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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Miami Dolphins at New York Jets - September 3rd, 1978
Miami Dolphins 20 at New York Jets 33
Sunday, September 3, 1978
Miami Dolphins 20, New York Jets 33| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (0-1-0) | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| New York Jets (1-0-0) | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
Scoring
| MIA | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | Wesley Walker 47 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NYJ | Pat Leahy 36 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | NYJ | Pat Leahy 22 yard field goal | 0 | 13 |
| MIA | Delvin Williams 58 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 13 | |
| NYJ | Mickey Shuler 1 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 6 | 20 | |
| 3rd | NYJ | Wesley Walker 43 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 6 | 27 |
| MIA | Nat Moore 1 yard pass from Don Strock (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 27 | |
| 4th | NYJ | Pat Leahy 46 yard field goal | 13 | 30 |
| NYJ | Pat Leahy 36 yard field goal | 13 | 33 | |
| MIA | Loaird McCreary 5 yard pass from Guy Benjamin (Garo Yepremian kick) | 20 | 33 |
Team Stats
| MIA | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-154-1 | 43-153-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-29-187-2-2 | 17-25-245-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 2-18 |
| Net pass yards | 175 | 227 |
| Total yards | 329 | 380 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-35 | 9-59 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Delvin Williams | MIA | 11 | 119 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Don Strock | MIA | 10 | 23 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 3 | 48 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | MIA | 1 | 43 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Guy Benjamin | MIA | 5 | 6 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 4 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Leroy Harris | MIA | 6 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Bruce Hardy | MIA | 2 | 17 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 2 | 16 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Loaird McCreary | MIA | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Andre Tillman | MIA | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Richard Todd | NYJ | 17 | 25 | 245 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Wesley Walker | NYJ | 4 | 108 | 2 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Long | NYJ | 9 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Scott Dierking | NYJ | 16 | 47 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Derrick Gaffney | NYJ | 4 | 50 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Clark Gaines | NYJ | 9 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 4 | 26 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Tom Newton | NYJ | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mickey Shuler | NYJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Terry Anderson | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Volk | MIA | 1 | 24 | 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 | |||
| Greg Buttle | NYJ | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Hennigan | NYJ | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||