Hit List #6 - 1972 Buffalo Bills **CLOSED**

The 1972 Bills also flip-flopped to use the mesh and durene versions of both their white jerseys and their blue jerseys...


White jerseys...
Week 5 - 10/15 @ OAKLAND - white mesh (BDSullivan)
Week 6 - 10/22 @ MIAMI - white mesh (Bill)
Week 9 - 11/12 @ NY JETS - white mesh (Mako)
Week 10 - 11/19 @ NEW ENGLAND - white durene (Mako)
Week 12 - 12/3 @ BALTIMORE - white durene (Mako)
Week 14 - 12/17 @ WASHINGTON - white durene (BDSullivan)

Blue jerseys...
Week 1 - 9/17 home vs NY JETS - blue mesh (Mako) - like to get another photo to confirm socks issue
Week 2 - 9/24 home vs SAN FRANCISCO - blue mesh (Bill)
Week 3 - 10/1 home vs BALTIMORE - blue mesh (BDSullivan)
Week 4 - 10/8 home vs NEW ENGLAND - blue mesh (BDSullivan)
Week 7 - 10/29 home vs PITTSBURGH - blue durene (Bill)
Week 8 - 11/5 home vs MIAMI - blue mesh (Bill)
Week 11 - 11/26 @ CLEVELAND - blue durene (BDSullivan)
Week 13 - 12/10 home vs DETROIT - blue durene (BDSullivan)

What can you find?
Bill

week 1 vs Jets


Buffalo Bills cornerback Robert James (20) and New York Jets Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Maynard (13) during a 41-24 Jets victory on September 17, 1972, at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Tony Tomsic)

Bill, look at the socks James is wearing (red-blue-red), in the database you have the pattern red-white-blue-white-red. I don't have time to check on Getty, US Presswire, etc, at the moment

I'm done for the day

I don't know. Mutant socks maybe???

These are all from 1972 and they have what we'd expect sock-wise...

Week 7 - blue durene


Week 9 - can't tell


Week 8 - blue mesh


This last one is from Week 2 (blue mesh) - 7 days after the Jets game pictured above. May be a one and done or (#20) Robert James used a non-uniform pair of socks. He's actually pictured above again (trying to) tackling Franco.

Week 6 - 10/22 - white mesh

week 10 at Patriots - white durene


http://www.uspresswire.com/image/5780942

week 12 at Colts - white durene


http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/KF010833/oj-simpson-carrying-the-football?popup=1
(listed as December 1972, Randy Jackson (33) was with the Bills in '72 only)

Was that before or after replacing Jermaine and singing with Michael & Co.?

week 6 at Dolphins - white mesh


http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/U1754814/oj-simpson-tackled-by-dolphins-defense?popup=1


week 9 at Jets - white durene?


http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/U1756689-23/oj-simpson-running-by-the-jets-defense?popup=1

I don't know about that Week 9 photo.

Looking at the Randy jackson photo above and seeing how the red outline made the letters look so bold and then comparing that to Bob Chandler in the last photo I'm inclined to think that Week 9 is mesh. Perhaps the squared letters had to be made a little smaller for the longer names - or in this case a player that needed his first initial as for "B. Chandler"

Week 3 vs. Baltimore: Blue Mesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qD1v-HrWHQ

Week 4 vs. NE: Blue Mesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJfYkoo-Zlc

Week 5 @ Oakland: White Mesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hjPYN-RYns&feature=related

Week 11 @ Cleveland: Blue Durene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RjRqJWa6Gs&list=PLF6796E87BDA0A7DC&index=10&feature=plpp_video

Week 13 vs. Detroit: Blue Durene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOsilG0xRs4&list=PLF6796E87BDA0A7DC&index=12&feature=plpp_video

Week 14 @ Washington: White Durene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7xcSWt0WoY

O.J.'s "2" on his 32 is the giveaway. If his "2' has a slant, it's mesh. If his "2" is horizontal, it's durene.

You mean the Week 9 photo, right, Tim?

Bill Schaefer wrote:You mean the Week 9 photo, right, Tim?

Yes.

Also, please note Bob Chandler's NOB. It's quite thin. If it were the durene jersey, the nameplate would be much thicker and not quished in so much. These are definitely mesh.