1971 Buffalo Bills roster and stats

1971 Buffalo Bills: 1-13-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (122 points scored, 209 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (62 points scored, 185 allowed) Head Coach: Harvey Johnson 184 points scored (26th of 26 teams), 394 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 202 401 1,989 (18) 4.42 12 32 320 1,337 (24) 4.2 6 3,326 (25) 48 Defense: 157 303 2,108 (11) 6.33 20 11 562 2,496 (26) 4.4 21 4,604 (25) 22

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 John Leypoldt K 8 6'2 224 25 1 Northern Virginia C.C. 6 Dave Chapple P 1 6'0 180 24 1 California-Santa Barbara 7 Grant Guthrie K 6 6'0 210 23 2 Florida State 10 Spike Jones P 13 6'2 190 24 2 Georgia 12 James Harris QB 7 6'3 215 24 3 Grambling 16 Dennis Shaw QB 13 6'2 210 24 2 San Diego State 20 Robert James DB 14 6'1 185 24 3 Fisk 21 Jackie Allen DB 14 6'1 187 24 3 Baylor 25 Haven Moses WR 12 6'3 205 25 4 San Diego State 28 Ike Hill WR 14 5'10 180 24 2 Catawba 30 Wayne Patrick RB 14 6'2 254 25 4 Louisville 32 O.J. Simpson RB 14 6'2 214 24 3 Southern California 34 Jim Braxton RB 13 6'2 226 22 R West Virginia 36 Greg Jones RB 14 6'1 200 23 2 UCLA 40 J.D. Hill WR 5 6'1 193 23 R Arizona State 41 Alvin Wyatt DB 14 5'10 185 23 2 Bethune-Cookman 43 Tony Greene DB 14 5'10 170 22 R Maryland 46 Tim Beamer DB 12 5'11 185 23 R Illinois 47 Pete Richardson DB 13 6'1 193 25 3 Dayton 48 John Pitts DB 14 6'4 233 26 5 Arizona State 51 Bruce Jarvis C 14 6'7 246 22 R Washington 51 Jerald Collins LB 2 6'1 220 24 3 Western Michigan 52 Edgar Chandler LB 14 6'3 235 25 4 Georgia 54 Howard Kindig C 14 6'6 265 30 7 Los Angeles State 55 Bill McKinley DE 7 6'3 240 22 R Arizona 56 Al Andrews LB 14 6'3 216 26 2 New Mexico State 58 Mike Stratton LB 13 6'3 240 30 10 Tennessee 59 Paul Guidry LB 14 6'3 233 27 6 McNeese State 61 Jim Reilly OG 14 6'2 260 23 2 Notre Dame 62 Levert Carr OT 14 6'5 260 27 3 North Central 63 Dick Cunningham LB 5 6'2 232 27 4 Arkansas 64 Chuck Hurston LB 9 6'6 240 28 7 Auburn 65 Mike Wilson OG 5 6'1 240 24 3 Dayton 67 Joe O'Donnell OG 7 6'2 262 30 7 Michigan 68 Willie Young OT 14 6'4 270 23 R Alcorn State 71 Bob Tatarek DT 14 6'4 260 25 2 Miami 72 Bob Hews OT 2 6'5 240 23 1 Princeton 74 Donnie Green OT 10 6'7 270 23 R Purdue 75 Cal Snowden DE 14 6'4 242 24 3 Indiana 76 Mike McBath DE 13 6'4 248 25 4 Penn State 78 Jim Dunaway DT 14 6'4 277 30 9 Mississippi 79 Paul Costa OT 11 6'4 255 29 7 Notre Dame 80 Jan White TE 13 6'2 215 23 R Ohio State 81 Bob Chandler WR 13 6'0 180 22 R Southern California 82 Al Cowlings DE 14 6'5 258 24 2 Southern California 84 Austin Denney TE 1 6'2 230 27 5 Tennessee 85 Ted Koy TE 14 6'1 210 24 2 Texas 86 Marlin Briscoe WR 14 5'10 178 26 4 Nebraska-Omaha 87 Louis Ross DE 5 6'6 238 24 R South Carolina State 89 Wes Grant DE 3 6'3 245 25 1 UCLA

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dennis Shaw 291 149 51.2 1,813 6.23 12.2 11 3.8 26 8.9 33 276 46.1 James Harris 103 51 49.5 512 4.97 10.0 1 1.0 6 5.8 16 145 43.0 Jim Braxton 3 1 33.3 49 16.33 49.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 81.9 Marlin Briscoe 2 1 50.0 36 18.00 36.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 95.8 O.J. Simpson 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Marlin Briscoe         44    603   13.7    5
Wayne Patrick          36    327    9.1    0
Haven Moses            23    470   20.4    2
O.J. Simpson           21    162    7.7    0
Jim Braxton            18    141    7.8    0
Greg Jones             16    113    7.1    1
Jan White              13    130   10.0    0
J.D. Hill              11    216   19.6    2
Ted Koy                10    133   13.3    1
Bob Chandler            5     60   12.0    0
Ike Hill                5     55   11.0    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
O.J. Simpson          183    742    4.1    5
Wayne Patrick          79    332    4.2    1
Jim Braxton            21     84    4.0    0
Dennis Shaw            14     82    5.9    0
Greg Jones             16     53    3.3    0
James Harris            6     42    7.0    0
J.D. Hill               1      2    2.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Alvin Wyatt            30    762   25.4    0
Tim Beamer             20    394   19.7    0
Ike Hill               12    280   23.3    0
Jim Braxton             5     90   18.0    0
O.J. Simpson            4    107   26.8    0
Howard Kindig           2     16    8.0    0
Greg Jones              1     24   24.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Alvin Wyatt            23    188    8.2    3    1
Ike Hill               14    133    9.5    2    1
Tim Beamer              7     22    3.1    5    0
Jackie Allen            0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Spike Jones 72 2,966 41.2 0 0 1 0 0 40.6 Dave Chapple 3 101 33.7 0 0 0 0 0 33.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts John Leypoldt 3/3 0/2 1/1 5/6 0/3 9/15 12/12 39 Grant Guthrie 0/0 0/1 1/2 1/5 1/2 3/10 8/ 9 17 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Al Andrews 1.5 1 0 0 Edgar Chandler 1 13 0 Al Cowlings 8.5 Jim Dunaway 1.0 Wes Grant 1.0 Paul Guidry 4.0 1 13 0 Chuck Hurston 2.0 Robert James 4 25 0 Mike McBath 3.0 John Pitts 2 12 0 Pete Richardson 1.0 1 0 0 Cal Snowden 6.5 Bob Tatarek 4.0 Alvin Wyatt 1 30 0

1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 WR J.D. Hill 73 Arizona State 2 29 TE Jan White 27 Ohio State 3 53 C Bruce Jarvis 24 Washington [pick acquired from NE via OAK] 3 57 RB Jim Braxton 90 West Virginia 5 107 OT Donnie Green 92 Purdue 5 113 DB Tim Beamer 12 Johnson C. Smith [pick acquired from DEN] 6 145 DE Bill McKinley 7 Arizona [pick acquired from CIN] 7 160 WR Bob Chandler 145 USC 8 183 DE Louis Ross 20 South Carolina State [pick acquired from NE] 8 185 RB Tyrone Walls Missouri 9 213 LB Bob Strickland Auburn 11 263 OT Andy Browder Texas A&I 12 291 K Jim Sheffield Texas A&M 13 316 QB Busty Underwood Texas Christian 14 341 DE Jim Hoots Missouri Southern 15 369 RB Charley Cole Toledo 16 394 DB Billy Hunter Utah 17 419 TE Pat Morrison Arkansas

Traded draft picks: #4 to NO (Carlos Bell), #6 to CHI (Earl Thomas), #10 to OAK (Bill West)

Transactions:

01-28-1971	traded Bill Enyart and Buffalo's #10 pick in the 1971 draft to Raiders for Alvin Wyatt and New England's #3 pick in the 1971 draft
05-11-1971	traded Ron McDole to Redskins for Washington's #3 and #4 picks in the 1973 draft
06-26-1971	Paul Maguire retired
08-31-1971	traded Butch Byrd to Broncos for Denver's #5 pick in the 1972 draft
09-08-1971	claimed Chip Bennett on waivers from Bengals
09-13-1971	traded Buffalo's #6 and #15 picks in the 1972 draft to Raiders for Ted Koy
09-14-1971	claimed Chuck Hurston on waivers from Chiefs
09-23-1971	claimed Spike Jones on waivers from Oilers

1971 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/71    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 37-49       0-1-0
09/26/71    vs Miami Dolphins          L 14-29       0-2-0
10/03/71    at Minnesota Vikings       L 0-19        0-3-0
10/10/71    vs Baltimore Colts         L 0-43        0-4-0
10/17/71    at New York Jets           L 17-28       0-5-0
10/23/71    at San Diego Chargers      L 3-20        0-6-0
10/31/71    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 23-28       0-7-0
11/07/71    at Miami Dolphins          L 0-34        0-8-0
11/14/71    at New England Patriots    L 33-38       0-9-0
11/21/71    vs New York Jets           L 7-20        0-10-0
11/28/71    vs New England Patriots    W 27-20       1-10-0
12/05/71    at Baltimore Colts         L 0-24        1-11-0
12/12/71    vs Houston Oilers          L 14-20       1-12-0
12/19/71    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 9-22        1-13-0

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