| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: November 14, 1971 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 57446 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 39 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Ike Hill 68 punt return (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Randy Vataha 16 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tom Beer 10 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Marlin Briscoe 15 pass from James Harris (John Leypoldt kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 17 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Carl Garrett 80 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Roland Moss 10 blocked punt recovery (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 48 FG | 20 | 28 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Eric Crabtree 31 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 17 FG | 23 | 35 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Robert James EZ opponents fumble recovery (John Leypoldt kick) | 30 | 35 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 12 FG | 33 | 35 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Charlie Gogolak 37 FG | 33 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 68 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 61 | LOG | Jim Reilly |
| 51 | C | Bruce Jarvis |
| 62 | ROG | Levert Carr |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 80 | TE | Jan White |
| 12 | QB | James Harris |
| 30 | RB | Wayne Patrick |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Al Cowlings |
| 76 | LDT | Mike McBath |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Tatarek |
| 75 | RDE | Cal Snowden |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 52 | MLB | Edgar Chandler |
| 56 | RLB | Al Andrews |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 21 | RS | Jackie Allen |
| 41 | RCB | Alvin Wyatt |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Eric Crabtree |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 64 | LOT | Mike Montler |
| 62 | LOG | Halvor Hagen |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 30 | RB | Carl Garrett |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Ike Lassiter |
| 85 | RDT | Julius Adams |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 70 | RDE | Denny Wirgowski |
| 66 | LLB | Ed Weisacosky |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Cheyunski |
| 57 | RLB | Steve Kiner |
| 41 | LCB | Larry Carwell |
| 42 | LS | Don Webb |
| 25 | RS | Rickie Harris |
| 44 | RCB | Johnny Outlaw |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bob Gladieux | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Nance | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Maitland | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| James Harris | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 0 | 160 | 5.0 | 1 | 67.2 | |||
| Dennis Shaw | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 58.3 | |||
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 218 | 13.6 | 4 | 114.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| Jim Braxton | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Jan White | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Randy Vataha | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 1 | |
| Eric Crabtree | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 1 | |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Bob Gladieux | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Pete Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 9 | 318 | 35.3 | 1 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 1 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 0 | ||
| Tim Beamer | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Ron Gardin | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Janik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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