| Denver Broncos at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1973 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 55108 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 54 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 21 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 40 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Gene Washington 15 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 21 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Leroy Mitchell 40 interception return (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Burgess Owens 82 kickoff return (Bobby Howfield kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 21 FG | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 47 FG | 27 | 7 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 19 FG | 30 | 7 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 30 | 14 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 30 pass from Al Woodall (Bobby Howfield kick) | 30 | 21 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Haven Moses 76 pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick) | 37 | 21 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 56 pass from Al Woodall (Bobby Howfield kick) | 37 | 28 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 33 FG | 40 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 45 | LLB | Bill Laskey |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 56 | RLB | Ray May |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 36 | LS | Billy Thompson |
| 20 | RS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RCB | Calvin Jones |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 26 | WR | Margene Adkins |
| 83 | WR | Jerome Barkum |
| 72 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 6 | QB | Bill Demory |
| 42 | RB | Cliff McClain |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Ed Galigher |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 81 | RDT | Richard Neal |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 50 | RLB | Mike Taylor |
| 20 | LCB | Delles Howell |
| 22 | LS | Burgess Owens |
| 19 | RS | Chris Farasopoulos |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Joe Dawkins | 30 | 117 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 18 | 62 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Emerson Boozer | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 30 | 1 |
| John Riggins | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 1 | 137 | 8.1 | 2 | 104.3 | |||
| Steve Ramsey | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 115 | 23.0 | 1 | 143.8 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Al Woodall | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 1 | 240 | 7.5 | 2 | 75.0 | |||
| Bill Demory | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Floyd Little | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 76 | 76.0 | 76t | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerome Barkum | 4 | 111 | 27.8 | 2 | |
| John Riggins | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| David Knight | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Ray May | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Laskey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Delles Howell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Mike Adamle | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| Burgess Owens | 1 | 82 | 82.0 | 82t | 1 | |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Paul Smith | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
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