| New York Jets at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 10, 1978 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 40985 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 73 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Charles Romes 85 interception return (Tom Dempsey kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Jerome Barkum 14 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Derrick Gaffney 36 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Reuben Gant 11 pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick failed) | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Larry Walton 32 pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Jerome Barkum 3 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Kevin Long | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 |
| NYJ | Scott Dierking | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| NYJ | Clark Gaines | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NYJ | Richard Todd | 5 | -10 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| BUF | Terry Miller | 16 | 71 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 |
| BUF | Dennis Johnson | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NYJ | Richard Todd | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 2 | 196 | 7.5 | 36t | 3 | 3 | 25 | 84.8 |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 1 | 222 | 6.9 | 32t | 2 | 1 | 9 | 90.9 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Derrick Gaffney | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 36t | 1 |
| NYJ | Wesley Walker | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 |
| NYJ | Jerome Barkum | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14t | 2 |
| NYJ | Scott Dierking | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| NYJ | Kevin Long | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| BUF | Reuben Gant | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 24 | 1 |
| BUF | Dennis Johnson | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 8 | 0 |
| BUF | Terry Miller | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| BUF | Larry Walton | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 32t | 1 |
| BUF | Frank Lewis | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| BUF | Lenny Willis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| BUF | Lou Piccone | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Shafer Suggs | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| BUF | Charles Romes | 1 | 85 | 85.0 | 85t | 1 |
| BUF | Mario Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NYJ | Chuck Ramsey | 7 | 311 | 44.4 | 53 | 0 |
| BUF | Rusty Jackson | 9 | 329 | 36.6 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
| BUF | Mike Levenseller | 3 | 0 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 0 |
| BUF | Keith Moody | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 35 | 0 |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| NYJ | Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
| BUF | Sherm White | 1.0 |
| BUF | Phil Dokes | 1.0 |
| BUF | Lucius Sanford | 1.0 |
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