| Boston Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1966 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 58921 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 51 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 18 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 20 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 12 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 8 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Whalen 18 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick failed) | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | George Sauer 77 pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Nance 1 run (Bob Cappadona pass from Babe Parilli) | 21 | 31 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Matt Snell 25 run (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 38 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Art Graham 15 pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 28 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Art Graham |
| 71 | LOT | Don Oakes |
| 60 | LOG | Len St. Jean |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 76 | ROG | Charlie Long |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 15 | QB | Babe Parilli |
| 40 | HB | Larry Garron |
| 20 | FL | Gino Cappelletti |
| 35 | FB | Jim Nance |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 51 | LLB | Jim Fraser |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 55 | RLB | Lonnie Farmer |
| 30 | LCB | Tom Hennessey |
| 23 | LS | Ronnie Hall |
| 34 | RS | Chuck Shonta |
| 42 | RCB | Don Webb |
| 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 |
| 32 | HB | Emerson Boozer |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 82 | LDT | Bert Wilder |
| 78 | RDT | Jim Harris |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 48 | LCB | Cornell Gordon |
| 25 | LS | Ray Abruzzese |
| 22 | RS | Jim Hudson |
| 46 | RCB | Billy Baird |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Babe Parilli | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 22 | 124 | 5.6 | 25t | 1 |
| Emerson Boozer | 23 | 117 | 5.1 | 54 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 38 | 21 | 55.3 | 2 | 379 | 10.0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94.1 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 0 | 287 | 13.7 | 77t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 149.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Gino Cappelletti | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 18t | 1 |
| Art Graham | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 44 | 0 |
| Jim Whalen | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 42 | 1 |
| Jim Nance | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Don Maynard | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 30 | 2 |
| Matt Snell | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| George Sauer | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 77t | 1 |
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Billy Baird | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 45 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Tom Hennessey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Earl Christy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Joe Bellino | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Purvis | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Earl Christy | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Mark Smolinski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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