| New England Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1977 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 38277 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 68 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Charlie White 3 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Don Calhoun 8 run (John Smith kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Richard Todd 7 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Ray Clayborn 100 kickoff return (John Smith kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 44 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 24 FG | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Greg Buttle 44 interception return (Pat Leahy kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 25 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick failed) | 20 | 27 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Darryl Stingley 22 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 27 | 27 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 32 FG | 27 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 84 | WR | Darryl Stingley |
| 74 | LOT | Shelby Jordan |
| 58 | LOG | Pete Brock |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 66 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 44 | HB | Don Calhoun |
| 39 | FB | Sam Cunningham |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDE | Julius Adams |
| 54 | LOLB | Steve Zabel |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 59 | ROLB | Pete Barnes |
| 26 | LCB | Ray Clayborn |
| 34 | SS | Prentice McCray |
| 48 | FS | Tim Fox |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Haynes |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | David Knight |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 78 | LOT | Garry Puetz |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 21 | RB | Clark Gaines |
| 30 | RB | Charlie White |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 74 | RDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Martin |
| 39 | LCB | Maurice Tyler |
| 24 | SS | Artimus Parker |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Ike Forte | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bruce Harper | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Charlie White | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Kevin Long | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| Clark Gaines | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 3 | 231 | 6.8 | 1 | 42.6 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 3 | 154 | 7.3 | 2 | 72.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Don Calhoun | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | |
| Russ Francis | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Steve Burks | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Ike Forte | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 1 | |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie White | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| David Knight | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Haynes | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pete Barnes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Prentice McCray | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Artimus Parker | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Bob Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Patrick | 7 | 250 | 35.7 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 7 | 264 | 37.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mike Haynes | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ray Clayborn | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 1 | ||
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 0 | ||
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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