| New England Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1979 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 45131 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 34 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Derrick Gaffney 13 pass from Richard Todd (Dave Jacobs kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 47 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Safety, Chuck Ramsey ran out of end zone | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stanley Morgan 48 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 12 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Tom Newton 1 run (Dave Jacobs kick) | 12 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Dave Jacobs 39 FG | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 1 run (John Smith kick) | 19 | 17 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Richard Todd 8 run (Dave Jacobs kick) | 19 | 24 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Dave Jacobs 25 FG | 19 | 27 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Stanley Morgan 39 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 26 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 58 | LOT | Pete Brock |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 75 | ROG | Bob Cryder |
| 74 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
| 80 | TE | Don Hasselbeck |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 23 | HB | Horace Ivory |
| 39 | FB | Sam Cunningham |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDE | Julius Adams |
| 59 | LLB | Mike Hawkins |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 56 | ROLB | Rod Shoate |
| 26 | LCB | Ray Clayborn |
| 34 | SS | Prentice McCray |
| 48 | FS | Tim Fox |
| 25 | RCB | Rick Sanford |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 89 | WR | Bobby Jones |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 21 | FB | Clark Gaines |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | LDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Klecko |
| 93 | RDE | Marty Lyons |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 54 | MLB | Stan Blinka |
| 53 | RLB | Mike McKibben |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 29 | RCB | Johnny Lynn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Horace Ivory | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Steve Grogan | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 19 | 93 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Tom Newton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Chuck Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 35 | 15 | 42.9 | 0 | 247 | 7.1 | 48t | 2 | 5 | 34 | 86.2 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 27 | 10 | 37.0 | 0 | 148 | 5.5 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 68.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Stanley Morgan | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 2 | |
| Harold Jackson | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Don Westbrook | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Horace Ivory | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jones | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Eddie Hare | 8 | 257 | 32.1 | 44 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 8 | 336 | 42.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | 3 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 35 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Don Westbrook | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Mark Washington | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Allan Clark | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Horace Ivory | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Rick Sanford | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Tom Newton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Schroy | 0 | 23 | 23L | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Mel Lunsford | 1.0 |
| Tony McGee | 1.0 |
| Ray Hamilton | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 2.0 |
| Mark Gastineau | 1.0 |
| Abdul Salaam | 1.0 |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
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