| Buffalo Bills at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1973 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 47588 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| San Diego Chargers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Ron Smith 72 punt return (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | O.J. Simpson 6 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego Chargers | Robert Holmes 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Gary Garrison 26 pass from Johnny Unitas (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Jim Thaxton 12 pass from Johnny Unitas (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | San Diego Chargers | Robert Holmes 4 run (Ray Wersching kick blocked) | 7 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 22 | 103 | 4.7 | 19 | 1 |
| BUF | Larry Watkins | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| BUF | Bob Chandler | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| BUF | Steve Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| SD | Clint Jones | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| SD | Robert Holmes | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 2 | |
| SD | Bob Thomas | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| SD | Cid Edwards | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 2 | 53 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| BUF | Dennis Shaw | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 106 | 7.1 | 0 | 30.8 | |||
| SD | Johnny Unitas | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 0 | 175 | 9.7 | 2 | 125.9 | |||
| SD | Wayne Clark | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 88 | 17.6 | 0 | 79.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | J.D. Hill | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 0 | |
| BUF | Paul Seymour | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Larry Watkins | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Ray Jarvis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| SD | Dave Williams | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 0 | |
| SD | Gary Garrison | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 1 | |
| SD | Jim Thaxton | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| SD | Robert Holmes | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| SD | Bob Thomas | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| SD | Pettis Norman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Leon Garror | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SD | Mike Stratton | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| SD | Tim Rossovich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| SD | Bobby Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BUF | Spike Jones | 6 | 219 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| SD | Dennis Partee | 4 | 199 | 49.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Donnie Walker | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| SD | Ron Smith | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 1 | ||
| SD | Willie McGee | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Wallace Francis | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Willie Parker | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SD | Willie McGee | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| SD | Coy Bacon | 1.0 |
| SD | Pete Lazetich | 1.0 |
| SD | Cal Snowden | 1.0 |
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