1972 Buffalo Bills 5-7-2 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Buffalo 67 78 63 111 0 319 Opponent 74 83 68 100 0 325 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 319 325 0-0 1 27 New York(A) 27 First Downs 235 281 0-1 1 16 San Francisco 24 Rush 111 102 0-2 1 21 Baltimore 31 Pass 110 161 1-2 1 33 New England 0 Pen 14 18 1-3 1 14 @Oakland 38 Penalties 95 76 1-4 1 14 @Miami 30 Yards 844 662 1-5 1 24 Pittsburgh 32 1-6 1 21 Miami 24 Rushing Att 500 519 2-6 1 34 @New York(A) 28 Yards 2192 2089 3-6 1 28 @New England 7 Ave 4.4 4.0 3-7 1 10 @Cleveland 30 TD 24 15 3-7 2 16 @Baltimore 16 4-7 2 23 Detroit 17 Passing Att 298 376 5-7 2 38 @Washington 21 Comp 156 210 % 52.3 55.9 Int 15 12 % 5.0 3.2 TD 14 21 % 4.7 5.6 Yards 2147 2821 Sacked 22 21 Punt Return 34 36 Yards 206 217 Ave 6.1 6.0 Kick Return 65 43 Yards 1711 863 Ave 26.3 20.1 Punts 61 53 Yards 2352 2043 Ave 38.6 38.5 FG Att 27 27 Made 14 18 % 51.9 66.7 Third Downs 185 192 Made 68 80 % 36.8 41.7 Fourth Downs 16 26 Made 10 16 % 62.5 61.5 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 24 28 Lost 10 13 Turnovers 25 25 Net Offense 4195 4786 Per Play 5.1 5.2 1972 Buffalo Bills Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Simpson 303 1358 4.5 33 70 70 18 Hill,JD 51 4 692 13.6 5 37 48 5 Braxton 117 500 4.3 6 22 21 3 Chandler,B 35 3 595 17.0 10 24 46 4 Patrick 30 135 4.5 3 8 17 0 Simpson 25 1 239 9.6 1 15 31 0 Shaw 31 104 3.4 0 1 9 0 Braxton 18 2 231 12.8 1 13 31 0 Jackson,R 13 42 3.2 1 5 15 3 White 17 1 267 15.7 2 15 36 4 Chandler,B 3 35 11.7 2 2 16 0 Patrick 7 0 85 12.1 1 4 35 1 Hill,JD 1 12 12.0 1 1 12 0 Harrison,D 2 0 28 14.0 0 1 14 0 Koy 1 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Washington 1 0 10 10.0 0 1 10 0 Taliaferro 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 156 11 2147 13.8 20110 48 14 500 2192 4.4 46 111 70 24 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Hill,JD 1 1 100.0 31 31.0 31 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 118.8 Simpson 3 2 66.7 54 27.0 30 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 109.7 Taliaferro 14 9 64.3 90 10.0 22 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 82.4 Shaw 280 144 51.4 1972 13.7 48 32 18 15 5.4 21 14 5.0 68.6 298 156 52.3 2147 13.8 48 32 20 15 5.0 22 14 4.7 70.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Leypoldt 40 37 92.5 27 14 51.9 16.7 0.0 49 79 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Jones,S 61 2352 60 1 0 13 36 217 34.7 38.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Cole,Li 28 772 27.6 59 0 Hill,JD 7 0 51 7.3 14 0 Greene,T 14 382 27.3 65 0 Greene,T 5 0 16 3.2 13 0 Wyatt 20 519 26.0 52 0 Wyatt 14 5 123 8.8 16 0 Koy 3 38 12.7 15 0 Cole,Li 8 2 16 2.0 8 0 Simpson 1 0 0.0 0 0 34 7 206 6.1 16 0 65 1711 26.3 65 0 Fumbles Simpson 9 Patrick 4 Hill,JD 1 Cole,Li 1 White 1 Shaw 4 Chandler 2 Braxton 1 Greene,T 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Patulski 5 Cowlings 13 Washingt 14 James 10 James 7 Croft 2 Patton 4 Patulski 10 Patton 10 Pitts 9 Greene,T 5 Harrison 2 Croft 4 Croft 4 Patulski 8 Greene,T 8 Tyler,M 3 Lee,K 2 Cowlings 4 Patton 2 Lee,K 7 Cowlings 7 Lee,K 2 McKenzie 2 Washingt 3 Cowlings 7 Tyler,M 7 Cole,Li 2 Patulski 2 Stratton 1 Croft 6 Lee,K 5 Washingt 2 Simpson 2 Greene,T 2 Croft 3 McBath 1 Farley 1 Stratton 2 Patulski 3 Patton 1 Foley,D 1 James 2 Stratton 1 Patulski 1 Braxton 1 Farley 1 Washingt 1 Pitts 1 Hill,JD 1 Stratton 1 Jackson, 1 Garror 1 Koy 1 Croft 1 Cole,Li 1 Cowlings 1 Patton 1 Adams,B 1 Pitts 1 Cunningh 1 Stratton 1 Washingt 1 White 1 Tackles Tyler,M 90 Patulski 57 Greene,T 42 McBath 10 Selfridg 5 Wyatt 3 Washingt 90 Croft 56 Cunningh 24 Ross 9 Cornish 5 Lee,K 89 Cowlings 54 Farley 14 Okoniews 9 Lyman 5 Patton 60 Stratton 48 Garror 12 Saunders 8 Guidry 5 James 58 Pitts 45 Cole,Li 11 Chandler 6 Harrison 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Tyler,M 4 76 19.0 33 0 Lee,K 2 34 17.0 23 1 Pitts 2 13 6.5 11 0 Greene,T 2 83 41.5 80 1 James 1 0 0.0 0 0 Washingto 1 5 5.0 5 0 12 211 17.6 80 2 1972 Buffalo Bills Coach:Lou Saban Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Hart,Leo 2 O 2 1 QB Shaw,Dennis 5 O 2 1 QB Taliaferro,Mike 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Braxton,Jim 2 0 4 B 4 2 KR RB Jackson,Randy 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Koy,Ted 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Patrick,Wayne 2 0 4 B 3 3 RB Simpson,OJ 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR WR Chandler,Bob 0 0 5 O 1 3 WR Cole,Linzy 0 0 2 O 1 1 RET WR Harrison,Dwight 0 0 2 O 1 1 PR WR Hill,JD 0 0 5 O 1 3 RET TE Washington,Dave 1 0 5 O 1 1 TE White,Jan 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Adams,Bill 5 4 2 G Hart,Dick 4 3 5 G McKenzie,Reggie 7 7 5 T Costa,Paul 4 3 3 T Foley,Dave 6 5 4 T Green,Donnie 6 5 5 C Jarvis,Bruce 3 3 2 G-T Curchin,Jeff 3 3 2 C-G Penchion,Bobby 5 4 4 C-G Prudhomme,Remi 3 3 2 KR Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Cornish,Frank 4 3 0 1 2 DT Croft,Don 6 5 0 1 5 DT Okoniewski,Steve 4 3 0 1 3 DT Patton,Jerry 5 4 0 1 5 DL Cowlings,Al 5 3 0 2 5 DL McBath,Mike 3 2 0 1 2 DE Patulski,Walt 6 4 0 2 5 DE Ross,Louis 4 3 0 1 5 ILB Lee,Ken 5 3 2 0 4 ILB Selfridge,Andy 3 2 1 0 4 KR LB Chandler,Edgar 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Cunningham,Dick 4 3 1 0 3 OLB Farley,Dale 4 3 1 0 2 OLB Guidry,Paul 4 3 1 0 5 OLB Lyman,Jeff 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Stratton,Mike 5 3 2 0 3 OLB Washington,Dave 5 3 1 1 5 CB Greene,Tony 6 0 6 0 5 RET CB James,Robert 8 0 8 0 5 S Garror,Leon 4 1 3 0 4 S Pitts,John 5 1 4 0 5 S Saunders,John 3 1 2 0 2 S Tyler,Maurice 5 1 4 0 5 S Wyatt,Alvin 5 1 4 0 5 RET Special Teams P Jones,Spike K Leypoldt,John