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Buffalo Bills 33 at New England Patriots 38

Sunday, November 14, 1971

Buffalo Bills 33, New England Patriots 38

1234Final
Buffalo Bills (0-9-0)71310333
New England Patriots (4-5-0)7217338

Scoring

BUFNWE
1stBUFIke Hill 68 yard punt return (John Leypoldt kick)70
NWERandy Vataha 16 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick)77
2ndNWETom Beer 10 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick)714
BUFMarlin Briscoe 15 yard pass from James Harris (John Leypoldt kick)1414
BUFJohn Leypoldt 17 yard field goal1714
NWECarl Garrett 80 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick)1721
NWERoland Moss 10 yard blocked punt return (Charlie Gogolak kick)1728
BUFJohn Leypoldt 48 yard field goal2028
3rdNWEEric Crabtree 31 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick)2035
BUFJohn Leypoldt 17 yard field goal2335
BUFRobert James 0 yard fumble return (John Leypoldt kick)3035
4thBUFJohn Leypoldt 12 yard field goal3335
NWECharlie Gogolak 37 yard field goal3338

Team Stats

BUFNWE
First downs159
Rush-yards-TDs24-89-027-119-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT15-36-174-1-09-16-218-4-1
Sacked-yards4-464-38
Net pass yards128180
Total yards217299
Fumbles-lost2-12-2
Turnovers13
Penalties-yards2-106-71

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Wayne Patrick BUF 6 21 0 0 2 72 0 0
James Harris BUF 13 32 160 1 0 0
O.J. Simpson BUF 16 61 0 0
Marlin Briscoe BUF 6 44 1 0
Haven Moses BUF 2 31 0 0
Jim Braxton BUF 2 7 0 0 3 9 0 0
Jan White BUF 1 13 0 0
Dennis Shaw BUF 2 4 14 0 0 0
Ike Hill BUF 1 5 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Carl Garrett NWE 8 21 0 0 2 97 1 0
Jim Plunkett NWE 9 16 218 4 1 0 2 1 0 0
Randy Vataha NWE 3 63 1 0
Bob Gladieux NWE 4 48 0 0 1 10 0 0
Eric Crabtree NWE 1 18 0 0 2 38 1 0
Jim Nance NWE 8 26 0 0
Tom Beer NWE 1 10 1 0
Jack Maitland NWE 4 5 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
Tim Beamer BUF 0 0 0 0 2 50 25.0 0 0
Jim Braxton BUF 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Ike Hill BUF 0 0 0 0 3 94 31.3 0 0 6 98 16.3 1 0
Pete Richardson BUF 1 0 0 0
Alvin Wyatt BUF 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 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
Ron Gardin NWE 0 0 0 0 2 51 25.5 0 0
Carl Garrett NWE 0 0 0 0 4 78 19.5 0 0 2 48 24.0 0 0
Tom Janik NWE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0