Sunday, December 12, 1971
| NWE | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jets | Bobby Howfield 16 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 34 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| 3rd | Jets | John Riggins 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 3 | 10 |
| Jets | Bobby Howfield 42 yard field goal | 3 | 13 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 47 yard field goal | 6 | 13 |
| NWE | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-100-0 | 44-166-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-31-176-0-1 | 7-12-95-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-26 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 150 | 95 |
| Total yards | 250 | 261 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-75 | 3-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 18 | 31 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eric Crabtree | NWE | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Riggins | NYJ | 24 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 18 | 77 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 7 | 12 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 1 | 8 | 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 | ||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Larry Carwell | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Kiner | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| W.K. Hicks | NYJ | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Phil Wise | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Charlie Gogolak | NWE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Janik | NWE | 6 | 166 | 27.7 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Howfield | NYJ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Neal | NYJ | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 0 | ||||