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1973 New England Patriots Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1973 New England Patriots.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jim PlunkettJ. Plunkett	376	193	51.3	2,550	6.8	13	3.5	17	4.5	64	37	350	65.8
Dick ShinerD. Shiner	4	2	50.0	31	7.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	0	0	76.0
New England	380	195	51.3	2,581	6.8	13	3.4	17	4.5	64	37	350	65.9

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Sam CunninghamS. Cunningham	14	155	516	3.33	36.9	25	4
John TarverJ. Tarver	9	72	321	4.46	35.7	28	4
Josh AshtonJ. Ashton	12	93	305	3.28	25.4	34	0
Jim PlunkettJ. Plunkett	14	44	209	4.75	14.9	20	5
Mack HerronM. Herron	14	61	200	3.28	14.3	17	2
Darryl StingleyD. Stingley	14	6	64	10.67	4.6	19	0
Bob McCallB. McCall	8	10	15	1.50	1.9	14	0
Bob AdamsB. Adams	12	2	7	3.50	0.6	4	0
Paul GipsonP. Gipson	5	5	-1	-0.20	-0.2	4	0
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	14	2	-1	-0.50	-0.1	0	0
Claxton WelchC. Welch	2	1	-2	-2.00	-1.0	-2	0
Bob WindsorB. Windsor	13	1	-6	-6.00	-0.5	-6	0
Randy VatahaR. Vataha	14	2	-15	-7.50	-1.1	-4	0
New England	14	454	1,612	3.55	115.1	34	15

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	14	53	743	14.02	53.1	64	3
Darryl StingleyD. Stingley	14	23	339	14.74	24.2	25	2
Bob WindsorB. Windsor	13	23	348	15.13	26.8	36	4
Randy VatahaR. Vataha	14	20	341	17.05	24.4	48	2
Mack HerronM. Herron	14	18	265	14.72	18.9	29	1
Sam CunninghamS. Cunningham	14	15	144	9.60	10.3	34t	1
Bob AdamsB. Adams	12	14	197	14.07	16.4	30	0
Josh AshtonJ. Ashton	12	11	113	10.27	9.4	51	0
John TarverJ. Tarver	9	9	51	5.67	5.7	13	0
Claxton WelchC. Welch	2	6	22	3.67	11.0	8	0
Bob McCallB. McCall	8	3	18	6.00	2.2	14	0
New England	14	195	2,581	13.24	184.4	64	13

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Mack HerronM. Herron	41	1,092	26.63	92t	1
Darryl StingleyD. Stingley	6	143	23.83	29	0
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	5	103	20.60	42	0
Bob McCallB. McCall	2	17	8.50	17	0
John TarverJ. Tarver	1	17	17.00	17	0
John HannahJ. Hannah	1	0	0.00	0	0
Bob WindsorB. Windsor	1	0	0.00	0	0
New England	57	1,372	24.07	92t	1

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Mack HerronM. Herron	27	282	10.44	8	54	0
Sandy DurkoS. Durko	3	21	7.00	2	15	0
Darryl StingleyD. Stingley	3	21	7.00	2	16	0
New England	33	324	9.82	12	54	0

Punting

	Punting					Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds	TD
Bruce BarnesB. Barnes	55	2,134	38.8	53	0	--	--	--
Jeff WhiteJ. White	6	163	27.2	51	0	--	--	--
New England	61	2,297	37.7	53	0	--	--	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Jeff WhiteJ. White	21/25	14/25	6/8	2/3	3/5	3/7	0/2	48	63
Bill BellB. Bell	4/5	1/4	0/0	0/0	1/3	0/0	0/1	36	7
New England	25/30	15/29	6/8	2/3	4/8	3/7	0/3	48	70

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Ron AcksR. Acks	1	11	11.00	11	0	--	--
Ralph AndersonR. Anderson	2	3	1.50	3	0	--	--
Ron BoltonR. Bolton	6	65	10.83	56	0	--	--
Sandy DurkoS. Durko	3	26	8.67	16	0	--	--
Honor JacksonH. Jackson	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	--
New England	13	105	8.08	56	0	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Jeff WhiteJ. White	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21/25	14/25	0	0	63
Sam CunninghamS. Cunningham	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
Jim PlunkettJ. Plunkett	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
Mack HerronM. Herron	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
John TarverJ. Tarver	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Bob WindsorB. Windsor	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Randy VatahaR. Vataha	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Darryl StingleyD. Stingley	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Bill BellB. Bell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4/5	1/4	0	0	7
Will FosterW. Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Steve KinerS. Kiner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	1	2
New England	31	15	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	25/30	15/29	0	1	258

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