| 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 JetsNYJ | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Safety, Rick Norton tackled in end zone by Verlon Biggs | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | George Sauer 20 pass from Mike Taliaferro (Jim Turner kick) | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bill Mathis 4 run (Jim Turner kick) | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 45 FG | 19 | 0 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Dave Kocourek 43 pass from Rick Norton (Gene Mingo kick) | 19 | 7 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Pete Jaquess 27 interception return (Gene Mingo kick) | 19 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 65 | LOG | Sam DeLuca |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 79 | ROT | Sherman Plunkett |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 31 | HB | Bill Mathis |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 78 | RDT | Jim Harris |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample |
| 25 | LS | Ray Abruzzese |
| 40 | RS | Dainard Paulson |
| 46 | RCB | Billy Baird |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | John Roderick |
| 78 | LOT | Maxie Williams |
| 61 | LOG | Ernie Park |
| 58 | C | Tom Goode |
| 75 | ROG | Ken Rice |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 83 | TE | Dave Kocourek |
| 11 | QB | Rick Norton |
| 32 | HB | Joe Auer |
| 89 | FL | Karl Noonan |
| 35 | FB | Rick Casares |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Ed Cooke |
| 76 | LDT | Tom Nomina |
| 77 | RDT | Rich Zecher |
| 86 | RDE | Mel Branch |
| 53 | LLB | Tom Erlandson |
| 50 | MLB | Frank Emanuel |
| 54 | RLB | Wahoo McDaniel |
| 49 | LCB | Jimmy Warren |
| 22 | LS | Willie West |
| 47 | RS | John McGeever |
| 25 | RCB | Dick Westmoreland |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Matt Snell | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 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 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Auer | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam Price | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 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 | 24 | 0 | 37.2 | ||
| Mike Taliaferro | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 1 | 61 | 3.6 | 20 | 1 | 37.1 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Rick Norton | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 97 | 4.9 | 43t | 1 | 51.5 | ||
| Dick Wood | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | 2 | 25 | 1.7 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 20t | 1 |
| Pete Lammons | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 17 | 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 | 12 | 0 |
| Bo Roberson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 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 | 3 | 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 | 54 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Wilson | 10 | 483 | 48.3 | 63 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Sammy Weir | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 24 | 0 | |
| Sherman Lewis | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Wes Matthews | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 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 | 20 | 0 | |
| Sammy Weir | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Wes Matthews | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
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