| Denver Broncos at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1968 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 62052 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 71 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| New York Jets | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Emerson Boozer 5 run (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Fran Lynch 4 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Fran Lynch 6 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Jim Turner 29 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Eric Crabtree 72 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Jim Turner 24 FG | 21 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Billy Van Heusen |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 58 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 64 | ROG | George Gaiser |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 40 | RB | Ronnie Lamb |
| 22 | RB | Fran Lynch |
| 41 | FL | Eric Crabtree |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 75 | LDT | Rex Mirich |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 89 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 20 | LCB | Charlie Greer |
| 43 | LS | Pete Jaquess |
| 28 | RS | Jack Lentz |
| 23 | RCB | Drake Garrett |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fran Lynch | 14 | 34 | 2.4 | 7 | 2 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Erwin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Garrett Ford | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Billy Joe | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
| George Sauer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 0 | 201 | 9.1 | 72t | 1 | 3 | 27 | 93.2 |
| Fran Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 41 | 20 | 48.8 | 5 | 341 | 8.3 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 37.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Eric Crabtree | 5 | 148 | 29.6 | 72t | 1 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 9 | 191 | 21.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Charlie Greer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| John Huard | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jack Lentz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 9 | 375 | 41.7 | 53 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 3 | 146 | 48.7 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Tommy Luke | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Earl Christy | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Gus Hollomon | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Tommy Luke | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Earl Christy | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Bake Turner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
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