| New York Jets at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1970 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 46206 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 56 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Steve Tannen 41 blocked punt recovery (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 95 kickoff return (Grant Guthrie kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 72 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 22 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Grant Guthrie 10 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | George Sauer 25 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Grant Guthrie 40 FG | 24 | 13 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Marlin Briscoe 19 pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick) | 24 | 20 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 6 run (Jim Turner kick) | 31 | 20 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | O.J. Simpson 1 run (Grant Guthrie kick) | 31 | 27 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Marlin Briscoe 25 pass from Dennis Shaw (Grant Guthrie kick) | 31 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 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 |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 21 | LCB | Steve Tannen |
| 48 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 54 | LOT | Howard Kindig |
| 73 | LOG | Richard Cheek |
| 57 | C | Frank Marchlewski |
| 67 | ROG | Joe O'Donnell |
| 79 | ROT | Paul Costa |
| 84 | TE | Austin Denney |
| 16 | QB | Dennis Shaw |
| 30 | RB | Wayne Patrick |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 65 | RDT | Waddey Harvey |
| 82 | RDE | Al Cowlings |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 52 | MLB | Edgar Chandler |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 21 | RS | Jackie Allen |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 22 | 88 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 6 | 1 |
| Lee White | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 21 | 99 | 4.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Dennis Shaw | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Bill Enyart | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 0 | 228 | 8.8 | 2 | 102.7 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 2 | 317 | 15.1 | 2 | 93.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Rich Caster | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 1 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| George Sauer | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Matt Snell | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 2 | |
| Haven Moses | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Austin Denney | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Steve Tannen | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 5 | 148 | 29.6 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Mike Battle | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Jackie Allen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Mike Battle | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 141 | 70.5 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Alexander | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Mike McCaffrey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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