| New York Jets at San Diego Chargers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 15, 1975 Location: San Diego, CA Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 49706 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 57 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Tony Baker 4 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 20 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Rickey Young 2 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Steve Davis 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Ray Wersching 45 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Bo Matthews 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | John Riggins 1 run (no attempt) | 17 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 11 | QB | J.J. Jones |
| 35 | RB | Steve Davis |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Billy Newsome |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 85 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 76 | RDE | Jim Bailey |
| 56 | LLB | Godwin Turk |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 57 | RLB | Rich Lewis |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 22 | LS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RS | Ed Taylor |
| 49 | RCB | George Hoey |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 80 | WR | Dwight McDonald |
| 65 | LOT | Booker Brown |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 69 | ROG | Ira Gordon |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 82 | TE | Pat Curran |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 41 | RB | Bo Matthews |
| 34 | RB | Rickey Young |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Fred Dean |
| 64 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 72 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 77 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 50 | LLB | Don Goode |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 51 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 46 | LCB | Danny Colbert |
| 42 | LS | Mike Fuller |
| 44 | RS | Chris Fletcher |
| 20 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 11/17 | / | 9 | 75 | 1 | 0 | |
| SD | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 5/11 | / | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 25 | 75 | 3.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Carl Garrett | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| J.J. Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 139 | 3.4 | 2 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rickey Young | 21 | 111 | 5.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Bo Matthews | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Dan Fouts | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 1 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Glen Bonner | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 249 | 5.2 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 2 | 181 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 42.5 | |
| J.J. Jones | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 13 | 2.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 3 | 194 | 5.7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 28.3 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 86 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.1 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.6 | |
| Team Totals | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 109 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerome Barkum | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Jazz Jackson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 194 | 12.1 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Pat Curran | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| Gary Garrison | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Dwight McDonald | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Sweet | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Glen Bonner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bo Matthews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 109 | 13.6 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chris Fletcher | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Greg Gantt | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 40 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Coy Bacon | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |