1979 New England Patriots

1979 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve Grogan	423	206	48.7	3286	7.77	63t	28	6.6	20	4.7	45	341	77.4
Tom Owen	47	27	57.4	248	5.28	32	2	4.3	3	6.4	4	41	59.5
Donald Westbrook	2	2	100.0	52	26.00	28	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	118.8
Matt Cavanaugh	1	1	100.0	10	10.00	10	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	108.3
Eddie Hare	1	1	100.0	4	4.00	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	83.3
Harold Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39.6
TOTALS	475	237	49.9	3600	7.58	63t	30	6.3	23	4.8	0	0	76.1

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Harold Jackson 45 1013 22.5 7 59 Stanley Morgan 44 1002 22.8 12 63t Russ Francis 39 557 14.3 5 44 Sam Cunningham 29 236 8.1 0 20 Horace Ivory 23 216 9.4 2 24 Don Calhoun 15 66 4.4 1 14 Don Hasselbeck 13 158 12.2 0 41 Donald Westbrook 9 173 19.2 1 38 Andy Johnson 9 68 7.6 0 11 Carlos Pennywell 4 35 8.8 1 13t Allan Clark 2 35 17.5 0 20 Ray Jarvis 2 30 15.0 1 15t Mosi Tatupu 2 9 4.5 0 5 Al Chandler 1 2 2.0 0 2 TOTALS 237 3600 15.2 30 63t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Sam Cunningham 159 563 3.5 5 27 Horace Ivory 143 522 3.7 1 52 Don Calhoun 137 456 3.3 5 29 Steve Grogan 64 368 5.8 2 26 Andy Johnson 43 132 3.1 1 15 Allan Clark 19 84 4.4 2 19 Mosi Tatupu 23 71 3.1 0 12 Stanley Morgan 7 39 5.6 0 17 Harold Jackson 3 12 4.0 0 12 Donald Westbrook 2 8 4.0 0 4 Eddie Hare 1 0 0.0 0 0 Tom Owen 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 Matt Cavanaugh 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 TOTALS 604 2252 3.7 16 52

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Allan Clark 37 816 22.1 0 38 Rick Sanford 10 179 17.9 0 23 Donald Westbrook 11 151 13.7 0 30 Raymond Clayborn 2 33 16.5 0 20 Mark Washington 1 18 18.0 0 18 Mosi Tatupu 3 15 5.0 0 12 Horace Ivory 1 15 15.0 0 15 Stanley Morgan 1 12 12.0 0 12 TOTALS 66 1239 18.8 0 38

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Stanley Morgan 29 289 10.0 21 1 80t Mike Haynes 5 16 3.2 1 0 5 Donald Westbrook 2 5 2.5 0 0 5 Rick Sanford 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 TOTALS 37 311 8.4 22 1 80t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Eddie Hare	83	3038	36.6	58	11	20	1	28	317	29.8
TOTALS	83	3038	36.6	58	11	20	1	28	317	29.8

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
John Smith	0/0	6/6	11/13	6/14	0/0	23/33	47	46/49	115
TOTALS	0/0	6/6	11/13	6/14	0/0	23/33	47	46/49	115

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Doug Beaudoin	--	--	1	30	30.0	0	30
Raymond Clayborn	--	--	5	56	11.2	0	27
Ray Costict	--	--	1	22	22.0	0	22
Tim Fox	--	--	2	38	19.0	0	25
Mike Hawkins	--	--	2	35	17.5	1	35t
Mike Haynes	--	--	3	66	22.0	0	33
Prentice McCray	--	--	3	48	16.0	0	26
Steve Nelson	--	--	1	18	18.0	0	18
Rick Sanford	--	--	1	39	39.0	0	27
Rod Shoate	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	20	352	17.6	1	35t

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.