1971 New England Patriots 5-8-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot New England 46 78 47 43 0 214 Opponent 72 112 45 66 0 295 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 214 295 First Downs 211 252 Rush 93 125 Pass 108 117 Pen 10 10 Penalties 65 86 Yards 549 779 Rushing Att 462 505 Yards 1859 2317 Ave 4.0 4.6 TD 10 16 Passing Att 343 345 Comp 160 192 % 46.6 55.7 Int 17 13 % 5.0 3.8 TD 8 12 % 2.3 3.5 Yards 2215 2283 Sacked 40 37 Punt Return 37 35 Yards 225 268 Ave 6.1 7.7 Kick Return 69 60 Yards 1582 1737 Ave 22.9 29.0 Punts 68 70 Yards 2575 2722 Ave 37.9 38.9 FG Att 40 32 Made 27 23 % 67.5 71.9 Third Downs 197 191 Made 73 73 % 37.1 38.2 Fourth Downs 9 9 Made 1 4 % 11.1 44.4 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 21 17 Lost 11 9 Turnovers 28 22 Net Offense 3784 4297 Per Play 4.5 4.8
1971 New England Patriots Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Garrett,C 201 850 4.2 21 43 38 2 Vataha 52 6 867 16.7 8 36 80 4 Nance 144 553 3.8 15 23 33 5 Garrett,C 25 5 272 10.9 2 16 29 1 Gladieux 40 249 6.2 9 17 31 1 Crabtree 21 2 233 11.1 0 13 21 0 Plunkett 53 175 3.3 1 6 11 0 Nance 17 2 128 7.5 1 7 26 0 Maitland 13 25 1.9 0 2 6 2 Beer 15 3 201 13.4 1 11 39 3 Crabtree 3 18 6.0 1 1 14 0 Sellers 14 0 258 18.4 4 9 56 0 Bryant 3 7 2.3 1 1 10 0 Bryant 14 2 176 12.6 1 9 30 0 Lawson 8 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 Moss 7 2 97 13.9 0 6 22 0 462 1859 4.0 48 94 38 10 Gladieux 7 0 74 10.6 0 5 16 0 Maitland 1 0 10 10.0 0 0 10 0 173 22 2316 13.4 17112 80 8 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Plunkett 342 160 46.8 2215 13.8 80 38 17 17 5.0 40 8 2.3 55.1 Gladieux 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 343 160 46.6 2215 13.8 80 38 17 17 5.0 40 8 2.3 55.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Gogolak 19 19 100.0 40 27 67.5 55.6 42.9 52 100 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Janik 68 2575 59 0 0 6 35 268 33.9 37.9 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Bryant 16 426 26.6 54 0 Harris,R 6 1 21 3.5 9 0 Gardin 12 318 26.5 41 0 Gladieux 7 4 1 0.1 5 0 Garrett,C 25 593 23.7 72 0 Bryant 13 1 29 2.2 10 0 Gladieux 10 161 16.1 27 0 Garrett,C 8 1 105 13.1 22 0 Maitland 6 84 14.0 22 0 Gardin 4 5 77 19.3 35 0 69 1582 22.9 72 0 37 12 225 6.1 35 0 Fumbles Plunkett 8 Garrett, 6 Bryant 3 Gardin 3 Nance 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Adams,J 12 Adams,J 12 Kiner 11 Harris,R 10 Lassiter 3 Cheyunsk 2 Lassiter 9 Lassiter 11 Rowe 10 Lassiter 8 Rowe 3 St.Jean 2 Rowe 7 Rowe 8 Adams,J 8 Carwell 7 Adams,J 2 Rowe 2 Kiner 4 Berger 2 Cheyunsk 8 Adams,J 5 Kiner 2 Sellers 2 Wirgowsk 3 Wirgowsk 2 Weisacos 5 Outlaw 5 Weisacos 2 Weisacos 2 Weisacos 1 Kiner 1 Lassiter 4 Rowe 4 Cheyunsk 1 Harris,R 1 Berger 1 Wirgowsk 4 Webb 4 Philpott 1 Bryant 1 Outlaw 1 Weisacos 3 Harris,R 1 Lassiter 1 Scott 1 Cheyunsk 2 Berger 1 Montler 1 Wirgowsk 2 Wirgowsk 1 Plunkett 1 Kiner 1 Coleman 1 Clark,P 1 Garrett, 1 Scott 1 Hagen 1 Wirgowsk 1 Tackles Kiner 116 Carwell 57 Wirgowsk 38 Price 11 May,A 8 Clark,P 3 Cheyunsk 88 Rowe 56 Scott 20 Philpott 11 Atessis 8 Sykes 1 Adams,J 67 Harris,R 47 Gardin 17 Beverly 9 Edmunds 7 Coleman 1 Weisacos 67 Webb 46 Janik 15 Mallory, 9 Antwine 6 Lassiter 58 Outlaw 46 Berger 13 Pruett 8 Bryant 5 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Carwell 6 71 11.8 33 0 Kiner 3 10 3.3 6 0 Outlaw 3 72 24.0 51 1 Cheyunski 1 25 25.0 25 0 13 178 13.7 51 1
1971 New England Patriots Coach:John Mazur Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Plunkett,Jim 5 O 2 1 QB Taliaferro,Mike 3 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Garrett,Carl 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Gladieux,Bob 1 0 5 B 3 3 PR RB Lawson,Odell 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Maitland,Jack 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Nance,Jim 2 0 4 B 3 3 WR Bryant,Hubie 0 0 3 O 1 1 RET WR Crabtree,Eric 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Sellers,Ron 0 0 3 O 1 1 WR Sykes,Al 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Vataha,Randy 0 0 5 O 1 1 TE Beer,Tom 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Moss,Roland 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Hagen,Halvor 5 5 5 KR G St.Jean,Len 6 6 5 T Haggerty,Mike 4 4 4 T Neville,Tom 6 6 5 C Morris,Jon 7 7 5 C-G Lenkaitis,Bill 3 3 5 G-T Montler,Mike 6 6 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Antwine,Houston 4 3 0 1 2 DT Atessis,Bill 3 2 0 1 2 DT Rowe,Dave 6 5 0 1 5 DL Adams,Julius 7 5 0 2 5 DL Berger,Ron 4 3 0 1 5 DL Wirgowski,Dennis 5 4 0 1 3 DE Lassiter,Ike 5 3 0 2 5 DE May,Art 4 3 0 1 3 ILB Cheyunski,Jim 6 3 3 0 5 ILB Coleman,Dennis 3 2 1 0 3 LB Price,Kenny 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Edmunds,Randy 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Kiner,Steve 7 3 3 1 5 OLB Philpott,Ed 4 3 1 0 4 OLB Weisacosky,Ed 5 3 2 0 5 CB Beverly,Randy 3 0 3 0 2 CB Carwell,Larry 6 0 6 0 5 CB Clark,Phil 3 0 3 0 2 CB Outlaw,John 6 0 6 0 5 DB Gardin,Ron 3 0 3 0 3 RET DB Janik,Tom 3 0 3 0 5 ALL DB Mallory,Irvin 3 0 3 0 2 KR DB Pruett,Perry 3 0 3 0 3 S Harris,Rickie 5 1 4 0 5 PR S Scott,Clarence 4 1 3 0 2 S Webb,Don 6 1 5 0 4 KR Special Teams K Gogolak,Charlie
S Wright,Jeff 4 1 3 0 5