Sunday December 5, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/05/1971:



Baltimore equaled its club record of three shutouts in a season with a second-half surge which downed Buffalo. DE Billy Newsome made his second interception in as many games and this one was good for a 19-yard TD return. John Unitas threw his first TD pass of the season, to Ray Perkins.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE97.6  (24)138.0  (21)235.6  (23)36
DEFENSE189.7  (26)153.1  (13)342.8  (26)19
OFFENSE160.5  (4)138.6  (20)299.1  (8)32
DEFENSE77.3  (1)120.9  (3)198.2  (1)31

Line: Colts by 17

Team1234F
Buffalo Bills (1-11-0)00000
Baltimore Colts (9-3-0)00141024

( 0- 7) BAL Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick) ( 0-14) BAL Ray Perkins 5 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick) ( 0-17) BAL Jim O'Brien 13 yard field goal ( 0-24) BAL Billy Newsome 19 yard interception return (Jim O'Brien kick)
                     BUF             BAL
First Downs:         8               16
Rushes-yards:        21-76           43-180
Yards/rush:          3.6             4.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-34-120-4     11-21-134-1
Sacked-yards:        2-14            1-4
Net pass yards:      106             130
Net yards/pass:      2.9             5.9
Total net yards:     182             310
Total plays:         57 (36% run)    65 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             2-1
Turnovers:           6               2
Penalties-yards:     7-70            5-75

Attendance: 58,476

Passing:
BUF: Dennis Shaw, 14 of 29 for 101 yards (4 int); James Harris, 2 of 3 for 19 yards; O.J. Simpson, 0 of 1 for 0 yards; Marlin Briscoe, 0 of 1 for 0 yards BAL: Johnny Unitas, 11 of 21 for 134 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
BUF: O.J. Simpson, 9 for 26 yards; Wayne Patrick, 6 for 19 yards; Jim Braxton, 4 for 12 yards; Dennis Shaw, 2 for 19 yards BAL: Tom Matte, 14 for 57 yards; Norm Bulaich, 13 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Don Nottingham, 5 for 47 yards; Don McCauley, 5 for 22 yards; Charlie Pittman, 2 for 3 yards; Eddie Hinton, 1 for 11 yards; John Mackey, 1 for 1 yard; Johnny Unitas, 1 for 0 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for -4 yards
Receiving:
BUF: O.J. Simpson, 5 for 26 yards; Marlin Briscoe, 4 for 35 yards; J.D. Hill, 2 for 18 yards; Wayne Patrick, 2 for 17 yards; Ted Koy, 1 for 22 yards; Greg Jones, 1 for 6 yards; Jim Braxton, 1 for -4 yards BAL: Norm Bulaich, 4 for 26 yards; Eddie Hinton, 3 for 62 yards; Ray Perkins, 2 for 14 yards and 1 TD; John Mackey, 1 for 28 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 4 yards
Kick returns:
BUF: Alvin Wyatt, 3 for 52 yards; Ike Hill, 1 for 10 yards; O.J. Simpson, 1 for 7 yards
Punt returns:
BUF: Alvin Wyatt, 3 for 29 yards; Ike Hill, 2 for 9 yards BAL: Rick Volk, 4 for 33 yards; Jerry Logan, 1 for 12 yards
Interceptions:
BUF: Paul Guidry, 1 for 13 yards BAL: Charlie Stukes, 1 for 21 yards; Billy Newsome, 1 for 19 yards and 1 TD; Rick Volk, 1 for 3 yards; Jerry Logan, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
BUF: Spike Jones, 7 for 294 yards BAL: David Lee, 6 for 266 yards
Field Goals:
BUF: John Leypoldt, 0/2 BAL: Jim O'Brien, 1/4


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