Sunday, November 3, 1974
Buffalo Bills 29, New England Patriots 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (7-1-0) | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 29 |
| New England Patriots (6-2-0) | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| BUF | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BUF | John Leypoldt 45 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NWE | Mack Herron 43 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| BUF | John Leypoldt 20 yard field goal | 6 | 7 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Mack Herron 20 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 6 | 14 |
| BUF | Ahmad Rashad 25 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (kick failed) | 12 | 14 | |
| NWE | Sam Cunningham 31 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 12 | 21 | |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson 1 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 19 | 21 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Dave Washington 72 yard interception return (John Leypoldt kick) | 26 | 21 |
| NWE | Mack Herron 2 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 26 | 28 | |
| 4th | BUF | John Leypoldt 47 yard field goal | 29 | 28 |
| BUF | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-103-1 | 38-155-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-25-247-1-2 | 12-28-204-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-23 | 1-4 |
| Net pass yards | 224 | 200 |
| Total yards | 327 | 355 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-37 | 6-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 16 | 24 | 247 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ahmad Rashad | BUF | 8 | 115 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 4 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Seymour | BUF | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mack Herron | NWE | 17 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 12 | 28 | 204 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 18 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 1 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Adams | NWE | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Tanner | NWE | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Tarver | NWE | 1 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Wallace Francis | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert James | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Merv Krakau | BUF | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Walker | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Washington | BUF | 1 | 72 | 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 | |||
| Ron Bolton | NWE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sam Hunt | NWE | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Wilson | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||