1977 New England Patriots Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (9-5)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1977 New England Patriots StatisticsTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (9-5)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1977 New England Patriots Results
The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
New England netted 278 points, while the defensive squad conceded 217. Sam Cunningham rushed for a team-best 1,015 yards for the Patriots.
Steve Grogan passed for 2,162 yards. Sam Cunningham caught 42 passes, while Darryl Stingley accumulated 657 receiving yards.
Mike Haynes picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Chuck Fairbanks coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Julius Adams | RDE | April 26, 1948 | 6'3" | 270 | Texas Southern | Macon, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Sam Adams | RG | September 20, 1948 | 6'3" | 256 | Prairie View | Jasper, TX USA | 14 | 13 |
| 59 | Pete Barnes | ROLB | August 31, 1945 | 6'1" | 239 | Southern | Keatchie, LA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 27 | Doug Beaudoin | DB | May 15, 1954 | 6'1" | 193 | Minnesota | Dickinson, ND USA | 11 | 0 |
| 64 | Richard Bishop | DE-NT | March 23, 1950 | 6'1" | 275 | Louisville | Cleveland, OH USA | 12 | 0 |
| 65 | Greg Boyd | DE | September 15, 1952 | 6'6" | 274 | San Diego St. | Merced, CA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 58 | Pete Brock | C | July 14, 1954 | 6'5" | 267 | Colorado | Portland, OR USA | 14 | 4 |
| 82 | Steve Burks | WR | August 6, 1953 | 6'5" | 211 | Arkansas St. | Little Rock, AR USA | 13 | 0 |
| 44 | Don Calhoun | RB | April 29, 1952 | 6'0" | 206 | Kansas St. | Muskogee, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Al Chandler | TE | November 18, 1950 | 6'2" | 233 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 14 | 3 |
| 26 | Raymond Clayborn | KR | January 2, 1955 | 6'0" | 186 | Texas | Fort Worth, TX USA | 14 | 2 |
| 22 | Dick Conn | DB | January 9, 1951 | 6'0" | 185 | Georgia | Louisville, KY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Ray Costict | LB | March 19, 1955 | 6'0" | 217 | Mississippi St. | Moss Point, MS USA | 14 | 2 |
| 39 | Sam Cunningham | FB | August 15, 1950 | 6'3" | 226 | USC | Santa Barbara, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 38 | Ike Forte | RB | March 8, 1954 | 6'0" | 203 | Arkansas | Texarkana, AR USA | 13 | 0 |
| 48 | Tim Fox | FS | November 1, 1953 | 5'11" | 186 | Ohio St. | Canton, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Russ Francis | TE | April 3, 1953 | 6'6" | 240 | Oregon | Seattle, WA USA | 10 | 10 |
| 70 | Leon Gray | LT | November 15, 1951 | 6'3" | 256 | Jackson St. | Olive Branch, MS USA | 11 | 11 |
| 14 | Steve Grogan | QB | July 24, 1953 | 6'4" | 210 | Kansas St. | San Antonio, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 71 | Ray Hamilton | NT | January 20, 1951 | 6'1" | 244 | Oklahoma | Omaha, NE USA | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | John Hannah | LG | April 4, 1951 | 6'2" | 265 | Alabama | Canton, GA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 80 | Don Hasselbeck | TE | April 1, 1955 | 6'7" | 245 | Colorado | Cincinnati, OH USA | 14 | 1 |
| 40 | Mike Haynes | PR | July 1, 1953 | 6'2" | 192 | Arizona St. | Denison, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Bob Howard | LCB | November 24, 1944 | 6'2" | 174 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | Tallulah, LA USA | 13 | 12 |
| 50 | Sam Hunt | RILB | August 6, 1951 | 6'1" | 248 | S.F. Austin | Longview, TX USA | 13 | 13 |
| 60 | Bob Hyland | C-G | July 21, 1945 | 6'5" | 255 | Boston Col. | White Plains, NY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Horace Ivory | RB | August 8, 1954 | 6'0" | 197 | Oklahoma | Fort Worth, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 74 | Shelby Jordan | T | January 23, 1952 | 6'7" | 260 | Washington (MO) | St. Louis, MO USA | 10 | 3 |
| 52 | Steve King | LB | June 10, 1951 | 6'4" | 232 | Tulsa | McAlester, OK USA | 14 | 4 |
| 67 | Bill Lenkaitis | C | June 30, 1946 | 6'4" | 255 | Penn St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Mel Lunsford | LDE | June 13, 1950 | 6'3" | 256 | Central State (OH) | Cincinnati, OH USA | 13 | 13 |
| 34 | Prentice McCray | SS | March 1, 1951 | 6'1" | 188 | Arizona St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 78 | Tony McGee | DE | January 18, 1949 | 6'4" | 250 | Wyoming | Battle Creek, MI USA | 14 | 1 |
| 66 | Bob McKay | T | December 27, 1947 | 6'5" | 260 | Texas | Seminole, TX USA | 12 | 3 |
| 75 | Arthur Moore | NT-DT | April 4, 1951 | 6'5" | 253 | Tulsa | Daingerfield, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | Stanley Morgan | WR | February 17, 1955 | 5'11" | 181 | Tennessee | Easley, SC USA | 14 | 14 |
| 57 | Steve Nelson | LILB | April 26, 1951 | 6'2" | 230 | Augsburg | Farmington, MN USA | 13 | 13 |
| 77 | Tom Neville | RT | August 12, 1943 | 6'4" | 260 | Mississippi St. | Montgomery, AL USA | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Mike Patrick | P | September 6, 1952 | 6'0" | 209 | Mississippi St. | Austin, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 35 | Jess Phillips | RB-DB | February 28, 1947 | 6'1" | 210 | Michigan St. | Beaumont, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 56 | Rod Shoate | LB | April 26, 1953 | 6'1" | 214 | Oklahoma | Spiro, OK USA | 14 | 3 |
| 1 | John Smith | K | December 30, 1949 | 6'0" | 186 | King Alfred's (England) | Leafield, England | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Darryl Stingley | WR | September 18, 1951 | 6'0" | 194 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Fred Sturt | G | January 6, 1951 | 6'4" | 255 | Bowling Green | Toledo, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Don Westbrook | WR | November 1, 1952 | 5'10" | 185 | Nebraska | Cheyenne, WY USA | 13 | 0 |
| 54 | Steve Zabel | LOLB | March 20, 1948 | 6'4" | 235 | Oklahoma | Minneapolis, MN USA | 11 | 10 |
