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1979 New England Patriots
Head Coach:
Ron Erhardt
To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter
Pos
#
Player
GP
GS
Start Pos
Exp
DOB
Ht
Wt
College
DE
Julius Adams
16
9
04/26/1948
' "
Texas Southern
G
Sam Adams
15
8
09/20/1948
' "
Prairie View A&M
DB
Doug Beaudion
10
4
05/15/1954
' "
Minnesota
NT/DE
Richard Bishop
14
4
03/23/1950
' "
Louisville
C/G/T/TE
Pete Brock
16
4
07/14/1954
' "
Colorado
DE/NT
Mark Buben
16
1
03/23/1957
' "
Tufts
RB
Don Calhoun
16
6
04/29/1952
' "
Kansas State
QB
Matt Cavanaugh
13
1
10/27/1956
' "
Pittsburgh
TE
Al Chandler
7
6
11/08/1950
' "
Oklahoma
RB
Allan Clark
16
R
06/08/1957
' "
Northern Arizona
DB
Raymond Clayborn
16
3
01/02/1955
' "
Texas
DB
Dick Conn
1
6
01/09/1951
' "
Georgia
LB
Ray Costict
16
3
03/19/1955
' "
Mississippi State
G/T
Bob Cryder
16
2
09/07/1956
' "
Alabama
RB
Sam Cunningham
12
7
08/15/1950
' "
Southern California
G/T
Terry Falcon
10
2
08/30/1955
' "
Montana
DB
Tim Fox
16
4
11/01/1953
' "
Ohio State
TE
Russ Francis
12
5
04/03/1953
' "
Oregon
NT/LB/DE
Bob Golic
1
R
10/26/1957
' "
Notre Dame
QB
Steve Grogan
16
5
07/24/1953
' "
Kansas State
NT/DE
Ray Hamilton
16
7
01/20/1951
' "
Oklahoma
G
*
John Hannah
16
7
04/04/1951
' "
Alabama
P
Eddie Hare
16
R
05/30/1957
' "
Tulsa
TE
Don Hasselbeck
16
3
04/01/1955
' "
Colorado
LB
Mike Hawkins
16
2
10/29/1955
' "
Texas A&M - Kingsville
DB
*
Mike Haynes
16
4
07/01/1953
' "
Arizona State
LB
Sam Hunt
15
6
08/06/1951
' "
Stephen F. Austin State
RB
Horace Ivory
11
3
08/08/1954
' "
Oklahoma
WR
Harold Jackson
16
12
01/06/1946
' "
Jackson State
WR
Ray Jarvis
7
9
02/02/1949
' "
Norfolk State (VA)
RB
Andy Johnson
5
5
10/18/1962
' "
Georgia
T
Shelby Jordan
14
4
01/23/1952
' "
Washington - St. Louis
LB
Steve King
16
7
06/10/1951
' "
Tulsa
C/G
Bill Lenkaitis
16
12
06/30/1946
' "
Penn State
DT/DE
Mel Lunsford
16
7
06/13/1950
' "
Central State (OH)
LB
Bill Matthews
16
1
03/12/1956
' "
South Dakota State
DB
Prentice McCray
14
6
03/01/1951
' "
Arizona State
DE/DT
Tony McGee
16
9
01/18/1949
' "
Bishop
WR
Stanley Morgan
16
3
02/17/1955
' "
Tennessee
LB
Steve Nelson
15
6
04/26/1951
' "
North Dakota State
QB
Tom Owen
6
5
09/01/1952
' "
Wichita State
WR
Carlos Pennywell
6
2
03/18/1956
' "
Grambling State
G/T
Gary Puetz
5
7
03/14/1952
' "
Valparaiso
DB
Rick Sanford
16
R
01/09/1957
' "
South Carolina
LB
Rod Shoate
14
4
04/26/1953
' "
Oklahoma
K
John Smith
16
6
12/30/1949
' "
Southampton (England)
RB
Mosi Tatupu
16
2
04/26/1955
' "
Southern California
DB
Mark Washington
12
10
12/28/1947
' "
Morgan State
WR
Don Westbrook
16
3
11/01/1952
' "
Nebraska
C/T/G
Dwight Wheeler
13
2
01/13/1955
' "
Tennessee State
LB
John Zamberlin
16
R
02/13/1956
' "
Pacific Lutheran
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