Sunday, September 26, 1971
Detroit Lions 34, New England Patriots 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (1-1-0) | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 34 |
| New England Patriots (1-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| DET | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Errol Mann 23 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | DET | Altie Taylor 3 yard rush (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Mike Lucci 26 yard interception return (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 17 | 0 | |
| 3rd | DET | Errol Mann 27 yard field goal | 20 | 0 |
| NWE | Randy Vataha 61 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 20 | 7 | |
| 4th | DET | Steve Owens 74 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 27 | 7 |
| DET | Steve Owens 2 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 34 | 7 |
| DET | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-164-2 | 29-145-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-21-227-1-0 | 6-17-113-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-23 | 1-12 |
| Net pass yards | 204 | 101 |
| Total yards | 368 | 246 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-20 | 5-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Owens | DET | 17 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 11 | 18 | 198 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Earl McCullouch | DET | 3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Altie Taylor | DET | 11 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | DET | 4 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Gipson | DET | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Munson | DET | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Triplett | DET | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 3 | 91 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 6 | 17 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 11 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 9 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Sellers | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roland Moss | NWE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Gipson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Lucci | DET | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Triplett | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Vaughn | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wayne H. Walker | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Odell Lawson | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Irvin Mallory | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||