| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1980 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 45677 |
| Weather: Thstrm, Rain Temp: 51 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mark Brammer 6 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 30 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Mark Brammer 3 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Richard Todd 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 33 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Roosevelt Leaks 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Derrick Gaffney 9 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Scott Dierking 2 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Frank Lewis 31 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 31 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 86 | TE | Mark Brammer |
| 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 |
| 45 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 80 | WR | Lam Jones |
| 61 | LOT | John Roman |
| 70 | LOG | Stan Waldemore |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 17 | 59 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 |
| Mark Brammer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Kevin Long | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 0 | 140 | 5.0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 106.2 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 1 | 171 | 6.3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 77.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mark Brammer | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 16 | 2 |
| Jerry Butler | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 31t | 1 |
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Lam Jones | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Tom Newton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Steve Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 50 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Joe Cribbs | 3 | 0 | 46 | 15.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 1 | 40 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Terry Miller | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Brown | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Mark Brammer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lam Jones | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bob Winkel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Fred Smerlas | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Abdul Salaam | 1.0 |
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