| St. Louis Cardinals at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1971 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 40040 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 73 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | MacArthur Lane 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Cid Edwards 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Safety, Cid Edwards tackled in end zone by Edgar Chandler | 14 | 2 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Ted Koy 20 pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jackie Smith 10 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 9 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Greg Jones 7 pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 21 | 16 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim McFarland 5 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 28 | 16 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Alvin Wyatt 61 punt return (John Leypoldt kick) | 28 | 23 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| MacArthur Lane | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Cid Edwards | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Jim Hart | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 0 | 171 | 6.3 | 2 | 99.5 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 2 | 220 | 6.7 | 2 | 67.7 | |||
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| MacArthur Lane | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 1 | |
| Cid Edwards | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Roy Shivers | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim McFarland | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Haven Moses | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 0 | |
| Greg Jones | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Marlin Briscoe | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| Ted Koy | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Miller Farr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Chuck Latourette | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Larry Willingham | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 1 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Larry Willingham | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Larry Stegent | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | ||
| Tim Beamer | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Buffalo Bills | |
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