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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Jets at Buffalo Bills - September 23rd, 1979
New York Jets 31 at Buffalo Bills 46
Sunday, September 23, 1979
New York Jets 31, Buffalo Bills 46| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (1-3-0) | 3 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Buffalo Bills (2-2-0) | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 46 |
Scoring
| NYJ | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 23 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| NYJ | Pat Leahy 30 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| BUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 29 yard field goal | 3 | 6 | |
| 2nd | NYJ | Tom Newton 51 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 6 |
| NYJ | Tom Newton 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 17 | 6 | |
| BUF | Jerry Butler 5 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (kick failed) | 17 | 12 | |
| NYJ | Wesley Walker 37 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 24 | 12 | |
| BUF | Jerry Butler 75 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 19 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Jerry Butler 74 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 26 |
| BUF | Jerry Butler 9 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 33 | |
| BUF | Fred Smerlas 13 yard fumble return (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 40 | |
| 4th | BUF | Joe Shipp 13 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (kick failed) | 24 | 46 |
| NYJ | Mickey Shuler 27 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 31 | 46 |
Team Stats
| NYJ | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-265-2 | 38-149-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-21-168-2-3 | 19-30-367-5-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-17 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 151 | 348 |
| Total yards | 416 | 497 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-43 | 6-60 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Scott Dierking | NYJ | 17 | 97 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Clark Gaines | NYJ | 13 | 88 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Richard Todd | NYJ | 11 | 21 | 168 | 2 | 3 | 37 | ||||||||
| Mickey Shuler | NYJ | 3 | 72 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Tom Newton | NYJ | 8 | 68 | 2 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Wesley Walker | NYJ | 3 | 50 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Gaffney | NYJ | 2 | 31 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Bob Raba | NYJ | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jerry Butler | BUF | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 255 | 4 | 75 | ||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 19 | 30 | 367 | 5 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 15 | 73 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Terry Miller | BUF | 12 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 3 | 60 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 10 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Joe Shipp | BUF | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Raba | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Schroy | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 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 | |||
| Steve Freeman | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Miller | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Moody | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Shane Nelson | BUF | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Nixon | BUF | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||