| New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 20, 1974 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 78926 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 35 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 75 run (John Smith kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Paul Seymour 10 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 29 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick blocked) | 7 | 13 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 1 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 12 run (John Smith kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Paul Seymour 40 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 1 run (John Smith kick) | 21 | 27 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 35 FG | 21 | 30 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Reggie Rucker 12 pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 28 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 87 | WR | Steve Schubert |
| 70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 86 | TE | Bob Windsor |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 39 | RB | Sam Cunningham |
| 42 | RB | Mack Herron |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 71 | MG | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDE | Julius Adams |
| 90 | LOLB | George Webster |
| 59 | LILB | Bob Geddes |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Steve King |
| 25 | LCB | John Sanders |
| 45 | LS | Jack Mildren |
| 34 | RS | Prentice McCray |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | WR | J.D. Hill |
| 27 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Mike Montler |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 34 | RB | Jim Braxton |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Walt Patulski |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Kadish |
| 73 | RDT | Earl Edwards |
| 64 | RDE | Dave Costa |
| 55 | LLB | John Skorupan |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Cheyunski |
| 56 | RLB | Rich Lewis |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 42 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 43 | RS | Tony Greene |
| 28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 75 | 3 |
| Mack Herron | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Josh Ashton | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 32 | 122 | 3.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Braxton | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 1 | 150 | 7.1 | 1 | 71.5 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 0 | 153 | 12.8 | 3 | 149.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 1 | |
| Bob Windsor | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Seymour | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 2 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tony Greene | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bruce Barnes | 5 | 146 | 29.2 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 5 | 219 | 43.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Donnie Walker | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 0 | ||
| Andy Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | ||
| Neal Craig | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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