| New York Jets at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1977 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 43446 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Benny Malone 5 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Loaird McCreary 1 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Nat Moore 9 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 30 FG | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Clark Gaines 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Clark Gaines 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 17 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 78 | LOT | Garry Puetz |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 67 | ROT | Darrell Austin |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 21 | RB | Clark Gaines |
| 42 | RB | Bruce Harper |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | John Hennessy |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 74 | RDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 56 | LLB | Larry Keller |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Martin |
| 37 | LCB | Billy Hardee |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Nat Moore |
| 79 | LOT | Wayne Moore |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 71 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 87 | TE | Andre Tillman |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 32 | RB | Benny Malone |
| 82 | FL | Duriel Harris |
| 31 | FB | Norm Bulaich |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Vern Den Herder |
| 73 | NT | Bob Baumhower |
| 77 | RDE | A.J. Duhe |
| 58 | SLB | Kim Bokamper |
| 56 | LILB | Steve Towle |
| 57 | RILB | Mike Kolen |
| 50 | WLB | Larry Gordon |
| 41 | LCB | Norris Thomas |
| 25 | SS | Tim Foley |
| 42 | FS | Vern Roberson |
| 45 | RCB | Curtis Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 2 | |
| Richard Todd | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie White | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Benny Malone | 22 | 105 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Don Nottingham | 16 | 96 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Norm Bulaich | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 0 | 203 | 7.8 | 0 | 85.9 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 0 | 132 | 5.5 | 2 | 111.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Wesley Walker | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| David Knight | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Nat Moore | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| Duriel Harris | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Andre Tillman | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Loaird McCreary | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Mike Michel | 4 | 151 | 37.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| Ken Schroy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Hardee | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Terry Anderson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Davis | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Miami Dolphins | |
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