1971 Buffalo Bills Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-13
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Harvey Johnson (1-13)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1971 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 1-13
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Harvey Johnson (1-13)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1971 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 1 wins and 13 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Bills scored only 184 points, worst in the league, and the leaky defense surrendered 394, most in the circuit. Dennis Shaw passed for 1,813 yards. Marlin Briscoe topped all receivers, hauling in 44 balls for 603 yards. Haven Moses and Wayne Patrick contributed to the receiving game as well.
O.J. Simpson rushed for a team-leading 742 yards for Buffalo.
Robert James picked off 4 opponent throws.
Harvey Johnson coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Dennis Shaw | 291 | 149 | 51.2 | 1813 | 6.2 | 11 | 3.8 | 26 | 8.9 | 75 | 33 | 276 | 46.1 | James Harris | 103 | 51 | 49.5 | 512 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 5.8 | 62 | 16 | 145 | 43.0 | Jim Braxton | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 81.9 | Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 | O.J. Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 401 | 202 | 50.4 | 2410 | 6.0 | 12 | 3.0 | 32 | 8.0 | 75 | 49 | 421 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | O.J. Simpson | 183 | 742 | 4.1 | 46 | 5 | Wayne Patrick | 79 | 332 | 4.2 | 41 | 1 | Jim Braxton | 21 | 84 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 | Dennis Shaw | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 12 | 0 | Greg Jones | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | James Harris | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | J.D. Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 320 | 1337 | 4.2 | 46 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Marlin Briscoe | 44 | 603 | 13.7 | 75 | 5 | Wayne Patrick | 36 | 327 | 9.1 | 62 | 0 | Haven Moses | 23 | 470 | 20.4 | 73 | 2 | O.J. Simpson | 21 | 162 | 7.7 | 38 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 18 | 141 | 7.8 | 25 | 0 | Greg Jones | 16 | 113 | 7.1 | 21 | 1 | Jan White | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 | J.D. Hill | 11 | 216 | 19.6 | 47 | 2 | Ted Koy | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 22 | 1 | Bob Chandler | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 | Ike Hill | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 26 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 202 | 2410 | 11.9 | 75 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | John Leypoldt | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 39 | Grant Guthrie | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 21 | 20 | 95.2 | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 56 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Spike Jones | 72 | 2966 | 41.2 | 62 | Dave Chapple | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 47 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 75 | 3067 | 40.9 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Alvin Wyatt | 23 | 188 | 8.2 | 61 | 1 | Ike Hill | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 68 | 1 | Tim Beamer | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 343 | 7.8 | 68 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Alvin Wyatt | 30 | 762 | 25.4 | 39 | 0 | Tim Beamer | 20 | 394 | 19.7 | 44 | 0 | Ike Hill | 12 | 280 | 23.3 | 36 | 0 | O.J. Simpson | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 43 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | Greg Jones | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | Howard Kindig | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 74 | 1673 | 22.6 | 44 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Robert James | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 25 | 0 | John Pitts | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | Edgar Chandler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Paul Guidry | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Pete Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Al Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 93 | 8.5 | 30 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Dennis Shaw | 4 | 3 | -13 | 0 | 0 | Al Cowlings | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Paul Guidry | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | O.J. Simpson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alvin Wyatt | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robert James | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | James Harris | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Greene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Richardson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Patrick | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Tatarek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike McBath | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Allen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ike Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill McKinley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Andrews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Beamer | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe O'Donnell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 44 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | John Leypoldt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 39 | Marlin Briscoe | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | O.J. Simpson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Grant Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 | Ike Hill | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | J.D. Hill | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Haven Moses | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Greg Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Wayne Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ted Koy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Alvin Wyatt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Robert James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Edgar Chandler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 184 |
