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1971 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 1-13-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 184 points (13.1/g), 26th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 394 points (28.1/g), 26th.
Differential of -210 points (-15.0/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 2.0-12.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -26 (-1.9/g), 26th.
Simple Rating System: Total -13.4, Offense: -4.5, Defense: -8.9, SoS: 1.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Harvey Johnson (1-13-0)
Training Camp: Niagara University (Niagara Falls, New York)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Dennis Shaw | 24 | 1 | 12 | 149 for 291, 1,813 yards, 11 td, 26 int, & 14 rushes for 82 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 30th pick / 1970 |
| RB | O.J. Simpson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 183 rushes for 742 yards, 5 td, & 21 catches for 162 yards and 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| FB | Wayne Patrick | 25 | 3 | 0 | 79 rushes for 332 yards, 1 td, & 36 catches for 327 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 247th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Marlin Briscoe | 26 | 3 | 0 | 44 catches for 603 yards, 5 td | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Haven Moses | 25 | 3 | 0 | 23 catches for 470 yards, 2 td | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| TE | Jan White | 23 | Rook | 0 | 13 catches for 130 yards, 0 td | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1971 |
| LT | Willie Young | 24 | Rook | 0 | ||
| LG | Jim Reilly | 23 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1970 | |
| C | Bruce Jarvis | 23 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1971 | |
| RG | Joe O'Donnell | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 13th / 101st pick / 1964 |
| RG | Levert Carr | 27 | 2 | 14 | ||
| RT | Donnie Green | 23 | Rook | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 107th pick / 1971 | |
| RT | Paul Costa | 30 | 6 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Al Cowlings | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1970 |
| LDT | Jim Dunaway | 30 | 8 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
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| LDT | Mike McBath | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 119th pick / 1968 |
| RDT | Bob Tatarek | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 34th pick / 1968 |
| RDE | Cal Snowden | 25 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 227th pick / 1969 | |
| LLB | Paul Guidry | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Edgar Chandler | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1968 |
| RLB | Mike Stratton | 30 | 9 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 | |
| RLB | Al Andrews | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LCB | Robert James | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Alvin Wyatt | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 154th pick / 1970 |
| SS | John Pitts | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| FS | Jackie Allen | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 153rd pick / 1969 |
| FS | Pete Richardson | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 173rd pick / 1968 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | John Leypoldt | 25 | Rook | 0 | 9 of 15 field goals & 12 of 12 extra points | |
| P | Spike Jones | 24 | 1 | 0 | 72 punts for a 41.2 average, 1 blocked | Houston Oilers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1970 |
| PR | Alvin Wyatt | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 punt returns for a 8.2 average and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 154th pick / 1970 |
| KR | Alvin Wyatt | 24 | 1 | 0 | 30 kick returns for a 25.4 average and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 154th pick / 1970 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Jackie Allen | 24 | DB | 14 | 7 | 190 | 6-1 | Baylor | 9/24/1947 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 153rd pick / 1969 |
| 56 | Al Andrews | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 216 | 6-3 | Laney College (CA),New Mexico St. | 7/10/1945 | 1 | |
| 46 | Tim Beamer | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Johnson C. Smith,Illinois | 4/6/1948 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 113th pick / 1971 |
| 34 | Jim Braxton | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 243 | 6-1 | West Virginia | 5/23/1949 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1971 |
| 86 | Marlin Briscoe | 26 | WR-QB-FL | 14 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| 62 | Levert Carr | 27 | T-G-DT | 14 | 14 | 273 | 6-2 | North Central | 6/30/1944 | 2 | |
| 81 | Bob Chandler | 22 | WR | 13 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | USC | 4/24/1949 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 160th pick / 1971 |
| 52 | Edgar Chandler | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia | 8/31/1946 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 86th pick / 1968 |
| 6 | Dave Chapple | 24 | P | 1 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | California-Santa Barbara | 3/30/1947 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 250th pick / 1969 |
| 51 | Jerald Collins | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | West. Michigan | 2/1/1947 | 2 | |
| 79 | Paul Costa | 30 | TE-T | 11 | 0 | 268 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 12/7/1941 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 106th pick / 1964 |
| 82 | Al Cowlings | 24 | DE-DT-LB | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | USC | 6/16/1947 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1970 |
| 63 | Dick Cunningham | 27 | T-LB | 5 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 10/12/1944 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 136th pick / 1966 |
| 84 | Austin Denney | 27 | TE | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 1/2/1944 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 160th pick / 1966 |
| 78 | Jim Dunaway | 30 | DT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 9th pick / 1963 |
| 89 | Wes Grant | 25 | DE-DT | 3 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | UCLA | 9/24/1946 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 97th pick / 1970 |
| 74 | Donnie Green | 23 | T | 10 | 0 | 272 | 6-7 | Purdue | 7/12/1948 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 107th pick / 1971 |
| 43 | Tony Greene | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Maryland | 8/29/1949 | Rook | |
| 59 | Paul Guidry | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | LSU,McNeese St. | 1/14/1944 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| 7 | Grant Guthrie | 23 | K | 6 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 2/9/1948 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 135th pick / 1970 |
| 12 | James Harris | 24 | QB | 7 | 2 | 210 | 6-4 | Grambling St. | 7/20/1947 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 192nd pick / 1969 |
| 72 | Bob Hews | 24 | T-DE | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | Princeton | 12/30/1947 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 156th pick / 1970 |
| 28 | Ike Hill | 24 | WB-DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Catawba | 4/15/1947 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 232nd pick / 1970 |
| 40 | J.D. Hill | 23 | WR | 5 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Arizona St. | 10/30/1948 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 4th pick / 1971 |
| 64 | Chuck Hurston | 29 | DE-LB | 9 | 0 | 240 | 6-6 | Auburn | 11/9/1942 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 91st pick / 1965 Green Bay Packers / 15th / 206th pick / 1965 |
| 20 | Robert James | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | Fisk | 7/7/1947 | 2 | |
| 51 | Bruce Jarvis | 23 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-7 | Washington | 11/3/1948 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1971 |
| 36 | Greg Jones | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | UCLA | 2/12/1948 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 129th pick / 1970 |
| 10 | Spike Jones | 24 | P | 13 | 0 | 197 | 6-2 | Georgia | 7/9/1947 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1970 |
| 54 | Howard Kindig | 30 | DE-T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Los Angeles St. | 6/22/1941 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 112th pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 170th pick / 1964 |
| 85 | Ted Koy | 24 | TE-RB-LB | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Texas | 9/15/1947 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 50th pick / 1970 |
| 3 | John Leypoldt | 25 | K | 8 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | Northern Virginia CC | 3/31/1946 | Rook | |
| 76 | Mike McBath | 25 | DE-DT-T | 13 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 5/29/1946 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 119th pick / 1968 |
| 55 | Bill McKinley | 22 | DE-LB | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Arizona | 1/14/1949 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 145th pick / 1971 |
| 25 | Haven Moses | 25 | WR-SE | 12 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | San Diego St. | 7/27/1946 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 9th pick / 1968 |
| 67 | Joe O'Donnell | 30 | G-T | 7 | 7 | 262 | 6-2 | Michigan | 8/31/1941 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 13th / 101st pick / 1964 |
| 30 | Wayne Patrick | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Louisville | 9/1/1946 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 247th pick / 1968 |
| 48 | John Pitts | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 2/28/1945 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 22nd pick / 1967 |
| 61 | Jim Reilly | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 2/8/1948 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 57th pick / 1970 |
| 47 | Pete Richardson | 25 | DB | 13 | 7 | 193 | 6-0 | Dayton | 10/17/1946 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 173rd pick / 1968 |
| 87 | Louis Ross | 24 | DE | 5 | 0 | 248 | 6-6 | South Carolina St. | 8/31/1947 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 183rd pick / 1971 |
| 16 | Dennis Shaw | 24 | QB | 13 | 12 | 217 | 6-3 | USC,San Diego St. | 3/3/1947 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 30th pick / 1970 |
| 32 | O.J. Simpson | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | USC | 7/9/1947 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick / 1969 |
| 75 | Cal Snowden | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Indiana | 11/29/1946 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 9th / 227th pick / 1969 |
| 58 | Mike Stratton | 30 | LB | 13 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| 71 | Bob Tatarek | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 7/3/1946 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 34th pick / 1968 |
| 80 | Jan White | 23 | TE | 13 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 10/6/1948 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 29th pick / 1971 |
| 65 | Mike D. Wilson | 24 | T-G | 5 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Dayton | 10/20/1947 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 14th / 343rd pick / 1969 |
| 41 | Alvin Wyatt | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 5-10 | Bethune-Cookman | 12/13/1947 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 154th pick / 1970 |
| 68 | Willie Young | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Alcorn St. | 11/12/1947 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 24.9 | 14 | 226.7 | 6-2.5 | 2.1 |