Sunday October 31, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/31/1971:



The Eagles recovered a fumbled punt to set up an 18-yard scoring pass from Rick Arrington to Ben Hawkins and linebacker Bill Hobbs blocked a Denver punt and carried it into the end zone for another touchdown in the second period. Two fourth period interceptions by Philadelphia protected the one-point victory.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE141.8  (11)156.5  (13)298.3  (14)18
DEFENSE113.5  (11)106.2  (2)219.7  (2)21
OFFENSE73.5  (25)152.5  (14)226.0  (24)22
DEFENSE177.3  (24)198.3  (25)375.7  (26)15

Line: Broncos by 4

Team1234F
Denver Broncos (2-4-1)076316
Philadelphia Eagles (2-5-0)3140017

( 0- 3) PHI Happy Feller 27 yard field goal ( 0-10) PHI Ben Hawkins 18 yard pass from Rick Arrington (Happy Feller kick) ( 7-10) DEN Floyd Little 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) ( 7-17) PHI Bill Hobbs 6 yard return of blocked punt (Happy Feller kick) (10-17) DEN Jim Turner 37 yard field goal (13-17) DEN Jim Turner 42 yard field goal (16-17) DEN Jim Turner 42 yard field goal
                     DEN             PHI
First Downs:         19              9
Rushes-yards:        39-170          26-46
Yards/rush:          4.4             1.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-28-127-2     7-17-129-1
Sacked-yards:        3-25            6-52
Net pass yards:      102             77
Net yards/pass:      3.3             3.3
Total net yards:     272             123
Total plays:         70 (55% run)    49 (53% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             2.5
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             0-0
Turnovers:           5               1
Penalties-yards:     4-20            7-73

Attendance: 65,358

Passing:
DEN: Don Horn, 14 of 27 for 127 yards (2 int); Bobby Anderson, 0 of 1 for 0 yards PHI: Rick Arrington, 7 of 17 for 129 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
DEN: Floyd Little, 24 for 123 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Anderson, 13 for 35 yards; Billy Van Heusen, 1 for 10 yards; Dwight Harrison, 1 for 2 yards PHI: Tom Woodeshick, 10 for 31 yards; Larry Watkins, 10 for 11 yards; Ronnie Bull, 3 for 0 yards; Rick Arrington, 1 for 2 yards; Tony Baker, 1 for 2 yards; Pete Liske, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
DEN: Billy Masters, 3 for 51 yards; Dwight Harrison, 3 for 32 yards; Floyd Little, 3 for 8 yards; Jerry Simmons, 2 for 27 yards; Jack Gehrke, 1 for 13 yards; Bobby Anderson, 1 for 7 yards; Mike Schnitker, 1 for -11 yards PHI: Ben Hawkins, 3 for 87 yards and 1 TD; Harold Carmichael, 2 for 25 yards; Larry Watkins, 2 for 17 yards
Kick returns:
DEN: Ken Criter, 4 for 68 yards PHI: Al Nelson, 3 for 115 yards; Sonny Davis, 1 for 25 yards; Jim Thrower, 1 for 8 yards
Punt returns:
DEN: Bill Thompson, 5 for 70 yards; Charlie Greer, 1 for 3 yards PHI: Bill Bradley, 2 for 10 yards
Interceptions:
DEN: Bill Thompson, 1 for 0 yards PHI: Bill Bradley, 2 for 0 yards
Punting:
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 4 for 141 yards PHI: Tom McNeill, 9 for 420 yards
Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 3/3 PHI: Happy Feller, 1/1


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