New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
Date: December 9, 1973 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 72470 |
Weather: Light Snow Temp: 32 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 9 mph |
Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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New England PatriotsNE | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
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1 | New England PatriotsNE | Jeff White 14 FG | 3 | 0 |
1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wallace Francis 90 kickoff return (John Leypoldt kick) | 3 | 7 |
2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 6 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 3 | 14 |
2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 34 FG | 3 | 17 |
2 | New England PatriotsNE | Jeff White 12 FG | 6 | 17 |
3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bob Chandler 37 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 6 | 24 |
3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 34 FG | 6 | 27 |
3 | New England PatriotsNE | Jim Plunkett 5 run (Jeff White kick) | 13 | 27 |
3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bob Chandler 6 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 34 |
4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 19 FG | 13 | 37 |
LINEUPS | ||
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New England Patriots | ||
Offense | ||
33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
73 | LOG | John Hannah |
67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
80 | TE | Bob Adams |
16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
39 | RB | Sam Cunningham |
36 | RB | John Tarver |
Defense | ||
71 | LDE | Ray Hamilton |
76 | LDT | Dave Rowe |
85 | RDT | Julius Adams |
63 | RDE | Rick Cash |
57 | LLB | Steve Kiner |
50 | MLB | Edgar Chandler |
51 | RLB | Ron Acks |
23 | LCB | George Hoey |
22 | LS | Sandy Durko |
49 | RS | Ralph Anderson |
27 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
Buffalo Bills | ||
Offense | ||
81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
40 | WR | J.D. Hill |
78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
53 | C | Mike Montler |
68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
34 | RB | Jim Braxton |
32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
Offense | ||
85 | LDE | Walt Patulski |
77 | LDT | Jerry Patton |
71 | RDT | Mike Kadish |
73 | RDE | Earl Edwards |
55 | LLB | John Skorupan |
50 | MLB | Jim Cheyunski |
56 | RLB | Rich Lewis |
20 | LCB | Robert James |
24 | LS | Ernie Kellermann |
43 | RS | Tony Greene |
28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | |||||
John Tarver | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 0 | |
Sam Cunningham | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 |
Jim Plunkett | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 1 | |
Buffalo Bills | |||||
O.J. Simpson | 22 | 219 | 10.0 | 71 | 1 |
Jim Braxton | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 0 | |
Joe Ferguson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
Larry Watkins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | |||||||||||
Jim Plunkett | 41 | 17 | 41.5 | 2 | 292 | 7.1 | 0 | 46.0 | |||
Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
Joe Ferguson | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 43 | 6.1 | 2 | 92.3 |
RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | |||||
Bob Adams | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 0 | |
Reggie Rucker | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | |
Mack Herron | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
Darryl Stingley | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
Sam Cunningham | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Randy Vataha | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
Buffalo Bills | |||||
Bob Chandler | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 2 |
INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | |||||
Buffalo Bills | |||||
Donnie Walker | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Jim Cheyunski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Kellermann | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | |||||
Bruce Barnes | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | |
Buffalo Bills | |||||
Spike Jones | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 0 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | ||||||
Mack Herron | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
Buffalo Bills | ||||||
Donnie Walker | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | ||||||
Mack Herron | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | ||
Bob McCall | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
John Hannah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buffalo Bills | ||||||
Wallace Francis | 1 | 90 | 90.0 | 90t | 1 | |
Ray Jarvis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
Jim Braxton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
SACKS | NO |
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New England Patriots | |
Edgar Chandler | 0.5 |
Steve King | 0.5 |
Buffalo Bills |
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