| New York Jets at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1969 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 50583 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 24% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 15 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Bill Mathis 1 run (Bake Turner kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Jim Turner 49 FG | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mike Haffner 23 pass from Pete Liske (Bobby Howfield kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Denson 41 pass from Pete Liske (Bobby Howfield kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 3 run (Babe Parilli pass failed) | 19 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 83 | WR | 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 |
| 31 | RB | Bill Mathis |
| 41 | RB | Matt Snell |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 85 | LDT | Steve Thompson |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 86 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 56 | LLB | Paul Crane |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 48 | LCB | Cornell Gordon |
| 22 | LS | Jim Hudson |
| 46 | RS | Billy Baird |
| 42 | RCB | Randy Beverly |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 84 | WR | Mike Haffner |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| 39 | RB | Tommie Smiley |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 62 | LDT | Jerry Inman |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 58 | RLB | Frank Richter |
| 40 | LCB | Grady Cavness |
| 34 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 27 | RS | Tom Oberg |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Matt Snell | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Bill Mathis | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 7 | 1 |
| Lee White | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 15 | 104 | 6.9 | 42 | 1 |
| Frank Quayle | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Burnett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommie Smiley | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 37 | 19 | 51.4 | 0 | 283 | 7.6 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 76.7 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Pete Liske | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 1 | 138 | 6.9 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 89.2 |
| Steve Tensi | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 21 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Sauer | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Matt Snell | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 54 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Dockery | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Denson | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Mike Haffner | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Tommie Smiley | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jim Hudson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Cornell Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 5 | 287 | 57.4 | 98 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Mike Battle | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 52 | 52,0 | 52 | 0 |
| George Burrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Mike Battle | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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