1972 New England Patriots

1972 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Jim Plunkett	355	169	47.6	2196	6.19	62	8	2.3	25	7.0	39	385	45.7
Brian Dowling	54	29	53.7	383	7.09	42	2	3.7	1	1.9	4	63	81.0
Carl Garrett	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	1	4	0.0
Bob Gladieux	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0
Pat Studstill	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	412	198	48.1	2579	6.26	62	10	2.4	28	6.8	0	0	48.0

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Reggie Rucker 44 681 15.5 3 62 Bob Windsor 33 383 11.6 1 24 Carl Garrett 30 410 13.7 0 43 Randy Vataha 25 369 14.8 2 44 Josh Ashton 22 207 9.4 1 24t Bob Gladieux 19 192 10.1 0 31 John Tarver 11 112 10.2 1 22 Tom Reynolds 8 152 19.0 2 36t Jack Maitland 4 33 8.3 0 9 Tom Beer 2 40 20.0 0 21 TOTALS 198 2579 13.0 10 62

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Josh Ashton 128 546 4.3 3 35 Carl Garrett 131 488 3.7 5 41t Jim Plunkett 36 230 6.4 1 21 John Tarver 42 132 3.1 1 21 Bob Gladieux 24 56 2.3 0 11 Brian Dowling 7 35 5.0 3 11 Jack Maitland 13 33 2.5 0 6 Pat Studstill 1 11 11.0 0 11 Reggie Rucker 3 5 1.7 0 8 Bob Windsor 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 TOTALS 386 1532 4.0 13 41t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Carl Garrett 16 410 25.6 0 49 Josh Ashton 15 309 20.6 0 31 Reggie Rucker 8 227 28.4 0 43 George Hoey 9 210 23.3 0 30 Henry Matthews 3 74 24.7 0 29 Jack Maitland 3 48 16.0 0 19 Tom Beer 1 15 15.0 0 15 TOTALS 55 1293 23.5 0 49

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Carl Garrett 6 36 6.0 0 0 27 Rickie Harris 4 5 1.3 3 0 5 Larry Carwell 5 2 0.4 1 0 4 Bob Gladieux 2 -6 -3.0 4 0 0 TOTALS 17 37 2.2 8 0 27

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Pat Studstill	75	2859	38.1	57	--	--	1	--	--	--
TOTALS	75	2859	38.1	57	0	0	1	0	0	--

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Charlie Gogolak	1/1	2/3	2/2	1/1	0/1	6/8	42	9/9	27
Mike Walker	0/0	0/0	2/4	0/3	0/1	2/8	36	15/15	21
TOTALS	1/1	2/3	4/6	1/4	0/2	8/16	42	24/24	48

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Dick Blanchard	--	--	1	20	20.0	0	20
Larry Carwell	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rickie Harris	--	--	3	45	15.0	0	32
George Hoey	--	--	1	25	25.0	0	25
Honor Jackson	--	--	4	133	33.3	0	55
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	10	223	22.3	0	55

He's issuing challenge
Boston Globe | November 22, 2008
FOXBOROUGH - Bill Belichick's chalk talk with the media yesterday at Gillette Stadium revolved around angles, in particular the number of angles provided by instant-replay cameras. The Patriots coach was angling for better coverage, enabling the decision-makers on the field to make a better determination of whether to challenge a play.

Patriots' Koppen front and center
Boston Globe | November 22, 2008
FOXBOROUGH - Dan Koppen is all about the work. He is all about his job, as thankless and tough as it is.

For many Dolphins, big game is oddity
South Florida Sun-Sentinel | November 22, 2008
Sparano asks to not overhype Pats' visit Dolphins cornerback André Goodman makes no bones about it. Sunday's sold-out home game against the New England Patriots is the "biggest" of his seven-year career.