| San Francisco 49ers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1972 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 45845 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 66 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | Bruce Gossett 47 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 32 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 22 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Ted Kwalick 20 pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | Bruce Gossett 20 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Jan White 17 pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Larry Schreiber 2 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Jim Braxton 2 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Jim Braxton 1 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 20 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Vic Washington | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Larry Schreiber | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| SF | Ken Willard | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | Jimmy Thomas | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 29 | 138 | 4.8 | 33 | 0 |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 2 | |
| BUF | Dennis Shaw | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| SF | Steve Spurrier | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 2 | 171 | 6.8 | 1 | 43.9 | |||
| SF | John Brodie | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 18 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 | 2.5 | ||
| BUF | Dennis Shaw | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 105 | 5.3 | 1 | 53.1 | |||
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Gene Washington | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 0 | |
| SF | Ted Kwalick | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| SF | Larry Schreiber | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Ken Willard | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| BUF | J.D. Hill | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 |
| BUF | Jan White | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| BUF | Haven Moses | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| BUF | Bob Chandler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Mel Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | John Pitts | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| BUF | Maurice Tyler | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| BUF | Tony Greene | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| SF | Jim McCann | 6 | 258 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Spike Jones | 8 | 372 | 46.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Bruce Taylor | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | ||
| BUF | Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| BUF | J.D. Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| SF | Vic Washington | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Alvin Wyatt | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Tony Greene | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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