| New England Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 5, 1980 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 53603 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 61 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Don Calhoun 1 run (John Smith kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Clark Gaines 16 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Ryan run failed) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Mike Haynes 65 blocked field goal recovery (John Smith kick) | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Harold Jackson 37 pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick) | 21 | 6 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 40 FG | 21 | 9 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Safety, Matt Cavanaugh ran out of end zone | 21 | 11 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 62 | LOT | Dwight Wheeler |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 74 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 43 | RB | Vagas Ferguson |
| 44 | FB | Don Calhoun |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDE | Julius Adams |
| 59 | LOLB | Mike Hawkins |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 54 | RILB | John Zamberlin |
| 56 | ROLB | Rod Shoate |
| 26 | LCB | Ray Clayborn |
| 30 | SS | Roland James |
| 48 | FS | Tim Fox |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Haynes |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Bobby Jones |
| 80 | WR | Lam Jones |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 70 | LOG | Stan Waldemore |
| 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 |
| 48 | SS | Ken Schroy |
| 28 | FS | Darrol Ray |
| 26 | RCB | Donald Dykes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Don Calhoun | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Vagas Ferguson | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Matt Cavanaugh | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Matt Cavanaugh | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 155 | 10.3 | 37t | 1 | 2 | 16 | 89.6 |
| Steve Grogan | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 35 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.8 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 2 | 252 | 7.0 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 68.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Russ Francis | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 37t | 1 |
| Stanley Morgan | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Vagas Ferguson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chuck Foreman | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Derrick Gaffney | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Darby | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Lam Jones | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tim Fox | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rod Shoate | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Hubach | 6 | 245 | 40.8 | 46 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 5 | 237 | 47.4 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Roland James | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Haynes | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Preston Brown | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 34 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Rod Shoate | 2.0 |
| Julius Adams | 2.0 |
| Tony McGee | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Joe Klecko | 2.0 |
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