1975 New England Patriots Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (3-11)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1975 New England Patriots RosterTeam Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (3-11)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1975 New England Patriots Results
The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
New England netted 258 points, while the defensive unit conceded 358. Sam Cunningham rushed for a team-best 666 yards for the Patriots.
Steve Grogan threw for 1,976 yards. Randy Vataha caught 46 passes for 720 yards. Russ Francis was targeted regularly, too.
Ron Bolton picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Chuck Fairbanks coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Grogan | 274 | 139 | 50.7 | 1976 | 7.2 | 11 | 4.0 | 18 | 6.6 | 62 | 22 | 207 | 60.4 |
| Jim Plunkett | 92 | 36 | 39.1 | 571 | 6.2 | 3 | 3.3 | 7 | 7.6 | 76 | 13 | 89 | 39.7 |
| Neil Graff | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 221 | 6.3 | 2 | 5.7 | 3 | 8.6 | 31 | 4 | 34 | 54.6 |
| Totals | 401 | 193 | 48.1 | 2768 | 6.9 | 16 | 4.0 | 28 | 7.0 | 76 | 39 | 330 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Cunningham | 169 | 666 | 3.9 | 17 | 6 |
| Andy Johnson | 117 | 488 | 4.2 | 66 | 3 |
| Mack Herron | 61 | 274 | 4.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 14 | 3 |
| Don Calhoun | 23 | 104 | 4.5 | 38 | 1 |
| Allen Carter | 22 | 95 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Leon McQuay | 33 | 47 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Darryl Stingley | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Doug Dressler | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 1 |
| Randy Vataha | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Neil Graff | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 472 | 1845 | 3.9 | 66 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Vataha | 46 | 720 | 15.7 | 47 | 6 |
| Russ Francis | 35 | 636 | 18.2 | 48 | 4 |
| Sam Cunningham | 32 | 253 | 7.9 | 24 | 2 |
| Andy Johnson | 26 | 294 | 11.3 | 29 | 1 |
| Darryl Stingley | 21 | 378 | 18.0 | 45 | 2 |
| Steve Burks | 6 | 158 | 26.3 | 76 | 0 |
| Bob Windsor | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 62 | 1 |
| Mack Herron | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Elmo Wright | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Leon McQuay | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Allen Carter | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Doug Dressler | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 193 | 2768 | 14.3 | 76 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Patrick | 83 | 3223 | 38.8 | 62 |
| Totals | 83 | 3223 | 38.8 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Stingley | 15 | 113 | 7.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 12 | 89 | 7.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 262 | 7.9 | 29 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Carter | 32 | 879 | 27.5 | 99 | 1 |
| Leon McQuay | 15 | 252 | 16.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson | 10 | 188 | 18.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Steve Burks | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Darryl Stingley | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 66 | 1520 | 23.0 | 99 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Bolton | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Howard | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 44 | 1 |
| Steve Nelson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kevin Reilly | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| John Sanders | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| George Webster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 165 | 12.7 | 54 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Grogan | 6 | 4 | -12 | 0 | |||
| John Sanders | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Hunt | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mack Herron | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Hamilton | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sam Cunningham | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leon Gray | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill DuLac | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shelby Jordan | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Massey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lenkaitis | 1 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Durwood Keeton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Imhof | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Windsor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Melvin Baker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Graff | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Stingley | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Steve Zabel | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon McQuay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allen Carter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Calhoun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Plunkett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Russ Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 43 | 37 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| John Smith | 9 | 33 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Randy Vataha | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Russ Francis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Andy Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Steve Grogan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ray Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bob Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Allen Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
