| San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1973 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 58150 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 37 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Jeff White 11 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Floyd Rice 51 opponents fumble recovery (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Robert Holmes 1 run (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Mack Herron 92 kickoff return (Jeff White kick blocked) | 14 | 9 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Randy Vataha 14 pass from Jim Plunkett (Jeff White kick) | 14 | 16 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Jim Plunkett 1 run (Jeff White kick) | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Jim Plunkett 3 run (Jeff White kick) | 14 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Ron Holliday |
| 25 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 88 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 13 | QB | Wayne Clark |
| 37 | RB | Cid Edwards |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 64 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 87 | RDE | Lionel Aldridge |
| 53 | LLB | Mel Rogers |
| 54 | MLB | Carl Gersbach |
| 57 | RLB | Floyd Rice |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 30 | LS | Bryant Salter |
| 44 | RS | Chris Fletcher |
| 39 | RCB | Lenny Dunlap |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 86 | TE | Bob Windsor |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 39 | RB | Sam Cunningham |
| 36 | RB | John Tarver |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Ray Hamilton |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Rowe |
| 85 | RDT | Julius Adams |
| 63 | RDE | Rick Cash |
| 57 | LLB | Steve Kiner |
| 50 | MLB | Edgar Chandler |
| 51 | RLB | Ron Acks |
| 23 | LCB | George Hoey |
| 22 | LS | Sandy Durko |
| 49 | RS | Ralph Anderson |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Cid Edwards | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Wayne Clark | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | |
| Mike Garrett | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Holliday | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| John Tarver | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 17 | 64 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 2 | |
| Bob Adams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Josh Ashton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Wayne Clark | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 1 | 46 | 5.8 | 0 | 38.5 | |||
| Dan Fouts | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 1 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 39.9 | |||
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 2 | 186 | 6.9 | 1 | 52.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Cid Edwards | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Garrett | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Garrison | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Randy Vataha | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Adams | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Tarver | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mel Rogers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sandy Durko | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Bolton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bruce Barnes | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 1 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| New England Patriots | |
| Ray Hamilton | 2.0 |
| Art Moore | 1.0 |
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