| New England Patriots at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1971 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 65238 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 36 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 24 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 10 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 7 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 34 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tom Beer 18 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Pitts 35 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 31 FG | 7 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Eric Crabtree |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 64 | LOT | Mike Montler |
| 62 | LOG | Halvor Hagen |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Ike Lassiter |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Rowe |
| 85 | RDT | Julius Adams |
| 71 | RDE | Art May |
| 66 | LLB | Ed Weisacosky |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Cheyunski |
| 57 | RLB | Steve Kiner |
| 41 | LCB | Larry Carwell |
| 25 | LS | Rickie Harris |
| 42 | RS | Don Webb |
| 44 | RCB | Johnny Outlaw |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 64 | C | Jim Copeland |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 50 | LLB | John Garlington |
| 52 | MLB | Billy Andrews |
| 51 | RLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 23 | 113 | 4.9 | 35 | 1 |
| Bo Scott | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 4 | 169 | 5.3 | 1 | 28.8 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 0 | 158 | 6.9 | 2 | 103.2 | |||
| Mike Phipps | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Randy Vataha | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Ron Sellers | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Nance | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | |
| Fair Hooker | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Milt Morin | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Scott | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Billy Andrews | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Howell | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 162 | 32.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Rucker | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Stan Brown | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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