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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills - November 28th, 1971
New England Patriots 20 at Buffalo Bills 27
Sunday, November 28, 1971
New England Patriots 20, Buffalo Bills 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (4-7-0) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Buffalo Bills (1-10-0) | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
Scoring
| NWE | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Charlie Gogolak 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | BUF | J.D. Hill 11 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 3 | 7 |
| NWE | Charlie Gogolak 17 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| BUF | J.D. Hill 47 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 6 | 14 | |
| BUF | John Leypoldt 48 yard field goal | 6 | 17 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Jim Nance 1 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4th | BUF | O.J. Simpson 7 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 24 |
| NWE | Ron Sellers 12 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 20 | 24 | |
| BUF | John Leypoldt 41 yard field goal | 20 | 27 |
Team Stats
| NWE | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-189-1 | 34-147-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-22-138-1-3 | 9-17-154-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-33 | 3-37 |
| Net pass yards | 105 | 117 |
| Total yards | 294 | 264 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-30 | 4-45 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 21 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 10 | 22 | 138 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Sellers | NWE | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Beer | NWE | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 17 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 3 | 82 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 9 | 17 | 154 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 14 | 61 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | BUF | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Jones | BUF | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 1 | 11 | 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 | |||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 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 | |||
| Al Andrews | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tim Beamer | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert James | BUF | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Greg Jones | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||