The 1971 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 2nd season in the National Football League and 12th overall. The 1971 season was the first that the team played as the New England Patriots, changing their name from the Boston Patriots, briefly to the Bay State Patriots before changing it again to the New England Patriots, in an effort to regionalize the franchise's equal distance from Boston and Providence.[1]
The Patriots finished with six wins and eight losses, third place in the AFCEast Division. It was the first season the Patriots played in the new Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts,[2][3] after playing in three different stadiums the previous three seasons in Boston.
During training camp, the Dallas Cowboys traded disgruntled running back Duane Thomas to the Patriots for Carl Garrett and Halvor Hagen on July 31.[4] Thomas became embroiled in a conflict with head coach John Mazur,[5] prompting Patriots general manager Upton Bell to request that Commissioner Pete Rozelle void the trade three days after it had been made. Rozelle granted Bell's request, and the traded players returned to where they had been prior to the deal.[6]
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The 1971 New England Patriots season was the franchise s 2nd season in the National Football League and 12th overall The 1971 season was the first that the team played as the New England Patriots changing their name from the Boston Patriots briefly to the Bay State Patriots before changing it again to the New England Patriots in an effort to regionalize the franchise s equal distance from Boston and Providence 1 1971 New England Patriots seasonOwnerBilly SullivanGeneral managerUpton BellHead coachJohn MazurHome fieldSchaefer StadiumResultsRecord6 8Division placeT 3rd AFC EastPlayoff finishDid not qualifyPro BowlersNoneAP All ProsNoneUniform 1970 Boston Patriots seasons 1972 The Patriots finished with six wins and eight losses third place in the AFC East Division It was the first season the Patriots played in the new Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough Massachusetts 2 3 after playing in three different stadiums the previous three seasons in Boston During training camp the Dallas Cowboys traded disgruntled running back Duane Thomas to the Patriots for Carl Garrett and Halvor Hagen on July 31 4 Thomas became embroiled in a conflict with head coach John Mazur 5 prompting Patriots general manager Upton Bell to request that Commissioner Pete Rozelle void the trade three days after it had been made Rozelle granted Bell s request and the traded players returned to where they had been prior to the deal 6 Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 NFL Draft 2 Staff 3 Roster 4 Regular season 4 1 Schedule 4 2 Standings 5 References 6 External linksOffseason editNFL Draft edit See also 1971 NFL Draft 1971 New England Patriots draft Round Pick Player Position College Notes 1 1 Jim Plunkett QB Stanford Made roster Pro Football Hall of Fame Made at least one Pro Bowl during careerStaff edit1971 New England Patriots staff Front office President Billy Sullivan General Manager Upton Bell Assistant General Manager Peter Hadhazy Director of Player Personnel Bucko Kilroy Director of Pro Scouting Rommie Loudd Head coaches Head Coach John Mazur Offensive coaches Offensive Backs Receivers Sam Rutigliano Receivers Jerry Stoltz Offensive Line Bruce Beatty Defensive coaches Defensive Line Dick Evans Linebackers John Meyer Defensive Backfield Tom FletcherRoster edit1971 New England Patriots roster Quarterbacks 14 Brian Dowling 16 Jim Plunkett 17 Mike Taliaferro Running backs 30 Carl Garrett 24 Bob Gladieux 40 Jack Maitland 35 Jim Nance Wide receivers 45 Hubie Bryant 10 Eric Crabtree 34 Ron Sellers 13 Alfred Sykes 18 Randy Vataha Tight ends 82 Tom Beer 86 Roland Moss Offensive linemen 62 Halvor Hagen G 76 Mike Haggerty T 67 Bill Lenkaitis C 64 Mike Montler G 56 Jon Morris C 77 Tom Neville T 60 Len St Jean G Defensive linemen 85 Julius Adams DE 65 Houston Antwine DE 73 Bill Atessis DT 71 Art May DE 76 Dave Rowe DT 70 Dennis Wirgowski DE Linebackers 50 Jim Cheyunski 53 Dennis Coleman 54 Kenny Price 60 Steve Kiner 66 Ed Weisacosky Defensive backs 41 Larry Carwell CB 25 Rickie Harris SS 43 Irvin Mallory 38 Perry Pruett 44 John Outlaw CB 26 Clarence Scott SS 42 Don Webb FS Special teams 7 Charlie Gogolak K 21 Tom Janik P Reserve lists Practice squadRookies in italicsRegular season editSchedule edit Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 19 Oakland Raiders W 20 6 1 0 Schaefer Stadium Recap 2 September 26 Detroit Lions L 7 34 1 1 Schaefer Stadium Recap 3 October 3 Baltimore Colts L 3 23 1 2 Schaefer Stadium Recap 4 October 10 New York Jets W 20 0 2 2 Schaefer Stadium Reacp 5 October 17 at Miami Dolphins L 3 41 2 3 Miami Orange Bowl Recap 6 October 24 at Dallas Cowboys L 21 44 2 4 Texas Stadium Recap 7 October 31 at San Francisco 49ers L 10 27 2 5 Candlestick Park Recap 8 November 7 Houston Oilers W 28 20 3 5 Schaefer Stadium Recap 9 November 14 Buffalo Bills W 38 33 4 5 Schaefer Stadium Recap 10 November 21 at Cleveland Browns L 7 27 4 6 Cleveland Stadium Recap 11 November 28 at Buffalo Bills L 20 27 4 7 War Memorial Stadium Recap 12 December 5 Miami Dolphins W 34 13 5 7 Schaefer Stadium Recap 13 December 12 at New York Jets L 6 13 5 8 Shea Stadium Recap 14 December 19 at Baltimore Colts W 21 17 6 8 Memorial Stadium Recap Note Intra division opponents are in bold text Standings edit AFC East viewtalkedit W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK Miami Dolphins 10 3 1 769 5 3 7 3 1 315 174 W1 Baltimore Colts 10 4 0 714 6 2 8 3 313 140 L1 New England Patriots 6 8 0 429 4 4 6 5 238 325 W1 New York Jets 6 8 0 429 4 4 6 5 212 299 W2 Buffalo Bills 1 13 0 071 1 7 1 10 184 394 L3Note Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972 7 References edit New England Is Their Third Name New England opens park with victory Eugene Register Guard Oregon Associated Press August 16 1971 p 6B Traffic situation hard to forget The Telegraph Nashua New Hampshire Associated Press August 16 1971 p 18 Cowboys unload Thomas obtain Garret from Pats Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press August 1 1971 p 4B Thomas packs bags exits Patriot camp Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press August 4 1971 p 2B Thomas trade called off Victoria Advocate Texas Associated Press August 5 1971 p 2B NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book Workman Publishing Co New York NY ISBN 0 7611 2480 2 p 297External links editPro Football Reference 1971 New England Patriots nbsp This article relating to an American football season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article related to sports in Massachusetts is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 New England Patriots season amp oldid 1146485015, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
