1974 New England Patriots

1974 New England Patriots Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Jim Plunkett	352	173	49.1	2457	6.98	69t	19	5.4	22	6.3	21	174	64.1
Dick Shiner	6	3	50.0	37	6.17	18	0	0.0	1	16.7	0	0	29.9
Neil Graff	1	1	100.0	20	20.00	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	118.8
TOTALS	359	177	49.3	2514	7.00	69t	19	5.3	23	6.4	0	0	63.3

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Mack Herron 38 474 12.5 5 48 Reggie Rucker 27 436 16.1 4 69t Randy Vataha 25 561 22.4 3 59t Sam Cunningham 22 214 9.7 2 37 Bob Adams 17 244 14.4 0 29 Bob Windsor 12 127 10.6 1 20 Darryl Stingley 10 139 13.9 1 20t John Tarver 9 37 4.1 0 12 Andy Johnson 8 147 18.4 0 34 Joe Wilson 3 38 12.7 0 23 Eddie Hinton 2 36 18.0 0 20 John Tanner 2 23 11.5 1 21 Steve Schubert 1 21 21.0 1 21t Al Marshall 1 17 17.0 1 17t TOTALS 177 2514 14.2 19 69t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Mack Herron 231 824 3.6 7 28 Sam Cunningham 166 811 4.9 9 75t Jim Plunkett 30 161 5.4 2 37 John Tarver 41 101 2.5 2 18 Josh Ashton 26 99 3.8 0 22 Darryl Stingley 5 63 12.6 1 23t Joe Wilson 15 57 3.8 0 12 Randy Vataha 3 21 7.0 0 24 Eddie Hinton 1 1 1.0 0 1 Andy Johnson 2 -4 -2.0 0 -2 TOTALS 520 2134 4.1 21 75t

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Mack Herron 28 629 22.5 0 62 Andy Johnson 15 303 20.2 0 41 Steve Schubert 5 112 22.4 0 32 Eddie Hinton 3 83 27.7 0 53 Joe Wilson 2 33 16.5 0 18 Sam Hunt 1 21 21.0 0 21 John Tanner 2 17 8.5 0 17 Sandy Durko 1 0 0.0 0 0 Donnell Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 58 1198 20.7 0 62

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Mack Herron 35 517 14.8 4 0 66 Steve Schubert 3 15 5.0 2 0 11 Sandy Durko 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 Eddie Hinton 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Deac Sanders 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 Andy Johnson 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 TOTALS 40 533 13.3 11 0 66

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Bruce Barnes	45	1604	35.6	50	--	--	0	--	--	--
Dave Chapple	26	967	37.2	57	--	--	0	--	--	--
TOTALS	71	2571	36.2	57	0	0	0	0	0	--

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
John Smith	0/0	6/7	8/10	2/5	0/0	16/22	46	42/43	90
TOTALS	0/0	6/7	8/10	2/5	0/0	16/22	46	42/43	90

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Ron Bolton	--	--	7	18	2.6	0	10
Bob Geddes	--	--	2	32	16.0	1	29t
Sam Hunt	--	--	3	66	22.0	0	27
Steve King	--	--	1	9	9.0	0	9
Prentice McCray	--	--	3	61	20.3	0	33
Jack Mildren	--	--	3	51	17.0	0	41
Deac Sanders	--	--	5	57	11.4	1	23t
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	24	294	12.3	2	41

Branch harbors no hard feelings
Boston Globe | December 04, 2008
The strained conclusion to Deion Branch's tenure with the Patriots will be forgotten this weekend, Branch said, when his former team travels to Seattle to face the Seahawks for the first time since Branch, the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIX, was traded there early in the 2006 season.

Patriots lure Colvin from civilian comfort
Boston Globe | December 04, 2008
Rosevelt Colvin received the phone call Monday from the Patriots. They offered him a return to the NFL, an opportunity he was not seeking. He waited to give his answer.

Welker isn't striking back
Boston Globe | December 04, 2008
Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker does not expect any apologies from Steelers safety Ryan Clark , nor does he see why one would be necessary. Clark's vicious hit on Welker last Sunday, for which Clark drew a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty, was, in Welker's mind, merely a part of the sport.