NFL game summary for 12/05/1971:

Baltimore equaled its club record of three shutouts in a season with a second-half surge which downed Buffalo. DE Billy Newsome made his second interception in as many games and this one was good for a 19-yard TD return. John Unitas threw his first TD pass of the season, to Ray Perkins.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Buffalo Bills	OFFENSE	97.6  (24)	138.0  (21)	235.6  (23)	36
	DEFENSE	189.7  (26)	153.1  (13)	342.8  (26)	19
Baltimore Colts	OFFENSE	160.5  (4)	138.6  (20)	299.1  (8)	32
	DEFENSE	77.3  (1)	120.9  (3)	198.2  (1)	31

Line: Colts by 17

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Buffalo Bills (1-11-0)	0	0	0	0	0
Baltimore Colts (9-3-0)	0	0	14	10	24

( 0- 7) BAL Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 0-14) BAL Ray Perkins 5 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 0-17) BAL Jim O'Brien 13 yard field goal
( 0-24) BAL Billy Newsome 19 yard interception return (Jim O'Brien kick)

                     BUF             BAL
First Downs:         8               16
Rushes-yards:        21-76           43-180
Yards/rush:          3.6             4.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-34-120-4     11-21-134-1
Sacked-yards:        2-14            1-4
Net pass yards:      106             130
Net yards/pass:      2.9             5.9
Total net yards:     182             310
Total plays:         57 (36% run)    65 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             2-1
Turnovers:           6               2
Penalties-yards:     7-70            5-75

Attendance: 58,476

Passing:
BUF: Dennis Shaw, 14 of 29 for 101 yards (4 int); James Harris, 2 of 3 for 19 yards; O.J. Simpson, 0 of 1 for 0 yards; Marlin Briscoe, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
BAL: Johnny Unitas, 11 of 21 for 134 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
BUF: O.J. Simpson, 9 for 26 yards; Wayne Patrick, 6 for 19 yards; Jim Braxton, 4 for 12 yards; Dennis Shaw, 2 for 19 yards
BAL: Tom Matte, 14 for 57 yards; Norm Bulaich, 13 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Don Nottingham, 5 for 47 yards; Don McCauley, 5 for 22 yards; Charlie Pittman, 2 for 3 yards; Eddie Hinton, 1 for 11 yards; John Mackey, 1 for 1 yard; Johnny Unitas, 1 for 0 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for -4 yards

Receiving:
BUF: O.J. Simpson, 5 for 26 yards; Marlin Briscoe, 4 for 35 yards; J.D. Hill, 2 for 18 yards; Wayne Patrick, 2 for 17 yards; Ted Koy, 1 for 22 yards; Greg Jones, 1 for 6 yards; Jim Braxton, 1 for -4 yards
BAL: Norm Bulaich, 4 for 26 yards; Eddie Hinton, 3 for 62 yards; Ray Perkins, 2 for 14 yards and 1 TD; John Mackey, 1 for 28 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 4 yards

Kick returns:
BUF: Alvin Wyatt, 3 for 52 yards; Ike Hill, 1 for 10 yards; O.J. Simpson, 1 for 7 yards

Punt returns:
BUF: Alvin Wyatt, 3 for 29 yards; Ike Hill, 2 for 9 yards
BAL: Rick Volk, 4 for 33 yards; Jerry Logan, 1 for 12 yards

Interceptions:
BUF: Paul Guidry, 1 for 13 yards
BAL: Charlie Stukes, 1 for 21 yards; Billy Newsome, 1 for 19 yards and 1 TD; Rick Volk, 1 for 3 yards; Jerry Logan, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
BUF: Spike Jones, 7 for 294 yards
BAL: David Lee, 6 for 266 yards

Field Goals:
BUF: John Leypoldt, 0/2
BAL: Jim O'Brien, 1/4

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