1971 Buffalo Bills (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 1-13-0 .071 |
| Head Coach: Harvey Johnson |
| Marvin Bass | Offensive Backs |
| Chuck Gottfried | Offensive Line |
| Ralph Hawkins | Linebackers |
| Bobby Hunt | Defensive Backs |
| Harvey Johnson | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/6/1971 | H | New Orleans Saints | 14-10 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 33758 | |
| Mon | 8/16/1971 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-34 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65358 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1971 | H | New England Patriots | 28-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 31610 | |
| Sun | 8/29/1971 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 24-35 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 53090 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-17 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 51478 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1971 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-20 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 37301 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 37-49 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 46206 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | Miami Dolphins | 14-29 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45139 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 0-19 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | H | Baltimore Colts | 0-43 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 46206 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | A | New York Jets | 17-28 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 61948 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1971 | A | San Diego Chargers | 3-20 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 49261 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 23-28 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40040 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | A | Miami Dolphins | 0-34 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 61016 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | A | New England Patriots | 33-38 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 57446 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | H | New York Jets | 7-20 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 41577 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | H | New England Patriots | 27-20 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 27166 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | A | Baltimore Colts | 0-24 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 58476 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | H | Houston Oilers | 14-20 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 28107 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 9-22 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 48121 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jackie Allen | 21 | RS | 6-1 | 188 | 24 | Baylor | 14 | 7 |
| Al Andrews | 56 | RLB | 6-3 | 216 | 26 | New Mexico State | 14 | 9 |
| Tim Beamer | 46 | LS | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Illinois; Johnson C. Smith | 12 | 2 |
| Jim Braxton | 34 | RB | 6-1 | 243 | 22 | West Virginia | 13 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 86 | WR | 5-10 | 178 | 26 | Nebraska-Omaha | 14 | 14 |
| Levert Carr | 62 | ROG-LOT | 6-5 | 258 | 27 | Independence CC; North Central | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Chandler | 81 | WR | 6-0 | 179 | 22 | Southern California | 13 | 0 |
| Edgar Chandler | 52 | MLB | 6-3 | 227 | 25 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Chapple | 6 | P | 6-0 | 184 | 24 | UC Santa Barbara | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Collins | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Western Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Costa | 79 | ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 30 | Notre Dame | 11 | 5 |
| Al Cowlings | 82 | LDE | 6-5 | 247 | 24 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Cunningham | 63 | LB | 6-2 | 239 | 27 | Arkansas | 5 | 0 |
| Austin Denney | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Dunaway | 78 | LDT | 6-4 | 278 | 30 | Mississippi | 14 | 9 |
| Wes Grant | 89 | RDE | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Santa Monica JC; UCLA | 3 | 1 |
| Donnie Green | 74 | ROT | 6-7 | 266 | 23 | Purdue | 10 | 9 |
| Tony Greene | 43 | CB | 5-10 | 170 | 22 | Maryland | 14 | 9 |
| Paul Guidry | 59 | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 27 | Louisiana State; McNeese State | 14 | 14 |
| Grant Guthrie | 7 | K | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Florida State | 6 | 0 |
| James Harris | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 221 | 24 | Grambling State | 7 | 2 |
| Bob Hews | 72 | OT-DE | 6-5 | 240 | 24 | Princeton | 2 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | 28 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Catawba | 14 | 0 |
| J.D. Hill | 40 | WR | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | Arizona State | 5 | 5 |
| Chuck Hurston | 64 | RDE | 6-6 | 237 | 29 | Auburn | 9 | 2 |
| Robert James | 20 | LCB | 6-1 | 184 | 24 | Fisk | 14 | 14 |
| Bruce Jarvis | 51 | C | 6-7 | 250 | 23 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Greg Jones | 36 | RB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | UCLA | 14 | 1 |
| Spike Jones | 10 | P | 6-2 | 193 | 24 | Middle Georgia JC; Georgia | 13 | 0 |
| Howard Kindig | 54 | OT | 6-6 | 260 | 30 | Moberly JC; Los Angeles State | 14 | 0 |
| Ted Koy | 85 | TE | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 1 |
| John Leypoldt | 3 | K | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | none | 8 | 0 |
| Mike McBath | 76 | LDT | 6-4 | 249 | 25 | Penn State | 13 | 5 |
| Bill McKinley | 55 | MLB | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | Arizona | 7 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 25 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | 12 | 9 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 67 | ROG | 6-2 | 249 | 30 | Michigan | 7 | 7 |
| Wayne Patrick | 30 | RB | 6-2 | 227 | 25 | Louisville | 14 | 13 |
| John Pitts | 48 | LS | 6-4 | 219 | 26 | Santa Ana JC; Arizona State | 14 | 12 |
| Jim Reilly | 61 | LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Richardson | 37 | RS | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Dayton | 13 | 7 |
| Louis Ross | 87 | DE | 6-6 | 248 | 24 | South Carolina State | 5 | 0 |
| Dennis Shaw | 16 | QB | 6-2 | 213 | 24 | Southern California; Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State | 13 | 12 |
| O.J. Simpson | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Cal Snowden | 75 | RDE | 6-4 | 247 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 11 |
| Mike Stratton | 58 | RLB | 6-3 | 236 | 30 | Tennessee | 13 | 5 |
| Bob Tatarek | 71 | RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Jan White | 80 | TE | 6-2 | 216 | 23 | Ohio State | 13 | 13 |
| Mike Wilson | 65 | OG | 6-1 | 243 | 24 | Dayton | 5 | 0 |
| Alvin Wyatt | 41 | RCB | 5-9 | 184 | 24 | Bethune-Cookman | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Young | 68 | LOT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Alcorn State | 14 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | J.D. Hill | WR | Arizona State |
| 2 | 29 | Jan White | TE | Ohio State |
| 3 | 53 | Bruce Jarvis | C | Washington |
| 3 | 57 | Jim Braxton | RB | West Virginia |
| 5 | 107 | Donnie Green | T | Purdue |
| 5 | 113 | Tim Beamer | DB | Johnson C. Smith |
| 6 | 145 | Bill McKinley | DE | Arizona |
| 7 | 160 | Bob Chandler | WR | Southern California |
| 8 | 183 | Louis Ross | DE | South Carolina State |
| 8 | 185 | Tyrone Walls | RB | Missouri |
| 9 | 213 | Bobby Strickland | LB | Auburn |
| 11 | 263 | Andy Browder | T | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 12 | 291 | Jimmy Sheffield | K | Texas A&M |
| 13 | 316 | Busty Underwood | QB | Texas Christian |
| 14 | 341 | Jim Hoots | DE | Missouri Southern State |
| 15 | 369 | Charley Cole | RB | Toledo |
| 16 | 394 | Billy Hunter | DB | Utah |
| 17 | 419 | Pat Morrison | TE | Arkansas |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 62 | 43 | 41 | 184 |
| Opponents Totals | 82 | 110 | 83 | 119 | 394 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 185 | 68 | 96 | 21 | / % | / % | 74 | 691 | |
| Opponents Totals | 250 | 135 | 101 | 14 | / % | / % | 89 | 883 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leypoldt | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 39 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| O.J. Simpson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Grant Guthrie | 0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Ike Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| J.D. Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Haven Moses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Robert James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ted Koy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Edgar Chandler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 21 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 1 | 184 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 2 | 394 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leypoldt | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 49 | 3/3 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 5/6 | 0/3 |
| Grant Guthrie | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 1 | 51 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/5 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 1 | 51 | 3/3 | 0/3 | 2/3 | 6/11 | 1/5 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 7/7 | 3/5 | 4/11 | 11/14 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. Simpson | 183 | 742 | 4.1 | 46t | 5 |
| Wayne Patrick | 79 | 332 | 4.2 | 41 | 1 |
| Jim Braxton | 21 | 84 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dennis Shaw | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| James Harris | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| J.D. Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 320 | 1337 | 4.2 | 46t | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 562 | 2496 | 4.4 | 45t | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Shaw | 291 | 149 | 51.2 | 116 | 1813 | 6.2 | 12.2 | 75t | 11 | 3.8 | 26 | 8.9 | 33 | 276 | 1537 | 46.1 |
| James Harris | 103 | 51 | 49.5 | 46 | 512 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 62 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 5.8 | 16 | 145 | 367 | 43.0 |
| Jim Braxton | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 49 | 16.3 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 81.9 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 36 | 18.0 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 95.8 |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 401 | 202 | 50.4 | 167 | 2410 | 6.0 | 11.9 | 75t | 12 | 3.0 | 32 | 8.0 | 49 | 421 | 1989 | 45.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 303 | 157 | 51.8 | 135 | 2333 | 7.7 | 14.9 | 80t | 20 | 6.6 | 11 | 3.6 | 30 | 225 | 2108 | 84.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlin Briscoe | 44 | 603 | 13.7 | 75t | 5 |
| Wayne Patrick | 36 | 327 | 9.1 | 62 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 23 | 470 | 20.4 | 73t | 2 |
| O.J. Simpson | 21 | 162 | 7.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 18 | 141 | 7.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 16 | 113 | 7.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Jan White | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| J.D. Hill | 11 | 216 | 19.6 | 47t | 2 |
| Ted Koy | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Bob Chandler | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 202 | 2410 | 11.9 | 75t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 157 | 2333 | 14.9 | 80t | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert James | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 25 | 0 |
| John Pitts | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Edgar Chandler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Guidry | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Al Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 93 | 8.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 418 | 13.1 | 53 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike Jones | 72 | 2966 | 41.2 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Dave Chapple | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 75 | 3067 | 40.9 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 446 | 2501 | 33.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2575 | 39.0 | 62 | 0 | 343 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Hill | 14 | 2 | 133 | 9.5 | 68t | 1 |
| Alvin Wyatt | 23 | 3 | 188 | 8.2 | 61t | 1 |
| Tim Beamer | 7 | 5 | 22 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Jackie Allen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 44 | 11 | 343 | 7.8 | 68t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 16 | 446 | 11.2 | 50 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Wyatt | 30 | 762 | 25.4 | 39 | 0 | |
| Tim Beamer | 20 | 394 | 19.7 | 44 | 0 | |
| Ike Hill | 12 | 280 | 23.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 43 | 0 | |
| Howard Kindig | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Greg Jones | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 74 | 1673 | 22.6 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 971 | 23.1 | 60 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Al Cowlings | 7.5 | |
| Cal Snowden | 5.5 | |
| Paul Guidry | 5.0 | |
| Bob Tatarek | 4.0 | |
| Mike McBath | 2.0 | |
| Al Andrews | 1.5 | |
| Jim Dunaway | 1.0 | |
| Wes Grant | 1.0 | |
| Pete Richardson | 1.0 | |
| Chuck Hurston | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 225.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 49.0 | 421.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Allen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Andrews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Beamer | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Cowlings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Greene | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Guidry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| James Harris | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ike Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Greg Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McBath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill McKinley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Patrick | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 0 |
| Dennis Shaw | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -13 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tatarek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvin Wyatt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 44 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0 |
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