NFL game summary for 10/04/1970:

John Unitas' late TD pass to Roy Jefferson enabled the Colts to subdue a stubborn Boston defense. Earlier, Earl Morrall had fired a TD to Ed Hinton for what proved his only reception of the day. Running back Jim Nance sustained an ankle injury and Ike Lassiter, defensive end, received a knee injury.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Baltimore Colts	OFFENSE	91.0  (19)	215.0  (3)	306.0  (10)	10
	DEFENSE	118.0  (13)	173.5  (19)	291.5  (15)	5
Boston Patriots	OFFENSE	127.0  (11)	128.0  (21)	255.0  (18)	4
	DEFENSE	141.0  (18)	107.5  (2)	248.5  (8)	5

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Baltimore Colts (2-1-0)	0	7	0	7	14
Boston Patriots (1-2-0)	0	3	0	3	6

( 7- 0) BAL Eddie Hinton 13 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 7- 3) BOS Gino Cappelletti 13 yard field goal
( 7- 6) BOS Gino Cappelletti 25 yard field goal
(14- 6) BAL Roy Jefferson 55 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick)

                     BAL             BOS
First Downs:         14              12
Rushes-yards:        32-98           17-60
Yards/rush:          3.1             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-24-194-0     17-38-236-0
Sacked-yards:        6-56            5-56
Net pass yards:      138             180
Net yards/pass:      4.6             4.2
Total net yards:     236             240
Total plays:         62 (51% run)    60 (28% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             2-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     8-102           9-78

Attendance: 38,235

Passing:
BAL: Earl Morrall, 11 of 17 for 130 yards and 1 TD; Johnny Unitas, 3 of 7 for 64 yards and 1 TD
BOS: Mike Taliaferro, 17 of 38 for 236 yards

Rushing:
BAL: Jack Maitland, 17 for 42 yards; Norm Bulaich, 14 for 53 yards; Larry Conjar, 1 for 3 yards
BOS: Sid Blanks, 6 for 27 yards; Carl Garrett, 5 for 13 yards; Jim Nance, 3 for 5 yards; Odell Lawson, 2 for 15 yards; Mike Taliaferro, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
BAL: Jack Maitland, 5 for 40 yards; Norm Bulaich, 4 for 52 yards; Roy Jefferson, 3 for 87 yards and 1 TD; Eddie Hinton, 1 for 13 yards and 1 TD; John Mackey, 1 for 2 yards
BOS: Ron Sellers, 5 for 108 yards; Bake Turner, 3 for 55 yards; Tom Beer, 3 for 32 yards; Carl Garrett, 3 for 11 yards; Odell Lawson, 2 for 22 yards; Sid Blanks, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
BAL: Jim Duncan, 1 for 20 yards; Sam Havrilak, 1 for 16 yards; Roy Jefferson, 1 for 11 yards
BOS: Carl Garrett, 1 for 23 yards; Odell Lawson, 1 for 16 yards

Punt returns:
BAL: Rick Volk, 2 for 9 yards; Jerry Logan, 1 for 0 yards
BOS: Sid Blanks, 2 for 16 yards; Carl Garrett, 1 for 4 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 6 for 288 yards
BOS: Tom Janik, 6 for 225 yards

Field Goals:
BAL: Jim O'Brien, 0/1
BOS: Gino Cappelletti, 2/5

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