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1971 Buffalo Bills Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 1-13-0, 5th in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Harvey Johnson (1-13-0)

Points For: 184 (13.1/g) 26th of 26

Points Against: 394 (28.1/g) 26th of 26

Expected W-L: 2.0-12.0

SRS: -13.45 (26th of 26), SOS: 1.55

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Flores (Quarterbacks), Ralph Hawkins (Linebackers) and Richard Urich (Defensive Line)

Stadium: War Memorial Stadium

Owner/President: Ralph Wilson

General Manager/VP: Bob Lustig

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Niagara University (Niagara Falls, New York)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	184	3326	770	4.3	48	16	185	202	401	1989	12	32	4.4	96	320	1337	6	4.2	68	74	691	21
Opp. Stats	394	4604	895	5.1	22	11	250	157	303	2108	20	11	6.3	101	562	2496	21	4.4	135	89	883	14
Lg Rank Offense	26	25			25	14	26		6	18	19	25	25		26	24	24	11
Lg Rank Defense	26	25			26	22	23		1	11	23	26	25		26	26	24	21

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Dallas Cowboys	37	49	18	401	335	66	4	19	371	211	160	1
2	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Miami Dolphins	14	29	14	267	136	131	3	20	376	150	226
3	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	0	19	7	64	8	56	3	23	326	133	193	3
4	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4		Baltimore Colts	0	43	4	49	45	4	6	19	401	187	214	3
5	Sun	October 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5	@	New York Jets	17	28	14	271	188	83	2	20	331	140	191
6	Sat	October 23	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-6	@	San Diego Chargers	3	20	11	189	37	152	2	22	446	248	198	5
7	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-7		St. Louis Cardinals	23	28	19	309	247	62	3	24	305	163	142
8	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-8	@	Miami Dolphins	0	34	19	364	158	206	5	23	391	89	302
9	Sun	November 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-9	@	New England Patriots	33	38	15	217	128	89	1	9	299	180	119	3
10	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-10		New York Jets	7	20	12	197	119	78	6	10	231	78	153	1
11	Sun	November 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-10		New England Patriots	27	20	15	264	117	147	1	15	294	105	189	3
12	Sun	December 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-11	@	Baltimore Colts	0	24	8	182	106	76	6	16	310	130	180	2
13	Sun	December 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-12		Houston Oilers	14	20	14	292	207	85	3	16	268	176	92	1
14	Sun	December 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-13	@	Kansas City Chiefs	9	22	15	260	158	102	3	14	255	118	137

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Dennis Shaw	24	QB	13	12	1-11-0	149	291	51.2	1813	11	3.8	26	8.9	75	6.2	3.0	12.2	139.5	46.1	33	276	10.19	4.74	1.8	0	0
2	James Harris	24	QB	7	2	0-2-0	51	103	49.5	512	1	1.0	6	5.8	62	5.0	2.5	10.0	73.1	43.0	16	145	13.45	3.08	1.0	0	0
3	Jim Braxton	22	RB	13	0		1	3	33.3	49	0	0.0	0	0.0	49	16.3	16.3	49.0	3.8	81.9	0	0	0.00	16.33	16.3	0	0
4	Marlin Briscoe	26	WR	14	14		1	2	50.0	36	0	0.0	0	0.0	36	18.0	18.0	36.0	2.6	95.8	0	0	0.00	18.00	18.0	0	0
5	O.J. Simpson	24	RB	14	14		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	1-13-0	202	401	50.4	1989	12	3.0	32	8.0	75	6.0	3.0	11.9	142.1	45.8	49	421	10.89	4.42	1.75	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	O.J. Simpson	24	RB	14	14	183	742	5	46	4.1	53.0	13.1	21	162	7.7	0	38	1.5	11.6	204	4.4	904	5	5
2	Wayne Patrick	25	FB	14	13	79	332	1	41	4.2	23.7	5.6	36	327	9.1	0	62	2.6	23.4	115	5.7	659	1	5
3	Marlin Briscoe	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	603	13.7	5	75	3.1	43.1	44	13.7	603	5	0
4	Haven Moses	25	WR	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	470	20.4	2	73	1.9	39.2	23	20.4	470	2	0
5	Jim Braxton	22	RB	13	0	21	84	0	14	4.0	6.5	1.6	18	141	7.8	0	25	1.4	10.8	39	5.8	225	0	2
6	J.D. Hill	23	WR	5	5	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.4	0.2	11	216	19.6	2	47	2.2	43.2	12	18.2	218	2	0
7	Greg Jones	23	RB	14	1	16	53	0	11	3.3	3.8	1.1	16	113	7.1	1	21	1.1	8.1	32	5.2	166	1	1
8	Ted Koy	24	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	133	13.3	1	22	0.7	9.5	10	13.3	133	1	0
9	Jan White	23	TE	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	130	10.0	0	21	1.0	10.0	13	10.0	130	0	0
10	Dennis Shaw	24	QB	13	12	14	82	0	12	5.9	6.3	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	5.9	82	0	4
11	Bob Chandler	22	WR	13	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	60	12.0	0	20	0.4	4.6	5	12.0	60	0	0
12	Ike Hill	24	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	55	11.0	1	26	0.4	3.9	5	11.0	55	1	2
13	James Harris	24	QB	7	2	6	42	0	13	7.0	6.0	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	7.0	42	0	3
	Team Totals			14	14	320	1337	6	46	4.2	95.5	22.9	202	2410	11.9	12	75	14.4	172.1	522	7.2	3747	18	22

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Edgar Chandler	25	MLB	14	14	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	Al Cowlings	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	8.5	0
3	Paul Guidry	27	LLB	14	14	1	13	0	13	0	2	0	0	4.0	0
4	Robert James	24	LCB	14	14	4	25	0	25	0	2	2	1	0.0	0
5	O.J. Simpson	24	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bob Tatarek	25	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
7	Alvin Wyatt	24	RCB	14	14	1	30	0	30	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Wayne Patrick	25	FB	14	13	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	John Pitts	26	SS	14	12	2	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Dennis Shaw	24	QB	13	12	0	0	0	0	4	3	-13	0	0.0	0
11	Cal Snowden	25	RDE	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	0
12	Al Andrews	26	RLB	14	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
13	Jim Dunaway	30	LDT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
14	Jackie Allen	24	FS	14	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Joe O'Donnell	30	RG	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Pete Richardson	25	FS	13	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	46	0	1.0	0
17	Mike McBath	25	DT	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3.0	0
18	Tim Beamer	23	DB	12	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	James Harris	24	QB	7	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Chuck Hurston	29	DE	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
21	Wes Grant	25	DE	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
22	Greg Jones	23	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Jim Braxton	22	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Tony Greene	22	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ike Hill	24	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Bill McKinley	22	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	11	93	0	30	33	28	44	1	32.5	1

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