| Buffalo Bills at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1973 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 47588 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ron Smith 72 punt return (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 6 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Robert Holmes 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 26 pass from Johnny Unitas (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Jim Thaxton 12 pass from Johnny Unitas (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Robert Holmes 4 run (Ray Wersching kick blocked) | 7 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 40 | WR | J.D. Hill |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 51 | C | Bruce Jarvis |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 38 | RB | Larry Watkins |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Halvor Hagen |
| 77 | LDT | Jerry Patton |
| 79 | RDT | Steve Okoniewski |
| 73 | RDE | Earl Edwards |
| 55 | LLB | John Skorupan |
| 52 | MLB | Merv Krakau |
| 86 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 47 | RS | Leon Garror |
| 43 | RCB | Tony Greene |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 84 | WR | Dave Williams |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 88 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 37 | RB | Cid Edwards |
| 35 | RB | Bob Thomas |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 79 | LDT | Coy Bacon |
| 64 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 87 | RDE | Lionel Aldridge |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Stratton |
| 82 | MLB | Tim Rossovich |
| 66 | RLB | Rick Redman |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 40 | RS | Joe Beauchamp |
| 39 | RCB | Lenny Dunlap |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 22 | 103 | 4.7 | 19 | 1 |
| Larry Watkins | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Steve Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Clint Jones | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 2 | |
| Bob Thomas | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Cid Edwards | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 2 | 53 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.5 | |||
| Dennis Shaw | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 106 | 7.1 | 0 | 30.8 | |||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 0 | 175 | 9.7 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 125.9 |
| Wayne Clark | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 88 | 17.6 | 0 | 79.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| J.D. Hill | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 0 | |
| Paul Seymour | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Watkins | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dave Williams | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 0 | |
| Gary Garrison | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 1 | |
| Jim Thaxton | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Leon Garror | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Stratton | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Tim Rossovich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 6 | 219 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 4 | 199 | 49.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Donnie Walker | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 1 | ||
| Willie McGee | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 0 | ||
| Willie Parker | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Willie McGee | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Coy Bacon | 1.0 |
| Pete Lazetich | 1.0 |
| Cal Snowden | 1.0 |
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