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1974 New England Patriots Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1974 New England Patriots.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jim PlunkettJ. Plunkett	352	173	49.1	2,457	7.0	19	5.4	22	6.2	69t	21	174	64.1
Dick ShinerD. Shiner	6	3	50.0	37	6.2	0	0.0	1	16.7	18	0	0	29.9
Neil GraffN. Graff	1	1	100.0	20	20.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	0	0	118.8
New England	359	177	49.3	2,514	7.0	19	5.3	23	6.4	69t	21	174	63.3

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Mack HerronM. Herron	14	231	824	3.57	58.9	28	7
Sam CunninghamS. Cunningham	10	166	811	4.89	81.1	75t	9
Jim PlunkettJ. Plunkett	14	30	161	5.37	11.5	37	2
John TarverJ. Tarver	14	41	101	2.46	7.2	18	2
Josh AshtonJ. Ashton	12	26	99	3.81	8.2	22	0
Darryl StingleyD. Stingley	5	5	63	12.60	12.6	23t	1
Joe WilsonJ. Wilson	12	15	57	3.80	4.8	12	0
Randy VatahaR. Vataha	12	3	21	7.00	1.8	24	0
Eddie HintonE. Hinton	9	1	1	1.00	0.1	1	0
Andy JohnsonA. Johnson	14	2	-4	-2.00	-0.3	-2	0
New England	14	520	2,134	4.10	152.4	75t	21

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Mack HerronM. Herron	14	38	474	12.47	33.9	48	5
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	10	27	436	16.15	43.6	69t	4
Randy VatahaR. Vataha	12	25	561	22.44	46.8	59t	3
Sam CunninghamS. Cunningham	10	22	214	9.73	21.4	37	2
Bob AdamsB. Adams	13	17	244	14.35	18.8	29	0
Bob WindsorB. Windsor	7	12	127	10.58	18.1	20	1
Darryl StingleyD. Stingley	5	10	139	13.90	27.8	20t	1
John TarverJ. Tarver	14	9	37	4.11	2.6	12	0
Andy JohnsonA. Johnson	14	8	147	18.38	10.5	34	0
Joe WilsonJ. Wilson	12	3	38	12.67	3.2	23	0
Eddie HintonE. Hinton	9	2	36	18.00	4.0	20	0
John TannerJ. Tanner	13	2	23	11.50	1.8	21	1
Al MarshallA. Marshall	4	1	17	17.00	4.2	17t	1
Steve SchubertS. Schubert	8	1	21	21.00	2.6	21t	1
New England	14	177	2,514	14.20	179.6	69t	19

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Mack HerronM. Herron	28	629	22.46	62	0
Andy JohnsonA. Johnson	15	303	20.20	41	0
Steve SchubertS. Schubert	5	112	22.40	32	0
Eddie HintonE. Hinton	3	83	27.67	53	0
Joe WilsonJ. Wilson	2	33	16.50	18	0
Sam HuntS. Hunt	1	21	21.00	21	0
John TannerJ. Tanner	2	17	8.50	17	0
Sandy DurkoS. Durko	1	0	0.00	0	0
Donnell SmithD. Smith	1	0	0.00	0	0
New England	58	1,198	20.66	62	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Mack HerronM. Herron	35	517	14.77	4	66	0
Steve SchubertS. Schubert	3	15	5.00	2	11	0
Sandy DurkoS. Durko	1	1	1.00	1	1	0
Eddie HintonE. Hinton	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Andy JohnsonA. Johnson	0	0	0.00	3	0	0
Deac SandersD. Sanders	0	0	0.00	1	0	0
New England	40	533	13.32	11	66	0

Punting

	Punting					Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds	TD
Bruce BarnesB. Barnes	45	1,604	35.6	50	0	--	--	--
Dave ChappleD. Chapple	26	967	37.2	57	0	--	--	--
New England	71	2,571	36.2	57	0	--	--	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
John SmithJ. Smith	42/43	16/22	0/0	6/7	8/10	2/5	0/0	46	90
New England	42/43	16/22	0/0	6/7	8/10	2/5	0/0	46	90

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Ron BoltonR. Bolton	7	18	2.57	10	0	--	--
Bob GeddesB. Geddes	2	32	16.00	29t	1	--	--
Sam HuntS. Hunt	3	66	22.00	27	0	--	--
Steve KingS. King	1	9	9.00	9	0	--	--
Prentice McCrayP. McCray	3	61	20.33	33	0	--	--
Jack MildrenJ. Mildren	3	51	17.00	41	0	--	--
Deac SandersD. Sanders	5	57	11.40	23t	1	--	--
New England	24	294	12.25	41	2	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
John SmithJ. Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42/43	16/22	0	0	90
Mack HerronM. Herron	12	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	72
Sam CunninghamS. Cunningham	11	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	66
Reggie RuckerR. Rucker	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Randy VatahaR. Vataha	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	18
Jim PlunkettJ. Plunkett	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Darryl StingleyD. Stingley	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
John TarverJ. Tarver	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Bob GeddesB. Geddes	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
John HannahJ. Hannah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Al MarshallA. Marshall	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Deac SandersD. Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Steve SchubertS. Schubert	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
John TannerJ. Tanner	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Bob WindsorB. Windsor	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
New England	43	21	19	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	42/43	16/22	0	0	348

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