| New England Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1975 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 57365 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 67 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 36 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Carl Garrett 6 run (Pat Leahy kick blocked) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 3 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 21 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick failed) | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 47 FG | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 13 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 29 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Russ Francis 42 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 4 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 36 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Darryl Stingley |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 63 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 39 | RB | Sam Cunningham |
| 42 | RB | Mack Herron |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 74 | RDE | Craig Hanneman |
| 57 | LLB | Steve Nelson |
| 90 | LOLB | George Webster |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Steve King |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 34 | LS | Prentice McCray |
| 25 | RS | John Sanders |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Jerome Barkum |
| 7 | WR | Eddie Bell |
| 72 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 50 | C | Wayne Mulligan |
| 78 | ROG | Garry Puetz |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 26 | RB | Carl Garrett |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 85 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 56 | LLB | Godwin Turk |
| 52 | MLB | Steve Reese |
| 57 | RLB | Rich Lewis |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 22 | LS | Burgess Owens |
| 27 | RS | Phil Wise |
| 47 | RCB | Roscoe Word |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mack Herron | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Dressler | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Allen Carter | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve Davis | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 13 | 27 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| J.J. Jones | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 3 | 140 | 6.7 | 0 | 22.0 | |||
| Steve Grogan | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 0 | 109 | 9.9 | 1 | 111.6 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 1 | 218 | 10.4 | 4 | 124.6 | |||
| J.J. Jones | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 70.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Randy Vataha | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Russ Francis | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 1 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Herron | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Allen Carter | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Doug Dressler | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Rich Caster | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 2 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 2 | |
| John Riggins | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Willie Brister | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ron Bolton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Godwin Turk | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Phil Wise | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Roscoe Word | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Patrick | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Greg Gantt | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Eddie Bell | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Leon McQuay | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Johnson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Burks | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Steve Davis | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| New York Jets | |
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