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1974 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
AFC East
Miami Dolphins 11 3 0 .786 327 216
Buffalo Bills 9 5 0 .643 264 244
New England Patriots 7 7 0 .500 348 289
New York Jets 7 7 0 .500 279 300
Baltimore Colts 2 12 0 .143 190 329
AFC Central
Pittsburgh Steelers 10 3 1 .750 305 189
Houston Oilers 7 7 0 .500 236 282
Cincinnati Bengals 7 7 0 .500 283 259
Cleveland Browns 4 10 0 .286 251 344
AFC West
Oakland Raiders 12 2 0 .857 355 228
Denver Broncos 7 6 1 .536 302 294
Kansas City Chiefs 5 9 0 .357 233 293
San Diego Chargers 5 9 0 .357 212 285
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
NFC East
St. Louis Cardinals 10 4 0 .714 285 218
Washington Redskins 10 4 0 .714 320 196
Dallas Cowboys 8 6 0 .571 297 235
Philadelphia Eagles 7 7 0 .500 242 217
New York Giants 2 12 0 .143 195 299
NFC Central
Minnesota Vikings 10 4 0 .714 310 195
Detroit Lions 7 7 0 .500 256 270
Green Bay Packers 6 8 0 .429 210 206
Chicago Bears 4 10 0 .286 152 279
NFC West
Los Angeles Rams 10 4 0 .714 263 181
San Francisco 49ers 6 8 0 .429 226 236
New Orleans Saints 5 9 0 .357 166 263
Atlanta Falcons 3 11 0 .214 111 271

Playoff Games

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Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
Division Sat December 21 box W Minnesota Vikings St. Louis Cardinals 30 14
Division Sat December 21 box W Oakland Raiders Miami Dolphins 28 26
Division Sun December 22 box W Pittsburgh Steelers Buffalo Bills 32 14
Division Sun December 22 box W Los Angeles Rams Washington Redskins 19 10
ConfChamp Sun December 29 box W Minnesota Vikings Los Angeles Rams 14 10
ConfChamp Sun December 29 box W Pittsburgh Steelers @ Oakland Raiders 24 13
SuperBowl Sun January 12 box W Pittsburgh Steelers N Minnesota Vikings 16 6

Award Winners

AP MVPKen Stabler
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPKen Stabler
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)Merlin Olsen
AP Offensive Player of the YearKen Stabler
AP Defensive Player of the YearJoe Greene
Super Bowl MVPFranco Harris
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearDon Woods
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearJack Lambert
Walter Payton Man of the YearGeorge Blanda
AP Comeback Player of the YearJoe Namath

Team Offense

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Passing Rushing
Rk Tm G Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
1 Oakland Raiders 14 355 4718 920 5.1 284 186 335 2384 28 18 6.6 137 561 2334 15 4.2 127 28 10 20
2 New England Patriots 14 348 4474 900 5.0 255 177 359 2340 19 23 6.2 113 520 2134 21 4.1 123 38 15 19
3 Miami Dolphins 14 327 4275 884 4.8 272 171 283 2084 18 18 6.6 118 570 2191 25 3.8 134 31 13 20
4 Washington Redskins 14 320 4245 908 4.7 249 254 413 2802 22 11 6.4 156 470 1443 11 3.1 77 20 9 16
5 Minnesota Vikings 14 310 4611 907 5.1 264 234 400 2755 22 13 6.6 136 488 1856 17 3.8 114 22 9 14
6 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 305 4375 950 4.6 251 166 386 1958 12 21 4.8 98 546 2417 19 4.4 136 40 19 17
7 Denver Broncos 14 302 4485 861 5.2 258 184 329 2328 18 17 6.2 118 486 2157 20 4.4 120 30 13 20
8 Dallas Cowboys 14 297 4983 974 5.1 295 206 385 2529 14 15 5.9 129 542 2454 22 4.5 147 31 16 19
9 St. Louis Cardinals 14 285 4314 873 4.9 247 201 391 2358 20 8 5.8 117 466 1956 12 4.2 120 17 9 10
10 Cincinnati Bengals 14 283 4489 835 5.4 260 224 353 2511 18 13 6.4 131 445 1978 14 4.4 115 31 18 14
11 New York Jets 14 279 4061 832 4.9 234 194 369 2436 20 24 6.3 119 444 1625 12 3.7 96 32 8 19
12 Buffalo Bills 14 264 3586 829 4.3 220 128 251 1492 14 15 5.3 85 545 2094 11 3.8 118 29 14 17
13 Los Angeles Rams 14 263 4332 925 4.7 265 169 338 2207 16 13 6.1 112 566 2125 16 3.8 132 27 14 21
14 Detroit Lions 14 256 3653 809 4.5 211 216 377 2220 11 11 5.4 114 397 1433 13 3.6 88 25 14 9
15 Cleveland Browns 14 251 3651 876 4.2 223 179 367 1727 12 24 4.2 92 461 1924 14 4.2 104 39 15 27
16 Philadelphia Eagles 14 242 3597 918 3.9 244 258 461 2212 14 17 4.4 141 415 1385 13 3.3 79 29 12 24
17 Houston Oilers 14 236 3338 817 4.1 200 203 363 1977 12 19 5.0 103 421 1361 16 3.2 76 33 14 21
18 Kansas City Chiefs 14 233 3828 901 4.2 224 211 395 2108 11 25 4.9 113 469 1720 10 3.7 92 38 13 19
19 San Francisco 49ers 14 226 3988 873 4.6 227 170 361 2007 15 28 5.1 104 477 1981 10 4.2 101 42 14 22
20 San Diego Chargers 14 212 4415 880 5.0 245 165 349 2304 12 22 6.2 117 508 2111 15 4.2 113 33 11 15
21 Green Bay Packers 14 210 3607 884 4.1 214 187 385 2036 5 21 5.1 108 482 1571 10 3.3 87 37 16 19
22 New York Giants 14 195 3689 854 4.3 215 207 393 2193 12 26 5.3 107 441 1496 11 3.4 90 36 10 18
23 Baltimore Colts 14 190 3843 924 4.2 244 221 425 2025 9 24 4.3 109 450 1818 13 4.0 110 37 13 25
24 New Orleans Saints 14 166 3744 929 4.0 233 185 389 1761 10 21 4.1 91 503 1983 9 3.9 117 33 12 25
25 Chicago Bears 14 152 3200 866 3.7 203 185 396 1720 8 22 4.0 96 434 1480 10 3.4 92 37 15 15
26 Atlanta Falcons 14 111 2800 806 3.5 174 160 356 1307 4 31 3.2 86 400 1493 6 3.7 77 55 24 11
Avg Team 254.5 4011.6 882.1 4.5 238.9 193.9 369.6 2145.4 14.5 19.2 5.3 113.5 481.0 1866.2 14.0 3.9 107.1 32.7 13.5 18.3
League Total 6618 104301 22935 4.5 6211 5041 9609 55781 376 500 5.3 2950 12507 48520 365 3.9 2785 850 350 476
Avg Tm/G 18.2 286.5 63.0 4.5 17.1 13.8 26.4 153.2 1.0 1.4 5.3 8.1 34.4 133.3 1.0 3.9 7.7 2.3 1.0 1.3

Passing Offense

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Rk Tm G Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1 Washington Redskins 14 254 413 61.5 2802 22 5.3 11 2.7 69 6.8 6.1 11.0 200.1 88.3 25 176 6.0 5.4 5.7
2 Minnesota Vikings 14 234 400 58.5 2755 22 5.5 13 3.3 80 6.9 6.0 11.8 196.8 84.3 19 154 6.2 5.3 4.5
3 Dallas Cowboys 14 206 385 53.5 2529 14 3.6 15 3.9 58 6.6 5.2 12.3 180.6 69.9 47 327 5.1 3.9 10.9
4 Cincinnati Bengals 14 224 353 63.5 2511 18 5.1 13 3.7 77 7.1 6.0 11.2 179.4 86.3 37 293 5.7 4.6 9.5
5 New York Jets 14 194 369 52.6 2436 20 5.4 24 6.5 89 6.6 4.2 12.6 174.0 64.4 19 195 5.8 3.5 4.9
6 Oakland Raiders 14 186 335 55.5 2384 28 8.4 18 5.4 67 7.1 5.5 12.8 170.3 83.5 24 177 6.1 4.7 6.7
7 St. Louis Cardinals 14 201 391 51.4 2358 20 5.1 8 2.0 81 6.0 5.6 11.7 168.4 78.6 16 134 5.5 5.1 3.9
8 New England Patriots 14 177 359 49.3 2340 19 5.3 23 6.4 69 6.5 4.2 13.2 167.1 61.3 21 174 5.7 3.5 5.5
9 Denver Broncos 14 184 329 55.9 2328 18 5.5 17 5.2 73 7.1 5.3 12.7 166.3 74.9 46 332 5.3 3.8 12.3
10 San Diego Chargers 14 165 349 47.3 2304 12 3.4 22 6.3 75 6.6 4.1 14.0 164.6 54.2 23 175 5.7 3.4 6.2
11 Detroit Lions 14 216 377 57.3 2220 11 2.9 11 2.9 56 5.9 4.9 10.3 158.6 71.9 35 255 4.8 3.8 8.5
12 Philadelphia Eagles 14 258 461 56.0 2212 14 3.0 17 3.7 64 4.8 3.4 8.6 158.0 63.5 42 319 3.8 2.5 8.3
13 Los Angeles Rams 14 169 338 50.0 2207 16 4.7 13 3.8 50 6.5 5.3 13.1 157.6 70.7 21 161 5.7 4.5 5.8
14 New York Giants 14 207 393 52.7 2193 12 3.1 26 6.6 72 5.6 2.9 10.6 156.6 51.8 20 156 4.9 2.4 4.8
15 Kansas City Chiefs 14 211 395 53.4 2108 11 2.8 25 6.3 84 5.3 2.8 10.0 150.6 51.7 37 313 4.2 1.8 8.6
16 Miami Dolphins 14 171 283 60.4 2084 18 6.4 18 6.4 54 7.4 5.1 12.2 148.9 77.8 31 229 5.9 3.9 9.9
17 Green Bay Packers 14 187 385 48.6 2036 5 1.3 21 5.5 68 5.3 3.0 10.9 145.4 46.2 17 126 4.8 2.5 4.2
18 Baltimore Colts 14 221 425 52.0 2025 9 2.1 24 5.6 57 4.8 2.4 9.2 144.6 48.8 49 399 3.4 1.3 10.3
19 San Francisco 49ers 14 170 361 47.1 2007 15 4.2 28 7.8 68 5.6 2.5 11.8 143.4 46.0 35 274 4.4 1.6 8.8
20 Houston Oilers 14 203 363 55.9 1977 12 3.3 19 5.2 65 5.4 3.4 9.7 141.2 60.6 33 298 4.2 2.4 8.3
21 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 166 386 43.0 1958 12 3.1 21 5.4 61 5.1 2.9 11.8 139.9 46.8 18 196 4.4 2.3 4.5
22 New Orleans Saints 14 185 389 47.6 1761 10 2.6 21 5.4 79 4.5 2.4 9.5 125.8 46.7 37 276 3.5 1.5 8.7
23 Cleveland Browns 14 179 367 48.8 1727 12 3.3 24 6.5 60 4.7 2.1 9.6 123.4 46.0 48 402 3.2 0.9 11.6
24 Chicago Bears 14 185 396 46.7 1720 8 2.0 22 5.6 73 4.3 2.0 9.3 122.9 42.7 36 359 3.2 1.0 8.3
25 Buffalo Bills 14 128 251 51.0 1492 14 5.6 15 6.0 55 5.9 3.8 11.7 106.6 63.0 33 236 4.4 2.5 11.6
26 Atlanta Falcons 14 160 356 44.9 1307 4 1.1 31 8.7 52 3.7 -0.1 8.2 93.4 22.3 50 474 2.1 -1.3 12.3
Avg Team 193.9 369.6 52.5 2145.4 14.5 3.9 19.2 5.2 68 5.8 3.9 11.1 153.2 61.4 31.5 254.2 4.7 2.9 7.9
League Total 5041 9609 52.5 55781 376 3.9 500 5.2 89 5.8 3.9 11.1 3984.4 61.4 819 6610 4.7 2.9 7.9
Avg Tm/G 13.8 26.4 52.5 153.2 1.0 3.9 1.4 5.2 5.8 3.9 11.1 153.2 61.4 2.3 18.2 4.7 2.9 7.9

Rushing Offense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Dallas Cowboys 14 542 2454 22 53 4.5 175.3 31
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 546 2417 19 54 4.4 172.6 33
3 Oakland Raiders 14 561 2334 15 41 4.2 166.7 22
4 Miami Dolphins 14 570 2191 25 41 3.8 156.5 25
5 Denver Broncos 14 486 2157 20 43 4.4 154.1 23
6 New England Patriots 14 520 2134 21 75 4.1 152.4 26
7 Los Angeles Rams 14 566 2125 16 23 3.8 151.8 29
8 San Diego Chargers 14 508 2111 15 56 4.2 150.8 24
9 Buffalo Bills 14 545 2094 11 41 3.8 149.6 32
10 New Orleans Saints 14 503 1983 9 66 3.9 141.6 26
11 San Francisco 49ers 14 477 1981 10 71 4.2 141.5 31
12 Cincinnati Bengals 14 445 1978 14 29 4.4 141.3 27
13 St. Louis Cardinals 14 466 1956 12 75 4.2 139.7 27
14 Cleveland Browns 14 461 1924 14 54 4.2 137.4 34
15 Minnesota Vikings 14 488 1856 17 32 3.8 132.6 24
16 Baltimore Colts 14 450 1818 13 39 4.0 129.9 28
17 Kansas City Chiefs 14 469 1720 10 47 3.7 122.9 29
18 New York Jets 14 444 1625 12 34 3.7 116.1 26
19 Green Bay Packers 14 482 1571 10 47 3.3 112.2 25
20 New York Giants 14 441 1496 11 53 3.4 106.9 28
21 Atlanta Falcons 14 400 1493 6 34 3.7 106.6 32
22 Chicago Bears 14 434 1480 10 31 3.4 105.7 35
23 Washington Redskins 14 470 1443 11 66 3.1 103.1 16
24 Detroit Lions 14 397 1433 13 27 3.6 102.4 23
25 Philadelphia Eagles 14 415 1385 13 28 3.3 98.9 32
26 Houston Oilers 14 421 1361 16 47 3.2 97.2 26
Avg Team 481.0 1866.2 14.0 46 3.9 133.3 27.5
League Total 12507 48520 365 75 3.9 3465.7 714
Avg Tm/G 34.4 133.3 1.0 3.9 133.3 2.0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 New York Jets 14 53 425 0 38 8.0 61 1307 0 46 21.4 5793
2 Cleveland Browns 14 52 523 0 72 10.1 60 1375 1 88 22.9 5549
3 Atlanta Falcons 14 51 635 1 72 12.5 60 1296 0 59 21.6 4731
4 Dallas Cowboys 14 62 573 1 98 9.2 49 1071 0 43 21.9 6627
5 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 67 774 1 69 11.6 42 901 0 60 21.5 6050
6 Baltimore Colts 14 42 253 0 18 6.0 66 1489 0 55 22.6 5585
7 Buffalo Bills 14 56 460 0 52 8.2 50 1128 0 74 22.6 5174
8 Cincinnati Bengals 14 52 632 2 90 12.2 54 1157 0 48 21.4 6278
9 Houston Oilers 14 41 495 0 49 12.1 62 1419 0 67 22.9 5252
10 St. Louis Cardinals 14 52 512 0 43 9.8 50 1203 1 94 24.1 6029
11 Chicago Bears 14 44 248 0 15 5.6 57 1256 0 69 22.0 4704
12 New York Giants 14 41 408 0 40 10.0 59 1458 0 53 24.7 5555
13 Kansas City Chiefs 14 44 296 0 54 6.7 56 1211 0 57 21.6 5335
14 New England Patriots 14 40 533 0 66 13.3 58 1198 0 62 20.7 6205
15 Denver Broncos 14 43 474 0 60 11.0 54 1188 0 41 22.0 6147
16 New Orleans Saints 14 43 415 0 40 9.7 53 1040 0 41 19.6 5199
17 Detroit Lions 14 34 429 0 58 12.6 62 1293 0 59 20.9 5375
18 Oakland Raiders 14 45 517 0 55 11.5 50 1140 0 67 22.8 6375
19 San Francisco 49ers 14 44 398 1 88 9.0 51 1144 0 57 22.4 5530
20 Miami Dolphins 14 46 520 0 42 11.3 49 1118 0 73 22.8 5913
21 Los Angeles Rams 14 53 507 0 23 9.6 40 938 1 84 23.5 5777
22 Minnesota Vikings 14 43 320 0 20 7.4 50 1090 0 52 21.8 6021
23 San Diego Chargers 14 37 287 0 28 7.8 55 1142 0 39 20.8 5844
24 Green Bay Packers 14 42 416 2 95 9.9 49 1022 0 52 20.9 5045
25 Washington Redskins 14 46 453 1 58 9.8 45 1166 1 102 25.9 5864
26 Philadelphia Eagles 14 37 339 0 22 9.2 48 1062 0 52 22.1 4998
Avg Team 46.5 455.5 0.3 53 9.8 53.5 1185.1 0.2 61 22.2 5652.1
League Total 1210 11842 9 98 9.8 1390 30812 4 102 22.2 146955
Avg Tm/G 3.3 32.5 0.0 9.8 3.8 84.6 0.0 22.2 403.7

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Washington Redskins 14 1 1 6 3 13 9 10 6 1 31 19 61.3% 38 35 92.1% 74 2819 57 1 38.1
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 14 9 8 12 8 7 4 1 29 20 69.0% 35 33 94.3% 78 3042 65 0 39.0
3 St. Louis Cardinals 14 3 2 9 5 10 6 22 13 59.1% 36 30 83.3% 81 3135 57 0 38.7
4 Oakland Raiders 14 1 1 3 3 8 5 3 2 2 17 11 64.7% 46 44 95.7% 74 3123 66 0 42.2
5 New England Patriots 14 7 6 10 8 5 2 22 16 72.7% 43 42 97.7% 71 2570 57 0 36.2
6 Cleveland Browns 14 1 1 7 7 3 3 4 3 1 16 14 87.5% 30 29 96.7% 90 3645 64 0 40.5
7 Denver Broncos 14 1 4 3 7 6 8 2 1 21 11 52.4% 39 35 89.7% 75 3022 61 1 40.3
8 Minnesota Vikings 14 7 7 7 3 6 2 20 12 60.0% 40 32 80.0% 73 2635 50 1 36.1
9 Kansas City Chiefs 14 1 1 7 7 8 5 4 3 4 1 24 17 70.8% 26 24 92.3% 83 3461 64 2 41.7
10 Detroit Lions 14 8 6 15 13 8 4 1 32 23 71.9% 27 23 85.2% 73 2789 61 2 38.2
11 Buffalo Bills 14 10 8 9 6 12 5 2 33 19 57.6% 30 25 83.3% 69 2801 66 0 40.6
12 Dallas Cowboys 14 1 1 6 6 8 3 5 1 21 10 47.6% 38 37 97.4% 73 2810 59 0 38.5
13 Philadelphia Eagles 14 1 1 2 1 6 4 6 4 1 16 10 62.5% 31 26 83.9% 84 3024 59 2 36.0
14 Houston Oilers 14 7 4 4 2 7 3 1 19 9 47.4% 30 29 96.7% 79 3097 69 0 39.2
15 New York Jets 14 1 6 4 7 5 4 3 18 12 66.7% 35 27 77.1% 75 2692 59 0 35.9
16 New Orleans Saints 14 6 4 4 2 4 1 2 2 16 9 56.3% 20 19 95.0% 91 3804 71 0 41.8
17 Green Bay Packers 14 3 3 7 7 12 8 12 6 5 1 39 25 64.1% 19 19 100.0% 69 2650 58 0 38.4
18 Los Angeles Rams 14 1 1 6 5 5 2 4 1 16 9 56.3% 35 26 74.3% 75 2730 51 1 36.4
19 Atlanta Falcons 14 4 2 5 5 6 2 1 16 9 56.3% 12