Sunday October 15, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/15/1972:



RB Clarence Davis scored twice in the last three minutes to rally the Raiders to a victory over the Bills. O. J. Simpson had his best rushing day for Buffalo with 28 carries for 144 yards.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE130.0  (15)133.5  (22)263.5  (20)12
DEFENSE123.2  (11)173.8  (17)297.0  (15)13
OFFENSE136.8  (14)167.5  (8)304.2  (13)11
DEFENSE142.5  (15)79.5  (1)222.0  (2)14

Line: Raiders by 13

Team1234F
Buffalo Bills (2-3-0)3100316
Oakland Raiders (3-1-1)0072128

( 3- 0) BUF John Leypoldt 32 yard field goal ( 6- 0) BUF John Leypoldt 31 yard field goal (13- 0) BUF J.D. Hill 39 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) (13- 7) OAK Raymond Chester 55 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick) (16- 7) BUF John Leypoldt 22 yard field goal (16-14) OAK Marv Hubbard 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick) (16-21) OAK Clarence Davis 7 yard rush (George Blanda kick) (16-28) OAK Clarence Davis 20 yard rush (George Blanda kick)
                     BUF             OAK
First Downs:         16              22
Rushes-yards:        45-181          34-215
Yards/rush:          4.0             6.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-23-139-1     10-26-192-2
Sacked-yards:        3-25            1-11
Net pass yards:      114             181
Net yards/pass:      4.4             6.7
Total net yards:     295             396
Total plays:         71 (63% run)    61 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             6.5
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             1-0
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     7-77            7-67

Attendance: 53,501

Passing:
BUF: Dennis Shaw, 14 of 21 for 125 yards and 1 TD (1 int); O.J. Simpson, 1 of 1 for 14 yards; Spike Jones, 0 of 1 for 0 yards OAK: Daryle Lamonica, 10 of 26 for 192 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
Rushing:
BUF: O.J. Simpson, 28 for 144 yards; Jim Braxton, 13 for 30 yards; Dennis Shaw, 4 for 7 yards OAK: Marv Hubbard, 20 for 122 yards and 1 TD; Clarence Davis, 6 for 56 yards and 2 TDs; Charlie Smith, 5 for 20 yards; Pete Banaszak, 3 for 17 yards
Receiving:
BUF: Jim Braxton, 6 for 49 yards; J.D. Hill, 3 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Bob Chandler, 2 for 21 yards; O.J. Simpson, 2 for 9 yards; Wayne Patrick, 2 for 8 yards OAK: Raymond Chester, 4 for 84 yards and 1 TD; Clarence Davis, 2 for 30 yards; Mike Siani, 2 for 30 yards; Charlie Smith, 1 for 43 yards; Marv Hubbard, 1 for 5 yards
Kick returns:
BUF: Tony Greene, 1 for 28 yards; Alvin Wyatt, 1 for 28 yards; Andy Selfridge, 1 for 6 yards OAK: Clarence Davis, 1 for 20 yards
Punt returns:
BUF: Alvin Wyatt, 3 for 26 yards; J.D. Hill, 2 for 12 yards OAK: Cliff Branch, 4 for -4 yards
Interceptions:
BUF: Ken Lee, 1 for 2 yards; Alvin Wyatt, 1 for 0 yards OAK: George Atkinson, 1 for 8 yards
Punting:
BUF: Spike Jones, 5 for 202 yards OAK: Jerry DePoyster, 6 for 252 yards
Field Goals:
BUF: John Leypoldt, 3/4 OAK: George Blanda, 0/1


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