| New England Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1979 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 45131 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 34 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| New York Jets | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Derrick Gaffney 13 pass from Richard Todd (Dave Jacobs kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | John Smith 47 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Safety, Chuck Ramsey ran out of end zone by (Team) | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Stanley Morgan 48 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 12 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Tom Newton 1 run (Dave Jacobs kick) | 12 | 14 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Dave Jacobs 39 FG | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Sam Cunningham 1 run (John Smith kick) | 19 | 17 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Richard Todd 8 run (Dave Jacobs kick) | 19 | 24 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Dave Jacobs 25 FG | 19 | 27 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | Stanley Morgan 39 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 26 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Horace Ivory | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Steve Grogan | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 19 | 93 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Tom Newton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Chuck Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 35 | 15 | 42.9 | 0 | 247 | 7.1 | 48t | 2 | 5 | 34 | 86.2 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 27 | 10 | 37.0 | 0 | 148 | 5.5 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 68.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Stanley Morgan | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 2 | |
| Harold Jackson | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Don Westbrook | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Horace Ivory | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jones | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Eddie Hare | 8 | 257 | 32.1 | 44 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 8 | 336 | 42.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | 3 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 35 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Don Westbrook | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Mark Washington | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Allan Clark | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Horace Ivory | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Rick Sanford | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Stanley Morgan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Tom Newton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Schroy | 0 | 23 | 23L | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Mel Lunsford | 1.0 |
| Tony McGee | 1.0 |
| Ray Hamilton | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 2.0 |
| Mark Gastineau | 1.0 |
| Abdul Salaam | 1.0 |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
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