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New England

Patriots

HC Chuck Fairbanks

1973 season
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5–9 Regular season · -42 point diff

Franchise 57 seasons 499–383 all-time 28 playoff trips 6 Super Bowls

18.4 Points / game #15 of 25
24.2 Allowed / game #20 of 26
300 Yards / game #16 of 25
334 Yds allowed / game #18 of 26
24 Sacks #18 of 26
17 Giveaways #11 of 25

Results

  1. W1 L 13–31
  2. W2 L 7–10
  3. @ W3 L 23–44
  4. W4 W 24–16
  5. W5 L 7–9
  6. @ W6 W 13–10
  7. W7 L 14–30
  8. @ W8 L 23–24
  9. @ W9 L 13–33
  10. W10 W 33–24
  11. @ W11 W 32–0
  12. W12 W 30–14
  13. @ W13 L 13–37
  14. @ W14 L 13–18

Team leaders

Passing Jim Plunkett 2,550 yds · 13 TD · 17 INT
Rushing Sam Cunningham 516 yds · 4 TD · 3.3 Y/C
Receiving Reggie Rucker 53 rec · 743 yds · 3 TD
Sacks Julius Adams 8 sacks
Interceptions Ron Bolton 6 INT

Margin by game

Points won or lost by Win Loss
  1. −18 1
  2. −3 2
  3. −21 3
  4. +8 4
  5. −2 5
  6. +3 6
  7. −16 7
  8. −1 8
  9. −20 9
  10. +9 10
  11. +32 11
  12. +16 12
  13. −24 13
  14. −5 14