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1972 New England Patriots Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1972 New England Patriots.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jim PlunkettJ. Plunkett	355	169	47.6	2,196	6.2	8	2.3	25	7.0	62	39	385	45.7
Brian DowlingB. Dowling	54	29	53.7	383	7.1	2	3.7	1	1.9	42	4	63	81.0
Carl GarrettC. Garrett	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	1	4	0.0
Bob GladieuxB. Gladieux	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Pat StudstillP. Studstill	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
New England	412	198	48.1	2,579	6.3	10	2.4	28	6.8	62	44	452	48.0

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Josh AshtonJ. Ashton	14	128	546	4.27	39.0	35	3
Carl GarrettC. Garrett	10	131	488	3.73	48.8	41t	5
Jim PlunkettJ. Plunkett	14	36	230	6.39	16.4	21	1
John TarverJ. Tarver	8	42	132	3.14	16.5	21	1
Bob GladieuxB. Gladieux	11	24	56	2.33	5.1	11	0
Brian DowlingB. Dowling	14	7	35	5.00	2.5	11	3
Jack MaitlandJ. Maitland	13	13	33	2.54	2.5	6	0
Pat StudstillP. Studstill	14	1	11	11.00	0.8	11	0
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	14	3	5	1.67	0.4	8	0
Bob WindsorB. Windsor	14	1	-4	-4.00	-0.3	-4	0
New England	14	386	1,532	3.97	109.4	41t	13

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	14	44	681	15.48	48.6	62	3
Bob WindsorB. Windsor	14	33	383	11.61	27.4	24	1
Carl GarrettC. Garrett	10	30	410	13.67	41.0	43	0
Randy VatahaR. Vataha	14	25	369	14.76	26.4	44	2
Josh AshtonJ. Ashton	14	22	207	9.41	14.8	24t	1
Bob GladieuxB. Gladieux	11	19	192	10.11	17.5	31	0
John TarverJ. Tarver	8	11	112	10.18	14.0	22	1
Tom ReynoldsT. Reynolds	12	8	152	19.00	12.7	36t	2
Jack MaitlandJ. Maitland	13	4	33	8.25	2.5	9	0
Tom BeerT. Beer	14	2	40	20.00	2.9	21	0
New England	14	198	2,579	13.03	184.2	62	10

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Carl GarrettC. Garrett	16	410	25.62	49	0
Josh AshtonJ. Ashton	15	309	20.60	31	0
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	8	227	28.38	43	0
George HoeyG. Hoey	9	210	23.33	30	0
Henry MatthewsH. Matthews	3	74	24.67	29	0
Jack MaitlandJ. Maitland	3	48	16.00	19	0
Tom BeerT. Beer	1	15	15.00	15	0
New England	55	1,293	23.51	49	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Carl GarrettC. Garrett	6	36	6.00	0	27	0
Rickie HarrisR. Harris	4	5	1.25	3	5	0
Larry CarwellL. Carwell	5	2	0.40	1	4	0
Bob GladieuxB. Gladieux	2	-6	-3.00	4	0	0
New England	17	37	2.18	8	27	0

Punting

	Punting					Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds	TD
Pat StudstillP. Studstill	75	2,859	38.1	57	1	--	--	--
New England	75	2,859	38.1	57	1	--	--	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Charlie GogolakC. Gogolak	9/9	6/8	1/1	2/3	2/2	1/1	0/1	42	27
Mike WalkerM. Walker	15/15	2/8	0/0	0/0	2/4	0/3	0/1	36	21
New England	24/24	8/16	1/1	2/3	4/6	1/4	0/2	42	48

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Dick BlanchardD. Blanchard	1	20	20.00	20	0	--	--
Larry CarwellL. Carwell	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	--
Rickie HarrisR. Harris	3	45	15.00	32	0	--	--
George HoeyG. Hoey	1	25	25.00	25	0	--	--
Honor JacksonH. Jackson	4	133	33.25	55	0	--	--
New England	10	223	22.30	55	0	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Carl GarrettC. Garrett	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
Charlie GogolakC. Gogolak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9/9	6/8	0	0	27
Josh AshtonJ. Ashton	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Mike WalkerM. Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15/15	2/8	0	0	21
Brian DowlingB. Dowling	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Randy VatahaR. Vataha	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
John TarverJ. Tarver	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Tom ReynoldsT. Reynolds	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Jim PlunkettJ. Plunkett	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Larry CarwellL. Carwell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Bob WindsorB. Windsor	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
New England	24	13	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24/24	8/16	0	0	192

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