1972 Buffalo Bills 4-10 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Buffalo 61 44 57 65 0 227 Opponent 79 106 66 67 0 318 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 227 318 1-0 36 New York(A) 20 66ø 5-15 First Downs 220 290 1-1 28 San Francisco 33 79ø 15-25 Rush 101 133 1-2 13 Baltimore 20 60ø 30-40 Pass 104 141 1-3 17 New England 21 55ø 10-20 Pen 15 16 1-4 3 @Oakland 24 60ø 5-15 Penalties 87 63 1-5 7 @Miami 27 83ø 0-5 Rain Yards 754 526 1-6 23 Pittsburgh 33 57ø 15-25 1-7 0 Miami 20 56ø 15-25 Rushing Att 474 527 1-8 17 @New York(A) 45 56ø 30-40 Yards 2044 2357 2-8 33 @New England 10 35ø 10-20 Light Rain Ave 4.3 4.5 2-9 6 @Cleveland 16 47ø 10-20 Heavy Rain TD 10 16 3-9 35 @Baltimore 20 56ø 0-10 4-9 9 Detroit 6 35ø 0-10 Passing Att 288 342 4-10 0 @Washington 23 49ø 0-10 Comp 149 189 % 51.7 55.3 Int 14 18 % 4.9 5.3 TD 13 17 % 4.5 5.0 Yards 1975 2688 Sacked 49 13 Punt Return 23 35 Yards 127 204 Ave 5.5 5.8 Kick Return 70 46 Yards 1536 1083 Ave 21.9 23.5 Punts 57 43 Yards 2173 1740 Ave 38.1 40.5 FG Att 33 34 Made 17 25 % 51.5 73.5 Third Downs 179 183 Made 65 87 % 36.3 47.5 Fourth Downs 15 3 Made 6 0 % 40.0 0.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 28 33 Lost 11 15 Turnovers 25 33 Net Offense 3706 4970 Per Play 4.6 5.6 1972 Buffalo Bills Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Simpson 267 1239 4.6 24 64 88 6 Hill 45 6 712 15.8 4 37 67 3 Braxton 120 496 4.1 7 25 14 4 Chandler 35 1 559 16.0 8 26 47 6 Shaw 33 123 3.7 2 3 14 0 Simpson 22 3 211 9.6 0 11 23 2 Patrick 32 119 3.7 3 5 18 0 Braxton 21 4 238 11.3 1 14 26 1 Jackson,R 16 56 3.5 2 2 11 0 White 11 1 115 10.5 1 4 28 0 Hill,JD 1 13 13.0 1 1 13 0 Patrick 6 1 43 7.2 0 4 13 1 Harrison,D 1 12 12.0 1 1 12 0 Koy 2 1 5 2.5 0 1 3 0 Taliaferro 3 6 2.0 0 1 6 0 Jackson 2 0 22 11.0 0 1 16 0 Chandler,B 2 -8 -4.0 0 0 0 0 144 17 1905 13.2 14 99 67 13 474 2044 4.3 40 102 88 10 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Shaw 265 136 51.3 1775 13.1 67 21 10 11 4.2 47 12 4.5 70.6 Simpson 3 2 66.7 72 36.0 47 0 2 1 33.3 0 0 0.0 70.1 Taliaferro 20 11 55.0 128 11.6 30 1 2 2 10.0 2 1 5.0 51.7 288 149 51.7 1975 13.3 67 22 14 14 4.9 49 13 4.5 68.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Leypoldt 25 24 96.0 33 17 51.5 42.9 50.0 52 75 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Jones,S 57 2173 63 1 1 9 35 204 34.2 38.1 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Greene,T 15 392 26.1 38 0 Hill,JD 2 0 12 6.0 6 0 Wyatt 18 429 23.8 47 0 Cole,Li 7 4 49 7.0 12 0 Cole,Li 28 634 22.6 41 0 Wyatt 10 6 54 5.4 11 0 Selfridge 1 19 19.0 19 0 Greene,T 4 0 12 3.0 6 0 Hill,JD 2 38 19.0 23 0 23 10 127 5.5 12 0 Prudhomme 1 13 13.0 13 0 Koy 5 56 11.2 16 0 Simpson 2 22 11.0 13 0 Guidry 1 0 0.0 0 0 70 1536 21.9 47 0 Fumbles Shaw 8 Braxton 4 Greene,T 3 Farley 1 Taliafer 1 Simpson 5 Chandler 3 Patrick 1 Jackson, 1 Wyatt 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Patulski 7 Patulski 16 Patulski 13 Tyler,M 8 James 11 Croft 3 Croft 2 Cowlings 10 Washingt 9 Greene,T 7 Greene,T 4 Washingt 3 Cowlings 2 Washingt 3 Cowlings 8 Stratton 5 Tyler,M 4 Green,D 2 Ross 1 Ross 2 Ross 6 Washingt 5 Wyatt 4 Greene,T 2 Washingt 1 Patton 1 Croft 6 Croft 4 Washingt 2 McKenzie 2 Croft 1 Patton 3 James 3 McBath 1 Patulski 2 James 3 Lee,K 3 Pitts 1 Shaw 2 Tyler,M 2 Pitts 3 Ross 1 Braxton 2 Stratton 2 Cowlings 2 Selfridg 1 White 2 Wyatt 2 Patulski 2 Garror 1 Foley,D 1 Greene,T 1 Wyatt 2 Chandler 1 Cowlings 1 Lee,K 1 Cornish 1 Selfridg 1 Guidry 1 Chandler 1 Simpson 1 Stratton 1 James 1 Lee,K 1 Wyatt 1 Harrison 1 Tackles James 101 Croft 59 Ross 37 Okoniews 11 McBath 4 Koy 2 Washingt 72 Greene,T 55 Pitts 22 Cunningh 10 Chandler 4 Prudhomm 1 Patulski 71 Wyatt 49 Guidry 18 Cornish 8 Garror 4 Penchion 1 Lee,K 63 Cowlings 46 Selfridg 18 Farley 8 Lyman 4 Tyler,M 61 Stratton 45 Patton 15 Saunders 5 Cole,Li 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Greene,T 3 10 3.3 10 0 Lee,K 3 91 30.3 83 1 Washingto 3 5 1.7 5 0 Wyatt 3 30 10.0 30 0 James 2 0 0.0 0 0 Tyler,M 2 21 10.5 21 0 Pitts 1 3 3.0 3 0 Guidry 1 0 0.0 0 0 18 160 8.9 83 1 1972 Buffalo Bills Coach: Lou Saban Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Hart,Leo 1 O 2 1 QB Shaw,Dennis 5 O 2 1 QB Taliaferro,Mike 2 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Simpson,OJ 1 1 5 291 1251 94 4.3 5 27 198 25 7.3 KR RB Braxton,Jim 4 1 4 116 453 21 3.9 5 24 232 25 9.7 KR RB Patrick,Wayne 4 1 4 35 130 9 3.7 2 8 42 10 5.3 RB Jackson,Randy 2 1 2 17 57 15 3.4 1 2 21 13 10.5 RB Koy,Ted 2 1 5 1 9 9 9.0 1 1 9 9 9.0 KR WR Hill,JD 0 0 5 1 11 11 11.0 8 52 754 58 14.5 RET WR Chandler,Bob 0 0 5 3 27 16 9.0 7 33 528 43 16.0 WR Harrison,Dwight 0 0 2 1 9 9 9.0 1 1 16 16 16.0 PR WR Cole,Linzy 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET TE White,Jan 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 12 148 18 12.3 TE Washington,Dave 3 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 4 4 4.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Jarvis,Bruce 3 3 1 G McKenzie,Reggie 7 7 5 G Adams,Bill 5 4 2 G Hart,Dick 4 3 5 T Green,Donnie 6 5 5 T Foley,Dave 6 5 4 T Costa,Paul 4 3 3 C-G Penchion,Bobby 5 4 4 C-G Prudhomme,Remi 3 3 4 KR G-T Curchin,Jeff 3 3 1 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Croft,Don 6 6 0 1 5 4 0 DT Patton,Jerry 5 5 0 1 5 3 0 DT Okoniewski,Steve 4 4 0 1 3 1 0 DT Cornish,Frank 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 DE Patulski,Walt 6 5 0 4 5 4 0 DE Ross,Louis 4 4 0 2 5 1 0 DL Cowlings,Al 5 5 0 2 5 4 0 DL McBath,Mike 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 ILB Lee,Ken 5 4 2 0 4 1 6 ILB Selfridge,Andy 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 KR OLB Washington,Dave 5 4 2 1 5 3 1 OLB Stratton,Mike 5 4 2 0 3 1 1 OLB Guidry,Paul 4 4 1 0 5 0 1 OLB Farley,Dale 4 4 1 0 2 0 1 OLB Cunningham,Dick 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 OLB Lyman,Jeff 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 LB Chandler,Edgar 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 CB James,Robert 8 0 8 0 5 0 1 CB Greene,Tony 6 0 6 0 5 0 3 RET S Tyler,Maurice 5 2 3 0 5 0 4 S Wyatt,Alvin 5 2 3 0 5 0 4 RET S Pitts,John 5 2 3 0 5 0 1 S Garror,Leon 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 S Saunders,John 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 Special Teams P Jones,Spike K Leypoldt,John