	San Francisco 49ers	7-20	L	Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	19685
Sun	8/5/1973	H	Oakland Raiders	17-17	T	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	43914
Sun	8/12/1973	H	New York Giants	7-13	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	49209
Sat	8/18/1973	A	Atlanta Falcons	10-27	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56238
Sat	8/25/1973	A	New Orleans Saints	31-6	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	64131
Sun	9/2/1973	H	Washington Redskins	14-35	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	50369
Fri	9/7/1973	A	Detroit Lions	21-34	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	50104
Sun	9/16/1973	H	Buffalo Bills	13-31	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	56119
Sun	9/23/1973	H	Kansas City Chiefs	7-10	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57918
Sun	9/30/1973	A	Miami Dolphins	23-44	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	62508
Sun	10/7/1973	H	Baltimore Colts	24-16	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57044
Sun	10/14/1973	H	New York Jets	7-9	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57781
Sun	10/21/1973	A	Chicago Bears	13-10	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	47643
Sun	10/28/1973	H	Miami Dolphins	14-30	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57919
Sun	11/4/1973	A	Philadelphia Eagles	23-24	L	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65070
Sun	11/11/1973	A	New York Jets	13-33	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	51034
Sun	11/18/1973	H	Green Bay Packers	33-24	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60525
Sun	11/25/1973	A	Houston Oilers	32-0	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	27344
Sun	12/2/1973	H	San Diego Chargers	30-14	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	58150
Sun	12/9/1973	A	Buffalo Bills	13-37	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	72470
Sun	12/16/1973	A	Baltimore Colts	13-18	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	52065

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Ron Acks	51	RLB	6-2	210	29	Illinois	14	14
Bob Adams	80	TE	6-2	225	27	San Mateo JC; Pacific	12	5
Julius Adams	85	RDT	6-3	262	25	Texas Southern	14	14
Sam Adams	61	LOT	6-3	260	25	Prairie View A&M	12	8
Ralph Anderson	49	RS	6-1	180	24	West Texas A&M	13	11
Josh Ashton	31	RB	6-1	205	24	Blinn JC; Tulsa	12	8
Willie Banks	78	LOG	6-2	240	27	Alcorn State	13	1
Bruce Barnes	3	P	5-11	214	22	UCLA	14	0
Bill Bell	8	K	6-1	191	26	Kansas	3	0
Ron Bolton	27	RCB	6-2	170	23	Norfolk State	14	14
Greg Boyd	29	S	6-2	201	23	Arizona	2	0
Rick Cash	63	RDE	6-5	260	28	Missouri; Truman State	14	14
Edgar Chandler	50	MLB	6-3	227	27	Georgia	12	11
Sam Cunningham	39	RB	6-3	230	23	Southern California	14	10
Nate Dorsey	66	DE	6-4	240	23	Mississippi Valley State	2	0
Brian Dowling	14	QB	6-2	207	26	Yale	11	0
Doug Dumler	58	C	6-3	243	23	Nebraska	14	0
Sandy Durko	22	LS	6-1	185	25	Southern California	14	14
Will Foster	55	MLB	6-2	230	25	Eastern Michigan	9	1
Bob Geddes	59	LB	6-2	240	27	Riverside CC; UCLA	2	0
Paul Gipson	46	RB	6-0	210	27	Houston	5	0
Leon Gray	70	LOT-ROT	6-3	261	22	Jackson State	9	8
Ray Hamilton	71	LDE	6-1	244	22	Oklahoma	14	14
John Hannah	73	LOG	6-3	265	22	Alabama	13	13
Mack Herron	42	RB	5-5	174	25	Hutchinson CC; Kansas State	14	1
George Hoey	23	LCB	5-10	174	27	Michigan	13	12
Kevin Hunt	62	OT	6-5	260	25	Doane	1	0
Honor Jackson	29	RRS	6-2	190	25	Marin JC; Pacific	7	2
Steve Kiner	57	LLB	6-0	219	26	Tennessee	14	14
Steve King	52	LB	6-4	230	22	Tulsa	7	0
Bill Lenkaitis	67	C	6-3	260	27	Penn State	12	12
Mel Lunsford	72	DT	6-3	256	23	Central State (Ohio)	4	0
Don Martin	38	LCB	5-11	187	24	Yale	14	2
Dave Mason	29	RS	6-0	199	24	Nebraska	7	1
Bob McCall	24	RB	6-0	205	23	Arizona	8	1
Arthur Moore	75	DE	6-5	255	22	Tulsa	13	0
Jon Morris	56	C	6-4	247	31	Holy Cross	2	2
Tom Neville	77	ROT	6-4	252	30	Mississippi State	8	8
Jim Plunkett	16	QB	6-2	207	26	Stanford	14	14
Bob Reynolds	74	LOT	6-6	264	34	Bowling Green State	7	4
Dave Rowe	76	LDT	6-6	274	28	Penn State	14	14
Reggie Rucker	33	WR	6-2	190	26	Boston University	14	14
Len St. Jean	60	ROG	6-1	244	32	Northern Michigan	14	14
Dick Shiner	11	QB	6-0	197	31	Maryland	3	0
Donnell Smith	65	DE	6-4	245	24	Southern University	12	0
Brian Stenger	59	MLB	6-4	233	26	Notre Dame	10	2
Darryl Stingley	84	WR	6-0	194	22	Purdue	14	10
John Tanner	53	LB	6-4	237	28	Brevard JC; Tennessee Tech	13	0
John Tarver	36	RB	6-3	224	24	Bakersfield CC; Colorado	9	7
Randy Vataha	18	WR	5-10	173	25	Golden West JC; Stanford	14	4
Claxton Welch	34	RB	5-11	203	26	Oregon	2	1
Jeff White	2	K	5-11	185	25	Texas-El Paso	11	0
Bob Windsor	86	TE	6-4	227	31	Montgomery JC; Kentucky	13	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	John Hannah	G	Alabama
1	11	Sam Cunningham	RB	Southern California
1	19	Darryl Stingley	WR	Purdue
3	56	Brad Dusek	DB	Texas A&M
3	73	Charles Davis	RB	Alcorn State
4	82	Allen Gallaher	T	Southern California
5	108	Doug Dumler	C	Nebraska
8	186	Ike Brown	RB	Western Kentucky
9	212	Buster Callaway	T	Texas A&M
10	238	Dan Ruster	DB	Oklahoma
11	264	Homer May	TE	Texas A&M
12	290	Bruce Barnes	P	UCLA
13	316	Alan Lowry	DB	Texas
14	342	Ray Hamilton	LB	Oklahoma
15	368	Condie Pugh	RB	Norfolk State
16	394	Mike Kutter	DE	Concordia (St. Paul)
17	420	Eddie McAshan	QB-DB	Georgia Tech

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	48	69	74	67	258
Opponents Totals	57	86	77	70	300

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		237	97	122	18	74/195 37.9%	/ %	50	550
Opponents Totals		215	142	67	6	69/185 37.3%	/ %	77	693

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jeff White	0	21	25	84.0	14	25	56.0	0	63
Sam Cunningham	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jim Plunkett	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Mack Herron	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
John Tarver	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bob Windsor	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Reggie Rucker	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Randy Vataha	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Darryl Stingley	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bill Bell	0	4	5	80.0	1	4	25.0	0	7
Will Foster	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Kiner	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	31	25	31	80.6	15	29	51.7	1	258
Opponents Totals	32	30	32	93.8	26	32	81.3	0	300

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jeff White	14	25	56.0	1	48	6/8	2/3	3/5	3/7	0/2
Bill Bell	1	4	25.0	1	36	0/0	0/0	1/3	0/0	0/1
Team Totals	15	29	51.7	2	48	6/8	2/3	4/8	3/7	0/3
Opponents Totals	26	32	81.3			3/3	6/7	12/14	5/8	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Cunningham	155	516	3.3	25	4
John Tarver	72	321	4.5	28	4
Josh Ashton	93	305	3.3	34	0
Jim Plunkett	44	209	4.8	20	5
Mack Herron	61	200	3.3	17	2
Darryl Stingley	6	64	10.7	19	0
Bob McCall	10	15	1.5	14	0
Bob Adams	2	7	3.5	4	0
Reggie Rucker	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Paul Gipson	5	-1	-0.2	4	0
Claxton Welch	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Bob Windsor	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Randy Vataha	2	-15	-7.5	-4	0
Team Totals	454	1612	3.6	34	15
Opponents Totals	560	2850	5.1	80t	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Plunkett	376	193	51.3	166	2550	6.8	13.2	64	13	3.5	17	4.5	37	350	2200	65.8
Dick Shiner	4	2	50.0	2	31	7.8	15.5	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	31	76.0
Team Totals	380	195	51.3	168	2581	6.8	13.2	64	13	3.4	17	4.5	37	350	2231	65.9
Opponents Totals	240	134	55.8	93	1600	6.7	11.9	50	11	4.6	13	5.4	32	262	1338	69.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Reggie Rucker	53	743	14.0	64	3
Bob Windsor	23	348	15.1	36	4
Darryl Stingley	23	339	14.7	25	2
Randy Vataha	20	341	17.1	48	2
Mack Herron	18	265	14.7	29	1
Sam Cunningham	15	144	9.6	34t	1
Bob Adams	14	197	14.1	30	0
Josh Ashton	11	113	10.3	51	0
John Tarver	9	51	5.7	13	0
Claxton Welch	6	22	3.7	8	0
Bob McCall	3	18	6.0	14	0
Team Totals	195	2581	13.2	64	13
Opponents Totals	134	1600	11.9	50	11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Bolton	6	65	10.8	56	0
Sandy Durko	3	26	8.7	16	0
Ralph Anderson	2	3	1.5	3	0
Ron Acks	1	11	11.0	11	0
Honor Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	13	105	8.1	56	0
Opponents Totals	17	285	16.8	47t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Bruce Barnes	55	2134	38.8	53	0
Jeff White	6	163	27.2	51	0
Team Totals	61	2297	37.7	53	0	152
Opponents Totals	62	2509	40.5	58	1	324

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Mack Herron	27	8	282	10.4	54
Sandy Durko	3	2	21	7.0	15
Darryl Stingley	3	2	21	7.0	16
Team Totals	33	12	324	9.8	54
Opponents Totals	29	23	152	5.2	27

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mack Herron	41	1092	26.6	92t	1
Darryl Stingley	6	143	23.8	29	0
Reggie Rucker	5	103	20.6	42	0
Bob McCall	2	17	8.5	17	0
John Tarver	1	17	17.0	17	0
John Hannah	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Windsor	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	57	1372	24.1	92t	1
Opponents Totals	40	963	24.1	90t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Julius Adams	8.0
Ray Hamilton	6.0
Art Moore	4.5
Rick Cash	2.5
Dave Rowe	2.5
Donnell Smith	1.0
Ron Acks	1.0
Ron Bolton	1.0
Steve Kiner	1.0
Mel Lunsford	1.0
Edgar Chandler	0.5
Steve King	0.5
John Tanner	0.5
(Unidentified)	2.0
Team Totals	32.0	262.0
Opponents Totals	37.0	350.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ron Acks	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Julius Adams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ralph Anderson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Josh Ashton	4		1	0	1	-1	0
Ron Bolton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Cash	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Edgar Chandler	1		0	2	2	14	0
Sam Cunningham	10		2	0	2	0	0
Doug Dumler	1		0	0	0	-15	0
Sandy Durko	2		0	0	0	0	0
Will Foster	0	0	1	1	2	0	1
Paul Gipson	1		0	1	1	20	0
Leon Gray	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ray Hamilton	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
John Hannah	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mack Herron	7		3	0	3	0	0
Steve Kiner	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
Dave Mason	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob McCall	4		2	0	2	0	0
Arthur Moore	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Neville	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Plunkett	6		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Reynolds	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Reggie Rucker	2		2	0	2	0	0
Brian Stenger	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Darryl Stingley	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Tarver	8		3	0	3	0	0
Randy Vataha	0	0	1	0	1	46	1
Claxton Welch	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jeff White	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Windsor	2		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	51	30	21	18	39	75	2
Opponents Totals	29	18	11	25	36		3

Hank Bullough	Defensive Line
Ron Erhardt	Offensive Backs
Red Miller	Offensive Line
Bill Nelsen	Quarterbacks
Sam Rutigliano	Receivers
Charlie Sumner	Linebackers
Jim Valek	Special Teams
Larrye Weaver	Defensive Backs