| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1971 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 61948 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 66 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 2 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 11 pass from Bob Davis (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Marlin Briscoe 12 pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Grant Guthrie 51 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Cliff McClain 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 3 run (Grant Guthrie kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | John Riggins 32 pass from Bob Davis (Bobby Howfield kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 62 | LOT | Levert Carr |
| 61 | LOG | Jim Reilly |
| 51 | C | Bruce Jarvis |
| 67 | ROG | Joe O'Donnell |
| 79 | ROT | Paul Costa |
| 80 | TE | Jan White |
| 16 | QB | Dennis Shaw |
| 30 | RB | Wayne Patrick |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Al Cowlings |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Tatarek |
| 75 | RDE | Cal Snowden |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 52 | MLB | Edgar Chandler |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 21 | RS | Jackie Allen |
| 41 | RCB | Alvin Wyatt |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 15 | QB | Bob Davis |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LDE | John Little |
| 61 | LDT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 56 | LLB | Paul Crane |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 27 | LS | Phil Wise |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 18 | 69 | 3.8 | 29 | 1 |
| Wayne Patrick | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Emerson Boozer | 31 | 116 | 3.7 | 15 | 1 |
| John Riggins | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Steve Harkey | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 29 | 10 | 34.5 | 1 | 162 | 5.6 | 1 | 51.2 | |||
| James Harris | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 140 | 11.7 | 2 | 138.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Haven Moses | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 32 | 1 |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Phil Wise | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| John Dockery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 4 | 191 | 47.8 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Vern Studdard | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Tim Beamer | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Vern Studdard | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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