Week 9, 1975

played in Buffalo, NY

35 degrees, fair, calm

New York (A) Titans	3	6	3	0	-	12
Buffalo Bills	7	0	3	7	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:57 BUF - Fair Hooker 14 pass from David Jaynes (Roy Gerela extra point)
1Q: 00:17 NYT - Pat Leahy 36 field goal
2Q: 09:15 NYT - Pat Leahy 32 field goal
2Q: 01:38 NYT - Pat Leahy 39 field goal
3Q: 09:41 NYT - Pat Leahy 33 field goal
3Q: 01:57 BUF - Roy Gerela 44 field goal
4Q: 01:33 BUF - Don Herrmann 26 pass from David Jaynes (Roy Gerela extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:57 BUF - Fair Hooker 14 pass from David Jaynes (Roy Gerela extra point)
1Q: 00:17 NYT - Pat Leahy 36 field goal
2Q: 09:15 NYT - Pat Leahy 32 field goal
2Q: 01:38 NYT - Pat Leahy 39 field goal
3Q: 09:41 NYT - Pat Leahy 33 field goal
3Q: 01:57 BUF - Roy Gerela 44 field goal
4Q: 01:33 BUF - Don Herrmann 26 pass from David Jaynes (Roy Gerela extra point)

Team Statistics NYT BUF
Record 4-4 4-4
First Downs 19 17
- by Rushing 4 5
- by Passing 14 12
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 261 284
- Offensive Plays 63 61
- Yards per Play 4.14 4.66
Net Rushing Yards 80 77
- Rushing Attempts 24 27
- Yards per Rush 3.33 2.85
Net Passing Yards 181 207
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 19 - 2 32 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 194 216
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 2/9
- Yards per Pass Play 4.64 6.09
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/13 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 2/13 5/28
Punt Returns/Yards 3/9 1/13
Kick Returns/Yards 3/102 3/70
Interception Ret./Yards 1/7 2/3
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/3 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 28
Time of Possession 30:35 29:25

Team Statistics	NYT	BUF
Record	4-4	4-4
First Downs	19	17
- by Rushing	4	5
- by Passing	14	12
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	261	284
- Offensive Plays	63	61
- Yards per Play	4.14	4.66
Net Rushing Yards	80	77
- Rushing Attempts	24	27
- Yards per Rush	3.33	2.85
Net Passing Yards	181	207
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 19 - 2	32 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	194	216
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	2/9
- Yards per Pass Play	4.64	6.09
Fumbles/Lost	3/2	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/13	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/13	5/28
Punt Returns/Yards	3/9	1/13
Kick Returns/Yards	3/102	3/70
Interception Ret./Yards	1/7	2/3
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/3	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 28
Time of Possession	30:35	29:25

Drive Charts

New York (A) Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:29	1:46	OWN 35	5	20	Punt
1	6:49	1:31	OWN 48	3	13	Interception
1	2:48	2:37	OPP 39	4	20	Field Goal
2	14:35	5:27	OWN 33	12	52	Field Goal
2	4:33	3:01	OWN 20	9	58	Field Goal
2	0:24	0:24	OWN 6	1	1	Half
3	15:00	2:09	OWN 37	3	1	Punt
3	12:51	3:16	OPP 31	6	15	Field Goal
3	1:52	4:41	OWN 8	9	47	Punt
4	8:00	5:42	OWN 5	10	44	Fumble
4	1:14	0:18	OWN 48	1	0	Interception

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:31	OWN 24	9	40	Interception
1	8:43	1:54	OWN 3	3	5	Punt
1	5:18	1:41	OWN 28	5	19	Punt
1	3:37	0:49	OPP 13	2	13	Touchdown
1	0:11	0:36	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
2	9:08	4:35	OWN 34	8	25	Punt
2	1:32	1:08	OWN 35	3	5	Punt
3	9:35	7:43	OWN 9	12	64	Field Goal
4	12:11	4:11	OWN 6	8	43	Punt
4	2:18	1:04	OPP 49	4	49	Touchdown
4	0:56	0:56	OWN 18	4	15	Game

Game MVP: David Jaynes, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
O.J. Simpson	19	65	3.42	11	2	0
Rod Phillips	5	15	3.00	6	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Walter Payton	18	49	2.72	10	1
David Jaynes	5	4	0.80	4	0
Reggie Harrison	4	24	6.00	19	1

Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Namath	37	19	194	2/13	0	25	2	44.2

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
David Jaynes	32	21	216	2/9	2	26	1	92.7

Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
FB John Riggins	4	4	26	6.50	15	13
RB O.J. Simpson	4	6	47	11.75	18	25
WR Everett Conley	4	10	43	10.75	3	14
WR Bob Pickard	2	9	32	16.00	5	21
WR Tim George	1	2	10	10.00	0	10
WR Bo Rather	1	2	14	14.00	0	14
TE Eric Sanderson	1	2	6	6.00	0	6
TE Irv Newton	1	1	11	11.00	3	11
RB Rod Phillips	1	1	5	5.00	0	5

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Fair Hooker	6	11	46	7.67	3	14	1
WR Don Herrmann	5	5	77	15.40	11	26	1
TE Bob Moore	4	4	33	8.25	3	17	0
WR Patrick Schulz	3	4	32	10.67	0	21	0
RB Walter Payton	2	4	17	8.50	8	9	0
TE Jerome Barkum	1	2	11	11.00	3	11	0
WR George Farmer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Bill Olds	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New York (A)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Antonio Dodge	1	7	7.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Dwight Harrison	1	3	3.00	0
S Bryant Salter	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New York (A)	Fumb	Recov	Force
Tim George	1	0	0
O.J. Simpson	1	0	0
Everett Conley	1	0	0
Bo Rather	0	1	0
Daniel Reiner	0	1	0
Marvin Warfield	0	0	1

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force
Lenny Dunlap	1	0	0
Tony Blevins	0	1	1
Don Herrmann	0	1	0
Carl Barisich	0	0	1
Jerome Barkum	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New York (A)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marvin Tuupo	3	125	41.7	37.3	44	3

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat McInally	6	280	46.7	41.8	54	3

Kicking Statistics

New York (A)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Pat Leahy	4/4	0/0	0/0	39	0/0

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Roy Gerela	1/1	1/1	0/0	44	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tim George	3	9	3.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lenny Dunlap	1	13	13.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
O.J. Simpson	3	102	34.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lenny Dunlap	2	49	24.5	0
Don Herrmann	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New York (A)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ron Smith	6	1	0.0	27	32
OLB Greg Brezina	6	0	0.0	25	32
OLB Mike Kolen	5	0	2.0	16	23
ILB Jim LeClair	5	3	0.0	27	34
CB Kennedy McCargo	5	0	0.0	19	31
DE Richard Neal	3	2	0.0	26	33
S Daniel Reiner	3	2	0.0	17	26
CB Earlie Thomas	2	2	0.0	25	27
DE Ron Acks	2	1	0.0	23	29
CB Antonio Dodge	2	0	0.0	10	10
TE Irv Newton	2	0	---	---	---
S Roderick Vance	1	2	0.0	23	30
DT Rickey McBeal	1	1	0.0	27	30
S Ed Jones	1	1	0.0	8	12
ILB John Ebersole	1	0	0.0	8	7
DE Greg Foggie	1	0	0.0	4	5
OLB Christian Howe	1	0	0.0	4	2

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Bob Babich	8	4	0.0	23	39
OLB Clyde Werner	6	3	1.0	24	39
CB Tony Blevins	6	1	0.0	17	36
DT Jim Osborne	5	0	0.5	23	36
CB Jeff Wright	5	2	0.0	24	38
DT Carl Barisich	3	1	0.0	19	30
S Bryant Salter	3	1	0.0	18	37
DE Andy Dorris	2	1	0.5	22	38
CB Dwight Harrison	2	2	0.0	24	37
S Tommy Casanova	2	0	0.0	1	8
OLB Tom Toner	1	2	0.0	8	4
CB Lenny Dunlap	1	1	0.0	23	36
S Donnie Walker	1	0	0.0	3	4
RB Walter Payton	1	0	---	---	---
DE Walt Patulski	0	1	0.0	23	39

Pass Rush Statistics

New York (A)	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Mike Kolen	2.0	1	1	23
DE Ron Acks	0.0	1	0	29
OLB Greg Brezina	0.0	0	1	32
DT Rickey McBeal	0.0	0	1	30

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Clyde Werner	1.0	0	1	1	39
DE Andy Dorris	0.5	0	2	2	38
DT Jim Osborne	0.5	0	1	0	36
DT Carl Barisich	0.0	1	2	0	30
DE Walt Patulski	0.0	1	0	0	39

Pass Defense Statistics

New York (A)	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Greg Brezina	4	0	0	32
CB Kennedy McCargo	4	0	0	31
S Ron Smith	3	1	0	32
OLB Mike Kolen	3	0	0	23
CB Earlie Thomas	3	0	0	27
CB Antonio Dodge	1	0	1	10
DE Ron Acks	1	0	0	29
ILB Jim LeClair	1	0	0	34
OLB Christian Howe	1	0	0	2
S Roderick Vance	0	1	0	30

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Tony Blevins	5	0	0	36
OLB Clyde Werner	3	1	0	39
ILB Bob Babich	3	0	0	39
CB Dwight Harrison	2	1	1	37
CB Jeff Wright	2	1	0	38
S Tommy Casanova	2	0	0	8
S Bryant Salter	1	1	1	37
S Donnie Walker	1	0	0	4
CB Lenny Dunlap	0	1	0	36

Blocking Statistics

New York (A)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Wayne Mulligan	2	4	15	1	30
Michael Crespo	2	3	21	0	27
Randal Farley	1	4	14	0	29
John Riggins	1	2	16	0	23
Todd Watkins	1	2	17	0	34
Kurt Schumacher	0	4	21	0	30
David Shiancoe	0	2	11	0	15
Eric Sanderson	0	2	15	0	22
Bob Johnson	0	1	9	0	9
Karl Chandler	0	0	9	1	9

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Reggie McKenzie	2	5	1	26	0	24
Joe Fields	2	4	0	20	0	29
Louis Andersen	1	3	0	22	0	27
Terry Owens	1	2	0	20	0	26
Bill Olds	0	3	0	18	0	17
Ken Huff	0	2	0	25	0	31
Mike Schnitker	0	1	0	7	2	8
Ed Flanagan	0	1	0	7	0	5
John Vella	0	1	0	5	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

New York (A)	Tackles	STPlays
Daniel Reiner	2	18
Tim George	1	11
Marvin Warfield	1	7

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Don Adams	1	16
Jerome Barkum	1	13
Don Herrmann	1	12
Jeremy Wolf	1	11
Tommy Casanova	1	10
Joe Fields	1	7

Participation

New York (A)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kennedy McCargo	---	---	19	31	21	71
Joe Namath	24	39	---	---	---	63
Jim LeClair	---	---	27	34	1	62
Ron Smith	---	---	27	32	2	61
Daniel Reiner	---	---	17	26	18	61
Richard Neal	---	---	26	33	1	60
Greg Brezina	---	---	25	32	2	59
Rickey McBeal	---	---	27	30	1	58
John Riggins	16	23	---	---	15	54
Earlie Thomas	---	---	25	27	2	54
Roderick Vance	---	---	23	30	1	54
Ron Acks	---	---	23	29	1	53
Wayne Mulligan	15	30	---	---	7	52
O.J. Simpson	19	28	---	---	5	52
Eric Sanderson	15	22	---	---	14	51
Todd Watkins	17	34	---	---	---	51
Kurt Schumacher	21	30	---	---	---	51
Everett Conley	11	25	---	---	14	50
Randal Farley	14	29	---	---	7	50
Michael Crespo	21	27	---	---	---	48
Tim George	13	22	---	---	11	46
Bo Rather	11	19	---	---	12	42
Irv Newton	11	22	---	---	8	41
Mike Kolen	---	---	16	23	1	40
Bob Pickard	17	20	---	---	1	38
David Shiancoe	11	15	---	---	7	33
Karl Chandler	9	9	---	---	7	25
Bob Johnson	9	9	---	---	7	25
Ricky Baker	2	2	---	---	21	25
Christian Howe	---	---	4	2	16	22
John Ebersole	---	---	8	7	6	21
Antonio Dodge	---	---	10	10	---	20
Ed Jones	---	---	8	12	---	20
Rod Phillips	5	12	---	---	1	18
Jesse Burgess	3	12	---	---	---	15
Tyrus Heskew	---	---	3	4	8	15
Pete Cusick	---	---	4	2	6	12
Roosevelt Winters	---	---	0	4	6	10
Pat Leahy	0	0	---	---	9	9
Greg Foggie	---	---	4	5	---	9
Marvin Warfield	---	---	0	0	7	7
Tim Gray	0	0	---	---	4	4
Marvin Tuupo	0	0	---	---	3	3
Deron DeLorraine	---	---	1	1	---	2
Dusty Malinsky	0	0	---	---	---	0
Lawrence Wiggins	---	---	0	0	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bob Babich	---	---	23	39	11	73
Lenny Dunlap	---	---	23	36	14	73
Clyde Werner	---	---	24	39	4	67
Dwight Harrison	---	---	24	37	5	66
Walt Patulski	---	---	23	39	4	66
Jeff Wright	---	---	24	38	4	66
Andy Dorris	---	---	22	38	4	64
Jim Osborne	---	---	23	36	4	63
Tony Blevins	---	---	17	36	9	62
Ken Huff	25	31	---	---	6	62
David Jaynes	27	34	---	---	---	61
Bryant Salter	---	---	18	37	3	58
Carl Barisich	---	---	19	30	7	56
Joe Fields	20	29	---	---	7	56
Jerome Barkum	20	22	---	---	13	55
Fair Hooker	21	30	---	---	---	51
Reggie McKenzie	26	24	---	---	---	50
Louis Andersen	22	27	---	---	---	49
Terry Owens	20	26	---	---	---	46
Walter Payton	22	24	---	---	---	46
Bill Olds	18	17	---	---	5	40
Patrick Schulz	19	20	---	---	---	39
Don Herrmann	10	16	---	---	12	38
Bob Moore	13	19	---	---	3	35
Reggie Harrison	4	5	---	---	16	25
Mike Schnitker	7	8	---	---	7	22
Tom Toner	---	---	8	4	10	22
Don Adams	2	4	---	---	16	22
Tommy Casanova	---	---	1	8	10	19
Ed Flanagan	7	5	---	---	7	19
Donnie Walker	---	---	3	4	11	18
Jeremy Wolf	4	3	---	---	11	18
George Farmer	1	6	---	---	10	17
Dean Perez	1	4	---	---	12	17
Harry Boyd	---	---	8	5	1	14
John Vella	5	7	---	---	1	13
Gary Puetz	2	3	---	---	7	12
Lewis Morris	1	10	---	---	---	11
Lamar Martin	---	---	3	1	3	7
Pat McInally	0	0	---	---	6	6
Roy Gerela	0	0	---	---	5	5
Levon Bernhardt	---	---	1	0	4	5
Sedrick Gourdoux	---	---	0	2	---	2
John Gordon	0	0	---	---	1	1
Andy Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Steve Ramsey	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	12	4.0
Middle	14	27	1.9
Right	7	41	5.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	36	4.5
Middle	12	29	2.4
Right	4	16	4.0
None	3	-4	-1.3

Detailed Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Namath	37	19	2	2	1	5	6	3	2

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
David Jaynes	32	21	2	3	0	2	3	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	13	115	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	5	58	4.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	21	5.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-1	-1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	61	4.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	8	109	10.9
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	47	5.9

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Everett Conley	10	4	0	43	0	25
WR Bob Pickard	9	2	0	32	1	20
RB O.J. Simpson	6	4	0	47	1	28
FB John Riggins	4	4	0	26	0	23
WR Tim George	2	1	0	10	0	22
WR Bo Rather	2	1	1	14	0	19
TE Eric Sanderson	2	1	0	6	0	22
TE Irv Newton	1	1	0	11	0	22
RB Rod Phillips	1	1	0	5	0	12

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Fair Hooker	11	6	46	0	30
WR Don Herrmann	5	5	77	1	16
TE Bob Moore	4	4	33	0	19
WR Patrick Schulz	4	3	32	1	20
RB Walter Payton	4	2	17	0	24
TE Jerome Barkum	2	1	11	0	22
WR George Farmer	1	0	0	0	6
FB Bill Olds	1	0	0	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
O.J. Simpson	2	3	1.50	3.42

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
David Jaynes	1	4	4.00	0.80

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Namath	4	1	1	0.25	5.24

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
David Jaynes	1	1	14	14.00	6.75

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tim George	1	0	0	0.00	5.00
WR Bob Pickard	1	0	0	0.00	3.56
FB John Riggins	1	1	1	1.00	6.50
WR Everett Conley	1	0	0	0.00	4.30

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Fair Hooker	1	1	14	14.00	4.18

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Rushes	Conversions
O.J. Simpson	2	1
Rod Phillips	1	0

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
David Jaynes	2	0
Walter Payton	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Namath	10	5	5

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
David Jaynes	10	7	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Everett Conley	6	2	2
WR Bob Pickard	2	1	1
WR Tim George	1	1	1
RB Rod Phillips	1	1	1

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Fair Hooker	3	1	0
WR Don Herrmann	2	2	2
WR Patrick Schulz	2	2	1
WR George Farmer	1	0	0
TE Bob Moore	1	1	1
RB Walter Payton	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,300 (21,400)
End Zone 11,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,600 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,300 (21,400)
End Zone	11,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,600 (3,300)