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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 263 points (18.8/g), 13th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 181 points (12.9/g), 1st.
Differential of 82 points (5.9/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 9.9-4.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Coached by Chuck Knox (10-4-0)
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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Denver Broncos | 17 | 10 | 14 | 272 | 127 | 145 | 2 | 11 | 156 | 104 | 52 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | 2-0 | New Orleans Saints | 24 | 0 | 20 | 307 | 150 | 157 | 1 | 14 | 239 | 130 | 109 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | box | L | 2-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 14 | 20 | 20 | 305 | 196 | 109 | 5 | 13 | 249 | 151 | 98 | 2 |
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 3-1 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 13 | 26 | 334 | 127 | 207 | 1 | 17 | 291 | 226 | 65 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | box | L | 3-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 6 | 17 | 16 | 251 | 94 | 157 | 5 | 10 | 142 | -1 | 143 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | 4-2 | San Francisco 49ers | 37 | 14 | 19 | 398 | 276 | 122 | 1 | 12 | 179 | 112 | 67 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 5-2 | @ | New York Jets | 20 | 13 | 17 | 305 | 41 | 264 | 1 | 18 | 291 | 155 | 136 | 2 |
| 8 | Mon | November 4 | box | W | 6-2 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 13 | 18 | 303 | 145 | 158 | 2 | 11 | 266 | 201 | 65 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 7-2 | Atlanta Falcons | 21 | 0 | 19 | 312 | 123 | 189 | 1 | 11 | 164 | 45 | 119 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | box | L | 7-3 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 7 | 20 | 18 | 261 | 200 | 61 | 4 | 13 | 321 | 175 | 146 | 1 |
| 11 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 8-3 | Minnesota Vikings | 20 | 17 | 25 | 380 | 268 | 112 | 1 | 18 | 301 | 214 | 87 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | 9-3 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 30 | 7 | 14 | 309 | 159 | 150 | 11 | 237 | 218 | 19 | 5 | |
| 13 | Mon | December 9 | box | L | 9-4 | Washington Redskins | 17 | 23 | 18 | 274 | 157 | 117 | 2 | 19 | 350 | 263 | 87 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 10-4 | Buffalo Bills | 19 | 14 | 21 | 321 | 144 | 177 | 1 | 8 | 218 | 109 | 109 | 3 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 22 | box | W | 11-4 | Washington Redskins | 19 | 10 | |||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | December 29 | box | L | 11-5 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 263 | 4332 | 925 | 4.7 | 265 | 169 | 338 | 2207 | 16 | 13 | 6.1 | 112 | 566 | 2125 | 16 | 3.8 | 132 | 27 | 14 | 21 |
| Team Defense | 181 | 3404 | 806 | 4.2 | 306 | 194 | 381 | 2102 | 16 | 22 | 4.9 | 109 | 381 | 1302 | 4 | 3.4 | 186 | 25 | 3 | 11 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 13 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 14 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 26 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harris* | 27 | QB | 11 | 9 | 106 | 198 | 53.5 | 1544 | 11 | 5.6 | 6 | 3.0 | 50 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 14.6 | 140.4 | 85.1 | 12 | 101 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| John Hadl | 34 | qb | 6 | 5 | 53 | 115 | 46.1 | 680 | 5 | 4.3 | 6 | 5.2 | 38 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 12.8 | 113.3 | 57.9 | 6 | 36 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 5.0 |
| Ron Jaworski | 23 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.2 | 22 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 14.4 | 28.8 | 44.4 | 3 | 24 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 11.1 | |
| Mike Burke | 24 | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 169 | 338 | 50.0 | 2368 | 16 | 4.7 | 13 | 3.8 | 50 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 14.0 | 169.1 | 72.7 | 21 | 161 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.8 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 194 | 381 | 50.9 | 2102 | 16 | 4.2 | 22 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 10.8 | 150.1 | 57.4 | 44 | 363 | 4.9 | 2.1 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon* | 24 | RB | 14 | 14 | 236 | 1109 | 3 | 23 | 4.7 | 79.2 | 16.9 | 39 | 408 | 10.5 | 2 | 50 | 2.8 | 29.1 | 1517 | 5 | 7 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 24 | FB | 13 | 13 | 127 | 419 | 2 | 20 | 3.3 | 32.2 | 9.8 | 20 | 175 | 8.8 | 0 | 19 | 1.5 | 13.5 | 594 | 2 | 4 |
| John Cappelletti | 22 | 14 | 1 | 55 | 198 | 0 | 20 | 3.6 | 14.1 | 3.9 | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | 9 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 233 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tony Baker | 29 | 14 | 0 | 53 | 135 | 5 | 13 | 2.5 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | 42 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 200 | 5 | 0 | |
| James Harris* | 27 | QB | 11 | 9 | 42 | 112 | 5 | 15 | 2.7 | 10.2 | 3.8 | 112 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| John Hadl | 34 | qb | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 28 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Les Josephson | 32 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Scribner | 23 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | 14 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 52 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ron Jaworski | 23 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 34 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Harold Jackson | 28 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 30 | 514 | 17.1 | 5 | 44 | 2.1 | 36.7 | 518 | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Snow | 31 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 24 | 397 | 16.5 | 3 | 44 | 1.7 | 28.4 | 410 | 3 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | -9.0 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 18 | 396 | 22.0 | 1 | 38 | 1.3 | 28.3 | 387 | 1 | 0 | |
| Terry Nelson | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Preece | 27 | FS | 14 | 10 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Bob Klein | 27 | TE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 336 | 14.0 | 4 | 32 | 1.7 | 24.0 | 336 | 4 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 566 | 2125 | 16 | 23 | 3.8 | 151.8 | 40.4 | 169 | 2368 | 14.0 | 16 | 50 | 12.1 | 169.1 | 4493 | 32 | 29 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 381 | 1302 | 4 | 3.4 | 93.0 | 27.2 | 194 | 2102 | 10.8 | 16 | 13.9 | 150.1 | 3404 | 20 | 15 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Cullen Bryant | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 17 | 171 | 0 | 23 | 10.1 | 23 | 617 | 1 | 84 | 26.8 | 826 |
| Dave Elmendorf | 25 | SS | 14 | 14 | 17 | 134 | 0 | 18 | 7.9 | 134 | |||||
| Willie McGee | 24 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 288 | 0 | 30 | 24.0 | 288 | ||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 24 | FB | 13 | 13 | 11 | 132 | 0 | 19 | 12.0 | 726 | |||||
| Rob Scribner | 23 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 23 | 8.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 122 | |
| John Cappelletti | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 8.5 | 250 | ||||||
| Pat Curran | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||||||
| Jim Youngblood | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 53 | 507 | 0 | 23 | 9.6 | 40 | 938 | 1 | 84 | 23.5 | 5938 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 40 | 1 | 58 | 1232 | 0 | 21.2 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Mike Burke | 24 | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 46 | 1701 | 51 | 0 | 37.0 | |||||||||||||
| David Ray | 30 | K | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 56.3% | 31 | 25 | 80.6% | |||||||
| Dave Chapple | 27 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1028 | 51 | 1 | 35.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 56.3% | 34 | 26 | 76.5% | 75 | 2729 | 51 | 1 | 36.4 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 14 | 10 | 71.4% | 22 | 19 | 86.4% | 95 | 3914 | 41.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 24 | FB | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Cappelletti | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Elmendorf | 25 | SS | 14 | 14 | 7 | 186 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Geddes | 28 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| John Hadl | 34 | qb | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Harris* | 27 | QB | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | -7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Jaworski | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Klein | 27 | TE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Mack* | 31 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon* | 24 | RB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Preece | 27 | FS | 14 | 10 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | -12 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Reynolds | 27 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Isiah Robertson* | 25 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Rob Scribner | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Simpson | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Jack Snow | 31 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Stukes | 31 | RCB | 14 | 13 | 7 | 90 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 22 | 340 | 2 | 57 | 29 | 18 | -4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 21 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ray | 30 | K | 13 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 52 | |||||||||
| Tony Baker | 29 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| James Harris* | 27 | QB | 11 | 9 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | 28 | WR | 14 | 14 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon* | 24 | RB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 30 | |||||||||
| Bob Klein | 27 | TE | 14 | 14 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Jack Snow | 31 | WR | 14 | 14 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 24 | FB | 13 | 13 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Dave Elmendorf | 25 | SS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ron Jaworski | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Rob Scribner | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mike Burke | 24 | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 263 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 181 |