Sunday, October 14, 1973
New York Jets 9, New England Patriots 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (2-3-0) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| New England Patriots (1-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| NYJ | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | Bobby Howfield 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 3rd | NYJ | Bobby Howfield 39 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| NWE | Will Foster 0 yard fumble return (Jeff White kick) | 6 | 7 | |
| 4th | NYJ | Bobby Howfield 22 yard field goal | 9 | 7 |
| NYJ | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 58-232-0 | 26-114-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 1-7-11-0-0 | 8-18-79-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-11 | 3-21 |
| Net pass yards | 0 | 58 |
| Total yards | 232 | 172 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-40 | 7-65 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||