Sunday October 31, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/31/1971:



Jim Hart threw for two touchdown passes as did the Bills' Dennis Shaw. MacArthur Lane and Cid Edwards also registered for the Cards on one-yard runs and Alvin Wyatt tallied the final TD for Buffalo on a 61-yard punt return.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE108.0  (18)167.3  (9)275.3  (17)22
DEFENSE135.0  (15)145.2  (10)280.2  (12)11
OFFENSE82.0  (24)124.8  (24)206.8  (26)20
DEFENSE197.0  (26)178.2  (20)375.2  (25)12

Line: Cardinals by 10

Team1234F
St. Louis Cardinals (3-4-0)1407728
Buffalo Bills (0-7-0)097723

( 7- 0) STL MacArthur Lane 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) (14- 0) STL Cid Edwards 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) (14- 2) BUF Safety, Cid Edwards tackled in end zone by Edgar Chandler (14- 9) BUF Ted Koy 20 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) (21- 9) STL Jackie Smith 10 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) (21-16) BUF Greg Jones 7 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) (28-16) STL Jim McFarland 5 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) (28-23) BUF Alvin Wyatt 61 yard punt return (John Leypoldt kick)
                     STL             BUF
First Downs:         24              19
Rushes-yards:        41-142          23-62
Yards/rush:          3.5             2.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-27-171-0     18-34-269-2
Sacked-yards:        1-8             4-22
Net pass yards:      163             247
Net yards/pass:      5.8             6.5
Total net yards:     305             309
Total plays:         69 (59% run)    61 (37% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             1-1
Turnovers:           0               3
Penalties-yards:     8-78            10-75

Attendance: 40,040

Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 15 of 27 for 171 yards and 2 TDs BUF: Dennis Shaw, 17 of 33 for 220 yards and 2 TDs (2 int); Jim Braxton, 1 of 1 for 49 yards
Rushing:
STL: Cid Edwards, 17 for 52 yards and 1 TD; MacArthur Lane, 14 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Roy Shivers, 5 for 16 yards; Jim Hart, 4 for 2 yards; Mel Gray, 1 for 18 yards BUF: O.J. Simpson, 16 for 42 yards; Greg Jones, 5 for 16 yards; Jim Braxton, 2 for 4 yards
Receiving:
STL: MacArthur Lane, 4 for 38 yards; Jackie Smith, 3 for 37 yards and 1 TD; Cid Edwards, 2 for 43 yards; Dave Williams, 2 for 23 yards; Roy Shivers, 2 for 17 yards; John Gilliam, 1 for 8 yards; Jim McFarland, 1 for 5 yards and 1 TD BUF: Haven Moses, 5 for 92 yards; Greg Jones, 4 for 17 yards and 1 TD; Marlin Briscoe, 3 for 56 yards; O.J. Simpson, 2 for 42 yards; Ted Koy, 2 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Jim Braxton, 2 for 20 yards
Kick returns:
STL: Larry Willingham, 1 for 56 yards; Mel Gray, 1 for 4 yards; Larry Stegent, 1 for 0 yards BUF: Alvin Wyatt, 3 for 80 yards; Tim Beamer, 3 for 40 yards
Punt returns:
STL: Larry Willingham, 3 for 39 yards; Roger Wehrli, 1 for 0 yards BUF: Alvin Wyatt, 4 for 68 yards and 1 TD
Interceptions:
STL: Larry Wilson, 1 for 23 yards; Miller Farr, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
STL: Chuck Latourette, 5 for 187 yards BUF: Spike Jones, 5 for 223 yards
Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 0/1


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