Week 5, 1975

played in New York (A), NJ

62 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

New England Patriots	7	7	7	6	-	27
New York (A) Titans	14	7	0	0	-	21

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:47 NED - Dave Osborn 15 run (Ray Wersching extra point)
1Q: 09:17 NYT - John Riggins 10 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy extra point)
1Q: 05:24 NYT - Bo Rather 15 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy extra point)
2Q: 08:47 NYT - O.J. Simpson 2 run (Pat Leahy extra point)
2Q: 03:33 NED - Jerome Moriarty 1 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching extra point)
3Q: 09:27 NED - Graham Spreen 59 interception return (Ray Wersching extra point)
4Q: 13:53 NED - Ray Wersching 49 field goal
4Q: 01:12 NED - Ray Wersching 23 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:47 NED - Dave Osborn 15 run (Ray Wersching extra point)
1Q: 09:17 NYT - John Riggins 10 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy extra point)
1Q: 05:24 NYT - Bo Rather 15 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy extra point)
2Q: 08:47 NYT - O.J. Simpson 2 run (Pat Leahy extra point)
2Q: 03:33 NED - Jerome Moriarty 1 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching extra point)
3Q: 09:27 NED - Graham Spreen 59 interception return (Ray Wersching extra point)
4Q: 13:53 NED - Ray Wersching 49 field goal
4Q: 01:12 NED - Ray Wersching 23 field goal

Team Statistics NED NYT
Record 2-3 2-3
First Downs 18 24
- by Rushing 6 8
- by Passing 10 16
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 240 432
- Offensive Plays 55 70
- Yards per Play 4.36 6.17
Net Rushing Yards 113 158
- Rushing Attempts 33 30
- Yards per Rush 3.42 5.27
Net Passing Yards 127 274
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 20 - 15 - 1 37 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 139 292
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 3/18
- Yards per Pass Play 5.77 6.85
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 4.8 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 1/10 10/75
Punt Returns/Yards 1/11 1/-1
Kick Returns/Yards 2/56 3/82
Interception Ret./Yards 1/59 1/3
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 43 OWN 22
Time of Possession 27:10 32:50

Team Statistics	NED	NYT
Record	2-3	2-3
First Downs	18	24
- by Rushing	6	8
- by Passing	10	16
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	240	432
- Offensive Plays	55	70
- Yards per Play	4.36	6.17
Net Rushing Yards	113	158
- Rushing Attempts	33	30
- Yards per Rush	3.42	5.27
Net Passing Yards	127	274
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	20 - 15 - 1	37 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	139	292
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	3/18
- Yards per Pass Play	5.77	6.85
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	4.8	7.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	1/10	10/75
Punt Returns/Yards	1/11	1/-1
Kick Returns/Yards	2/56	3/82
Interception Ret./Yards	1/59	1/3
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 43	OWN 22
Time of Possession	27:10	32:50

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:47	0:08	OPP 15	1	15	Touchdown
1	9:07	1:12	OWN 20	3	-5	Interception
1	5:16	2:36	OWN 20	5	38	Punt
1	0:39	2:57	OWN 45	6	23	Missed FG
2	8:39	5:15	OWN 37	13	63	Touchdown
2	1:04	1:04	OWN 32	5	57	Half
3	15:00	2:35	OWN 41	3	2	Punt
3	4:16	2:07	OWN 34	5	25	Punt
3	0:38	1:52	OPP 40	3	8	Field Goal
4	8:46	6:32	OWN 7	9	29	Punt
4	1:38	0:33	OPP 6	3	0	Field Goal

New York (A) Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:13	OWN 20	1	-5	Fumble
1	14:39	5:32	OWN 15	10	85	Touchdown
1	7:55	2:39	OPP 45	6	45	Touchdown
1	2:40	2:01	OWN 6	5	10	Punt
2	12:42	4:03	OWN 39	7	61	Touchdown
2	3:24	2:20	OWN 48	7	27	Missed FG
3	12:25	3:09	OWN 7	6	44	Interception
3	9:16	5:00	OWN 27	9	46	Missed FG
3	2:09	1:31	OWN 4	3	4	Punt
4	13:46	5:00	OWN 20	7	34	Punt
4	2:14	0:36	OWN 11	4	-5	Downs
4	1:05	1:05	OWN 20	5	46	Game

Game MVP: Graham Spreen, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Dave Osborn	20	76	3.80	15	2	1
Jumbo Asher	10	27	2.70	5	0	0
Jim Plunkett	2	11	5.50	6	0	0
Larry Smith	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
O.J. Simpson	24	135	5.63	23	3	1
Rod Phillips	6	23	3.83	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Plunkett	20	15	139	2/12	1	21	1	89.4

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Namath	37	24	292	3/18	2	24	1	95.8

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Frank Grant	5	6	60	12.00	11	21	0
WR Van Harmon	3	5	20	6.67	0	16	0
TE Jerome Moriarty	2	2	13	6.50	0	12	1
WR Vincent Slatus	2	2	14	7.00	0	8	0
TE Bob Adams	1	1	12	12.00	0	12	0
WR Reggie Rucker	1	2	15	15.00	5	15	0
RB Jumbo Asher	1	2	5	5.00	0	5	0

New York (A)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB O.J. Simpson	5	7	52	10.40	16	21	0
WR Bo Rather	4	4	61	15.25	7	21	1
WR Everett Conley	4	6	52	13.00	2	24	0
WR Bob Pickard	3	8	28	9.33	0	12	0
FB John Riggins	2	2	22	11.00	14	12	1
TE Eric Sanderson	2	2	32	16.00	5	17	0
TE Irv Newton	2	3	26	13.00	0	23	0
WR Tim George	1	3	14	14.00	0	14	0
RB Rod Phillips	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Graham Spreen	1	59	59.00	1

New York (A)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Ed Jones	1	3	3.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Recov	Force
Paul Naumoff	1	0
Chris Farasopoulos	0	1
R.J. Reese	0	1

New York (A)	Fumb	Recov
Joe Namath	1	0
O.J. Simpson	1	0
Bo Rather	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marv Bateman	4	166	41.5	41.8	49	3

New York (A)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marvin Tuupo	3	121	40.3	36.7	43	1

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ray Wersching	2/3	1/2	0/0	49	3/3

New York (A)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Pat Leahy	0/2	0/2	0/0	0	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Farasopoulos	1	11	11.0	0

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tim George	1	-1	-1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Farasopoulos	2	56	28.0	0

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
O.J. Simpson	2	58	29.0	0
Tim George	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Bill Stanfill	9	1	0.0	29	40
S Chris Farasopoulos	8	3	0.0	23	29
OLB Sam Hunt	8	3	0.0	30	39
OLB Paul Naumoff	6	2	1.0	28	39
S Sandy Durko	6	0	0.0	29	39
CB Graham Spreen	4	0	0.0	27	39
DT R.J. Reese	3	1	0.5	26	39
S Autry Beamon	3	0	0.0	10	16
OLB Charlie Hall	2	1	0.5	20	25
DE Manny Sistrunk	1	2	1.0	28	38
DT Elex Price	1	2	0.0	8	11
CB Maurice Spencer	1	2	0.0	22	28
OLB Steve Nelson	1	1	0.0	11	14
CB Mike Williams	1	1	0.0	28	38
WR Reggie Rucker	1	0	---	---	---

New York (A)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jim LeClair	7	4	0.0	33	22
CB Earlie Thomas	7	1	0.0	28	19
OLB Greg Brezina	5	2	0.0	30	21
ILB John Ebersole	5	1	0.0	12	6
S Roderick Vance	5	0	0.0	24	19
DE Richard Neal	4	5	1.0	28	22
S Ron Smith	4	3	0.0	30	20
OLB Mike Kolen	2	3	0.0	23	16
DT Rickey McBeal	2	1	0.0	28	19
CB Kennedy McCargo	2	0	0.0	20	18
DT Pete Cusick	1	0	1.0	4	3
CB Lawrence Wiggins	1	2	0.0	30	20
DE Ron Acks	1	1	0.0	30	20
ILB Tyrus Heskew	1	0	0.0	8	1
OLB Christian Howe	1	0	0.0	7	1
S Ed Jones	0	1	0.0	7	8

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Manny Sistrunk	1.0	1	0	38
OLB Paul Naumoff	1.0	0	1	39
DT R.J. Reese	0.5	0	2	39
OLB Charlie Hall	0.5	0	0	25
OLB Sam Hunt	0.0	0	1	39

New York (A)	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Richard Neal	1.0	0	0	1	22
DT Pete Cusick	1.0	0	0	0	3
OLB Mike Kolen	0.0	1	1	0	16
DT Roosevelt Winters	0.0	0	0	1	3

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Chris Farasopoulos	5	1	0	29
OLB Paul Naumoff	5	0	0	39
S Sandy Durko	3	1	0	39
CB Graham Spreen	2	1	1	39
S Autry Beamon	2	1	0	16
OLB Sam Hunt	2	0	0	39
CB Mike Williams	1	1	0	38
OLB Charlie Hall	1	0	0	25
OLB Steve Nelson	1	0	0	14
DT Elex Price	1	0	0	11
DE Bill Stanfill	1	0	0	40

New York (A)	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Roderick Vance	5	0	0	19
CB Earlie Thomas	4	1	0	19
ILB Jim LeClair	2	0	0	22
CB Kennedy McCargo	2	0	0	18
OLB Greg Brezina	1	0	0	21
S Ron Smith	1	0	0	20
DT Pete Cusick	0	1	0	3
S Ed Jones	0	0	1	8

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Skip Lewis	2	5	20	0	14
John Hannah	2	4	21	0	10
Jim Langer	1	4	28	1	18
Jean Barrett	1	3	22	0	12
Bob Adams	1	1	22	0	8
Chuck Wingle	1	1	10	0	9
Doug Van Horn	0	4	25	0	10
John Brockington	0	3	15	0	7
Dan Stonebarger	0	3	18	0	12
Babe Morgan	0	1	8	1	12
Kyle Delaroche	0	1	11	0	10
Lynn Boden	0	1	12	0	12

New York (A)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kurt Schumacher	7	11	26	0	34
Wayne Mulligan	4	6	24	1	34
David Shiancoe	2	2	11	0	13
Todd Watkins	1	4	23	1	32
Randal Farley	1	1	21	0	30
Michael Crespo	0	3	26	1	31
John Riggins	0	2	17	0	21
Irv Newton	0	1	19	0	19

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Frank Grant	1	16
Autry Beamon	1	15
Sandy Durko	1	13
Jerome Moriarty	1	10

New York (A)	Tackles	STPlays
Eric Sanderson	1	14
Bob Pickard	1	10
Wayne Mulligan	1	5

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sandy Durko	---	---	29	39	13	81
Sam Hunt	---	---	30	39	2	71
Bill Stanfill	---	---	29	40	2	71
Mike Williams	---	---	28	38	5	71
Paul Naumoff	---	---	28	39	2	69
Manny Sistrunk	---	---	28	38	2	68
Maurice Spencer	---	---	22	28	18	68
Graham Spreen	---	---	27	39	2	68
R.J. Reese	---	---	26	39	2	67
Chris Farasopoulos	---	---	23	29	9	61
Jim Plunkett	33	22	---	---	---	55
Jim Langer	28	18	---	---	2	48
Charlie Hall	---	---	20	25	2	47
Autry Beamon	---	---	10	16	15	41
Frank Grant	14	10	---	---	16	40
Reggie Rucker	23	15	---	---	1	39
Skip Lewis	20	14	---	---	2	36
Doug Van Horn	25	10	---	---	---	35
Dan Stonebarger	18	12	---	---	5	35
Jean Barrett	22	12	---	---	---	34
Steve Nelson	---	---	11	14	9	34
Jerome Moriarty	10	14	---	---	10	34
Bob Adams	22	8	---	---	3	33
Vincent Slatus	16	11	---	---	5	32
John Hannah	21	10	---	---	---	31
Chuck Wingle	10	9	---	---	12	31
Van Harmon	17	14	---	---	---	31
Dave Osborn	20	9	---	---	1	30
Lynn Boden	12	12	---	---	5	29
Kyle Delaroche	11	10	---	---	7	28
John Brockington	15	7	---	---	5	27
Babe Morgan	8	12	---	---	7	27
Jumbo Asher	11	12	---	---	---	23
Elex Price	---	---	8	11	---	19
Larry Smith	2	1	---	---	16	19
Walter White	2	0	---	---	17	19
John McKay	3	0	---	---	13	16
Olin Rogers	---	---	5	1	6	12
Danny Rhodes	---	---	4	3	4	11
Terry Meyer	---	---	2	2	6	10
Ray Wersching	0	0	---	---	9	9
Marv Bateman	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jared Kuszewski	0	0	---	---	3	3
Tommy Hart	---	---	0	0	---	0
Isaac Daniels	0	0	---	---	---	0
Louis Carter	0	0	---	---	---	0

New York (A)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joe Namath	30	40	---	---	---	70
O.J. Simpson	24	27	---	---	19	70
Wayne Mulligan	24	34	---	---	5	63
Kurt Schumacher	26	34	---	---	---	60
Jim LeClair	---	---	33	22	3	58
Bob Pickard	20	27	---	---	10	57
Michael Crespo	26	31	---	---	---	57
Greg Brezina	---	---	30	21	4	55
Ron Smith	---	---	30	20	5	55
Todd Watkins	23	32	---	---	---	55
Ron Acks	---	---	30	20	3	53
Richard Neal	---	---	28	22	3	53
Eric Sanderson	19	20	---	---	14	53
Lawrence Wiggins	---	---	30	20	3	53
Roderick Vance	---	---	24	19	10	53
John Riggins	17	21	---	---	14	52
Randal Farley	21	30	---	---	1	52
Earlie Thomas	---	---	28	19	4	51
Tim George	15	20	---	---	15	50
Rickey McBeal	---	---	28	19	3	50
Kennedy McCargo	---	---	20	18	9	47
Everett Conley	17	27	---	---	---	44
Irv Newton	19	19	---	---	5	43
Mike Kolen	---	---	23	16	3	42
Bo Rather	11	19	---	---	10	40
David Shiancoe	11	13	---	---	5	29
Karl Chandler	9	11	---	---	5	25
John Ebersole	---	---	12	6	4	22
Daniel Reiner	---	---	5	0	17	22
Rod Phillips	6	16	---	---	---	22
Christian Howe	---	---	7	1	13	21
Tyrus Heskew	---	---	8	1	9	18
Bob Johnson	6	6	---	---	5	17
Jesse Burgess	4	9	---	---	4	17
Ed Jones	---	---	7	8	1	16
Antonio Dodge	---	---	3	2	9	14
Ricky Baker	2	4	---	---	7	13
Roosevelt Winters	---	---	5	3	4	12
Pete Cusick	---	---	4	3	4	11
Pat Leahy	0	0	---	---	6	6
Greg Foggie	---	---	3	2	1	6
Deron DeLorraine	---	---	5	0	---	5
Marvin Tuupo	0	0	---	---	3	3
Tim Gray	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dusty Malinsky	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	2	2.0
Middle	19	64	3.4
Right	13	47	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	24	3.0
Middle	18	91	5.1
Right	4	43	10.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Plunkett	20	15	1	0	0	2	1	2	1

New York (A)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Namath	37	24	4	0	1	5	4	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	5	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	29	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	7	84	10.5
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	21	5.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	29	7.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	74	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	10	142	9.5
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	47	7.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Frank Grant	6	5	60	1	10
WR Van Harmon	5	3	20	0	14
WR Reggie Rucker	2	1	15	0	15
TE Jerome Moriarty	2	2	13	0	14
RB Jumbo Asher	2	1	5	0	12
WR Vincent Slatus	2	2	14	0	11
TE Bob Adams	1	1	12	0	8

New York (A)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bob Pickard	8	3	1	28	0	27
RB O.J. Simpson	7	5	0	52	1	27
WR Everett Conley	6	4	0	52	1	27
WR Bo Rather	4	4	0	61	1	19
WR Tim George	3	1	0	14	0	20
TE Irv Newton	3	2	0	26	1	19
FB John Riggins	2	2	0	22	0	21
TE Eric Sanderson	2	2	0	32	0	20
RB Rod Phillips	1	1	0	5	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dave Osborn	6	25	4.17	3.80
Larry Smith	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00
Jumbo Asher	1	5	5.00	2.70

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
O.J. Simpson	2	4	2.00	5.63

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim Plunkett	1	1	1	1.00	6.95

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Namath	3	3	39	13.00	7.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jerome Moriarty	1	1	1	1.00	6.50

New York (A)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bo Rather	2	2	29	14.50	15.25
FB John Riggins	1	1	10	10.00	11.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Jumbo Asher	4	3
Dave Osborn	1	0
Jim Plunkett	1	0
Larry Smith	1	0

New York (A)	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Plunkett	6	3	2

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Namath	11	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Van Harmon	2	0	0
RB Jumbo Asher	2	1	0
TE Jerome Moriarty	1	1	1
WR Vincent Slatus	1	1	1

New York (A)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bob Pickard	4	2	2
RB O.J. Simpson	3	2	2
WR Everett Conley	2	1	0
WR Tim George	1	0	0
WR Bo Rather	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,400 (21,400)
End Zone 11,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,400 (21,400)
End Zone	11,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,200 (3,300)