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Sunday September 29, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/29/1974:



The Eagles took the opening kickoff and marched 71 yards, with Tom Sullivan going the final 28 for the first touchdown of the season scored by the Eagles' offense. Sullivan, who rushed for 93 yards, later scored again and Tom Dempsey added three field goals. Cornerback Joe Lavender scored his second touchdown when he returned an interception 37 yards.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Baltimore ColtsOFFENSE125.5  (17)98.5  (21)224.0  (23)8
DEFENSE93.5  (4)199.0  (23)292.5  (16)4
Philadelphia EaglesOFFENSE105.5  (20)120.5  (17)226.0  (22)5
DEFENSE147.0  (15)204.5  (24)351.5  (23)6

Line: Eagles by 10

Team1234F
Baltimore Colts (0-3-0)300710
Philadelphia Eagles (2-1-0)10314330

( 0- 7) PHI Tom Sullivan 28 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 0-10) PHI Tom Dempsey 20 yard field goal
( 3-10) BAL Toni Linhart 45 yard field goal
( 3-13) PHI Tom Dempsey 38 yard field goal
( 3-20) PHI Joe Lavender 37 yard interception return (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 3-27) PHI Tom Sullivan 3 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
(10-27) BAL Glenn Doughty 22 yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick)
(10-30) PHI Tom Dempsey 42 yard field goal
                     BAL             PHI
First Downs:         17              19
Rushes-yards:        21-46           36-137
Yards/rush:          2.2             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     29-48-283-2     17-28-206-0
Sacked-yards:        4-22            0-0
Net pass yards:      261             206
Net yards/pass:      5.0             7.4
Total net yards:     307             343
Total plays:         73 (28% run)    64 (56% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             5.4
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             1-1
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     5-25            5-47

Attendance: 64,205
Passing:
BAL: Marty Domres, 17 of 26 for 142 yards (1 int); Bert Jones, 12 of 22 for 141 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
PHI: Roman Gabriel, 17 of 25 for 206 yards; John Reaves, 0 of 3 for 0 yards

Rushing:
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 7 for 2 yards; Don McCauley, 6 for 13 yards; Bill Olds, 6 for 11 yards; Bert Jones, 1 for 18 yards; Marty Domres, 1 for 2 yards
PHI: Tom Sullivan, 21 for 93 yards and 2 TDs; Po James, 6 for 9 yards; Norm Bulaich, 5 for 23 yards; Randy Jackson, 2 for -1 yards; Roman Gabriel, 1 for 11 yards; Charle Young, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
BAL: Bill Olds, 6 for 42 yards; Glenn Doughty, 5 for 73 yards and 1 TD; Lydell Mitchell, 5 for 43 yards; Don McCauley, 4 for 38 yards; Raymond Chester, 4 for 38 yards; Cotton Speyrer, 2 for 20 yards; Ollie Smith, 1 for 14 yards; Joe Orduna, 1 for 8 yards; Freddie Scott, 1 for 7 yards
PHI: Harold Carmichael, 5 for 89 yards; Charle Young, 4 for 46 yards; Norm Bulaich, 4 for 27 yards; Po James, 3 for 36 yards; Tom Sullivan, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
BAL: Bruce Laird, 2 for 48 yards; Cotton Speyrer, 2 for 47 yards; Freddie Scott, 2 for 35 yards
PHI: Po James, 1 for 18 yards; Wes Chesson, 1 for 1 yard

Punt returns:
BAL: Bruce Laird, 2 for 4 yards
PHI: Marion Reeves, 1 for 2 yards

Interceptions:
PHI: Joe Lavender, 1 for 37 yards and 1 TD; Steve Zabel, 1 for 7 yards

Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 3 for 139 yards
PHI: Merritt Kersey, 4 for 164 yards

Field Goals:
BAL: Toni Linhart, 1/1
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 3/3




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