| Washington Redskins at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1976 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 46638 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 37 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 37 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Jean Fugett 16 pass from Billy Kilmer (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Roy Jefferson 14 pass from Billy Kilmer (Mark Moseley kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 18 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 47 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 2 pass from Billy Kilmer (Mark Moseley kick) | 31 | 3 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Clark Gaines 6 run (Pat Leahy kick failed) | 31 | 9 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 23 FG | 34 | 9 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Louie Giammona 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 34 | 16 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 32 FG | 37 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Frank Grant |
| 80 | WR | Roy Jefferson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 75 | ROG | Terry Hermeling |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 84 | TE | Jean Fugett |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| 22 | RB | Mike Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 55 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 61 | RDE | Dennis Johnson |
| 59 | LLB | Brad Dusek |
| 53 | MLB | Harold McLinton |
| 55 | RLB | Chris Hanburger |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 27 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 13 | RS | Jake Scott |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Lavender |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Jerome Barkum |
| 82 | WR | David Knight |
| 72 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 78 | ROG | Garry Puetz |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Steve Davis |
| 21 | RB | Clark Gaines |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 85 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Martin |
| 23 | LCB | Shafer Suggs |
| 47 | LS | Tommy Marvaso |
| 22 | RS | Burgess Owens |
| 46 | RCB | Rich Sowells |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| John Riggins | 19 | 104 | 5.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Calvin Hill | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Larry Brown | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 19 | 109 | 5.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| Louie Giammona | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 1 | |
| Richard Todd | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 0 | 142 | 8.4 | 3 | 140.2 | |||
| Joe Theismann | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | 69.3 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 2 | 61 | 4.4 | 0 | 5.7 | |||
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Roy Jefferson | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 1 | |
| John Riggins | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Frank Grant | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Brown | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jean Fugett | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Danny Buggs | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Malinchak | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Smith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| David Knight | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Louie Giammona | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Pat Fischer | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Duane Carrell | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bob Brunet | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Louie Giammona | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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