| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 10, 1976 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 52416 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 56 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Ed Marinaro 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Richard Osborne 2 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Gary Marangi 1 run (George Jakowenko kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Keith Moody 67 punt return (George Jakowenko kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 38 FG | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 86 | WR | Emmett Edwards |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Mike Montler |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 36 | RB | Jeff Kinney |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Ken Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Kadish |
| 79 | RDT | Marty Smith |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 55 | LLB | John Skorupan |
| 52 | MLB | Merv Krakau |
| 51 | RLB | Dan Jilek |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 24 | LS | Doug Jones |
| 43 | RS | Tony Greene |
| 28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | David Knight |
| 89 | WR | Lou Piccone |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 67 | ROG | Darrell Austin |
| 78 | ROT | Garry Puetz |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 25 | RB | Steve Davis |
| 49 | RB | Ed Marinaro |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | LDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 85 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Martin |
| 23 | LCB | Shafer Suggs |
| 27 | LS | Phil Wise |
| 22 | RS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 15 | 53 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jeff Kinney | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Gary Marangi | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Emmett Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Ed Marinaro | 31 | 119 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Steve Davis | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Louie Giammona | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 64 | 3.6 | 0 | 30.8 | |||
| Gary Marangi | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | 71.5 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 58 | 5.3 | 0 | 54.4 | |||
| Joe Namath | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | 21 | 1.9 | 1 | 32.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Seymour | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Chandler | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Emmett Edwards | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Rich Caster | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| David Knight | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Richard Osborne | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Dwight Harrison | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Ebersole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Duane Carrell | 7 | 238 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 1 | ||
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Louie Giammona | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | ||
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Jazz Jackson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| New York Jets | |
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