| Detroit Lions at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1971 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 61057 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 64 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 34 |
| New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 23 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Altie Taylor 3 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Mike Lucci 26 interception return (Wayne Walker kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 27 FG | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Randy Vataha 61 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Steve Owens 74 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Steve Owens 2 run (Errol Mann kick) | 34 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Steve Owens | 17 | 80 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Paul Gipson | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Triplett | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Gladieux | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Jack Maitland | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 0 | 198 | 11.0 | 1 | 117.4 | |||
| Bill Munson | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 97.9 | |||
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 2 | 113 | 6.6 | 1 | 39.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 1 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Gipson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Randy Vataha | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 1 | |
| Ron Sellers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Roland Moss | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Vaughn | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Lem Barney | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Hubie Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bill Triplett | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Paul Gipson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Odell Lawson | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gladieux | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Irvin Mallory | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| New England Patriots | |
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