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Houston Oilers 20 at New England Patriots 28

Sunday, November 7, 1971

Houston Oilers 20, New England Patriots 28

1234Final
Houston Oilers (1-6-1)067720
New England Patriots (3-5-0)7701428

Scoring

HOUNWE
1stNWEHubie Bryant 10 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick)07
2ndHOUMark Moseley 25 yard field goal37
NWEJack Maitland 2 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick)314
HOUMark Moseley 41 yard field goal614
3rdHOUCharlie Joiner 28 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick)1314
4thHOUDan Pastorini 1 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick)2014
NWEJim Nance 4 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick)2021
NWECarl Garrett 2 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick)2028

Team Stats

HOUNWE
First downs1621
Rush-yards-TDs27-71-136-99-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT18-36-260-1-315-31-205-1-0
Sacked-yards0-04-51
Net pass yards260154
Total yards331253
Fumbles-lost2-01-0
Turnovers30
Penalties-yards8-602-20

Rushing & Receiving

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

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
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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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