1975 New England Patriots 2-12 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot New England 37 73 20 52 0 182 Opponent 87 98 62 116 0 363 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 182 363 0-1 17 Houston 24 First Downs 241 274 0-2 14 Miami 17 Rush 75 94 0-3 14 @New York(A) 20 Pass 145 159 0-4 7 @Cincinnati 38 Pen 21 21 0-5 7 Baltimore 35 Penalties 84 95 0-6 3 San Francisco 27 Yards 668 689 0-7 7 @St. Louis 20 0-8 3 @San Diego 24 Rushing Att 392 541 0-9 7 Dallas 28 Yards 1514 2081 0-10 14 @Buffalo 16 Ave 3.9 3.8 0-11 14 @Miami 24 TD 9 21 1-11 31 New York(A) 24 2-11 37 Buffalo 17 Passing Att 386 324 2-12 7 @Baltimore 49 Comp 206 209 % 53.4 64.5 Int 32 7 % 8.3 2.2 TD 11 23 % 2.8 7.1 Yards 2631 3061 Sacked 31 15 Punt Return 36 24 Yards 299 272 Ave 8.3 11.3 Kick Return 68 36 Yards 1502 689 Ave 22.1 19.1 Punts 54 55 Yards 2108 2127 Ave 39.0 38.7 FG Att 13 23 Made 7 10 % 53.8 43.5 Third Downs 164 194 Made 63 100 % 38.4 51.5 Fourth Downs 23 15 Made 11 11 % 47.8 73.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 51 22 Lost 24 14 Turnovers 56 21 Net Offense 3927 5059 Per Play 4.9 5.7 1975 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Cunningham 170 698 4.1 7 32 20 4 Vataha 43 3 618 14.4 3 37 40 5 Johnson 114 514 4.5 13 24 36 2 Francis 41 4 520 12.7 1 31 36 1 Calhoun 40 147 3.7 2 9 14 2 Cunningham 35 5 289 8.3 1 13 27 3 Grogan 34 113 3.3 2 4 12 1 Johnson 30 5 354 11.8 2 20 32 1 Carter 8 26 3.3 0 3 6 0 Stingley 26 4 436 16.8 3 25 40 1 McQuay 18 16 0.9 0 0 2 0 Calhoun 9 1 80 8.9 0 4 14 0 Vataha 1 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Burks 8 0 205 25.6 3 8 48 0 Plunkett 3 1 0.3 0 0 3 0 Windsor 5 3 36 7.2 0 1 12 0 Graff 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 McQuay 3 0 32 10.7 0 2 13 0 Stingley 3 -7 -2.3 0 0 0 0 Carter 3 0 26 8.7 0 1 14 0 392 1514 3.9 24 75 36 9 Wright 3 0 35 11.7 0 3 22 0 206 25 2631 12.8 13145 48 11 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Graff 13 10 76.9 85 8.5 17 0 0 1 7.7 0 1 7.7 87.0 Grogan 292 164 56.2 2144 13.1 48 26 13 20 6.8 22 9 3.1 61.2 Plunkett 81 32 39.5 402 12.6 22 5 0 11 13.6 9 1 1.2 20.2 386 206 53.4 2631 12.8 48 31 13 32 8.3 31 11 2.8 49.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Smith 23 23 100.0 13 7 53.8 0.0 0.0 37 44 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Patrick 54 2108 56 4 0 14 24 272 32.5 39.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Carter 41 1099 26.8 42 0 Stingley 23 2 214 9.3 17 0 Johnson 5 100 20.0 27 0 Johnson 13 6 85 6.5 14 0 McQuay 18 302 16.8 34 0 36 8 299 8.3 17 0 Burks 2 1 0.5 1 0 Jordan 1 0 0.0 0 0 Adams 3 0 0.0 0 0 68 1502 22.1 42 0 Fumbles Cunningh 21 Carter 4 Johnson 3 McQuay 2 Grogan 13 Calhoun 4 Plunkett 3 Stingley 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec McGee 5 Adams 8 Hamilton 19 McCray 6 Hamilton 6 Adams 3 Hamilton 4 McGee 6 Adams 18 Bolton 5 Hunt 3 Jordan 3 Adams 4 Hamilton 4 Hunt 8 Howard 4 King 2 Cunningh 2 Nelson 2 Hanneman 1 Webster 8 Hunt 3 McGee 2 Francis 2 Nelson 1 McGee 6 Adams 3 Nelson 2 Gray 2 Zabel 6 Hamilton 2 Webster 2 Grogan 2 King 5 Zabel 2 McCray 1 Hannah 2 Nelson 5 Sanders 1 Adams 1 Howard 2 Hanneman 4 Massey 1 Hanneman 1 Hunt 2 Imhoff 1 Massey 1 Adams 2 Cusick 1 Zabel 1 McGee 2 Vataha 2 Corbett 1 Bolton 1 Johnson 1 Cusick 1 King 1 Lenkaiti 1 McCray 1 Hamilton 1 McQuay 1 Nelson 1 Sanders 1 Stingley 1 Dumler 1 Windsor 1 Zabel 1 Tackles Nelson 96 McCray 61 Sanders 36 Conn 13 Cusick 7 Hamilton 78 Bolton 57 Howard 33 Reilly 10 Wright 6 Hunt 72 Zabel 46 Hanneman 23 Tipton 10 Burks 6 McGee 64 Webster 38 Massey 15 Imhoff 9 Patton 4 Adams 62 King 38 Shoate 15 Geddes 9 Keeton 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Bolton 3 11 3.7 7 0 Howard 2 64 32.0 45 0 Hamilton 1 0 0.0 0 0 Sanders 1 16 16.0 16 1 7 91 13.0 45 1 1975 New England Patriots Coach:Chuck Fairbanks Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Graff,Neil 5 O 2 1 QB Grogan,Steve 4 O 2 1 QB Plunkett,Jim 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Calhoun,Don 1 0 3 B 3 3 KR RB Carter,Allen 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Cunningham,Sam 1 0 4 B 4 2 RB Johnson,Andy 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB McQuay,Leon 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR WR Burks,Steve 0 0 4 O 1 1 KR WR Stingley,Darryl 0 0 5 O 1 3 RET WR Vataha,Randy 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Wright,Elmo 0 0 2 O 1 1 TE Francis,Russ 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Windsor,Bob 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Adams,Sam 7 7 4 G Corbett,Steve 3 3 5 G Hannah,John 7 7 5 T Gray,Leon 7 7 5 T Jordan,Shelby 4 4 5 C Dumler,Doug 3 3 5 C Lenkaitis,Bill 4 4 3 G-T Du Lac,Bill 3 3 4 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Cusick,Pete 3 2 0 1 4 DT Hamilton,Ray 6 5 0 1 5 DT Patton,Jerry 3 2 0 1 2 DT Tipton,Dave J. 3 2 0 1 5 DE Adams,Julius 7 5 0 2 3 DE Hanneman,Craig 3 2 0 1 3 DE Imhoff,Martin 3 2 0 1 2 DE McGee,Tony 6 3 0 3 4 ILB Geddes,Bob 4 3 1 0 4 ILB Hunt,Sam 6 4 2 0 4 ILB Nelson,Steve 7 3 3 1 5 LB King,Steve 4 3 1 0 5 OLB Reilly,Kevin 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Shoate,Rod 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Webster,George 5 3 1 1 3 OLB Zabel,Steve 6 3 3 0 4 CB Bolton,Ron 5 0 5 0 4 CB Howard,Bob 5 0 5 0 5 CB Massey,Jim 3 0 3 0 5 S Conn,Dick 4 1 3 0 2 S Keeton,Durwood 3 1 2 0 5 S McCray,Prentice 5 1 4 0 5 S Sanders,John 5 1 4 0 5 Special Teams P Patrick,Mike K Smith,John