| Denver Broncos at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1967 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 61615 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 50 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bob Humphreys 43 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bo Hickey 3 run (Bob Humphreys kick failed) | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 72 punt return (Bob Humphreys kick) | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Denson 10 pass from Steve Tensi (Bob Humphreys kick) | 23 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bob Humphreys 47 FG | 26 | 0 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 39 FG | 26 | 3 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Wendell Hayes 5 run (Bob Humphreys kick) | 33 | 3 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pete Lammons 18 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 33 | 10 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Mark Smolinski 18 pass from Joe Namath (Joe Namath pass failed) | 33 | 16 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Bill Mathis 5 pass from Joe Namath (Bill Mathis run) | 33 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | SE | Eric Crabtree |
| 64 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 78 | ROT | Tom Cichowski |
| 89 | TE | Andre White |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 44 | HB | Floyd Little |
| 88 | FL | Al Denson |
| 31 | FB | Bo Hickey |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Rex Mirich |
| 62 | LDT | Jerry Inman |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 87 | RDE | Rich Jackson |
| 58 | LLB | Frank Richter |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 50 | RLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 21 | LCB | Goldie Sellers |
| 45 | LS | Tom Cassese |
| 28 | RS | Jack Lentz |
| 48 | RCB | Nemiah Wilson |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 79 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 31 | HB | Bill Mathis |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 78 | RDT | Jim Harris |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample |
| 22 | LS | Jim Hudson |
| 46 | RS | Billy Baird |
| 42 | RCB | Randy Beverly |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bo Hickey | 16 | 48 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Wendell Hayes | 18 | 43 | 2.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Matt Snell | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 0 | 59 | 3.7 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 74.7 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 60 | 24 | 40.0 | 4 | 292 | 4.9 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44.6 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Denson | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 32 | 1 |
| Bo Hickey | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Neal Sweeney | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Pete Lammons | 9 | 106 | 11.8 | 18t | 1 |
| George Sauer | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Mark Smolinski | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 18t | 1 |
| Matt Snell | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jack Lentz | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Goldie Sellers | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| John Huard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Richter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 11 | 483 | 43.9 | 59 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 7 | 265 | 37.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 2 | 0 | 102 | 51.0 | 72t | 1 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Cassese | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Billy Baird | 3 | 0 | 38 | 12.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Earl Christy | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Charlie Mitchell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | ||
| Wendell Hayes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Earl Christy | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Solomon Brannan | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 30 | 0 | |
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