| New York Jets at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 14, 1980 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 65315 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 70 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 44 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Joe Cribbs 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 47 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 38 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jeff Nixon 50 interception return (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Clark Gaines 11 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Bobby Jones |
| 80 | WR | Lam Jones |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 82 | TE | Mickey Shuler |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 21 | FB | Clark Gaines |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Mark Gastineau |
| 74 | LDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 93 | RDT | Marty Lyons |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Klecko |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 54 | MLB | Stan Blinka |
| 55 | RLB | Ron Crosby |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 28 | FS | Darrol Ray |
| 26 | RCB | Donald Dykes |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 69 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Reuben Gant |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 20 | RB | Joe Cribbs |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 65 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 90 | RDE | Scott Hutchinson |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 59 | RILB | Shane Nelson |
| 58 | ROLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 38 | FS | Jeff Nixon |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 14 | 94 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Joe Cribbs | 8 | 50 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Curtis Brown | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Terry Miller | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 34 | 19 | 55.9 | 1 | 168 | 4.9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 66.8 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 0 | 207 | 7.1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Lam Jones | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Reuben Gant | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jeff Nixon | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 7 | 310 | 44.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Joe Cribbs | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Paul Darby | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Joe Cribbs | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Ben Williams | 1.0 |
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