1980 New England Patriots

1980 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Steve Grogan	306	175	57.2	2475	8.09	71	18	5.9	22	7.2	17	138	73.1
Matt Cavanaugh	105	63	60.0	885	8.43	40	9	8.6	5	4.8	8	62	95.9
Harold Jackson	2	2	100.0	35	17.50	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	118.8
TOTALS	413	240	58.1	3395	8.22	71	27	6.5	27	6.5	0	0	79.3

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Stanley Morgan 45 991 22.0 6 71 Russ Francis 41 664 16.2 8 39t Harold Jackson 35 737 21.1 5 40 Don Calhoun 27 129 4.8 0 12 Andy Johnson 24 259 10.8 3 22 Vagas Ferguson 22 173 7.9 0 18 Chuck Foreman 14 99 7.1 0 18 Horace Ivory 12 95 7.9 0 19 Don Hasselbeck 8 130 16.3 4 35t Donald Westbrook 4 60 15.0 0 21 Carlos Pennywell 4 31 7.8 1 16 Mosi Tatupu 4 27 6.8 0 11 TOTALS 240 3395 14.1 27 71

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Vagas Ferguson 211 818 3.9 2 44 Don Calhoun 200 787 3.9 9 22t Steve Grogan 30 112 3.7 1 19 Horace Ivory 42 111 2.6 2 20t Matt Cavanaugh 19 97 5.1 0 22 Mosi Tatupu 33 97 2.9 3 11 Chuck Foreman 23 63 2.7 1 7 Allan Clark 9 56 6.2 1 15 Harold Jackson 5 37 7.4 0 16 Stanley Morgan 4 36 9.0 0 16 Andy Johnson 11 26 2.4 0 11 Mike Hubach 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 588 2240 3.8 19 44

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Horace Ivory 36 992 27.6 1 98t Preston Brown 9 156 17.3 0 26 Bill Currier 6 98 16.3 0 26 Allan Clark 3 21 7.0 0 13 Donald Westbrook 1 14 14.0 0 14 Carlos Pennywell 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 56 1281 22.9 1 98t

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Roland James 33 331 10.0 3 1 75t Mike Haynes 17 140 8.2 2 0 35 Preston Brown 10 42 4.2 1 0 14 TOTALS 60 513 8.6 6 1 75t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Mike Hubach	63	2392	38.0	69	2	12	0	28	237	33.6
TOTALS	63	2392	38.0	69	2	12	0	28	237	33.6

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
John Smith	2/2	11/11	10/14	3/7	0/0	26/34	44	51/51	129
TOTALS	2/2	11/11	10/14	3/7	0/0	26/34	44	51/51	129

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Raymond Clayborn	--	--	5	87	17.4	0	29
Tim Fox	--	--	4	41	10.3	0	23
Mike Hawkins	--	--	2	5	2.5	0	5
Mike Haynes	--	--	1	31	31.0	0	31
Roland James	--	--	4	32	8.0	0	19
Bill Matthews	--	--	1	5	5.0	0	5
Steve Nelson	--	--	3	37	12.3	0	33
Rick Sanford	--	--	1	0	0.0	0	0
Rod Shoate	--	--	3	50	16.7	1	42t
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	24	288	12.0	1	42t

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.