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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > St. Louis Cardinals at Buffalo Bills - October 31st, 1971
St. Louis Cardinals 28 at Buffalo Bills 23
Sunday, October 31, 1971
St. Louis Cardinals 28, Buffalo Bills 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals (3-4-0) | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-7-0) | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
Scoring
| STL | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | MacArthur Lane 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| STL | Cid Edwards 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | BUF | Safety, Chandler tackled Edwards in end zone | 14 | 2 |
| BUF | Ted Koy 20 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 14 | 9 | |
| 3rd | STL | Jackie Smith 10 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 9 |
| BUF | Greg Jones 7 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 21 | 16 | |
| 4th | STL | Jim McFarland 5 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 28 | 16 |
| BUF | Alvin Wyatt 61 yard punt return (John Leypoldt kick) | 28 | 23 |
Team Stats
| STL | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-142-2 | 23-62-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-27-171-2-0 | 18-34-269-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 4-22 |
| Net pass yards | 163 | 247 |
| Total yards | 305 | 309 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-78 | 10-75 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cid Edwards | STL | 17 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| MacArthur Lane | STL | 14 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 15 | 27 | 171 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | STL | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roy Shivers | STL | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave L. Williams | STL | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | STL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim McFarland | STL | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 17 | 33 | 220 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Haven Moses | BUF | 5 | 92 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 16 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | BUF | 3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 1 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Koy | BUF | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Jones | BUF | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Miller Farr | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Stegent | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roger Wehrli | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Willingham | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Wilson | STL | 1 | 23 | 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 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||