Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Boxscores > San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots - December 2nd, 1973
News: Features: Similarity Scores »post
San Diego Chargers 14 at New England Patriots 30
Sunday, December 2, 1973
Stadium: Schaefer Stadium, Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 32 degrees, relative humidity 47%, wind 12 mph, wind chill 23
Weather: 32 degrees, relative humidity 47%, wind 12 mph, wind chill 23
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (2-9-1) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| New England Patriots (5-7-0) | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
Scoring
| SDG | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Jeff White 11 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Chargers | Floyd Rice 51 yard fumble return (Dennis Partee kick) | 7 | 3 |
| Chargers | Robert Holmes 1 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| Patriots | Mack Herron 92 yard kickoff return (kick failed) | 14 | 9 | |
| Patriots | Randy Vataha 14 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Jeff White kick) | 14 | 16 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Jim Plunkett 1 yard rush (Jeff White kick) | 14 | 23 |
| 4th | Patriots | Jim Plunkett 3 yard rush (Jeff White kick) | 14 | 30 |
Team Stats
| SDG | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-187-1 | 40-184-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-15-76-0-2 | 13-27-186-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-32 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 44 | 175 |
| Total yards | 231 | 359 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-72 | 2-10 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cid Edwards | SDG | 11 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wayne Clark | SDG | 5 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 11 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | SDG | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Holliday | SDG | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 5 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | SDG | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Holmes | SDG | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 13 | 27 | 186 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| John Tarver | NWE | 14 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 17 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 4 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Adams | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 1 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Clint Jones | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Floyd Rice | SDG | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mel Rogers | SDG | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Smith | SDG | 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 | |||
| Ron Bolton | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sandy Durko | NWE | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dennis Partee | SDG | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Wersching | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bruce Barnes | NWE | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff White | NWE | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |