| Baltimore Colts at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1972 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 46206 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 55 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Tom Mitchell 27 pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim O'Brien 30 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Sam Havrilak 12 run (Jim O'Brien kick) | 17 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | WR | Sam Havrilak |
| 28 | WR | Cotton Speyrer |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Vogel |
| 61 | LOG | Cornelius Johnson |
| 50 | C | Bill Curry |
| 71 | ROG | Dan Sullivan |
| 68 | ROT | Dennis Nelson |
| 84 | TE | Tom Mitchell |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 41 | RB | Tom Matte |
| 48 | RB | Don Nottingham |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 75 | LDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Bailey |
| 85 | RDE | Roy Hilton |
| 83 | LLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 32 | MLB | Mike Curtis |
| 56 | RLB | Ray May |
| 47 | LCB | Charlie Stukes |
| 20 | LS | Jerry Logan |
| 21 | RS | Rick Volk |
| 44 | RCB | Rex Kern |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 40 | WR | J.D. Hill |
| 79 | LOT | Paul Costa |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | John Matlock |
| 69 | ROG | Bob Penchion |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 80 | TE | Jan White |
| 16 | QB | Dennis Shaw |
| 34 | RB | Jim Braxton |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Walt Patulski |
| 72 | LDT | Don Croft |
| 77 | RDT | Jerry Patton |
| 82 | RDE | Al Cowlings |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 56 | MLB | Ken Lee |
| 86 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 41 | LS | Alvin Wyatt |
| 42 | RS | Maurice Tyler |
| 43 | RCB | Tony Greene |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don Nottingham | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Tom Matte | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Sam Havrilak | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 21 | 78 | 3.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 2 | 184 | 6.6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 |
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 2 | 79 | 3.8 | 0 | 3.2 | |||
| Mike Taliaferro | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 1 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | 61.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don Nottingham | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Tom Mitchell | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Don McCauley | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Tom Matte | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cotton Speyrer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| J.D. Hill | 8 | 115 | 14.4 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Ted Hendricks | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie Stukes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 0 | 26 | 26L | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Ken Lee | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| David Lee | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 9 | 345 | 38.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Bruce Laird | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Logan | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Don McCauley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Tony Greene | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ted Koy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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