1980 New England Patriots Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ron Erhardt (10-6)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1980 New England Patriots RosterTeam Record: 10-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ron Erhardt (10-6)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1980 New England Patriots Results
The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Patriots moved the ball well, scoring 441 points, and the defensive squad yielded 325. Steve Grogan passed for 2,475 yards. Stanley Morgan paced all receivers, catching 45 passes for 991 yards. Harold Jackson and Russ Francis contributed to the receiving game, too.
Vagas Ferguson rushed for a team-best 818 yards for New England, and Don Calhoun also aided the ground game.
Raymond Clayborn snatched 5 opponent throws.
Ron Erhardt 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 | 306 | 175 | 57.2 | 2475 | 8.1 | 18 | 5.9 | 22 | 7.2 | 71 | 17 | 138 | 73.1 | Matt Cavanaugh | 105 | 63 | 60.0 | 885 | 8.4 | 9 | 8.6 | 5 | 4.8 | 40 | 8 | 62 | 95.9 | Harold Jackson | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 413 | 240 | 58.1 | 3395 | 8.2 | 27 | 6.5 | 27 | 6.5 | 71 | 25 | 200 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Vagas Ferguson | 211 | 818 | 3.9 | 44 | 2 | Don Calhoun | 200 | 787 | 3.9 | 22 | 9 | Steve Grogan | 30 | 112 | 3.7 | 19 | 1 | Horace Ivory | 42 | 111 | 2.6 | 20 | 2 | Matt Cavanaugh | 19 | 97 | 5.1 | 22 | 0 | Mosi Tatupu | 33 | 97 | 2.9 | 11 | 3 | Chuck Foreman | 23 | 63 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 | Allan Clark | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 15 | 1 | Harold Jackson | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 16 | 0 | Stanley Morgan | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 | Andy Johnson | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 11 | 0 | Mike Hubach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 588 | 2240 | 3.8 | 44 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Stanley Morgan | 45 | 991 | 22.0 | 71 | 6 | Russ Francis | 41 | 664 | 16.2 | 39 | 8 | Harold Jackson | 35 | 737 | 21.1 | 40 | 5 | Don Calhoun | 27 | 129 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 | Andy Johnson | 24 | 259 | 10.8 | 22 | 3 | Vagas Ferguson | 22 | 173 | 7.9 | 18 | 0 | Chuck Foreman | 14 | 99 | 7.1 | 18 | 0 | Horace Ivory | 12 | 95 | 7.9 | 19 | 0 | Don Hasselbeck | 8 | 130 | 16.2 | 35 | 4 | Don Westbrook | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | Carlos Pennywell | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 16 | 1 | Mosi Tatupu | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
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| Totals | 240 | 3395 | 14.1 | 71 | 27 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Mike Hubach | 63 | 2392 | 38.0 | 69 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 63 | 2392 | 38.0 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Roland James | 33 | 331 | 10.0 | 75 | 1 | Mike Haynes | 17 | 140 | 8.2 | 35 | 0 | Preston Brown | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 60 | 513 | 8.6 | 75 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Horace Ivory | 36 | 992 | 27.6 | 98 | 1 | Preston Brown | 9 | 156 | 17.3 | 26 | 0 | Bill Currier | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 | Allan Clark | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | Don Westbrook | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Carlos Pennywell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 56 | 1281 | 22.9 | 98 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Raymond Clayborn | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 29 | 0 | Tim Fox | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 23 | 0 | Roland James | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 19 | 0 | Rod Shoate | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 42 | 1 | Steve Nelson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 33 | 0 | Mike Hawkins | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Mike Haynes | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | Bill Matthews | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Rick Sanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 288 | 12.0 | 42 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Steve McMichael | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Mike Haynes | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Rick Sanford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | Chuck Foreman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Allan Clark | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | Matt Cavanaugh | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | Mike Hubach | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rod Shoate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Nelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Brock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roland James | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stanley Morgan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Sam Adams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Raymond Clayborn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Grogan | 4 | 1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | Prentice McCray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Bishop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Calhoun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Preston Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dwight Wheeler | 1 | 0 | -41 | 0 | 0 | Horace Ivory | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vagas Ferguson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 20 | -9 | 2 | 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 | John Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 51 | 0 | 129 | Don Calhoun | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Russ Francis | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Stanley Morgan | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Harold Jackson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Don Hasselbeck | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Mosi Tatupu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Horace Ivory | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Andy Johnson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Allan Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Vagas Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Rod Shoate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rick Sanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Chuck Foreman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Roland James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Haynes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Carlos Pennywell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Steve Grogan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 19 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 441 |
