| Atlanta Falcons at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1973 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 47283 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 56 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Tom Geredine 38 pass from Bob Lee (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 2 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Eddie Ray 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 14 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 24 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Louis Neal 47 pass from Bob Lee (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Eddie Bell 38 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Eddie Ray 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 28 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 84 | WR | Tom Geredine |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 56 | ROG | Dennis Havig |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 19 | QB | Bob Lee |
| 43 | RB | Dave Hampton |
| 25 | RB | Art Malone |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 58 | LLB | Don Hansen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 34 | LS | Ray Brown |
| 29 | RS | Clarence Ellis |
| 27 | RCB | Tom Hayes |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Jerome Barkum |
| 7 | WR | Eddie Bell |
| 72 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 1 | RB | Mike Adamle |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | John Elliott |
| 81 | LDT | Richard Neal |
| 57 | RDT | John Little |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 58 | RLB | Bill Ferguson |
| 20 | LCB | Delles Howell |
| 22 | LS | Burgess Owens |
| 21 | RS | Steve Tannen |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Eddie Ray | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 2 | |
| Dave Hampton | 23 | 65 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Lee | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Emerson Boozer | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 1 | 144 | 8.0 | 2 | 86.3 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 3 | 191 | 6.0 | 2 | 47.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Louis Neal | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 1 | |
| Tom Geredine | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| Eddie Ray | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Eddie Bell | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | |
| Rich Caster | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ray Brown | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Plummer | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Ralph Baker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 5 | 174 | 34.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ray Brown | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Rocky Turner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Steve Tannen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Joe Washington | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| Tom Geredine | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| New York Jets | |
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