| Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets Game Statistics | 
| Date: November 7, 1971 Location: New York, NY | 
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 62812 | 
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 44 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 23 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City ChiefsKC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | KC | NYJ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 1 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Mike Adamle 6 pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 7 | 
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 30 FG | 7 | 10 | 
| 2 | Kansas City ChiefsKC | Jan Stenerud 19 FG | 10 | 10 | 
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 39 FG | 10 | 13 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Otis Taylor | 
| 17 | WR | Elmo Wright | 
| 77 | LOT | Jim Tyrer | 
| 71 | LOG | Ed Budde | 
| 58 | C | Jack Rudnay | 
| 76 | ROG | Mo Moorman | 
| 73 | ROT | Dave Hill | 
| 88 | TE | Morris Stroud | 
| 16 | QB | Len Dawson | 
| 38 | RB | Wendell Hayes | 
| 6 | RB | Warren McVea | 
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Marvin Upshaw | 
| 61 | LDT | Curley Culp | 
| 86 | RDT | Buck Buchanan | 
| 99 | RDE | Wilbur Young | 
| 78 | LLB | Bobby Bell | 
| 63 | MLB | Willie Lanier | 
| 51 | RLB | Jim Lynch | 
| 40 | LCB | Jim Marsalis | 
| 46 | LS | Jim Kearney | 
| 42 | RS | Johnny Robinson | 
| 18 | RCB | Emmitt Thomas | 
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster | 
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard | 
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus | 
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen | 
| 52 | C | John Schmitt | 
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman | 
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill | 
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons | 
| 15 | QB | Bob Davis | 
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer | 
| 44 | RB | John Riggins | 
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LDE | John Little | 
| 79 | LDT | Clovis Swinney | 
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton | 
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas | 
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker | 
| 56 | LB | Paul Crane | 
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole | 
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham | 
| 21 | LCB | Steve Tannen | 
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks | 
| 43 | RCB | John Dockery | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Warren McVea | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Mike Adamle | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 25 | 0 | 
| Emerson Boozer | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 8 | 1 | 
| George Nock | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||
| Len Dawson | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 2 | 111 | 4.4 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 43.9 | 
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | 42.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jim Otis | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Otis Taylor | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Willie Frazier | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 
| Elmo Wright | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 | 
| Warren McVea | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Don Maynard | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Gus Hollomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 6 | 203 | 33.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Mike Sensibaugh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||
| Mike Adamle | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sensibaugh | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Vern Studdard | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | 
|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | |
| New York Jets | |
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