| 1974 - Week 2 |
| New England Patriots at New York Giants |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| New York Giants | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Scoring Plays | Patriots | Giants | ||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| Giants | 9:25 | D.Kotar 2 yd. run ( P.Gogolak Kick ) ( 10-67, 5:39 ) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| Patriots | 11:54 | J.Smith 31 yd. Field Goal ( 8-60, 4:04 ) | 3 | 7 |
| Giants | 0:21 | R.A.Johnson 2 yd. pass from N.Snead ( P.Gogolak Kick ) ( 4-61, 1:09 ) | 3 | 14 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| Giants | 10:37 | P.Gogolak 38 yd. Field Goal ( 3-12, 1:43 ) | 3 | 17 |
| Patriots | 6:23 | S.Cunningham 47 yd. run ( J.Smith Kick ) ( 9-80, 4:10 ) | 10 | 17 |
| Patriots | 0:43 | R.Vataha 2 yd. pass from J.Plunkett ( J.Smith Kick ) ( 6-33, 3:15 ) | 17 | 17 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| Giants | 6:56 | B.Tucker 3 yd. pass from N.Snead ( P.Gogolak Kick ) ( 15-68, 8:47 ) | 17 | 24 |
| Patriots | 1:52 | M.Herron 6 yd. pass from J.Plunkett ( J.Smith Kick ) ( 12-80, 5:04 ) | 24 | 24 |
| Overtime | ||||
| Patriots | 11:35 | J.Smith 25 yd. Field Goal ( 6-49, 2:22 ) | 27 | 24 |
| Drive Charts | |||||||||||
| New York Giants | New England Patriots | ||||||||||
| Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | ||
| Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result | Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result |
| 15:00 | 5:39 | NYG 33 | 10 | 67 | Touchdown | 9:21 | 1:54 | NE 31 | 3 | -1 | Punt |
| 7:27 | 1:41 | NYG 47 | 3 | 4 | Punt | 5:46 | 1:40 | NE 25 | 3 | 4 | Punt |
| 4:06 | 3:12 | NE 49 | 8 | 23 | Missed FG | 0:54 | 4:04 | NE 26 | 8 | 60 | Field Goal |
| 11:50 | 1:45 | NYG 20 | 3 | 3 | Punt | 10:05 | 1:01 | NE 34 | 3 | -2 | Punt |
| 9:04 | 1:37 | NYG 15 | 3 | 5 | Punt | 7:27 | 1:35 | NYG 48 | 3 | -1 | Punt |
| 5:52 | 1:36 | NYG 20 | 3 | 4 | Punt | 4:16 | 2:01 | NE 33 | 5 | 12 | Interception |
| 2:15 | 0:23 | NYG 44 | 3 | 19 | Interception | 1:52 | 0:22 | NE 20 | 3 | 8 | Punt |
| 1:30 | 1:09 | NYG 39 | 4 | 61 | Touchdown | 0:21 | 0:21 | NE 20 | 3 | 17 | End of Half |
| 12:16 | 1:43 | NE 33 | 3 | 12 | Field Goal | 15:00 | 2:44 | NE 5 | 6 | 13 | Punt |
| 6:23 | 2:25 | NYG 15 | 3 | 9 | Punt | 10:33 | 4:10 | NE 20 | 9 | 80 | Touchdown |
| 0:43 | 8:47 | NYG 32 | 15 | 68 | Touchdown | 3:58 | 3:15 | NYG 33 | 6 | 33 | Touchdown |
| 1:52 | 1:02 | NYG 27 | 4 | 33 | Punt | 6:56 | 5:04 | NE 20 | 12 | 80 | Touchdown |
| 15:00 | 1:07 | NYG 26 | 3 | -2 | Punt | 0:50 | 0:51 | NE 1 | 3 | 6 | Downs |
| 13:53 | 2:22 | NE 43 | 6 | 49 | Field Goal | ||||||
| 32:06 | NYG 34 | 65 | 306 | 31:24 | NE 28 | 73 | 358 | ||||
| Time of Possession by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total |
| New England Patriots | 4:32 | 8:30 | 10:09 | 5:55 | 2:22 | 29:06 |
| New York Giants | 10:28 | 6:30 | 4:51 | 9:06 | 1:07 | 30:55 |
| Team Statistics | Patriots | Giants |
| Total Points | 27 | 24 |
| 1st Downs | 20 | 18 |
| Rushing | 9 | 3 |
| Passing | 11 | 14 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd-Down Conversions | 11-19 | 7-16 |
| 4th-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 5-30 | 6-31 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Time Of Pos. | 29:06 | 30:55 |
| Total Net Yards | 374 | 321 |
| Total Plays | 73 | 65 |
| Average Gain | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 198 | 90 |
| Rushes | 42 | 35 |
| Avg. Per Rush | 4.7 | 2.6 |
| Net Yards Passing | 176 | 231 |
| Completions | 16 | 19 |
| Attempts | 29 | 30 |
| Completion % | 55.2 | 63.3 |
| Yards Per Completion | 11.9 | 12.2 |
| Sacks | 2 | 0 |
| Had Intercepted | 1 | 1 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
| Rushing | 1 | 1 |
| Passing | 2 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 3-3 | 3-3 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| New England Patriots | New York Giants | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT | Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT |
| Jim Plunkett | 29 | 16 | 190 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 84 | Norm Snead | 30 | 19 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 95 |
| Totals | 29 | 16 | 190 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 84 | Totals | 30 | 19 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 95 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Mack Herron | 23 | 60 | 2.6 | 17 | 0 | Joe Dawkins | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Sam The Bam Cunningham | 19 | 138 | 7.3 | 47 | 1 | Ron A. Johnson | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Leon McQuay | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Norm Snead | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 42 | 198 | 4.7 | 47 | 1 | Totals | 35 | 90 | 2.6 | 14 | 1 |
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Mack Herron | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 16 | 1 | Joe Dawkins | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 26 | 0 | Bob Tucker | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Sam The Bam Cunningham | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 | Bob Grim | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Randy Vataha | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 26 | 1 | Walker Gillette | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Ron A. Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 16 | 190 | 11.9 | 26 | 2 | Totals | 19 | 231 | 12.2 | 59 | 2 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG | Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG |
| Bruce Barnes | 6 | 213 | 35.5 | 1 | 1 | 53 | Dave Jennings | 7 | 268 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| Totals | 6 | 213 | 35.5 | 1 | 1 | 53 | Totals | 7 | 268 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM | Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM |
| John Smith | 2 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 3 | Pete Gogolak | 2 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 3 | Totals | 2 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 3 |
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD | Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD |
| Mack Herron | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 1 | 26 | 0 | Leon McQuay | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 1 | 26 | 0 | Totals | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD | Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD |
| Andy Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Leon McQuay | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Doug Kotar | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 22 | 0 | Totals | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Steve King | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Eldridge Small | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Totals | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sacks | No | Yds | Avg | Sacks | No | Yds | Avg |
| Rick Dvorak | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | ||||
| Andy Selfridge | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | ||||
| Totals | Totals | 2 | 14 | 7.0 |
| Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD | Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Mack Herron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leon McQuay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam The Bam Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Honor Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |