Week 8, 1974

played in New England, MA

44 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Los Angeles Rams	3	14	0	0	-	17
New England Patriots	0	0	3	17	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:25 LAS - Toni Linhart 33 field goal
2Q: 12:25 LAS - Lawrence McCutcheon 1 run (Toni Linhart extra point)
2Q: 01:25 LAS - Toby Fredrick 4 pass from Ron Jaworski (Toni Linhart extra point)
3Q: 08:25 NED - Ray Wersching 41 field goal
4Q: 13:44 NED - Chris Farasopoulos 77 punt return (Ray Wersching extra point)
4Q: 06:05 NED - Gloster Richardson 64 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching extra point)
4Q: 00:28 NED - Ray Wersching 33 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:25 LAS - Toni Linhart 33 field goal
2Q: 12:25 LAS - Lawrence McCutcheon 1 run (Toni Linhart extra point)
2Q: 01:25 LAS - Toby Fredrick 4 pass from Ron Jaworski (Toni Linhart extra point)
3Q: 08:25 NED - Ray Wersching 41 field goal
4Q: 13:44 NED - Chris Farasopoulos 77 punt return (Ray Wersching extra point)
4Q: 06:05 NED - Gloster Richardson 64 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching extra point)
4Q: 00:28 NED - Ray Wersching 33 field goal

Team Statistics LAS NED
Record 3-4 5-2
First Downs 21 8
- by Rushing 8 3
- by Passing 11 5
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 317 252
- Offensive Plays 72 43
- Yards per Play 4.40 5.86
Net Rushing Yards 151 91
- Rushing Attempts 36 19
- Yards per Rush 4.19 4.79
Net Passing Yards 166 161
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 22 - 0 22 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 171 173
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 4.61 6.71
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/18 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 4.3 5.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/35 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 1/24 4/114
Kick Returns/Yards 5/113 3/65
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 32
Time of Possession 36:15 23:45

Team Statistics	LAS	NED
Record	3-4	5-2
First Downs	21	8
- by Rushing	8	3
- by Passing	11	5
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	317	252
- Offensive Plays	72	43
- Yards per Play	4.40	5.86
Net Rushing Yards	151	91
- Rushing Attempts	36	19
- Yards per Rush	4.19	4.79
Net Passing Yards	166	161
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 22 - 0	22 - 16 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	171	173
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	4.61	6.71
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/18	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	4.3	5.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/35	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	1/24	4/114
Kick Returns/Yards	5/113	3/65
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 32
Time of Possession	36:15	23:45

Drive Charts

Los Angeles Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:51	OWN 29	4	20	Punt
1	10:09	2:49	OWN 34	5	18	Punt
1	6:28	2:09	OPP 29	4	13	Field Goal
1	1:24	4:05	OWN 45	8	55	Touchdown
2	9:54	1:45	OWN 10	3	2	Punt
2	5:37	4:22	OWN 1	14	99	Touchdown
3	12:35	2:48	OWN 6	6	15	Punt
3	8:17	2:04	OWN 18	3	7	Punt
3	2:46	4:10	OWN 10	8	28	Punt
4	13:36	7:31	OWN 28	13	43	Missed FG
4	5:50	2:23	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
4	0:20	0:20	OWN 31	2	3	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:09	2:00	OWN 21	3	8	Punt
1	7:20	0:52	OWN 20	2	-6	Interception
1	4:19	2:55	OWN 22	3	4	Punt
2	12:19	2:25	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
2	8:09	2:32	OWN 41	5	17	Punt
2	1:15	1:15	OWN 20	3	57	Half
3	15:00	2:25	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
3	9:47	1:30	OPP 28	3	4	Field Goal
3	6:13	3:27	OWN 31	6	20	Punt
4	6:05	0:15	OWN 36	1	64	Touchdown
4	3:27	3:07	OWN 31	11	53	Field Goal

Game MVP: Paul Naumoff, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Lawrence McCutcheon	22	110	5.00	29	4	1
Tom Sullivan	12	39	3.25	8	0	0
Ron Jaworski	2	2	1.00	3	0	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Essex Johnson	11	32	2.91	10	1
Jumbo Asher	7	52	7.43	41	1
Larry Smith	1	7	7.00	7	0

Passing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ron Jaworski	35	22	171	1/5	1	16	0	84.3

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Plunkett	22	16	173	2/12	1	64	1	91.7

Receiving Statistics

Los Angeles	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Steve Holden	5	10	46	9.20	7	16	0
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	4	4	31	7.75	6	13	0
WR Tom Stropka	4	6	34	8.50	1	14	0
WR Toby Fredrick	3	6	27	9.00	0	14	1
FB Cleo Miller	2	3	11	5.50	12	7	0
WR Mike Rengel	2	3	12	6.00	0	8	0
TE Chuck Naretta	2	2	10	5.00	0	5	0
TE Cornell Corbett	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Essex Johnson	4	4	55	13.75	39	41	0
WR Larry Smith	3	3	11	3.67	0	4	0
RB Dana Devine	3	4	26	8.67	0	12	0
FB John Brockington	2	2	7	3.50	0	4	0
WR Gloster Richardson	2	3	66	33.00	41	64	1
WR Van Harmon	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Jumbo Asher	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0
WR Vincent Slatus	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Los Angeles	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Isiah Robertson	1	0	0.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Los Angeles	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ron Jaworski	1	1	0
Lawrence McCutcheon	1	0	0
Toby Fredrick	0	1	0
Bob Van Duyne	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Chris Farasopoulos	1	0	0
Coy Bacon	0	1	0
Paul Naumoff	0	0	1
Olin Rogers	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Los Angeles	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rickey Jarrell	7	291	41.6	27.9	48	1

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marv Bateman	6	273	45.5	41.5	55	4

Kicking Statistics

Los Angeles	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Toni Linhart	1/2	0/1	0/0	33	2/2

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ray Wersching	2/2	1/1	0/0	41	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dave Elmendorf	1	24	24.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Farasopoulos	4	114	28.5	1

Kick Return Statistics

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glenn Buchanan	4	87	21.8	0
Mark Washington	1	26	26.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Essex Johnson	2	44	22.0	0
Chris Farasopoulos	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Los Angeles	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dave Elmendorf	5	3	0.0	19	23
DE Jack Youngblood	4	1	1.0	18	24
OLB Jim Youngblood	4	1	1.0	17	17
ILB Isiah Robertson	4	2	0.0	19	23
ILB Jeff Siemon	3	2	0.0	17	22
CB Steve Tannen	3	0	0.0	16	22
CB Mark Washington	3	0	0.0	4	17
CB Broderick Ours	2	1	0.0	17	19
OLB Rick Middleton	2	0	0.0	11	8
S Glenn Buchanan	1	2	0.0	8	18
DE Harvey Martin	1	1	0.0	14	21
DT Bob Hoskins	1	0	0.0	8	4
DT Gary Larson	1	0	0.0	17	22
OLB Chase Chandler	1	0	0.0	4	4
S Bernie Sims	1	0	0.0	10	12

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Paul Naumoff	9	0	1.0	32	35
S Sandy Durko	7	2	0.0	36	35
OLB Steve Nelson	6	2	0.0	22	18
OLB Charlie Hall	6	1	0.0	35	25
S Chris Farasopoulos	6	0	0.0	28	31
OLB Sam Hunt	4	2	0.0	34	32
DE Coy Bacon	4	1	0.0	18	22
DE Olin Rogers	3	2	0.0	26	29
CB Mike Bass	3	1	0.0	32	33
CB Graham Spreen	3	1	0.0	31	34
DE Tommy Hart	2	1	0.0	30	34
DE Bill Stanfill	1	1	0.0	18	14
CB Maurice Spencer	1	0	0.0	20	22
WR Vincent Slatus	1	0	---	---	---
DT R.J. Reese	1	0	0.0	14	7

Pass Rush Statistics

Los Angeles	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Jim Youngblood	1.0	2	1	17
DE Jack Youngblood	1.0	0	1	24
DE Harvey Martin	0.0	1	0	21

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Paul Naumoff	1.0	0	0	0	35
DE Coy Bacon	0.0	1	1	1	22
OLB Charlie Hall	0.0	0	2	0	25
DE Tommy Hart	0.0	0	2	0	34
DE Olin Rogers	0.0	0	1	1	29

Pass Defense Statistics

Los Angeles	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Mark Washington	3	0	0	17
CB Steve Tannen	2	0	0	22
OLB Chase Chandler	2	0	0	4
CB Broderick Ours	2	0	0	19
ILB Isiah Robertson	1	1	1	23
S Dave Elmendorf	1	0	0	23
OLB Rick Middleton	1	0	0	8
ILB Jeff Siemon	1	0	0	22
DE Jack Youngblood	1	0	0	24
OLB Jim Youngblood	1	0	0	17
S Bernie Sims	1	0	0	12

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Sandy Durko	3	1	35
S Chris Farasopoulos	3	1	31
OLB Steve Nelson	3	1	18
CB Graham Spreen	3	0	34
CB Mike Bass	2	1	33
OLB Sam Hunt	2	1	32
OLB Paul Naumoff	2	1	35
OLB Charlie Hall	2	0	25
DE Tommy Hart	2	0	34

Blocking Statistics

Los Angeles	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Bob Van Duyne	3	5	21	0	18
Cleo Miller	2	4	23	0	21
Harris Richardson	1	6	26	0	29
Bob McKay	1	5	28	0	32
Daryl White	1	3	27	1	30
Sam Rohde	1	2	26	0	28
Billy Lindstrom	1	1	6	0	2
Hardy Dillon	1	1	16	0	13
Gerry Sullivan	0	5	30	0	27
Cornell Corbett	0	2	17	0	17
Chuck Naretta	0	1	18	0	17

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Babe Morgan	1	5	18	0	18
Jean Barrett	1	2	16	1	19
Doug Van Horn	1	2	19	1	22
Dan Stonebarger	1	1	4	0	13
Jim Langer	0	5	19	0	22
John Brockington	0	2	11	0	13
John Hannah	0	2	19	0	21

Special Teams Tackles

Los Angeles	Tackles	STPlays
Tom Sullivan	2	11
Dexter Bussey	1	24
Emmanuel Bumgarner	1	18
Glenn Buchanan	1	16
Sam Rohde	1	9
Bob Van Duyne	1	8

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Frank Grant	2	17
Troy Gerhardt	2	16
Van Harmon	1	15
Mike Bass	1	11

Participation

Los Angeles	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Jaworski	36	36	---	---	---	72
Harris Richardson	26	29	---	---	9	64
Sam Rohde	26	28	---	---	9	63
Bob McKay	28	32	---	---	---	60
Gerry Sullivan	30	27	---	---	---	57
Daryl White	27	30	---	---	---	57
Steve Holden	21	20	---	---	15	56
Cleo Miller	23	21	---	---	9	53
Dave Elmendorf	---	---	19	23	9	51
Jack Youngblood	---	---	18	24	8	50
Lawrence McCutcheon	22	25	---	---	---	47
Bob Van Duyne	21	18	---	---	8	47
Isiah Robertson	---	---	19	23	3	45
Steve Tannen	---	---	16	22	7	45
Rick Middleton	---	---	11	8	25	44
Mark Washington	---	---	4	17	21	42
Glenn Buchanan	---	---	8	18	16	42
Gary Larson	---	---	17	22	2	41
Jeff Siemon	---	---	17	22	2	41
Chuck Naretta	18	17	---	---	6	41
Mike Rengel	19	16	---	---	5	40
Tom Stropka	17	23	---	---	---	40
Broderick Ours	---	---	17	19	2	38
Harvey Martin	---	---	14	21	2	37
Tom Sullivan	14	11	---	---	11	36
Toby Fredrick	16	20	---	---	---	36
Jim Youngblood	---	---	17	17	1	35
Cornell Corbett	17	17	---	---	---	34
Hardy Dillon	16	13	---	---	---	29
Dexter Bussey	0	2	---	---	24	26
Ed Williams	11	4	---	---	9	24
Bernie Sims	---	---	10	12	2	24
Emmanuel Bumgarner	2	3	---	---	18	23
Bob Hoskins	---	---	8	4	6	18
Billy Lindstrom	6	2	---	---	9	17
Chase Chandler	---	---	4	4	8	16
Chester Ferguson	0	1	---	---	11	12
Tyrone Anthony	---	---	7	5	---	12
Jim Sexton	0	1	---	---	9	10
Rickey Jarrell	0	0	---	---	7	7
Chester Dawkins	---	---	1	2	4	7
Toni Linhart	0	0	---	---	6	6
Vern Den Herder	---	---	2	1	---	3
Gerald Rasberry	0	0	---	---	2	2
Al Speer	0	0	---	---	1	1
John Hufnagel	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sandy Durko	---	---	36	35	11	82
Mike Bass	---	---	32	33	11	76
Charlie Hall	---	---	35	25	11	71
Chris Farasopoulos	---	---	28	31	11	70
Paul Naumoff	---	---	32	35	2	69
Sam Hunt	---	---	34	32	2	68
Graham Spreen	---	---	31	34	2	67
Tommy Hart	---	---	30	34	2	66
Olin Rogers	---	---	26	29	3	58
Maurice Spencer	---	---	20	22	15	57
Coy Bacon	---	---	18	22	8	48
Steve Nelson	---	---	22	18	5	45
Jim Plunkett	19	24	---	---	---	43
Babe Morgan	18	18	---	---	6	42
John Hannah	19	21	---	---	1	41
Jim Langer	19	22	---	---	---	41
Doug Van Horn	19	22	---	---	---	41
Jean Barrett	16	19	---	---	2	37
Gloster Richardson	17	16	---	---	2	35
Jerome Moriarty	9	8	---	---	18	35
Van Harmon	6	13	---	---	15	34
Bill Stanfill	---	---	18	14	1	33
John Brockington	11	13	---	---	8	32
Essex Johnson	11	14	---	---	6	31
R.J. Reese	---	---	14	7	7	28
Bob Adams	8	12	---	---	7	27
Dana Devine	11	16	---	---	---	27
Larry Smith	3	6	---	---	16	25
Dan Stonebarger	4	13	---	---	8	25
Vincent Slatus	8	12	---	---	4	24
Vince Castillo	---	---	4	12	7	23
Frank Grant	2	1	---	---	17	20
Terry Meyer	---	---	4	2	14	20
Shawn McCulley	2	0	---	---	17	19
Elex Price	---	---	10	7	---	17
Jumbo Asher	7	9	---	---	1	17
Troy Gerhardt	0	0	---	---	16	16
Tom Mullen	0	3	---	---	8	11
Skip Lewis	0	2	---	---	7	9
Ray Wersching	0	0	---	---	7	7
Marv Bateman	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jims Sims	---	---	2	4	---	6
Jared Kuszewski	0	0	---	---	2	2
Isaac Daniels	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	47	4.7
Middle	18	56	3.1
Right	8	48	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	11	3.7
Middle	9	18	2.0
Right	7	62	8.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ron Jaworski	35	22	0	0	0	6	6	2	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Plunkett	22	16	2	0	1	1	3	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	14	4.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	13	83	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	74	10.6
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	25	4.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	5	17	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	67	9.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	64	16.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Los Angeles	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Steve Holden	10	5	46	20
WR Tom Stropka	6	4	34	23
WR Toby Fredrick	6	3	27	20
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	4	4	31	25
FB Cleo Miller	3	2	11	21
WR Mike Rengel	3	2	12	16
TE Chuck Naretta	2	2	10	17
TE Cornell Corbett	1	0	0	17

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Essex Johnson	4	4	0	55	1	14
RB Dana Devine	4	3	1	26	0	16
WR Gloster Richardson	3	2	0	66	1	16
WR Larry Smith	3	3	0	11	0	6
FB John Brockington	2	2	0	7	0	13
WR Van Harmon	2	1	0	4	0	13
RB Jumbo Asher	2	1	0	4	0	9
WR Vincent Slatus	2	0	0	0	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Lawrence McCutcheon	2	2	1.00	5.00
Tom Sullivan	2	2	1.00	3.25
Ron Jaworski	1	-1	-1.00	1.00

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Essex Johnson	2	4	2.00	2.91
Larry Smith	1	7	7.00	7.00
Jumbo Asher	1	0	0.00	7.43

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ron Jaworski	4	3	24	6.00	4.89

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim Plunkett	1	1	6	6.00	7.86

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Los Angeles	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Steve Holden	1	1	7	7.00	4.60
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	1	1	13	13.00	7.75
TE Cornell Corbett	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Toby Fredrick	1	1	4	4.00	4.50

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Dana Devine	1	1	6	6.00	6.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Los Angeles	Rushes	Conversions
Lawrence McCutcheon	3	3
Tom Sullivan	1	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Essex Johnson	1	0
Larry Smith	1	1
Jumbo Asher	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ron Jaworski	13	7	5

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Plunkett	7	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Los Angeles	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Steve Holden	4	1	1
WR Toby Fredrick	4	2	2
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	2	2	2
FB Cleo Miller	1	1	0
WR Mike Rengel	1	0	0
WR Tom Stropka	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Dana Devine	2	1	1
FB John Brockington	1	1	0
RB Essex Johnson	1	1	1
WR Larry Smith	1	1	0
WR Van Harmon	1	1	0
WR Vincent Slatus	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,100 (21,400)
End Zone 12,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,100 (21,400)
End Zone	12,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (3,300)