1974 New England Patriots (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/2/1974	A	Washington Redskins	21-16	W	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	16405
Sun	8/11/1974	H	New York Giants	6-21	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	17992
Sun	8/18/1974	H	New Orleans Saints	7-3	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	20456
Sat	8/24/1974	A	San Diego Chargers	23-14	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	18903
Sat	8/31/1974	N	Denver Broncos	21-27	L	Spokane, WA	Joe Albi Stadium	18000
Sun	9/8/1974	H	Philadelphia Eagles	27-17	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	35412
Sun	9/15/1974	H	Miami Dolphins	34-24	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	51508
Sun	9/22/1974	A	New York Giants	28-20	W	New Haven, CT	Yale Bowl	44082
Sun	9/29/1974	H	Los Angeles Rams	20-14	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	59712
Sun	10/6/1974	H	Baltimore Colts	42-3	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	55820
Sun	10/13/1974	A	New York Jets	24-0	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	57828
Sun	10/20/1974	A	Buffalo Bills	28-30	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78926
Sun	10/27/1974	A	Minnesota Vikings	17-14	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	48177
Sun	11/3/1974	H	Buffalo Bills	28-29	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	58932
Sun	11/10/1974	H	Cleveland Browns	14-21	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57263
Sun	11/17/1974	H	New York Jets	16-21	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57165
Sun	11/24/1974	A	Baltimore Colts	27-17	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	33782
Sun	12/1/1974	A	Oakland Raiders	26-41	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50120
Sun	12/8/1974	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-21	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	52107
Sun	12/15/1974	A	Miami Dolphins	27-34	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	56920

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
80	Bill Adams	TE	6-2	225	28	San Mateo JC; Pacific	13	7
85	Julius Adams	RDE	6-3	262	26	Texas Southern	14	14
61	Sam Adams	ROG	6-3	260	26	Prairie View A&M	14	13
31	Josh Ashton	RB	6-1	205	25	Blinn JC; Tulsa	12	0
3	Bruce Barnes	P	5-11	214	23	UCLA	9	0
59	Rodrigo Barnes	LB	6-1	215	24	Rice	5	0
27	Ron Bolton	RCB	6-2	170	24	Norfolk State	14	14
51	Kent Carter	LB	6-3	235	24	Los Angeles CC; Southern California	2	0
10	Dave Chapple	P	6-0	184	27	UC Santa Barbara	5	0
54	Gail Clark	LB	6-1	223	23	Michigan State	8	0
39	Sam Cunningham	RB	6-3	230	24	Southern California	10	10
51	Maury Damkroger	LB	6-2	230	22	Nebraska	11	0
68	Bill DuLac	ROG	6-4	260	23	Eastern Michigan	13	1
58	Doug Dumler	C	6-3	243	24	Nebraska	14	0
22	Sandy Durko	LS	6-1	185	26	Southern California	11	4
55	Will Foster	LB	6-2	230	26	Eastern Michigan	12	0
64	Allen Gallaher	OT	6-3	255	24	Southern California	14	0
59	Bob Geddes	LILB	6-2	240	28	Riverside CC; UCLA	9	5
38	Noe Gonzales	RB	6-0	210	23	Texas State	2	0
15	Neil Graff	QB	6-3	200	24	Wisconsin	14	0
70	Leon Gray	LOT	6-3	261	23	Jackson State	14	14
71	Ray Hamilton	MG	6-1	244	23	Oklahoma	14	14
73	John Hannah	LOG	6-3	265	23	Alabama	14	14
74	Craig Hanneman	DE	6-3	240	25	Oregon State	9	0
42	Mack Herron	RB	5-5	174	26	Hutchinson CC; Kansas State	14	14
82	Eddie Hinton	WR	6-0	200	27	Oklahoma	9	1
50	Sam Hunt	RILB	6-1	248	23	Stephen F. Austin State	14	14
30	Ed Jenkins	RB	6-2	210	24	Holy Cross	3	0
32	Andy Johnson	WR	6-0	204	22	Georgia	14	3
52	Steve King	ROLB	6-4	230	23	Tulsa	14	14
67	Bill Lenkaitis	C	6-3	260	28	Penn State	14	14
72	Mel Lunsford	LDE-RDE	6-3	256	24	Central State (Ohio)	13	13
88	Al Marshall	WR	6-2	190	23	Boise State	4	0
47	Jim Massey	CB	5-11	198	26	Linfield	1	0
34	Prentice McCray	RS	6-1	185	23	Arizona State	14	14
40	Dave McCurry	S	6-1	187	23	Iowa State	2	0
78	Tony McGee	LDE	6-3	249	25	Wyoming; Bishop	14	1
45	Jack Mildren	LS	6-1	200	25	Oklahoma	14	10
75	Art Moore	DT	6-5	255	23	Tulsa	11	0
56	Jon Morris	C	6-4	247	32	Holy Cross	3	0
57	Steve Nelson	LILB	6-2	230	23	Augsburg; North Dakota State	11	9
77	Tom Neville	ROT	6-4	252	31	Mississippi State	14	1
37	Willie Osley	LCB	6-0	195	23	Illinois	10	4
16	Jim Plunkett	QB	6-2	207	27	Stanford	14	14
41	Ken Pope	CB	5-11	200	23	Oklahoma	4	0
33	Reggie Rucker	WR	6-2	190	27	Boston University	10	10
25	John Sanders	LCB	6-1	178	23	South Dakota	14	10
87	Steve Schubert	WR	5-10	184	23	Massachusetts	8	2
11	Dick Shiner	QB	6-0	197	32	Maryland	1	0
65	Donnell Smith	DE	6-4	245	25	Southern University	9	0
1	John Smith	K	6-0	172	25	King Alfred's; Southampton (England)	14	0
84	Darryl Stingley	WR	6-0	194	23	Purdue	5	2
81	Joe Sweet	WR	6-2	196	26	Tennessee State	4	0
53	John Tanner	LOLB	6-4	237	29	Brevard JC; Tennessee Tech	13	2
36	John Tarver	RB	6-3	224	25	Bakersfield CC; Colorado	14	4
18	Randy Vataha	WR	5-10	173	26	Golden West JC; Stanford	12	10
90	George Webster	LOLB	6-4	225	29	Michigan State	14	3
23	Joe Wilson	RB	5-10	210	24	Holy Cross	12	0
86	Bob Windsor	TE	6-4	227	32	Montgomery JC; Kentucky	7	7

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	30	Steve Corbett	G	Boston College
2	34	Steve Nelson	LB	North Dakota State
5	112	Andy Johnson	RB	Georgia
5	124	Charlie Battle	LB-DE	Grambling State
6	141	Chuck Ramsey	P	Wake Forest
7	178	Maury Damkroger	LB	Nebraska
9	209	Eddie McCartney	LB	Northeastern State
11	268	Archie Gibson	RB	Utah State
12	296	Eddie Foster	T	Oklahoma
13	321	Phil Bennett	RB	Boston College
14	346	Cecil Bowens	RB	Kentucky
15	374	Sam Hunt	LB	Stephen F. Austin State
16	399	Lucious Selmon	DT	Oklahoma
17	424	Gary Hudson	DB	Boston College

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	86	116	64	82
Opponents Totals	68	92	49	80

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		255	123	113	19	92/201 45.8%	/ %	87	843
Opponents Totals		240	100	129	11	72/191 37.7%	/ %	76	642

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
John Smith	0	42	43	97.7	16	22	72.7	0	90
Mack Herron	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Sam Cunningham	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Reggie Rucker	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Randy Vataha	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Plunkett	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Darryl Stingley	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
John Tarver	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Geddes	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Hannah	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Al Marshall	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Sanders	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Schubert	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Tanner	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Windsor	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	43	42	43	97.7	16	22	72.7	0	348
Opponents Totals	37	32	37	86.5	11	18	61.1	1	298

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Smith	16	22	72.7	1	46	0/0	6/7	8/10	2/5	0/0
Team Totals	16	22	72.7	1	46	0/0	6/7	8/10	2/5	0/0
Opponents Totals	11	18	61.1			0/0	5/5	2/4	4/9	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mack Herron	231	824	3.6	28	7
Sam Cunningham	166	811	4.9	75t	9
Jim Plunkett	30	161	5.4	37	2
John Tarver	41	101	2.5	18	2
Josh Ashton	26	99	3.8	22	0
Darryl Stingley	5	63	12.6	23t	1
Joe Wilson	15	57	3.8	12	0
Randy Vataha	3	21	7.0	24	0
Eddie Hinton	1	1	1.0	1	0
Andy Johnson	2	-4	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	520	2134	4.1	75t	21
Opponents Totals	467	1587	3.4	34	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jim Plunkett	352	173	49.1	157	2457	7.0	14.2	69t	19	5.4	22	6.3	21	174	2283	64.1
Neil Graff	1	1	100.0	0	20	20.0	20.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	20	118.8
Dick Shiner	6	3	50.0	2	37	6.2	12.3	18	0	0.0	1	16.7	0	0	37	29.9
Team Totals	359	177	49.3	159	2514	7.0	14.2	69t	19	5.3	23	6.4	21	174	2340	63.3
Opponents Totals	374	210	56.1	140	2774	7.4	13.2	67t	17	4.5	24	6.4	38	294	2480	68.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mack Herron	38	474	12.5	48	5
Reggie Rucker	27	436	16.1	69t	4
Randy Vataha	25	561	22.4	59t	3
Sam Cunningham	22	214	9.7	37	2
Bob Adams	17	244	14.4	29	0
Bob Windsor	12	127	10.6	20	1
Darryl Stingley	10	139	13.9	20t	1
John Tarver	9	37	4.1	12	0
Andy Johnson	8	147	18.4	34	0
Joe Wilson	3	38	12.7	23	0
Eddie Hinton	2	36	18.0	20	0
John Tanner	2	23	11.5	21	1
Steve Schubert	1	21	21.0	21t	1
Al Marshall	1	17	17.0	17t	1
Team Totals	177	2514	14.2	69t	19
Opponents Totals	210	2774	13.2	67t	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Bolton	7	18	2.6	10	0
John Sanders	5	57	11.4	23t	1
Sam Hunt	3	66	22.0	27	0
Prentice McCray	3	61	20.3	33	0
Jack Mildren	3	51	17.0	41	0
Bob Geddes	2	32	16.0	29t	1
Steve King	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	24	294	12.3	41	2
Opponents Totals	23	331	14.4	72t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	RYDS
Bruce Barnes	45	1604	35.6	50
Dave Chapple	26	967	37.2	57
Team Totals	71	2571	36.2	57	314
Opponents Totals	75	2882	38.4	59	533

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Mack Herron	35	4	517	14.8	66
Steve Schubert	3	2	15	5.0	11
Sandy Durko	1	1	1	1.0	1
Eddie Hinton	1	0	0	0.0	0
Andy Johnson	0	3	0
John Sanders	0	1	0
Team Totals	40	11	533	13.3	66
Opponents Totals	41	6	314	7.7	42

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mack Herron	28	629	22.5	62	0
Andy Johnson	15	303	20.2	41	0
Steve Schubert	5	112	22.4	32	0
Eddie Hinton	3	83	27.7	53	0
Joe Wilson	2	33	16.5	18	0
John Tanner	2	17	8.5	17	0
Sam Hunt	1	21	21.0	21	0
Sandy Durko	1	0	0.0	0	0
Donnell Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	58	1198	20.7	62	0
Opponents Totals	64	1678	26.2	88t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Julius Adams	8.0
Ray Hamilton	5.0
Mel Lunsford	5.0
Steve King	3.5
Art Moore	2.0
Kent Carter	0.5
Donnell Smith	3.0
Sam Hunt	1.5
Steve Nelson	1.0
Tony McGee	4.5
George Webster	4.5
Team Totals	38.0	294.0
Opponents Totals	21.0	174.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Josh Ashton	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rodrigo Barnes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Cunningham	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Hamilton	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
John Hannah	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Craig Hanneman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mack Herron	12		3	0	3	0	0
Eddie Hinton	1		1	0	1	0	0
Ed Jenkins	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Andy Johnson	1		0	1	1	0	0
Mel Lunsford	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Prentice McCray	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Jack Mildren	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Steve Nelson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Plunkett	4		1	0	1	0	0
Reggie Rucker	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Sanders	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Schubert	0	0	0	1	1	13	0
Donnell Smith	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Tanner	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Tarver	2		0	0	0	0	0
Randy Vataha	1		1	0	1	0	0
George Webster	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Wilson	1		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	26	16	10	14	24	20	1
Opponents Totals	29	14	13	15	28		1

Hank Bullough	Defensive Line
Ron Erhardt	Offensive Backs
Red Miller	Offensive Line
Bill Nelsen	Quarterbacks
Ray Perkins	Receivers
Charlie Sumner	Linebackers
Jim Valek	Special Teams
Larrye Weaver	Defensive Backs