| New England Patriots at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1976 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 49983 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 44 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 19 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Greg Buttle 23 opponents fumble recovery (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Andy Johnson 15 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Darryl Stingley 17 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Prentice McCray 63 interception return (John Smith kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 11 pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Prentice McCray 55 interception return (John Smith kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Pete Brock 6 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 35 | 17 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 28 FG | 38 | 17 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Clark Gaines 26 pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 38 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Darryl Stingley |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 87 | TE | Al Chandler |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 44 | RB | Don Calhoun |
| 32 | RB | Andy Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDE | Julius Adams |
| 54 | LOLB | Steve Zabel |
| 53 | LILB | Jim Romaniszyn |
| 59 | ROLB | Pete Barnes |
| 50 | RLB | Sam Hunt |
| 24 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 34 | LS | Prentice McCray |
| 48 | RS | Tim Fox |
| 40 | RCB | Mike Haynes |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | David Knight |
| 80 | WR | Howard Satterwhite |
| 72 | LOT | Robert Woods |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 78 | ROG | Garry Puetz |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Steve Davis |
| 21 | RB | Clark Gaines |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 77 | LDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 85 | RDT | Ed Galigher |
| 81 | RDE | Richard Neal |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Martin |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 27 | LS | Phil Wise |
| 22 | RS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Don Calhoun | 22 | 109 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Johnson | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ike Forte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 18 | 54 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Louie Giammona | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 1 | 83 | 4.0 | 3 | 78.0 | |||
| Andy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 36 | 16 | 44.4 | 5 | 176 | 4.9 | 1 | 29.2 | |||
| Richard Todd | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 38 | 6.3 | 1 | 56.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Andy Johnson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| Don Calhoun | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Randy Vataha | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Darryl Stingley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Pete Brock | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 26 | 1 |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Louie Giammona | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Lou Piccone | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Howard Satterwhite | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Haynes | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Prentice McCray | 2 | 118 | 59.0 | 2 | |
| Tim Fox | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Patrick | 7 | 267 | 38.1 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Duane Carrell | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mike Haynes | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | ||
| Louie Giammona | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ike Forte | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | ||
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 0 | ||
| Louie Giammona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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