| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1981 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 54607 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 59 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 22 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 6 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 24 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 29 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Frank Lewis 23 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bruce Harper 29 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 19 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jerry Butler 67 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Jones 61 own fumble recovery (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 39 FG | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 22 FG | 14 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 73 | LOG | Jon Borchardt |
| 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 |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 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 | ||
| 80 | WR | Lam Jones |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 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 |
| 42 | RB | Bruce Harper |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Mike Augustyniak | 20 | 80 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 29t | 1 |
| Richard Todd | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 34 | 15 | 44.1 | 2 | 250 | 7.4 | 67t | 2 | 1 | 8 | 64.6 |
| Matt Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 0 | 190 | 7.0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 96.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Frank Lewis | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 23t | 1 |
| Jerry Butler | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 67t | 1 |
| Mark Brammer | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Byron Franklin | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerome Barkum | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 19t | 1 |
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Augustyniak | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lam Jones | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Lynn | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 54 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Kurt Sohn | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Byron Franklin | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 32 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Kurt Sohn | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Shane Nelson | 1.0 |
| Ben Williams | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Joe Klecko | 0.5 |
| Abdul Salaam | 0.5 |
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