| Miami Dolphins at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: September 3, 1978 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 49598 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| New York Jets | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Wesley Walker 47 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 36 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 22 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Delvin Williams 58 run (Garo Yepremian kick blocked) | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Mickey Shuler 1 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Wesley Walker 43 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Nat Moore 1 pass from Don Strock (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 46 FG | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 36 FG | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Loaird McCreary 5 pass from Guy Benjamin (Garo Yepremian kick) | 20 | 33 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Delvin Williams | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 58t | 1 |
| Norm Bulaich | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Leroy Harris | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 16 | 47 | 2.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Don Strock | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 2 | 108 | 4.7 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 36.1 |
| Guy Benjamin | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 79 | 13.2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 1 | 245 | 9.8 | 47t | 3 | 2 | 18 | 122.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Duriel Harris | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bruce Hardy | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Delvin Williams | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Loaird McCreary | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Gary Davis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Leroy Harris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Andre Tillman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Kevin Long | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 47t | 2 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Rick Volk | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike Hennigan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Roberts | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 50 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Gary Davis | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| Terry Anderson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 39 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| Kim Bokamper | 1.0 |
| Larry Gordon | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
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