| New York Jets at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1972 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 54418 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 36 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 15 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | John Riggins 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 34 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Greg Landry 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 13 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 21 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 20 FG | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 33 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 37 FG | 20 | 23 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Greg Landry 6 run (Errol Mann kick) | 20 | 30 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 38 run (Errol Mann kick) | 20 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | WR | Eddie Bell |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 42 | RB | Cliff McClain |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 85 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 50 | RLB | Mike Taylor |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 48 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 68 | LOG | Frank Gallagher |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 70 | LDT | Larry Woods |
| 73 | RDT | Bob Bell |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 45 | RS | Al Randolph |
| 46 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Cliff McClain | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 24 | 105 | 4.4 | 16 | 1 |
| Hank Bjorklund | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 15 | 123 | 8.2 | 1 | |
| Mel Farr | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 2 | |
| Steve Owens | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 1 | 165 | 7.5 | 1 | 63.6 | |||
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 125 | 6.9 | 1 | 77.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Eddie Bell | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 1 | |
| Don Maynard | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Walton | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Rocky Turner | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Phil Wise | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Bjorklund | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| Roy Kirksey | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mickey Zofko | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||
| SACKS | NO |
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