| New York Jets at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1979 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 45825 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 39 pass from Richard Todd (Toni Linhart kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 47 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Toni Linhart 31 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Rob Carpenter 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 4 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Mike Barber 37 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 18 pass from Richard Todd (Toni Linhart kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Richard Todd 1 run (Toni Linhart kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 5 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 35 FG | 24 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | FB | Tim Wilson |
| Offense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 50 | RILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 11 | 69 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Scott Dierking | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Kevin Long | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Tom Newton | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Earl Campbell | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Boobie Clark | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 34 | 13 | 38.2 | 2 | 225 | 6.6 | 2 | 56.6 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 36 | 18 | 50.0 | 1 | 212 | 5.9 | 1 | 66.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Wesley Walker | 4 | 111 | 27.8 | 1 | |
| Clark Gaines | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Wilson | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Barber | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| Rich Caster | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Renfro | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Boobie Clark | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| J.C. Wilson | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 8 | 356 | 44.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 0 | ||
| Paul Darby | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Rich Ellender | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carter Hartwig | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Rich Ellender | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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