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New York Jets 9 at New England Patriots 7

Sunday, October 14, 1973

New York Jets 9, New England Patriots 7

1234Final
New York Jets (2-3-0)30339
New England Patriots (1-4-0)00707

Scoring

NYJNWE
1stNYJBobby Howfield 40 yard field goal30
3rdNYJBobby Howfield 39 yard field goal60
NWEWill Foster 0 yard fumble return (Jeff White kick)67
4thNYJBobby Howfield 22 yard field goal97

Team Stats

NYJNWE
First downs139
Rush-yards-TDs58-232-026-114-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT1-7-11-0-08-18-79-0-2
Sacked-yards1-113-21
Net pass yards058
Total yards232172
Fumbles-lost3-13-0
Turnovers12
Penalties-yards4-407-65

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Riggins NYJ 28 132 0 0
Emerson Boozer NYJ 26 73 0 0
Julian Fagan NYJ 1 26 0 0
David Knight NYJ 1 11 0 0
Bill Demory NYJ 1 7 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Hank Bjorklund NYJ 1 1 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jim Plunkett NWE 8 18 79 0 2 0 4 25 0 0
John Tarver NWE 7 39 0 0 2 8 0 0
Josh Ashton NWE 8 41 0 0
Reggie Rucker NWE 3 38 0 0
Darryl Stingley NWE 1 21 0 0
Mack Herron NWE 5 11 0 0 1 4 0 0
Sam Cunningham NWE 1 9 0 0
Bob Windsor NWE 1 8 0 0
Randy Vataha NWE 1 -11 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Margene Adkins NYJ 0 0 0 0 1 19 19.0 0 0
Ralph Baker NYJ 1 8 0 0
Hank Bjorklund NYJ 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0
Chris Farasopoulos NYJ 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Earlie Thomas NYJ 1 25 0 0
Rocky Turner NYJ 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Mack Herron NWE 0 0 0 0 2 45 22.5 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Reggie Rucker NWE 0 0 0 0 2 12 6.0 0 0