1972 New England Patriots 1-12-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot New England 62 62 36 59 0 219 Opponent 77 110 63 180 0 430 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 219 430 1-0 28 Cincinnati 24 First Downs 236 318 1-1 10 Atlanta 17 Rush 74 161 1-2 6 Washington 20 Pass 144 150 1-3 0 @Buffalo 33 Pen 18 7 1-4 17 New York(A) 23 Penalties 69 80 1-5 14 @Pittsburgh 43 Yards 508 758 1-6 38 @New York(A) 41 1-6 1 20 Baltimore 20 Rushing Att 375 589 1-7 1 17 @Miami 61 Yards 1518 2917 1-8 1 7 Buffalo 28 Ave 4.0 5.0 1-9 1 7 @Baltimore 41 TD 12 25 1-101 24 Miami 35 1-111 17 @New Orleans 20 Passing Att 410 334 1-121 14 @Denver 24 Comp 198 208 % 48.3 62.3 Int 29 5 % 7.1 1.5 TD 13 26 % 3.2 7.8 Yards 2949 3053 Sacked 36 18 Punt Return 40 29 Yards 100 248 Ave 2.5 8.6 Kick Return 78 47 Yards 1516 1112 Ave 19.4 23.7 Punts 66 48 Yards 2429 1904 Ave 36.8 39.7 FG Att 23 31 Made 10 21 % 43.5 67.7 Third Downs 178 179 Made 57 82 % 32.0 45.8 Fourth Downs 15 15 Made 4 9 % 26.7 60.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 12 37 Lost 3 17 Turnovers 32 22 Net Offense 4208 5844 Per Play 5.1 6.2 1972 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Garrett,C 153 602 3.9 11 29 37 6 Rucker 46 10 884 19.2 14 38 73 2 Ashton 130 596 4.6 16 29 24 4 Garrett,C 36 4 486 13.5 5 20 54 3 Plunkett 31 156 5.0 6 3 18 0 Windsor 35 2 493 14.1 3 28 60 3 Tarver 22 90 4.1 1 7 16 1 Vataha 31 2 530 17.1 7 25 58 2 Gladieux 21 44 2.1 1 3 15 1 Ashton 21 2 220 10.5 1 15 34 2 Maitland 6 26 4.3 0 1 9 0 Gladieux 12 0 138 11.5 1 10 29 0 Dowling 6 16 2.7 1 1 10 0 Reynolds,T 9 0 133 14.8 1 4 51 1 Rucker 3 2 0.7 0 0 6 0 Tarver 5 1 26 5.2 0 1 8 0 Matthews,H 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Beer 2 0 19 9.5 0 1 10 0 Windsor 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 0 Maitland 1 0 20 20.0 0 1 20 0 Studstill 1 -10-10.0 0 0 0 0 198 21 2949 14.9 32143 73 13 375 1518 4.0 36 74 37 12 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Dowling 60 30 50.0 390 13.0 54 6 4 2 3.3 2 2 3.3 68.1 Plunkett 350 168 48.0 2559 15.2 73 42 28 27 7.7 34 11 3.1 50.9 410 198 48.3 2949 14.9 73 48 32 29 7.1 36 13 3.2 53.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Walker,M 27 27 100.0 23 10 43.5 0.0 0.0 27 57 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Studstill 66 2429 58 3 0 8 29 248 32.1 36.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Rucker 15 369 24.6 61 0 Rucker 17 0 78 4.6 12 0 Ashton 12 255 21.3 35 0 Garrett,C 9 0 34 3.8 7 0 Garrett,C 29 595 20.5 37 0 Harris,R 3 0 -6 -2.0 0 0 Matthews,H 5 86 17.2 29 0 Carwell 11 0 -6 -0.5 5 0 Hoey 9 116 12.9 22 0 40 0 100 2.5 12 0 Maitland 8 95 11.9 18 0 Reynolds,B 1 0 0.0 0 0 78 1516 19.4 61 0 Fumbles Garrett, 6 Ashton 1 Plunkett 1 Windsor 1 Carwell 1 Matthews 1 Studstil 1 Garrett, 6 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Adams,J 6 Cash 7 Cash 13 Harris,R 6 Cheyunsk 5 Cheyunsk 4 Cash 4 White,J 7 Wirgowsk 8 White,J 5 Cash 4 Wirgowsk 3 Acks 2 Wirgowsk 6 White,J 7 Bolton 4 Weisacos 4 Adams,J 2 Rowe 2 Acks 3 Weisacos 5 Carwell 4 Jackson, 3 Garrett, 2 White,J 2 Adams,J 2 Cheyunsk 4 Adams,J 3 Harris,R 3 Weisacos 2 Wirgowsk 2 Acks 3 Cheyunsk 3 White,J 3 Acks 2 Adams,J 3 Rowe 2 Wirgowsk 3 Carwell 1 Blanchar 2 Jackson, 2 Bolton 2 Harris,R 1 Harris,R 2 Cash 1 Kadziel 2 Montler 1 Rowe 1 Weisacos 1 Rowe 2 Morris 1 Acks 1 Scott 1 Neville 1 Wirgowsk 1 Acks 1 Rowe 1 Outlaw 1 Vataha 1 Bryant 1 Cash 1 White,J 1 Ashton 1 Tackles Cheyunsk 105 Bolton 69 Acks 48 Cindrich 22 Bryant 10 Reynolds 7 Harris,R 96 Cash 63 Wirgowsk 48 Scott 19 Kadziel 10 Hoey 7 Weisacos 93 Adams,J 49 Carwell 43 Outlaw 13 Berger 8 Jackson, 74 White,J 49 Rowe 25 Blanchar 10 McMahon 8 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Harris,R 2 9 4.5 9 0 Jackson,H 2 10 5.0 10 0 Carwell 1 0 0.0 0 0 5 19 3.8 10 0 1972 New England Patriots Coach:Phil Bengtson Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Dowling,Brian 5 O 2 1 QB Plunkett,Jim 5 O 2 2 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Ashton,Josh 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Garrett,Carl 1 0 3 B 3 3 RET RB Gladieux,Bob 1 0 5 B 3 3 PR RB Maitland,Jack 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Matthews,Henry 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Tarver,John 1 0 2 B 3 3 WR Bryant,Hubie 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Reynolds,Tom 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Rucker,Reggie 0 0 5 O 1 1 KR WR Studstill,Pat 0 0 5 O 1 3 P WR Vataha,Randy 0 0 5 O 1 1 TE Beer,Tom 2 0 5 O 1 1 KR TE Windsor,Bob 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Adams,Sam 4 4 2 G Hagen,Halvor 4 4 5 G St.Jean,Len 6 6 5 T Neville,Tom 6 6 4 T Reynolds,Bob 5 5 4 C Morris,Jon 6 6 5 C-G Lenkaitis,Bill 4 4 5 G-T Montler,Mike 6 6 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Cash,Rick 4 3 0 1 5 DT Rowe,Dave 4 3 0 1 5 DL Adams,Julius 6 4 0 2 3 DL Wirgowski,Dennis 4 3 0 1 5 DE Berger,Ron 3 2 0 1 2 DE White,Jim 4 3 0 1 4 ILB Cheyunski,Jim 5 2 3 0 5 ILB Cindrich,Ralph 3 2 1 0 4 OLB Acks,Ron 4 1 2 1 5 OLB Blanchard,Dick 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Kadziel,Ron 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Weisacosky,Ed 4 2 2 0 5 CB Bolton,Ron 5 0 5 0 5 CB Carwell,Larry 5 0 5 0 5 PR CB Hoey,George 4 0 4 0 5 KR CB McMahon,Art 3 0 3 0 5 S Harris,Rickie 6 1 5 0 5 PR S Jackson,Honor 5 1 4 0 5 S Outlaw,John 3 1 2 0 2 S Scott,Clarence 3 1 2 0 3 Special Teams K Gogolak,Charlie K Walker,Mike