Week 5, 1974

played in San Francisco, CA

74 degrees, rain, 12 mph wind

New England Patriots	3	3	7	7	-	20
San Francisco 49ers	3	10	0	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:34 NED - Ray Wersching 52 field goal
1Q: 06:19 SFO - John Smith 35 field goal
2Q: 07:05 SFO - John Smith 34 field goal
2Q: 02:00 SFO - Blake Gaylor 46 interception return (John Smith extra point)
2Q: 00:33 NED - Ray Wersching 53 field goal
3Q: 00:26 NED - Larry Smith 7 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching extra point)
4Q: 11:59 NED - Jumbo Asher 4 run (Ray Wersching extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:34 NED - Ray Wersching 52 field goal
1Q: 06:19 SFO - John Smith 35 field goal
2Q: 07:05 SFO - John Smith 34 field goal
2Q: 02:00 SFO - Blake Gaylor 46 interception return (John Smith extra point)
2Q: 00:33 NED - Ray Wersching 53 field goal
3Q: 00:26 NED - Larry Smith 7 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching extra point)
4Q: 11:59 NED - Jumbo Asher 4 run (Ray Wersching extra point)

Team Statistics NED SFO
Record 3-1 0-5
First Downs 16 14
- by Rushing 3 3
- by Passing 11 10
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 244 276
- Offensive Plays 64 72
- Yards per Play 3.81 3.83
Net Rushing Yards 71 53
- Rushing Attempts 25 23
- Yards per Rush 2.84 2.30
Net Passing Yards 173 223
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 18 - 2 46 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 208 242
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6/35 3/19
- Yards per Pass Play 4.44 4.55
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 4/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/14 4/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 5/40 6/30
Punt Returns/Yards 4/43 4/15
Kick Returns/Yards 4/104 3/91
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 2/58
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 36
Time of Possession 30:01 29:59

Team Statistics	NED	SFO
Record	3-1	0-5
First Downs	16	14
- by Rushing	3	3
- by Passing	11	10
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	244	276
- Offensive Plays	64	72
- Yards per Play	3.81	3.83
Net Rushing Yards	71	53
- Rushing Attempts	25	23
- Yards per Rush	2.84	2.30
Net Passing Yards	173	223
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 18 - 2	46 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	208	242
- Sacks/Yards Lost	6/35	3/19
- Yards per Pass Play	4.44	4.55
Fumbles/Lost	2/2	4/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/14	4/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	5/40	6/30
Punt Returns/Yards	4/43	4/15
Kick Returns/Yards	4/104	3/91
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	2/58
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 36
Time of Possession	30:01	29:59

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:33	OWN 19	6	46	Field Goal
1	6:13	2:58	OWN 38	4	3	Punt
1	0:39	0:21	OWN 12	2	2	Fumble
2	14:20	1:27	OWN 20	3	-6	Punt
2	11:54	1:04	OWN 7	3	6	Punt
2	7:00	1:04	OWN 36	2	2	Interception
2	2:12	0:23	OWN 36	2	3	Interception
2	1:49	1:23	OWN 40	6	24	Field Goal
3	12:55	1:55	OWN 34	3	6	Punt
3	7:34	1:12	OWN 3	3	5	Punt
3	5:52	2:43	OWN 10	4	19	Punt
3	2:14	1:57	OPP 42	6	42	Touchdown
3	0:07	3:14	OPP 34	6	34	Touchdown
4	10:54	2:59	OWN 34	7	25	Punt
4	7:03	1:50	OWN 44	3	-1	Fumble
4	3:56	2:02	OWN 20	4	19	Punt

San Francisco 49ers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:27	5:14	OWN 35	9	47	Field Goal
1	3:15	2:36	OWN 20	5	41	Punt
1	0:18	0:58	OPP 14	3	3	Interception
2	12:53	0:59	OPP 44	3	3	Punt
2	10:50	3:50	OWN 36	7	47	Field Goal
2	5:56	3:44	OWN 45	7	26	Missed FG
2	0:26	0:26	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	2:05	OWN 37	3	-6	Punt
3	11:00	3:26	OWN 28	8	21	Punt
3	6:22	0:30	OPP 40	3	0	Punt
3	3:09	0:55	OWN 6	3	1	Punt
4	11:53	0:59	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
4	7:55	0:52	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	5:13	1:17	OPP 43	3	6	Punt
4	1:54	1:54	OWN 15	11	84	Game

Game MVP: Roy Hilton, San Francisco 49ers

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Essex Johnson	13	39	3.00	7	0	0
Jumbo Asher	10	22	2.20	10	1	1
Jim Plunkett	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Dana Devine	1	10	10.00	10	1	0

San Francisco	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Delvin Williams	12	38	3.17	10	1
Donny Anderson	7	10	1.43	6	0
Alfred Collins	4	5	1.25	5	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Plunkett	33	18	208	6/35	1	27	2	58.6

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alfred Collins	46	21	242	3/19	0	30	1	53.0

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Essex Johnson	4	6	50	12.50	15	19	0
WR Van Harmon	4	11	44	11.00	3	25	0
FB John Brockington	2	2	15	7.50	7	12	0
WR Larry Smith	2	2	12	6.00	0	7	1
WR Vincent Slatus	2	4	42	21.00	2	27	0
TE Bob Adams	1	1	6	6.00	1	6	0
WR Frank Grant	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Gloster Richardson	1	4	19	19.00	9	19	0
TE Jerome Moriarty	1	2	17	17.00	0	17	0

San Francisco	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Gene Washington	6	12	73	12.17	9	20
WR Danny Abramowicz	5	15	44	8.80	2	20
TE Ted Kwalick	3	5	44	14.67	27	30
RB Delvin Williams	3	5	21	7.00	13	14
WR Wayne Givens	2	2	24	12.00	7	17
WR Reuben Gant	1	5	28	28.00	15	28
FB Bill Saleaumula	1	1	8	8.00	0	8

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Graham Spreen	1	0	0.00	0

San Francisco	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Joe Lavender	1	12	12.00	0
CB Blake Gaylor	1	46	46.00	1

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jim Plunkett	2	0	0
Shawn McCulley	0	1	0
Chris Farasopoulos	0	0	1
Frank Grant	0	0	1
Paul Naumoff	0	0	1
Olin Rogers	0	0	1

San Francisco	Fumb	Recov	Force
Alfred Collins	2	0	0
Gene Washington	1	0	0
Delvin Williams	1	0	0
Keith Fahnhorst	0	1	0
Dominic Winstead	0	1	0
Dale Lucas	0	1	0
A.J. Pritchett	0	1	0
Sam Farrell	0	1	0
Cesar Belser	0	0	1
Roy Hilton	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marv Bateman	8	371	46.4	39.5	65	3

San Francisco	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dave Green	9	371	41.2	34.2	59	4

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ray Wersching	2/2	2/2	2/2	53	2/2

San Francisco	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Smith	2/3	0/1	0/0	35	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Farasopoulos	4	43	10.8	0

San Francisco	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Abramowicz	4	15	3.8	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Farasopoulos	2	38	19.0	0
Essex Johnson	2	66	33.0	0

San Francisco	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gene Washington	2	55	27.5	0
Danny Abramowicz	1	36	36.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Sam Hunt	9	0	0.0	23	47
OLB Paul Naumoff	8	1	1.0	20	49
CB Graham Spreen	5	3	0.0	21	48
S Sandy Durko	4	4	0.0	23	46
CB Mike Bass	3	1	0.0	22	46
DE Tommy Hart	3	0	0.0	21	46
CB Maurice Spencer	3	0	0.0	14	43
DE Olin Rogers	2	3	1.0	22	46
OLB Charlie Hall	2	0	1.0	16	31
DE Bill Stanfill	2	0	0.0	11	6
S Vince Castillo	1	2	0.0	6	19
DE Coy Bacon	1	1	0.0	12	43
S Chris Farasopoulos	1	0	0.0	16	46
OLB Steve Nelson	1	0	0.0	11	11
WR Van Harmon	1	0	---	---	---
DT R.J. Reese	1	0	0.0	9	6

San Francisco	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Cesar Belser	10	1	1.0	25	39
OLB Bill Laskey	6	1	1.0	24	39
OLB Fred Forsberg	6	4	0.0	23	36
DE Roy Hilton	5	2	3.5	24	37
CB Blake Gaylor	4	1	0.0	19	35
DT Jethro Pugh	4	0	0.0	21	35
S Bobby Clay	4	0	0.0	19	30
DE Ian Lyons	1	1	0.5	20	35
DT Mike Raines	1	2	0.0	7	10
CB Dale Lucas	1	1	0.0	16	29
S Joe Blahak	1	0	0.0	2	8
CB Joe Lavender	1	0	0.0	24	37
OLB Louie Walker	1	0	0.0	12	13
DT Dominic Winstead	1	0	0.0	22	30
DE Jimmy Nakis	1	0	0.0	5	4
QB Alfred Collins	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Olin Rogers	1.0	1	1	0	46
OLB Charlie Hall	1.0	0	1	0	31
OLB Paul Naumoff	1.0	0	1	0	49
DE Coy Bacon	0.0	1	3	2	43
DE Tommy Hart	0.0	0	5	0	46
OLB Steve Nelson	0.0	0	1	0	11

San Francisco	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Roy Hilton	3.5	0	1	2	37
S Cesar Belser	1.0	0	0	0	39
OLB Bill Laskey	1.0	0	0	0	39
DE Ian Lyons	0.5	1	0	0	35
DT Jethro Pugh	0.0	0	1	0	35
S Bobby Clay	0.0	0	1	0	30

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Sam Hunt	4	1	0	47
CB Graham Spreen	4	0	1	48
OLB Paul Naumoff	3	0	0	49
CB Maurice Spencer	3	0	0	43
CB Mike Bass	2	2	0	46
S Sandy Durko	2	0	0	46
S Chris Farasopoulos	1	1	0	46
OLB Charlie Hall	1	0	0	31
DE Tommy Hart	1	0	0	46

San Francisco	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Cesar Belser	6	1	0	39
OLB Bill Laskey	2	1	0	39
CB Blake Gaylor	2	0	1	35
S Bobby Clay	2	0	0	30
CB Joe Lavender	1	1	1	37
S Joe Blahak	1	1	0	8
OLB Fred Forsberg	1	1	0	36
CB Dale Lucas	1	1	0	29
DT Dominic Winstead	1	0	0	30
DE Ian Lyons	1	0	0	35

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Van Horn	1	5	23	1	32
Babe Morgan	1	4	18	1	31
John Hannah	1	4	21	0	39
Jim Langer	1	3	25	1	36
Dan Stonebarger	1	3	12	0	22
Jean Barrett	0	2	21	3	28
John Brockington	0	1	15	0	19
Jerome Moriarty	0	1	12	0	15
Kyle Delaroche	0	1	1	0	1

San Francisco	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Bill Saleaumula	2	4	9	0	14
Larry McCarren	1	3	21	1	48
Jack Cornell	1	3	20	1	35
Keith Fahnhorst	0	3	22	1	37
Amos Montgomery	0	3	18	0	35
Andrew Sellers	0	2	7	0	18
Ted Kwalick	0	1	21	0	45

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Troy Gerhardt	3	22
Frank Grant	3	19
Larry Smith	1	18

San Francisco	Tackles	STPlays
Reuben Gant	4	19
John Koontz	2	18
Burt Kobeski	1	18
A.J. Pritchett	1	12

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mike Bass	---	---	22	46	12	80
Chris Farasopoulos	---	---	16	46	15	77
Maurice Spencer	---	---	14	43	20	77
Sandy Durko	---	---	23	46	5	74
Sam Hunt	---	---	23	47	4	74
Paul Naumoff	---	---	20	49	3	72
Graham Spreen	---	---	21	48	3	72
Tommy Hart	---	---	21	46	3	70
Olin Rogers	---	---	22	46	2	70
Coy Bacon	---	---	12	43	11	66
Jim Plunkett	25	39	---	---	---	64
Jim Langer	25	36	---	---	---	61
John Hannah	21	39	---	---	---	60
Gloster Richardson	16	24	---	---	18	58
Babe Morgan	18	31	---	---	8	57
Van Harmon	20	32	---	---	4	56
Doug Van Horn	23	32	---	---	---	55
John Brockington	15	19	---	---	19	53
Charlie Hall	---	---	16	31	5	52
Bob Adams	13	19	---	---	18	50
Jean Barrett	21	28	---	---	1	50
Dan Stonebarger	12	22	---	---	10	44
Essex Johnson	13	26	---	---	4	43
Vincent Slatus	14	28	---	---	---	42
Vince Castillo	---	---	6	19	16	41
Frank Grant	5	11	---	---	19	35
Steve Nelson	---	---	11	11	9	31
Jerome Moriarty	12	15	---	---	1	28
Larry Smith	3	4	---	---	18	25
R.J. Reese	---	---	9	6	10	25
Troy Gerhardt	0	0	---	---	22	22
Terry Meyer	---	---	3	0	18	21
Jumbo Asher	10	10	---	---	---	20
Shawn McCulley	0	0	---	---	19	19
Bill Stanfill	---	---	11	6	1	18
Tom Mullen	4	3	---	---	10	17
Skip Lewis	0	3	---	---	10	13
Reggie Rucker	3	7	---	---	1	11
Marv Bateman	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jims Sims	---	---	2	3	3	8
Ray Wersching	0	0	---	---	7	7
Elex Price	---	---	1	3	1	5
Kyle Delaroche	1	1	---	---	1	3
Jared Kuszewski	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dana Devine	1	0	---	---	---	1
Isaac Daniels	0	0	---	---	---	0

San Francisco	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ted Kwalick	21	45	---	---	11	77
Danny Abramowicz	19	38	---	---	18	75
Alfred Collins	23	49	---	---	---	72
Larry McCarren	21	48	---	---	---	69
Gene Washington	20	42	---	---	6	68
Cesar Belser	---	---	25	39	3	67
Jack Cornell	20	35	---	---	12	67
Blake Gaylor	---	---	19	35	12	66
Bill Laskey	---	---	24	39	2	65
Joe Lavender	---	---	24	37	3	64
Roy Hilton	---	---	24	37	2	63
Fred Forsberg	---	---	23	36	3	62
Donny Anderson	9	23	---	---	29	61
Reuben Gant	11	31	---	---	19	61
Keith Fahnhorst	22	37	---	---	---	59
Jethro Pugh	---	---	21	35	2	58
Ian Lyons	---	---	20	35	2	57
Dominic Winstead	---	---	22	30	3	55
Bobby Clay	---	---	19	30	4	53
Amos Montgomery	18	35	---	---	---	53
Dale Lucas	---	---	16	29	3	48
Sam Farrell	16	31	---	---	---	47
Delvin Williams	14	25	---	---	---	39
Andrew Sellers	7	18	---	---	12	37
Louie Walker	---	---	12	13	8	33
Bill Saleaumula	9	14	---	---	9	32
Peter Bernstein	5	15	---	---	12	32
Wayne Givens	4	10	---	---	17	31
A.J. Pritchett	5	14	---	---	12	31
John Koontz	4	8	---	---	18	30
Burt Kobeski	4	6	---	---	18	28
Marcus Degley	1	12	---	---	12	25
Joe Blahak	---	---	2	8	14	24
Terry Hopper	---	---	1	0	21	22
Mike Raines	---	---	7	10	---	17
Glenn Gordon	---	---	5	6	6	17
Jimmy Nakis	---	---	5	4	6	15
Stanley Doebert	---	---	1	2	8	11
Rod Rhodes	---	---	2	3	6	11
Marcus Jenkins	---	---	3	1	6	10
Dave Green	0	0	---	---	9	9
John Smith	0	0	---	---	7	7
Wilbur Jackson	0	3	---	---	3	6
Tommy Delgado	0	0	---	---	3	3
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
Emmanuel Hearron	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	26	4.3
Middle	14	37	2.6
Right	5	8	1.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	6	3.0
Middle	16	43	2.7
Right	4	6	1.5
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Plunkett	33	18	2	2	1	6	3	2	2

San Francisco	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alfred Collins	46	21	4	2	3	4	12	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	15	7.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	45	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	6	79	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	69	13.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	7	2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	61	4.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	9	154	9.6
Long (19+ Yds)	13	1	20	1.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Van Harmon	11	4	0	44	1	32
RB Essex Johnson	6	4	0	50	0	26
WR Gloster Richardson	4	1	0	19	0	24
WR Vincent Slatus	4	2	1	42	1	28
FB John Brockington	2	2	0	15	0	19
WR Larry Smith	2	2	0	12	0	4
TE Jerome Moriarty	2	1	0	17	0	15
TE Bob Adams	1	1	0	6	0	19
WR Frank Grant	1	1	0	3	0	11

San Francisco	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Danny Abramowicz	15	5	1	44	1	38
WR Gene Washington	12	6	0	73	1	42
WR Reuben Gant	5	1	1	28	1	31
TE Ted Kwalick	5	3	1	44	1	45
RB Delvin Williams	5	3	0	21	0	25
WR Wayne Givens	2	2	0	24	0	10
FB Bill Saleaumula	1	1	0	8	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jumbo Asher	3	5	1.67	2.20

San Francisco	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Alfred Collins	2	2	1.00	1.25
Delvin Williams	1	2	2.00	3.17

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim Plunkett	3	2	12	4.00	6.30

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alfred Collins	2	1	1	0.50	5.26

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Essex Johnson	1	0	0	0.00	8.33
WR Larry Smith	1	1	7	7.00	6.00
WR Van Harmon	1	1	5	5.00	4.00

San Francisco	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ted Kwalick	1	0	0	0.00	8.80
RB Delvin Williams	1	1	1	1.00	4.20

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Jumbo Asher	3	1
Jim Plunkett	1	0
Dana Devine	1	1

San Francisco	Rushes	Conversions
Delvin Williams	2	1
Alfred Collins	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Plunkett	8	3	1

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alfred Collins	15	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Larry Smith	2	2	1
WR Van Harmon	2	0	0
WR Vincent Slatus	2	0	0
FB John Brockington	1	1	0
WR Gloster Richardson	1	0	0

San Francisco	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Danny Abramowicz	9	2	2
WR Reuben Gant	2	0	0
TE Ted Kwalick	2	1	1
WR Gene Washington	1	0	0
WR Wayne Givens	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 54,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,600 (21,400)
End Zone 12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,400 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	54,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,600 (21,400)
End Zone	12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,400 (3,300)