| New York Jets at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 29, 1968 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 38044 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 59 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Buffalo Bills | 10 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | George Sauer 4 pass from Joe Namath (Bake Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Bruce Alford 35 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Ben Gregory 2 run (Bruce Alford kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Tommy Janik 100 interception return (Bruce Alford kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Emerson Boozer 1 run (Bake Turner kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Bruce Alford 41 FG | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Don Maynard 55 pass from Joe Namath (Bake Turner kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Bruce Alford 37 FG | 21 | 23 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Butch Byrd 53 interception return (Bruce Alford kick) | 21 | 30 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Booker Edgerson 45 interception return (Bruce Alford kick) | 21 | 37 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Matt Snell 3 pass from Joe Namath (Bake Turner kick) | 28 | 37 |
| 4 | New York Jets | George Sauer 10 pass from Joe Namath (Bake Turner kick) | 35 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 71 | ROT | Sam Walton |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 32 | HB | Emerson Boozer |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample |
| 22 | LS | Jim Hudson |
| 48 | RS | Cornell Gordon |
| 42 | RCB | Randy Beverly |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | SE | Richard Trapp |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 61 | ROG | Bob Kalsu |
| 62 | ROT | Dick Cunningham |
| 87 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 10 | QB | Dan Darragh |
| 22 | HB | Max Anderson |
| 25 | FL | Haven Moses |
| 33 | FB | Ben Gregory |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 70 | RDT | Tom Sestak |
| 89 | RDE | Tom Day |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 64 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 42 | LCB | Butch Byrd |
| 27 | LS | Tommy Janik |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 24 | RCB | Booker Edgerson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 12 | 124 | 10.3 | 60 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Ben Gregory | 12 | 87 | 7.3 | 67 | 1 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Max Anderson | 13 | 17 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Cappadona | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dan Darragh | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 43 | 19 | 44.2 | 5 | 280 | 6.5 | 55t | 4 | 3 | 23 | 57.5 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dan Darragh | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 79 | 4.4 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 34.3 |
| Max Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 26 | 2 |
| Matt Snell | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Don Maynard | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Richard Trapp | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Ben Gregory | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Max Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 2 | 137 | 68.5 | 100t | 1 |
| Butch Byrd | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 53t | 1 |
| Booker Edgerson | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 6 | 195 | 32.5 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Billy Baird | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Hagood Clarke | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8.7 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Earl Christy | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 87 | 0 | |
| Bake Turner | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Mike D'Amato | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Max Anderson | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 63 | 0 | |
| Ed Rutkowski | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Paul Costa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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