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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Jets at Buffalo Bills - September 17th, 1972
New York Jets 41 at Buffalo Bills 24
Sunday, September 17, 1972
New York Jets 41, Buffalo Bills 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (1-0-0) | 14 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 41 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
Scoring
| NYJ | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | John Riggins 16 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NYJ | Chris Farasopoulos 65 yard punt return (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | NYJ | Emerson Boozer 12 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 21 | 0 |
| BUF | J.D. Hill 38 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| NYJ | Emerson Boozer 15 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 28 | 7 | |
| 3rd | NYJ | Bobby Howfield 35 yard field goal | 31 | 7 |
| BUF | J.D. Hill 21 yard pass from O.J. Simpson (John Leypoldt kick) | 31 | 14 | |
| 4th | NYJ | Emerson Boozer 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 38 | 14 |
| NYJ | Bobby Howfield 11 yard field goal | 41 | 14 | |
| BUF | John Leypoldt 48 yard field goal | 41 | 17 | |
| BUF | Haven Moses 25 yard pass from Dennis Shaw (John Leypoldt kick) | 41 | 24 |
Team Stats
| NYJ | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 47-191-3 | 25-80-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-16-120-1-1 | 16-26-236-3-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-18 | 4-29 |
| Net pass yards | 102 | 207 |
| Total yards | 293 | 287 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-35 | 8-78 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Riggins | NYJ | 26 | 125 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 13 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 5 | 14 | 113 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Stewart | NYJ | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Harkey | NYJ | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Davis | NYJ | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 14 | 24 | 190 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 6 | 95 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 2 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | BUF | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jan White | BUF | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 3 | 3 | 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 | |||
| Al Atkinson | NYJ | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Baker | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Tannen | NYJ | 2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Phil Wise | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 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 | |||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||