| Boston Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1968 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 62351 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 61 F Humidty: 36% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 48 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Matt Snell 2 run (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 12 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 23 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Matt Snell 1 run (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Babe Parilli 2 run (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Billy Joe 7 run (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Billy Joe 15 run (Bake Turner kick) | 0 | 41 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Whalen 87 pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Billy Joe 32 run (Bake Turner kick) | 7 | 48 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Bob Scarpitto 33 pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 14 | 48 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Art Graham |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 63 | LOG | Justin Canale |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 68 | ROG | Karl Singer |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Jim Whalen |
| 17 | QB | Mike Taliaferro |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| 22 | RB | Gene Thomas |
| 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 |
| 25 | LS | John Charles |
| 42 | RS | Don Webb |
| 23 | RDH | Daryl Johnson |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | George Sauer |
| 75 | LOT | Winston Hill |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Talamini |
| 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 |
| 41 | FB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 72 | LDT | Paul Rochester |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 24 | LCB | Johnny Sample |
| 22 | LS | Jim Hudson |
| 46 | RS | Billy Baird |
| 48 | RCB | Cornell Gordon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| R.C. Gamble | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Gene Thomas | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Billy Joe | 11 | 80 | 7.3 | 32t | 3 |
| Matt Snell | 16 | 37 | 2.3 | 7 | 2 |
| Bill Mathis | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 18 | 0 |
| George Sauer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 5 | 86 | 4.3 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 17.9 |
| Tom Sherman | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 146 | 18.3 | 87t | 2 | 3 | 24 | 135.4 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 2 | 179 | 9.9 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 50.2 |
| Babe Parilli | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Art Graham | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Whalen | 2 | 113 | 56.5 | 87t | 1 |
| Aaron Marsh | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Gene Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Matt Snell | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Leroy Mitchell | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Sample | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Hudson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Al Atkinson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Terry Swanson | 6 | 221 | 36.8 | 47 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Willie Porter | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Billy Baird | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Christy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike D'Amato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Willie Porter | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| R.C. Gamble | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
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