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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Jets at Boston Patriots - September 22nd, 1968
New York Jets 47 at Boston Patriots 31
Sunday, September 22, 1968
New York Jets 47, Boston Patriots 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (2-0-0) | 14 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 47 |
| Boston Patriots (1-1-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Scoring
| NYJ | BOS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | Randy Beverly 68 yard interception return (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BOS | Gino Cappelletti 31 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| NYJ | Don Maynard 39 yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 2nd | NYJ | Jim Turner 30 yard field goal | 17 | 3 |
| NYJ | Jim Turner 27 yard field goal | 20 | 3 | |
| BOS | Aaron Marsh 70 yard pass from Mike Taliaferro (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 20 | 10 | |
| 3rd | BOS | Mel Witt 4 yard interception return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 20 | 17 |
| NYJ | Mark Smolinski 3 yard blocked punt return (Jim Turner kick) | 27 | 17 | |
| NYJ | Pete Lammons 27 yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 34 | 17 | |
| NYJ | Jim Turner 27 yard field goal | 37 | 17 | |
| 4th | NYJ | Emerson Boozer 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 44 | 17 |
| BOS | Ed Philpott 10 yard fumble return (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 44 | 24 | |
| NYJ | Jim Turner 48 yard field goal | 47 | 24 | |
| BOS | Gene Thomas 1 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 47 | 31 |
Team Stats
| NYJ | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-79-1 | 28-55-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-29-189-2-2 | 20-37-349-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-45 |
| Net pass yards | 189 | 304 |
| Total yards | 268 | 359 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 0-0 | 4-44 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 13 | 25 | 196 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| George Sauer | NYJ | 5 | 76 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 8 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pete Lammons | NYJ | 4 | 55 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Matt Snell | NYJ | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Mathis | NYJ | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe | NYJ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mark Smolinski | NYJ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Babe Parilli | NYJ | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Taliaferro | BOS | 17 | 30 | 276 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Aaron Marsh | BOS | 4 | 140 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Whalen | BOS | 6 | 68 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Colclough | BOS | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Graham | BOS | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Sherman | BOS | 3 | 7 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Nance | BOS | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| R.C. Gamble | BOS | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Thomas | BOS | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Garron | BOS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bill Baird | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Beverly | NYJ | 1 | 68 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Earl Christy | NYJ | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Hudson | NYJ | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Matt Snell | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bake Turner | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ed Philpott | BOS | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Porter | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 173 | 21.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Thomas | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mel Witt | BOS | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||