1977 New England Patriots (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 9-5-0 .643

Hank Bullough	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
Ron Erhardt	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Leon McLaughlin	Offensive Line
Ray Perkins	Receivers
John Polonchek	Quarterbacks
Charlie Sumner	Linebackers
Dick Walker	Defensive Backs
Tom Yewcic	Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/6/1977	A	New York Giants	19-3	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	44471
Sat	8/13/1977	A	Green Bay Packers	38-3	W		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	53244
Mon	8/22/1977	A	Philadelphia Eagles	10-21	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	28025
Sun	8/28/1977	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-10	W	OT	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	43779
Sun	9/4/1977	H	Washington Redskins	45-7	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	41053
Sun	9/11/1977	H	Atlanta Falcons	29-10	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	41346
Sun	9/18/1977	H	Kansas City Chiefs	21-17	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	58185
Mon	9/26/1977	A	Cleveland Browns	27-30	L	OT	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	76418
Sun	10/2/1977	A	New York Jets	27-30	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	38277
Sun	10/9/1977	H	Seattle Seahawks	31-0	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	45927
Sun	10/16/1977	A	San Diego Chargers	24-20	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50327
Sun	10/23/1977	H	Baltimore Colts	17-3	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60958
Sun	10/30/1977	H	New York Jets	24-13	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	61042
Sun	11/6/1977	H	Buffalo Bills	14-24	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60263
Sun	11/13/1977	A	Miami Dolphins	5-17	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	67502
Sun	11/20/1977	A	Buffalo Bills	20-7	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	27598
Sun	11/27/1977	H	Philadelphia Eagles	14-6	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57893
Sun	12/4/1977	A	Atlanta Falcons	16-10	W		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57911
Sun	12/11/1977	H	Miami Dolphins	14-10	W		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	61064
Sun	12/18/1977	A	Baltimore Colts	24-30	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	42250

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
85	Julius Adams	RDE	6-3	262	29	Texas Southern	14	14
61	Sam Adams	ROG	6-3	260	29	Prairie View A&M	14	13
59	Pete Barnes	ROLB	6-2	243	32	Southern University	12	11
27	Doug Beaudoin	S	6-1	190	23	Minnesota	11	0
64	Richard Bishop	NT	6-1	265	27	Marshalltown JC; Louisville	12	0
65	Greg Boyd	DE	6-6	280	25	Fresno CC; San Diego State	13	0
58	Pete Brock	LOG-ROG	6-5	270	23	Colorado	14	4
82	Steve Burks	WR	6-5	205	24	Arkansas State	13	0
44	Don Calhoun	HB	6-0	215	25	Kansas State	14	14
87	Al Chandler	TE	6-2	233	27	Oklahoma	14	3
26	Raymond Clayborn	LCB	6-0	186	22	Texas	14	1
22	Dick Conn	S	6-0	180	26	Georgia	14	0
55	Ray Costict	LB	6-0	218	22	Mississippi State	14	2
39	Sam Cunningham	FB	6-3	230	27	Southern California	14	14
38	Ike Forte	RB	6-0	198	23	Tyler JC; Arkansas	13	0
48	Tim Fox	FS	5-11	188	24	Ohio State	14	14
81	Russ Francis	TE	6-6	242	24	Oregon	10	10
70	Leon Gray	LOT	6-3	261	26	Jackson State	11	11
14	Steve Grogan	QB	6-4	210	24	Kansas State	14	14
71	Ray Hamilton	NT	6-1	244	26	Oklahoma	14	14
73	John Hannah	LOG	6-3	265	26	Alabama	11	11
80	Don Hasselbeck	TE	6-7	244	22	Colorado	14	1
40	Mike Haynes	RCB	6-2	194	24	Arizona State	14	14
24	Bobby Howard	LCB	6-1	184	33	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo); San Diego State	14	12
50	Sam Hunt	RILB	6-1	248	26	Stephen F. Austin State	13	13
60	Bob Hyland	C	6-5	253	32	Boston College	3	0
23	Horace Ivory	RB	6-0	198	23	Navarro JC; Oklahoma	5	0
74	Shelby Jordan	LOT	6-7	270	25	Washington-St. Louis	10	3
52	Steve King	LOLB	6-4	230	26	Tulsa	14	4
67	Bill Lenkaitis	C	6-3	260	31	Penn State	14	14
72	Mel Lunsford	LDE	6-3	256	27	Central State (Ohio)	13	13
34	Prentice McCray	SS	6-1	185	26	Arizona State	14	14
78	Tony McGee	LDE	6-3	249	28	Wyoming; Bishop	14	1
66	Bob McKay	ROT	6-5	265	30	Texas	12	3
75	Art Moore	NT	6-5	255	26	Tulsa	1	0
86	Stanley Morgan	WR	5-11	181	22	Tennessee	14	14
57	Steve Nelson	LILB	6-2	230	26	Augsburg; North Dakota State	13	13
77	Tom Neville	ROT	6-4	252	34	Mississippi State	14	11
2	Mike Patrick	P	6-0	209	25	Mississippi State	14	0
35	Jess Phillips	RB	6-1	208	30	Michigan State	14	0
56	Rod Shoate	ROLB	6-1	215	24	Oklahoma	14	3
1	John Smith	K	6-0	172	28	King Alfred's; Southampton (England)	14	0
84	Darryl Stingley	WR	6-0	194	26	Purdue	14	14
63	Fred Sturt	OG	6-4	250	26	Bowling Green State	14	0
83	Don Westbrook	WR	5-10	185	24	Nebraska	13	0
54	Steve Zabel	LOLB	6-4	228	29	Oklahoma	11	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	16	Raymond Clayborn	DB	Texas
1	25	Stanley Morgan	WR	Tennessee
2	44	Horace Ivory	RB	Oklahoma
2	52	Don Hasselbeck	TE	Colorado
3	82	Sidney Brown	DB	Oklahoma
4	109	Gerald Skinner	OT	Arkansas
7	192	Ken Smith	WR	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
8	219	Brad Benson	G	Penn State
9	249	Jerry Vogele	LB	Michigan
10	276	John Rasmussen	T	Wisconsin
10	279	Giles Alexander	DE	Tulsa
11	303	Ray Costict	LB	Mississippi State
12	333	Dave Preston	RB	Bowling Green State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	79	65	74	60	0
Opponents Totals	58	23	61	72	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		247	132	101	14	98/199 49.2%	/ %	112	931
Opponents Totals		215	86	111	18	74/196 37.8%	/ %	71	610

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
John Smith	0	33	33	100.0	15	21	71.4	0	78
Darryl Stingley	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Sam Cunningham	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Don Calhoun	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Russ Francis	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Don Hasselbeck	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Raymond Clayborn	3	0	0		0	0		1	20
Stanley Morgan	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ike Forte	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Steve Grogan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jess Phillips	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	33	33	33	100.0	15	21	71.4	1	278
Opponents Totals	26	22	26	84.6	13	21	61.9	0	217

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Smith	15	21	71.4	1/1	5/6	8/10	1/4	0/0
Team Totals	15	21	71.4	1/1	5/6	8/10	1/4	0/0
Opponents Totals	13	21	61.9	0/1	5/5	7/11	1/4	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Cunningham	270	1015	3.8	31t	4
Don Calhoun	198	727	3.7	25	4
Steve Grogan	61	324	5.3	41	1
Ike Forte	62	157	2.5	16	2
Darryl Stingley	3	33	11.0	34t	1
Jess Phillips	5	27	5.4	13	1
Stanley Morgan	1	10	10.0	10	0
Horace Ivory	3	10	3.3	9	0
Team Totals	603	2303	3.8	41	13
Opponents Totals	452	1605	3.6	66	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Grogan	305	160	52.5	124	2162	7.1	13.5	68	17	5.6	21	6.9	14	155	2007	65.2
Team Totals	305	160	52.5	124	2162	7.1	13.5	68	17	5.6	21	6.9	14	155	2007	65.2
Opponents Totals	356	188	52.8	149	2504	7.0	13.3	78t	16	4.5	19	5.3	58	471	2033	68.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Cunningham	42	370	8.8	35	1
Darryl Stingley	39	657	16.8	68	5
Stanley Morgan	21	443	21.1	64t	3
Russ Francis	16	229	14.3	31t	4
Don Calhoun	13	152	11.7	47	0
Don Hasselbeck	9	76	8.4	21	4
Ike Forte	8	88	11.0	22	0
Al Chandler	7	68	9.7	16	0
Steve Burks	5	79	15.8	22	0
Team Totals	160	2162	13.5	68	17
Opponents Totals	188	2504	13.3	78t	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Haynes	5	54	10.8	22	0
Prentice McCray	4	61	15.3	48	0
Bobby Howard	4	10	2.5	6	0
Tim Fox	3	39	13.0	27	0
Sam Hunt	2	17	8.5	10	0
Pete Barnes	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	19	194	10.2	48	0
Opponents Totals	21	279	13.3	45	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Patrick	65	2354	36.2	64	3	6	14	270	1964	28.9
Team Totals	68	2354	34.6	64	3	6	14	270	1964	28.9
Opponents Totals	78	3048	39.1	65	0	9	10	429	2439	31.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Stanley Morgan	16	2	220	13.8	53
Mike Haynes	24	2	200	8.3	46
Ike Forte	2	1	9	4.5	6
Doug Beaudoin	1	0	0	0.0	0
Don Westbrook	0	1	0
Team Totals	43	6	429	10.0	53
Opponents Totals	33	6	270	8.2	23

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Clayborn	28	869	31.0	101t	3
Jess Phillips	6	93	15.5	22	0
Doug Beaudoin	4	73	18.3	38	0
Bob McKay	1	16	16.0	16	0
Team Totals	39	1051	26.9	101t	3
Opponents Totals	52	1086	20.9	73	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Sam Adams	0	0	1	0	1	0
Pete Barnes	0	0	0	1	1	11
Richard Bishop	0	0	0	1	1	0
Don Calhoun	3		0	0	0	0
Raymond Clayborn	1		0	0	0	0
Sam Cunningham	10		2	0	2	0
Ike Forte	2		1	0	1	0
Tim Fox	0	0	0	1	1	0
Russ Francis	0	0	1	0	1	3
Steve Grogan	7		2	0	2	-41
Ray Hamilton	0	0	0	2	2	0
Mike Haynes	4		2	0	2	0
Prentice McCray	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tony McGee	0	0	0	1	1	8
Bob McKay	0	0	1	0	1	0
Steve Nelson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jess Phillips	0	0	0	1	1	0
Don Westbrook	1		1	0	1	0
Steve Zabel	0	0	0	1	1	8
Team Totals	28	17	11	10	21	-11
Opponents Totals	20	10	10	15	25