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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Buffalo Bills at Washington Redskins - December 17th, 1972
Buffalo Bills 24 at Washington Redskins 17
Sunday, December 17, 1972
Buffalo Bills 24, Washington Redskins 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (4-9-1) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Washington Redskins (11-3-0) | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| BUF | WAS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BUF | Alvin Wyatt 49 yard interception return (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | John Leypoldt 23 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | WAS | Herb Mul-Key 8 yard rush (Curt Knight kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3rd | WAS | Bob Brunet 2 yard rush (Curt Knight kick) | 10 | 14 |
| WAS | Curt Knight 35 yard field goal | 10 | 17 | |
| 4th | BUF | O.J. Simpson 21 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 17 | 17 |
| BUF | Jim Braxton 4 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 24 | 17 |
Team Stats
| BUF | WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 45-184-2 | 35-133-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-21-107-0-2 | 4-15-62-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-27 | 3-24 |
| Net pass yards | 80 | 38 |
| Total yards | 264 | 171 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-122 | 6-40 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 26 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 10 | 21 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jan White | BUF | 4 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 8 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Herb Mul-Key | WAS | 25 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Kilmer | WAS | 4 | 15 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Roy Jefferson | WAS | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Taylor | WAS | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mack Alston | WAS | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Harraway | WAS | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Brunet | WAS | 3 | 8 | 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 | |||
| Linzy Cole | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dale Farley | BUF | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Greene | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert James | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 1 | 49 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Bob Brunet | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pat Fischer | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Herb Mul-Key | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brig Owens | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rusty Tillman | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ted Vactor | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||