| Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1975 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 58393 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 56 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jim Braxton 1 run (John Leypoldt kick blocked) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Don Calhoun 62 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bob Chandler 5 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jim Braxton 1 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 63 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | J.D. Hill 41 pass from Gary Marangi (John Leypoldt kick) | 34 | 7 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Andy Johnson 20 run (John Smith kick) | 34 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jeff Winans |
| 72 | LDT | Don Croft |
| 73 | RDT | Earl Edwards |
| 55 | RDE | John Skorupan |
| 59 | LLB | Doug Allen |
| 52 | MLB | Merv Krakau |
| 30 | RLB | Bo Cornell |
| 43 | LCB | Tony Greene |
| 26 | LS | Ed Jones |
| 37 | RS | Ike Thomas |
| 28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Darryl Stingley |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 58 | C | Doug Dumler |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 63 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 39 | RB | Sam Cunningham |
| 32 | RB | Andy Johnson |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Tony McGee |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 64 | RDE | Marty Imhof |
| 55 | LOLB | Kevin Reilly |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 54 | ROLB | Steve Zabel |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 34 | SS | Prentice McCray |
| 25 | FS | John Sanders |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 21 | 185 | 8.8 | 63 | 1 |
| Jim Braxton | 23 | 101 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| Vic Washington | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Gary Hayman | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Andy Johnson | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Leon McQuay | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Don Calhoun | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 1 | 96 | 5.6 | 1 | 69.7 | |||
| Gary Marangi | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 | 41t | 1 | 135.4 | ||
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 2 | 272 | 9.1 | 1 | 70.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| J.D. Hill | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Chandler | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Paul Seymour | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Don Calhoun | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 1 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Windsor | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Russ Francis | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Johnson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Leon McQuay | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Randy Vataha | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Dwight Harrison | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Ike Thomas | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Kevin Reilly | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 4 | 201 | 50.3 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Patrick | 6 | 223 | 37.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Gary Hayman | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| John Holland | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Andy Johnson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Leon McQuay | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Stingley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Andy Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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