| New England Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1974 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 57828 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 57 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 6 run (John Smith kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 37 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 1 run (John Smith kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Bob Geddes 29 interception return (John Smith kick) | 24 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 25 | LCB | John Sanders |
| 45 | LS | Jack Mildren |
| 34 | RS | Prentice McCray |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Jerome Barkum |
| 82 | WR | David Knight |
| 72 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 50 | C | Wayne Mulligan |
| 78 | ROG | Garry Puetz |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Ed Galigher |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 74 | RDT | Joe Schmiesing |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 54 | MLB | Jamie Rivers |
| 55 | RLB | John Ebersole |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 22 | LS | Burgess Owens |
| 21 | RS | Steve Tannen |
| 47 | RCB | Roscoe Word |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 9 | 2 |
| Mack Herron | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Josh Ashton | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| John Tarver | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 16 | 100 | 6.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 1 | 115 | 5.5 | 0 | 48.7 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 2 | 63 | 3.0 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Al Woodall | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 8 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Herron | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| John Tarver | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| David Knight | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bob Geddes | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| John Sanders | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Sam Hunt | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve King | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Burgess Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bruce Barnes | 6 | 189 | 31.5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Greg Gantt | 8 | 281 | 35.1 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Roscoe Word | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 5 | 157 | 31.4 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| New York Jets | |
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