NFL game summary for 10/07/1973:

O. J. Simpson rushed for 171 yards on 27 carries, his sixth straight 100-plus effort over a two-year period. The Bills went ahead on a 47-yard FG by John Leypoldt with 3:51 to go and then sweated out a FG attempt by Tom Dempsey, who missed from the 26 at the final gun. Dempsey made four of six FGs. Rookie Wallace Francis of the Bills raced 101 yards and scored with a kickoff return. The winless Eagles had two 100-yard runners, Tom Sullivan with 155 and Norm Bulaich with 104, and Roman Gabriel threw two TD passes.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	96.7 (23)	188.3 (6)	285.0 (12)	8
DEFENSE	137.3 (12)	220.7 (25)	358.0 (23)	6
OFFENSE	238.7 (1)	100.7 (21)	339.3 (7)	9
DEFENSE	104.7 (4)	195.7 (24)	300.3 (17)	6

Line: Bills by 6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Philadelphia Eagles (0-3-1)	6	10	7	3	26
Buffalo Bills (3-1-0)	10	14	0	3	27

( 3- 0) PHI Tom Dempsey 51 yard field goal ( 3- 3) BUF John Leypoldt 12 yard field goal ( 6- 3) PHI Tom Dempsey 22 yard field goal ( 6-10) BUF Wallace Francis 101 yard kickoff return (John Leypoldt kick) ( 6-17) BUF Joe Ferguson 1 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) (13-17) PHI Norm Bulaich 7 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick) (13-24) BUF O.J. Simpson 2 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) (16-24) PHI Tom Dempsey 14 yard field goal (23-24) PHI Charle Young 9 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick) (26-24) PHI Tom Dempsey 19 yard field goal (26-27) BUF John Leypoldt 47 yard field goal

                     PHI             BUF
First Downs:         28              16
Rushes-yards:        44-275          36-229
Yards/rush:          6.2             6.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-29-182-0     6-9-63-0
Sacked-yards:        1-6             2-16
Net pass yards:      176             47
Net yards/pass:      5.9             4.3
Total net yards:     451             276
Total plays:         74 (59% run)    47 (76% run)  
Yards/play:          6.1             5.9
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             1-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     3-25            5-52

Attendance: 72,364

Passing:
PHI: Roman Gabriel, 16 of 29 for 182 yards and 2 TDs BUF: Joe Ferguson, 6 of 9 for 63 yards
Rushing:
PHI: Tom Sullivan, 26 for 155 yards; Norm Bulaich, 13 for 104 yards; Tom Bailey, 3 for 3 yards; Po James, 2 for 13 yards BUF: O.J. Simpson, 27 for 171 yards and 1 TD; Larry Watkins, 5 for 33 yards; Joe Ferguson, 4 for 25 yards and 1 TD
Receiving:
PHI: Charle Young, 6 for 58 yards and 1 TD; Tom Sullivan, 4 for 29 yards; Harold Carmichael, 2 for 49 yards; Ben Hawkins, 2 for 30 yards; Norm Bulaich, 2 for 16 yards and 1 TD BUF: O.J. Simpson, 3 for 33 yards; Bob Chandler, 1 for 14 yards; Larry Watkins, 1 for 9 yards; J.D. Hill, 1 for 7 yards
Kick returns:
PHI: Al Nelson, 2 for 45 yards; Tom Sullivan, 2 for 45 yards; Tom Bailey, 1 for 18 yards BUF: Wallace Francis, 3 for 149 yards and 1 TD; Steve Jones, 1 for 18 yards; Larry Watkins, 1 for 18 yards; Tony Greene, 1 for 7 yards
Punt returns:
PHI: Kermit Alexander, 1 for 0 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
PHI: Tom McNeill, 1 for 37 yards BUF: Spike Jones, 3 for 131 yards
Field Goals:
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 4/6 BUF: John Leypoldt, 2/2