1974 New England Patriots Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (7-7)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1974 New England Patriots RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Chuck Fairbanks (7-7)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
1974 New England Patriots Results
The New England Patriots of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Patriots kept the scoreboard humming with 348 points, and the defensive unit gave up 289. Mack Herron rushed for a team-best 824 yards for New England, while Sam Cunningham also contributed to the rushing attack.
Jim Plunkett threw for 2,457 yards. Mack Herron caught 38 passes, while Randy Vataha accumulated 561 receiving yards. Reggie Rucker contributed to the receiving game, too.
Ron Bolton picked off 7 errant tosses from the opposition.
Chuck Fairbanks coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Jim Plunkett | 352 | 173 | 49.1 | 2457 | 7.0 | 19 | 5.4 | 22 | 6.2 | 69 | 21 | 174 | 64.1 | Dick Shiner | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 29.9 | Neil Graff | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 359 | 177 | 49.3 | 2514 | 7.0 | 19 | 5.3 | 23 | 6.4 | 69 | 21 | 174 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mack Herron | 231 | 824 | 3.6 | 28 | 7 | Sam Cunningham | 166 | 811 | 4.9 | 75 | 9 | Jim Plunkett | 30 | 161 | 5.4 | 37 | 2 | John Tarver | 41 | 101 | 2.5 | 18 | 2 | Josh Ashton | 26 | 99 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 | Darryl Stingley | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 23 | 1 | Joe Wilson | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | Randy Vataha | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 | Eddie Hinton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Andy Johnson | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
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| Totals | 520 | 2134 | 4.1 | 75 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mack Herron | 38 | 474 | 12.5 | 48 | 5 | Reggie Rucker | 27 | 436 | 16.1 | 69 | 4 | Randy Vataha | 25 | 561 | 22.4 | 59 | 3 | Sam Cunningham | 22 | 214 | 9.7 | 37 | 2 | Bob Adams | 17 | 244 | 14.4 | 29 | 0 | Bob Windsor | 12 | 127 | 10.6 | 20 | 1 | Darryl Stingley | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 20 | 1 | John Tarver | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 12 | 0 | Andy Johnson | 8 | 147 | 18.4 | 34 | 0 | Joe Wilson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 | Eddie Hinton | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | John Tanner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 21 | 1 | Steve Schubert | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 1 | Al Marshall | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 1 |
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| Totals | 177 | 2514 | 14.2 | 69 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bruce Barnes | 45 | 1604 | 35.6 | 50 | Dave Chapple | 26 | 967 | 37.2 | 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 71 | 2571 | 36.2 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mack Herron | 35 | 517 | 14.8 | 66 | 0 | Steve Schubert | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 | Sandy Durko | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Eddie Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 40 | 533 | 13.3 | 66 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mack Herron | 28 | 629 | 22.5 | 62 | 0 | Andy Johnson | 15 | 303 | 20.2 | 41 | 0 | Steve Schubert | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 32 | 0 | Eddie Hinton | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 53 | 0 | Joe Wilson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | Sam Hunt | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | John Tanner | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 | Sandy Durko | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Donnell Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 1198 | 20.7 | 62 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Bolton | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 | John Sanders | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 23 | 1 | Sam Hunt | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | Prentice McCray | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 33 | 0 | Jack Mildren | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 41 | 0 | Bob Geddes | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 29 | 1 | Steve King | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
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| Totals | 24 | 294 | 12.2 | 41 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Mack Herron | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Mildren | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Ray Hamilton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Jenkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rodrigo Barnes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andy Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prentice McCray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Donnell Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Webster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Hannah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Jim Plunkett | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Randy Vataha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Josh Ashton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Sanders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Schubert | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Steve Nelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Hanneman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Hinton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mel Lunsford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Reggie Rucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Tarver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Tanner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Cunningham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | John Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 42 | 0 | 90 | Mack Herron | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Sam Cunningham | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Reggie Rucker | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Randy Vataha | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | John Tarver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Plunkett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Darryl Stingley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Hannah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Tanner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Geddes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Steve Schubert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Marshall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Sanders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Windsor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 348 |
