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1974 Green Bay Packers
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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 210 points (15.0/g), 21st of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 206 points (14.7/g), 5th.
Differential of 4 points (0.3/g), 14th.
Expected W-L: 7.2-6.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.3, Offense: -3.2, Defense: 2.0, SoS: -1.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Dan Devine (6-8-0)
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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Jerry Tagge | 24 | 2 | 6 | 70 for 146, 709 yards, 1 td, 10 int, & 18 rushes for 58 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 11th pick / 1972 |
| QB | John Hadl | 34 | 12 | 6 | 89 for 184, 1,072 yards, 3 td, 8 int, & 8 rushes for -3 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 |
| RB | MacArthur Lane | 32 | 6 | 0 | 137 rushes for 362 yards, 3 td, & 34 catches for 315 yards and 3 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1968 |
| FB | John Brockington | 26 | 3 | 0 | 266 rushes for 883 yards, 5 td, & 43 catches for 314 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1971 |
| WR | Barry Smith | 23 | 1 | 0 | 20 catches for 294 yards, 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 21st pick / 1973 |
| WR | Jon Staggers | 26 | 4 | 0 | 32 catches for 450 yards, 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 105th pick / 1970 |
| TE | Rich McGeorge | 26 | 4 | 0 | 30 catches for 440 yards, 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 16th pick / 1970 |
| LT | Harry Schuh | 32 | 9 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| LT | Keith Wortman | 24 | 2 | 12 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1972 |
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| LG | Bill Lueck | 28 | 6 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 26th pick / 1968 |
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| C | Larry McCarren | 23 | 1 | 13 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 308th pick / 1973 |
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| RG | Gale Gillingham* | 30 | 8 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 13th pick / 1966 |
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| RT | Dick Himes | 28 | 6 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 81st pick / 1968 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Sweeny Williams | 28 | 4 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 283rd pick / 1969 |
| LDT | Mike McCoy | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1970 |
| RDT | Steve Okoniewski | 25 | 2 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 41st pick / 1972 |
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| RDT | Dave Pureifory | 25 | 2 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 142nd pick / 1972 |
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| RDE | Alden Roche | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 37th pick / 1970 |
| LLB | Ted Hendricks*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1969 |
| MLB | Jim Carter | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 68th pick / 1970 |
| RLB | Fred Carr | 28 | 6 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1968 |
| LCB | Willie Buchanon* | 24 | 2 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1972 |
| RCB | Ken Ellis* | 27 | 4 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1970 |
| SS | Al Matthews | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1970 |
| FS | Jim Hill | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 18th pick / 1968 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Chester Marcol*+ | 25 | 2 | 0 | 25 of 39 field goals & 19 of 19 extra points | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1972 |
| P | Randy Walker | 23 | Rook | 0 | 69 punts for a 38.4 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 298th pick / 1974 |
| PR | Jon Staggers | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 punt returns for a 10.1 average and 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 105th pick / 1970 |
| KR | Steve Odom | 22 | Rook | 0 | 31 kick returns for a 23.0 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 116th pick / 1974 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Ron Acks | 30 | LB | 13 | 0 | 214 | 6-2 | Illinois | 10/3/1944 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 57th pick / 1966 |
| 71 | Michael Basinger | 23 | DE | 1 | 0 | 258 | 6-3 | California-Riverside | 12/11/1951 | Rook | |
| 42 | John Brockington | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 9/7/1948 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 9th pick / 1971 |
| 74 | Aaron Brown | 31 | DE | 2 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Minnesota | 11/16/1943 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| 28 | Willie Buchanon* | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | San Diego State | 11/4/1950 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 7th pick / 1972 |
| 53 | Fred Carr | 28 | LB | 14 | 14 | 238 | 6-5 | Texas-El Paso | 8/19/1946 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 5th pick / 1968 |
| 50 | Jim Carter | 26 | LB-G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 10/18/1948 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 68th pick / 1970 |
| 10 | Jack Concannon | 31 | QB | 14 | 2 | 205 | 6-3 | Boston College | 2/25/1943 | 10 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 |
| 58 | Mark Cooney | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Colorado | 6/2/1951 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 16th / 402nd pick / 1974 |
| 86 | Mike Donohoe | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | San Francisco | 5/6/1945 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 225th pick / 1968 |
| 48 | Ken Ellis* | 27 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 5-10 | Southern | 9/27/1947 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1970 |
| 71 | Mike Fanucci | 25 | DE | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 9/25/1949 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 9th / 219th pick / 1971 |
| 68 | Gale Gillingham* | 30 | G-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 2/3/1944 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 13th pick / 1966 |
| 25 | Les Goodman | 24 | RB | 13 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | Yankton | 9/1/1950 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 67th pick / 1972 |
| 12 | John Hadl | 34 | QB | 8 | 6 | 214 | 6-1 | Kansas | 2/15/1940 | 12 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1962 |
| 21 | Charlie V. Hall | 26 | DB | 14 | 3 | 193 | 6-1 | Pittsburgh | 3/31/1948 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1971 |
| 51 | Larry Hefner | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Clemson | 8/2/1949 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 346th pick / 1972 |
| 56 | Ted Hendricks*+ | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-7 | Miami (FL) | 11/1/1947 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1969 |
| 39 | Jim Hill | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 10/21/1946 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 18th pick / 1968 |
| 72 | Dick Himes | 28 | T | 13 | 13 | 244 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 5/25/1946 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 81st pick / 1968 |
| 55 | Noel Jenke | 28 | LB | 8 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 12/17/1946 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 303rd pick / 1969 |
| 30 | Larry Krause | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | St. Norbert | 4/22/1948 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 17th / 432nd pick / 1970 |
| 36 | MacArthur Lane | 32 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Utah State | 3/16/1942 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1968 |
| 23 | Charlie Leigh | 29 | RB | 10 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | none | 10/29/1945 | 6 | |
| 62 | Bill Lueck | 28 | G | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Arizona | 4/7/1946 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 26th pick / 1968 |
| 13 | Chester Marcol*+ | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Hillsdale | 10/24/1949 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1972 |
| 43 | Dave Mason | 25 | DB | 12 | 0 | 199 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 11/2/1949 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 10th / 246th pick / 1973 |
| 29 | Al Matthews | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 11/7/1947 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1970 |
| 54 | Larry McCarren | 23 | C | 14 | 13 | 246 | 6-3 | Illinois | 11/9/1951 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 308th pick / 1973 |
| 76 | Mike McCoy | 26 | DT-NT | 14 | 14 | 284 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 9/6/1948 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1970 |
| 81 | Rich McGeorge | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Elon | 9/14/1948 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 16th pick / 1970 |
| 70 | Lee Nystrom | 23 | T | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Macalester | 10/30/1951 | Rook | |
| 84 | Steve Odom | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 173 | 5-8 | Utah | 9/5/1952 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 116th pick / 1974 |
| 73 | Steve Okoniewski | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Montana,Washington | 8/22/1949 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 41st pick / 1972 |
| 85 | Ken Payne | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Langston | 10/6/1950 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 142nd pick / 1974 |
| 75 | Dave Pureifory | 25 | DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-1 | Eastern Michigan | 7/12/1949 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 142nd pick / 1972 |
| 87 | Alden Roche | 29 | DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Southern | 4/9/1945 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 37th pick / 1970 |
| 52 | John Schmitt | 32 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Hofstra | 11/12/1942 | 10 | |
| 79 | Harry Schuh | 32 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Memphis | 9/25/1942 | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| 80 | Barry Smith | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Florida State | 1/15/1951 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 21st pick / 1973 |
| 33 | Barty Smith | 22 | RB | 8 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Richmond | 4/23/1952 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1974 |
| 45 | Perry Smith | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Colorado State,Mesa | 3/29/1951 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 92nd pick / 1973 |
| 67 | Mal Snider | 27 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Stanford | 4/5/1947 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 54th pick / 1969 |
| 22 | Jon Staggers | 26 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Missouri | 12/14/1948 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 105th pick / 1970 |
| 17 | Jerry Tagge | 24 | QB | 7 | 6 | 220 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 4/12/1950 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 11th pick / 1972 |
| 26 | Eric Torkelson | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Connecticut | 3/23/1952 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 272nd pick / 1974 |
| 61 | Bruce Van Dyke | 30 | G | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Missouri | 8/6/1944 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 133rd pick / 1966 |
| 40 | Pete Van Valkenberg | 24 | RB | 5 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | BYU | 5/19/1950 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 66th pick / 1973 |
| 78 | Carl Wafer | 23 | DE | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 1/17/1951 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1974 |
| 18 | Randy Walker | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 177 | 5-10 | Northwest State (LA) | 8/29/1951 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 298th pick / 1974 |
| 49 | Bob Wicks | 24 | WR | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Utah State | 7/24/1950 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 188th pick / 1972 |
| 83 | Sweeny Williams | 28 | DE | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Prairie View | 9/3/1946 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 283rd pick / 1969 |
| 65 | Keith Wortman | 24 | T-G-C | 12 | 12 | 260 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/20/1950 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1972 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 223.9 | 6-2.1 | 3.6 |