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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Baltimore Colts - December 20th, 1981
New England Patriots 21 at Baltimore Colts 23
Sunday, December 20, 1981
New England Patriots 21, Baltimore Colts 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (2-14-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Baltimore Colts (2-14-0) | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
Scoring
| NWE | BAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BAL | Mike Wood 30 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| NWE | Sam Cunningham 4 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| BAL | Don McCauley 5 yard pass from Bert Jones (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Don Westbrook 15 yard pass from Tom Owen (John Smith kick) | 14 | 10 |
| BAL | Ray Butler 53 yard pass from Bert Jones (Mike Wood kick) | 14 | 17 | |
| 3rd | BAL | Ray Butler 37 yard pass from Bert Jones (kick failed) | 14 | 23 |
| 4th | NWE | Don Westbrook 2 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 21 | 23 |
Team Stats
| NWE | BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-77-1 | 41-128-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-38-281-2-3 | 17-28-267-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 1-12 |
| Net pass yards | 273 | 255 |
| Total yards | 350 | 383 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-20 | 6-53 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Matt Cavanaugh | NWE | 11 | 16 | 145 | 1 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 4 | 71 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Tom Owen | NWE | 9 | 22 | 136 | 1 | 3 | 28 | ||||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 2 | 56 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 9 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Ken Toler | NWE | 4 | 47 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 3 | 42 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 5 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Vagas Ferguson | NWE | 6 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bert Jones | BAL | 17 | 28 | 267 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ray Butler | BAL | 2 | 90 | 2 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Randy McMillan | BAL | 15 | 48 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Randy Burke | BAL | 5 | 69 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Zachary Dixon | BAL | 13 | 52 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Brian DeRoo | BAL | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Don McCauley | BAL | 5 | 35 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Dickey | BAL | 9 | 16 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Cleveland Franklin | BAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ken Huff | BAL | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Dombroski | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Fox | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roland James | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 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 | |||
| Zachary Dixon | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Derrick Hatchett | BAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reggie Pinkney | BAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Shula | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ed Smith | BAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||