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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 355 points (25.4/g), 1st of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 228 points (16.3/g), 9th.
Differential of 127 points (9.1/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 10.4-3.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +13 (0.9/g), 2nd.
Coached by John Madden (12-2-0)
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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Mon | September 16 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 20 | 21 | 18 | 252 | 100 | 152 | 2 | 22 | 306 | 106 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | 1-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 7 | 14 | 295 | 176 | 119 | 3 | 11 | 172 | 48 | 124 | 5 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 0 | 17 | 247 | 70 | 177 | 16 | 203 | 86 | 117 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 40 | 24 | 31 | 445 | 223 | 222 | 4 | 14 | 244 | 120 | 124 | 6 |
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 10 | 21 | 364 | 162 | 202 | 1 | 18 | 296 | 112 | 184 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | 5-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 30 | 27 | 28 | 359 | 221 | 138 | 2 | 17 | 287 | 166 | 121 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 6-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 35 | 24 | 18 | 297 | 133 | 164 | 1 | 20 | 372 | 179 | 193 | 5 |
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | 7-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 28 | 17 | 16 | 387 | 207 | 180 | 2 | 11 | 336 | 223 | 113 | 3 |
| 9 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 8-1 | Detroit Lions | 35 | 13 | 31 | 512 | 228 | 284 | 14 | 248 | 185 | 63 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | 9-1 | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 10 | 21 | 372 | 240 | 132 | 2 | 17 | 308 | 144 | 164 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 24 | box | L | 9-2 | Denver Broncos | 17 | 20 | 20 | 348 | 220 | 128 | 3 | 22 | 410 | 118 | 292 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | 10-2 | New England Patriots | 41 | 26 | 21 | 380 | 251 | 129 | 3 | 20 | 371 | 266 | 105 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | box | W | 11-2 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 6 | 13 | 193 | 12 | 181 | 4 | 14 | 266 | 102 | 164 | 5 |
| 14 | Sat | December 14 | box | W | 12-2 | Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 23 | 15 | 267 | 141 | 126 | 1 | 21 | 400 | 256 | 144 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 21 | box | W | 13-2 | Miami Dolphins | 28 | 26 | 19 | 411 | 276 | 135 | 1 | 18 | 294 | 81 | 213 | 1 | |
| ConfChamp | Sun | December 29 | box | L | 13-3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 24 | 15 | 278 | 249 | 29 | 3 | 20 | 319 | 95 | 224 | 3 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 355 | 4718 | 920 | 5.1 | 284 | 186 | 335 | 2384 | 28 | 18 | 6.6 | 137 | 561 | 2334 | 15 | 4.2 | 127 | 28 | 10 | 20 |
| Team Defense | 228 | 4219 | 862 | 4.9 | 237 | 175 | 367 | 2111 | 12 | 27 | 5.2 | 106 | 459 | 2108 | 12 | 4.6 | 110 | 41 | 14 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 9 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Ken Stabler*+ | 29 | QB | 14 | 13 | 11-2-0 | 178 | 310 | 57.4 | 2469 | 26 | 8.4 | 12 | 3.9 | 67 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 176.4 | 94.9 | 18 | 141 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 5.5 |
| 13 | Larry Lawrence | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 17 | 2.6 | -1.5 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 3 | 22 | 0.5 | -2.7 | 21.4 | |
| 3 | Daryle Lamonica | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 35 | 1 | 11.1 | 4 | 44.4 | 13 | 3.9 | -13.9 | 11.7 | 8.8 | 43.5 | 3 | 14 | 1.8 | -11.6 | 25.0 | ||
| 16 | George Blanda | 47 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 28 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 28.0 | 2.0 | 95.8 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
| 8 | Ray Guy* | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 12-2-0 | 186 | 335 | 55.5 | 2561 | 28 | 8.4 | 18 | 5.4 | 67 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 13.8 | 182.9 | 85.7 | 24 | 177 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.7 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 175 | 367 | 47.7 | 2425 | 12 | 3.3 | 27 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 13.9 | 173.2 | 49.6 | 36 | 314 | 5.2 | 2.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 44 | Marv Hubbard | 28 | FB | 14 | 13 | 188 | 865 | 4 | 32 | 4.6 | 61.8 | 13.4 | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 0 | 15 | 0.8 | 6.8 | 960 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | Clarence Davis | 25 | RB | 11 | 7 | 129 | 554 | 2 | 41 | 4.3 | 50.4 | 11.7 | 11 | 145 | 13.2 | 1 | 45 | 1.0 | 13.2 | 699 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 30 | 14 | 1 | 80 | 272 | 5 | 20 | 3.4 | 19.4 | 5.7 | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 0 | 12 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 336 | 5 | 1 | |
| 23 | Charlie H. Smith | 28 | rb | 13 | 7 | 64 | 194 | 1 | 22 | 3.0 | 14.9 | 4.9 | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 1 | 30 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 294 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Harold Hart | 22 | 13 | 0 | 51 | 268 | 2 | 25 | 5.3 | 20.6 | 3.9 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 272 | 2 | 4 | |
| 30 | Mark van Eeghen | 22 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 139 | 0 | 17 | 5.0 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 12 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 172 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ken Stabler*+ | 29 | QB | 14 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 1 | 6 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 0.9 | -2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 13 | Larry Lawrence | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 19 | 9.8 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | Daryle Lamonica | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -1.5 | -0.8 | 0.5 | -3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 85 | Frank Pitts | 31 | 13 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | -10.0 | -0.8 | 0.1 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 11 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Warren Bankston | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 36 | Bob Hudson | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 21 | Cliff Branch*+ | 26 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60 | 1092 | 18.2 | 13 | 67 | 4.3 | 78.0 | 1092 | 13 | 1 | |
| 25 | Fred Biletnikoff* | 31 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42 | 593 | 14.1 | 7 | 46 | 3.0 | 42.4 | 593 | 7 | 0 | |
| 88 | Bob Moore | 25 | TE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30 | 356 | 11.9 | 2 | 32 | 2.1 | 25.4 | 356 | 2 | 1 | |
| 87 | Dave Casper | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 3 | 17 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 26 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Mike Siani | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 1 | 13 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 561 | 2334 | 15 | 41 | 4.2 | 166.7 | 40.1 | 186 | 2561 | 13.8 | 28 | 67 | 13.3 | 182.9 | 4895 | 43 | 22 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 459 | 2108 | 12 | 4.6 | 150.6 | 32.8 | 175 | 2111 | 12.1 | 12 | 12.5 | 150.8 | 4219 | 24 | 32 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 27 | Ron Smith | 31 | RET | 14 | 0 | 41 | 486 | 0 | 55 | 11.9 | 19 | 420 | 0 | 41 | 22.1 | 906 |
| 34 | Harold Hart | 22 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 466 | 0 | 67 | 25.9 | 738 | ||||||
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 30 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 137 | 0 | 30 | 17.1 | 473 | ||||||
| 43 | George Atkinson | 27 | SS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 7.8 | 31 | |||||
| 28 | Clarence Davis | 25 | RB | 11 | 7 | 3 | 107 | 0 | 49 | 35.7 | 806 | |||||
| 46 | Warren Bankston | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 16 | ||||||
| 81 | Morris Bradshaw | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 45 | 517 | 0 | 55 | 11.5 | 50 | 1140 | 0 | 67 | 22.8 | 6552 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 40 | 0 | 69 | 1455 | 0 | 21.1 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 8 | Ray Guy* | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 74 | 3124 | 66 | 0 | 42.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | George Blanda | 47 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 64.7% | 46 | 44 | 95.7% | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 64.7% | 46 | 44 | 95.7% | 74 | 3124 | 66 | 0 | 42.2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 22 | 13 | 59.1% | 27 | 25 | 92.6% | 73 | 2913 | 39.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 43 | George Atkinson | 27 | SS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Cliff Branch*+ | 26 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Willie Brown | 34 | RCB | 9 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| 55 | Dan Conners | 33 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 50 | Dave Dalby | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Ray Guy* | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Harold Hart | 22 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 44 | Marv Hubbard | 28 | FB | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Gerald Irons | 27 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 58 | Monte Johnson | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 82 | Horace Jones | 25 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Daryle Lamonica | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 88 | Bob Moore | 25 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 60 | Otis Sistrunk* | 28 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 77 | Bubba Smith | 29 | LDE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Ron Smith | 31 | RET | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Ken Stabler*+ | 29 | QB | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | -11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Jack Tatum* | 26 | FS | 10 | 10 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 | Skip Thomas | 24 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Art Thoms | 28 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Phil Villapiano* | 25 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Jimmy Warren | 35 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||||
| 48 | Nemiah Wilson | 31 | rcb | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 27 | 378 | 1 | 40 | 22 | 23 | 136 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Cliff Branch*+ | 26 | WR | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 78 | ||||||||||
| 16 | George Blanda | 47 | K | 14 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 77 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Fred Biletnikoff* | 31 | WR | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 30 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 44 | Marv Hubbard | 28 | FB | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Dave Casper | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 28 | Clarence Davis | 25 | RB | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 34 | Harold Hart | 22 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Bob Moore | 25 | TE | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Charlie H. Smith | 28 | rb | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 49 | Mike Siani | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Ken Stabler*+ | 29 | QB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Skip Thomas | 24 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Art Thoms | 28 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 60 | Otis Sistrunk* | 28 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 355 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 228 |