| New York Jets at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1966 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 35402 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 81 F Humidty: 85% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Safety, Rick Norton tackled in end zone by (Team) | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | New York Jets | George Sauer 20 pass from Mike Taliaferro (Jim Turner kick) | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Bill Mathis 4 run (Jim Turner kick) | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Jim Turner 45 FG | 19 | 0 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Dave Kocourek 43 pass from Rick Norton (Gene Mingo kick) | 19 | 7 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Pete Jaquess 27 interception return (Gene Mingo kick) | 19 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Matt Snell | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Rick Casares | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Auer | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| George Wilson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Price | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Rick Norton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 1 | 100 | 5.3 | 0 | 37.2 | |||
| Mike Taliaferro | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 1 | 61 | 3.6 | 1 | 37.1 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Rick Norton | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 97 | 4.9 | 1 | 51.5 | |||
| Dick Wood | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | 2 | 25 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 1 | |
| Pete Lammons | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Matt Snell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| John Roderick | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Bo Roberson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Kocourek | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Howard Twilley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Auer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Sample | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Abruzzese | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Pete Jaquess | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| John McGeever | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 8 | 332 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Wilson | 10 | 483 | 48.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Sammy Weir | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | ||
| Sherman Lewis | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Wes Matthews | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Neff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Sherman Lewis | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Weir | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Wes Matthews | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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