NFL game summary for 10/20/1974:

Lydell Mitchell set a National Football League record with 40 carries while gaining 156 yards and scoring once in Baltimore's first victory of the season. After losing five in a row and changing coaches in the midst of the slump, the Colts came to life in New York with 355 offensive yards behind quarterback Bert Jones. In addition to throwing a scoring pass to Cotton Speyrer, Jones rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns. New York was held to 60 yards rushing, scoring on a blocked punt in the second quarter and two touchdown passes by Joe Namath in the last three minutes.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	108.6 (20)	127.8 (19)	236.4 (21)	16
DEFENSE	138.2 (14)	185.4 (23)	323.6 (22)	10
OFFENSE	114.0 (19)	158.4 (9)	272.4 (15)	17
DEFENSE	167.0 (23)	134.0 (11)	301.0 (16)	6

Line: Jets by 13

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Baltimore Colts (1-5-0)	7	14	0	14	35
New York Jets (1-5-0)	0	7	0	13	20

( 7- 0) BAL Bert Jones 9 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) (14- 0) BAL Cotton Speyrer 15 yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick) (14- 7) NYJ Burgess Owens 0 yard fumble return (Bobby Howfield kick) (21- 7) BAL Joe Orduna 2 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) (28- 7) BAL Lydell Mitchell 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) (28-14) NYJ David Knight 13 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) (35-14) BAL Bert Jones 32 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) (35-20) NYJ Jerome Barkum 7 yard pass from Joe Namath (kick failed)

                     BAL             NYJ
First Downs:         24              11
Rushes-yards:        58-266          18-60
Yards/rush:          4.6             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-17-106-0     12-20-156-1
Sacked-yards:        2-17            3-28
Net pass yards:      89              128
Net yards/pass:      4.7             5.6
Total net yards:     355             188
Total plays:         77 (75% run)    41 (43% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             3-2
Turnovers:           0               3
Penalties-yards:     8-66            4-42

Attendance: 51,745

Passing:
BAL: Bert Jones, 11 of 17 for 106 yards and 1 TD NYJ: Joe Namath, 12 of 20 for 156 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
Rushing:
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 40 for 156 yards and 1 TD; Bert Jones, 6 for 92 yards and 2 TDs; Don McCauley, 6 for 9 yards; John Andrews, 3 for 4 yards; Joe Orduna, 2 for 3 yards and 1 TD; Glenn Doughty, 1 for 2 yards NYJ: Emerson Boozer, 9 for 30 yards; John Riggins, 8 for 23 yards; Mike Adamle, 1 for 7 yards
Receiving:
BAL: Glenn Doughty, 3 for 34 yards; Cotton Speyrer, 3 for 34 yards and 1 TD; Lydell Mitchell, 2 for 6 yards; Freddie Scott, 1 for 17 yards; Don McCauley, 1 for 9 yards; Raymond Chester, 1 for 6 yards NYJ: David Knight, 5 for 56 yards and 1 TD; Eddie Bell, 2 for 17 yards; Rich Caster, 1 for 25 yards; Jazz Jackson, 1 for 24 yards; John Riggins, 1 for 14 yards; Emerson Boozer, 1 for 13 yards; Jerome Barkum, 1 for 7 yards and 1 TD
Kick returns:
BAL: Tim Berra, 1 for 54 yards; Tim Rudnick, 1 for 5 yards; Cotton Speyrer, 1 for 1 yard; Ray Oldham, 1 for 0 yards NYJ: Lou Piccone, 6 for 138 yards
Punt returns:
BAL: Tim Berra, 1 for 14 yards NYJ: Jazz Jackson, 1 for 3 yards; Roscoe Word, 1 for 0 yards
Interceptions:
BAL: Bruce Laird, 1 for 15 yards
Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 3 for 70 yards NYJ: Greg Gantt, 5 for 177 yards
Field Goals:
BAL: Toni Linhart, 0/1