1972 New England Patriots 1-13 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 New England 23 56 31 40 0 150 Opponent 97 123 150 95 0 465 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 150 465 0-1 3 Cincinnati 24 83ø 0-10 Rain First Downs 200 333 0-2 7 Atlanta 52 79ø 0-5 Rain Rush 55 173 0-3 7 Washington 17 80ø 15-25 Rain Pass 136 153 1-3 21 @Buffalo 17 55ø 10-20 Pen 9 7 1-4 27 New York(A) 50 63ø Light Rain Penalties 66 70 1-5 6 @Pittsburgh 40 54ø 10-20 Yards 498 572 1-6 14 @New York(A) 35 50ø 30-40 Heavy Rain 1-7 10 Baltimore 12 54ø 5-15 Rushing Att 354 600 1-8 0 @Miami 48 85ø 0-5 Light Rain Yards 1240 2697 1-9 10 Buffalo 33 35ø 10-20 Light Rain Ave 3.5 4.5 1-10 10 @Baltimore 24 53ø 0-5 Light Rain TD 6 33 1-11 15 Miami 20 40ø 15-25 1-12 13 @New Orleans 31 70ø Passing Att 403 331 1-13 7 @Denver 62 36ø Comp 182 191 % 45.2 57.7 Int 21 4 % 5.2 1.2 TD 10 20 % 2.5 6.0 Yards 2493 2901 Sacked 46 15 Punt Return 33 41 Yards 128 336 Ave 3.9 8.2 Kick Return 87 39 Yards 1698 821 Ave 19.5 21.1 Punts 77 46 Yards 2985 1882 Ave 38.8 40.9 FG Att 24 34 Made 13 22 % 54.2 64.7 Third Downs 181 175 Made 59 88 % 32.6 50.3 Fourth Downs 11 6 Made 2 2 % 18.2 33.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 21 31 Lost 10 17 Turnovers 31 21 Net Offense 3433 5509 Per Play 4.3 5.8 1972 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Ashton 117 452 3.9 7 23 22 2 Rucker 42 8 715 17.0 10 35 52 3 Garrett,C 126 361 2.9 3 11 16 1 Windsor 34 2 460 13.5 3 28 27 1 Plunkett 34 183 5.4 7 11 16 1 Garrett 28 2 340 12.1 1 19 28 3 Gladieux 28 99 3.5 2 4 16 0 Vataha 26 5 440 16.9 3 23 46 1 Tarver 24 98 4.1 2 4 12 0 Gladieux 20 5 177 8.9 0 11 15 2 Maitland 11 30 2.7 0 1 8 1 Ashton 20 3 181 9.1 1 10 34 0 Dowling 10 14 1.4 0 1 9 1 Reynolds 5 3 102 20.4 2 4 42 0 Windsor 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Beer 3 0 43 14.3 1 3 26 0 Rucker 2 4 2.0 0 0 4 0 Tarver 2 2 18 9.0 0 1 13 0 Studstill 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 Morris 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 354 1240 3.5 21 55 22 6 Maitland 1 3 10 10.0 0 1 10 0 182 33 2493 13.7 21 136 52 10 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Plunkett 350 168 48.0 2301 13.7 52 42 18 20 5.7 37 10 2.9 55.2 Dowling 53 14 26.4 192 13.7 27 5 3 1 1.9 9 0 0.0 34.3 403 182 45.2 2493 13.7 52 47 21 21 5.2 46 10 2.5 52.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Gogolak 5 5 100.0 12 9 75.0 66.7 0.0 47 32 Studstill 2 1 50.0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 Walker,M 9 9 100.0 11 4 36.4 0.0 0.0 36 21 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Studstill 77 2985 73 2 1 11 41 336 33.9 38.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Rucker 12 276 23.0 40 0 Harris,R 8 0 3 0.4 11 0 Hoey 12 259 21.6 34 0 Rucker 9 0 48 5.3 12 0 Garrett,C 21 431 20.5 38 0 Garrett,C 8 0 62 7.8 18 0 Matthews,H 4 81 20.3 24 0 Carwell 8 0 15 1.9 11 0 Ashton 25 505 20.2 34 0 33 0 128 3.9 18 0 Maitland 3 60 20.0 21 0 Beer 8 86 10.8 18 0 Adams,S 1 0 0.0 0 0 87 1698 19.5 40 0 Fumbles Garrett, 6 Ashton 3 Maitland 2 Cheyunsk 1 Vataha 1 Plunkett 5 Rucker 3 Dowling 1 Hoey 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec White,J 6 Adams,J 7 Adams,J 11 Acks 6 Carwell 7 Adams,J 3 Adams,J 4 White,J 7 Wirgowsk 11 Bolton 4 Bolton 4 Berger 2 Cash 2 Cash 6 Cash 10 Cheyunsk 4 Adams,J 3 Carwell 2 Rowe 1 Acks 3 White,J 9 Jackson, 4 Bryant 2 Rucker 2 Berger 1 Berger 3 Cheyunsk 6 Carwell 3 Berger 2 Vataha 2 Wirgowsk 1 Rowe 1 Acks 6 Harris,R 2 Cash 2 Weisacos 2 Berger 6 White,J 2 Cheyunsk 2 Windsor 2 Rowe 3 Rowe 1 McMahon 2 Gladieux 1 Weisacos 3 Weisacos 1 White,J 2 Hagen 1 Carwell 2 Cash 1 Jackson, 1 Jackson, 1 Wirgowsk 1 Acks 1 Montler 1 Outlaw 1 Morris 1 Weisacos 1 Neville 1 Harris,R 1 Reynolds 1 Rowe 1 Bryant 1 Acks 1 Cash 1 White,J 1 Cheyunsk 1 Tackles Cheyunsk 86 Harris,R 73 Jackson, 59 McMahon 15 Kadziel 8 Morris 7 Carwell 81 Weisacos 71 Cash 55 Rowe 13 Scott 8 Cindrich 6 Bolton 77 Adams,J 63 Wirgowsk 37 Blanchar 12 Hoey 7 Gladieux 5 Acks 76 White,J 63 Berger 34 Outlaw 8 Bryant 7 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Jackson,H 2 0 0.0 0 0 Harris,R 1 19 19.0 19 0 Carwell 1 0 0.0 0 0 4 19 4.8 19 0 1972 New England Patriots Coach: Phil Bengtson Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Dowling,Brian 5 O 2 1 QB Plunkett,Jim 5 O 2 2 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Garrett,Carl 2 1 4 131 488 41 3.7 6 30 410 43 13.7 RET RB Ashton,Josh 2 1 5 128 546 35 4.3 4 22 207 24 9.4 KR RB Tarver,John 2 1 3 42 132 21 3.1 3 11 112 22 10.2 RB Gladieux,Bob 3 1 5 24 56 11 2.3 3 19 192 31 10.1 PR RB Maitland,Jack 2 1 5 13 33 6 2.5 1 4 33 15 8.3 KR RB Matthews,Henry 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR WR Rucker,Reggie 0 0 5 3 5 4 1.7 7 44 681 62 15.5 KR WR Vataha,Randy 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 4 25 369 44 14.8 WR Reynolds,Tom 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 8 152 36 19.0 WR Bryant,Hubie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 WR Studstill,Pat 0 0 5 1 11 11 11.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 P TE Windsor,Bob 4 2 5 1 -4 -4 -4.0 5 33 383 24 11.6 TE Beer,Tom 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 40 20 20.0 KR Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Morris,Jon 6 6 5 G St.Jean,Len 6 6 5 G Adams,Sam 4 4 2 G Hagen,Halvor 4 4 5 T Neville,Tom 6 6 4 T Reynolds,Bob 5 5 4 G-T Montler,Mike 6 6 5 C-G Lenkaitis,Bill 4 4 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Cash,Rick 4 4 0 1 5 2 0 DT Rowe,Dave 4 4 0 1 5 2 0 DE White,Jim 4 4 0 2 4 2 0 DE Berger,Ron 3 2 0 2 3 0 0 DL Adams,Julius 6 5 0 3 4 6 0 DL Wirgowski,Dennis 4 4 0 1 5 1 0 ILB Cheyunski,Jim 5 3 2 0 5 0 0 ILB Cindrich,Ralph 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 OLB Acks,Ron 4 2 2 1 5 2 0 OLB Weisacosky,Ed 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 OLB Blanchard,Dick 3 2 1 0 5 0 1 OLB Kadziel,Ron 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 CB Carwell,Larry 5 0 5 0 5 0 1 PR CB Bolton,Ron 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 CB Hoey,George 4 0 4 0 5 0 1 KR CB McMahon,Art 3 0 3 0 5 0 0 S Harris,Rickie 6 2 4 0 5 0 3 PR S Jackson,Honor 5 2 3 0 5 0 4 S Scott,Clarence 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 S Outlaw,John 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 Special Teams K Gogolak,Charlie K Walker,Mike