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1980 New England Patriots: 10-6-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (231 points scored, 129 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (210 points scored, 196 allowed) Head Coach: Ron Erhardt

441 points scored (2nd of 28 teams), 325 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   240   413   3,195   (12)   7.29   27   27    588   2,240   ( 7)    3.8   19    5,435    (10)      36
Defense:   266   458   2,886   ( 7)   5.75   28   24    482   1,876   (11)    3.9   12    4,762    ( 8)      34

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 1  John Smith           K     16   6'0   185   30    7   Southampton (England)
 6  Mike Hubach          P     16   5'10  185   22    R   Kansas
12  Matt Cavanaugh       QB    16   6'1   210   24    2   Pittsburgh
14  Steve Grogan         QB    12   6'4   208   27    6   Kansas State
22  Chuck Foreman        RB    16   6'2   212   30    8   Miami
23  Horace Ivory         RB    14   6'0   198   26    4   Oklahoma
25  Rick Sanford         DB    16   6'1   192   23    2   South Carolina
26  Raymond Clayborn     DB    16   6'1   190   25    4   Texas
28  Bill Currier         DB    16   6'0   195   25    4   South Carolina
29  Harold Jackson       WR    16   5'10  175   34   13   Jackson State
30  Mosi Tatupu          RB    16   6'0   229   25    3   Southern California
32  Andy Johnson         RB    16   6'0   204   28    6   Georgia
34  Prentice McCray      DB     3   6'1   190   29    7   Arizona State
35  Allan Clark          RB    11   5'10  186   23    2   Northern Arizona
38  Roland James         DB    16   6'2   189   22    R   Tennessee
40  Mike Haynes          DB    13   6'2   195   27    5   Arizona State
43  Vagas Ferguson       RB    16   6'1   194   23    R   Notre Dame
44  Don Calhoun          RB    16   6'0   212   28    7   Kansas State
48  Tim Fox              DB    16   5'11  190   26    5   Ohio State
50  Larry McGrew         LB    11   6'4   231   23    R   Southern California
51  Bob Golic            LB    16   6'2   240   23    2   Notre Dame
52  Steve King           LB    16   6'4   230   29    8   Tulsa
53  Bill Matthews        LB    16   6'2   235   24    2   South Dakota State
54  John Zamberlin       LB    16   6'2   232   24    2   Pacific Lutheran
56  Rod Shoate           LB    16   6'1   215   27    5   Oklahoma
57  Steve Nelson         LB    16   6'2   230   29    7   North Dakota State
58  Pete Brock           C     16   6'5   260   26    5   Colorado
59  Mike Hawkins         LB    16   6'2   232   25    3   Texas A&I
61  Sam Adams            OG    15   6'3   260   32    9   Prairie View A&M
62  Dwight Wheeler       OT    16   6'3   255   25    3   Tennessee State
64  Richard Bishop       DT    13   6'1   260   30    5   Louisville
66  Steve McMichael      DT     6   6'2   245   23    R   Texas
67  Bill Lenkaitis       C     16   6'3   255   34   13   Penn State
70  Doug McDougald       DE     8   6'5   271   23    R   Virginia Tech
71  Ray Hamilton         DT    15   6'1   245   29    8   Oklahoma
72  Mel Lunsford         DE    12   6'3   260   30    8   Central State
73  John Hannah          OG    16   6'2   265   29    8   Alabama
74  Shelby Jordan        OT    16   6'7   260   28    5   Washington-St.Louis
75  Bob Cryder           OG    16   6'4   265   24    3   Alabama
77  Garry Puetz          OT    16   6'4   265   28    8   Valparaiso
78  Tony McGee           DE    16   6'4   250   31   10   Bishop
80  Don Hasselbeck       TE    16   6'7   245   25    4   Colorado
81  Russ Francis         TE    15   6'6   242   27    6   Oregon
83  Donald Westbrook     WR    14   5'10  185   27    4   Nebraska
85  Julius Adams         DE    16   6'3   263   32   10   Texas Southern
86  Stanley Morgan       WR    16   5'11  180   25    4   Tennessee
87  Preston Brown        WR     5   5'10  184   22    R   Vanderbilt
88  Carlos Pennywell     WR    11   6'2   180   24    3   Grambling

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Steve Grogan         306  175   57.2  2,475   8.09  14.1  18   5.9   22   7.2    17   138    73.1
Matt Cavanaugh       105   63   60.0    885   8.43  14.0   9   8.6    5   4.8     8    62    95.9
Harold Jackson         2    2  100.0     35  17.50  17.5   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Stanley Morgan         45    991   22.0    6
Russ Francis           41    664   16.2    8
Harold Jackson         35    737   21.1    5
Don Calhoun            27    129    4.8    0
Andy Johnson           24    259   10.8    3
Vagas Ferguson         22    173    7.9    0
Chuck Foreman          14     99    7.1    0
Horace Ivory           12     95    7.9    0
Don Hasselbeck          8    130   16.2    4
Donald Westbrook        4     60   15.0    0
Carlos Pennywell        4     31    7.8    1
Mosi Tatupu             4     27    6.8    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Vagas Ferguson        211    818    3.9    2
Don Calhoun           200    787    3.9    9
Steve Grogan           30    112    3.7    1
Horace Ivory           42    111    2.6    2
Matt Cavanaugh         19     97    5.1    0
Mosi Tatupu            33     97    2.9    3
Chuck Foreman          23     63    2.7    1
Allan Clark             9     56    6.2    1
Harold Jackson          5     37    7.4    0
Stanley Morgan          4     36    9.0    0
Andy Johnson           11     26    2.4    0
Mike Hubach             1      0    0.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Horace Ivory           36    992   27.6    1
Preston Brown           9    156   17.3    0
Bill Currier            6     98   16.3    0
Allan Clark             3     21    7.0    0
Donald Westbrook        1     14   14.0    0
Carlos Pennywell        1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Roland James           33    331   10.0    3    1
Mike Haynes            17    140    8.2    2    0
Preston Brown          10     42    4.2    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Hubach 63 2,392 38.0 2 12 0 28 237 33.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts John Smith 2/2 11/11 10/14 3/7 0/0 26/34 51/51 129 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Julius Adams 8.5 Richard Bishop 5.5 Raymond Clayborn 5 87 0 Tim Fox 4 41 0 Ray Hamilton 8.0 Mike Hawkins 3.0 2 5 0 Mike Haynes 1.0 1 31 0 Roland James 4 32 0 Bill Matthews 1 5 0 Doug McDougald 0.5 Tony McGee 8.5 Larry McGrew 1.0 Steve Nelson 3 37 0 Rick Sanford 1.0 1 0 0 Rod Shoate 5.5 3 50 1 John Zamberlin 2.5

1980 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 DB Roland James 145 Tennessee 1 25 RB Vegas Ferguson 33 Notre Dame [pick acquired from HOU] 2 45 LB Larry McGrew 133 USC 3 73 DT Steve McMichael 213 Texas 5 124 DE Doug McDougald 8 Virginia Tech 6 160 WR Preston Brown 32 Vanderbilt [pick acquired from HOU] 7 180 OG Tom Kearns Kentucky 8 208 TE Mike House Pacific 9 235 LB Barry Burget Oklahoma 10 266 C Tom Daniel Georgia Tech 11 293 P Mike Hubach 21 Kansas State 12 320 QB Jimmy Jordan Florida State

Traded draft picks: #4 to SF via LA (David Hodge), #6 to LA via CLE (Mike Guman)


Transactions:

02-07-1980traded New England's #10 pick in the 1981 draft to Browns for Ernie Price
02-07-1980traded New England's #6 pick in the 1980 draft to Browns for Mike St. Clair
04-17-1980traded New England's #3 pick in the 1981 draft to Vikings for Chuck Foreman
07-24-1980traded New England's #9 pick in the 1981 draft to Lions for Ed O'Neil


1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/07/80 vs Cleveland Browns W 34-17 1-0-0 09/14/80 vs Atlanta Falcons L 21-37 1-1-0 09/21/80 at Seattle Seahawks W 37-31 2-1-0 09/29/80 vs Denver Broncos W 23-14 3-1-0 10/05/80 at New York Jets W 21-11 4-1-0 10/12/80 vs Miami Dolphins W 34-0 5-1-0 10/19/80 at Baltimore Colts W 37-21 6-1-0 10/26/80 at Buffalo Bills L 13-31 6-2-0 11/02/80 vs New York Jets W 34-21 7-2-0 11/10/80 at Houston Oilers L 34-38 7-3-0 11/16/80 vs Los Angeles Rams L 14-17 7-4-0 11/23/80 vs Baltimore Colts W 47-21 8-4-0 11/30/80 at San Francisco 49ers L 17-21 8-5-0 12/08/80 at Miami Dolphins L 13-16 (OT) 8-6-0 12/14/80 vs Buffalo Bills W 24-2 9-6-0 12/21/80 at New Orleans Saints W 38-27 10-6-0

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