1971 Buffalo Bills 3-11 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Buffalo 40 65 56 47 0 208 Opponent 108 106 98 95 0 407 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 208 407 0-1 19 Dallas 21 First Downs 208 279 0-2 17 Miami 36 Rush 71 127 0-3 6 @Minnesota 38 Pass 122 134 0-4 7 Baltimore 32 Pen 15 18 0-5 13 @New York(A) 16 Penalties 83 72 0-6 10 @San Diego 43 Yards 699 701 1-6 31 St. Louis 24 1-7 10 @Miami 47 Rushing Att 369 567 1-8 17 @New England 49 Yards 1537 2369 2-8 22 New York(A) 0 Ave 4.2 4.2 2-9 10 New England 31 TD 9 29 2-10 10 @Baltimore 37 3-10 20 Houston 10 Passing Att 417 312 3-11 16 @Kansas City 23 Comp 203 180 % 48.7 57.7 Int 33 6 % 7.9 1.9 TD 10 16 % 2.4 5.1 Yards 2196 2755 Sacked 39 15 Punt Return 38 27 Yards 184 178 Ave 4.8 6.6 Kick Return 86 56 Yards 1704 1226 Ave 19.8 21.9 Punts 64 55 Yards 2647 2113 Ave 41.4 38.4 FG Att 27 37 Made 22 28 % 81.5 75.7 Third Downs 181 178 Made 58 69 % 32.0 38.8 Fourth Downs 8 7 Made 5 4 % 62.5 57.1 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 27 25 Lost 8 10 Turnovers 41 16 Net Offense 3446 5030 Per Play 4.2 5.6 1971 Buffalo Bills Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Simpson 211 885 4.2 18 43 37 6 Briscoe 48 9 585 12.2 6 32 47 2 Patrick 91 381 4.2 6 17 20 2 Patrick 38 4 425 11.2 4 21 71 1 Braxton 23 91 4.0 2 4 14 1 Moses 29 2 406 14.0 3 21 49 3 Shaw 16 89 5.6 4 3 13 0 Simpson 21 2 115 5.5 0 6 9 1 Jones,G 17 56 3.3 0 2 9 0 White 19 2 197 10.4 0 14 20 1 Harris 10 30 3.0 1 2 10 0 Braxton 15 1 130 8.7 1 7 27 0 Hill,JD 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Koy 12 1 115 9.6 1 7 26 0 369 1537 4.2 31 71 37 9 Hill,JD 10 0 101 10.1 0 7 15 1 Jones,G 9 0 107 11.9 0 5 21 1 Hill,I 1 0 7 7.0 0 1 7 0 Chandler,B 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 203 21 2196 10.8 15122 71 10 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Harris 106 50 47.2 497 9.9 32 11 4 2 1.9 8 2 1.9 59.4 Shaw 311 153 49.2 1699 11.1 71 27 11 31 10.0 31 8 2.6 34.8 417 203 48.7 2196 10.8 71 38 15 33 7.9 39 10 2.4 39.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Leypoldt 20 20 100.0 27 22 81.5 54.5 0.0 47 86 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Jones,S 64 2647 59 4 1 17 27 178 37.3 41.4 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Hill,I 8 179 22.4 33 0 Wyatt 33 4 172 5.2 16 0 Wyatt 41 897 21.9 37 0 Hill,I 5 0 12 2.4 6 0 Beamer 27 514 19.0 29 0 38 4 184 4.8 16 0 Braxton 9 111 12.3 25 0 Young,W 1 3 3.0 3 0 86 1704 19.8 37 0 Fumbles Harris 5 Wyatt 5 Patrick 2 Koy 1 Chandler 1 Hill,I 1 Simpson 5 Shaw 4 Jones,G 1 Braxton 1 Beamer 1 Chandler 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Cowlings 6 Cowlings 11 Snowden 15 James 12 Snowden 4 Snowden 6 Tatarek 3 Dunaway 8 Dunaway 13 Pitts 8 Tatarek 4 Briscoe 3 Snowden 2 Tatarek 4 Cowlings 13 Snowden 4 Allen,J 3 Tatarek 3 Dunaway 2 Guidry 3 Guidry 10 Wyatt 4 Hill,I 3 Harris 2 Stratton 1 Chandler 2 Tatarek 9 Allen,J 3 Pitts 2 Jarvis 2 Guidry 1 Snowden 1 Chandler 7 Chandler 2 Guidry 2 Carr,L 2 McBath 1 Stratton 6 Dunaway 2 Cowlings 2 Green,D 2 Pitts 3 Richards 1 Cunningh 1 Cowlings 1 Cowlings 1 Dunaway 1 Hill,I 1 Tatarek 1 Richards 1 Dunaway 1 Guidry 1 Greene 1 Jones,G 1 Chandler 1 Patrick 1 Shaw 1 Braxton 1 Stratton 1 Guidry 1 Tackles Guidry 120 Snowden 58 Stratton 46 Cunningh 17 Hurston 10 McBath 2 Chandler 93 James 56 Dunaway 46 Ross 14 Richards 9 Chandler 2 Pitts 91 Allen,J 54 Wyatt 45 Greene 13 Collins 9 Hill,JD 2 Cowlings 67 Tatarek 48 Hill,I 20 McKinley 12 Andrews 4 Beamer 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD James 2 25 12.5 23 0 Chandler, 2 19 9.5 13 0 Pitts 1 2 2.0 2 0 Wyatt 1 19 19.0 19 0 6 65 10.8 23 0 1971 Buffalo Bills Coach:Harvey Johnson Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Harris,James 2 O 2 1 QB Shaw,Dennis 5 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Braxton,Jim 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR RB Jones,Greg 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Patrick,Wayne 2 0 5 B 3 3 RB Simpson,OJ 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR WR Briscoe,Marlin 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Chandler,Bob 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Hill,Ike 0 0 5 O 1 1 RET WR Hill,JD 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Moses,Haven 0 0 4 O 1 1 TE Denney,Austin 2 0 2 O 1 1 TE Koy,Ted 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE White,Jan 3 0 4 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G O'Donnell,Joe 3 3 2 G Reilly,Jim 5 5 5 G Wilson,Mike 3 3 2 T Costa,Paul 4 4 5 T Green,Donnie 4 4 5 T Hews,Bob 3 3 2 T Young,Willie 4 4 5 C Jarvis,Bruce 7 7 5 G-T Carr,Levert 5 5 5 C-T Kindig,Howard 3 3 5 KR Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Dunaway,Jim 4 3 0 1 5 DT Tatarek,Bob 4 3 0 1 5 DE Cowlings,Al 5 3 0 2 5 DE Hews,Bob 3 2 0 1 2 DE McBath,Mike 3 2 0 1 4 DE Ross,Louis 3 2 0 1 2 DE Snowden,Cal 4 3 0 1 5 DE-LB McKinley,Bill 3 2 1 0 2 ILB Chandler,Edgar 5 2 2 1 5 ILB Cunningham,Dick 3 2 1 0 2 LB Andrews,Al 4 3 1 0 5 LB Collins,Jerald 3 2 1 0 2 LB Hurston,Chuck 3 2 1 0 3 OLB Guidry,Paul 5 2 2 1 5 OLB Stratton,Mike 4 3 1 0 4 CB James,Robert 6 0 6 0 5 CB Wyatt,Alvin 5 0 5 0 5 RET DB Beamer,Tim 3 0 3 0 4 RET DB Greene,Tony 3 0 3 0 5 DB Hill,Ike 3 0 3 0 5 RET DB Richardson,Pete 4 1 3 0 4 S Allen,Jackie 4 1 3 0 5 PR S Pitts,John 6 1 5 0 5 Special Teams P Chapple,Dave K Guthrie,Grant P Jones,Spike K Leypoldt,John