| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Edgar Chandler | 0.5 |
| Steve King | 0.5 |
| Buffalo Bills | |
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