| Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1971 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 58476 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 38 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Norm Bulaich 1 run (Jim O'Brien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Ray Perkins 5 pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim O'Brien 13 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Billy Newsome 19 interception return (Jim O'Brien kick) | 0 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 40 | WR | J.D. Hill |
| 68 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 61 | LOG | Jim Reilly |
| 51 | C | Bruce Jarvis |
| 62 | ROG | Levert Carr |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 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 |
| 56 | RLB | Al Andrews |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 37 | RS | Pete Richardson |
| 41 | RCB | Alvin Wyatt |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Eddie Hinton |
| 27 | WR | Ray Perkins |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Vogel |
| 62 | LOG | Glenn Ressler |
| 50 | C | Bill Curry |
| 75 | ROG | John Williams |
| 71 | ROT | Dan Sullivan |
| 84 | TE | Tom Mitchell |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 36 | RB | Norm Bulaich |
| 41 | RB | Tom Matte |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Bubba Smith |
| 81 | LDT | Billy Newsome |
| 76 | RDT | Fred Miller |
| 85 | RDE | Roy Hilton |
| 56 | LLB | Ray May |
| 32 | MLB | Mike Curtis |
| 82 | RLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 47 | LCB | Charlie Stukes |
| 20 | LS | Jerry Logan |
| 21 | RS | Rick Volk |
| 44 | RCB | Rex Kern |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Dennis Shaw | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Tom Matte | 14 | 57 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Don Nottingham | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Don McCauley | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Pittman | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| John Mackey | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 4 | 101 | 3.5 | 0 | 17.2 | |||
| James Harris | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 84.0 | |||
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 1 | 134 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 68.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| J.D. Hill | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Ted Koy | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Norm Bulaich | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hinton | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| Ray Perkins | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| John Mackey | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Guidry | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Charlie Stukes | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Newsome | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Rick Volk | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 7 | 294 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| David Lee | 6 | 266 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | ||
| Ike Hill | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Rick Volk | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | ||
| Ike Hill | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Baltimore Colts | |
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