NFL game summary for 11/21/1971:

The Browns snapped a four-game losing streak, longest in club history, beating New England. Leroy Kelly carried 23 times for 113 yards, making it the 24th time he rushed for 100-or-more yards in a game. He also scored once rushing and once on a pass from Bill Nelsen.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	120.1  (16)	120.9  (23)	241.0  (21)	21
	DEFENSE	136.9  (17)	172.3  (19)	309.2  (19)	17
Cleveland Browns	OFFENSE	93.3  (24)	163.6  (9)	256.9  (20)	29
	DEFENSE	172.2  (25)	135.4  (6)	307.7  (18)	22

Line: Browns by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New England Patriots (4-6-0)	0	7	0	0	7
Cleveland Browns (5-5-0)	10	0	7	10	27

( 0- 7) CLE Leroy Kelly 7 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick)
( 0-10) CLE Don Cockroft 34 yard field goal
( 7-10) NE  Tom Beer 18 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick)
( 7-17) CLE Frank Pitts 35 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick)
( 7-24) CLE Leroy Kelly 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
( 7-27) CLE Don Cockroft 31 yard field goal

                     NE              CLE
First Downs:         19              19
Rushes-yards:        27-123          43-175
Yards/rush:          4.6             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-32-169-4     12-26-158-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             2-12
Net pass yards:      169             146
Net yards/pass:      5.3             5.2
Total net yards:     292             321
Total plays:         59 (45% run)    71 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             1-0
Turnovers:           4               0
Penalties-yards:     5-41            6-56

Attendance: 65,238

Passing:
NE: Jim Plunkett, 13 of 32 for 169 yards and 1 TD (4 int)
CLE: Bill Nelsen, 12 of 23 for 158 yards and 2 TDs; Mike Phipps, 0 of 3 for 0 yards

Rushing:
NE: Jim Nance, 14 for 62 yards; Carl Garrett, 12 for 56 yards; Jim Plunkett, 1 for 5 yards
CLE: Leroy Kelly, 23 for 113 yards and 1 TD; Bo Scott, 14 for 43 yards; Reece Morrison, 4 for 3 yards; Mike Phipps, 1 for 15 yards; Bill Nelsen, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
NE: Randy Vataha, 4 for 65 yards; Ron Sellers, 2 for 26 yards; Carl Garrett, 2 for 24 yards; Reggie Rucker, 2 for 24 yards; Jim Nance, 2 for 12 yards; Tom Beer, 1 for 18 yards and 1 TD
CLE: Frank Pitts, 4 for 75 yards and 1 TD; Fair Hooker, 2 for 27 yards; Leroy Kelly, 2 for 21 yards and 1 TD; Milt Morin, 2 for 16 yards; Bo Scott, 1 for 14 yards; Gary Collins, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
NE: Carl Garrett, 4 for 81 yards; Reggie Rucker, 2 for 45 yards
CLE: Reece Morrison, 1 for 52 yards; Stan Brown, 1 for 27 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Leroy Kelly, 2 for 17 yards

Interceptions:
CLE: Billy Andrews, 2 for 34 yards; Mike Howell, 1 for 25 yards; Ben Davis, 1 for 15 yards

Punting:
NE: Tom Janik, 4 for 161 yards
CLE: Gary Collins, 5 for 162 yards

Field Goals:
NE: Charlie Gogolak, 0/1
CLE: Don Cockroft, 2/3

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