1976 New England Patriots (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/1/1976	H	New York Giants	13-7	W	OT	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	30032
Fri	8/6/1976	N	San Diego Chargers	17-26	L		Norman, OK	Owen Field	23800
Sun	8/15/1976	H	Green Bay Packers	14-16	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	30552
Sat	8/21/1976	A	Atlanta Falcons	28-17	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	23495
Mon	8/30/1976	A	Cleveland Browns	27-30	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	36016
Sun	9/5/1976	H	Philadelphia Eagles	20-7	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	32254
Sun	9/12/1976	H	Baltimore Colts	13-27	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	39512
Sun	9/19/1976	H	Miami Dolphins	30-14	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	41879
Sun	9/26/1976	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	30-27	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	47379
Sun	10/3/1976	H	Oakland Raiders	48-17	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	61068
Sun	10/10/1976	A	Detroit Lions	10-30	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	59730
Mon	10/18/1976	H	New York Jets	41-7	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	50883
Sun	10/24/1976	A	Buffalo Bills	26-22	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	45144
Sun	10/31/1976	A	Miami Dolphins	3-10	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	52863
Sun	11/7/1976	H	Buffalo Bills	20-10	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	61157
Sun	11/14/1976	A	Baltimore Colts	21-14	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	58226
Sun	11/21/1976	A	New York Jets	38-24	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	49983
Sun	11/28/1976	H	Denver Broncos	38-14	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	61128
Sun	12/5/1976	H	New Orleans Saints	27-6	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	53592
Sun	12/12/1976	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31-14	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	39606
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/18/1976	A	Oakland Raiders	21-24	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53045

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Julius Adams	85	RDE	6-3	262	28	Texas Southern	14	14
Sam Adams	61	ROG	6-3	260	28	Prairie View A&M	14	14
Pete Barnes	59	ROLB	6-2	243	31	Southern University	13	7
Doug Beaudoin	27	S	6-1	190	22	Minnesota	9	0
Richard Bishop	64	NT	6-1	265	26	Marshalltown JC; Louisville	14	0
Joe Blahak	21	CB	5-9	181	26	Nebraska	2	0
Marlin Briscoe	88	WR	5-10	178	31	Nebraska-Omaha	14	5
Pete Brock	58	C	6-5	270	22	Colorado	14	0
Steve Burks	82	WR	6-5	205	23	Arkansas State	8	1
Don Calhoun	44	RB	6-0	215	24	Kansas State	14	3
Allen Carter	21	RB	5-11	208	24	Southern California	1	0
Al Chandler	87	TE	6-2	233	26	Oklahoma	14	3
Dick Conn	22	RSL-LS	6-0	180	25	Georgia	13	1
Sam Cunningham	39	RB	6-3	230	26	Southern California	11	11
Ricky Feacher	83	WR	5-10	174	22	Mississippi Valley State	3	0
Ike Forte	38	RB	6-0	198	22	Tyler JC; Arkansas	10	1
Tim Fox	48	RS	5-11	188	23	Ohio State	13	13
Russ Francis	81	TE	6-6	242	23	Oregon	13	12
Willie Germany	29	S	6-0	193	27	Morgan State	10	0
Leon Gray	70	LOT	6-3	261	25	Jackson State	14	14
Steve Grogan	14	QB	6-4	210	23	Kansas State	14	14
Ray Hamilton	71	NT	6-1	244	25	Oklahoma	14	14
John Hannah	73	LOG	6-3	265	25	Alabama	14	14
Mike Haynes	40	RCB	6-2	194	23	Arizona State	14	14
Bobby Howard	24	LCB	6-1	184	32	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State	14	14
Sam Hunt	50	RILB-LILB	6-1	248	25	Stephen F. Austin State	14	12
Andy Johnson	32	HB	6-0	204	24	Georgia	14	13
Steve King	52	ROLB	6-4	230	25	Tulsa	11	7
Bill Lenkaitis	67	C	6-3	260	30	Penn State	14	14
Mel Lunsford	72	LDE-RDE	6-3	256	26	Central State (Ohio)	14	1
Prentice McCray	34	LS	6-1	185	25	Arizona State	14	14
Tony McGee	78	LDE	6-3	249	27	Wyoming; Bishop	14	13
Bob McKay	66	ROT	6-5	265	29	Texas	14	14
Arthur Moore	75	NT	6-5	255	25	Tulsa	4	0
Steve Nelson	57	LILB	6-2	230	25	Augsburg; North Dakota State	10	10
Tom Neville	77	ROT-LOT	6-4	252	33	Mississippi State	14	0
Tom Owen	17	QB	6-1	194	24	Wichita State	2	0
Mike Patrick	2	P	6-0	209	24	Mississippi State	14	0
Jess Phillips	35	RB	6-1	208	29	Michigan State	13	0
Jim Romaniszyn	53	LILB-RILB	6-2	219	25	Edinboro	11	2
John Sanders	25	S	6-1	178	25	South Dakota	2	0
John Smith	1	K	6-0	172	27	King Alfred's; Southampton (England)	14	0
Darryl Stingley	84	WR	6-0	194	25	Purdue	13	13
Fred Sturt	63	LOG-ROG	6-4	250	25	Bowling Green State	14	0
Donnie Thomas	51	LILB	6-2	245	23	Indiana	3	1
Dave Tipton	60	NT	6-2	255	23	Western Illinois	8	0
Randy Vataha	18	WR	5-10	173	28	Golden West JC; Stanford	12	8
George Webster	90	RILB--LOLB	6-4	225	31	Michigan State	13	3
Steve Zabel	54	LOLB	6-4	228	28	Oklahoma	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Mike Haynes	DB	Arizona State
1	12	Pete Brock	C	Colorado
1	21	Tim Fox	DB	Ohio State
2	35	Ike Forte	RB	Arkansas
6	170	Greg Boyd	DE	San Diego State
7	202	Perry Brooks	DT	Southern University
8	235	Stu Betts	RB	Northern Michigan
9	243	Doug Beaudoin	DB	Minnesota
10	270	Ricky Feacher	WR	Mississippi Valley State
11	298	Donnie Thomas	LB	Indiana
12	325	Nathan Bell	DT	Tulane
13	352	Jimmy Jones	DB	Central Michigan
14	382	Dave Quehl	WR	Holy Cross
15	409	Bernard Coleman	WR	Bethune-Cookman
16	436	Cliff Brown	DT	Tuskegee
17	465	Todd Anderson	C	Stanford

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	54	133	97	92	376
Opponents Totals	40	91	30	75	236

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		260	150	95	15	76/192 39.6%	/ %	102	914
Opponents Totals		258	102	134	22	90/209 43.1%	/ %	83	715

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
John Smith	0	42	46	91.3	15	25	60.0	87
Steve Grogan	13	0	0		0	0		78
Andy Johnson	10	0	0		0	0		60
Darryl Stingley	4	0	0		0	0		24
Al Chandler	3	0	0		0	0		18
Sam Cunningham	3	0	0		0	0		18
Russ Francis	3	0	0		0	0		18
Ike Forte	2	0	0		0	0		12
Mike Haynes	2	0	0		0	0		12
Prentice McCray	2	0	0		0	0		12
Marlin Briscoe	1	0	0		0	0		6
Pete Brock	1	0	0		0	0		6
Don Calhoun	1	0	0		0	0		6
Sam Hunt	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jess Phillips	1	0	0		0	0		6
Randy Vataha	1	0	0		0	0		6
Steve Zabel	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		1
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	48	43	48	89.6	15	25	60.0	376
Opponents Totals	29	26	29	89.7	12	17	70.6	236

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Smith	15	25	60.0	1	49	0/1	4/4	4/6	7/14	0/0
Team Totals	15	25	60.0	1	49	0/1	4/4	4/6	7/14	0/0
Opponents Totals	12	17	70.6			1/1	2/2	4/5	4/8	1/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Cunningham	172	824	4.8	24	3
Don Calhoun	129	721	5.6	54	1
Andy Johnson	169	699	4.1	69t	6
Steve Grogan	60	397	6.6	41t	12
Jess Phillips	24	164	6.8	46	1
Ike Forte	25	100	4.0	26	1
Darryl Stingley	8	45	5.6	27	0
Russ Francis	2	12	6.0	8	0
Steve Burks	1	2	2.0	2	0
Mike Patrick	1	-16	-16.0	-16	0
Team Totals	591	2948	5.0	69t	24
Opponents Totals	462	1847	4.0	46	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Grogan	302	145	48.0	137	1903	6.3	13.1	58t	18	6.0	20	6.6	18	155	1748	60.6
Andy Johnson	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Tom Owen	5	1	20.0	4	7	1.4	7.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	7	39.6
Marlin Briscoe	0	0		0	0				0		0		1	9	-9
Team Totals	309	146	47.2	143	1910	6.2	13.1	58t	18	5.8	20	6.5	19	164	1746	59.7
Opponents Totals	437	229	52.4	185	2604	6.0	11.4	55	16	3.7	23	5.3	47	429	2175	60.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Andy Johnson	29	343	11.8	53	4
Sam Cunningham	27	299	11.1	41	0
Russ Francis	26	367	14.1	48	3
Darryl Stingley	17	370	21.8	58t	4
Don Calhoun	12	56	4.7	12	0		0	0
Randy Vataha	11	192	17.5	44	1				0
Marlin Briscoe	10	136	13.6	21	1			0	0
Al Chandler	5	49	9.8	29	3			0	0
Ike Forte	3	9	3.0	6t	1		0	0
Ricky Feacher	2	38	19.0	21	0		1	0	0
Steve Burks	2	27	13.5	17	0		0	0	0
Jess Phillips	1	18	18.0	18	0		0	0
Pete Brock	1	6	6.0	6t	1	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	146	1910	13.1	58t	18
Opponents Totals	229	2604	11.4	55	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Haynes	8	90	11.3	28	0
Prentice McCray	5	182	36.4	63t	2
Tim Fox	3	67	22.3	29	0
Bobby Howard	3	28	9.3	15	0
Sam Hunt	2	106	53.0	68t	1
Steve Nelson	2	32	16.0	34	0
Team Totals	23	505	22.0	68t	3
Opponents Totals	20	380	19.0	76	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Patrick	67	2688	40.1	52	0	12	12	288	2160	32.2
Team Totals	67	2688	40.1	52	0	12	12	288	2160	32.2
Opponents Totals	75	2909	38.8	57		8	7	628	2121	28.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Haynes	45	0	608	13.5	89t	2
Doug Beaudoin	2	0	18	9.0	11	0
Darryl Stingley	1	0	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	48	0	628	13.1	89t	2
Opponents Totals	37	7	288	7.8	32	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jess Phillips	14	397	28.4	71
Ricky Feacher	10	240	24.0	46
Don Calhoun	9	183	20.3	33
Doug Beaudoin	6	134	22.3	44
Ike Forte	3	62	20.7	29
Dick Conn	2	29	14.5	26
Bob McKay	1	23	23.0	23
Allen Carter	1	19	19.0	19
Team Totals	46	1087	23.6	71
Opponents Totals	71	1569	22.1	58

SACKS	NO	YDS
Tony McGee	9.5
Pete Barnes	8.0
Ray Hamilton	6.5
Richard Bishop	6.0
Julius Adams	5.0
Steve Zabel	4.0
Mel Lunsford	2.5
Dave Tipton	2.0
Steve King	1.5
Steve Nelson	1.0
Team Totals	47.0	429.0
Opponents Totals	19.0	164.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Pete Barnes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Beaudoin	1		0	0	0	0	0
Richard Bishop	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Pete Brock	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Don Calhoun	4		0	0	0	0	0
Al Chandler	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Sam Cunningham	5		1	0	1	0	0
Ike Forte	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tim Fox	0	0	1	3	4	11	0
Russ Francis	1		1	0	1	0	0
Leon Gray	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Steve Grogan	6		4	0	4	-18	1
Ray Hamilton	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Haynes	3		1	2	3	0	0
Sam Hunt	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Andy Johnson	5		0	0	0	0	0
Mel Lunsford	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Prentice McCray	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Steve Nelson	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Jess Phillips	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Romaniszyn	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Darryl Stingley	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Tipton	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
George Webster	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Zabel	0	0	0	3	3	2	0
Team Totals	28	18	10	27	37	0	1
Opponents Totals	37	27	8	16	24		1

Hank Bullough	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
Rollie Dotsch	Outside Linebackers
Ron Erhardt	Offensive Backs
Red Miller	Offensive Line
Ray Perkins	Receivers
John Polonchek	Quarterbacks
Charlie Sumner	Inside Linebackers
Larrye Weaver	Advisory Coach
Tom Yewcic	Special Teams