1971 New England Patriots 7-7 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot New England 49 91 45 94 0 279 Opponent 17 100 69 80 0 266 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 279 266 1-0 34 Oakland 14 First Downs 246 225 1-1 23 Detroit 27 Rush 110 108 2-1 20 Baltimore 16 Pass 118 112 3-1 26 New York(A) 7 Pen 18 5 3-2 16 @Miami 38 Penalties 59 79 3-3 10 @Dallas 31 Yards 479 745 3-4 17 @San Francisco 34 4-4 16 Houston 7 Rushing Att 487 496 5-4 49 Buffalo 17 Yards 2231 2111 5-5 7 @Cleveland 9 Ave 4.6 4.3 6-5 31 @Buffalo 10 TD 16 12 6-6 20 Miami 23 7-6 3 @New York(A) 0 Passing Att 382 344 7-7 7 @Baltimore 33 Comp 181 176 % 47.4 51.2 Int 11 13 % 2.9 3.8 TD 12 15 % 3.1 4.4 Yards 2482 2199 Sacked 25 23 Punt Return 41 46 Yards 281 275 Ave 6.9 6.0 Kick Return 62 66 Yards 1200 1797 Ave 19.4 27.2 Punts 70 77 Yards 2720 2969 Ave 38.9 38.6 FG Att 40 26 Made 23 19 % 57.5 73.1 Third Downs 192 189 Made 60 65 % 31.3 34.4 Fourth Downs 14 14 Made 6 4 % 42.9 28.6 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 21 23 Lost 9 11 Turnovers 20 24 Net Offense 4548 4159 Per Play 5.1 4.8 1971 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Garrett,C 212 1004 4.7 29 51 37 5 Vataha 52 6 845 16.3 9 40 67 7 Nance 150 718 4.8 13 30 50 7 Garrett,C 26 3 283 10.9 3 16 27 1 Gladieux 39 223 5.7 7 12 28 1 Crabtree 22 5 233 10.6 1 15 30 0 Plunkett 52 202 3.9 5 10 17 2 Nance 21 0 203 9.7 2 7 28 0 Maitland 15 33 2.2 0 3 7 1 Bryant 17 4 381 22.4 5 13 74 2 Bryant 4 19 4.8 1 1 10 0 Beer 16 2 249 15.6 3 12 40 0 Rucker 1 17 17.0 1 1 17 0 Sellers 12 0 156 13.0 1 7 25 1 Crabtree 3 17 5.7 1 1 17 0 Gladieux 7 0 49 7.0 0 2 20 1 Lawson 10 12 1.2 0 1 7 0 Moss 7 0 76 10.9 0 3 21 0 Janik 1 -14-14.0 0 0 0 0 Rucker 1 0 7 7.0 0 1 7 0 487 2231 4.6 57 110 50 16 181 20 2482 13.7 24118 74 12 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Plunkett 380 180 47.4 2473 13.7 74 46 24 11 2.9 25 12 3.2 67.1 Taliaferro 2 1 50.0 9 9.0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 62.5 382 181 47.4 2482 13.7 74 46 24 11 2.9 25 12 3.1 67.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Gogolak 30 30 100.0 40 23 57.5 33.3 20.0 51 99 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Janik 70 2720 58 5 0 10 46 275 33.5 38.9 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Bryant 5 138 27.6 33 0 Gladieux 4 3 16 4.0 8 0 Garrett,C 36 728 20.2 36 0 Gardin 4 3 63 15.8 20 0 Maitland 3 56 18.7 20 0 Garrett,C 6 1 89 14.8 20 0 Gardin 16 269 16.8 33 0 Bryant 22 0 87 4.0 33 0 Lawson 1 9 9.0 9 0 Harris,R 5 0 26 5.2 9 0 St.Jean 1 0 0.0 0 0 41 7 281 6.9 33 0 Montler 1 0 0.0 0 0 62 1200 19.4 36 0 Fumbles Plunkett 8 Bryant 2 Janik 1 Vataha 1 Garrett, 7 Gladieux 1 Gardin 1 Bryant 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Adams,J 7 Adams,J 12 Adams,J 13 Carwell 11 Webb 4 Carwell 3 Lassiter 7 Lassiter 9 Kiner 11 Outlaw 10 Cheyunsk 3 Adams,J 2 Kiner 3 Rowe 5 Lassiter 11 Harris,R 5 Adams,J 3 Outlaw 2 Rowe 3 Wirgowsk 4 Weisacos 10 Webb 5 Weisacos 3 Garrett, 1 Wirgowsk 2 Berger 3 Cheyunsk 9 Lassiter 4 Kiner 2 Hagen 1 Berger 1 Kiner 1 Rowe 7 Wirgowsk 4 Rowe 2 Harris,R 1 Berger 3 Cheyunsk 3 Harris,R 1 St.Jean 1 Wirgowsk 2 Scott 3 Bryant 1 Kiner 1 Outlaw 1 Rowe 1 Lassiter 1 Lassiter 1 Webb 1 Weisacos 1 Carwell 1 Montler 1 Kiner 1 Atessis 1 Morris 1 Edmunds 1 Moss 1 Nance 1 Neville 1 Beer 1 Rowe 1 Vataha 1 Weisacos 1 Wirgowsk 1 Crabtree 1 Tackles Kiner 113 Carwell 53 Wirgowsk 24 Edmunds 12 Beverly 8 Antwine 2 Cheyunsk 78 Rowe 52 Berger 18 Price 12 Pruett 8 Rucker 2 Adams,J 68 Weisacos 50 Atessis 14 Philpott 10 Clark,P 8 Webb 65 Harris,R 44 Mallory, 13 May,A 10 Scott 7 Lassiter 64 Outlaw 39 Janik 13 Gardin 9 Bryant 6 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Carwell 6 92 15.3 44 1 Kiner 3 15 5.0 7 0 Outlaw 3 120 40.0 92 1 Cheyunski 1 49 49.0 49 0 13 276 21.2 92 2 1971 New England Patriots Coach:John Mazur Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Plunkett,Jim 5 O 2 1 QB Taliaferro,Mike 3 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Garrett,Carl 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Gladieux,Bob 1 0 5 B 3 3 PR RB Lawson,Odell 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Maitland,Jack 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Nance,Jim 2 0 5 B 3 3 WR Bryant,Hubie 0 0 5 O 1 1 RET WR Rucker,Reggie 0 0 3 O 1 1 KR WR Sellers,Ron 0 0 3 O 1 1 WR Sykes,Al 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Vataha,Randy 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Crabtree,Eric 0 0 4 O 1 1 TE Beer,Tom 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Moss,Roland 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Hagen,Halvor 5 5 5 KR G St.Jean,Len 6 6 5 T Haggerty,Mike 4 4 4 T Neville,Tom 6 6 5 C Morris,Jon 7 7 5 C-G Lenkaitis,Bill 3 3 5 G-T Montler,Mike 6 6 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Antwine,Houston 4 3 0 1 2 DT Atessis,Bill 3 2 0 1 2 DT Rowe,Dave 6 5 0 1 5 DL Adams,Julius 7 5 0 2 5 DL Berger,Ron 4 3 0 1 5 DL Wirgowski,Dennis 5 4 0 1 5 DE Lassiter,Ike 5 3 0 2 5 DE May,Art 4 3 0 1 3 ILB Cheyunski,Jim 6 3 3 0 5 ILB Coleman,Dennis 3 2 1 0 3 LB Price,Kenny 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Edmunds,Randy 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Kiner,Steve 7 3 3 1 5 OLB Philpott,Ed 4 3 1 0 4 OLB Weisacosky,Ed 5 3 2 0 5 CB Beverly,Randy 3 0 3 0 2 CB Carwell,Larry 6 0 6 0 5 CB Clark,Phil 3 0 3 0 2 CB Outlaw,John 6 0 6 0 5 DB Gardin,Ron 3 0 3 0 3 RET DB Janik,Tom 3 0 3 0 5 ALL DB Mallory,Irvin 3 0 3 0 2 KR DB Pruett,Perry 3 0 3 0 3 S Harris,Rickie 5 1 4 0 5 PR S Scott,Clarence 4 1 3 0 2 S Webb,Don 6 1 5 0 4 KR Special Teams K Gogolak,Charlie