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1974 New England Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 3rd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (7-7-0)

Points For: 348 (24.9/g) 2nd of 26

Points Against: 289 (20.6/g) 20th of 26

Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5

SRS: 4.78 (8th of 26), SOS: .57

Other Notable Asst.: Hank Bullough (Defensive Line), Ron Erhardt (Offensive Backs), Red Miller (Offensive Line), Bill Nelsen (Quarterbacks), Ray Perkins (Wide Receivers), Charlie Sumner (Linebackers) and Larrye Weaver (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Schaefer Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Billy Sullivan

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Chuck Fairbanks

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Training Camp: University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	348	4474	900	5.0	38	15	255	177	359	2340	19	23	6.2	113	520	2134	21	4.1	123	87	843	19
Opp. Stats	289	4067	879	4.6	38	14	240	210	374	2480	17	24	6.0	129	467	1587	16	3.4	100	76	642	11
Lg Rank Offense	2	6			21	19	8		18	8	6	19	9		7	6	3	10
Lg Rank Defense	20	13			7	10	15		15	22	20	5	22		11	4	15	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Miami Dolphins	34	24	22	373	177	196	1	18	310	221	89	2
2	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	New York Giants	28	20	18	318	145	173		20	308	254	54	1
3	Sun	September 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Los Angeles Rams	20	14	13	249	151	98	2	20	305	196	109	5
4	Sun	October 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		Baltimore Colts	42	3	23	384	198	186	3	15	265	180	85	3
5	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0	@	New York Jets	24	0	18	321	115	206	2	11	173	34	139	4
6	Sun	October 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-1	@	Buffalo Bills	28	30	19	320	131	189	2	19	315	135	180
7	Sun	October 27	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	17	14	18	394	218	176	4	20	371	257	114	3
8	Sun	November 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2		Buffalo Bills	28	29	20	355	200	155	3	22	327	224	103	4
9	Sun	November 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3		Cleveland Browns	14	21	17	287	123	164	6	10	183	83	100	2
10	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4		New York Jets	16	21	18	283	120	163	4	15	222	99	123	2
11	Sun	November 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4	@	Baltimore Colts	27	17	19	302	172	130	1	15	322	205	117	3
12	Sun	December 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5	@	Oakland Raiders	26	41	20	371	266	105	4	21	380	251	129	3
13	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	21	12	184	105	79	3	16	253	69	184	2
14	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Miami Dolphins	27	34	18	333	219	114	3	18	333	272	61	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Jim Plunkett	27	QB	14	14	7-7-0	173	352	49.1	2457	19	5.4	22	6.3	69	7.0	5.2	14.2	175.5	64.1	21	174	5.63	6.12	4.5	1	1
2	Dick Shiner	32	QB	1	0		3	6	50.0	37	0	0.0	1	16.7	18	6.2	-1.3	12.3	37.0	29.9	0	0	0.00	6.17	-1.3	0	0
3	Neil Graff	24	QB	14	0		1	1	100.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	20.0	20.0	20.0	1.4	118.7	0	0	0.00	20.00	20.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-7-0	177	359	49.3	2340	19	5.3	23	6.4	69	7.0	5.2	14.2	167.1	63.3	21	174	5.53	6.16	4.43	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Mack Herron	26	RB	14	14	231	824	7	28	3.6	58.9	16.5	38	474	12.5	5	48	2.7	33.9	269	4.8	1298	12	12
2	Sam Cunningham	24	FB	10	10	166	811	9	75	4.9	81.1	16.6	22	214	9.7	2	37	2.2	21.4	188	5.5	1025	11	2
3	Randy Vataha	26	WR	12	10	3	21	0	24	7.0	1.8	0.3	25	561	22.4	3	59	2.1	46.8	28	20.8	582	3	1
4	Reggie Rucker	27	WR	10	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	27	436	16.1	4	69	2.7	43.6	27	16.1	436	4	1
5	Bob Adams	28	TE	13	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	244	14.4	0	29	1.3	18.8	17	14.4	244	0	0
6	Darryl Stingley	23	WR	5	2	5	63	1	23	12.6	12.6	1.0	10	139	13.9	1	20	2.0	27.8	15	13.5	202	2	0
7	Jim Plunkett	27	QB	14	14	30	161	2	37	5.4	11.5	2.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	30	5.4	161	2	4
8	Andy Johnson	22	RB	14	3	2	-4	0	-2	-2.0	-0.3	0.1	8	147	18.4	0	34	0.6	10.5	10	14.3	143	0	1
9	John Tarver	25	RB	14	4	41	101	2	18	2.5	7.2	2.9	9	37	4.1	0	12	0.6	2.6	50	2.8	138	2	2
10	Bob Windsor	32	TE	7	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	127	10.6	1	20	1.7	18.1	12	10.6	127	1	0
11	Josh Ashton	25	RB	12	0	26	99	0	22	3.8	8.3	2.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	26	3.8	99	0	0
12	Joe Wilson	24	RB	12	0	15	57	0	12	3.8	4.8	1.3	3	38	12.7	0	23	0.3	3.2	18	5.3	95	0	1
13	Eddie Hinton	27	WR	9	1	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	2	36	18.0	0	20	0.2	4.0	3	12.3	37	0	1
14	John Tanner	29	LB	13	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	23	11.5	1	21	0.2	1.8	2	11.5	23	1	1
15	Steve Schubert	23	WR	8	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	21	21.0	1	21	0.1	2.6	1	21.0	21	1	0
16	Al Marshall	23	WR	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	17	17.0	1	17	0.3	4.3	1	17.0	17	1	0
	Team Totals			14	14	520	2134	21	75	4.1	152.4	37.1	177	2514	14.2	19	69	12.6	179.6	697	6.7	4648	40	26

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Julius Adams	26	RDE/LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
2	Ron Bolton	24	RCB	14	14	7	18	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Ray Hamilton	23	NT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.0	0
4	John Hannah	23	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0
5	Mack Herron	26	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0.0	0
6	Sam Hunt	23	RILB	14	14	3	66	0	27	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
7	Steve King	23	ROLB	14	14	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
8	Prentice McCray	23	FS	14	14	3	61	0	33	0	1	2	0	0.0	0
9	Jim Plunkett	27	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Mel Lunsford	24	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
11	George Webster	29	LOLB	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0
12	Sam Cunningham	24	FB	10	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jack Mildren	25	SS	14	10	3	51	0	41	0	2	5	0	0.0	0
14	Reggie Rucker	27	WR	10	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	John Sanders	24	LCB	14	10	5	57	1	23	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Randy Vataha	26	WR	12	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Steve Nelson	23	LILB	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
18	Bob Geddes	28	LILB	9	5	2	32	1	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	John Tarver	25	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Andy Johnson	22	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Steve Schubert	23	WR	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0.0	0
22	John Tanner	29	LB	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Eddie Hinton	27	WR	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Tony McGee	25	DE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
25	Josh Ashton	25	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Rodrigo Barnes	24	LB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Kent Carter	24	LB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
28	Craig Hanneman	25	DT	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Ed Jenkins	24	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Arthur Moore	23	NT	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
31	Donnell Smith	25	DE	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
32	Joe Wilson	24	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	294	2	41	26	24	20	1	38.5	0

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