Sunday, November 14, 1971
| BUF | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bills | Ike Hill 68 yard punt return (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Patriots | Randy Vataha 16 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Tom Beer 10 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 14 |
| Bills | Marlin Briscoe 15 yard pass from James Harris (John Leypoldt kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| Bills | John Leypoldt 17 yard field goal | 17 | 14 | |
| Patriots | Carl Garrett 80 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| Patriots | Roland Moss 10 yard blocked punt return (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 17 | 28 | |
| Bills | John Leypoldt 48 yard field goal | 20 | 28 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Eric Crabtree 31 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 20 | 35 |
| Bills | John Leypoldt 17 yard field goal | 23 | 35 | |
| Bills | Robert James 0 yard fumble return (John Leypoldt kick) | 30 | 35 | |
| 4th | Bills | John Leypoldt 12 yard field goal | 33 | 35 |
| Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 37 yard field goal | 33 | 38 |
| BUF | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-89-0 | 27-119-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-36-174-1-0 | 9-16-218-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-46 | 4-38 |
| Net pass yards | 128 | 180 |
| Total yards | 217 | 299 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-10 | 6-71 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| James Harris | BUF | 13 | 32 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 16 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | BUF | 6 | 44 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Haven Moses | BUF | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jan White | BUF | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ike Hill | BUF | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 9 | 16 | 218 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 3 | 63 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eric Crabtree | NWE | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | NWE | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 4 | 5 | 0 | 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 | ||
| Tim Beamer | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ike Hill | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pete Richardson | BUF | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Gardin | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Janik | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Spike Jones | BUF | 9 | 318 | 35.3 | 0 | ||||
| John Leypoldt | BUF | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Gogolak | NWE | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Janik | NWE | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 0 | ||||