| Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 20, 1970 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 34882 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 73 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 2 run (Grant Guthrie kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Safety, Howard Kindig snapped ball out of end zone | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Grant Guthrie 16 FG | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 27 FG | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Denson 3 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 12 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Anderson 27 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 48 FG | 22 | 10 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 31 FG | 25 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 84 | WR | Mike Haffner |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 83 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 14 | QB | Pete Liske |
| 31 | RB | Willis Crenshaw |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 78 | MLB | Ken Criter |
| 76 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 28 | LCB | Cornell Gordon |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 47 | RS | Paul Martha |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 75 | LOT | Art Laster |
| 61 | LOG | Jim Reilly |
| 54 | C | Howard Kindig |
| 67 | ROG | Joe O'Donnell |
| 79 | ROT | Paul Costa |
| 84 | TE | Austin Denney |
| 10 | QB | Dan Darragh |
| 30 | RB | Wayne Patrick |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Tatarek |
| 82 | RDE | Al Cowlings |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 52 | MLB | Edgar Chandler |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 47 | RS | Pete Richardson |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 18 | 82 | 4.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 1 | |
| Steve Tensi | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 18 | 52 | 2.9 | 10 | 1 |
| Dan Darragh | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Enyart | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dennis Shaw | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 0 | 108 | 7.7 | 1 | 83.0 | |||
| Pete Liske | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 52 | 4.7 | 0 | 14.2 | |||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dan Darragh | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | 20.1 | |||
| Dennis Shaw | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | 80.7 | |||
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Denson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 1 | |
| Jim Whalen | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| Mike Haffner | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Enyart | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lloyd Pate | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Charlie Greer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Butch Byrd | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 7 | 307 | 43.9 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 10 | 480 | 48.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Little | 4 | 0 | 38 | 9.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ken Criter | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Glenn Alexander | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Buffalo Bills | |
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