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New England Patriots 10 at San Francisco 49ers 27

Sunday, October 31, 1971

New England Patriots 10, San Francisco 49ers 27

1234Final
New England Patriots (2-5-0)007310
San Francisco 49ers (5-2-0)7601427

Scoring

NWESFO
1stSFOKen Willard 1 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)07
2ndSFOBruce Gossett 35 yard field goal010
SFOBruce Gossett 41 yard field goal013
3rdNWERandy Vataha 23 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick)713
4thNWECharlie Gogolak 32 yard field goal1013
SFOGene A. Washington 71 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)1020
SFOForrest Blue 25 yard fumble return (Bruce Gossett kick)1027

Team Stats

NWESFO
First downs1113
Rush-yards-TDs31-177-036-71-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT7-20-102-1-010-21-200-1-3
Sacked-yards4-332-24
Net pass yards69176
Total yards246247
Fumbles-lost3-32-2
Turnovers35
Penalties-yards5-406-60

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Carl Garrett NWE 13 96 0 0 1 6 0 0
Jim Plunkett NWE 7 19 102 1 0 0 4 22 0 0
Hubie Bryant NWE 1 -1 0 0 2 44 0 0
Bob Gladieux NWE 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 38 0 0
Randy Vataha NWE 2 28 1 0
Tom Beer NWE 2 24 0 0
Jim Nance NWE 7 20 0 0
Jack Maitland NWE 1 2 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Gene A. Washington SFO 5 160 1 0
John Brodie SFO 10 20 200 1 3 0 2 0 0 0
Vic Washington SFO 15 59 0 0
Ted Kwalick SFO 1 2 0 0 2 20 0 0
Doug Cunningham SFO 1 2 0 0 2 14 0 0
Ken Willard SFO 16 14 1 0
Dick Witcher SFO 1 6 0 0
Steve Spurrier SFO 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jim McCann SFO 1 -6 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Randy Beverly NWE 1 19 0 0
Larry Carwell NWE 1 0 0 0
Ron Gardin NWE 0 0 0 0 2 39 19.5 0 0 2 5 2.5 0 0
Carl Garrett NWE 0 0 0 0 3 52 17.3 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0
Halvor Hagen NWE 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 0
Steve Kiner NWE 1 14 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Doug Cunningham SFO 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0
Johnny Fuller SFO 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Bruce Taylor SFO 0 0 0 0 2 4 2.0 0 0
Skip Vanderbundt SFO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Vic Washington SFO 0 0 0 0 2 99 49.5 0 0