| Miami Dolphins at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1979 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 51496 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 64 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
| New York Jets | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Johnny Lynn EZ blocked punt recovery (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Jimmy Cefalo 26 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Uwe von Schamann 25 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Tom Newton 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Tom Newton 1 run (Pat Leahy kick blocked) | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Bobby Jackson 58 interception return (Pat Leahy kick failed) | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Bruce Hardy 18 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Uwe von Schamann 37 FG | 20 | 26 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Wesley Walker 71 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 20 | 33 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Nat Moore 6 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 27 | 33 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Delvin Williams | 16 | 48 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Tom Newton | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 2 | |
| Scott Dierking | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 45 | 22 | 48.9 | 1 | 296 | 6.6 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 83.2 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 186 | 18.6 | 71t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Nat Moore | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| Delvin Williams | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Hardy | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Derrick Gaffney | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 71t | 1 |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Gerald Small | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Roberts | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 43 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Tony Nathan | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Tony Nathan | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| New York Jets | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1.0 |
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