| After the losing more then 10 games in each of the previous two seasons, the Patriots front office decided to shake-up the team and traded defensive stars Nick Buoniconti to Miami and Leroy Mitchell to Houston. That was not the most shocking event of the offseason. During the press conference announcing new coach Clive Rush, the new Coach grabbed a ungrounded microphone and was shocked to the point he collapsed to his knees. Unfortunately, the 1969 were never electrfying on the field. The Rush ERA got off to a rough start as the Patriots stumbled out of the gate and proceeded to lose their first seven games, many of them blowouts. The Patriots kicked off the second half of the season by surprising the playoff bound Houston Oilers. Two Mike Taliaferro' TD passes paced the Patriots to a 24-0 win. The Patriots would stage a mini rally as they would win 3 straight games for the first time since 1966 and inthe process managed to escape last place. The good finish gave hope for a better tommorrow. |
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| Passing Cmp Att Pct. Yards TDs INTs QBRtg Mike Taliaferro 160 331 49.9 2160 19 18 66.0 Kim Hammond 2 6 33.3 31 0 0 51.3 Carl Garrett 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 39.6 |
| Rushing Att. Yards AVG TDs Jim Nance 193 750 3.9 6 Carl Garrett 137 691 5.0 5 R.C. Gamble 16 35 2.2 0 Sid Blanks 7 30 4.3 0 Charley Frazier 2 -1 -0.5 0 Mike Taliaferro 12 -16 -1.3 0 |
| Receiving Rec Yards AVG TDs Carl Garrett 29 267 9.2 2 Jim Nance 29 168 5.8 0 Ron Sellers 27 705 26.1 6 Charley Frazier 19 306 16.1 7 Bill Rademacher 17 217 12.8 3 Jim Whalen 16 235 14.7 1 Aaron Marsh 8 108 13.5 0 R.C. Gamble 7 74 10.6 0 Barry Brown 6 69 11.5 0 Sid Blanks 2 16 8.0 0 Gino Cappelletti 1 21 21.0 0 Tom Richardson 1 5 5.0 0 |
| Kicking XP XPA FG FGA PTS Gino Cappelletti 26 27 14 34 68 |
| Interceptions
Ed Philpott 4; Larry Carwell 4; John Charles 4; Daryle Johnson 2; Don Webb 2; John Bramlett 1; Jim Cheyunski 1; Marty Schotteheimer 1; Tom Janik 1 |
| AFL East W L T .Pct PF PA Jets 10 4 0 .714 353 269 Oilers 6 6 2 .500 278 279 Bills 4 10 0 .286 230 359 Patriots 4 10 0 .286 266 316 Dolphins 3 10 1 .250 233 332 AFL West W L T .Pct PF PA Raiders 12 1 1 .893 377 242 Chiefs 11 3 0 .786 359 177 Chargers 8 6 0 .571 288 276 Broncos 5 8 1 .393 297 344 Bengals 4 9 1 .322 280 367 AFL Playoffs: Oakland 56 Houston 7 Kansas City 13 New York 6 AFL Championship Kansas City 17 Oakland 7 Superbowl III Kanas City 23 Minnesota 7 |
| 1969 |
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| @Denver 7-35 0-1 Kansas City 0-31 0-2 Oakland 23-38 0-3 New York 14-23 0-4 @Buffalo 16-23 0-5 San Diego 10-13 0-6 @New York 17-23 0-7 Houston 24-0 1-7 Miami 16-17 1-8 @Cincinnati 25-14 2-8 Buffalo 35-21 3-8 @Miami 38-23 4-8 @San Diego 18-28 4-9 @Houston 23-27 4-10 |
| Roster QB - Kim Hammond QB - Mike Taliaferro RB -Teddy Bailey RB - Sid Banks RB - Carl Garrett FB - Bob Gladieux RB/FB - R.C. Gamble FB - Jim Nance WR/K - Gino Cappellettii WR - Charley Frazier WR - Aaron Marsh WR - Bill Rademacher WR - Tom Richardson WR - Ron Sellers TE - Ken Herock TE - Jim Whalen LB/TE - Barry Brown T - Tom Funchess T - Ezell Jones T - Tom Neville G - Charley Long G - Len St. Jean G/C - Mike Montler C - Jon Morris C/LB - J. R. Williamson DE - Ron Berger DE - Johnny Cagle DE - Larry Eisenhauer DE - Mel Witt DT/DE - Karl Henke DT - Houston Antwine DT - Jim Hunt DT - Ray Jacobs DT - Ed Toner LB - John Bramlett LB - Jim Cheyunski LB - Ed Philpott LB - Marty Schottenheimer DB - Larry Carwell DB - John Charles DB/P - Tom Janik DB - Daryle Johnson DB - Art McMahon DB - John Outlaw DB - Clarence Scott DB - Don Webb |
| Offense Ranking Points: 266 (8 of 10) Run: 367-1489 (10 of 10) Pass: 2191 (10 of 10) Defense Ranking Points: 316 (6 of 10) Run: 528-2359 (9 of 10) Pass: 2610 (4 of 10) |
| Pro Bowlers: RB - Carl Garrett DL - Jim Hunt C - Jon Morris WR - Ron Sellers QB - Mike Taliaferro DB - Don Webb |
| Coach: Clive Rush |
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