Sunday, October 23, 1983
Atlanta Falcons 27, New York Jets 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (3-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| New York Jets (3-5-0) | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| ATL | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | NYJ | Bruce Harper 78 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3rd | NYJ | Scott Dierking 4 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 14 |
| NYJ | Mike Augustyniak 3 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| ATL | Billy Johnson 15 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| 4th | ATL | William Andrews 25 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 14 | 21 |
| ATL | Billy Johnson 71 yard punt return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 21 | 21 | |
| ATL | Mick Luckhurst 32 yard field goal | 24 | 21 | |
| ATL | Mick Luckhurst 40 yard field goal | 27 | 21 |
| ATL | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-130-0 | 30-183-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-36-313-2-2 | 20-37-240-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-36 | 4-19 |
| Net pass yards | 277 | 221 |
| Total yards | 407 | 404 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-68 | 8-75 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 25 | 36 | 313 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 3 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Andrews | ATL | 12 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 3 | 53 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 6 | 89 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Stacey Bailey | ATL | 4 | 56 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 8 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Arthur Cox | ATL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Junior Miller | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 4 | 90 | 1 | 78 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Richard Todd | NYJ | 20 | 37 | 240 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Wesley Walker | NYJ | 5 | 78 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Scott Dierking | NYJ | 5 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Mike Augustyniak | NYJ | 6 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Dwayne Crutchfield | NYJ | 14 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Lam Jones | NYJ | 2 | 40 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 2 | 19 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Gaffney | NYJ | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bobby Butler | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lynn Cain | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Buddy Curry | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Pitts | ATL | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Richard Williams | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 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 | |||
| Preston Brown | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Crable | NYJ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Gastineau | NYJ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Harmon | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Jackson | NYJ | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marty Lyons | NYJ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lance Mehl | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Schroy | NYJ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Springs | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||