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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Cleveland Browns - November 21st, 1971
New England Patriots 7 at Cleveland Browns 27
Sunday, November 21, 1971
New England Patriots 7, Cleveland Browns 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (4-6-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland Browns (5-5-0) | 10 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
Scoring
| NWE | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Leroy Kelly 7 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| CLE | Don Cockroft 34 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Tom Beer 18 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3rd | CLE | Frank Pitts 35 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4th | CLE | Leroy Kelly 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 24 |
| CLE | Don Cockroft 31 yard field goal | 7 | 27 |
Team Stats
| NWE | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-123-0 | 43-175-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-32-169-1-4 | 12-26-158-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-12 |
| Net pass yards | 169 | 146 |
| Total yards | 292 | 321 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-41 | 6-56 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 13 | 32 | 169 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 12 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 14 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 4 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Sellers | NWE | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | NWE | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 23 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Nelsen | CLE | 12 | 23 | 158 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Pitts | CLE | 4 | 75 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bo Scott | CLE | 14 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Milt Morin | CLE | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | CLE | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Collins | CLE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reece Morrison | CLE | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 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 | |||
| Billy Andrews | CLE | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stan Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ben Davis | CLE | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Howell | CLE | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Reece Morrison | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||