| New York Jets at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1970 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 85703 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 78 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 14 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Gary Collins 8 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Bo Scott 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 2 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Homer Jones 94 kickoff return (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 10 run (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | George Sauer 33 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Billy Andrews 25 interception return (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 83 | WR | George Sauer |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 61 | ROT | Roger Finnie |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 41 | RB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Mark Lomas |
| 85 | LDT | Steve Thompson |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 21 | LCB | Steve Tannen |
| 22 | LS | Jim Hudson |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Gary Collins |
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 62 | ROT | Joe Taffoni |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 16 | QB | Bill Nelsen |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 50 | LLB | John Garlington |
| 82 | MLB | Jim Houston |
| 51 | RLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | LS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 34 | RS | Mike Howell |
| 29 | RCB | Walt Sumner |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 16 | 108 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 15 | 2 |
| George Nock | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lee White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 3 | 298 | 9.6 | 1 | 61.7 | |||
| Al Woodall | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 58.3 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 0 | 145 | 5.4 | 1 | 73.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 10 | 172 | 17.2 | 1 | |
| Don Maynard | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Wayne Stewart | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Milt Morin | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Scott | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Fair Hooker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Walt Sumner | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Jim Houston | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Mike Battle | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Mike Battle | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 0 | ||
| George Nock | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Homer Jones | 2 | 116 | 58.0 | 1 | ||
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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