| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1965 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 55427 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 36 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 19 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Charley Warner 87 kickoff return (Daryle Lamonica pass failed) | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 36 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Charley Warner 11 pass from Daryle Lamonica (Daryle Lamonica run failed) | 12 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | SE | Ed Rutkowski |
| 77 | LOT | Stew Barber |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 60 | C | Dave Behrman |
| 50 | ROG | Al Bemiller |
| 79 | ROT | Dick Hudson |
| 82 | TE | Paul Costa |
| 15 | QB | Jack Kemp |
| 20 | HB | Bobby Smith |
| 46 | FL | Bo Roberson |
| 30 | FB | Wray Carlton |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 70 | RDT | Tom Sestak |
| 88 | RDE | Tom Day |
| 51 | LLB | John Tracey |
| 64 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 24 | LCB | Booker Edgerson |
| 45 | LS | Hagood Clarke |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | SE | Bake Turner |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 65 | LOG | Sam DeLuca |
| 52 | C | Mike Hudock |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 79 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 83 | TE | George Sauer |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 31 | HB | Bill Mathis |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 30 | FB | Mark Smolinski |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 82 | LDT | Bert Wilder |
| 78 | RDT | Jim Harris |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 88 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 46 | LCB | Billy Baird |
| 40 | LS | Dainard Paulson |
| 25 | RS | Ray Abruzzese |
| 48 | RCB | Cornell Gordon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wray Carlton | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Mark Smolinski | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 122 | 7.6 | 43 | 1 | 96.4 | ||
| Jack Kemp | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 1 | 43 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 | 14.6 | ||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 44 | 17 | 38.6 | 2 | 239 | 5.4 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Costa | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Pete Mills | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Charley Warner | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Bo Roberson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Don Maynard | 9 | 180 | 20.0 | 40 | 2 |
| Mark Smolinski | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| George Sauer | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Billy Baird | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 8 | 313 | 39.1 | 58 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 10 | 442 | 44.2 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Butch Byrd | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ed Rutkowski | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Charley Warner | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 87t | 1 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Kern Carson | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 29 | 0 | |
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