| New York Jets at Boston Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1968 Location: Birmingham, AL |
| Venue: Legion Field Attendance: 29192 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 85 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| New York Jets | 14 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 47 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Randy Beverly 68 interception return (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Boston Patriots | Gino Cappelletti 31 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Jets | Don Maynard 39 pass from Joe Namath (Bake Turner kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Jim Turner 30 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Jim Turner 27 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Boston Patriots | Aaron Marsh 70 pass from Mike Taliaferro (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Boston Patriots | Mel Witt 4 interception return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 17 | 20 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Mark Smolinski 3 blocked punt recovery (Bake Turner kick) | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Pete Lammons 27 pass from Joe Namath (Bake Turner kick) | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Jim Turner 27 FG | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Emerson Boozer 1 run (Bake Turner kick) | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Boston Patriots | Ed Philpott 10 opponents fumble recovery (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 24 | 44 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Jim Turner 48 FG | 24 | 47 |
| 4 | Boston Patriots | Gene Thomas 1 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 31 | 47 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Jim Colclough |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 63 | LOG | Justin Canale |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 17 | QB | Mike Taliaferro |
| 13 | RB | R.C. Gamble |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| 29 | FL | Aaron Marsh |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Dennis Byrd |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 52 | LLB | Ed Philpott |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 58 | RLB | Doug Satcher |
| 41 | LDH | Leroy Mitchell |
| 42 | LS | Don Webb |
| 25 | RS | John Charles |
| 23 | RDH | Daryl Johnson |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 71 | ROT | Sam Walton |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 32 | HB | Emerson Boozer |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 31 | FB | Bill Mathis |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 68 | MLB | Mike Stromberg |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample |
| 22 | LS | Jim Hudson |
| 48 | RS | Cornell Gordon |
| 42 | RCB | Randy Beverly |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Emerson Boozer | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 33 | 1 |
| Matt Snell | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | -2 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 14 | 25 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Thomas | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| R.C. Gamble | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 1 | 196 | 7.8 | 39t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.1 |
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | -7 | -1.8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 4 | 276 | 9.2 | 70t | 1 | 4 | 45 | 59.2 |
| Tom Sherman | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 73 | 10.4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 27t | 1 |
| Mark Smolinski | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Matt Snell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Whalen | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Aaron Marsh | 4 | 140 | 35.0 | 70t | 1 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Art Graham | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
| R.C. Gamble | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Thomas | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jim Hudson | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Randy Beverly | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68t | 1 |
| Earl Christy | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ed Philpott | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mel Witt | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 265 | 53.0 | 65 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Bob Scarpitto | 7 | 257 | 36.7 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Earl Christy | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Willie Porter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bake Turner | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Earl Christy | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Matt Snell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Willie Porter | 8 | 173 | 21.6 | 27 | 0 | |
| Gene Thomas | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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