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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Jets at Detroit Lions - November 23rd, 1972
New York Jets 20 at Detroit Lions 37
Thursday, November 23, 1972
New York Jets 20, Detroit Lions 37| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (6-5-0) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit Lions (7-4-0) | 3 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 37 |
Scoring
| NYJ | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Errol Mann 15 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | NYJ | John Riggins 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 3 |
| DET | Larry Walton 34 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| DET | Greg Landry 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| NYJ | Bobby Howfield 13 yard field goal | 10 | 17 | |
| DET | Errol Mann 21 yard field goal | 10 | 20 | |
| 3rd | NYJ | Bobby Howfield 20 yard field goal | 13 | 20 |
| NYJ | Rich Caster 33 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 20 | 20 | |
| 4th | DET | Errol Mann 37 yard field goal | 20 | 23 |
| DET | Greg Landry 6 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 20 | 30 | |
| DET | Altie Taylor 38 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 20 | 37 |
Team Stats
| NYJ | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-229-1 | 41-260-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-23-165-1-1 | 6-18-125-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 165 | 125 |
| Total yards | 394 | 385 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-56 | 3-34 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| John Riggins | NYJ | 24 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 9 | 22 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 2 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hank Bjorklund | NYJ | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Altie Taylor | DET | 15 | 123 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 6 | 18 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 3 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel Farr | DET | 9 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | DET | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Owens | DET | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Hank Bjorklund | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| W.K. Hicks | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roy Kirksey | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rocky Turner | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Phil Wise | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 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 | |||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Weaver | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mickey Zofko | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||