1977 New England Patriots

1977 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve Grogan	305	160	52.5	2162	7.09	68	17	5.6	21	6.9	14	155	65.2
TOTALS	305	160	52.5	2162	7.09	68	17	5.6	21	6.9	0	0	65.2

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Sam Cunningham 42 370 8.8 1 35 Darryl Stingley 39 657 16.8 5 68 Stanley Morgan 21 443 21.1 3 64t Russ Francis 16 229 14.3 4 31t Don Calhoun 13 152 11.7 0 47 Don Hasselbeck 9 76 8.4 4 21 Ike Forte 8 88 11.0 0 22 Al Chandler 7 68 9.7 0 16 Steve Burks 5 79 15.8 0 22 TOTALS 160 2162 13.5 17 68

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Sam Cunningham 270 1015 3.8 4 31t Don Calhoun 198 727 3.7 4 25 Steve Grogan 61 324 5.3 1 41 Ike Forte 62 157 2.5 2 16 Darryl Stingley 3 33 11.0 1 34t Jess Phillips 5 27 5.4 1 13 Stanley Morgan 1 10 10.0 0 10 Horace Ivory 3 10 3.3 0 9 TOTALS 603 2303 3.8 13 41

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Raymond Clayborn 28 869 31.0 3 101t Jess Phillips 6 93 15.5 0 22 Doug Beaudoin 4 73 18.3 0 30 Bob McKay 1 16 16.0 0 16 TOTALS 39 1051 26.9 3 101t

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Stanley Morgan 16 220 13.8 2 0 53 Mike Haynes 24 200 8.3 2 0 46 Ike Forte 2 9 4.5 1 0 6 Doug Beaudoin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Donald Westbrook 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 TOTALS 43 429 10.0 6 0 53

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Mike Patrick	65	2354	36.2	64	6	14	3	33	270	28.9
TOTALS	65	2354	36.2	64	6	14	3	33	270	28.9

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
John Smith	1/1	5/6	8/10	1/4	0/0	15/21	44	33/33	78
TOTALS	1/1	5/6	8/10	1/4	0/0	15/21	44	33/33	78

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Pete Barnes	--	--	1	13	13.0	0	13
Tim Fox	--	--	3	39	13.0	0	27
Mike Haynes	--	--	5	54	10.8	0	22
Bob Howard	--	--	4	10	2.5	0	6
Sam Hunt	--	--	2	17	8.5	0	10
Prentice McCray	--	--	4	61	15.3	0	48
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	19	194	10.2	0	48

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.