Sunday, October 3, 1971
Baltimore Colts 23, New England Patriots 3| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts (2-1-0) | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| New England Patriots (1-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| BAL | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BAL | Tom Matte 2 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BAL | Don Nottingham 1 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Charlie Gogolak 34 yard field goal | 14 | 3 |
| BAL | Jim O'Brien 42 yard field goal | 17 | 3 | |
| 4th | BAL | Jim O'Brien 41 yard field goal | 20 | 3 |
| BAL | Jim O'Brien 50 yard field goal | 23 | 3 |
| BAL | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-136-2 | 24-89-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-24-235-0-2 | 9-20-62-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-13 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 222 | 62 |
| Total yards | 358 | 151 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-10 | 4-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tom Matte | BAL | 14 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Nottingham | BAL | 16 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eddie Hinton | BAL | 4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | BAL | 13 | 17 | 162 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Mitchell | BAL | 5 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | BAL | 6 | 7 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Don McCauley | BAL | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Perkins | BAL | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Mackey | BAL | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 9 | 20 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 10 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roland Moss | NWE | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | NWE | 1 | 7 | 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 | |||
| Jim Duncan | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Stukes | BAL | 1 | 0 | 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 | 45 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Carwell | NWE | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Gardin | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Outlaw | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||