| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1973 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 47790 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 29 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| New York Jets | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Jim Braxton 1 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York Jets | Jerome Barkum 48 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | O.J. Simpson 13 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Bill Cahill 51 punt return (John Leypoldt kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Jim Braxton 1 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 12 FG | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 11 FG | 34 | 7 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Rich Caster 16 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 34 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 34 | 200 | 5.9 | 30 | 1 |
| Jim Braxton | 24 | 98 | 4.1 | 2 | |
| Larry Watkins | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Emerson Boozer | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Hank Bjorklund | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 70 | 14.0 | 0 | 104.2 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 0 | 206 | 6.9 | 2 | 89.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Chandler | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerome Barkum | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 1 | |
| Rich Caster | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| David Knight | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 7 | 228 | 32.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Donnie Walker | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cahill | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Rocky Turner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| Pete Van Valkenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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