New England* Patriots' 1971 Statistics
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* In 1971 the official name of the team was changed from Boston Patriots to New England Patriots.

Passing Comp Att Comp % Yds Y/Att TD Int Rating
Jim Plunkett 158 328 48.2 2158 6.58 19 16 68.6
Bob Gladieux 1 2 50.0 48 24.00 0 0 95.8
Rushing Rush Yds Avg TD
Carl Garrett 181 784 4.3 1
Jim Nance 129 463 3.6 5
Jim Plunkett 45 210 4.7 0
Bob Gladieux 37 175 4.7 0
Jack Maitland 13 25 1.9 1
Odell Lawson 8 8 1.0 0
Hubie Bryant 4 1 0.3 0
Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD
Randy Vataha 51 872 17.1 9
Carl Garrett 22 265 12.0 1
Jim Nance 18 95 5.3 0
Ron Sellers 14 222 15.9 3
Hubie Bryant 14 212 15.1 1
Tom Beer 12 191 15.9 3
Roland Moss 9 124 13.8 1
Eric Crabtree 9 120 13.3 1
Bob Gladieux 6 60 10.0 0
Reggie Rucker 2 24 12.0 0
Odell Lawson 2 -5 -2.5 0
Al Sykes 1 15 15.0 0
Jack Maitland 1 6 6.0 0
Kick Returns Ret Yds Avg TD
Hubie Bryant 10 252 25.2 0
Odell Lawson 2 47 23.5 0
Ron Gardin 14 321 22.9 0
Reggie Rucker 2 45 22.5 0
Carl Garrett 24 538 22.4 0
Jack Maitland 2 40 20.0 0
Irvin Mallory 1 19 19.0 0
Bob Gladieux 6 85 14.2 0
Halvor Hagen 1 7 7.0 0
Punt Returns Ret Yds Avg TD
Carl Garrett 8 124 15.5 0
Rickie Harris 5 19 3.8 0
Ron Gardin 4 14 3.5 0
Hubie Bryant 10 24 2.4 0
Punting Punts Yds Avg Blocked
Tom Janik 87 3249 37.3 0
Kicking PAT
Made		 PAT
Att		 PAT
%		 FG
Made		 FG
Att		 FG
%		 Pts
Charlie Gogolak 28 28 100 12 21 57.1 64
Interceptions Int Yds Avg TD
Larry Carwell 5 72 14.4 1
Steve Kiner 4 25 6.3 0
John Outlaw 3 89 29.7 1
Randy Beverly 2 19 9.5 0
Jim Cheyunski 1 24 24.0 0