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Miami Dolphins at New York Jets Game Statistics
Date: September 30, 1979 Location: New York, NY
Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 51496
Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 64 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 16 mph
Data CoverageStat Key
Score By Quarters1st2nd3rd4thFinal
Miami DolphinsMIA10001727
New York JetsNYJ7136733
QtrTeamScoring PlaysMIANYJ
1New York JetsNYJJohnny Lynn EZ blocked punt recovery (Pat Leahy kick)07
1Miami DolphinsMIAJimmy Cefalo 26 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick)77
1Miami DolphinsMIAUwe von Schamann 25 FG107
2New York JetsNYJTom Newton 1 run (Pat Leahy kick)1014
2New York JetsNYJTom Newton 1 run (Pat Leahy kick blocked)1020
3New York JetsNYJBobby Jackson 58 interception return (Pat Leahy kick failed)1026
4Miami DolphinsMIABruce Hardy 18 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick)1726
4Miami DolphinsMIAUwe von Schamann 37 FG2026
4New York JetsNYJWesley Walker 71 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick)2033
4Miami DolphinsMIANat Moore 6 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick)2733
LINEUPS
Miami Dolphins
Offense
81WRJimmy Cefalo
67LOTBob Kuechenberg
64LOGEd Newman
62CJim Langer
66ROGLarry Little
71ROTMike Current
84TEBruce Hardy
86TERonnie Lee
12QBBob Griese
24HBDelvin Williams
39FBLarry Csonka
Defense
83LDEVern Den Herder
73NTBob Baumhower
75RDEDoug Betters
58LOLBKim Bokamper
56LILBSteve Towle
51RILBRusty Chambers
50ROLBLarry Gordon
41LCBNorris Thomas
25SSTim Foley
20FSNeal Colzie
48RCBGerald Small
New York Jets
Offense
81WRDerrick Gaffney
85WRWesley Walker
72LOTChris Ward
66LOGRandy Rasmussen
65CJoe Fields
60ROGDan Alexander
79ROTMarvin Powell
83TEJerome Barkum
82TEMickey Shuler
14QBRichard Todd
21FBClark Gaines
Offense
76LDELawrence Pillers
74LDTAbdul Salaam
73RDTJoe Klecko
93RDEMarty Lyons
51LLBGreg Buttle
54MLBStan Blinka
58RLBMark Merrill
40LCBBobby Jackson
23SSShafer Suggs
22FSBurgess Owens
29RCBJohnny Lynn
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGLGTD
Miami Dolphins
Delvin Williams16483.0110
Larry Csonka7202.950
New York Jets
Clark Gaines19924.80
Tom Newton11383.52
Scott Dierking10222.20
Bruce Harper7162.30
PASSINGATTCOMPCTINTYDSAVGLGTDTSYLRTG
Miami Dolphins
Bob Griese452248.912966.636311083.2
New York Jets
Richard Todd10660.0118618.671t10097.9
RECEIVINGNOYDSAVGLGTD
Miami Dolphins
Nat Moore812715.91
Jimmy Cefalo49223.01
Delvin Williams3248.090
Gary Davis3206.70
Norm Bulaich3155.00
Bruce Hardy11818.018t1
New York Jets
Derrick Gaffney410426.00
Wesley Walker17171.071t1
Bruce Harper11111.0110
INTERCEPTIONSNOYDSAVGLGTD
Miami Dolphins
Gerald Small14040.0400
New York Jets
Bobby Jackson15858.058t1
PUNTINGNOYDSAVGLGBL
Miami Dolphins
George Roberts519539.0431
New York Jets
Chuck Ramsey519639.2460
PUNT RETURNSNOFCYDSAVGLGTD
Miami Dolphins
Tony Nathan102525.0250
New York Jets
Bruce Harper1100.000
KICKOFF RETURNSNOFCYDSAVGLGTD
Miami Dolphins
Tony Nathan411629.0380
Mike Kozlowski11919.0190
New York Jets
Bruce Harper58316.6220
SACKSNO
Miami Dolphins
New York Jets
Lawrence Pillers1.0
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