| New England Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1971 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 63175 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 51 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| New York Jets | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 16 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 34 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | New York Jets | John Riggins 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 42 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 47 FG | 6 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Jim Plunkett | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| NE | Jim Nance | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| NE | Hubie Bryant | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NYJ | John Riggins | 24 | 91 | 3.8 | 17 | 1 |
| NYJ | Emerson Boozer | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| NYJ | Joe Namath | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NE | Jim Plunkett | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 1 | 176 | 5.7 | 0 | 60.7 | |||
| NYJ | Joe Namath | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 2 | 95 | 7.9 | 0 | 44.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Jim Nance | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NE | Randy Vataha | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Eric Crabtree | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Hubie Bryant | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| NE | Jack Maitland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| NYJ | John Riggins | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NYJ | Rich Caster | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Eddie Bell | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| NYJ | Don Maynard | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Larry Carwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NE | Steve Kiner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NYJ | W.K. Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NE | Tommy Janik | 6 | 166 | 27.7 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Steve O'Neal | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| NE | Hubie Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NE | Bob Gladieux | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Chris Farasopoulos | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| NYJ | Chris Farasopoulos | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Phil Wise | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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