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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Buffalo Bills - September 19th, 1971
Dallas Cowboys 49 at Buffalo Bills 37
Sunday, September 19, 1971
Dallas Cowboys 49, Buffalo Bills 37| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0) | 7 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-1-0) | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
Scoring
| DAL | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Calvin Hill 2 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Haven Moses 73 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson 6 yard rush (Grant Guthrie kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Bob Hayes 76 yard pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 14 |
| DAL | Walt Garrison 3 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| BUF | Grant Guthrie 40 yard field goal | 21 | 17 | |
| BUF | Marlin Briscoe 75 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick) | 21 | 24 | |
| DAL | Calvin Hill 3 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 28 | 24 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Marlin Briscoe 23 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (kick failed) | 28 | 30 |
| DAL | Reggie Rucker 19 yard pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 35 | 30 | |
| 4th | DAL | Calvin Hill 1 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 42 | 30 |
| DAL | Calvin Hill 1 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 49 | 30 | |
| BUF | Ike Hill 26 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick) | 49 | 37 |
Team Stats
| DAL | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-160-5 | 22-66-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-14-221-2-0 | 18-30-353-4-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-10 | 3-18 |
| Net pass yards | 211 | 335 |
| Total yards | 371 | 401 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 13-129 | 8-95 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 22 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 16 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 10 | 14 | 221 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 2 | 91 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Ditka | DAL | 1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | DAL | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 18 | 30 | 353 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marlin Briscoe | BUF | 3 | 113 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Haven Moses | BUF | 1 | 73 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Jones | BUF | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jan White | BUF | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 14 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ike Hill | BUF | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Cornell Green | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 154 | 30.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chuck Howley | DAL | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Roy Jordan | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Claxton Welch | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tim Beamer | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howard Kindig | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 147 | 29.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||