Sunday November 29, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/29/1970:



The Patriots turned a fumble recovery by Houston Antwine and an interception by John Bramlett into two touchdowns and broke a nine-game losing streak. Mike Taliaferro connected with a TD pass to Ron Sellers for Sellers' only reception of the game. Jim Nance scored the second six-pointer on a one-yard run.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE78.2  (26)110.4  (26)188.6  (26)31
DEFENSE142.2  (22)136.0  (3)278.2  (12)17
OFFENSE115.4  (16)170.6  (11)286.0  (14)41
DEFENSE130.1  (16)146.8  (8)276.9  (11)17

Line: Bills by 7

Team1234F
Boston Patriots (2-9-0)077014
Buffalo Bills (3-7-1)030710

( 7- 0) BOS Ron Sellers 10 yard pass from Mike Taliaferro (Gino Cappelletti kick) ( 7- 3) BUF Grant Guthrie 37 yard field goal (14- 3) BOS Jim Nance 1 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) (14-10) BUF Willie Grate 28 yard pass from James Harris (Grant Guthrie kick)
                     BOS             BUF
First Downs:         10              12
Rushes-yards:        33-58           23-95
Yards/rush:          1.8             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-18-117-3      18-37-255-1
Sacked-yards:        1-8             4-25
Net pass yards:      109             230
Net yards/pass:      5.7             5.6
Total net yards:     167             325
Total plays:         52 (63% run)    64 (35% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-1
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     6-56            10-159

Attendance: 31,427

Passing:
BOS: Joe Kapp, 4 of 9 for 83 yards (2 int); Mike Taliaferro, 4 of 9 for 34 yards and 1 TD (1 int) BUF: Dennis Shaw, 15 of 31 for 163 yards (1 int); James Harris, 3 of 6 for 92 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
BOS: Jim Nance, 21 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Odell Lawson, 12 for 4 yards BUF: Bill Enyart, 11 for 37 yards; Lloyd Pate, 8 for 22 yards; Dennis Shaw, 4 for 36 yards
Receiving:
BOS: Odell Lawson, 5 for 49 yards; Bake Turner, 2 for 58 yards; Ron Sellers, 1 for 10 yards and 1 TD BUF: Bill Enyart, 6 for 38 yards; Lloyd Pate, 5 for 42 yards; Marlin Briscoe, 3 for 73 yards; Willie Grate, 2 for 60 yards and 1 TD; Austin Denney, 2 for 42 yards
Kick returns:
BOS: Sid Blanks, 1 for 28 yards; Odell Lawson, 1 for 23 yards; Barry Brown, 1 for 0 yards BUF: Ike Hill, 2 for 44 yards
Punt returns:
BOS: Carl Garrett, 3 for 3 yards; Sid Blanks, 1 for 18 yards BUF: Ike Hill, 5 for 44 yards
Interceptions:
BOS: John Bramlett, 1 for 16 yards BUF: Pete Richardson, 2 for 0 yards; Butch Byrd, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
BOS: Tom Janik, 7 for 307 yards BUF: Paul Maguire, 7 for 304 yards
Field Goals:
BUF: Grant Guthrie, 1/1


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