1979 New England Patriots 7-9 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 New England 82 115 54 64 0 315 Opponent 69 82 71 62 0 284 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 315 284 0-1 20 Pittsburgh 31 72ø 0-10 First Downs 285 274 0-2 23 New York (A) 28 81ø 0-10 Rush 106 107 1-2 21 @Cincinnati 14 63ø 10-20 Pass 164 155 1-3 0 San Diego 17 70ø 10-20 Pen 15 12 2-3 41 @Green Bay 14 51ø Penalties 97 99 3-3 17 Detroit 13 49ø 0-10 Yards 611 701 4-3 14 @Chicago 7 51ø 5-15 4-4 24 Miami 28 49ø 10-20 Rushing Att 511 522 4-5 21 @Baltimore 31 47ø 0-10 Yards 2153 2060 4-6 21 @Buffalo 24 29ø 0-5 Ave 4.2 3.9 4-7 7 @Denver 20 45ø 0-5 TD 10 19 5-7 27 Baltimore 3 40ø 0-10 6-7 30 Buffalo 3 28ø 15-25 Passing Att 450 457 6-8 20 @Miami 24 68ø Comp 219 268 7-8 14 @New York (A) 7 42ø 15-25 % 48.7 58.6 7-9 15 Minnesota 20 22ø 5-15 Int 19 17 % 4.2 3.7 TD 27 15 % 6.0 3.3 Yards 3497 2967 Sacked 53 45 Punt Return 46 40 Yards 211 443 Ave 4.6 11.1 Kick Return 61 67 Yards 1221 1196 Ave 20.0 17.9 Punts 85 89 Yards 3127 3445 Ave 36.8 38.7 FG Att 18 20 Made 15 11 % 83.3 55.0 Third Downs 227 229 Made 96 82 % 42.3 35.8 Fourth Downs 26 29 Made 9 14 % 34.6 48.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 25 31 Lost 13 10 Turnovers 32 27 Net Offense 5286 4742 Per Play 5.2 4.6 1979 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Cunningham 179 699 3.9 18 41 27 6 Morgan 47 3 985 21.0 11 42 61 7 Grogan 76 511 6.7 21 22 24 2 Jackson 46 8 966 21.0 10 40 52 10 Ivory 103 461 4.5 12 19 57 0 Francis 42 5 620 14.8 4 36 36 7 Calhoun 92 324 3.5 10 16 29 0 Cunningham 26 5 252 9.7 0 12 19 2 Clark 16 75 4.7 3 3 12 1 Ivory 18 3 183 10.2 0 9 19 0 Tatupu 22 63 2.9 2 3 11 1 Westbrook 11 3 200 18.2 3 11 32 0 Johnson, A 11 25 2.3 0 1 8 0 Calhoun 10 2 59 5.9 0 2 12 0 Morgan 5 11 2.2 1 1 17 0 Hasselbeck 8 5 147 18.4 2 8 31 1 Owen 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Pennywell 4 0 38 9.5 0 3 12 0 Jackson,H. 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Johnson 4 0 21 5.3 0 0 9 0 Westbrook 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Hannah 1 0 16 16.0 0 1 16 0 Adams, S. 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 0 Brock 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Hare 2 -15 -7.5 0 0 0 0 Tatupu 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 511 2153 4.2 67 106 57 10 Clark 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Grogan 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Jarvis 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 219 37 3497 16.0 30 164 61 27 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Grogan 420 201 47.9 3304 16.4 61 44 29 16 3.8 52 25 6.0 78.7 Owen 29 18 62.1 193 10.7 38 6 1 2 6.9 1 2 6.9 75.8 Hare 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 450 219 48.7 3497 16.0 61 50 30 19 4.2 53 27 6.0 77.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Smith 39 36 92.3 18 15 83.3 40.0 0.0 42 81 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Hare 85 3127 50 3 1 17 40 443 30.9 36.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Clark 51 1092 21.4 35 0 Morgan 40 18 206 5.2 34 0 Westbrook 8 126 15.8 32 0 Haynes,Mi. 6 0 5 0.8 3 0 Brock 1 3 3.0 3 0 46 18 211 4.6 34 0 Golic, B. 1 0 0.0 0 0 61 1221 20.0 35 0 Fumbles Grogan 18 Cunningh 5 Haynes,M 1 Hare 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec McGee 12 McGee 13 Bishop 13 Fox 11 Bishop 4 Grogan 3 Bishop 6 Bishop 10 Adams, J 9 Clayborn 9 Shoate 3 Brock 2 Lunsford 6 Hamilton 8 McGee 8 Haynes,M 8 McGee 3 Hawkins 2 Hamilton 5 Lunsford 6 Nelson, 6 Hawkins 7 Washingt 3 Shoate 2 Adams, J 5 Hawkins 2 Hamilton 4 Bishop 6 Fox 2 Jordan 1 Hawkins 4 Adams, J 2 Hunt 4 Shoate 6 Adams, J 2 Hannah 1 Shoate 3 Fox 1 Hawkins 3 Nelson, 6 Lunsford 2 Adams, S 1 Nelson, 2 Shoate 1 Lunsford 2 McGee 6 Matthews 2 Morgan 1 Costict 1 Nelson, 1 Shoate 2 Costict 4 Nelson, 2 Hamilton 1 Hunt 1 Haynes,M 1 McCray 4 Hamilton 1 Jackson, 1 Costict 1 Hamilton 3 Clayborn 1 Francis 1 Clayborn 1 Zamberli 2 Haynes,M 1 Nelson, 1 Sanford 2 Buben 1 Clayborn 1 Adams, J 2 Costict 1 Sanford 1 Lunsford 2 Hunt 1 Fox 1 Hunt 1 McCray 1 McGee 1 Brock 1 Cunningh 1 Tackles Haynes,M 90 Bishop 71 Hunt 51 Adams, J 29 Matthews 16 Brock 12 Fox 90 McGee 67 Shoate 47 Lunsford 28 King 16 Buben 10 Nelson, 81 Hawkins 64 Hamilton 45 Sanford 17 Beaudoin 15 Golic, B 7 Clayborn 73 McCray 56 Costict 32 Washingt 17 Zamberli 13 Conn 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Clayborn 4 47 11.8 26 0 Haynes,Mi 3 60 20.0 60 0 McCray 3 0 0.0 0 0 Fox 2 0 0.0 0 0 Shoate 2 0 0.0 0 0 Sanford 1 28 28.0 28 0 Hawkins 1 21 21.0 21 1 Nelson, S 1 19 19.0 19 0 17 175 10.3 60 1 1979 New England Patriots Coach: Ron Ehrhardt Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Grogan, Steve 5 B 1 3 QB Cavanaugh, Matt 4 B 1 3 QB Owen, Tom 2 O 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Cunningham, Sam 2 1 3 159 563 27 3.5 5 29 236 20 8.1 RB Ivory, Horace 2 1 3 143 522 52 3.7 5 23 216 24 9.4 KR RB Calhoun, Don 2 1 5 137 456 29 3.3 2 15 66 14 4.4 RB Johnson, Andy 2 1 2 43 132 15 3.1 4 9 68 11 7.6 RB Tatupu, Mosi 4 1 5 23 71 12 3.1 1 2 9 5 4.5 KR RB Clark, Allan 2 1 5 19 84 19 4.4 1 2 35 20 17.5 KR WR Jackson, Harold 0 0 5 3 12 12 4.0 6 45 1013 59 22.5 WR Morgan, Stanley 0 0 5 7 39 17 5.6 6 44 1002 63 22.8 RET WR Westbrook, Donald 0 0 5 2 8 4 4.0 1 9 173 38 19.2 RET WR Pennywell, Carlos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 4 35 13 8.8 WR Jarvis, Ray 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 30 15 15.0 TE Francis, Russ 4 2 3 0 0 0 0.0 7 39 557 44 14.3 TE Hasselbeck, Don 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 13 158 41 12.2 TE Chandler, Al 4 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 6 51 28 8.5 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Lenkaitas, Bill 5 5 5 G Hannah, John 10+ 10+ 5 G Adams, Sam 5 5 4 G Cryder, Bob 4 4 5 G Falcon, Terry 3 3 3 T Jordan, Shelby 4 4 4 T Wheeler, Dwight 4 4 4 OL Brock, Pete 4 4 5 LS G-T Puetz, Gary 3 3 2 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Hamilton, Ray 6 5 0 3 5 7 0 DE McGee, Tony 6 4 0 6 5 10 0 DE Adams, Julius 5 4 0 3 5 6 0 DL Bishop, Richard 8 7 0 5 4 9 0 DL Lunsford, Mel 6 5 0 4 5 8 0 DL Buben, Mark 3 3 0 1 5 0 0 ILB Nelson, Steve 8 7 2 1 4 2 1 ILB Hunt, Sam 5 5 1 0 4 0 0 ILB Zamberlin, John 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 ILB Matthews, Bill 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 ILB Golic, Bob 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 OLB Hawkins, Mike 6 5 1 4 5 7 2 OLB Shoate, Rod 6 5 2 2 4 4 1 OLB King, Steve 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 LB Costict, Ray 5 3 2 1 5 2 1 CB Haynes, Mike 9 0 9 0 5 0 3 PR CB Clayborn, Raymond 8 0 8 0 5 1 5 KR CB Washington, Mark 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 KR S Fox, Tim 8 2 6 1 5 1 2 S McCray, Prentice 5 1 4 0 4 0 3 S Beaudoin, Doug 4 1 3 0 3 0 1 S Conn, Dick 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 DB Sanford, Rick 4 1 3 0 5 0 1 RET Special Teams K Smith, John P Hare, Eddie