1971 New England Patriots

1971 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Jim Plunkett	328	158	48.2	2158	6.58	88t	19	5.8	16	4.9	36	319	68.6
Bob Gladieux	2	1	50.0	48	24.00	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	95.8
TOTALS	330	159	48.2	2206	6.68	88t	19	5.8	16	4.8	0	0	69.1

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Randy Vataha 51 872 17.1 9 88t Carl Garrett 22 265 12.0 1 80t Jim Nance 18 95 5.3 0 12 Ron Sellers 14 222 15.9 3 49 Hubie Bryant 14 212 15.1 1 48 Tom Beer 12 191 15.9 3 31t Roland Moss 9 124 13.8 1 20t Eric Crabtree 9 120 13.3 1 31t Bob Gladieux 6 60 10.0 0 25 Reggie Rucker 2 24 12.0 0 19 Al Sykes 1 15 15.0 0 15 Jack Maitland 1 6 6.0 0 6 TOTALS 159 2206 13.9 19 88t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Carl Garrett 181 784 4.3 1 38 Jim Nance 129 463 3.6 5 50t Jim Plunkett 45 210 4.7 0 16 Bob Gladieux 37 175 4.7 0 31 Jack Maitland 13 25 1.9 1 6 Eric Crabtree 2 11 5.5 0 18 Odell Lawson 8 8 1.0 0 6 Hubie Bryant 4 1 0.3 0 1 Tom Neville 0 -8 0.0 0 -8 TOTALS 419 1669 4.0 7 50t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Carl Garrett 24 538 22.4 0 37 Ron Gardin 14 321 22.9 0 34 Hubie Bryant 10 252 25.2 0 45 Bob Gladieux 6 85 14.2 0 20 Odell Lawson 2 47 23.5 0 25 Reggie Rucker 2 45 22.5 0 24 Jack Maitland 2 40 20.0 0 21 Irvin Mallory 1 19 19.0 0 19 Halvor Hagen 1 7 7.0 0 7 Tom Janik 1 0 0.0 0 0 Don Webb 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 64 1354 21.2 0 45

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Carl Garrett 8 124 15.5 2 0 50 Hubie Bryant 10 24 2.4 1 0 16 Rickie Harris 5 19 3.8 1 0 9 Ron Gardin 4 14 3.5 5 0 5 Bob Gladieux 4 0 0.0 8 0 0 TOTALS 31 181 5.8 17 0 50

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Tom Janik	87	3249	37.3	58	--	--	0	--	--	--
TOTALS	87	3249	37.3	58	0	0	0	0	0	--

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Charlie Gogolak	1/1	1/3	6/7	3/7	1/3	12/21	51	28/28	64
TOTALS	1/1	1/3	6/7	3/7	1/3	12/21	51	28/28	64

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Randy Beverly	--	--	2	19	9.5	0	19
Larry Carwell	--	--	5	72	14.4	1	53t
Jim Cheyunski	--	--	1	24	24.0	0	24
Steve Kiner	--	--	4	25	6.3	0	14
John Outlaw	--	--	3	89	29.7	1	60t
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	15	229	15.3	2	60t

Branch harbors no hard feelings
Boston Globe | December 04, 2008
The strained conclusion to Deion Branch's tenure with the Patriots will be forgotten this weekend, Branch said, when his former team travels to Seattle to face the Seahawks for the first time since Branch, the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIX, was traded there early in the 2006 season.

Patriots lure Colvin from civilian comfort
Boston Globe | December 04, 2008
Rosevelt Colvin received the phone call Monday from the Patriots. They offered him a return to the NFL, an opportunity he was not seeking. He waited to give his answer.

Welker isn't striking back
Boston Globe | December 04, 2008
Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker does not expect any apologies from Steelers safety Ryan Clark , nor does he see why one would be necessary. Clark's vicious hit on Welker last Sunday, for which Clark drew a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty, was, in Welker's mind, merely a part of the sport.