NFL game summary for 12/14/1975:

O. J. Simpson ran for 185 yards and his 21st touchdown, one short of the NFL record of 22 set by Gale Sayers in 1965, and Jim Braxton added 101 yards and two scores in a Buffalo victory. The yardage boosted O. J. to 8,066 for his career and 1,760 for the current season. The Bills sacked rookie Steve Grogan eight times but he passed for 272 yards and had the Patriots on top 7-6 at one stage in the second quarter. The Patriots lost four fumbles and had two passes intercepted. Joe Ferguson threw his 25th touchdown pass and gave way to Gary Marangi in the third quarter. Buffalo set a NFL record with 298 first downs in the season.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Buffalo Bills	OFFENSE	208.8  (1)	182.1  (7)	390.8  (1)	25
	DEFENSE	144.9  (13)	223.0  (26)	367.9  (25)	37
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	137.2  (15)	173.8  (10)	311.0  (14)	39
	DEFENSE	145.2  (14)	162.8  (12)	308.1  (14)	23

Line: Bills by 7

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Buffalo Bills (8-5-0)	6	7	14	7	34
New England Patriots (3-10-0)	0	7	0	7	14

( 6- 0) BUF Jim Braxton 1 yard rush (kick failed)
( 6- 7) NE  Don Calhoun 62 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
(13- 7) BUF Bob Chandler 5 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick)
(20- 7) BUF Jim Braxton 1 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick)
(27- 7) BUF O.J. Simpson 63 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick)
(34- 7) BUF J.D. Hill 41 yard pass from Gary Marangi (John Leypoldt kick)
(34-14) NE  Andy Johnson 20 yard rush (John Smith kick)

                     BUF             NE
First Downs:         26              16
Rushes-yards:        53-349          30-86
Yards/rush:          6.6             2.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-19-137-1     17-30-272-2
Sacked-yards:        2-18            8-87
Net pass yards:      119             185
Net yards/pass:      5.7             4.9
Total net yards:     468             271
Total plays:         74 (71% run)    68 (44% run)  
Yards/play:          6.3             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        3-3             5-4
Turnovers:           4               6
Penalties-yards:     6-45            5-56

Attendance: 58,393

Passing:
BUF: Joe Ferguson, 10 of 17 for 96 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Gary Marangi, 1 of 2 for 41 yards and 1 TD
NE: Steve Grogan, 17 of 30 for 272 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
BUF: Jim Braxton, 23 for 101 yards and 2 TDs; O.J. Simpson, 21 for 185 yards and 1 TD; Vic Washington, 4 for 30 yards; Gary Hayman, 4 for 20 yards; Joe Ferguson, 1 for 13 yards
NE: Andy Johnson, 13 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Don Calhoun, 7 for 0 yards; Sam Cunningham, 4 for 10 yards; Steve Grogan, 3 for 7 yards; Leon McQuay, 3 for 4 yards

Receiving:
BUF: J.D. Hill, 3 for 60 yards and 1 TD; Bob Chandler, 3 for 22 yards and 1 TD; O.J. Simpson, 2 for 28 yards; Paul Seymour, 2 for 20 yards; Jim Braxton, 1 for 7 yards
NE: Don Calhoun, 3 for 100 yards and 1 TD; Darryl Stingley, 3 for 59 yards; Bob Windsor, 3 for 25 yards; Russ Francis, 2 for 46 yards; Andy Johnson, 2 for 16 yards; Leon McQuay, 2 for -2 yards; Sam Cunningham, 1 for 16 yards; Randy Vataha, 1 for 12 yards

Kick returns:
BUF: Vic Washington, 1 for 16 yards
NE: Leon McQuay, 2 for 27 yards; Darryl Stingley, 1 for 20 yards; Don Calhoun, 1 for 17 yards; Andy Johnson, 1 for 6 yards

Punt returns:
BUF: Gary Hayman, 2 for 20 yards; John Holland, 1 for 3 yards
NE: Andy Johnson, 1 for 12 yards

Interceptions:
BUF: Dwight Harrison, 1 for 40 yards; Ike Thomas, 1 for 16 yards
NE: Kevin Reilly, 1 for 54 yards

Punting:
BUF: Marv Bateman, 4 for 201 yards
NE: Mike Patrick, 6 for 223 yards

Field Goals:
BUF: John Leypoldt, 0/1

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