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New York Jets 35 at Buffalo Bills 37
Sunday, September 29, 1968
Stadium: War Memorial Stadium, Surface: grass,
Weather: 53 degrees, relative humidity 71%, wind 7 mph
Weather: 53 degrees, relative humidity 71%, wind 7 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (2-1-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Buffalo Bills (1-3-0) | 10 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 37 |
Scoring
| NYJ | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jets | George Sauer 4 yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Bills | Bruce Alford 35 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| Bills | Ben Gregory 2 yard rush (Bruce Alford kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Bills | Tom Janik 100 yard interception return (Bruce Alford kick) | 7 | 17 |
| Jets | Emerson Boozer 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 14 | 17 | |
| Bills | Bruce Alford 41 yard field goal | 14 | 20 | |
| Jets | Don Maynard 55 yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 21 | 20 | |
| 3rd | Bills | Bruce Alford 37 yard field goal | 21 | 23 |
| 4th | Bills | Butch Byrd 53 yard interception return (Bruce Alford kick) | 21 | 30 |
| Bills | Booker Edgerson 45 yard interception return (Bruce Alford kick) | 21 | 37 | |
| Jets | Matt Snell 3 yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 28 | 37 | |
| Jets | George Sauer 10 yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) | 35 | 37 |
Team Stats
| NYJ | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-170-1 | 39-140-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-43-280-4-5 | 8-19-79-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-23 | 2-22 |
| Net pass yards | 257 | 57 |
| Total yards | 427 | 197 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-38 | 3-25 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Matt Snell | NYJ | 12 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 19 | 43 | 280 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 3 | 114 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Sauer | NYJ | 7 | 113 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 9 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Curley Johnson | NYJ | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Lammons | NYJ | 1 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ben Gregory | BUF | 12 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | BUF | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Darragh | BUF | 8 | 18 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Trapp | BUF | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Max Anderson | BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Cappadona | BUF | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Masters | BUF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Keith Lincoln | BUF | 4 | -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 | |||
| Earl Christy | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike D'Amato | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnny Sample | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bake Turner | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 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 | |||
| Max Anderson | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Butch Byrd | BUF | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hagood Clarke | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Costa | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Booker Edgerson | BUF | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Janik | BUF | 2 | 137 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Rutkowski | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Curley Johnson | NYJ | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Turner | NYJ | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bruce Alford | BUF | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Maguire | BUF | 6 | 195 | 32.5 | 0 | ||||