Sunday December 12, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/12/1971:



The Jets limited New England to a pair of FGs and John Riggins carried for a TD which provided the winning New York margin. Jim Plunkett was dumped 4 times but also carried 7 times for 52 yards to wind up as the Patriots' leading rusher.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE123.2  (15)132.1  (22)255.2  (20)28
DEFENSE137.7  (17)159.4  (17)297.1  (16)23
OFFENSE126.0  (14)93.3  (26)219.3  (26)21
DEFENSE172.0  (25)145.8  (8)317.8  (21)25

Line: n/a

Team1234F
New England Patriots (5-8-0)03036
New York Jets (5-8-0)3010013

( 0- 3) NYJ Bobby Howfield 16 yard field goal ( 3- 3) NE Charlie Gogolak 34 yard field goal ( 3-10) NYJ John Riggins 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) ( 3-13) NYJ Bobby Howfield 42 yard field goal ( 6-13) NE Charlie Gogolak 47 yard field goal
                     NE              NYJ
First Downs:         16              17
Rushes-yards:        27-100          44-166
Yards/rush:          3.7             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     18-31-176-1     7-12-95-2
Sacked-yards:        4-26            0-0
Net pass yards:      150             95
Net yards/pass:      4.3             7.9
Total net yards:     250             261
Total plays:         62 (43% run)    56 (78% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-2
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     8-75            3-35

Attendance: 63,175

Passing:
NE: Jim Plunkett, 18 of 31 for 176 yards (1 int) NYJ: Joe Namath, 7 of 12 for 95 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
NE: Carl Garrett, 15 for 33 yards; Jim Plunkett, 7 for 52 yards; Jim Nance, 4 for 14 yards; Hubie Bryant, 1 for 1 yard NYJ: John Riggins, 24 for 91 yards and 1 TD; Emerson Boozer, 18 for 77 yards; Joe Namath, 2 for -2 yards
Receiving:
NE: Jim Nance, 5 for 35 yards; Randy Vataha, 4 for 56 yards; Eric Crabtree, 4 for 39 yards; Carl Garrett, 3 for 24 yards; Hubie Bryant, 1 for 16 yards; Jack Maitland, 1 for 6 yards NYJ: John Riggins, 3 for 21 yards; Rich Caster, 2 for 37 yards; Eddie Bell, 1 for 29 yards; Don Maynard, 1 for 8 yards
Kick returns:
NE: Carl Garrett, 1 for 37 yards NYJ: Chris Farasopoulos, 2 for 44 yards; Phil Wise, 1 for 17 yards
Punt returns:
NE: Carl Garrett, 1 for 11 yards; Hubie Bryant, 1 for 0 yards; Bob Gladieux, 1 for 0 yards NYJ: Chris Farasopoulos, 2 for 17 yards
Interceptions:
NE: Larry Carwell, 1 for 0 yards; Steve Kiner, 1 for 0 yards NYJ: W.K. Hicks, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
NE: Tom Janik, 6 for 166 yards NYJ: Steve O'Neal, 2 for 90 yards
Field Goals:
NE: Charlie Gogolak, 2/2 NYJ: Bobby Howfield, 2/3


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