| Miami Dolphins at New York Jets |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 30, 1979 Location: New York, NY Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 51496 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 64 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Lynn EZ blocked punt recovery (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Jimmy Cefalo 26 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Uwe von Schamann 25 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Tom Newton 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Tom Newton 1 run (Pat Leahy kick blocked) | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Jackson 58 interception return (Pat Leahy kick failed) | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Bruce Hardy 18 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 17 | 26 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Uwe von Schamann 37 FG | 20 | 26 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 71 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 20 | 33 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Nat Moore 6 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 27 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jimmy Cefalo |
| 67 | LOT | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 64 | LOG | Ed Newman |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 71 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 84 | TE | Bruce Hardy |
| 86 | TE | Ronnie Lee |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 24 | HB | Delvin Williams |
| 39 | FB | Larry Csonka |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Vern Den Herder |
| 73 | NT | Bob Baumhower |
| 75 | RDE | Doug Betters |
| 58 | LOLB | Kim Bokamper |
| 56 | LILB | Steve Towle |
| 51 | RILB | Rusty Chambers |
| 50 | ROLB | Larry Gordon |
| 41 | LCB | Norris Thomas |
| 25 | SS | Tim Foley |
| 20 | FS | Neal Colzie |
| 48 | RCB | Gerald Small |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 85 | 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 |
| 82 | TE | Mickey Shuler |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 21 | FB | Clark Gaines |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | LDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Klecko |
| 93 | RDE | Marty Lyons |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 54 | MLB | Stan Blinka |
| 58 | RLB | Mark Merrill |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 29 | RCB | Johnny Lynn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delvin Williams | 16 | 48 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 13 | 2 |
| Scott Dierking | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 45 | 22 | 48.9 | 1 | 296 | 6.6 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 83.2 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 186 | 18.6 | 71t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Nat Moore | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| Delvin Williams | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Hardy | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Derrick Gaffney | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 71t | 1 |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Gerald Small | 0 | ||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | ||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Roberts | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 43 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Tony Nathan | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Tony Nathan | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| New York Jets | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1.0 |
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