1971 New England Patriots Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Mazur (6-8)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts

1971 New England Patriots Roster
1971 New England Patriots Results

The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.

The Patriots netted 238 points, but the defense yielded 325. Carl Garrett rushed for a team-best 784 yards for New England.

Jim Plunkett threw for 2,158 yards. Randy Vataha caught 51 passes for 872 yards.

Larry Carwell intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition.

John Mazur coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim Plunkett	328	158	48.2	2158	6.6	19	5.8	16	4.9	88	36	319	68.6
Bob Gladieux	2	1	50.0	48	24.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	48	0	0	95.8
Totals	330	159	48.2	2206	6.7	19	5.8	16	4.8	88	36	319

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Carl Garrett	181	784	4.3	38	1
Jim Nance	129	463	3.6	50	5
Jim Plunkett	45	210	4.7	16	0
Bob Gladieux	37	175	4.7	31	0
Jack Maitland	13	25	1.9	6	1
Eric Crabtree	2	11	5.5	18	0
Odell Lawson	8	8	1.0	6	0
Hubie Bryant	4	1	0.2	1	0
Totals	419	1677	4.0	50	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Randy Vataha	51	872	17.1	88	9
Carl Garrett	22	265	12.0	80	1
Jim Nance	18	95	5.3	12	0
Ron Sellers	14	222	15.9	49	3
Hubie Bryant	14	212	15.1	48	1
Tom Beer	12	191	15.9	31	3
Roland Moss	9	124	13.8	20	1
Eric Crabtree	9	120	13.3	31	1
Bob Gladieux	6	60	10.0	25	0
Reggie Rucker	2	24	12.0	19	0
Alfred Sykes	1	15	15.0	15	0
Jack Maitland	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	159	2206	13.9	88	19

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Charlie Gogolak	28	28	100.0	21	12	57.1	64
Totals	28	28	100.0	21	12	57.1	64

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Janik	87	3249	37.3	58
Totals	87	3249	37.3	58

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Carl Garrett	8	124	15.5	50
Hubie Bryant	10	24	2.4	16
Rickie Harris	5	19	3.8	9
Ron Gardin	4	14	3.5	5
Bob Gladieux	4	0	0.0	0
Totals	31	181	5.8	50

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Carl Garrett	24	538	22.4	37
Ron Gardin	14	321	22.9	34
Hubie Bryant	10	252	25.2	45
Bob Gladieux	6	85	14.2	20
Odell Lawson	2	47	23.5	25
Reggie Rucker	2	45	22.5	21
Jack Maitland	2	40	20.0	21
Irvin Mallory	1	19	19.0	19
Halvor Hagen	1	7	7.0	7
Don Webb	1	0	0.0	0
Tom Janik	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	64	1354	21.2	45

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Larry Carwell	5	72	14.4	53	1
Steve Kiner	4	25	6.2	14	0
John Outlaw	3	89	29.7	60	1
Randy Beverly	2	19	9.5	19	0
Jim Cheyunski	1	24	24.0	24	0
Totals	15	229	15.3	60	2

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Jack Maitland			0	3	0
Dennis Wirgowski			0	2	0	0
Rickie Harris			1	2	0	0
Mike Montler			0	1	0	0
Don Webb			0	1	0	0
Alfred Sykes			0	1	0	0
Randy Edmunds			0	1	0	0
Steve Kiner		0	1	1	2	0
Carl Garrett			8	1	0
Ed Philpott			0	1	0	0
Hubie Bryant			1	1	0
Tom Janik			1	1	0	0
Ron Berger			0	1	0	0
Tom Beer			0	1	0
Jim Nance			2	1	0
Tom Neville			0	1	0	0
John Outlaw		0	0	1	0
Bob Gladieux			3	1	0	0
Ron Gardin			2	0	0	0
Jon Morris			1	0	-28	0
Jim Plunkett			6	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	26	22	-26	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Charlie Gogolak									12	28	0			64
Randy Vataha		9							0	0	0			54
Jim Nance	5	0							0	0	0			30
Tom Beer		3							0	0	0			18
Ron Sellers		3							0	0	0			18
Roland Moss		1						1	0	0	0			12
Carl Garrett	1	1	0	0					0	0	0			12
Jack Maitland	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Larry Carwell						1			0	0	0			6
Hubie Bryant	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Eric Crabtree	0	1							0	0	0			6
John Outlaw						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	7	19	0	0	0	2	0	1	12	28	0	0	0	238