1975 New England Patriots (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/10/1975	H	New York Giants	14-28	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	40726
Sun	8/17/1975	H	Minnesota Vikings	36-10	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	40218
Fri	8/22/1975	A	Philadelphia Eagles	10-24	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	40156
Sat	8/30/1975	A	Green Bay Packers	20-17	W	OT	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	51769
Sun	9/7/1975	H	San Diego Chargers	31-24	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	39502
Sun	9/14/1975	A	New York Jets		-		New Haven, CT	Yale Bowl
Sun	9/21/1975	H	Houston Oilers	0-7	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	51934
Sun	9/28/1975	H	Miami Dolphins	14-22	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	59967
Sun	10/5/1975	A	New York Jets	7-36	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	57365
Sun	10/12/1975	A	Cincinnati Bengals	10-27	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	51220
Sun	10/19/1975	H	Baltimore Colts	21-10	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	51417
Sun	10/26/1975	H	San Francisco 49ers	24-16	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60358
Sun	11/2/1975	A	St. Louis Cardinals	17-24	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	45907
Sun	11/9/1975	A	San Diego Chargers	33-19	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	24161
Sun	11/16/1975	H	Dallas Cowboys	31-34	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60905
Sun	11/23/1975	A	Buffalo Bills	31-45	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	65655
Mon	12/1/1975	A	Miami Dolphins	7-20	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	61963
Sun	12/7/1975	H	New York Jets	28-30	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	53989
Sun	12/14/1975	H	Buffalo Bills	14-34	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	58393
Sun	12/21/1975	A	Baltimore Colts	21-34	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	51926

Schedule Notes
9/14/1975	New York Jets	Canceled

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Julius Adams	85	RDE	6-3	262	27	Texas Southern	9	8
Sam Adams	61	ROG	6-3	260	27	Prairie View A&M	13	13
Bobby Anderson	33	RB	6-0	208	28	Colorado	5	0
Mel Baker	83	WR	6-0	189	25	Texas Southern	1	0
Rodrigo Barnes	55	LB	6-1	215	25	Rice	1	0
Ron Bolton	27	RCB	6-2	170	25	Norfolk State	13	13
Steve Burks	82	WR-P	6-5	205	22	Arkansas State	13	0
Don Calhoun	44	RB	6-0	215	23	Kansas State	5	1
Allen Carter	21	RB	5-11	208	23	Southern California	14	0
Dick Conn	22	S	6-0	180	24	Georgia	3	0
Steve Corbett	62	OG	6-4	248	24	Boston College	14	0
Sam Cunningham	39	RB	6-3	230	25	Southern California	13	13
Pete Cusick	76	NT	6-1	255	23	Ohio State	13	0
Maury Damkroger	51	LB	6-2	230	23	Nebraska	2	0
Doug Dressler	44	RB	6-3	228	27	Marin JC; Chico State	5	0
Bill Dulac	68	ROG	6-4	260	24	Eastern Michigan	13	1
Doug Dumler	58	C	6-3	243	25	Nebraska	14	3
Russ Francis	81	TE	6-6	242	22	Oregon	14	11
Bob Geddes	59	RILB	6-2	240	29	Riverside CC; UCLA	13	1
Neil Graff	15	QB	6-3	200	25	Wisconsin	11	2
Leon Gray	70	LOT	6-3	261	24	Jackson State	14	14
Steve Grogan	14	QB	6-4	210	22	Kansas State	13	7
Ray Hamilton	71	NT	6-1	244	24	Oklahoma	14	14
John Hannah	73	LOG	6-3	265	24	Alabama	14	14
Craig Hanneman	74	RDE	6-3	240	26	Oregon State	11	3
Mack Herron	42	RB	5-5	174	27	Hutchinson CC; Kansas State	7	5
Bobby Howard	24	LCB	6-1	184	31	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State	14	14
Sam Hunt	50	RILB	6-1	248	24	Stephen F. Austin State	13	13
Marty Imhof	64	RDE	6-6	256	26	Pasadena CC; San Diego State	5	3
Andy Johnson	32	RB	6-0	204	23	Georgia	14	9
Shelby Jordan	63	ROT	6-7	270	23	Washington-St. Louis	14	14
Durwood Keeton	29	S	5-10	180	23	Navarro JC; Oklahoma	12	0
Steve King	52	ROLB-LOLB	6-4	230	24	Tulsa	14	8
Bill Lenkaitis	67	C	6-3	260	29	Penn State	11	11
Mel Lunsford	72	LDE	6-3	256	25	Central State (Ohio)	4	4
Jim Massey	47	RCB	5-11	198	27	Linfield	14	1
Prentice McCray	34	SS	6-1	185	24	Arizona State	14	14
Tony McGee	78	LDE	6-3	249	26	Wyoming; Bishop	13	10
Leon McQuay	31	RB	5-9	195	25	Tampa	13	0
Steve Nelson	57	LILB	6-2	230	24	Augsburg; North Dakota State	14	14
Mike Patrick	2	P	6-0	209	23	Mississippi State	14	0
Jerry Patton	72	DE	6-3	255	29	Nebraska	3	0
Jim Plunkett	16	QB	6-2	207	28	Stanford	5	5
Kevin Reilly	55	LOLB	6-1	213	24	Villanova	4	1
John Sanders	25	FS	6-1	178	24	South Dakota	14	14
Rod Shoate	56	LB	6-1	215	22	Oklahoma	4	0
John Smith	1	K	6-0	172	26	King Alfred's; Southampton (England)	14	0
Darryl Stingley	84	WR	6-0	194	24	Purdue	14	14
Dave Tipton	60	NT	6-2	255	22	Western Illinois	4	0
Randy Vataha	18	WR	5-10	173	27	Golden West JC; Stanford	14	14
George Webster	90	LOLB	6-4	225	30	Michigan State	10	10
Bob Windsor	86	TE	6-4	227	33	Montgomery JC; Kentucky	14	3
Elmo Wright	17	WR	6-0	190	26	Houston	4	4
Steve Zabel	54	ROLB	6-4	228	27	Oklahoma	13	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	16	Russ Francis	TE	Oregon
2	41	Rod Shoate	LB	Oklahoma
3	66	Pete Cusick	DT	Ohio State
4	86	Allen Carter	RB	Southern California
4	91	Steve Burks	WR	Arkansas State
5	116	Steve Grogan	QB	Kansas State
5	117	Steve Freeman	DB	Mississippi State
7	172	Larry Williams	WR	Texas Tech
11	272	Rene Garnett	DB	Idaho State
12	297	Matt Kendon	DT	Idaho State
12	306	Condredge Holloway	QB-DB	Tennessee
13	328	Joe Harvey	DE	Northern Michigan
14	353	Tom Gossom	WR	Auburn
15	378	Don Clayton	RB	Murray State
16	403	Kerry Marbury	RB	West Virginia
17	428	Myke Horton	T	UCLA

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	37	107	38	76	258
Opponents Totals	67	77	110	104	358

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		253	94	133	26	82/195 42.1%	/ %	89	719
Opponents Totals		254	118	120	16	90/216 41.7%	/ %	103	759

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
John Smith	0	33	33	100.0	9	17	52.9	60
Sam Cunningham	8	0	0		0	0		48
Randy Vataha	6	0	0		0	0		36
Russ Francis	4	0	0		0	0		24
Andy Johnson	4	0	0		0	0		24
Steve Grogan	3	0	0		0	0		18
Don Calhoun	2	0	0		0	0		12
Darryl Stingley	2	0	0		0	0		12
Allen Carter	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ray Hamilton	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bobby Howard	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Plunkett	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	33	33	33	100.0	9	17	52.9	258
Opponents Totals	42	37	42	88.1	23	35	65.7	358

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Smith	9	17	52.9	3	46	1/1	1/1	5/6	2/8	0/1
Team Totals	9	17	52.9	2	46	1/1	1/1	5/6	2/8	0/1
Opponents Totals	23	35	65.7			1/1	11/11	6/10	5/13	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Cunningham	169	666	3.9	17	6
Andy Johnson	117	488	4.2	66t	3
Mack Herron	61	274	4.5	53	0
Steve Grogan	30	110	3.7	14	3
Don Calhoun	23	104	4.5	38t	1
Allen Carter	22	95	4.3	19	0
Leon McQuay	33	47	1.4	9	0
Darryl Stingley	6	39	6.5	21	0
Doug Dressler	3	8	2.7	6	0
Jim Plunkett	4	7	1.8	5	1
Randy Vataha	1	4	4.0	4	0
Neil Graff	2	2	1.0	2	0
Bobby Anderson	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	472	1845	3.9	66t	14
Opponents Totals	555	2220	4.0	63t	20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Grogan	274	139	50.7	117	1976	7.2	14.2	62t	11	4.0	18	6.6	22	207	1769	60.4
Neil Graff	35	18	51.4	14	221	6.3	12.3	31t	2	5.7	3	8.6	4	34	187	54.6
Jim Plunkett	92	36	39.1	49	571	6.2	15.9	76	3	3.3	7	7.6	13	89	482	39.7
Team Totals	401	193	48.1	180	2768	6.9	14.3	76	16	4.0	28	7.0	39	330	2438	55.2
Opponents Totals	368	213	57.9	142	2515	6.8	11.8	77t	18	4.9	13	3.5	33	271	2244	80.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Randy Vataha	46	720	15.7	47	6				0
Russ Francis	35	636	18.2	48	4
Sam Cunningham	32	253	7.9	24	2			0
Andy Johnson	26	294	11.3	29	1			0
Darryl Stingley	21	378	18.0	45	2
Steve Burks	6	158	26.3	76	0				0
Bob Windsor	6	57	9.5	12	0		0	0	0
Don Calhoun	5	111	22.2	62t	1
Mack Herron	5	50	10.0	19	0		0	0
Elmo Wright	4	46	11.5	20	0			0	0
Leon McQuay	4	27	6.8	16	0		0	0
Allen Carter	2	39	19.5	26	0		1	0
Doug Dressler	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	193	2768	14.3	76	16
Opponents Totals	213	2515	11.8	77t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Bolton	5	33	6.6	15	0
Bobby Howard	3	52	17.3	44t	1
Steve Nelson	2	8	4.0	4	0
Kevin Reilly	1	54	54.0	54	0
John Sanders	1	18	18.0	18	0
George Webster	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	13	165	12.7	54	1
Opponents Totals	28	388	13.9	58	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Mike Patrick	83	3223	38.8	62	0	513
Team Totals	83	3223	38.8	62	0	513
Opponents Totals	77	3042	39.5	65	1	262

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Darryl Stingley	15	2	113	7.5	29	0
Mack Herron	12	2	89	7.4	17	0
Andy Johnson	6	4	60	10.0	15	0
Team Totals	33	8	262	7.9	29	0
Opponents Totals	42	13	513	12.2	69t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Allen Carter	32	879	27.5	99t	1
Leon McQuay	15	252	16.8	34	0
Andy Johnson	10	188	18.8	32	0
Steve Burks	4	65	16.3	25	0
Mack Herron	2	75	37.5	40	0
Darryl Stingley	2	44	22.0	24	0
Don Calhoun	1	17	17.0	17	0
Team Totals	66	1520	23.0	99t	1
Opponents Totals	46	1142	24.8	59	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Tony McGee	9.0
Ray Hamilton	6.0
Julius Adams	4.0
Craig Hanneman	4.0
Steve Zabel	3.0
Sam Hunt	2.0
Steve Nelson	2.0
Pete Cusick	1.0
Steve King	1.0
George Webster	1.0
Team Totals	33.0	271.0
Opponents Totals	39.0	330.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mel Baker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Calhoun	2		0	0	0	0	0
Allen Carter	2		1	0	1	0	0
Sam Cunningham	12		2	0	2	0	0
Bill DuLac	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Russ Francis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Neil Graff	1		1	0	1	-4	0
Leon Gray	0	0	2	0	2	4	0
Steve Grogan	6		4	0	4	-12	0
Ray Hamilton	0	0	0	2	2	23	1
Mack Herron	7		2	0	2	0	0
Bobby Howard	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Hunt	0	0	0	3	3	13	0
Martin Imhof	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Andy Johnson	4		0	0	0	0	0
Shelby Jordan	0	0	2	0	2	12	0
Durwood Keeton	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Lenkaitis	1		2	0	2	-9	0
Jim Massey	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Leon McQuay	3		0	1	1	0	0
Jim Plunkett	2		0	0	0	0	0
John Sanders	0	0	0	4	4	3	0
Darryl Stingley	2		1	0	1	14	0
Bob Windsor	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Steve Zabel	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Team Totals	43	22	21	16	37	47	1
Opponents Totals	31	16	14	22	36		2

Hank Bullough	Defensive Line
Rollie Dotsch	Outside Linebackers
Ron Erhardt	Offensive Backs
Red Miller	Offensive Line
Ray Perkins	Receivers
John Polonchek	Quarterbacks
Charlie Sumner	Inside Linebackers
Jim Valek	Special Teams
Larrye Weaver	Defensive Backs