1976 New England Patriots

1976 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve Grogan	302	145	48.0	1903	6.30	58t	18	6.0	20	6.6	18	155	60.6
Tom Owen	5	1	20.0	7	1.40	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Andy Johnson	2	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
Marlin Briscoe	0	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9	0.0
TOTALS	309	146	47.2	1910	6.18	58t	18	5.8	20	6.5	0	0	59.7

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Andy Johnson 29 343 11.8 4 53 Sam Cunningham 27 299 11.1 0 41 Russ Francis 26 367 14.1 3 38t Darryl Stingley 17 370 21.8 4 58t Don Calhoun 12 56 4.7 0 12 Randy Vataha 11 192 17.5 1 44 Marlin Briscoe 10 136 13.6 1 21 Al Chandler 5 49 9.8 3 29 Ike Forte 3 9 3.0 1 6t Ricky Feacher 2 38 19.0 0 21 Steve Burks 2 27 13.5 0 17 Jess Phillips 1 18 18.0 0 18 Pete Brock 1 6 6.0 1 6t TOTALS 146 1910 13.1 18 58t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Sam Cunningham 172 824 4.8 3 24 Don Calhoun 129 721 5.6 1 54 Andy Johnson 169 699 4.1 6 69t Steve Grogan 60 397 6.6 12 41t Jess Phillips 24 164 6.8 1 46 Ike Forte 25 100 4.0 1 26 Darryl Stingley 8 45 5.6 0 27 Russ Francis 2 12 6.0 0 8 Steve Burks 1 2 2.0 0 2 Mike Patrick 1 -16 -16.0 0 -16 TOTALS 591 2948 5.0 24 69t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Jess Phillips 14 397 28.4 0 71 Ricky Feacher 10 240 24.0 0 46 Don Calhoun 9 183 20.3 0 33 Doug Beaudoin 6 134 22.3 0 44 Ike Forte 3 62 20.7 0 29 Dick Conn 2 29 14.5 0 26 Bob McKay 1 23 23.0 0 23 Allen Carter 1 19 19.0 0 19 TOTALS 46 1087 23.6 0 71

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Mike Haynes 45 608 13.5 0 2 89t Doug Beaudoin 2 18 9.0 0 0 11 Darryl Stingley 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 TOTALS 48 628 13.1 0 2 89t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Mike Patrick	67	2688	40.1	52	12	12	0	37	288	32.2
TOTALS	67	2688	40.1	52	12	12	0	37	288	32.2

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
John Smith	0/1	4/4	4/6	7/14	0/0	15/25	49	42/46	87
Steve Zabel	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1	1
TOTALS	0/1	4/4	4/6	7/14	0/0	15/25	49	43/47	88

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Tim Fox	--	--	3	67	22.3	0	29
Mike Haynes	--	--	8	90	11.3	0	28
Bob Howard	--	--	3	28	9.3	0	15
Sam Hunt	--	--	2	106	53.0	1	68t
Prentice McCray	--	--	5	182	36.4	2	63t
Steve Nelson	--	--	2	32	16.0	0	34
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	23	505	22.0	3	68t

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.