1973 New England Patriots

1973 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Jim Plunkett	376	193	51.3	2550	6.78	64	13	3.5	17	4.5	37	350	65.8
Dick Shiner	4	2	50.0	31	7.75	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	76.0
TOTALS	380	195	51.3	2581	6.79	64	13	3.4	17	4.5	0	0	65.9

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Reggie Rucker 53 743 14.0 3 64 Bob Windsor 23 348 15.1 4 36 Darryl Stingley 23 339 14.7 2 25 Randy Vataha 20 341 17.1 2 48 Mack Herron 18 265 14.7 1 29 Sam Cunningham 15 144 9.6 1 34t Bob Adams 14 197 14.1 0 30 Josh Ashton 11 113 10.3 0 51 John Tarver 9 51 5.7 0 13 Claxton Welch 6 22 3.7 0 8 Bob McCall 3 18 6.0 0 14 TOTALS 195 2581 13.2 13 64

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Sam Cunningham 155 516 3.3 4 25 John Tarver 72 321 4.5 4 28 Josh Ashton 93 305 3.3 0 34 Jim Plunkett 44 209 4.8 5 20 Mack Herron 61 200 3.3 2 17 Darryl Stingley 6 64 10.7 0 19 Bob McCall 10 15 1.5 0 14 Bob Adams 2 7 3.5 0 4 Paul Gipson 5 -1 -0.2 0 4 Reggie Rucker 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 Claxton Welch 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 Bob Windsor 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 Randy Vataha 2 -15 -7.5 0 -4 TOTALS 454 1612 3.6 15 34

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Mack Herron 41 1092 26.6 1 92t Darryl Stingley 6 143 23.8 0 29 Reggie Rucker 5 103 20.6 0 42 Bob McCall 2 17 8.5 0 17 John Tarver 1 17 17.0 0 17 John Hannah 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bob Windsor 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 57 1372 24.1 1 92t

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Mack Herron 27 282 10.4 8 0 54 Sandy Durko 3 21 7.0 2 0 15 Darryl Stingley 3 21 7.0 2 0 16 TOTALS 33 324 9.8 12 0 54

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Bruce Barnes	55	2134	38.8	53	--	--	0	--	--	--
Jeff White	6	163	27.2	51	--	--	0	--	--	--
TOTALS	61	2297	37.7	53	0	0	0	0	0	--

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Jeff White	6/8	2/3	3/5	3/7	0/2	14/25	48	21/25	63
Bill Bell	0/0	0/0	1/3	0/0	0/1	1/4	36	4/5	7
TOTALS	6/8	2/3	4/8	3/7	0/3	15/29	48	25/30	70

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Ron Acks	--	--	1	11	11.0	0	11
Ralph Anderson	--	--	2	3	1.5	0	3
Ron Bolton	--	--	6	65	10.8	0	56
Sandy Durko	--	--	3	26	8.7	0	16
Honor Jackson	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	13	105	8.1	0	56

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.