Sunday, September 15, 1974
New York Jets 16, Kansas City Chiefs 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (0-1-0) | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Kansas City Chiefs (1-0-0) | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| NYJ | KAN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | Rich Caster 14 yard pass from Joe Namath (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2nd | NYJ | Eddie Bell 7 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 13 | 0 |
| KAN | Ed Podolak 2 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 13 | 7 | |
| NYJ | Bobby Howfield 25 yard field goal | 16 | 7 | |
| KAN | Marvin Upshaw 52 yard interception return (Jan Stenerud kick) | 16 | 14 | |
| 3rd | KAN | Jan Stenerud 27 yard field goal | 16 | 17 |
| 4th | KAN | Emmitt Thomas 38 yard interception return (Jan Stenerud kick) | 16 | 24 |
| NYJ | KAN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-138-0 | 44-180-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-30-210-2-4 | 9-21-119-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-9 |
| Net pass yards | 210 | 110 |
| Total yards | 348 | 290 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-40 | 6-44 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Riggins | NYJ | 22 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 14 | 30 | 210 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 3 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 4 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| David Knight | NYJ | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Len Dawson | KAN | 9 | 21 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 19 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wendell Hayes | KAN | 8 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Brunson | KAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Ellison | KAN | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Elmo Wright | KAN | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jeff Kinney | KAN | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cleo Miller | KAN | 2 | 4 | 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 | |||
| Lou Piccone | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Sowells | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Tannen | NYJ | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roscoe Word | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 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 | |||
| Larry Brunson | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kerry Reardon | KAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Sensibaugh | KAN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Thomas | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Emmitt Thomas | KAN | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Upshaw | KAN | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||