1974_Washington_Redskins_season

1974 Washington Redskins season
1974 Washington Redskins season
Owner	Jack Kent Cooke
Head coach	George Allen
Home field	RFK Stadium
Results
Record	10–4
Division place	2nd NFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Playoffs; (at Rams) 10–19
Pro Bowlers	SS Ken Houston ; LB Chris Hanburger; WR Charley Taylor; DT Diron Talbert
	← 1973; Redskins seasons; 1975 →;

1974 Washington Redskins season

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The 1974 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 43rd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 38th in Washington, D.C. The team matched on their 10–4 record from 1973. It is also notable for being Deacon Jones' first and only season with the Redskins; as well as being his final year in the NFL. In the divisional playoff round the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Washington Redskins 19-10.

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Pro Football Reference; Washington Redskins at New York Giants – September 15, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Redskins – September 22, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Denver Broncos at Washington Redskins – September 30, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Washington Redskins at Cincinnati Bengals – October 6, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Miami Dolphins at Washington Redskins – October 13, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; New York Giants at Washington Redskins – October 20, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Washington Redskins at St. Louis Cardinals – October 27, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Washington Redskins at Green Bay Packers – November 3, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles – November 10, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins – November 17, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins – November 24, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys – November 28, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Washington Redskins at Los Angeles Rams – December 9, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; Chicago Bears at Washington Redskins – December 15, 1974

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Pro Football Reference; NFC Divisional Playoffs – Washington Redskins at Los Angeles Rams – December 22, 1974

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	Quarterbacks 9 Sonny Jurgensen 17 Billy Kilmer Running backs 43 Larry Brown 44 Moses Denson 25 Mike Hull 28 Herb Mul-Key 47 Duane Thomas Wide receivers 46 Frank Grant 80 Roy Jefferson 24 Bill Malinchak 42 Charley Taylor Tight ends 84 Mike Hancock 87 Jerry Smith		Offensive linemen 56 Len Hauss C 73 Paul Laaveg G 62 Ray Schoenke T 74 George Starke T 78 Walt Sweeney G 60 John Wilbur G Defensive linemen 86 Verlon Biggs DE 77 Bill Brundige DT 61 Dennis Johnson DE 75 Deacon Jones DE 79 Ron McDole DE 64 Manny Sistrunk DT 72 Diron Talbert DT		Linebackers 55 Chris Hanburger 53 Harold McLinton 52 John Pergine 89 Dave Robinson 67 Rusty Tillman Defensive backs 41 Mike Bass CB 45 Speedy Duncan CB 37 Pat Fischer CB 27 Ken Houston SS 23 Brig Owens SS Special teams 4 Mike Bragg P 3 Mark Moseley K		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	August 2	New England Patriots	L 16–21	0–1	RFK Stadium	16,405
2	August 9	Houston OIlers	L 3–48	0–2	RFK Stadium	14,768
3	August 18	Buffalo Bills	L 15–16	0–3	RFK Stadium	28,409
4	August 24	at Cleveland Browns	W 20–17	1–3	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	44,528
5	August 30	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 19–21	1–4	RFK Stadium	42,327
6	September 6	Baltimore Colts	W 7–6	2–4	RFK Stadium	29,704

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	10	9	0	2	21
Redskins	0	6	7	3	16

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
NE	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
WAS	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Patriots	Game Statistics	Redskins
	First downs
	Rushes–yards
	Passing yards
	Passes
	Sacked–yards
	Net passing yards
	Total yards
	Return yards
	Punts
	Fumbles–lost
	Penalties–yards

1974_Washington_Redskins_season

1974 Washington Redskins season

Offseason

NFL Draft

Roster

Pre season

Schedule

Pre season Game summaries

Week P1 (Friday, August 2, 1974): vs. New England Patriots

Week P2 (Friday, August 9, 1974): vs. Houston Oilers

Week P3 (Sunday, August 18, 1974): vs. Buffalo Bills

Week P4 (Saturday, August 24, 1974): at Cleveland Browns

Week P5 (Friday, August 30, 1974): vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week P6 (Friday, September 6, 1974): vs. Baltimore Colts

Regular season

Schedule

Standings

Regular Season Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday, September 15, 1974): at New York Giants

Week 2 (Sunday, September 22, 1974): vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Week 3 (Monday, September 30, 1974): vs. Denver Broncos

Week 4 (Sunday, October 6, 1974): at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 5 (Sunday, October 13, 1974): vs. Miami Dolphins

Week 6 (Sunday, October 20, 1974): vs. New York Giants

Week 7 (Sunday, October 27, 1974): at St. Louis Cardinals

Week 8 (Sunday, November 3, 1974): at Green Bay Packers

Week 9 (Sunday, November 10, 1974): at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 10 (Sunday, November 17, 1974): vs. Dallas Cowboys

Week 11 (Sunday, November 24, 1974): vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week 12 (Thursday, November 28, 1974): at Dallas Cowboys

Week 13 (Monday, December 9, 1974): at Los Angeles Rams

Week 14 (Sunday, December 15, 1974): vs. Chicago Bears

Stats

Playoffs

NFC Divisional Playoffs (Sunday, December 22, 1974): at Los Angeles Rams

Awards, records, and honors

References

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Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 15	at New York Giants	W 13–10	1–0	Yale Bowl	49,849	Recap
2	September 22	St. Louis Cardinals	L 10–17	1–1	RFK Stadium	53,888	Recap
3	September 30	Denver Broncos	W 30–3	2–1	RFK Stadium	54,395	Recap
4	October 6	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 17–28	2–2	Riverfront Stadium	56,175	Recap
5	October 13	Miami Dolphins	W 20–17	3–2	RFK Stadium	54,395	Recap
6	October 20	New York Giants	W 24–3	4–2	RFK Stadium	53,879	Recap
7	October 27	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 20–23	4–3	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,410	Recap
8	November 3	at Green Bay Packers	W 17–6	5–3	Lambeau Field	55,288	Recap
9	November 10	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–20	6–3	Veterans Stadium	65,947	Recap
10	November 17	Dallas Cowboys	W 28–21	7–3	RFK Stadium	54,395	Recap
11	November 24	Philadelphia Eagles	W 26–7	8–3	RFK Stadium	54,395	Recap
12	November 28	at Dallas Cowboys	L 23–24	8–4	Texas Stadium	63,243	Recap
13	December 9	at Los Angeles Rams	W 23–17	9–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	87,313	Recap
14	December 15	Chicago Bears	W 42–0	10–4	RFK Stadium	52,085	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

NFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
St. Louis Cardinals	10	4	0	.714	7–1	8–3	285	218	W1
Washington Redskins	10	4	0	.714	5–3	8–3	320	196	W2
Dallas Cowboys	8	6	0	.571	4–4	6–5	297	235	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	7	7	0	.500	3–5	5–6	242	217	W3
New York Giants	2	12	0	.143	1–7	1–10	195	299	L6

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
WAS	Passing	Billy Kilmer	9/19, 83 YDS, 1 INT
	Rushing	Larry Brown	20 CAR, 75 YDS, 1 TD
	Receiving	Jerry Smith	4 REC, 15 YDS
NYG	Passing	Norm Snead	9/22, 69 YDS, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Doug Kotar	14 CAR, 43 YDS, 1 TD
	Receiving	Bob Tucker	3 REC, 43 YDS

Redskins	Game Statistics	Giants
13	First downs	12
39–128	Rushes–yards	36–98
109	Passing yards	69
13–23–1	Passes	9–22–2
0–0	Sacked–yards	1–9
109	Net passing yards	60
237	Total yards	158
177	Return yards	116
7–34.4	Punts	7–44.6
1–1	Fumbles–lost	3–2
5–50	Penalties–yards	4–30

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
STL	Passing	Jim Hart	9/17, 56 YDS
	Rushing	Terry Metcalf	7 CAR, 95 YDS, 1 TD
	Receiving	Terry Metcalf	4 REC, 19 YDS
WAS	Passing	Billy Kilmer	19/33, 212 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Duane Thomas	26 CAR, 98 YDS
	Receiving	Larry Smith	5 REC, 31 YDS

Cardinals	Game Statistics	Redskins
12	First downs	21
29–175	Rushes–yards	39–132
56	Passing yards	212
9–17–0	Passes	19–33–1
1–7	Sacked–yards	2–12
49	Net passing yards	200
224	Total yards	332
83	Return yards	99
4–37.8	Punts	3–42.0
1–0	Fumbles–lost	1–1
4–48	Penalties–yards	2–18

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
DEN	Passing	Charley Johnson	11/22, 112 YDS
	Rushing	Otis Armstrong	11 CAR, 32 YDS
	Receiving	Riley Odoms	3 REC, 42 YDS
WAS	Passing	Billy Kilmer	17/23, 223 YDS, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Larry Brown	24 CAR, 47 YDS
	Receiving	Charley Taylor	6 REC, 59 YDS, 2 TDs

Broncos	Game Statistics	Redskins
10	First downs	21
23–53	Rushes–yards	42–100
119	Passing yards	245
12–24–1	Passes	20–26–0
2–13	Sacked–yards	0–0
106	Net passing yards	245
159	Total yards	345
148	Return yards	119
6–36.3	Punts	5–41.2
3–2	Fumbles–lost	1–1
4–17	Penalties–yards	5–34

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
WAS	Passing	Billy Kilmer	12/21, 148 YDS
	Rushing	Larry Brown	26 CAR, 63 YDS
	Receiving	Jerry Smith	6 REC, 90 YDS, 1 TD
CIN	Passing	Ken Anderson	12/17, 142 YDS, 1 TD
	Rushing	Ken Anderson	7 CAR, 70 YDS
	Receiving	Boobie Clark	4 REC, 47 YDS

Redskins	Game Statistics	Bengals
24	First downs	14
34–110	Rushes–yards	30–99
252	Passing yards	142
24–41–0	Passes	12–18–0
3–25	Sacked–yards	1–10
227	Net passing yards	132
337	Total yards	221
149	Return yards	193
6–39.8	Punts	6–41.3
1–1	Fumbles–lost	2–1
4–29	Penalties–yards	5–43

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
MIA	Passing	Bob Griese	11/24, 139 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Larry Csonka	18 CAR, 58 YDS
	Receiving	Howard Twilley	4 REC, 43 YDS, 1 TD
WAS	Passing	Sonny Jurgensen	26/39, 303 YDS, 2 TDs, 3 INTs
	Rushing	Larry Brown	10 CAR, 16 YDS
	Receiving	Larry Smith	8 REC, 61 YDS, 1 TD

Dolphins	Game Statistics	Redskins
16	First downs	15
39–107	Rushes–yards	18–26
139	Passing yards	303
11–24–2	Passes	26–39–3
2–13	Sacked–yards	1–4
126	Net passing yards	299
233	Total yards	325
89	Return yards	207
5–41.2	Punts	2–36.5
2–1	Fumbles–lost	1–1
3–20	Penalties–yards	6–47

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
NYG	Passing	Norm Snead	9/17, 61 YDS, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Doug Kotar	14 CAR, 26 YDS
	Receiving	Joe Dawkins	4 REC, 14 YDS
WAS	Passing	Sonny Jurgensen	17/30, 174 YDS, 3 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Moses Denson	9 CAR, 53 YDS
	Receiving	Charley Taylor	6 REC, 59 YDS

Giants	Game Statistics	Redskins
10	First downs	18
28–57	Rushes–yards	29–80
120	Passing yards	181
15–29–5	Passes	20–36–1
1–6	Sacked–yards	3–15
114	Net passing yards	166
171	Total yards	246
119	Return yards	110
5–36.4	Punts	6–37.2
1–1	Fumbles–lost	2–1
6–61	Penalties–yards	9–70

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
WAS	Passing	Sonny Jurgensen	20/29, 201 YDS, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Moses Denson	17 CAR, 77 YDS
	Receiving	Jerry Smith	5 REC, 40 YDS
STL	Passing	Jim Hart	15/19, 200 YDS, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Jim Otis	11 CAR, 51 YDS
	Receiving	Earl Thomas	4 REC, 106 YDS, 1 TD

Redskins	Game Statistics	Cardinals
19	First downs	15
30–116	Rushes–yards	27–115
201	Passing yards	200
20–29–1	Passes	15–20–0
4–25	Sacked–yards	1–10
176	Net passing yards	190
292	Total yards	305
124	Return yards	165
4–33.5	Punts	3–39.3
1–0	Fumbles–lost	1–0
1–5	Penalties–yards	6–45

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
WAS	Passing	Billy Kilmer	14/24, 159 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Moses Denson	13 CAR, 47 YDS
	Receiving	Moses Denson	4 REC, 9 YDS
GB	Passing	John Hadl	9/15, 99 YDS, 1 INT
	Rushing	John Brockington	20 CAR, 78 YDS
	Receiving	John Brockington	6 REC, 25 YDS

Redskins	Game Statistics	Packers
14	First downs	15
36–100	Rushes–yards	30–96
159	Passing yards	166
14–24–2	Passes	17–35–3
3–22	Sacked–yards	1–8
137	Net passing yards	158
237	Total yards	254
116	Return yards	111
7–38.9	Punts	7–40.3
1–0	Fumbles–lost	0–0
8–45	Penalties–yards	4–30

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
WAS	Passing	Sonny Jurgensen	14/23, 172 YDS, 1 TD
	Rushing	Larry Brown	7 CAR, 28 YDS
	Receiving	Charley Taylor	9 REC, 155 YDS, 1 TD
PHI	Passing	Roman Gabriel	24/47, 211 YDS, 3 TDs, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Tom Sullivan	16 CAR, 29 YDS
	Receiving	Don Zimmerman	5 REC, 61 YDS

Redskins	Game Statistics	Eagles
15	First downs	23
23–46	Rushes–yards	31–84
258	Passing yards	211
21–42–1	Passes	24–48–2
4–33	Sacked–yards	2–28
225	Net passing yards	183
271	Total yards	267
164	Return yards	182
7–41.3	Punts	9–33.0
0–0	Fumbles–lost	2–1
9–67	Penalties–yards	6–47

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
DAL	Passing	Roger Staubach	16/38, 174 YDS, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Calvin Hill	16 CAR, 67 YDS
	Receiving	Billy Joe DuPree	6 REC, 92 YDS, 2 TDs
WAS	Passing	Billy Kilmer	11/19, 161 YDS, 1 TD
	Rushing	Charlie Evans	15 CAR, 42 YDS, 1 TD
	Receiving	Roy Jefferson	4 REC, 87 YDS, 1 TD

Cowboys	Game Statistics	Redskins
18	First downs	13
31–152	Rushes–yards	37–100
174	Passing yards	161
16–38–1	Passes	11–19–0
5–30	Sacked–yards	1–9
144	Net passing yards	152
296	Total yards	252
127	Return yards	146
8–39.4	Punts	9–35.0
1–0	Fumbles–lost	2–1
7–55	Penalties–yards	4–20

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
PHI	Passing	Roman Gabriel	18/28, 163 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Tom Sullivan	19 CAR, 76 YDS
	Receiving	Charle Young	5 REC, 52 YDS
WAS	Passing	Billy Kilmer	18/24, 172 YDS, 1 TD
	Rushing	Duane Thomas	20 CAR, 65 YDS, 1 TD
	Receiving	Roy Jefferson	5 REC, 56 YDS

Eagles	Game Statistics	Redskins
14	First downs	19
24–79	Rushes–yards	41–131
163	Passing yards	172
18–29–2	Passes	18–24–0
3–28	Sacked–yards	0–0
135	Net passing yards	172
214	Total yards	303
113	Return yards	177
4–36.0	Punts	4–34.0
4–3	Fumbles–lost	2–0
4–20	Penalties–yards	4–41

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
WAS	Passing	Billy Kilmer	8/17, 112 YDS, 1 TD
	Rushing	Duane Thomas	18 CAR, 55 YDS, 1 TD
	Receiving	Roy Jefferson	2 REC, 49 YDS
DAL	Passing	Clint Longley	11/20, 203 YDS, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Robert Newhouse	16 CAR, 66 YDS
	Receiving	Drew Pearson	5 REC, 108 YDS, 1 TD

Redskins	Game Statistics	Cowboys
11	First downs	23
33–105	Rushes–yards	38–134
112	Passing yards	272
8–17–0	Passes	15–32–1
1–10	Sacked–yards	4–33
102	Net passing yards	239
207	Total yards	373
123	Return yards	101
5–42.2	Punts	3–40.0
1–1	Fumbles–lost	4–4
5–38	Penalties–yards	6–26

Passing
Player	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Lng	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
Kilmer	QB	11	10	7–3–0	137	234	58.5	1632	10	4.3	6	2.6	51	7.0	6.7	11.9	148.4	83.5	13	96	5.3	6.22	5.94
Jurgensen	QB	14	4	3–1–0	107	167	64.1	1185	11	6.6	5	3.0	44	7.1	7.1	11.1	84.6	94.5	10	69	5.6	6.31	6.28	2	2
Theismann	QB	9	0		9	11	81.8	145	1	9.1	0	0.0	69	13.2	15.0	16.1	16.1	149.1	2	11	15.4	10.31	11.85
Brown	RB	11	11		1	1	100.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	16.0	16.0	16.0	1.5	118.7	0	0	0.0	16.00	16.00
Team Total		14		10–4–0	254	413	61.5	2978	22	5.3	11	2.7	69	7.2	7.1	11.7	212.7	90.0	25	176	5.7	6.40	6.27	2	2
Opp Total		14			197	399	49.4	2102	13	3.3	25	6.3		5.3	3.10	10.7	150.1	49.9	31	256	7.2	4.3	2.3

Rushing
Player	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G
Brown	RB	11	11	163	430	3	16	2.6	39.1	14.8
Denson	FB	13	8	103	391	0	23	3.8	30.1	7.9
Thomas	RB	11	3	95	347	5	66	3.7	31.5	8.6
Smith	RB	7	6	55	149	0	13	2.7	21.3	7.9
Evans	RB	6	0	32	79	2	9	2.5	13.2	5.3
Kilmer	QB	11	10	6	27	0	10	4.5	2.5	0.5
Cunningham	RB	2	0	5	17	0	5	3.4	8.5	2.5
Theismann	QB	9	0	3	12	1	12	4.0	1.3	0.3
Smith	TE	14	14	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1
Mul-Key	RB	7	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.4	0.1
Taylor	WR	14	14	1	–1	0	–1	–1.0	–0.1	0.1
Jurgensen	QB	14	4	4	–6	0	0	–1.5	–0.4	0.3
Grant	WR	14	1	1	–10	0	–10	–10.0	–0.7	0.1
Team Total		14		470	1443	11	66	3.1	103.1	33.6
Opp Total		14		414	1439	7		3.5	102.8	29.6

Receiving
Player	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%
Taylor	WR	14	14	54	738	13.7	5	51	3.9	52.7	0.0%
Smith	TE	14	14	44	554	12.6	3	30	3.1	39.6	0.0%
Jefferson	WR	14	13	43	654	15.2	4	43	3.1	46.7	0.0%
Brown	RB	11	11	37	388	10.5	4	34	3.4	35.3	0.0%
Denson	FB	13	8	26	174	6.7	2	27	2.0	13.4	0.0%
Smith	RB	7	6	23	137	6.0	1	14	3.3	19.6	0.0%
Thomas	RB	11	3	10	31	3.1	1	9	0.9	2.8	0.0%
Grant	WR	14	1	9	196	21.8	1	69	0.6	14.0	0.0%
Reed	TE	14	0	4	36	9.0	1	11	0.3	2.6	0.0%
Evans	RB	6	0	2	44	22.0	0	44	0.3	7.3	0.0%
Cunningham	RB	2	0	2	26	13.0	0	18	1.0	13.0	0.0%
Team Total		14		254	2978	11.7	22	69	18.1	212.7
Opp Total		14		197	1846	9.4	13		14.1	131.9

Kicking
		Games		0–19		20–29		30–39		40–49		50+		Scoring
Player	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%
Moseley	K	13	0	1	1	5	2	13	9	10	6	1		30	18	48	60.0%	29	27	93.1%
Bragg	P	14	0			1	1							1	1	25	100.0%	8	7	87.5%
Jones	DE	14	1															1	1	100.0%
Team Total		14		1	1	6	3	13	9	10	6	1		31	19		61.3%	38	35	92.1%
Opp Total		14												15	10		66.7%	24	22	91.7%