| Baltimore Colts at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 1974 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 55820 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 75 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Reggie Rucker 69 pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Darryl Stingley 23 run (John Smith kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Mack Herron 5 run (John Smith kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Toni Linhart 27 FG | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 4 pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Reggie Rucker 16 pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 3 | 35 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | John Tarver 7 run (John Smith kick) | 3 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 35 | WR | Glenn Doughty |
| 28 | WR | Cotton Speyrer |
| 64 | LOT | David Taylor |
| 62 | LOG | Glenn Ressler |
| 57 | C | Ken Mendenhall |
| 66 | ROG | Elmer Collett |
| 68 | ROT | Dennis Nelson |
| 87 | TE | Raymond Chester |
| 7 | QB | Bert Jones |
| 26 | RB | Lydell Mitchell |
| 38 | RB | Bill Olds |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Fred Cook |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Bailey |
| 74 | RDT | Steve Williams |
| 78 | RDE | John Dutton |
| 52 | LLB | Tom MacLeod |
| 32 | MLB | Mike Curtis |
| 53 | RLB | Stan White |
| 30 | LCB | Doug Nettles |
| 40 | LS | Bruce Laird |
| 21 | RS | Rick Volk |
| 31 | RCB | Nelson Munsey |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 84 | WR | Darryl Stingley |
| 70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 86 | TE | Bob Windsor |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 39 | RB | Sam Cunningham |
| 42 | RB | Mack Herron |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Julius Adams |
| 71 | MG | Ray Hamilton |
| 72 | RDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 90 | LOLB | George Webster |
| 59 | LILB | Bob Geddes |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Steve King |
| 37 | LCB | Willie Osley |
| 22 | LS | Sandy Durko |
| 34 | RS | Prentice McCray |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bill Olds | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Bert Jones | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Lydell Mitchell | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| John Andrews | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mack Herron | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Josh Ashton | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| John Tarver | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Andy Johnson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Bert Jones | 41 | 22 | 53.7 | 1 | 215 | 5.2 | 0 | 58.5 | |||
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 141 | 8.8 | 3 | 94.0 | |||
| Dick Shiner | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 29.9 | |||
| Neil Graff | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Lydell Mitchell | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | |
| Cotton Speyrer | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Raymond Chester | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Glenn Doughty | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Roger Carr | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 2 | |
| Randy Vataha | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Darryl Stingley | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Tarver | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Dan Dickel | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| John Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| David Lee | 5 | 186 | 37.2 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bruce Barnes | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Bruce Laird | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | ||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Bruce Laird | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Berra | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Cotton Speyrer | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| New England Patriots | |
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