Week 3, 1975

played in Memphis, TN

56 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

New York (A) Titans	0	7	0	0	-	7
Memphis Rogues	21	7	0	6	-	34

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:54 MEM - Larry Walton 59 pass from Roman Gabriel (Skip Butler extra point)
1Q: 10:17 MEM - Randy Vataha 61 pass from Roman Gabriel (Skip Butler extra point)
1Q: 03:20 MEM - Randy Vataha 16 pass from Roman Gabriel (Skip Butler extra point)
2Q: 07:34 MEM - Rocky Bleier 4 run (Skip Butler extra point)
2Q: 02:51 NYT - Ron Smith 12 interception return (Pat Leahy extra point)
4Q: 04:35 MEM - Skip Butler 38 field goal
4Q: 02:17 MEM - Skip Butler 35 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:54 MEM - Larry Walton 59 pass from Roman Gabriel (Skip Butler extra point)
1Q: 10:17 MEM - Randy Vataha 61 pass from Roman Gabriel (Skip Butler extra point)
1Q: 03:20 MEM - Randy Vataha 16 pass from Roman Gabriel (Skip Butler extra point)
2Q: 07:34 MEM - Rocky Bleier 4 run (Skip Butler extra point)
2Q: 02:51 NYT - Ron Smith 12 interception return (Pat Leahy extra point)
4Q: 04:35 MEM - Skip Butler 38 field goal
4Q: 02:17 MEM - Skip Butler 35 field goal

Team Statistics NYT MEM
Record 1-2 2-1
First Downs 14 16
- by Rushing 3 3
- by Passing 10 12
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 253 400
- Offensive Plays 61 67
- Yards per Play 4.15 5.97
Net Rushing Yards 62 69
- Rushing Attempts 20 38
- Yards per Rush 3.10 1.82
Net Passing Yards 191 331
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 18 - 5 29 - 20 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 191 331
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.66 11.41
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/13 7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.5 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/35 7/55
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 4/39
Kick Returns/Yards 2/37 2/63
Interception Ret./Yards 2/12 5/56
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 41
Time of Possession 25:11 34:49

Team Statistics	NYT	MEM
Record	1-2	2-1
First Downs	14	16
- by Rushing	3	3
- by Passing	10	12
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	253	400
- Offensive Plays	61	67
- Yards per Play	4.15	5.97
Net Rushing Yards	62	69
- Rushing Attempts	20	38
- Yards per Rush	3.10	1.82
Net Passing Yards	191	331
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 18 - 5	29 - 20 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	191	331
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.66	11.41
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/13	7/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.5	6.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/35	7/55
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	4/39
Kick Returns/Yards	2/37	2/63
Interception Ret./Yards	2/12	5/56
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 19	OWN 41
Time of Possession	25:11	34:49

Drive Charts

New York (A) Titans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:38	2:04	OWN 20	4	18	Punt
1	10:00	2:39	OWN 17	4	26	Interception
1	5:19	0:54	OWN 20	2	5	Interception
1	3:13	2:32	OWN 18	3	8	Punt
2	14:10	3:12	OWN 12	6	32	Interception
2	7:28	1:16	OWN 20	4	19	Punt
2	4:34	1:02	OWN 36	3	9	Punt
2	1:08	1:08	OWN 5	6	49	Half
3	15:00	1:12	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
3	12:32	3:52	OWN 20	8	33	Interception
3	5:53	1:53	OWN 20	6	18	Punt
4	13:46	1:56	OWN 28	6	26	Punt
4	4:30	0:37	OWN 20	4	0	Interception
4	2:12	1:05	OWN 20	3	8	Punt

Memphis Rogues
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:22	OWN 42	2	58	Touchdown
1	11:34	1:34	OWN 31	3	69	Touchdown
1	7:21	2:02	OWN 47	4	43	Interception
1	4:25	1:12	OPP 20	3	20	Touchdown
1	0:41	1:31	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
2	10:58	3:30	OPP 41	8	41	Touchdown
2	6:12	1:38	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
2	3:32	0:53	OWN 18	3	-10	Interception
2	2:39	1:31	OWN 45	3	9	Punt
3	13:48	1:16	OWN 42	5	23	Punt
3	8:40	2:47	50	4	18	Punt
3	4:00	5:14	OWN 26	11	53	Missed FG
4	11:50	7:20	OWN 20	11	59	Field Goal
4	3:53	1:41	OPP 21	3	3	Field Goal
4	1:07	1:07	OWN 33	2	-1	Game

Game MVP: Roman Gabriel, Memphis Rogues

Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
O.J. Simpson	13	32	2.46	8	0	0
Rod Phillips	7	30	4.29	14	1	0

Memphis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Marv Hubbard	24	52	2.17	11	2	0
Rocky Bleier	13	14	1.08	4	0	1
Larry Walton	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Namath	25	14	158	0/0	0	21	3	35.5
Tim Gray	16	4	33	0/0	0	14	2	0.0

Memphis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Roman Gabriel	29	20	331	0/0	3	61	2	112.8

Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Tim George	4	6	55	13.75	1	15
WR Bob Pickard	3	7	36	12.00	14	15
RB O.J. Simpson	3	10	18	6.00	6	8
WR Everett Conley	3	10	32	10.67	0	21
WR Bo Rather	2	5	23	11.50	2	16
FB John Riggins	2	2	18	9.00	8	12
TE Eric Sanderson	1	1	9	9.00	3	9

Memphis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Marv Hubbard	4	6	31	7.75	6	11	0
WR Randy Vataha	3	3	84	28.00	65	61	2
WR Larry Walton	3	4	114	38.00	25	59	1
RB Rocky Bleier	2	3	2	1.00	0	1	0
WR Billy Johnson	2	5	51	25.50	0	31	0
FB Jim Otis	2	2	14	7.00	4	10	0
WR Gerald Tinker	2	3	21	10.50	0	14	0
TE Milt Morin	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
TE Pete Shapiro	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
WR Billy Parks	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New York (A)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Greg Brezina	1	0	0.00	0
S Ron Smith	1	12	12.00	1

Memphis	Ints	Yards	Avg
CB Speedy Duncan	2	24	12.00
OLB Stu O'Dell	1	25	25.00
S Brig Owens	1	7	7.00
CB Walt Farrell	1	0	0.00

Fumble Statistics

New York (A)	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Bob Johnson	0	0	1	0

Memphis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Speedy Duncan	1	0	0	0
Fred Dean	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

New York (A)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marvin Tuupo	8	350	43.8	36.4	58	3

Memphis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jerrel Wilson	5	210	42.0	34.0	59	2

Kicking Statistics

New York (A)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Pat Leahy	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Memphis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Skip Butler	2/3	0/0	0/0	38	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Memphis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Speedy Duncan	3	31	10.3	0
Billy Johnson	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New York (A)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tim George	1	14	14.0	0
O.J. Simpson	1	23	23.0	0

Memphis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Billy Johnson	2	63	31.5	0

Defensive Statistics

New York (A)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ron Smith	8	2	0.0	33	28
OLB Greg Brezina	7	1	0.0	33	28
ILB Jim LeClair	6	2	0.0	38	28
CB Lawrence Wiggins	6	1	0.0	30	26
OLB Mike Kolen	5	1	0.0	25	24
DE Ron Acks	4	2	0.0	29	26
S Roderick Vance	4	2	0.0	22	19
DE Richard Neal	3	2	0.0	34	28
ILB Tyrus Heskew	3	1	0.0	10	4
RB O.J. Simpson	3	0	---	---	---
S Ed Jones	2	1	0.0	12	5
S Daniel Reiner	2	0	0.0	10	4
CB Earlie Thomas	1	2	0.0	32	27
DT Rickey McBeal	1	2	0.0	28	28
DE Deron DeLorraine	1	1	0.0	4	1
WR Everett Conley	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Christian Howe	1	0	0.0	10	1
G Kurt Schumacher	1	0	---	---	---
ILB John Ebersole	0	2	0.0	14	8
CB Antonio Dodge	0	2	0.0	11	4
CB Kennedy McCargo	0	1	0.0	18	20

Memphis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S George Atkinson	4	2	0.0	16	33
S Brig Owens	4	2	0.0	18	37
CB Speedy Duncan	4	1	0.0	16	39
DT Larry Jacobson	4	1	0.0	19	39
ILB Jack Lambert	4	1	0.0	20	39
DE L.C. Greenwood	3	1	0.0	20	40
S Hugo Hollas	3	0	0.0	7	19
OLB Bo Cornell	2	2	0.0	19	41
DT Carl Barzilauskas	2	0	0.0	13	21
CB Walt Farrell	2	0	0.0	19	35
S Steve Luke	2	0	0.0	14	34
DE Dwight White	1	1	0.0	18	39
QB Roman Gabriel	1	0	---	---	---
S Donnie Gibbs	1	0	0.0	4	8
OLB Stu O'Dell	1	0	0.0	3	3
OLB Pete Wysocki	1	0	0.0	3	6

Pass Rush Statistics

New York (A)	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Richard Neal	1	1	28
S Ron Smith	1	0	28
OLB Mike Kolen	0	1	24
DT Rickey McBeal	0	1	28
ILB Tyrus Heskew	0	1	4

Memphis	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Dwight White	2	1	1	39
DE L.C. Greenwood	0	7	3	40
DT Carl Barzilauskas	0	1	0	21
OLB Bo Cornell	0	1	0	41
S Steve Luke	0	1	0	34

Pass Defense Statistics

New York (A)	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Greg Brezina	5	1	28
ILB Jim LeClair	4	0	28
S Roderick Vance	4	0	19
S Ron Smith	2	1	28
CB Lawrence Wiggins	2	0	26
CB Earlie Thomas	1	0	27
ILB Tyrus Heskew	1	0	4
S Ed Jones	1	0	5

Memphis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S George Atkinson	3	0	0	33
S Brig Owens	2	2	1	37
CB Walt Farrell	2	1	1	35
CB Speedy Duncan	2	0	2	39
S Hugo Hollas	2	0	0	19
ILB Jack Lambert	2	0	0	39
S Steve Luke	2	0	0	34
DT Carl Barzilauskas	1	0	0	21
DT Larry Jacobson	1	0	0	39
OLB Pete Wysocki	1	0	0	6
OLB Bo Cornell	0	1	0	41
OLB Stu O'Dell	0	0	1	3

Blocking Statistics

New York (A)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
John Riggins	2	3	13	16
Todd Watkins	1	5	16	35
Bob Johnson	1	4	9	14
Wayne Mulligan	1	4	11	27
Randal Farley	1	2	19	35
Michael Crespo	1	1	15	34
Kurt Schumacher	0	1	17	33

Memphis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Robert Pratt	3	9	36	26
Gene Killian	2	2	36	29
Mitch Thornton	1	6	30	21
Buddy Cutler	0	6	16	5
Jim Otis	0	4	23	11
Mike Webster	0	4	26	27
Alfred Zerillo	0	2	27	22
Pete Shapiro	0	2	15	11
Milt Morin	0	1	26	17
Mo Cooper	0	1	11	7
Kerry Webster	0	1	8	8

Special Teams Tackles

New York (A)	Tackles	STPlays
Bob Johnson	2	8
Daniel Reiner	1	21
Ed Jones	1	10
Karl Chandler	1	8
David Shiancoe	1	8
Ron Smith	1	4

Memphis	Tackles	STPlays
Billy Parks	1	17
James Carlson	1	17

Participation

New York (A)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jim LeClair	---	---	38	28	3	69
Greg Brezina	---	---	33	28	4	65
Ron Smith	---	---	33	28	4	65
Richard Neal	---	---	34	28	2	64
Earlie Thomas	---	---	32	27	4	63
Randal Farley	19	35	---	---	6	60
Lawrence Wiggins	---	---	30	26	3	59
Ron Acks	---	---	29	26	3	58
Rickey McBeal	---	---	28	28	2	58
Everett Conley	13	30	---	---	12	55
Tim George	11	30	---	---	13	54
Mike Kolen	---	---	25	24	2	51
O.J. Simpson	13	31	---	---	7	51
Todd Watkins	16	35	---	---	---	51
Kurt Schumacher	17	33	---	---	---	50
Michael Crespo	15	34	---	---	---	49
Kennedy McCargo	---	---	18	20	10	48
Wayne Mulligan	11	27	---	---	8	46
Eric Sanderson	12	24	---	---	9	45
John Riggins	13	16	---	---	14	43
Joe Namath	17	25	---	---	---	42
Roderick Vance	---	---	22	19	1	42
Bob Pickard	9	24	---	---	5	38
Daniel Reiner	---	---	10	4	21	35
Irv Newton	10	13	---	---	12	35
Bo Rather	8	19	---	---	6	33
Bob Johnson	9	14	---	---	8	31
Ricky Baker	3	4	---	---	21	28
Christian Howe	---	---	10	1	17	28
John Ebersole	---	---	14	8	5	27
Ed Jones	---	---	12	5	10	27
Rod Phillips	8	14	---	---	4	26
Antonio Dodge	---	---	11	4	10	25
David Shiancoe	4	12	---	---	8	24
Tyrus Heskew	---	---	10	4	9	23
Karl Chandler	4	8	---	---	8	20
Tim Gray	3	16	---	---	---	19
Roosevelt Winters	---	---	10	1	6	17
Pete Cusick	---	---	6	6	5	17
Jesse Burgess	5	7	---	---	2	14
Greg Foggie	---	---	9	3	---	12
Marvin Tuupo	0	0	---	---	8	8
Deron DeLorraine	---	---	4	1	1	6
Pat Leahy	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dusty Malinsky	0	0	---	---	---	0

Memphis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Gene Killian	36	29	---	---	8	73
Roman Gabriel	38	29	---	---	---	67
Speedy Duncan	---	---	16	39	9	64
Robert Pratt	36	26	---	---	2	64
Steve Luke	---	---	14	34	16	64
Bo Cornell	---	---	19	41	2	62
L.C. Greenwood	---	---	20	40	---	60
Jack Lambert	---	---	20	39	1	60
Mike Webster	26	27	---	---	6	59
Larry Jacobson	---	---	19	39	---	58
Dwight White	---	---	18	39	---	57
Brig Owens	---	---	18	37	---	55
Walt Farrell	---	---	19	35	---	54
Rocky Bleier	14	14	---	---	25	53
Marv Hubbard	26	16	---	---	11	53
George Atkinson	---	---	16	33	2	51
Mitch Thornton	30	21	---	---	---	51
Alfred Zerillo	27	22	---	---	---	49
Milt Morin	26	17	---	---	4	47
Gerald Tinker	20	20	---	---	7	47
Larry Walton	27	19	---	---	---	46
Billy Johnson	23	19	---	---	3	45
Hugo Hollas	---	---	7	19	14	40
Jim Otis	23	11	---	---	6	40
Pete Shapiro	15	11	---	---	14	40
Carl Barzilauskas	---	---	13	21	4	38
Randy Vataha	13	12	---	---	10	35
Stu O'Dell	---	---	3	3	23	29
Buddy Cutler	16	5	---	---	8	29
Mo Cooper	11	7	---	---	8	26
James Carlson	3	5	---	---	17	25
Kerry Webster	8	8	---	---	8	24
Donnie Gibbs	---	---	4	8	9	21
Billy Parks	0	1	---	---	17	18
Bobby Bryant	---	---	6	7	2	15
Lionel Collier	---	---	2	2	7	11
Skip Butler	0	0	---	---	10	10
Pete Wysocki	---	---	3	6	1	10
Joe Owens	---	---	2	6	---	8
Fred Dean	---	---	1	2	5	8
Don Woods	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jerrel Wilson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Steve Grogan	0	0	---	---	3	3
Brant Fields	---	---	0	1	1	2
Virgil Carter	0	0	---	---	---	0
Carl Grant	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	19	4.8
Middle	14	42	3.0
Right	2	1	0.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	30	3.0
Middle	23	28	1.2
Right	5	11	2.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Namath	25	14	1	0	0	3	4	1	3
Tim Gray	16	4	0	0	1	1	7	3	2

Memphis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Roman Gabriel	29	20	5	0	1	0	4	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	12	12.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	64	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	20	7	94	4.7
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	21	3.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	79	11.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	4	4	25	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	6	71	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	5	4	156	31.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB O.J. Simpson	10	3	1	18	0	31
WR Everett Conley	10	3	0	32	1	30
WR Bob Pickard	7	3	0	36	0	24
WR Tim George	6	4	0	55	0	30
WR Bo Rather	5	2	0	23	0	19
FB John Riggins	2	2	0	18	0	16
TE Eric Sanderson	1	1	0	9	0	24

Memphis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
FB Marv Hubbard	6	4	0	31	0	16
WR Billy Johnson	5	2	0	51	2	19
WR Larry Walton	4	3	0	114	2	19
RB Rocky Bleier	3	2	0	2	0	14
WR Gerald Tinker	3	2	1	21	0	20
WR Randy Vataha	3	3	0	84	1	12
FB Jim Otis	2	2	0	14	0	11
TE Milt Morin	1	1	0	13	0	17
WR Billy Parks	1	0	0	0	0	1
TE Pete Shapiro	1	1	0	1	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Memphis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rocky Bleier	5	-1	-0.20	1.08
Marv Hubbard	3	6	2.00	2.17

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Memphis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Roman Gabriel	3	2	23	7.67	11.41

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Memphis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Randy Vataha	2	2	23	11.50	28.00
WR Billy Johnson	1	0	0	0.00	10.20

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New York (A)	Rushes	Conversions
O.J. Simpson	1	1
Rod Phillips	1	0

Memphis	Rushes	Conversions
Rocky Bleier	3	0
Marv Hubbard	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New York (A)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tim Gray	6	2	1
Joe Namath	5	1	0

Memphis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Roman Gabriel	11	8	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New York (A)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Everett Conley	5	1	0
RB O.J. Simpson	4	2	1
WR Bo Rather	2	0	0

Memphis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Rocky Bleier	2	1	0
WR Gerald Tinker	2	2	2
WR Randy Vataha	2	2	2
FB Marv Hubbard	1	1	1
WR Billy Johnson	1	0	0
WR Billy Parks	1	0	0
WR Larry Walton	1	1	1
TE Pete Shapiro	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,400 (21,400)
End Zone 12,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,400 (21,400)
End Zone	12,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)