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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills - December 12th, 1971
Houston Oilers 20 at Buffalo Bills 14
Sunday, December 12, 1971
Houston Oilers 20, Buffalo Bills 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (3-9-1) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Buffalo Bills (1-12-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Scoring
| HOU | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Mark Moseley 44 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | HOU | Mark Moseley 44 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| 3rd | HOU | Ken Houston 17 yard interception return (Mark Moseley kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 4th | BUF | O.J. Simpson 6 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 7 |
| BUF | Haven Moses 14 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 14 | |
| HOU | Robert Holmes 2 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) | 20 | 14 |
Team Stats
| HOU | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-92-1 | 24-85-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-33-211-0-0 | 20-31-233-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-35 | 3-26 |
| Net pass yards | 176 | 207 |
| Total yards | 268 | 292 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-50 | 4-66 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 17 | 33 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 4 | 78 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Woody Campbell | HOU | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ward Walsh | HOU | 11 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dickie Post | HOU | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 20 | 29 | 233 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | BUF | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | BUF | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ted Koy | BUF | 1 | 3 | 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 | |||
| Willie Alexander | HOU | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Linzy Cole | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 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 | |||
| Ike Hill | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||