| Baltimore Colts at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1978 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 50248 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 37 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Scott Dierking 2 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Toni Linhart 30 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Don McCauley 1 run (Toni Linhart kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 48 pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Toni Linhart 22 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 38 pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Toni Linhart 41 FG | 16 | 21 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 22 FG | 16 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roger Carr |
| 35 | WR | Glenn Doughty |
| 69 | LOT | Wade Griffin |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Pratt |
| 57 | C | Ken Mendenhall |
| 62 | ROG | Ken Huff |
| 67 | ROT | Bob Van Duyne |
| 86 | TE | Reese McCall |
| 12 | QB | Bill Troup |
| 20 | HB | Joe Washington |
| 36 | FB | Don Hardeman |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Fred Cook |
| 74 | LDT | Dave Rowe |
| 76 | RDT | Joe Ehrmann |
| 78 | RDE | John Dutton |
| 52 | LLB | Tom MacLeod |
| 56 | MLB | Ed Simonini |
| 53 | RLB | Stan White |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 40 | SS | Bruce Laird |
| 44 | FS | Lyle Blackwood |
| 30 | RCB | Doug Nettles |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 89 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 17 | QB | Matt Robinson |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | NT | Abdul Salaam |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Klecko |
| 56 | LOLB | Larry Keller |
| 63 | LILB | John Hennessy |
| 58 | RILB | Mark Merrill |
| 59 | ROLB | Bob Martin |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don Hardeman | 11 | 90 | 8.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Bill Troup | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Kevin Long | 19 | 107 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 17 | 79 | 4.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Bill Troup | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 1 | 119 | 4.4 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 48.2 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 2 | 186 | 10.3 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 75.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don McCauley | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Reese McCall | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Wesley Walker | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 48t | 2 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Stan White | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Simonini | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| David Lee | 6 | 240 | 40.0 | 46 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Marshall Johnson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Schroy | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Marshall Johnson | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Kevin Bell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Darnell Powell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |
| Mike Ozdowski | 1.0 |
| Fred Cook | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Joe Klecko | 1.5 |
| Bob Martin | 1.5 |
| Abdul Salaam | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1.0 |
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