John William Tarver
Position: RB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 227 lbs.
Born: January 1, 1949 in Bakersfield, CA
College: Colorado (school history)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 7th round (166th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 7 (7959th overall since 1950)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2012.
Career Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 1 | 1972 | 9 | 1972-11-12 | 23-316 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 0-52 | 4 | 17 | 4.25 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1972 | 10 | 1972-11-19 | 23-323 | NWE | BUF | L 24-27 | 7 | 16 | 2.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 1972 | 11 | 1972-11-26 | 23-330 | NWE | @ | BAL | L 0-31 | 8 | 17 | 2.13 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1972 | 12 | 1972-12-03 | 23-337 | NWE | MIA | L 21-37 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 1972 | 13 | 1972-12-10 | 23-344 | NWE | @ | NOR | W 17-10 | 10 | 26 | 2.60 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1972 | 14 | 1972-12-17 | 23-351 | NWE | @ | DEN | L 21-45 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 7 | 1973 | 1 | 1973-09-16 | 24-258 | NWE | BUF | L 13-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | |||
| 8 | 1973 | 3 | 1973-09-30 | 24-272 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 23-44 | 17 | 66 | 3.88 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 9.67 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1973 | 4 | 1973-10-07 | 24-279 | NWE | BAL | W 24-16 | 14 | 55 | 3.93 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 1973 | 5 | 1973-10-14 | 24-286 | NWE | NYJ | L 7-9 | 7 | 39 | 5.57 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 1973 | 6 | 1973-10-21 | 24-293 | NWE | @ | CHI | W 13-10 | 8 | 29 | 3.63 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 1973 | 12 | 1973-12-02 | 24-335 | NWE | SDG | W 30-14 | 14 | 76 | 5.43 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 1973 | 13 | 1973-12-09 | 24-342 | NWE | @ | BUF | L 13-37 | 11 | 52 | 4.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 1973 | 14 | 1973-12-16 | 24-349 | NWE | @ | BAL | L 13-18 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 15 | 1974 | 1 | 1974-09-15 | 25-257 | NWE | MIA | W 34-24 | 1 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | 1974 | 4 | 1974-10-06 | 25-278 | NWE | BAL | W 42-3 | 5 | 15 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 1974 | 5 | 1974-10-13 | 25-285 | NWE | @ | NYJ | W 24-0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 1974 | 7 | 1974-10-27 | 25-299 | NWE | @ | MIN | W 17-14 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 1974 | 8 | 1974-11-03 | 25-306 | NWE | BUF | L 28-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | 1974 | 11 | 1974-11-24 | 25-327 | NWE | @ | BAL | W 27-17 | 13 | 44 | 3.38 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 1974 | 12 | 1974-12-01 | 25-334 | NWE | @ | OAK | L 26-41 | 8 | 8 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 1974 | 13 | 1974-12-08 | 25-341 | NWE | PIT | L 17-21 | 11 | 18 | 1.64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 1974 | 14 | 1974-12-15 | 25-348 | NWE | @ | MIA | L 27-34 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | ||||
| 24 | 1975 | 1 | 1975-09-21 | 26-263 | PHI | NYG | L 14-23 | 7 | 20 | 2.86 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 Games | 162 | 574 | 3.54 | 7 | 34 | 214 | 6.29 | 1 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 17 | 17.00 | 0 | ||||||||