1973 Buffalo Bills (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1973	N	Philadelphia Eagles	6-13	L	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	15808
Sat	8/11/1973	A	Green Bay Packers	3-10	L	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56267
Fri	8/17/1973	H	Washington Redskins	21-37	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	80020
Sun	8/26/1973	H	Chicago Bears	10-13	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	61165
Fri	8/31/1973	A	Denver Broncos	14-16	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	42336
Sat	9/8/1973	H	Oakland Raiders	7-17	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	70128
Sun	9/16/1973	A	New England Patriots	31-13	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	56119
Sun	9/23/1973	A	San Diego Chargers	7-34	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	47588
Sun	9/30/1973	H	New York Jets	9-7	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77425
Sun	10/7/1973	H	Philadelphia Eagles	27-26	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	72364
Sun	10/14/1973	H	Baltimore Colts	31-13	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78875
Sun	10/21/1973	A	Miami Dolphins	6-27	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	65241
Mon	10/29/1973	H	Kansas City Chiefs	23-14	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	76071
Sun	11/4/1973	A	New Orleans Saints	0-13	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	74770
Sun	11/11/1973	H	Cincinnati Bengals	13-16	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	76927
Sun	11/18/1973	H	Miami Dolphins	0-17	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77138
Sun	11/25/1973	A	Baltimore Colts	24-17	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	52250
Sun	12/2/1973	A	Atlanta Falcons	17-6	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	54607
Sun	12/9/1973	H	New England Patriots	37-13	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	72470
Sun	12/16/1973	A	New York Jets	34-14	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	47790

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Jim Braxton	34	RB	6-1	243	24	West Virginia	6	4
Bill Cahill	22	S	5-11	180	22	Washington	5	0
Bob Chandler	81	WR	6-0	179	24	Southern California	14	14
Jim Cheyunski	50	MLB	6-1	223	28	Syracuse	13	12
Bo Cornell	30	RB	6-1	215	24	Washington	14	0
Phil Croyle	54	LB	6-3	223	26	California	4	0
Joe DeLamielleure	68	ROG	6-3	253	22	Michigan State	14	14
Earl Edwards	73	RDE-RDT	6-6	264	27	Wichita State	14	14
Dale Farley	57	LB	6-4	235	24	West Virginia	2	0
Joe Ferguson	12	QB	6-1	190	23	Arkansas	14	14
Dave Foley	78	LOT	6-5	252	26	Ohio State	14	14
Fred Forsberg	57	LLB	6-1	237	29	Washington	10	2
Wallace Francis	89	WR	5-11	190	22	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	12	0
Leon Garror	47	RS	6-0	174	25	Alcorn State	4	2
Donnie Green	74	ROT	6-7	266	25	Purdue	14	14
Tony Greene	43	RS-RCB-LCB	5-10	170	24	Maryland	14	12
Halvor Hagen	88	LDE-RDE	6-5	249	26	Shoreline CC; Weber State	5	5
Dwight Harrison	28	RCB	6-1	183	25	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	12
J.D. Hill	40	WR	6-1	202	25	Arizona State	14	14
Robert James	20	LCB	6-1	184	26	Fisk	13	12
Bruce Jarvis	51	C	6-7	250	25	Washington	8	8
Ray Jarvis	80	WR	6-0	197	24	Norfolk State	12	0
Spike Jones	11	P	6-2	193	26	Middle Georgia JC; Georgia	14	0
Steve Jones	46	RB	6-0	200	22	Duke	11	0
Mike Kadish	71	RDT	6-5	265	23	Notre Dame	12	9
Bob Kampa	70	DT	6-4	252	22	Gavilan JC; California	7	0
Ernie Kellermann	24	LS	6-0	184	30	Miami (Ohio)	10	10
Rick Kingrea	54	LB	6-1	228	24	Tulane	4	0
Ted Koy	37	RB	6-1	211	26	Texas	13	1
Merv Krakau	52	MLB	6-1	242	22	Iowa State	14	2
Rich Lewis	56	RLB-LLB	6-2	223	23	Portland State	10	8
John Leypoldt	3	K	6-2	230	27	none	14	0
Brian McConnell	82	LB	6-4	207	23	Michigan State	1	0
Reggie McKenzie	67	LOG	6-5	255	23	Michigan	14	14
Mike Montler	53	C-OT	6-4	260	29	Colorado	10	6
Steve Okoniewski	79	RDT	6-3	247	24	Washington; Everett CC; Washington; Montana	5	4
Willie Parker	61	C-OG	6-3	245	25	Wharton County JC; North Texas	14	0
Jerry Patton	77	LDT	6-3	255	27	Nebraska	14	14
Walt Patulski	85	LDE	6-6	267	23	Notre Dame	14	10
Bob Penchion	69	OG	6-5	265	24	Alcorn State	5	0
John Pitts	48	LS	6-4	219	28	Santa Ana JC; Arizona State	3	2
Paul Seymour	87	TE	6-5	250	23	Michigan	14	14
Dennis Shaw	16	QB	6-2	213	26	Southern California; Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State	4	0
O.J. Simpson	32	RB	6-1	210	26	San Francisco CC; Southern California	14	14
John Skorupan	55	LLB-RLB	6-3	225	22	Penn State	14	14
Ken Stone	24	RS-LS	6-1	180	23	Vanderbilt	6	4
Pete Van Valkenberg	36	RB	6-2	194	23	Brigham Young	13	0
Donnie Walker	26	RS-CB	6-2	195	23	Central State (Ohio)	11	1
Dave Washington	86	RLB	6-5	224	25	Alcorn State	7	4
Larry Watkins	38	RB	6-2	220	27	Alcorn State	14	10
Jeff Winans	75	DT	6-5	265	22	Modesto JC; Southern California	9	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Paul Seymour	T	Michigan
1	26	Joe DeLamielleure	G	Michigan State
2	32	Jeff Winans	DT	Southern California
3	57	Joe Ferguson	QB	Arkansas
3	77	Bob Kampa	DT	California
4	87	Donnie Walker	DB	Central State (Ohio)
4	103	Jeff Yeates	DT	Boston College
5	110	Wallace Francis	WR	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
6	136	John Skorupan	LB	Penn State
7	162	Brian McConnell	LB	Michigan State
7	181	John Ford	TE	Henderson State
8	190	Lee Fobbs	RB	Grambling State
9	215	Mike Reppond	WR	Arkansas
10	240	Matthew Reed	QB	Grambling State
10	259	John LeHeup	LB	South Carolina
11	265	Richard Earl	T	Tennessee
12	294	Ronnie Carroll	DT	Sam Houston State
14	344	Merv Krakau	LB	Iowa State
15	369	Joe Rizzo	LB	Merchant Marine
15	379	Vince O'Neil	RB	Kansas
17	423	John Stearns	DB	Colorado

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	64	71	61	63	259
Opponents Totals	58	84	38	50	230

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		219	152	60	7	73/190 38.4%	/ %	75	744
Opponents Totals		231	101	112	18	71/194 36.6%	/ %	53	485

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
John Leypoldt	0	27	27	100.0	21	30	70.0	90
O.J. Simpson	12	0	0		0	0		72
Jim Braxton	4	0	0		0	0		24
Bob Chandler	3	1	1	100.0	0	0		19
Larry Watkins	3	0	0		0	0		18
Joe Ferguson	2	0	0		0	0		12
Wallace Francis	2	0	0		0	0		12
Bill Cahill	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dwight Harrison	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	28	28	28	100.0	21	30	70.0	259
Opponents Totals	25	23	25	92.0	19	34	55.9	230

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Leypoldt	21	30	70.0	1	52	7/7	3/5	5/6	4/8	2/4
Team Totals	21	30	70.0	1	52	7/7	3/5	5/6	4/8	2/4
Opponents Totals	19	34	55.9			6/6	6/9	4/7	2/8	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
O.J. Simpson	332	2003	6.0	80t	12
Jim Braxton	108	494	4.6	36	4
Larry Watkins	98	414	4.2	17	2
Joe Ferguson	48	147	3.1	24	2
Pete Van Valkenberg	2	20	10.0	12	0
Bo Cornell	4	13	3.3	7	0
Steve Jones	3	9	3.0	7	0
Dennis Shaw	4	2	0.5	1	0
Spike Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Chandler	5	-14	-2.8	18	0
Team Totals	605	3088	5.1	80t	20
Opponents Totals	455	1797	3.9	45	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Ferguson	164	73	44.5	81	939	5.7	12.9	42	4	2.4	10	6.1	20	164	775	45.8
Dennis Shaw	46	22	47.8	20	300	6.5	13.6	40	0	0.0	4	8.7	11	75	225	32.9
O.J. Simpson	2	1	50.0	1	-3	-1.5	-3.0	-3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	-3	56.3
Bob Chandler	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	213	96	45.1	103	1236	5.8	12.9	42	4	1.9	14	6.6	31	239	997	42.7
Opponents Totals	368	166	45.1	188	2394	6.5	14.4	64	12	3.3	14	3.8	32	276	2118	61.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Chandler	30	427	14.2	37t	3			0
J.D. Hill	29	422	14.6	42	0
Larry Watkins	12	86	7.2	28	1			0
Paul Seymour	10	114	11.4	22	0			0	0
Jim Braxton	6	101	16.8	37	0			0
O.J. Simpson	6	70	11.7	24	0			0
Ray Jarvis	1	12	12.0	12	0		0	0	0
Pete Van Valkenberg	1	7	7.0	7	0		0	0	0
Joe Ferguson	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	96	1236	12.9	42	4
Opponents Totals	166	2394	14.4	64	12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dwight Harrison	5	117	23.4	38	1
Jim Cheyunski	3	31	10.3	31	0
Ernie Kellermann	2	23	11.5	19	0
Donnie Walker	1	22	22.0	22	0
Leon Garror	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tony Greene	1	0	0.0	0	0
Robert James	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ken Stone	0	31		31L	0
Team Totals	14	224	16.0	38	1
Opponents Totals	14	149	10.6	25	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Spike Jones	66	2660	40.3	62	0	312
Team Totals	66	2660	40.3	62	0	312
Opponents Totals	63	2507	39.8	60	1	279

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Donnie Walker	25	4	210	8.4	23	0
Bill Cahill	4	1	73	18.3	51t	1
Bob Chandler	2	5	5	2.5	3	0
J.D. Hill	1	0	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Team Totals	32	10	279	8.7	51t	1
Opponents Totals	34	19	312	9.2	72t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Wallace Francis	23	687	29.9	101t	2
Steve Jones	6	116	19.3	22	0
Ray Jarvis	5	84	16.8	25	0
Bill Cahill	2	42	21.0	24	0
Larry Watkins	1	18	18.0	18	0
Willie Parker	1	16	16.0	16	0
Tony Greene	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bo Cornell	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jim Braxton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Pete Van Valkenberg	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	42	972	23.1	101t	2
Opponents Totals	44	934	21.2	101t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Earl Edwards	8.5
Walt Patulski	7.0
Jerry Patton	6.0
Mike Kadish	3.5
Jeff Winans	2.0
Halvor Hagen	1.0
Rich Lewis	1.0
Steve Okoniewski	1.0
John Skorupan	1.0
(Team)	1.0
Team Totals	32.0	276.0
Opponents Totals	31.0	239.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Jim Braxton	2		1	0	1	0
Bob Chandler	2		1	0	1	0
Jim Cheyunski	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bo Cornell	0	0	0	1	1	0
Joe DeLamielleure	0	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Ferguson	7		4	0	4	-3
Fred Forsberg	0	0	0	2	2	0
Wallace Francis	1		1	0	1	0
Leon Garror	0	0	0	1	1	2
Tony Greene	0	0	0	2	2	13
Dwight Harrison	0	0	0	1	1	0
J.D. Hill	2		2	0	2	0
Spike Jones	1		0	0	0	-16
Steve Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mike Kadish	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Kampa	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ernie Kellermann	0	0	0	2	2	0
Rich Lewis	0	0	1	0	1	0
John Leypoldt	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jerry Patton	0	0	0	1	1	0
Walt Patulski	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dennis Shaw	2		1	0	1	-11
O.J. Simpson	7		0	0	0	0
John Skorupan	0	0	0	2	2	22
Dave Washington	0	0	0	1	1	10
Larry Watkins	3		0	0	0	0
Team Totals	27	15	12	19	31	17
Opponents Totals	30	19	11	13	24

Billy Atkins	Defensive Backs
Ed Cavanaugh	Special Assignments
Stan Jones	Defensive Line
John Ray	Linebackers
Jim Ringo	Offensive Line
Bob Shaw	Receivers