Sunday, November 25, 1973
| NWE | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Bob Windsor 5 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Jeff White kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Patriots | Jeff White 48 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Mack Herron 1 yard rush (Jeff White kick) | 17 | 0 |
| Patriots | Reggie Rucker 8 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Jeff White kick) | 24 | 0 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Jeff White 36 yard field goal | 27 | 0 |
| 4th | Patriots | Safety, Kiner tackled Pastorini in end zone | 29 | 0 |
| Patriots | Jeff White 46 yard field goal | 32 | 0 |
| NWE | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 11 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-141-1 | 22-101-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-32-206-2-1 | 14-29-115-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-30 | 4-32 |
| Net pass yards | 176 | 83 |
| Total yards | 317 | 184 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-41 | 1-11 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 15 | 28 | 175 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 7 | 88 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 5 | 77 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 15 | 62 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 15 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Windsor | NWE | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | NWE | 2 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob McCall | NWE | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 11 | 23 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Parks | HOU | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | HOU | 3 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mack Alston | HOU | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Amundson | HOU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 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 | ||
| Ralph Anderson | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Bolton | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Blahak | HOU | 0.0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jeff Severson | HOU | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bruce Barnes | NWE | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff White | NWE | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Skip Butler | HOU | 1 | 8 | 330 | 41.3 | 0 | |||