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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Baltimore Colts - December 19th, 1971
New England Patriots 21 at Baltimore Colts 17
Sunday, December 19, 1971
New England Patriots 21, Baltimore Colts 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (6-8-0) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Baltimore Colts (10-4-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Scoring
| NWE | BAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | NWE | Randy Vataha 1 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BAL | Jim O'Brien 12 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| NWE | John Outlaw 60 yard interception return (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 3rd | BAL | Eddie Hinton 31 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4th | NWE | Randy Vataha 88 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 21 | 10 |
| BAL | Eddie Hinton 13 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick) | 21 | 17 |
Team Stats
| NWE | BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-91-0 | 34-100-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-17-170-2-0 | 16-32-165-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-18 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 152 | 146 |
| Total yards | 243 | 246 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-35 | 2-7 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 4 | 100 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 10 | 17 | 170 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 14 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 18 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | NWE | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tom Matte | BAL | 14 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Johnny Unitas | BAL | 16 | 32 | 165 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | BAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Nottingham | BAL | 18 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Mitchell | BAL | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ray Perkins | BAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 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 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rickie Harris | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Kiner | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Outlaw | NWE | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Webb | 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 | |||
| Tom Curtis | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don McCauley | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Volk | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||