| Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1976 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 66569 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 21 pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 22 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 35 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 24 pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 48 run (George Jakowenko kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Dexter Bussey 4 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 12 run (George Jakowenko kick) | 14 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 88 | WR | Reuben Gant |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Mike Montler |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
| 17 | QB | Gary Marangi |
| 36 | RB | Jeff Kinney |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Kadish |
| 79 | RDT | Marty Smith |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 55 | LLB | John Skorupan |
| 52 | MLB | Merv Krakau |
| 51 | RLB | Dan Jilek |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 24 | LS | Doug Jones |
| 43 | RS | Tony Greene |
| 28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 71 | LOT | Craig Hertwig |
| 73 | LOG | Russ Bolinger |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 38 | RB | Lawrence Gaines |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 83 | LDT | Jim Mitchell |
| 77 | RDT | John Woodcock |
| 70 | RDE | Billy Howard |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 28 | RS | James Hunter |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 29 | 273 | 9.4 | 48 | 2 |
| Jeff Kinney | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Gary Marangi | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 27 | 137 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| Greg Landry | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Gary Marangi | 21 | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 29 | 1.4 | 0 | 19.7 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 143 | 7.2 | 2 | 77.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Chandler | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Jeff Kinney | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 2 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Keith Moody | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Hunter | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 6 | 279 | 46.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| John Holland | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Keith Moody | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 0 | ||
| Darnell Powell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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