Sunday, September 24, 1972
San Francisco 49ers 20, Buffalo Bills 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers (1-1-0) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Buffalo Bills (1-1-0) | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| SFO | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SFO | Bruce Gossett 47 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | BUF | John Leypoldt 32 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| BUF | John Leypoldt 22 yard field goal | 3 | 6 | |
| SFO | Ted Kwalick 20 yard pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 10 | 6 | |
| 3rd | SFO | Bruce Gossett 20 yard field goal | 13 | 6 |
| BUF | Jan White 17 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 13 | 13 | |
| 4th | SFO | Larry Schreiber 2 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick) | 20 | 13 |
| BUF | Jim Braxton 2 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 20 | 20 | |
| BUF | Jim Braxton 1 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 20 | 27 |
| SFO | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-33-1 | 43-177-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-30-189-1-3 | 8-21-105-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 5-49 |
| Net pass yards | 169 | 56 |
| Total yards | 202 | 233 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-101 | 8-98 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Gene A. Washington | SFO | 3 | 89 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | SFO | 10 | 25 | 171 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ted Kwalick | SFO | 3 | 66 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Schreiber | SFO | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Vic Washington | SFO | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Willard | SFO | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Brodie | SFO | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Thomas | SFO | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 8 | 20 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | BUF | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jan White | BUF | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 1 | 15 | 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 | |||
| Mel Phillips | SFO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Taylor | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vic Washington | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 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 | |||
| Tony Greene | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Pitts | BUF | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Maurice Tyler | BUF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||