| New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: November 28, 1971 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 27166 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 39 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 40 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | J.D. Hill 11 pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 17 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | J.D. Hill 47 pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 48 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Jim Nance 1 run (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | O.J. Simpson 7 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Ron Sellers 12 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 41 FG | 20 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 21 | 127 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Jim Plunkett | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| NE | Jim Nance | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 6 | 1 |
| NE | Jack Maitland | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| NE | Bob Gladieux | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| NE | Hubie Bryant | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| BUF | Wayne Patrick | 17 | 76 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| BUF | Dennis Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | Greg Jones | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NE | Jim Plunkett | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 3 | 138 | 6.3 | 1 | 41.7 | |||
| BUF | Dennis Shaw | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 0 | 154 | 9.1 | 2 | 123.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Ron Sellers | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| NE | Randy Vataha | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Tom Beer | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Hubie Bryant | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| NE | Jim Nance | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| BUF | J.D. Hill | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 2 | |
| BUF | Marlin Briscoe | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| BUF | Wayne Patrick | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Greg Jones | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Robert James | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Al Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NE | Tommy Janik | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 0 | |
| BUF | Spike Jones | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| BUF | Alvin Wyatt | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| BUF | Tim Beamer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Hubie Bryant | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 0 | |
| NE | Bob Gladieux | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | Alvin Wyatt | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Greg Jones | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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