NFL game summary for 12/03/1972:

Marty Domres threw three TD passes and ran for another, but suffered a muscle pull so veteran QB John Unitas replaced him and registered with a fourth TD pass to give the Colts a third straight victory. Although Buffalo's O. J. Simpson was limited to 26 yards on 14 carries he remained the AFC's leading rusher.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Buffalo Bills	OFFENSE	151.0  (9)	104.2  (25)	255.2  (23)	31
	DEFENSE	163.9  (23)	142.5  (8)	306.4  (18)	28
Baltimore Colts	OFFENSE	133.5  (16)	165.2  (9)	298.6  (15)	25
	DEFENSE	139.5  (15)	175.3  (23)	314.7  (20)	30

Line: Colts by 10½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Buffalo Bills (3-9-0)	0	0	0	7	7
Baltimore Colts (5-7-0)	14	0	7	14	35

( 0- 7) BAL Don McCauley 29 yard pass from Marty Domres (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 0-14) BAL Lydell Mitchell 17 yard pass from Marty Domres (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 0-21) BAL Don McCauley 9 yard pass from Marty Domres (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 0-28) BAL Marty Domres 15 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 0-35) BAL Eddie Hinton 63 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 7-35) BUF O.J. Simpson 1 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick)

                     BUF             BAL
First Downs:         13              22
Rushes-yards:        29-100          44-189
Yards/rush:          3.4             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-24-181-3     14-26-202-0
Sacked-yards:        4-37            0-0
Net pass yards:      144             202
Net yards/pass:      5.1             7.8
Total net yards:     244             391
Total plays:         57 (50% run)    70 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             5.6
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             4-0
Turnovers:           4               0
Penalties-yards:     6-82            5-57

Attendance: 55,390

Passing:
BUF: Dennis Shaw, 10 of 15 for 150 yards (1 int); Leo Hart, 4 of 9 for 31 yards (2 int)
BAL: Marty Domres, 12 of 24 for 138 yards and 3 TDs; Johnny Unitas, 2 of 2 for 64 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
BUF: O.J. Simpson, 14 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Randy Jackson, 9 for 37 yards; Jim Braxton, 4 for 19 yards; Leo Hart, 2 for 18 yards
BAL: Don McCauley, 17 for 68 yards; Lydell Mitchell, 10 for 45 yards; Marty Domres, 7 for 40 yards and 1 TD; Don Nottingham, 6 for 25 yards; Jack Mildren, 3 for 8 yards; Sam Havrilak, 1 for 3 yards

Receiving:
BUF: O.J. Simpson, 6 for 62 yards; J.D. Hill, 4 for 78 yards; Jim Braxton, 2 for 16 yards; Bob Chandler, 1 for 17 yards; Randy Jackson, 1 for 8 yards
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 7 for 69 yards and 1 TD; Don McCauley, 5 for 61 yards and 2 TDs; Eddie Hinton, 1 for 63 yards and 1 TD; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
BUF: Linzy Cole, 5 for 126 yards
BAL: Jack Mildren, 1 for 1 yard

Punt returns:
BUF: Linzy Cole, 3 for 24 yards
BAL: Bruce Laird, 6 for 53 yards

Interceptions:
BAL: Jerry Logan, 1 for 14 yards; Rick Volk, 1 for 9 yards; Charlie Stukes, 1 for 5 yards

Punting:
BUF: Spike Jones, 8 for 366 yards
BAL: David Lee, 6 for 267 yards

Field Goals:
BUF: John Leypoldt, 0/1
BAL: Boris Shlapak, 0/2

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