1978 New England Patriots

1978 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve Grogan	362	181	50.0	2824	7.80	75t	15	4.1	23	6.4	21	184	63.6
Tom Owen	26	15	57.7	182	7.00	23	0	0.0	2	7.7	3	22	47.3
Andy Johnson	2	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	390	196	50.3	3006	7.71	75t	15	3.8	25	6.4	0	0	62.2

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Russ Francis 39 543 13.9 4 53 Harold Jackson 37 743 20.1 6 57 Stanley Morgan 34 820 24.1 5 75t Sam Cunningham 31 297 9.6 0 31 Andy Johnson 26 267 10.3 0 31 Horace Ivory 14 122 8.7 0 18 Don Hasselbeck 7 107 15.3 0 24 Donald Westbrook 3 38 12.7 0 19 Don Calhoun 3 29 9.7 0 15 Carlos Pennywell 1 28 28.0 0 28 James McAlister 1 12 12.0 0 12 TOTALS 196 3006 15.3 15 75t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Sam Cunningham 199 768 3.9 8 52t Horace Ivory 141 693 4.9 11 28 Andy Johnson 147 675 4.6 3 52 Steve Grogan 81 539 6.7 5 31 Don Calhoun 76 391 5.1 1 73 James McAlister 19 77 4.1 2 16 Stanley Morgan 2 11 5.5 0 6 Harold Jackson 1 7 7.0 0 7 Mosi Tatupu 3 6 2.0 0 3 Jerrel Wilson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Donald Westbrook 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 TOTALS 671 3165 4.7 30 73

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Raymond Clayborn 27 636 23.6 0 60 James McAlister 10 186 18.6 0 32 Horace Ivory 7 165 23.6 0 33 Donald Westbrook 7 125 17.9 0 33 Dick Conn 1 26 26.0 0 26 Stanley Morgan 1 17 17.0 0 17 Mosi Tatupu 1 17 17.0 0 17 Dwight Wheeler 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 55 1172 21.3 0 60

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Stanley Morgan 32 335 10.5 5 0 48 Mike Haynes 14 183 13.1 2 0 35 Dick Conn 1 2 2.0 2 0 2 TOTALS 47 520 11.1 9 0 48

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Jerrel Wilson	54	1921	35.6	57	4	14	0	27	251	29.4
Mike Patrick	7	216	30.9	47	0	2	0	2	21	27.9
TOTALS	61	2137	35.0	57	4	16	0	29	272	29.3

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
David Posey	1/1	3/4	5/11	2/6	0/0	11/22	47	29/31	62
John Smith	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	24	6/7	9
Nick Lowery	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/1	0	7/7	7
Jerrel Wilson	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0/1	0
TOTALS	1/1	4/5	5/11	2/7	0/0	12/24	47	42/46	78

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Doug Beaudoin	--	--	3	25	8.3	0	13
Raymond Clayborn	--	--	4	72	18.0	0	44
Dick Conn	--	--	1	24	24.0	0	24
Tim Fox	--	--	2	10	5.0	0	10
Mike Haynes	--	--	6	123	20.5	1	50
Steve Nelson	--	--	5	104	20.8	0	37
Steve Zabel	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	22	358	16.3	1	50

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.