NFL game summary for 12/21/1975:

Baltimore completed its amazing comeback from a last place 2-12 season in 1974 to a 10-4 year in 1975 by winning the AFC East and running its consecutive victory streak to nine against the stubborn Patriots. The Colts, needing a win to clinch, trailed 21-20 in the fourth quarter and had to come back with Lydell Mitchell's 15th touchdown of the season after a Stan White interception and Nelson Munsey's 30-yard interception return. Mitchell finished with 1,193 yards and Bert Jones with 18 TD passes.

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	133.3  (15)	174.6  (10)	307.9  (14)	45
	DEFENSE	160.9  (20)	159.5  (12)	320.4  (15)	27
Baltimore Colts	OFFENSE	160.7  (8)	162.3  (14)	323.0  (11)	16
	DEFENSE	131.5  (10)	168.0  (14)	299.5  (13)	36

Line: Colts by 16

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New England Patriots (3-11-0)	7	7	0	7	21
Baltimore Colts (10-4-0)	7	3	10	14	34

( 7- 0) NE  Allen Carter 99 yard kickoff return (John Smith kick)
( 7- 7) BAL Bert Jones 8 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
( 7-10) BAL Toni Linhart 19 yard field goal
(14-10) NE  Sam Cunningham 7 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
(14-17) BAL Raymond Chester 20 yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick)
(14-20) BAL Toni Linhart 31 yard field goal
(21-20) NE  Steve Grogan 1 yard rush (John Smith kick)
(21-27) BAL Lydell Mitchell 11 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
(21-34) BAL Nelson Munsey 30 yard interception return (Toni Linhart kick)

                     NE              BAL
First Downs:         18              18
Rushes-yards:        28-112          39-128
Yards/rush:          4.0             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-35-201-5     18-31-181-1
Sacked-yards:        3-33            1-10
Net pass yards:      168             171
Net yards/pass:      4.4             5.3
Total net yards:     280             299
Total plays:         66 (42% run)    71 (54% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        3-0             1-1
Turnovers:           5               2
Penalties-yards:     5-44            5-41

Attendance: 51,926

Passing:
NE: Steve Grogan, 16 of 35 for 201 yards and 1 TD (5 int)
BAL: Bert Jones, 18 of 31 for 181 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
NE: Andy Johnson, 13 for 44 yards; Sam Cunningham, 9 for 43 yards; Allen Carter, 3 for 21 yards; Steve Grogan, 2 for 3 yards and 1 TD; Don Calhoun, 1 for 1 yard
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 34 for 98 yards and 1 TD; Bert Jones, 2 for 19 yards and 1 TD; Bill Olds, 2 for 6 yards; Don McCauley, 1 for 5 yards

Receiving:
NE: Andy Johnson, 6 for 103 yards; Randy Vataha, 4 for 54 yards; Sam Cunningham, 3 for 10 yards and 1 TD; Bob Windsor, 2 for 24 yards; Steve Burks, 1 for 10 yards
BAL: Roger Carr, 6 for 77 yards; Glenn Doughty, 3 for 45 yards; Raymond Chester, 3 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Bill Olds, 3 for 14 yards; Don McCauley, 2 for 0 yards; Lydell Mitchell, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
NE: Allen Carter, 6 for 206 yards and 1 TD; Darryl Stingley, 1 for 24 yards
BAL: Bruce Laird, 3 for 90 yards; Marshall Johnson, 1 for 25 yards

Punt returns:
NE: Andy Johnson, 3 for 25 yards
BAL: Howard Stevens, 5 for 85 yards

Interceptions:
NE: Steve Nelson, 1 for 4 yards
BAL: Stan White, 2 for 32 yards; Nelson Munsey, 1 for 30 yards and 1 TD; Bruce Laird, 1 for 12 yards; Fred Cook, 1 for 8 yards

Punting:
NE: Mike Patrick, 6 for 253 yards
BAL: David Lee, 5 for 194 yards

Field Goals:
BAL: Toni Linhart, 2/4

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