| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1978 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 44545 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 52 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 14 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Kevin Long 5 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Burgess Owens 40 interception return (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Reuben Gant 16 pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Kevin Long 16 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Kevin Long 3 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bruce Harper 82 punt return (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Derrick Gaffney 18 pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 42 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 38 FG | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Bob Chandler 15 pass from Bill Munson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 14 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 61 | C | Willie Parker |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Reuben Gant |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 40 | RB | Terry Miller |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 74 | LDT | Dee Hardison |
| 85 | RDT | Phil Dokes |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 59 | LLB | Shane Nelson |
| 54 | MLB | Randy McClanahan |
| 57 | RLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 24 | SS | Doug Jones |
| 43 | FS | Tony Greene |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 89 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 17 | QB | Matt Robinson |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | NT | Abdul Salaam |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Klecko |
| 51 | LOLB | Greg Buttle |
| 63 | LILB | John Hennessy |
| 52 | RILB | Mike Hennigan |
| 59 | ROLB | Bob Martin |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Dennis Johnson | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Terry Miller | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Kevin Long | 13 | 91 | 7.0 | 20 | 3 |
| Scott Dierking | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Darnell Powell | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 2 | 140 | 5.8 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 |
| Bill Munson | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 45 | 11.3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 130.2 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 66 | 7.3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 106.7 |
| Pat Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Terry Miller | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 52 | 0 |
| Reuben Gant | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16t | 1 |
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerome Barkum | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Burgess Owens | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rusty Jackson | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 48 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 3 | 0 | 39 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 0 | 88 | 29.3 | 82t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Curtis Brown | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 43 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bruce Stephens | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Lucius Sanford | 2.0 |
| New York Jets | |
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