Sunday, November 7, 1971
Houston Oilers 20, New England Patriots 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (1-6-1) | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| New England Patriots (3-5-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| HOU | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Hubie Bryant 10 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | HOU | Mark Moseley 25 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| NWE | Jack Maitland 2 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| HOU | Mark Moseley 41 yard field goal | 6 | 14 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Charlie Joiner 28 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4th | HOU | Dan Pastorini 1 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 20 | 14 |
| NWE | Jim Nance 4 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 20 | 21 | |
| NWE | Carl Garrett 2 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 20 | 28 |
| HOU | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-71-1 | 36-99-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-36-260-1-3 | 15-31-205-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-51 |
| Net pass yards | 260 | 154 |
| Total yards | 331 | 253 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-60 | 2-20 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 18 | 36 | 260 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 6 | 97 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 5 | 91 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Woody Campbell | HOU | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Richardson | HOU | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 14 | 30 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 5 | 79 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 7 | 77 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 15 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | NWE | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 1 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eric Crabtree | NWE | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Linzy Cole | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Floyd Rice | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | |||
| Randy Beverly | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Cheyunski | NWE | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Gardin | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Kiner | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||