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1975 New England Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-11-0, 5th in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (3-11-0)

Points For: 258 (18.4/g) 14th of 26

Points Against: 358 (25.6/g) 22nd of 26

Expected W-L: 4.4-9.6

SRS: -4.28 (18th of 26), SOS: 2.87

Other Notable Asst.: Hank Bullough (Defensive Line), Ron Erhardt (Offensive Backs), Red Miller (Offensive Line), Ray Perkins (Wide Receivers), Charlie Sumner (Linebackers) and Larrye Weaver (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Schaefer Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Billy Sullivan

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Chuck Fairbanks

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Training Camp: University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	258	4283	912	4.7	50	22	253	193	401	2438	16	28	5.5	133	472	1845	14	3.9	94	89	719	26
Opp. Stats	358	4464	956	4.7	29	16	254	213	368	2244	18	13	5.6	120	555	2220	20	4.0	118	103	759	16
Lg Rank Offense	14	13			26	25	15		8	10	13	21	12		17	16	13	16
Lg Rank Defense	22	14			21	12	13		9	12	18	23	15		20	19	19	14

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Houston Oilers	0	7	17	279	100	179	3	7	169	53	116	2
2	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Miami Dolphins	14	22	12	187	109	78	4	17	257	47	210	3
3	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	New York Jets	7	36	15	320	248	72	5	24	380	207	173	1
4	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4	@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	27	12	250	42	208	3	26	446	272	174
5	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-4		Baltimore Colts	21	10	18	282	41	241	2	10	130	13	117	3
6	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4		San Francisco 49ers	24	16	20	306	151	155	1	14	243	212	31	4
7	Sun	November 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	24	17	274	152	122	3	18	273	158	115	3
8	Sun	November 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-5	@	San Diego Chargers	33	19	24	344	224	120	3	18	358	279	79	2
9	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6		Dallas Cowboys	31	34	20	324	225	99	4	16	336	165	171	2
10	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7	@	Buffalo Bills	31	45	28	498	360	138	5	23	416	263	153	1
11	Mon	December 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8	@	Miami Dolphins	7	20	15	244	172	72	1	16	328	129	199	1
12	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-9		New York Jets	28	30	21	424	261	163	5	21	361	156	205	1
13	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-10		Buffalo Bills	14	34	16	271	185	86	6	26	468	119	349	4
14	Sun	December 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-11	@	Baltimore Colts	21	34	18	280	168	112	5	18	299	171	128	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Steve Grogan	22	QB	13	7	1-6-0	139	274	50.7	1976	11	4.0	18	6.6	62	7.2	5.06	14.2	152.0	60.4	22	207	7.43	5.98	3.98	0	0
2	Jim Plunkett	28	QB	5	5	2-3-0	36	92	39.1	571	3	3.3	7	7.6	76	6.2	3.43	15.9	114.2	39.7	13	89	12.38	4.59	2.16	0	0
3	Neil Graff	25	QB	11	2	0-2-0	18	35	51.4	221	2	5.7	3	8.6	31	6.3	3.60	12.3	20.1	54.6	4	34	10.26	4.79	2.36	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	3-11-0	193	401	48.1	2438	16	4.0	28	7.0	76	6.9	4.56	14.3	174.1	55.2	39	330	8.86	5.54	3.40	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Sam Cunningham	25	FB	13	13	169	666	6	17	3.9	51.2	13.0	32	253	7.9	2	24	2.5	19.5	201	4.6	919	8	12
2	Andy Johnson	23	RB	14	9	117	488	3	66	4.2	34.9	8.4	26	294	11.3	1	29	1.9	21.0	143	5.5	782	4	4
3	Randy Vataha	27	WR	14	14	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	46	720	15.7	6	47	3.3	51.4	47	15.4	724	6	0
4	Russ Francis	22	TE	14	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	35	636	18.2	4	48	2.5	45.4	35	18.2	636	4	1
5	Darryl Stingley	24	WR	14	14	6	39	0	21	6.5	2.8	0.4	21	378	18.0	2	45	1.5	27.0	27	15.4	417	2	2
6	Mack Herron	27	RB	7	5	61	274	0	53	4.5	39.1	8.7	5	50	10.0	0	19	0.7	7.1	66	4.9	324	0	7
7	Don Calhoun	23	RB	5	1	23	104	1	38	4.5	20.8	4.6	5	111	22.2	1	62	1.0	22.2	28	7.7	215	2	2
8	Steve Burks	22	WR	13	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	158	26.3	0	76	0.5	12.2	6	26.3	158	0	0
9	Allen Carter	23	RB	14	0	22	95	0	19	4.3	6.8	1.6	2	39	19.5	0	26	0.1	2.8	24	5.6	134	0	2
10	Steve Grogan	22	QB	13	7	30	110	3	14	3.7	8.5	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	30	3.7	110	3	6
11	Leon McQuay	25	RB	13	0	33	47	0	9	1.4	3.6	2.5	4	27	6.8	0	16	0.3	2.1	37	2.0	74	0	3
12	Bob Windsor	33	TE	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	57	9.5	0	12	0.4	4.1	6	9.5	57	0	0
13	Elmo Wright	26	WR	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	46	11.5	0	20	1.0	11.5	4	11.5	46	0	0
14	Doug Dressler	27	RB	5	0	3	8	0	6	2.7	1.6	0.6	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.2	-0.2	4	1.8	7	0	0
15	Jim Plunkett	28	QB	5	5	4	7	1	5	1.8	1.4	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.8	7	1	2
16	Neil Graff	25	QB	11	2	2	2	0	2	1.0	0.2	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.0	2	0	1
17	Bobby Anderson	28	RB	5	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.2	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	472	1845	14	66	3.9	131.8	33.7	193	2768	14.3	16	76	13.8	197.7	665	6.9	4613	30	42

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Leon Gray	24	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0.0	0
2	Ray Hamilton	24	NT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	23	1	6.0	0
3	Bob Howard	31	LCB	14	14	3	52	1	44	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Shelby Jordan	23	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	0.0	0
5	Steve Nelson	24	LILB	14	14	2	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
6	John Sanders	25	FS	14	14	1	18	0	18	0	4	3	0	0.0	0
7	Darryl Stingley	24	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	14	0	0.0	0
8	Ron Bolton	25	RCB	13	13	5	33	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Sam Cunningham	25	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Sam Hunt	24	RILB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	0	2.0	0
11	Russ Francis	22	TE	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Bill Lenkaitis	29	C	11	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	-9	0	0.0	0
13	Tony McGee	26	LDE	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	0
14	George Webster	30	LOLB	10	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
15	Andy Johnson	23	RB	14	9	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Steve Zabel	27	ROLB	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3.0	0
17	Julius Adams	27	RDE	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
18	Steve King	24	ROLB	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Steve Grogan	22	QB	13	7	0	0	0	0	6	4	-12	0	0.0	0
20	Mack Herron	27	RB	7	5	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jim Plunkett	28	QB	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Craig Hanneman	26	DE	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
23	Martin Imhof	26	DT	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Windsor	33	TE	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Neil Graff	25	QB	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	-4	0	0.0	0
26	Don Calhoun	23	RB	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Bill DuLac	24	G	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	Jim Massey	27	DB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
29	Kevin Reilly	24	LB	4	1	1	54	0	54	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Melvin Baker	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Allen Carter	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Peter Cusick	23	NT	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
33	Durwood Keeton	23	DB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
34	Leon McQuay	25	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	13	165	1	54	43	37	47	1	33.0	0

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