| San Diego Chargers at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1976 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 36539 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 29 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Don Woods 13 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | George Jakowenko 29 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Charlie Joiner 5 pass from Dan Fouts (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Charlie Joiner 30 pass from Dan Fouts (Ray Wersching kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Holland EZ opponents fumble recovery (George Jakowenko kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 35 FG | 24 | 10 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 45 FG | 27 | 10 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | George Jakowenko 42 FG | 27 | 13 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rickey Young 13 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 34 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 89 | WR | Dwight McDonald |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 53 | C | Ralph Perretta |
| 62 | ROG | Don Macek |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 82 | TE | Pat Curran |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 33 | RB | Don Woods |
| 34 | RB | Rickey Young |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Fred Dean |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 68 | RDE | Leroy Jones |
| 50 | LLB | Don Goode |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 46 | LCB | Danny Colbert |
| 42 | LS | Mike Fuller |
| 44 | RS | Chris Fletcher |
| 20 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 88 | WR | Reuben Gant |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Mike Montler |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
| 17 | QB | Gary Marangi |
| 36 | RB | Jeff Kinney |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Offense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Ken Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Kadish |
| 79 | RDT | Marty Smith |
| 50 | RDE | Mark Johnson |
| 55 | LLB | John Skorupan |
| 52 | MLB | Merv Krakau |
| 51 | RLB | Dan Jilek |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 24 | LS | Doug Jones |
| 43 | RS | Tony Greene |
| 46 | RCB | Keith Moody |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rickey Young | 11 | 82 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Mercury Morris | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Don Woods | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Bo Matthews | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Jeff West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 25 | 118 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Jeff Kinney | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Gary Marangi | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 3 | 200 | 6.9 | 2 | 68.8 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Gary Marangi | 30 | 8 | 26.7 | 3 | 83 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 2 | |
| Don Woods | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Pat Curran | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| Dwight McDonald | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bo Matthews | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Chandler | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jeff Kinney | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Montler | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Don Goode | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Williams | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tony Greene | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Mario Clark | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 6 | 230 | 38.3 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 8 | 367 | 45.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 7 | 136 | 19.4 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| John Holland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fuller | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Darnell Powell | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| Roland Hooks | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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