| Buffalo Bills at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1974 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 31982 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 56 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | J.D. Hill 41 pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 19 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick blocked) | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | John Leypoldt 36 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 36 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Ralph Baker 67 interception return (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | WR | J.D. Hill |
| 27 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 53 | C | Mike Montler |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 74 | ROT | Donnie Green |
| 87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 29 | RB | Don Calhoun |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Walt Patulski |
| 71 | MG | Mike Kadish |
| 73 | RDE | Earl Edwards |
| 86 | LOLB | Dave Washington |
| 50 | LILB | Jim Cheyunski |
| 59 | RILB | Doug Allen |
| 30 | ROLB | Bo Cornell |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 42 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 22 | RS | Bill Cahill |
| 28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Jerome Barkum |
| 82 | WR | David Knight |
| 72 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 50 | C | Wayne Mulligan |
| 78 | ROG | Garry Puetz |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Ed Galigher |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 74 | RDT | Joe Schmiesing |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 54 | MLB | Jamie Rivers |
| 55 | RLB | John Ebersole |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 22 | LS | Burgess Owens |
| 27 | RS | Phil Wise |
| 47 | RCB | Roscoe Word |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Don Calhoun | 18 | 71 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Hank Bjorklund | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 1 | 76 | 4.8 | 1 | 42.7 | |||
| Gary Marangi | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 95.1 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 0 | 131 | 6.9 | 2 | 101.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| J.D. Hill | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 1 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerome Barkum | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 1 | |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| John Riggins | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| David Knight | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Hank Bjorklund | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Ralph Baker | 1 | 67 | 67.0 | 67t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 6 | 260 | 43.3 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Greg Gantt | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Donnie Walker | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Roscoe Word | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 0 | ||
| Bo Cornell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Roscoe Word | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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| New York Jets | |
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