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 Roster
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.

Buffalo scored only 184 points, worst in the league, while 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, while Wayne Patrick and Haven Moses were targeted regularly as well.

O.J. Simpson rushed for a team-leading 742 yards for the Bills.

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
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
Alvin Wyatt	30	762	25.4	39
Tim Beamer	20	394	19.7	44
Ike Hill	12	280	23.3	36
O.J. Simpson	4	107	26.8	43
Jim Braxton	5	90	18.0	28
Greg Jones	1	24	24.0	24
Howard Kindig	2	16	8.0	8
Totals	74	1673	22.6	44

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Robert James	4	25	6.2	25
John Pitts	2	12	6.0	12
Alvin Wyatt	1	30	30.0	30
Edgar Chandler	1	13	13.0	13
Paul Guidry	1	13	13.0	13
Pete Richardson	1	0	0.0	0
Al Andrews	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	11	93	8.5	30

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Dennis Shaw			4	3	-13	0
Al Cowlings			0	3	5	0
Paul Guidry		0	0	2	0	0
O.J. Simpson			5	2	0
Alvin Wyatt		0	5	2	0
Robert James		0	0	2	2	1
James Harris			3	2	0	0
Tony Greene			0	1	0	0
Pete Richardson		0	0	1	46	0
Wayne Patrick			5	1	0
Bob Tatarek			0	1	0	0
Mike McBath			0	1	4	0
Jim Braxton			2	1	0	0
Jackie Allen			1	1	0	0
Ike Hill			2	1	0
Bill McKinley			0	1	0	0
Al Andrews		0	0	1	0	0
Tim Beamer			5	1	0	0
Joe O'Donnell			0	1	0	0
Greg Jones			1	0	0
Totals	0	0	33	28	44	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
John Leypoldt									9	12	0			39
Marlin Briscoe		5							0	0	0			30
O.J. Simpson	5	0		0					0	0	0			30
Grant Guthrie									3	8	0			17
Ike Hill		1	1	0					0	0	0			12
J.D. Hill	0	2							0	0	0			12
Haven Moses		2							0	0	0			12
Greg Jones	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Wayne Patrick	1	0							0	0	0			6
Ted Koy		1							0	0	0			6
Alvin Wyatt			1	0		0			0	0	0			6
Robert James						0	1		0	0	0			6
Edgar Chandler						0			0	0	0		1	2
Totals	6	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	12	20	0	0	1	184