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1976 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Future Hall of Fame Cornerback Mike Haynes intercepted 8 passes and earned a trip to the Pro Bowl as a rookie in 1976.

2^nd Place in AFC Eastern Division

1976 Record: 11-3 (Regular Season), 0-1 (Playoffs)

Head Coach: Chuck Fairbanks

Points Scored: 376 (2nd out of 28 NFL teams)

Points Allowed: 236 (11th out of 28 NFL teams)

Home Stadium: Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, MA

1976 Game-by-Game Results

Regular Season

Date Opponent Result

9/12/76 Baltimore L 13-27

9/19/76 at Dallas W 30-14

9/26/76 at Pittsburgh W 30-27

10/ 3/76 Oakland W 48-17

10/10/76 at Detroit L 10-30

10/18/76 N.Y. Jets W 41- 7

10/24/76 at Buffalo W 26-22

10/31/76 at Miami L 3-10

11/ 7/76 Buffalo W 20-10

11/14/76 at Baltimore W 21-14

11/21/76 at N.Y. Jets W 38-24

11/28/76 Denver W 38-14

12/14/76 New Orleans W 27- 6

12/21/76 at Tampa Bay W 31-14

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result

AFC Div. Playoff at Oakland L 21-24

1976 New England Patriots Depth Chart / Roster:

Note: All players wore style 2 helmets!

# Player Ht Wt Age Exp College Face Shape Hair Equipment

Quarterbacks

1. 14 Steve Grogan 6-4 200 23 1 Kansas St. 49 4 l. brn crop 2 bar, tc sleeves (grass)

2. 17 Tom Owen 6-1 194 24 2 N/A 2 bar, wt wristbands

3. n/a (change position to FS)

Halfbacks

1. 32 Andy Johnson 6-0 204 24 2 Georgia 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 44 Don Calhoun 6-0 198 24 2 Kansas St. 109 5 blk crop half cage, wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf)

3. 35 Jess Phillips 6-1 208 29 7 Arkansas 2 bar, bk tc elbowpads, tc wristbands

4. 38 Ike Forte 6-0 196 22 R Michigan St. 2 bar, wt elbowpads, tc wristbands

Fullbacks

1. 39 Sam Cunningham 6-3 224 26 3 USC 126 14 blk afro half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

Wide Receivers

1. 18 Randy Vataha 5-10 170 28 5 Stanford 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf), tc sleeves (grass)

2. 84 Darryl Stingley 6-0 195 25 3 Purdue 130 12 blk crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands

3. 88 Marlin Briscoe 5-11 190 31 8 N/A 188 4 blk afro 2 bar (thin)

4. 82 Steve Burks 6-5 211 23 1 Arkansas St.

5. 83 Ricky Feacher 5-10 175 22 R M. Valley St. dk skin 56 4 blk afro 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, tc shoes

Tight Ends

1. 81 Russ Francis 6-6 240 23 1 Oregon 77 2 blk crop 2 bar, tc sleeves (grass)

2. 87 Al Chandler 6-2 229 26 2 Oklahoma 156 6 blk crop 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

Left Tackles

1. 70 Leon Gray 6-3 256 25 3 Jackson St. 188 15 blk crop half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, fingers taped

2. 77 Tom Neville 6-4 253 33 10 Miss. St. half cage, tc sleeves (grass), wt sleeves (turf)

3. n/a (switch position to DT)

Left Guards

1. 73 John Hannah 6-2 265 25 3 Alabama 62 11 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 63 Fred Sturt 6-4 255 25 1 Bowl. Green half cage,

Centers

1. 67 Bill Lenkaitis 6-4 270 30 8 Penn State 19 10 l. brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 58 Pete Brock 6-5 275 22 R Colorado 50 15 l. brn crop half cage, wt wristbands

Right Guards

1. 61 Sam Adams 6-3 252 28 4 P. View A&M 102 11 blk crop half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 62 Steve Corbett 6-4 248 25 1 Boston Coll.

Right Tackles

1. 66 Bob McKay 6-5 256 28 6 Texas 2 12 brn afro half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double

2. 74 Shelby Jordan 6-7 260 24 1 N/A 264 15 blk crop half cage, wt gloves

Left Defensive Ends

1. 78 Tony McGee 6-4 245 27 5 N/A half cage, tc extended, fingers taped, wt half sleeves

2. 72 Mel Lunsford 6-3 250 26 3 Central St. 91 11 blk crop half cage, wt half sleeves

Right Defensive Ends

1. 85 Julius Adams 6-3 278 28 4 Texas South. 98 15 blk afro half cage, wt wristbands

2. 75 Art Moore 6-5 253 25 2 Tulsa dk skin half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves

Defensive Tackles

1. 71 Ray Hamilton 6-1 245 25 3 Oklahoma 205 14 blk afro half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, fingers taped, wt wrist double (turf)

2. 60 Dave Tipton 6-1 250 23 1 W. Illinois half cage, wt wristbands

3. 64 Richard Bishop 6-1 275 26 R Louisville half cage, wt gloves, wt half sleeves

# Pete Cusick 6-1 255 24 1 Ohio State

Left Outside Linebackers

1. 54 Steve Zabel 6-4 235 28 6 Oklahoma 69 13 blk crop 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 90 George Webster 6-4 230 31 9 Michigan St. 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Middle Linebackers

1. 50 Sam Hunt 6-1 240 25 2 S.F. Austin 133 16 blk afro half cage, wt elbowpads, wt gloves

2. 57 Steve Nelson 6-2 230 25 3 N. Dakota St. 50 11 l. brn crop half cage, wt wrist double, fingers taped

3. 51 Donnie Thomas 6-2 245 23 R Indiana half cage, wt wristbands

Right Outside Linebackers

1. 59 Pete Barnes 6-3 240 31 8 Southern 8 14 blk crop 3 bar qb, wt elbowpads, qb wristbands

2. 52 Steve King 6-4 225 25 3 Tulsa half cage, wt sleeves

Cornerbacks

1. 24 Bob Howard 6-1 177 32 9 S.D. State 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 40 Mike Haynes 6-2 189 23 R Arizona 63 4 blk afro 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

3. 29 Willie Germany 6-0 192 27 3 Morgan St. 149 5 blk afro 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

4. 21 Joe Blahak 5-10 188 26 3 Nebraska 28 8 blo crop 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads

Free Safeties

1. 25 Deac Sanders 6-1 178 25 2 South Dakota 93 1 blk crop 2 bar, wt wristbands

2. 48 Tim Fox 5-11 186 23 R Ohio State 30 1 bro crop 2 bar, wt wristbands

# 27 Doug Beaudoin 6-1 200 22 R Minnesota 105 4 blk crop 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

Strong Safeties

1. 34 Prentice McCray 6-1 187 25 2 Arizona St. 117 1 blk crop 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands (grass), tc wristbands (turf)

2. 22 Dick Conn 6-0 180 25 2 Georgia 55 6 brn crop 2 bar, wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf)

Kicker

1. 1 John Smith (lefty) 6-0 185 27 2 N/A 19 1 brn crop 1 bar, wt wristbands

Punter

1. 2 Mike Patrick 6-0 213 24 1 Ole Miss 74 2 brn crop 1 bar

Players Not Included

# 21 Allen Carter HB 5-11 208 24 1 USC

# 53 Jim Romaniszyn MLB 6-2 220 25 2 N/A lt skin 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

Player Ratings spd-str-awr-agi-acc-cth-car-jmp-btk-tkl-tpw-tac-pbk-rbk-kpw-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh

Grogan 64-46-61-62-64-30-42-51-36-18-80-74-26-26-23-19-0-75-75-65

Owen 48-43-59-47-49-28-41-54-33-17-81-71-21-22-22-20-0-71-67-57

A. Johnson 77-57-64-75-82-63-76-58-74-20-54-47-37-36-29-19-39-75-76-64

Calhoun 79-55-58-77-81-58-74-59-74-19-31-21-39-37-28-20-56-73-74-63

J. Phillips 74-58-77-72-77-69-66-56-64-27-24-20-49-44-28-19-67-72-82-65

Forte 75-53-52-73-79-62-65-62-58-22-28-21-34-31-27-19-53-71-71-59

S. Cunningham 80-61-69-78-86-65-74-57-76-24-29-22-45-48-26-20-10-78-73-66

Vataha 87-46-77-86-85-76-78-81-63-18-25-19-26-26-27-20-10-75-79-62

Stingley 86-53-64-86-88-72-66-85-59-19-28-21-24-25-25-21-46-74-74-66

Briscoe 83-50-78-83-84-75-72-77-56-19-70-55-28-30-24-21-10-72-78-64

Burks 82-47-54-81-81-69-62-76-51-22-26-20-21-22-59-50-44-68-64-56

Feacher 83-43-49-82-82-69-64-80-47-18-21-20-27-29-27-20-64-70-77-59

Francis 71-62-61-70-72-74-66-59-64-18-33-30-54-58-25-21-8-76-74-75

A. Chandler 62-62-58-60-65-52-60-55-63-23-29-21-55-61-27-20-8-72-71-66

L. Gray 44-82-65-43-61-19-22-44-35-28-32-19-85-90-27-19-0-63-77-87

Neville 38-81-88-36-53-15-17-38-35-26-27-18-79-85-28-20-0-54-81-82

Hannah 46-85-72-44-62-22-21-45-36-28-28-20-92-98-28-19-0-66-80-87

Sturt 42-76-56-41-58-17-18-42-33-27-25-20-71-76-29-21-0-58-72-80

Lenkaitis 41-82-86-39-55-15-17-40-36-28-29-18-82-87-28-20-0-55-77-82

P. Brock 45-80-57-43-55-26-23-43-35-27-29-22-73-77-28-21-0-61-81-78

S. Adams 46-84-69-44-62-17-17-42-34-27-28-18-77-81-25-21-0-60-76-80

Corbett 45-76-53-44-60-18-20-46-33-26-26-20-67-69-28-20-0-58-70-72

B. McKay 46-81-76-44-66-21-23-47-32-26-26-19-78-81-28-21-0-56-74-81

S. Jordan 48-73-55-47-63-19-18-44-32-26-28-25-71-75-27-22-0-60-71-76

T. McGee 67-72-76-66-73-15-18-50-34-89-25-21-23-32-28-21-0-78-85-73

Lunsford 57-78-62-55-65-18-23-68-34-72-28-20-23-35-27-20-0-72-74-76

J. Adams 56-86-74-53-70-16-19-44-37-86-28-22-24-35-30-21-0-80-77-88

A. Moore 59-80-57-56-67-20-24-59-34-80-26-19-23-33-28-20-0-72-68-72

R. Hamilton 55-85-64-54-68-17-20-45-35-96-28-18-26-36-28-19-0-78-83-84

Tipton 45-82-54-44-58-15-18-53-34-75-27-20-24-33-27-20-0-71-64-73

Bishop 46-80-53-45-55-16-19-40-36-75-29-19-25-34-27-19-0-70-72-77

Cusick 42-83-49-40-52-15-18-38-35-69-27-20-24-33-26-20-0-68-73-77

Zabel 68-66-69-67-69-22-27-57-32-90-26-20-23-32-26-20-0-77-73-69

G. Webster 66-64-84-66-66-32-38-57-32-85-25-20-23-32-26-20-0-69-73-71

S. Hunt 67-72-63-65-72-34-39-47-33-91-24-20-24-35-28-19-0-76-74-78

S. Nelson 70-66-64-69-68-36-40-59-34-92-29-21-24-36-27-21-0-74-71-83

D. Thomas 63-66-49-62-65-31-41-45-32-73-23-19-22-30-25-20-0-69-65-58

P. Barnes 68-66-88-65-70-36-47-56-31-96-23-22-21-30-27-19-0-77-77-71

S. King 68-64-60-67-67-32-40-46-30-76-24-20-22-32-26-20-0-73-75-70

B. Howard 85-58-87-84-85-55-57-76-29-69-22-20-14-16-20-19-10-76-77-65

Haynes 92-52-59-90-89-64-62-77-29-73-22-22-12-14-23-20-85-75-79-70

Germany 86-54-62-85-85-53-57-66-29-62-20-19-13-16-21-19-10-73-71-58

Blahak 83-45-63-82-82-54-57-71-29-70-23-20-12-14-19-19-23-72-68-57

D. Sanders 82-53-60-82-82-55-57-93-29-87-22-19-13-15-20-19-10-75-69-62

T. Fox 76-57-55-74-77-57-57-82-29-89-20-20-13-17-18-20-10-74-76-68

Beaudoin 74-54-52-73-73-52-57-63-29-69-19-20-14-18-19-20-59-70-68-57

McCray 78-57-59-77-80-54-57-76-29-84-20-20-13-16-20-20-10-76-75-62

Conn 80-45-58-80-78-42-52-69-26-66-22-21-14-18-20-20-44-73-71-58

J. Smith 56-32-65-55-57-39-49-57-14-17-26-22-13-15-84-79-0-47-73-44

Patrick 46-43-59-44-46-42-47-49-16-19-28-20-13-16-77-80-0-44-77-50

Fullback Sam "Bam" Cunningham led the Patriots with 824 rushing yards (the second highest total of his 9-year NFL career) and he averaged 4.8 yards per carry in 1976.

1976 New England Patriots Individual Statistical Leaders:

Passing: Steve Grogan, 2507 yds., 52.8 comp. pct., 19 TDs, 71.7 rating

Rushing: Sam Cunningham, 824 yds., 3 TD’s, 4.8 avg.

Receiving: Darryl Stingley, 17 rec., 370 yds., 4 TDs

Touchdowns: Steve Grogan, 12 (12 rush., 0 rec.)

Interceptions: Mike Haynes, 8 int., 90 yds., 0 TD

Points: John Smith, 87 (15 FG’s, 42 PAT’s)

Defensive End Julius Adams was a fan favorite during his 16 years in New England. Here, he penetrates into the Raider backfield to take down Clarence Davis.

1976 AFC EAST STANDINGS

1^st Place – New England (11-3)

2^nd Place – Baltimore (11-3)

3^rd Place – Miami (6-8)

4^th Place – N.Y. Jets (3-11)

5^th Place – Buffalo (2-12)

Halfback Andy Johnson led Patriot running backs with 6 rushing touchdowns in 1976. He is shown streaking past Denver defenders in the Pats' victory over Denver in Foxboro.

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