Sunday, September 23, 1973
Kansas City Chiefs 10, New England Patriots 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs (1-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| New England Patriots (0-2-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| KAN | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | KAN | Willie Ellison 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 0 |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 33 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 4th | NWE | Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 10 | 7 |
| KAN | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-149-1 | 25-40-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-14-180-0-0 | 16-29-203-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-24 | 3-41 |
| Net pass yards | 156 | 162 |
| Total yards | 305 | 202 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-75 | 5-70 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Otis Taylor | KAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Len Dawson | KAN | 11 | 14 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie Ellison | KAN | 20 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 13 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jeff Kinney | KAN | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Elmo Wright | KAN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Morris Stroud | KAN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Warren McVea | KAN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 16 | 29 | 203 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 5 | 97 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Gipson | NWE | 5 | -1 | 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 | |||
| Larry Marshall | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kerry Reardon | KAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert West | KAN | 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 | |||
| Sandy Durko | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||