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1973 New England Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-9-0, 3rd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (5-9-0)

Points For: 258 (18.4/g) 16th of 26

Points Against: 300 (21.4/g) 16th of 26

Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2

SRS: -6.00 (20th of 26), SOS: -3.00

Other Notable Asst.: Hank Bullough (Defensive Line), Ron Erhardt (Offensive Backs), Red Miller (Offensive Line), Bill Nelsen (Quarterbacks), Sam Rutigliano (WR Coach), Charlie Sumner (Linebackers) and Larrye Weaver (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Schaefer Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Billy Sullivan

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Chuck Fairbanks

Acting General Manager: Peter Hadhazy

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	258	3843	871	4.4	42	25	237	195	380	2231	13	17	5.4	122	454	1612	15	3.6	97	50	550	18
Opp. Stats	300	4188	832	5.0	31	18	215	134	240	1338	11	13	4.9	67	560	2850	16	5.1	142	77	693	6
Lg Rank Offense	16	17			23	24	12		6	10	16	13	15		20	23	8	23
Lg Rank Defense	16	18			19	6	9		1	2	5	24	10		24	26	19	26

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Buffalo Bills	13	31	17	297	190	107	4	23	459	99	360	2
2	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Kansas City Chiefs	7	10	18	202	162	40	2	16	305	156	149	1
3	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Miami Dolphins	23	44	21	356	213	143	3	16	354	53	301	1
4	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-3		Baltimore Colts	24	16	19	191	45	146	3	11	192	81	111	1
5	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4		New York Jets	7	9	9	172	58	114	2	13	232		232	1
6	Sun	October 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-4	@	Chicago Bears	13	10	14	231	54	177	1	13	237	44	193	5
7	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		Miami Dolphins	14	30	12	236	142	94		19	311	73	238	1
8	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	24	20	290	129	161	4	19	366	234	132	5
9	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7	@	New York Jets	13	33	10	149	108	41	8	16	326	59	267	4
10	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-7		Green Bay Packers	33	24	23	456	340	116	2	15	338	263	75	2
11	Sun	November 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-7	@	Houston Oilers	32	0	22	317	176	141	1	11	184	83	101	3
12	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-7		San Diego Chargers	30	14	22	359	175	184	5	11	231	44	187	3
13	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8	@	Buffalo Bills	13	37	20	390	292	98	4	13	324	31	293
14	Sun	December 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9	@	Baltimore Colts	13	18	10	197	147	50	3	19	329	118	211	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Plunkett	26	QB	14	14	5-9-0	193	376	51.3	2550	13	3.5	17	4.5	64	6.8	5.4	13.2	182.1	65.8	37	350	8.96	5.33	4.1	2	2
2	Dick Shiner	31	QB	3	0		2	4	50.0	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	7.8	7.8	15.5	10.3	76.0	0	0	0.00	7.75	7.8	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	5-9-0	195	380	51.3	2231	13	3.4	17	4.5	64	6.8	5.5	13.2	159.4	65.9	37	350	8.87	5.35	4.14	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Reggie Rucker	26	WR	14	14	2	-1	0		-0.5	-0.1	0.1	53	743	14.0	3	64	3.8	53.1	55	13.5	742	3	2
2	Sam Cunningham	23	FB	14	10	155	516	4	25	3.3	36.9	11.1	15	144	9.6	1	34	1.1	10.3	170	3.9	660	5	10
3	Mack Herron	25	RB	14	1	61	200	2	17	3.3	14.3	4.4	18	265	14.7	1	29	1.3	18.9	79	5.9	465	3	7
4	Josh Ashton	24	RB	12	8	93	305	0	34	3.3	25.4	7.8	11	113	10.3	0	51	0.9	9.4	104	4.0	418	0	4
5	Darryl Stingley	22	WR	14	10	6	64	0	19	10.7	4.6	0.4	23	339	14.7	2	25	1.6	24.2	29	13.9	403	2	1
6	John Tarver	24	FB	9	7	72	321	4	28	4.5	35.7	8.0	9	51	5.7	0	13	1.0	5.7	81	4.6	372	4	8
7	Bob Windsor	31	TE	13	9	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0.1	23	348	15.1	4	36	1.8	26.8	24	14.3	342	4	2
8	Randy Vataha	25	WR	14	4	2	-15	0	-4	-7.5	-1.1	0.1	20	341	17.1	2	48	1.4	24.4	22	14.8	326	2	0
9	Jim Plunkett	26	QB	14	14	44	209	5	20	4.8	14.9	3.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	44	4.8	209	5	6
10	Bob Adams	27	TE	12	5	2	7	0	4	3.5	0.6	0.2	14	197	14.1	0	30	1.2	16.4	16	12.8	204	0	0
11	Bob McCall	23	RB	8	1	10	15	0	14	1.5	1.9	1.3	3	18	6.0	0	14	0.4	2.3	13	2.5	33	0	4
12	Claxton Welch	26	RB	2	1	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-1.0	0.5	6	22	3.7	0	8	3.0	11.0	7	2.9	20	0	1
13	Paul Gipson	27	RB	5	0	5	-1	0	4	-0.2	-0.2	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	-0.2	-1	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	454	1612	15	34	3.6	115.1	32.4	195	2581	13.2	13	64	13.9	184.4	649	6.5	4193	28	46

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ron Acks	29	RLB	14	14	1	11	0	11	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
2	Julius Adams	25	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0
3	Ron Bolton	23	RCB	14	14	6	65	0	56	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
4	Rick Cash	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
5	Sandy Durko	25	SS	14	14	3	26	0	16	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Ray Hamilton	22	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.5	0
7	Steve Kiner	26	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	1.0	1
8	Jim Plunkett	26	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Dave Rowe	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
10	Reggie Rucker	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	John Hannah	22	LG	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ralph Anderson	24	FS	13	11	2	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	Edgar Chandler	27	MLB	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	14	0	0.5	0
14	Sam Cunningham	23	FB	14	10	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Darryl Stingley	22	WR	14	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Bob Windsor	31	TE	13	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Josh Ashton	24	RB	12	8	0	0	0	0	4	1	-1	0	0.0	0
18	Leon Gray	22	LG	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Tom Neville	30	RT	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	John Tarver	24	FB	9	7	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0.0	0
21	Bob Reynolds	34	T	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Randy Vataha	25	WR	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	46	1	0.0	0
23	Honor Jackson	25	DB	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Brian Stenger	26	LB	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
25	Will Foster	25	LB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.0	0
26	Mack Herron	25	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0.0	0
27	Dave Mason	24	DB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Bob McCall	23	RB	8	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
29	Claxton Welch	26	RB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Doug Dumler	23	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-15	0	0.0	0
31	Paul Gipson	27	RB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	0	0.0	0
32	Steve King	22	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
33	Mel Lunsford	23	DT	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
34	Arthur Moore	22	DT	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
35	Donnell Smith	24	DE	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
36	John Tanner	28	LB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
37	Jeff White	25	K	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	13	105	0	56	51	39	75	2	30.5	1

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