| Oakland Raiders at New York Jets |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 21, 1979 Location: New York, NY Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 55802 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 72 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland RaidersOAK | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | OAK | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 21 pass from Richard Todd (Toni Linhart kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Jim Breech 25 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Raymond Chester 25 pass from Ken Stabler (Jim Breech kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 22 pass from Richard Todd (Toni Linhart kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Jim Breech 25 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Scott Dierking 13 run (Toni Linhart kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Mickey Shuler 7 pass from Richard Todd (Toni Linhart kick) | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Oakland RaidersOAK | Raymond Chester 3 pass from Ken Stabler (Jim Breech kick failed) | 19 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||
| Offense | ||
| 21 | WR | Cliff Branch |
| 78 | LOT | Art Shell |
| 63 | LOG | Gene Upshaw |
| 50 | C | Dave Dalby |
| 66 | ROG | Steve Sylvester |
| 70 | ROT | Henry Lawrence |
| 87 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 88 | TE | Raymond Chester |
| 12 | QB | Ken Stabler |
| 31 | RB | Derrick Jensen |
| 30 | FB | Mark van Eeghen |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Dave Browning |
| 74 | MG | Dave Pear |
| 67 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 83 | LOLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 58 | LILB | Monte Johnson |
| 41 | RILB | Phil Villapiano |
| 53 | ROLB | Rod Martin |
| 37 | LCB | Lester Hayes |
| 36 | SS | Mike Davis |
| 32 | FS | Jack Tatum |
| 45 | RCB | Henry Williams |
| 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 |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| 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 |
| 53 | RLB | Mike McKibben |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 29 | RCB | Johnny Lynn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 17 | 86 | 5.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Derrick Jensen | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Hawkins | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Stabler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 16 | 85 | 5.3 | 1 | |
| Kevin Long | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 47 | 29 | 61.7 | 5 | 360 | 7.7 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 60.0 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 1 | 161 | 8.9 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Raymond Chester | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 2 | |
| Dave Casper | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Cliff Branch | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Rich Martini | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Brunson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Clarence Hawkins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Derrick Jensen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 2 | |
| Kevin Long | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Mike Davis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Lynn | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Shafer Suggs | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Burgess Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |||||
| Ray Guy | 3 | 146 | 48.7 | 60 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Ira Matthews | 3 | 1 | 34 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | ||||||
| Larry Brunson | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| John Hennessy | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | |
| New York Jets | |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
| Greg Buttle | 1.0 |
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