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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Jets at Denver Broncos - November 5th, 1978
New York Jets 31 at Denver Broncos 28
Sunday, November 5, 1978
New York Jets 31, Denver Broncos 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (6-4-0) | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Denver Broncos (6-4-0) | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Scoring
| NYJ | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Jon Keyworth 5 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DEN | Bill Thompson 4 yard fumble return (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | NYJ | Kevin Long 4 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 14 |
| DEN | Haven Moses 14 yard pass from Craig Penrose (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| DEN | Tom Jackson 28 yard interception return (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| NYJ | Derrick Gaffney 4 yard pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 28 | |
| NYJ | Pat Leahy 38 yard field goal | 17 | 28 | |
| 3rd | NYJ | Scott Dierking 3 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 24 | 28 |
| 4th | NYJ | Wesley Walker 75 yard pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick) | 31 | 28 |
Team Stats
| NYJ | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-202-2 | 34-133-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-27-216-2-2 | 15-29-180-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-15 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 201 | 173 |
| Total yards | 403 | 306 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-66 | 8-60 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wesley Walker | NYJ | 4 | 133 | 1 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | NYJ | 12 | 27 | 216 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Kevin Long | NYJ | 18 | 85 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Scott Dierking | NYJ | 16 | 89 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 3 | 43 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 5 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Derrick Gaffney | NYJ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tom Newton | NYJ | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jack Dolbin | DEN | 5 | 72 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Norris Weese | DEN | 11 | 17 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rob Lytle | DEN | 5 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 11 | 42 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 9 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 2 | 43 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| Craig Penrose | DEN | 4 | 12 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 29 | ||||||||
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Clark Gaines | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Hennigan | NYJ | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Burgess Owens | NYJ | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Schroy | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Shafer Suggs | NYJ | 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 | |||
| Bernard Jackson | DEN | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Jackson | DEN | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||