| League Championship - Oakland Raiders at New York Jets Game Statistics | 
| Date: December 29, 1968 Location: New York, NY | 
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 62627 | 
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 36 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 18 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland RaidersOAK | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | OAK | NYJ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 14 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 33 FG | 0 | 10 | 
| 2 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Fred Biletnikoff 29 pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick) | 7 | 10 | 
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 36 FG | 7 | 13 | 
| 2 | Oakland RaidersOAK | George Blanda 26 FG | 10 | 13 | 
| 3 | Oakland RaidersOAK | George Blanda 9 FG | 13 | 13 | 
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pete Lammons 20 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 13 | 20 | 
| 4 | Oakland RaidersOAK | George Blanda 20 FG | 16 | 20 | 
| 4 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Pete Banaszak 4 run (George Blanda kick) | 23 | 20 | 
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 6 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 23 | 27 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Warren Wells | 
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus | 
| 63 | LOG | Gene Upshaw | 
| 00 | C | Jim Otto | 
| 70 | ROG | Jim Harvey | 
| 79 | ROT | Harry Schuh | 
| 33 | TE | Billy Cannon | 
| 3 | QB | Daryle Lamonica | 
| 35 | RB | Hewritt Dixon | 
| 23 | RB | Charlie Smith | 
| 25 | FL | Fred Biletnikoff | 
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ike Lassiter | 
| 53 | LDT | Danny Birdwell | 
| 85 | RDT | Carleton Oats | 
| 83 | RDE | Ben Davidson | 
| 56 | LLB | Chip Oliver | 
| 55 | MLB | Dan Conners | 
| 34 | RLB | Gus Otto | 
| 43 | LCB | George Atkinson | 
| 21 | LS | Rodger Bird | 
| 45 | RS | Dave Grayson | 
| 24 | RCB | Willie Brown | 
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer | 
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill | 
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini | 
| 52 | C | John Schmitt | 
| 66 | ROG | Randy Rasmussen | 
| 67 | ROT | Dave Herman | 
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons | 
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath | 
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer | 
| 41 | RB | Matt Snell | 
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard | 
| 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 | 
| 46 | RS | Bill Baird | 
| 42 | RCB | Randy Beverly | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Hewritt Dixon | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 28 | 0 | 
| Pete Banaszak | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5t | 1 | 
| Charlie Smith | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 
| Daryle Lamonica | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 19 | 71 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 | 
| Emerson Boozer | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 | 
| Joe Namath | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Bill Mathis | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 47 | 20 | 42.6 | 0 | 401 | 8.5 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 80.2 | 
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 49 | 19 | 38.8 | 1 | 266 | 5.4 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 68.9 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Fred Biletnikoff | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 57 | 1 | 
| Hewritt Dixon | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 | 
| Billy Cannon | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 36 | 0 | 
| Warren Wells | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 40 | 0 | 
| Pete Banaszak | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 | 
| Don Maynard | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 52 | 0 | 
| Pete Lammons | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 | 
| Matt Snell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| George Atkinson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 7 | 299 | 42.7 | 61 | 0 | 
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 10 | 415 | 41.5 | 63 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| George Atkinson | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 | 
| Rodger Bird | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Charlie Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Billy Baird | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Earl Christy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| George Atkinson | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Charlie Smith | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Earl Christy | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| Bake Turner | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS | 
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||
| Ben Davidson | 0.5 | 3.5 | 
| Ike Lassiter | 0.5 | 3.5 | 
| New York Jets | ||
| Verlon Biggs | 1.0 | 6.0 | 
| Paul Rochester | 1.0 | 2.0 | 
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