| Houston Oilers at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1981 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 50309 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 77 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 22 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Kevin Long 1 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 28 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 40 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 38 FG | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Safety, David Carter tackled in end zone by Greg Buttle | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 70 pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 23 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 41 FG | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Kevin Long 2 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 17 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 62 | LOG | John Schuhmacher |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 12 | QB | Ken Stabler |
| 26 | HB | Rob Carpenter |
| 34 | FB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 71 | MG | Ken Kennard |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 50 | LILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | FS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Stan Waldemore |
| 61 | ROT | John Roman |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 24 | RB | Freeman McNeil |
| 35 | FB | Mike Augustyniak |
| 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 |
| 56 | RLB | Lance Mehl |
| 47 | LCB | Jerry Holmes |
| 48 | SS | Ken Schroy |
| 28 | FS | Darrol Ray |
| 26 | RCB | Donald Dykes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 16 | 88 | 5.5 | 43 | 1 |
| Rob Carpenter | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Freeman McNeil | 17 | 70 | 4.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Augustyniak | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 5 | 1 |
| Kenny Lewis | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 138 | 6.9 | 70t | 1 | 7 | 66 | 49.6 |
| John Reaves | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 45 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 22.9 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 39 | 25 | 64.1 | 0 | 312 | 8.0 | 40t | 3 | 2 | 5 | 114.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 70t | 1 |
| Mike Renfro | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Holston | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Wesley Walker | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 40t | 2 |
| Mike Augustyniak | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Kenny Lewis | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Lance Mehl | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Darrol Ray | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Lynn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 51 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 6 | 275 | 45.8 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Kurt Sohn | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Willie Tullis | 1 | 69 | 69.0 | 69 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Kurt Sohn | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Kenny Lewis | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
| Daryl Hunt | 0.5 |
| Daryle Skaugstad | 0.5 |
| New York Jets | |
| Mark Gastineau | 3.5 |
| Darrol Ray | 1.5 |
| Ken Schroy | 1.0 |
| Greg Buttle | 1.0 |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
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