| Seattle Seahawks at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1978 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 46911 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 73 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SEA | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Clark Gaines 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | David Sims 3 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Clark Gaines 5 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | David Sims 2 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Efren Herrera 45 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 37 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | David Sims 3 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 63 | LOT | Nick Bebout |
| 61 | LOG | Tom Lynch |
| 51 | C | John Yarno |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 76 | ROT | Steve August |
| 87 | TE | Ron Howard |
| 10 | QB | Jim Zorn |
| 24 | RB | Al Hunter |
| 42 | FB | Don Testerman |
| Defense | ||
| 66 | LDE | Bill Sandifer |
| 68 | LDT | Dennis Boyd |
| 71 | RDT | Steve Niehaus |
| 77 | RDE | Bill Gregory |
| 56 | LLB | Sammy Green |
| 58 | MLB | Terry Beeson |
| 53 | RLB | Keith Butler |
| 38 | LCB | Cornell Webster |
| 27 | SS | Autry Beamon |
| 44 | FS | John Harris |
| 22 | RCB | Dave Brown |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 89 | 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | NT | Abdul Salaam |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Klecko |
| 51 | LOLB | Greg Buttle |
| 63 | LILB | John Hennessy |
| 52 | RILB | Mike Hennigan |
| 59 | ROLB | Bob Martin |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| David Sims | 23 | 121 | 5.3 | 25 | 3 |
| Al Hunter | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Zorn | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Testerman | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Kevin Long | 16 | 80 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 33 | 2 |
| Scott Dierking | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 26 | 19 | 73.1 | 1 | 191 | 7.3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 77.6 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 3 | 220 | 9.2 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 45.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Steve Largent | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Al Hunter | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Duke Fergerson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Howard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Raible | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Kevin Long | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| John Harris | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bob Martin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 51 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| John Harris | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Rufus Crawford | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Duke Fergerson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Darnell Powell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bruce Stephens | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |
| Bill Gregory | 1.0 |
| Dennis Boyd | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Abdul Salaam | 1.0 |
| Greg Buttle | 0.5 |
| Joe Klecko | 0.5 |
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