Sunday, October 10, 1971
| NYJ | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Patriots | Randy Vataha 15 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (pass failed) | 0 | 6 |
| Patriots | Ron Sellers 6 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 0 | 13 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Jim Nance 50 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 0 | 20 |
| NYJ | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-113-0 | 36-207-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 4-25-20-0-0 | 10-22-141-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-12 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 8 | 130 |
| Total yards | 121 | 337 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-2 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-49 | 8-102 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| John Riggins | NYJ | 22 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Woodall | NYJ | 4 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Lammons | NYJ | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Nock | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve O'Neal | NYJ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 15 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 20 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 10 | 22 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Sellers | NWE | 3 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Harkey | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Gardin | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rickie Harris | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Steve O'Neal | NYJ | 10 | 378 | 37.8 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Gogolak | NWE | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Janik | NWE | 8 | 328 | 41.0 | 0 | ||||