1971 New England Patriots Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Mazur (6-8)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1971 New England Patriots RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Mazur (6-8)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1971 New England Patriots Results
The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
New England netted 238 points, while the defense yielded 325. Carl Garrett rushed for a team-best 784 yards for the Patriots.
Jim Plunkett threw for 2,158 yards. Randy Vataha caught 51 passes for 872 yards.
Larry Carwell intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
John Mazur coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Jim Plunkett | 328 | 158 | 48.2 | 2158 | 6.6 | 19 | 5.8 | 16 | 4.9 | 88 | 36 | 319 | 68.6 | Bob Gladieux | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
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| Totals | 330 | 159 | 48.2 | 2206 | 6.7 | 19 | 5.8 | 16 | 4.8 | 88 | 36 | 319 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carl Garrett | 181 | 784 | 4.3 | 38 | 1 | Jim Nance | 129 | 463 | 3.6 | 50 | 5 | Jim Plunkett | 45 | 210 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 | Bob Gladieux | 37 | 175 | 4.7 | 31 | 0 | Jack Maitland | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 6 | 1 | Eric Crabtree | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 18 | 0 | Odell Lawson | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | Hubie Bryant | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 419 | 1677 | 4.0 | 50 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Randy Vataha | 51 | 872 | 17.1 | 88 | 9 | Carl Garrett | 22 | 265 | 12.0 | 80 | 1 | Jim Nance | 18 | 95 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 | Ron Sellers | 14 | 222 | 15.9 | 49 | 3 | Hubie Bryant | 14 | 212 | 15.1 | 48 | 1 | Tom Beer | 12 | 191 | 15.9 | 31 | 3 | Roland Moss | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 20 | 1 | Eric Crabtree | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 31 | 1 | Bob Gladieux | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 | Reggie Rucker | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | Alfred Sykes | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Jack Maitland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 159 | 2206 | 13.9 | 88 | 19 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Charlie Gogolak | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 64 |
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| Totals | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 64 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carl Garrett | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 50 | 0 | Hubie Bryant | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 16 | 0 | Rickie Harris | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 | Ron Gardin | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Bob Gladieux | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 31 | 181 | 5.8 | 50 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carl Garrett | 24 | 538 | 22.4 | 37 | 0 | Ron Gardin | 14 | 321 | 22.9 | 34 | 0 | Hubie Bryant | 10 | 252 | 25.2 | 45 | 0 | Bob Gladieux | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 | Odell Lawson | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | Reggie Rucker | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 21 | 0 | Jack Maitland | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | Irvin Mallory | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Halvor Hagen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Don Webb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Janik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 64 | 1354 | 21.2 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Larry Carwell | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 53 | 1 | Steve Kiner | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 14 | 0 | John Outlaw | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 60 | 1 | Randy Beverly | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 | Jim Cheyunski | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
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| Totals | 15 | 229 | 15.3 | 60 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jack Maitland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Wirgowski | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rickie Harris | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Montler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Webb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alfred Sykes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Randy Edmunds | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Kiner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Carl Garrett | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Philpott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hubie Bryant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Janik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Berger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Beer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Nance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Neville | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Outlaw | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Gladieux | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Gardin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jon Morris | 1 | 0 | -28 | 0 | 0 | Jim Plunkett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 22 | -26 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Charlie Gogolak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 64 | Randy Vataha | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Jim Nance | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Tom Beer | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ron Sellers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Roland Moss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Carl Garrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jack Maitland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Larry Carwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Hubie Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Eric Crabtree | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Outlaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 |
