1972 New England Patriots Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Phil Bengtson (1-4)
Coach: John Mazur (2-7)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts

1972 New England Patriots Roster
1972 New England Patriots Results

The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

New England stumbled, scoring only 192 points, while the leaky defensive unit yielded 446, most in the circuit. Jim Plunkett threw for 2,196 yards. Reggie Rucker paced all receivers, catching 44 passes for 681 yards. Bob Windsor was targeted regularly, too.

Josh Ashton rushed for a team-best 546 yards for the Patriots, and Carl Garrett also contributed to the rushing attack.

Honor Jackson intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition.

Phil Bengtson and John Mazur coached the team.

Click on column headings to sort.

Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim Plunkett	355	169	47.6	2196	6.2	8	2.3	25	7.0	62	39	385	45.7
Brian Dowling	54	29	53.7	383	7.1	2	3.7	1	1.9	42	4	63	81.0
Pat Studstill	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Carl Garrett	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	1	4	0.0
Bob Gladieux	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	412	198	48.1	2579	6.3	10	2.4	28	6.8	62	44	452

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Josh Ashton	128	546	4.3	35	3
Carl Garrett	131	488	3.7	41	5
Jim Plunkett	36	230	6.4	21	1
John Tarver	42	132	3.1	21	1
Bob Gladieux	24	56	2.3	11	0
Brian Dowling	7	35	5.0	11	3
Jack Maitland	13	33	2.5	6	0
Pat Studstill	1	11	11.0	11	0
Reggie Rucker	3	5	1.7	8	0
Bob Windsor	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Totals	386	1532	4.0	41	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Reggie Rucker	44	681	15.5	62	3
Bob Windsor	33	383	11.6	24	1
Carl Garrett	30	410	13.7	43	0
Randy Vataha	25	369	14.8	44	2
Josh Ashton	22	207	9.4	24	1
Bob Gladieux	19	192	10.1	31	0
John Tarver	11	112	10.2	22	1
Tom Reynolds	8	152	19.0	36	2
Jack Maitland	4	33	8.2	9	0
Tom Beer	2	40	20.0	21	0
Totals	198	2579	13.0	62	10

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Charlie Gogolak	9	9	100.0	8	6	75.0	27
Mike Walker	15	15	100.0	8	2	25.0	21
Totals	24	24	100.0	16	8	50.0	48

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Pat Studstill	75	2859	38.1	57
Totals	75	2859	38.1	57

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Carl Garrett	6	36	6.0	27
Rickie Harris	4	5	1.2	5
Larry Carwell	5	2	0.4	4
Bob Gladieux	2	-6	-3.0	0
Totals	17	37	2.2	27

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Carl Garrett	16	410	25.6	49
Josh Ashton	15	309	20.6	31
Reggie Rucker	8	227	28.4	43
George Hoey	9	210	23.3	30
Henry Matthews	3	74	24.7	29
Jack Maitland	3	48	16.0	19
Tom Beer	1	15	15.0	15
Totals	55	1293	23.5	49

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Honor Jackson	4	133	33.2	55
Rickie Harris	3	45	15.0	32
George Hoey	1	25	25.0	25
Dick Blanchard	1	20	20.0	20
Larry Carwell	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	10	223	22.3	55

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Ron Acks			0	3	0
Rickie Harris		0	1	3	-4
Rick Cash			0	2	0
Bob Gladieux			3	2	0
Carl Garrett			5	2	0
Honor Jackson		0	0	1	0
Ed Weisacosky			0	1	3
Len St. Jean			0	1	0
Larry Carwell		0	1	1	0
Reggie Rucker			2	1	0
Jack Maitland			2	1	0
Ron Kadziel			0	1	0
Jim Cheyunski			0	1	0
Mike Montler			0	1	0
Brian Dowling			0	1	0
Jim Plunkett			6	1	0
Julius Adams			0	1	0
Clarence Scott			0	1	0
Dave Rowe			0	1	0
Sam Adams			0	1	0
Bob Windsor			1	0	0
Josh Ashton			3	0	0
George Hoey		0	1	0	0
Dennis Wirgowski			1	0	-7
Totals	0	0	26	27	-8

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Carl Garrett	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Charlie Gogolak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	0			27
Josh Ashton	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Mike Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	0			21
Reggie Rucker	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Brian Dowling	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
John Tarver	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Randy Vataha	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Tom Reynolds	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Larry Carwell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			6
Jim Plunkett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Bob Windsor	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	24	0	0	0	192