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1971 Buffalo Bills Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1971 Buffalo Bills.

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Dennis ShawD. Shaw	291	149	51.2	1,813	6.2	11	3.8	26	8.9	75t	33	276	46.1
James HarrisJ. Harris	103	51	49.5	512	5.0	1	1.0	6	5.8	62	16	145	43.0
Jim BraxtonJ. Braxton	3	1	33.3	49	16.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	49	0	0	81.9
Marlin BriscoeM. Briscoe	2	1	50.0	36	18.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	36	0	0	95.8
O.J. SimpsonO. Simpson	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Buffalo	401	202	50.4	2,410	6.0	12	3.0	32	8.0	75t	49	421	45.8

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
O.J. SimpsonO. Simpson	14	183	742	4.05	53.0	46t	5
Wayne PatrickW. Patrick	14	79	332	4.20	23.7	41	1
Jim BraxtonJ. Braxton	13	21	84	4.00	6.5	14	0
Dennis ShawD. Shaw	13	14	82	5.86	6.3	12	0
Greg JonesG. Jones	14	16	53	3.31	3.8	11	0
James HarrisJ. Harris	7	6	42	7.00	6.0	13	0
J.D. HillJ. Hill	5	1	2	2.00	0.4	2	0
Buffalo	14	320	1,337	4.18	95.5	46t	6

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Marlin BriscoeM. Briscoe	14	44	603	13.70	43.1	75t	5
Wayne PatrickW. Patrick	14	36	327	9.08	23.4	62	0
Haven MosesH. Moses	12	23	470	20.43	39.2	73t	2
O.J. SimpsonO. Simpson	14	21	162	7.71	11.6	38	0
Jim BraxtonJ. Braxton	13	18	141	7.83	10.8	25	0
Greg JonesG. Jones	14	16	113	7.06	8.1	21	1
Jan WhiteJ. White	13	13	130	10.00	10.0	21	0
J.D. HillJ. Hill	5	11	216	19.64	43.2	47t	2
Ted KoyT. Koy	14	10	133	13.30	9.5	22	1
Bob ChandlerB. Chandler	13	5	60	12.00	4.6	20	0
Ike HillI. Hill	14	5	55	11.00	3.9	26t	1
Buffalo	14	202	2,410	11.93	172.1	75t	12

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Alvin WyattA. Wyatt	30	762	25.40	39	0
Tim BeamerT. Beamer	20	394	19.70	44	0
Ike HillI. Hill	12	280	23.33	36	0
O.J. SimpsonO. Simpson	4	107	26.75	43	0
Jim BraxtonJ. Braxton	5	90	18.00	28	0
Greg JonesG. Jones	1	24	24.00	24	0
Howard KindigH. Kindig	2	16	8.00	8	0
Buffalo	74	1,673	22.61	44	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Alvin WyattA. Wyatt	23	188	8.17	3	61t	1
Ike HillI. Hill	14	133	9.50	2	68t	1
Tim BeamerT. Beamer	7	22	3.14	5	10	0
Jackie AllenJ. Allen	0	0	0.00	1	0	0
Buffalo	44	343	7.80	11	68t	2

Punting

	Punting					Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds	TD
Spike JonesS. Jones	72	2,966	41.2	62	1	--	--	--
Dave ChappleD. Chapple	3	101	33.7	47	0	--	--	--
Buffalo	75	3,067	40.9	62	1	--	--	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
John LeypoldtJ. Leypoldt	12/12	9/15	3/3	0/2	1/1	5/6	0/3	49	39
Grant GuthrieG. Guthrie	8/9	3/10	0/0	0/1	1/2	1/5	1/2	51	17
Buffalo	20/21	12/25	3/3	0/3	2/3	6/11	1/5	51	56

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Al AndrewsA. Andrews	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	--
Edgar ChandlerE. Chandler	1	13	13.00	13	0	--	--
Paul GuidryP. Guidry	1	13	13.00	13	0	--	--
Robert JamesR. James	4	25	6.25	25	0	--	--
John PittsJ. Pitts	2	12	6.00	12	0	--	--
Pete RichardsonP. Richardson	1	0	0.00	0	0	--	--
Alvin WyattA. Wyatt	1	30	30.00	30	0	--	--
Buffalo	11	93	8.45	30	0	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
John LeypoldtJ. Leypoldt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12/12	9/15	0	0	39
Marlin BriscoeM. Briscoe	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
O.J. SimpsonO. Simpson	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	30
Grant GuthrieG. Guthrie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8/9	3/10	0	0	17
Ike HillI. Hill	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
J.D. HillJ. Hill	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Haven MosesH. Moses	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Robert JamesR. James	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Greg JonesG. Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Ted KoyT. Koy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Wayne PatrickW. Patrick	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Alvin WyattA. Wyatt	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Edgar ChandlerE. Chandler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	1	2
James HarrisJ. Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Dennis ShawD. Shaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Buffalo	21	6	12	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	20/21	12/25	0	1	184

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