Philadelphia Eagles at Buffalo Bills (October 7, 1973)

Game Recap

In a October week 4 meeting in Buffalo, the Bills pitched a 27-26 victory over the Eagles. Bills took the going into halftime 24-16 and stayed composed in the second.

The Bills were led by Joe Ferguson who tossed in 0 picks. O.J. Simpson had 171 yards rushing, 1 TD.

For the Eagles, Roman Gabriel connected on 182 yards in the air, 2 TDs, 0 interceptions. Tom Sullivan had 155 rush yards. Charle Young had 1 touchdown.

The Bills ended with 276 total yards, 16 first downs, 1 turnovers and 5 penalties. They were of on third downs. The Eagles ended up with 451 total yards, 28 first downs, 1 turnovers and 3 penalties. They were of on third downs.

Notes

• Score: Buffalo BillsBUF defeat Philadelphia EaglesPHI 27-26
• Date: Sunday, October 7, 1973
• Game Time Kickoff: 1:00PM
• Buffalo Bills Stats - Yards: 276, Turnovers: 1
• Philadelphia Eagles Stats - Yards: 451, Turnovers: 1

Box Score

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOT
PHI	6	10	7	3	26
BUF	10	14	0	3	27

Passing Leaders

PLAYER		C-A	YDS	TD	INT	LNG
Roman Gabriel	PHI	16-29	182	2	0	0
Joe Ferguson	BUF	6-9	63	0	0	0

Rushing Leaders

PLAYER		ATT	YDS	TD	LNG
O.J. Simpson	BUF	27	171	1	0
Tom Sullivan	PHI	26	155	0	0
Norm Bulaich	PHI	13	104	0	0
Larry Watkins	BUF	5	33	0	0
Joe Ferguson	BUF	4	25	1	0
Po James	PHI	2	13	0	0
Tom Bailey	PHI	3	3	0	0

Receiving Leaders

PLAYER		REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Charle Young	PHI	6	58	1	0
Harold Carmichael	PHI	2	49	0	0
O.J. Simpson	BUF	3	33	0	0
Ben Hawkins	PHI	2	30	0	0
Tom Sullivan	PHI	4	29	0	0
Norm Bulaich	PHI	2	16	1	0
Bob Chandler	BUF	1	14	0	0
Larry Watkins	BUF	1	9	0	0

Team Total Rushing

TM	ATT	YDS	TD
BUF	36	229	2
PHI	44	275	0

Team Total Passing

TM	C-A	YDS	TD	INT	SCK
BUF	6-9	63	0	0	2
PHI	16-29	182	2	0	1

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