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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots - September 16th, 1973
Buffalo Bills 31 at New England Patriots 13
Sunday, September 16, 1973
Buffalo Bills 31, New England Patriots 13| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (1-0-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| New England Patriots (0-1-0) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
Scoring
| BUF | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Sam Cunningham 7 yard rush (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson 80 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 6 | |
| 2nd | BUF | John Leypoldt 48 yard field goal | 10 | 6 |
| 3rd | BUF | Larry Watkins 4 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 17 | 6 |
| NWE | Mack Herron 10 yard rush (Bill Bell kick) | 17 | 13 | |
| 4th | BUF | O.J. Simpson 22 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 24 | 13 |
| BUF | Larry Watkins 15 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 31 | 13 |
Team Stats
| BUF | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 51-360-4 | 26-107-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-12-116-0-1 | 16-27-226-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 3-36 |
| Net pass yards | 99 | 190 |
| Total yards | 459 | 297 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-95 | 4-40 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 250 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Watkins | BUF | 18 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 7 | 9 | 109 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 16 | 27 | 226 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 12 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Adams | NWE | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Windsor | NWE | 2 | 26 | 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 | |||
| Wallace Francis | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Greene | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Walker | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 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 | |||
| Ron Acks | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darryl Stingley | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Tarver | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||