Week 16, 1974

played in Portland (OR), OR

44 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

New York (A) Titans	0	3	0	7	-	10
Portland (OR) Shockers	7	7	6	0	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:09 POR - Mike Phipps 13 run (Willie Baxter extra point)
2Q: 13:49 POR - John Gilliam 27 pass from Mike Phipps (Willie Baxter extra point)
2Q: 07:33 NYT - Pat Leahy 40 field goal
3Q: 06:14 POR - Willie Baxter 30 field goal
3Q: 01:39 POR - Willie Baxter 48 field goal
4Q: 05:33 NYT - Robert Holmes 6 pass from Bill Walters (Pat Leahy extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:09 POR - Mike Phipps 13 run (Willie Baxter extra point)
2Q: 13:49 POR - John Gilliam 27 pass from Mike Phipps (Willie Baxter extra point)
2Q: 07:33 NYT - Pat Leahy 40 field goal
3Q: 06:14 POR - Willie Baxter 30 field goal
3Q: 01:39 POR - Willie Baxter 48 field goal
4Q: 05:33 NYT - Robert Holmes 6 pass from Bill Walters (Pat Leahy extra point)

Team Statistics NYT POR
Record 0-15 11-4
First Downs 17 17
- by Rushing 4 10
- by Passing 12 7
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 281 337
- Offensive Plays 61 55
- Yards per Play 4.61 6.13
Net Rushing Yards 114 218
- Rushing Attempts 22 38
- Yards per Rush 5.18 5.74
Net Passing Yards 167 119
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 18 - 1 15 - 10 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 200 130
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/33 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 4.28 7.00
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.4 5.1
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/40 2/10
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/33
Kick Returns/Yards 5/135 2/49
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/3
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 28
Time of Possession 28:43 31:17

Team Statistics	NYT	POR
Record	0-15	11-4
First Downs	17	17
- by Rushing	4	10
- by Passing	12	7
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	281	337
- Offensive Plays	61	55
- Yards per Play	4.61	6.13
Net Rushing Yards	114	218
- Rushing Attempts	22	38
- Yards per Rush	5.18	5.74
Net Passing Yards	167	119
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 18 - 1	15 - 10 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	200	130
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/33	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	4.28	7.00
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.4	5.1
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/40	2/10
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/33
Kick Returns/Yards	5/135	2/49
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/3
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 28
Time of Possession	28:43	31:17

Drive Charts

New York (A) Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:37	OWN 33	6	27	Punt
1	4:56	3:42	OWN 42	6	25	Missed FG
2	13:35	6:08	OWN 42	10	35	Field Goal
2	2:41	2:41	OWN 20	6	31	Punt
3	9:40	1:07	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
3	6:06	2:46	OWN 29	5	11	Punt
3	1:34	2:09	OWN 31	3	0	Punt
4	11:44	6:16	OWN 14	12	86	Touchdown
4	3:02	1:33	OWN 39	9	46	Downs
4	0:52	0:16	OWN 45	1	-10	Interception

Portland (OR) Shockers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:23	6:27	OWN 8	11	92	Touchdown
1	1:14	2:39	OWN 40	7	60	Touchdown
2	7:27	4:46	OWN 24	8	41	Punt
3	15:00	5:20	OWN 17	9	30	Punt
3	8:33	2:27	OWN 39	4	48	Field Goal
3	3:20	1:46	OWN 31	4	38	Field Goal
4	14:25	2:41	OWN 29	5	14	Punt
4	5:28	2:26	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	1:29	0:37	OWN 15	3	3	Punt
4	0:36	0:36	OPP 40	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Mike Phipps, Portland (OR) Shockers

Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
John Riggins	16	58	3.63	13	2
Pete Banaszak	5	34	6.80	12	1
Bill Walters	1	22	22.00	22	1

Portland (OR)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Duane Thomas	20	142	7.10	42	2	0
Ron Johnson	12	56	4.67	9	0	0
Mike Phipps	4	16	4.00	13	1	1
Jeff Kinney	1	2	2.00	2	0	0
Fran Lynch	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Harold Holmes	18	10	112	5/33	0	22	0	74.3
Bill Walters	16	8	88	0/0	1	16	1	61.5

Portland (OR)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mike Phipps	15	10	130	2/11	1	27	0	115.9

Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Everett Conley	4	5	47	11.75	2	16	0
WR Daryl Bernstein	4	9	57	14.25	0	22	0
WR Randy Vataha	3	5	32	10.67	2	15	0
WR Jerald Bennett	3	5	38	12.67	3	19	0
TE John Beasley	2	4	15	7.50	0	10	0
RB Robert Holmes	2	2	11	5.50	5	6	1
RB Pete Banaszak	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB John Riggins	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Eric Sanderson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Portland (OR)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR John Gilliam	4	5	60	15.00	13	27	1
WR Mike Goff	2	2	10	5.00	0	8	0
TE John Andrews	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Gary Garrison	1	2	15	15.00	15	15	0
RB Ron Johnson	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
WR Jon Staggers	1	3	25	25.00	0	25	0
RB Duane Thomas	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New York (A)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Portland (OR)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Ken Reaves	1	3	3.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New York (A)	Fumb	Recov	Force
Harold Holmes	1	0	0
Jerald Bennett	1	0	0
Robert Holmes	0	1	0
John Riggins	0	1	0
Daniel Reiner	0	0	1

Portland (OR)	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ron Johnson	1	0	0
Mike Phipps	0	1	0
Ken Reaves	0	0	1
Diron Talbert	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New York (A)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marvin Tuupo	5	218	43.6	37.0	56	3

Portland (OR)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Bruce	5	202	40.4	32.4	53	1

Kicking Statistics

New York (A)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Pat Leahy	1/2	1/2	0/1	40	1/1

Portland (OR)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Willie Baxter	2/2	1/1	0/0	48	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Portland (OR)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Larry Marshall	3	33	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Robert Holmes	5	135	27.0	0

Portland (OR)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jon Staggers	2	49	24.5	0

Defensive Statistics

New York (A)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB John Ebersole	6	1	1.0	19	6
ILB Jim LeClair	6	3	0.0	32	16
S Daniel Reiner	6	2	0.0	34	16
S Roderick Vance	6	1	0.0	26	12
DE Richard Neal	5	0	0.0	34	15
CB Kennedy McCargo	4	0	0.0	23	12
DE Deron DeLorraine	3	0	1.0	22	13
OLB Mike Kolen	2	2	0.0	37	16
CB Lawrence Wiggins	2	1	0.0	31	14
OLB Ken Hutcherson	2	0	0.0	29	15
DT Rickey McBeal	1	1	0.0	33	16
S Marvin Warfield	1	1	0.0	4	1
RB Pete Banaszak	1	0	---	---	---
CB Earlie Thomas	1	0	0.0	33	16
OLB Rob Maloney	1	0	0.0	4	0
OLB Christian Howe	1	0	0.0	2	2

Portland (OR)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Larry Marshall	9	0	0.0	14	33
CB Maurice Tyler	6	0	0.0	17	35
ILB Harold McLinton	5	1	0.0	22	38
S William Semple	4	1	0.0	11	20
DE Pat Toomay	3	1	2.0	21	39
DT Bill Brundige	3	1	1.5	22	38
S John Charles	3	1	0.0	20	35
OLB Doug Swift	3	1	0.0	20	32
DE Pete Duranko	2	1	0.5	21	39
CB Walt Sumner	2	2	0.0	20	37
DT Diron Talbert	1	1	1.0	10	18
CB Ken Reaves	1	3	0.0	22	37
OLB Ted Choma	1	0	0.0	7	5
S John Folkins	1	0	0.0	7	7

Pass Rush Statistics

New York (A)	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
ILB John Ebersole	1.0	0	0	6
DE Deron DeLorraine	1.0	0	0	13
DE Richard Neal	0.0	1	1	15

Portland (OR)	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Pat Toomay	2.0	0	3	3	39
DT Bill Brundige	1.5	0	0	0	38
DT Diron Talbert	1.0	0	0	0	18
DE Pete Duranko	0.5	0	0	1	39
OLB Ted Choma	0.0	1	0	0	5
CB Ken Reaves	0.0	0	1	0	37
CB Maurice Tyler	0.0	0	1	0	35

Pass Defense Statistics

New York (A)	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Daniel Reiner	2	1	16
ILB Jim LeClair	2	0	16
CB Kennedy McCargo	2	0	12
S Roderick Vance	1	1	12
OLB Ken Hutcherson	1	0	15
CB Lawrence Wiggins	1	0	14
OLB Christian Howe	1	0	2

Portland (OR)	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Larry Marshall	5	0	0	33
S William Semple	3	1	0	20
ILB Harold McLinton	3	0	0	38
CB Walt Sumner	2	1	0	37
CB Maurice Tyler	2	0	0	35
S John Charles	1	2	0	35
OLB Doug Swift	1	1	0	32
CB Ken Reaves	1	0	1	37
S John Folkins	0	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

New York (A)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Randal Farley	2	5	21	0	34
Rich Druschel	1	5	18	2	32
David Shiancoe	0	5	16	1	25
Todd Watkins	0	3	12	1	33
Bob Johnson	0	2	4	0	8
Jesse Burgess	0	1	18	0	31
Wayne Mulligan	0	0	16	1	27

Portland (OR)	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
George Buehler	3	5	0	33	2	17
Burgess Robinson	3	5	0	29	0	14
Tom Mack	3	4	0	33	0	13
Wayne Moore	2	5	2	34	0	13
Chris Morris	1	3	0	26	0	11
Montique Anderson	1	3	0	12	0	6
Royce Smith	1	2	0	5	0	0
Doug Wilkerson	1	2	0	9	0	8
Ken Mendenhall	0	3	0	9	0	3
Fran Lynch	0	2	0	18	0	9
John Andrews	0	1	0	14	0	4

Special Teams Tackles

New York (A)	Tackles	STPlays
Vernon McAlister	3	18
Pete Banaszak	1	20
Robert Holmes	1	8

Portland (OR)	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Goff	3	14
Larry Marshall	1	15
John Andrews	1	14

Participation

New York (A)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rich Druschel	18	32	---	---	7	57
Randal Farley	21	34	---	---	---	55
Mike Kolen	---	---	37	16	1	54
Earlie Thomas	---	---	33	16	3	52
Daniel Reiner	---	---	34	16	2	52
Jim LeClair	---	---	32	16	3	51
Richard Neal	---	---	34	15	2	51
Rickey McBeal	---	---	33	16	2	51
Daryl Bernstein	14	27	---	---	10	51
Wayne Mulligan	16	27	---	---	7	50
Jesse Burgess	18	31	---	---	---	49
David Shiancoe	16	25	---	---	7	48
Ken Hutcherson	---	---	29	15	3	47
Pete Banaszak	7	19	---	---	20	46
Lawrence Wiggins	---	---	31	14	1	46
Todd Watkins	12	33	---	---	---	45
Robert Holmes	15	21	---	---	8	44
Roderick Vance	---	---	26	12	4	42
Randy Vataha	7	16	---	---	17	40
Harold Holmes	17	23	---	---	---	40
Eric Sanderson	15	20	---	---	5	40
Jerald Bennett	15	23	---	---	---	38
John Riggins	16	20	---	---	1	37
Everett Conley	11	23	---	---	3	37
Kennedy McCargo	---	---	23	12	2	37
Deron DeLorraine	---	---	22	13	1	36
John Ebersole	---	---	19	6	9	34
John Beasley	8	16	---	---	7	31
Roosevelt Winters	---	---	18	4	8	30
Vernon McAlister	---	---	7	2	18	27
Bill Walters	5	16	---	---	---	21
Bob Johnson	4	8	---	---	7	19
Christian Howe	---	---	2	2	14	18
Karl Chandler	5	5	---	---	7	17
Irv Newton	0	1	---	---	15	16
Warren Burroughs	---	---	9	4	3	16
Ricky Baker	2	9	---	---	4	15
Marvin Warfield	---	---	4	1	8	13
Ron Acks	---	---	8	4	---	12
Hardy Tucker	---	---	7	2	3	12
Tim George	0	0	---	---	11	11
Tyrus Heskew	---	---	6	1	4	11
Rob Maloney	---	---	4	0	3	7
Pat Leahy	0	0	---	---	5	5
Marvin Tuupo	0	0	---	---	5	5
Dusty Malinsky	0	0	---	---	2	2

Portland (OR)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Maurice Tyler	---	---	17	35	14	66
Bill Brundige	---	---	22	38	2	62
Pete Duranko	---	---	21	39	2	62
Larry Marshall	---	---	14	33	15	62
Harold McLinton	---	---	22	38	2	62
Pat Toomay	---	---	21	39	2	62
Ken Reaves	---	---	22	37	2	61
Walt Sumner	---	---	20	37	2	59
John Charles	---	---	20	35	3	58
George Buehler	33	17	---	---	7	57
Mike Phipps	38	17	---	---	---	55
Doug Swift	---	---	20	32	2	54
Burgess Robinson	29	14	---	---	7	50
Wayne Moore	34	13	---	---	---	47
Bob Tucker	30	12	---	---	5	47
Tom Mack	33	13	---	---	---	46
Mike Goff	18	11	---	---	14	43
Ron Johnson	15	6	---	---	19	40
John Gilliam	26	9	---	---	4	39
Chris Morris	26	11	---	---	---	37
Jon Staggers	26	9	---	---	2	37
Fran Lynch	18	9	---	---	9	36
William Semple	---	---	11	20	4	35
Duane Thomas	23	11	---	---	---	34
John Andrews	14	4	---	---	14	32
Gary Garrison	9	8	---	---	13	30
Diron Talbert	---	---	10	18	2	30
Doug Wilkerson	9	8	---	---	7	24
John Folkins	---	---	7	7	10	24
Corey Mamula	---	---	2	7	13	22
Jeff Kinney	10	3	---	---	7	20
Montique Anderson	12	6	---	---	1	19
Ken Mendenhall	9	3	---	---	6	18
Robert Foug	1	3	---	---	12	16
Ron East	---	---	4	5	3	12
Royce Smith	5	0	---	---	7	12
Ted Choma	---	---	7	5	---	12
Bob Matheson	---	---	0	0	8	8
Mark Lomas	---	---	1	1	5	7
Jeff Staggs	---	---	1	3	3	7
Willie Baxter	0	0	---	---	7	7
Rick Bruce	0	0	---	---	5	5
Joe Gilliam	0	0	---	---	2	2
John McMakin	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ted Fargas	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	30	5.0
Middle	11	66	6.0
Right	5	18	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	127	9.8
Middle	22	90	4.1
Right	2	2	1.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Harold Holmes	18	10	1	0	2	3	3	2	0
Bill Walters	16	8	0	0	1	3	2	2	1

Portland (OR)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mike Phipps	15	10	2	1	0	2	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	5	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	51	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	8	103	7.4
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	41	5.1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	19	6.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	4	3	18	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	41	8.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	52	17.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Daryl Bernstein	9	4	2	57	1	27
WR Randy Vataha	5	3	0	32	0	16
WR Jerald Bennett	5	3	0	38	0	23
WR Everett Conley	5	4	0	47	0	23
TE John Beasley	4	2	0	15	0	16
RB Robert Holmes	2	2	0	11	0	21
FB John Riggins	2	0	1	0	0	20
RB Pete Banaszak	1	0	0	0	0	19
TE Eric Sanderson	1	0	0	0	0	20

Portland (OR)	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR John Gilliam	5	4	60	1	9
WR Jon Staggers	3	1	25	1	9
WR Gary Garrison	2	1	15	0	8
WR Mike Goff	2	2	10	0	11
TE John Andrews	1	1	8	0	4
RB Ron Johnson	1	1	12	0	6
RB Duane Thomas	1	0	0	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Pete Banaszak	1	4	4.00	6.80
John Riggins	1	-2	-2.00	3.63

Portland (OR)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mike Phipps	2	14	7.00	4.00
Duane Thomas	1	1	1.00	7.10

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Walters	8	2	11	1.38	5.50
Harold Holmes	1	0	0	0.00	6.22

Portland (OR)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mike Phipps	1	1	4	4.00	8.67

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE John Beasley	2	0	0	0.00	3.75
RB Robert Holmes	2	2	11	5.50	5.50
WR Randy Vataha	2	0	0	0.00	6.40
WR Daryl Bernstein	2	0	0	0.00	6.33
WR Jerald Bennett	1	0	0	0.00	7.60

Portland (OR)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR John Gilliam	1	1	4	4.00	12.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Rushes	Conversions

Portland (OR)	Rushes	Conversions
Ron Johnson	3	3
Duane Thomas	2	0
Mike Phipps	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Harold Holmes	9	5	3
Bill Walters	4	2	2

Portland (OR)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mike Phipps	5	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Daryl Bernstein	5	3	3
WR Randy Vataha	2	1	0
WR Jerald Bennett	2	1	1
WR Everett Conley	2	2	1
RB Pete Banaszak	1	0	0
TE John Beasley	1	0	0

Portland (OR)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Gary Garrison	2	1	1
WR John Gilliam	1	1	0
WR Jon Staggers	1	0	0
WR Mike Goff	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,600 (21,400)
End Zone 12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,600 (21,400)
End Zone	12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (3,300)