| Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1971 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 28107 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 45 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Mark Moseley 44 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Mark Moseley 44 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Ken Houston 17 interception return (Mark Moseley kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | O.J. Simpson 6 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Haven Moses 14 pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Robert Holmes 2 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 20 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ward Walsh | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Woody Campbell | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wayne Patrick | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Dennis Shaw | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| J.D. Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 0 | 211 | 6.4 | 0 | 71.7 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 2 | 233 | 8.0 | 1 | 75.8 | |||
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Woody Campbell | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Beirne | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| J.D. Hill | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ted Koy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 7 | 300 | 42.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Linzy Cole | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Ken Houston | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | ||
| Ike Hill | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Holmes | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ike Hill | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Buffalo Bills | |
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