1971 New England Patriots season

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1971 New England Patriots season
Head Coach John Mazur
Home Field Schaeffer Stadium
Results
Record 6-8
Place 3rd AFC East
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers 0
Timeline
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1970 1972

The New England Patriots finished the National Football League's 1971 season with a record of six wins and eight losses, and finished third in the AFC East division.

Contents

[edit] Season summary

[edit] Game-by-game results

Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 19 W 1-0 Oakland Raiders 20 6 12 261 127 134 3 20 304 99 205 4
2 Sun September 26 L 1-1 Detroit Lions 7 34 10 246 101 145 3 19 368 204 164
3 Sun October 3 L 1-2 Baltimore Colts 3 23 9 151 62 89 1 24 358 222 136 2
4 Sun October 10 W 2-2 New York Jets 20 0 15 337 130 207 2 11 121 8 113 2
5 Sun October 17 L 2-3 @ Miami Dolphins 3 41 11 117 82 35 3 19 431 216 215
6 Sun October 24 L 2-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 21 44 17 259 183 76 3 20 406 238 168
7 Sun October 31 L 2-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 10 27 11 246 69 177 3 13 247 176 71 5
8 Sun November 7 W 3-5 Houston Oilers 28 20 21 253 154 99 16 331 260 71 3
9 Sun November 14 W 4-5 Buffalo Bills 38 33 9 299 180 119 3 15 217 128 89 1
10 Sun November 21 L 4-6 @ Cleveland Browns 7 27 19 292 169 123 4 19 321 146 175
11 Sun November 28 L 4-7 @ Buffalo Bills 20 27 15 294 105 189 3 15 264 117 147 1
12 Sun December 5 W 5-7 Miami Dolphins 34 13 14 308 223 85 12 197 99 98 5
13 Sun December 12 L 5-8 @ New York Jets 6 13 16 250 150 100 2 17 261 95 166 4
14 Sun December 19 W 6-8 @ Baltimore Colts 21 17 11 243 152 91 2 17 246 146 100 2

[edit] Roster

All of the following players appeared in at least one game for the 1971 New England Patriots.

Name Position Notes

[edit] See also


Preceded by
1970 Boston Patriots season		 1971 New England Patriots season Succeeded by
1972 New England Patriots season
1971 NFL season
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Baltimore Cincinnati Denver Dallas Chicago Atlanta
Buffalo Cleveland Kansas City NY Giants Detroit Los Angeles
Miami Houston Oakland Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans
New England Pittsburgh San Diego St. Louis Minnesota San Francisco
NY Jets Washington
1971 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl VI
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