1973 Buffalo Bills Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lou Saban (9-5)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1973 Buffalo Bills RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lou Saban (9-5)
Location: Buffalo, New York
1973 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Bills ran up 259 points, while the defense allowed 230. O.J. Simpson spearheaded the running game, rushing for a 2,003 yards for Buffalo.
Joe Ferguson threw for 939 yards. Bob Chandler hauled in 30 balls for 427 yards. J.D. Hill provided receiving help as well.
Dwight Harrison intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Lou Saban coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Joe Ferguson | 164 | 73 | 44.5 | 939 | 5.7 | 4 | 2.4 | 10 | 6.1 | 42 | 20 | 164 | 45.8 | Dennis Shaw | 46 | 22 | 47.8 | 300 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.7 | 40 | 11 | 75 | 32.9 | Bob Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 213 | 96 | 45.1 | 1236 | 5.8 | 4 | 1.9 | 14 | 6.6 | 42 | 31 | 239 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | O.J. Simpson | 332 | 2003 | 6.0 | 80 | 12 | Jim Braxton | 108 | 494 | 4.6 | 36 | 4 | Larry Watkins | 98 | 414 | 4.2 | 17 | 2 | Joe Ferguson | 48 | 147 | 3.1 | 24 | 2 | Pete Van Valkenberg | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | Bo Cornell | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 | Steve Jones | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | Dennis Shaw | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Spike Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Chandler | 5 | -14 | -2.8 | 18 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 605 | 3088 | 5.1 | 80 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Chandler | 30 | 427 | 14.2 | 37 | 3 | J.D. Hill | 29 | 422 | 14.6 | 42 | 0 | Larry Watkins | 12 | 86 | 7.2 | 28 | 1 | Paul Seymour | 10 | 114 | 11.4 | 22 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 37 | 0 | O.J. Simpson | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 24 | 0 | Ray Jarvis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Pete Van Valkenberg | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Joe Ferguson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 96 | 1236 | 12.9 | 42 | 4 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | John Leypoldt | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 90 | Bob Chandler | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 91 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Spike Jones | 66 | 2660 | 40.3 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 66 | 2660 | 40.3 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Donnie Walker | 25 | 210 | 8.4 | 23 | 0 | Bill Cahill | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 51 | 1 | Bob Chandler | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | J.D. Hill | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 279 | 8.7 | 51 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Wallace Francis | 23 | 687 | 29.9 | 101 | 2 | Steve Jones | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 22 | 0 | Ray Jarvis | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 25 | 0 | Bill Cahill | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | Larry Watkins | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Willie Parker | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Tony Greene | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Bo Cornell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Pete Van Valkenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42 | 972 | 23.1 | 101 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dwight Harrison | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 38 | 1 | Jim Cheyunski | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 31 | 0 | Ernie Kellermann | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 | Donnie Walker | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Tony Greene | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Leon Garror | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Robert James | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 14 | 193 | 13.8 | 38 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Joe Ferguson | 7 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Kellermann | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Skorupan | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | Fred Forsberg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Greene | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | J.D. Hill | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Kampa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Washington | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Bo Cornell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leon Garror | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bob Chandler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wallace Francis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe DeLamielleure | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Patulski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Shaw | 2 | 1 | -11 | 0 | 0 | John Leypoldt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Patton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rich Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Kadish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dwight Harrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Cheyunski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Watkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | O.J. Simpson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Spike Jones | 1 | 0 | -16 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 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 | 21 | 27 | 0 | 90 | O.J. Simpson | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Jim Braxton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Bob Chandler | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | Larry Watkins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Joe Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Wallace Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dwight Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Cahill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 259 |
