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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Jets at Houston Oilers - October 28th, 1979
New York Jets 24 at Houston Oilers 27
Sunday, October 28, 1979
New York Jets 24, Houston Oilers 27 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (4-5-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Houston Oilers (6-3-0) | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
Scoring
| NYJ | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | Wesley Walker 39 yard pass from Richard Todd (Toni Linhart kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | HOU | Toni Fritsch 47 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| NYJ | Toni Linhart 31 yard field goal | 10 | 3 | |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| HOU | Earl Campbell 4 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Mike Barber 37 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4th | NYJ | Jerome Barkum 18 yard pass from Richard Todd (Toni Linhart kick) | 17 | 24 |
| NYJ | Richard Todd 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) | 24 | 24 | |
| OT | HOU | Toni Fritsch 35 yard field goal | 24 | 27 |
Team Stats
| NYJ | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-132-1 | 33-112-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-34-225-2-2 | 18-36-212-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-0 | 1-13 |
| Net pass yards | 225 | 199 |
| Total yards | 357 | 311 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-76 | 10-104 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Richard Todd | NYJ | 13 | 34 | 225 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Wesley Walker | NYJ | 4 | 111 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Clark Gaines | NYJ | 11 | 69 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Kevin Long | NYJ | 7 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Scott Dierking | NYJ | 8 | 29 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Gaffney | NYJ | 2 | 28 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Bobby Jones | NYJ | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Tom Newton | NYJ | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 18 | 36 | 212 | 1 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 12 | 44 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 3 | 52 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 7 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 11 | 37 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | HOU | 3 | 32 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 2 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Boobie Clark | HOU | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Paul Darby | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Jackson | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Jones | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Ellender | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carter Hartwig | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Reinfeldt | HOU | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| J.C. Wilson | HOU | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||