| New York Jets at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1972 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 46206 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 75 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 24 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 14 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 41 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | John Riggins 16 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York Jets | Chris Farasopoulos 65 punt return (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Emerson Boozer 12 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | J.D. Hill 38 pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Emerson Boozer 15 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 35 FG | 31 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | J.D. Hill 21 pass from O.J. Simpson (John Leypoldt kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Emerson Boozer 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 38 | 14 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 11 FG | 41 | 14 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 48 FG | 41 | 17 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Haven Moses 25 pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 41 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 26 | 125 | 4.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Emerson Boozer | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 15 | 2 |
| Steve Harkey | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Shaw | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 1 | 113 | 8.1 | 1 | 59.5 | |||
| Bob Davis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 58.3 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 4 | 190 | 7.9 | 2 | 71.9 | |||
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 46 | 23.0 | 1 | 158.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Eddie Bell | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Wayne Stewart | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| J.D. Hill | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 2 | |
| Jim Braxton | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Jan White | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve Tannen | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| Al Atkinson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ralph Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Phil Wise | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 0 | ||
| O.J. Simpson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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