| New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1975 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 65655 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 38 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 14 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Reuben Gant 19 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | J.D. Hill 77 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 10 run (John Smith kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 11 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 2 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 28 FG | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Russ Francis 21 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 1 run (John Smith kick) | 28 | 24 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 3 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 28 | 31 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 34 FG | 31 | 31 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 1 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 31 | 38 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 3 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 31 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Darryl Stingley |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 63 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 39 | RB | Sam Cunningham |
| 32 | RB | Andy Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Tony McGee |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDE | Julius Adams |
| 90 | LOLB | George Webster |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 54 | ROLB | Steve Zabel |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 34 | LS | Prentice McCray |
| 25 | RS | John Sanders |
| 47 | RCB | Jim Massey |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 40 | WR | J.D. Hill |
| 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 |
| 72 | LDT | Don Croft |
| 73 | RDT | Earl Edwards |
| 55 | RDE | John Skorupan |
| 59 | LLB | Doug Allen |
| 54 | MLB | Tom Ruud |
| 50 | RLB | Mark Johnson |
| 43 | LCB | Tony Greene |
| 41 | LS | Royce McKinney |
| 22 | RS | Steve Freeman |
| 42 | RCB | Frank Oliver |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 19 | 100 | 5.3 | 12 | 2 |
| Steve Grogan | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Andy Johnson | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Braxton | 13 | 84 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 27 | 69 | 2.6 | 14 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 46 | 25 | 54.3 | 3 | 365 | 7.9 | 2 | 67.8 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 1 | 276 | 8.6 | 4 | 106.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Russ Francis | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 1 | |
| Randy Vataha | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 0 | |
| Elmo Wright | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Andy Johnson | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Chandler | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| J.D. Hill | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 1 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 11 | 2 |
| Reuben Gant | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Ike Thomas | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Steve Freeman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Greene | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Patrick | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Gary Hayman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Allen Carter | 5 | 138 | 27.6 | 0 | ||
| Leon McQuay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Schnarr | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Reggie McKenzie | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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