| 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 Bills | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| New York Jets | 14 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Kevin Long 5 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Jets | Burgess Owens 40 interception return (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Reuben Gant 16 pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Kevin Long 16 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Kevin Long 3 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Bruce Harper 82 punt return (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Derrick Gaffney 18 pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 42 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Pat Leahy 38 FG | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Bob Chandler 15 pass from Bill Munson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 14 | 45 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Dennis Johnson | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 15 | 0 |
| BUF | Terry Miller | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| NYJ | Kevin Long | 13 | 91 | 7.0 | 20 | 3 |
| NYJ | Scott Dierking | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| NYJ | Darnell Powell | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
| NYJ | Clark Gaines | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| NYJ | Tom Newton | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| NYJ | Matt Robinson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| NYJ | Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 2 | 140 | 5.8 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 |
| BUF | Bill Munson | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 45 | 11.3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 130.2 |
| NYJ | Matt Robinson | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 66 | 7.3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 106.7 |
| NYJ | Pat Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Terry Miller | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 52 | 0 |
| BUF | Reuben Gant | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16t | 1 |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Frank Lewis | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| BUF | Bob Chandler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| NYJ | Jerome Barkum | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
| NYJ | Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| NYJ | Wesley Walker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYJ | Burgess Owens | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| NYJ | Bobby Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BUF | Rusty Jackson | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 48 | 1 |
| NYJ | Chuck Ramsey | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Keith Moody | 3 | 0 | 39 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 3 | 0 | 88 | 29.3 | 82t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 43 | 0 |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bruce Harper | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 23 | 0 |
| NYJ | Bruce Stephens | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| BUF | Lucius Sanford | 2.0 |
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