Week 17, 1980

played in New England, MA

41 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

New York Jets	0	6	7	0	-	13
New England Patriots	3	7	7	10	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:30 NED - Garo Yepremian 36 field goal
2Q: 10:37 NYJ - Frank Corral 19 field goal
2Q: 07:52 NYJ - Frank Corral 48 field goal
2Q: 02:56 NED - Carlos Brown 1 run (Garo Yepremian extra point)
3Q: 15:00 NED - Edddie Brown 93 kickoff return (Garo Yepremian extra point)
3Q: 09:58 NYJ - Francis Hartings 2 pass from Joe Namath (Frank Corral extra point)
4Q: 09:38 NED - Garo Yepremian 35 field goal
4Q: 02:23 NED - Jimmy Rogers 22 run (Garo Yepremian extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:30 NED - Garo Yepremian 36 field goal
2Q: 10:37 NYJ - Frank Corral 19 field goal
2Q: 07:52 NYJ - Frank Corral 48 field goal
2Q: 02:56 NED - Carlos Brown 1 run (Garo Yepremian extra point)
3Q: 15:00 NED - Edddie Brown 93 kickoff return (Garo Yepremian extra point)
3Q: 09:58 NYJ - Francis Hartings 2 pass from Joe Namath (Frank Corral extra point)
4Q: 09:38 NED - Garo Yepremian 35 field goal
4Q: 02:23 NED - Jimmy Rogers 22 run (Garo Yepremian extra point)

Team Statistics NYJ NED
Record 5-11 9-7
First Downs 20 17
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 12 12
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 302 351
- Offensive Plays 68 54
- Yards per Play 4.44 6.50
Net Rushing Yards 131 117
- Rushing Attempts 28 25
- Yards per Rush 4.68 4.68
Net Passing Yards 171 234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 39 - 22 - 1 29 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 177 234
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 4.28 8.07
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 7/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.4 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/20 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/6
Kick Returns/Yards 2/22 3/175
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/20
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 33
Time of Possession 31:36 28:24

Team Statistics	NYJ	NED
Record	5-11	9-7
First Downs	20	17
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	12	12
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	302	351
- Offensive Plays	68	54
- Yards per Play	4.44	6.50
Net Rushing Yards	131	117
- Rushing Attempts	28	25
- Yards per Rush	4.68	4.68
Net Passing Yards	171	234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	39 - 22 - 1	29 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	177	234
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	4.28	8.07
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	7/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.4	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/20	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/6
Kick Returns/Yards	2/22	3/175
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/20
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 33
Time of Possession	31:36	28:24

Drive Charts

New York Jets
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:58	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
1	11:04	2:47	OWN 20	5	15	Punt
1	2:25	6:55	OWN 20	13	78	Field Goal
2	8:44	1:00	OPP 35	3	4	Field Goal
2	2:45	2:12	OWN 14	5	18	Punt
3	14:46	4:55	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
3	7:27	4:48	OWN 20	9	32	Punt
4	9:30	4:52	OWN 20	12	57	Missed FG
4	2:06	1:15	OWN 13	7	8	Interception

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:02	1:58	OWN 37	5	23	Punt
1	8:17	5:52	OWN 18	10	63	Field Goal
2	10:30	1:46	OWN 20	4	13	Interception
2	7:44	4:59	OWN 34	9	66	Touchdown
2	0:33	0:33	OWN 15	1	4	Half
3	9:51	2:24	OPP 47	3	5	Punt
3	2:39	8:09	OWN 1	14	81	Field Goal
4	4:38	2:32	OWN 30	6	70	Touchdown
4	0:51	0:51	OPP 11	2	-4	Game

Game MVP: Carlos Brown, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ottis Anderson	19	91	4.79	28	3
Gary Hammond	8	33	4.13	11	1
Jim Otis	1	7	7.00	7	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Sam Cunningham	14	69	4.93	23	1	0
Jimmy Rogers	4	41	10.25	22	2	1
John Brockington	3	4	1.33	2	0	0
Carlos Brown	3	-3	-1.00	1	0	1
Rich Caster	1	6	6.00	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Namath	39	22	177	1/6	1	18	1	65.8

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Carlos Brown	29	22	234	0/0	0	51	1	84.6

Receiving Statistics

New York	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Ottis Anderson	6	6	38	6.33	12	13	0
WR Marco Vehar	4	5	42	10.50	2	18	0
WR Andrew Rozanski	4	6	38	9.50	6	17	0
WR Don Bass	3	9	23	7.67	4	13	0
WR Terry Carrol	2	4	20	10.00	6	17	0
FB Jim Otis	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Francis Hartings	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	1
TE Robin Earl	1	1	10	10.00	1	10	0
WR Karl Farmer	0	6	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Stanley Morgan	5	7	30	6.00	7	16
RB Sam Cunningham	4	4	23	5.75	0	10
WR Darryl Stingley	4	5	51	12.75	14	29
WR Lamont Marrow	3	4	74	24.67	16	51
FB John Brockington	2	2	10	5.00	1	11
WR Carlos Stevens	2	4	41	20.50	11	29
TE Ken Garcia	1	1	1	1.00	0	1
RB Jimmy Rogers	1	1	4	4.00	1	4
TE Loaird McCreary	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

New York	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Lucious Smith	1	0	0.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Sam Hunt	1	20	20.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New York	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ken Geddes	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Stanley Morgan	1	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

New York	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Johnny Evans	4	201	50.3	48.8	55	3

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Engles	2	82	41.0	21.0	42	0

Kicking Statistics

New York	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Frank Corral	2/3	1/2	0/0	48	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Garo Yepremian	2/2	0/0	0/0	36	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stanley Morgan	2	6	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gary Hammond	2	22	11.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edddie Brown	3	175	58.3	1

Defensive Statistics

New York	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Lucious Smith	8	0	0.0	17	27
OLB Jeff Barnes	5	0	0.0	20	21
CB Earlie Thomas	4	1	0.0	22	27
OLB Ken Geddes	3	3	0.0	12	18
CB Antonio Dodge	3	2	0.0	20	26
DE Fred Smerlas	3	2	0.0	12	18
S Lenny Richard	3	0	0.0	23	27
ILB Jim LeClair	2	4	0.0	13	17
ILB Gerald Irons	2	0	0.0	5	3
ILB Ben Unverzagt	2	0	0.0	10	6
S Bryan Hicks	2	0	0.0	20	26
DE Ron Carpenter	1	1	0.0	19	20
DE Horace Jones	1	1	0.0	15	18
DT Rush Brown	1	1	0.0	13	11
WR Marco Vehar	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Mike Hawkins	1	0	0.0	17	16
S Brenard Wilson	1	0	0.0	10	10
DE Mat Mendenhall	1	0	0.0	16	20
OLB Mike Engler	0	1	0.0	11	8

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT R.J. Reese	5	3	0.0	28	37
S Sandy Durko	5	1	0.0	17	27
S Shafer Suggs	5	0	0.0	10	15
OLB Gary Campbell	4	0	1.0	19	18
S Steve Luke	4	1	0.0	16	30
S Glenn Buchanan	4	0	0.0	21	29
DE Jim Young	4	0	0.0	20	25
ILB Shane Nelson	3	1	0.0	16	17
ILB Jim Haslett	3	1	0.0	13	19
DE Ken Johnson	3	0	0.0	25	39
CB Luke Szorcsik	3	0	0.0	21	30
DE Al Harris	3	0	0.0	11	16
OLB Sam Hunt	2	6	0.0	25	38
OLB Willie Harper	1	1	0.0	3	1
WR Darryl Stingley	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Tom De Paso	1	0	0.0	1	1
ILB John Anderson	0	2	0.0	3	7
CB Dwayne O'Steen	0	2	0.0	16	36

Pass Rush Statistics

New York	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay

New England	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Gary Campbell	1.0	0	18
DT R.J. Reese	0.0	2	37
OLB Sam Hunt	0.0	1	38
DE Ken Johnson	0.0	1	39
CB Dwayne O'Steen	0.0	1	36

Pass Defense Statistics

New York	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Lucious Smith	3	1	27
OLB Ken Geddes	3	0	18
CB Earlie Thomas	3	0	27
OLB Jeff Barnes	3	0	21
CB Antonio Dodge	2	0	26
S Lenny Richard	2	0	27
S Bryan Hicks	2	0	26
ILB Gerald Irons	1	0	3
ILB Jim LeClair	1	0	17
ILB Ben Unverzagt	1	0	6
S Brenard Wilson	1	0	10

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Steve Luke	4	0	0	30
S Shafer Suggs	4	0	0	15
CB Luke Szorcsik	3	0	0	30
OLB Sam Hunt	2	2	1	38
S Sandy Durko	2	0	0	27
DE Ken Johnson	2	0	0	39
S Glenn Buchanan	1	2	0	29
ILB Jim Haslett	1	1	0	19
OLB Gary Campbell	1	0	0	18
ILB Shane Nelson	1	0	0	17
DE Al Harris	1	0	0	16
CB Dwayne O'Steen	0	1	0	36

Blocking Statistics

New York	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Bob Johnson	3	5	1	22	0	22
Kurt Schumacher	3	4	0	14	0	27
Todd Watkins	2	4	1	16	1	21
Mitch Thornton	1	3	0	12	0	23
Randy Young	1	3	0	12	0	19
Keith Eck	1	3	0	6	0	18
Charlie Ane	1	2	0	13	0	22
Rod Walters	1	1	0	14	0	13
Mike Wilson	1	1	0	16	0	17
Mike Cobb	0	1	0	8	0	8
Robin Earl	0	1	0	17	0	13

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Peter Bernstein	2	3	1	24	28
Joe Fields	2	3	0	20	26
Lynn Boden	1	8	0	21	25
Wade Griffin	1	5	0	25	29
Irv Pankey	1	2	0	22	25
Steve Kenney	1	1	0	9	7

Special Teams Tackles

New York	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Engler	3	14
Ken Geddes	1	14

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Rich Caster	1	14
Mark Mitchell	1	10

Participation

New York	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joe Namath	28	40	---	---	---	68
Antonio Dodge	---	---	20	26	16	62
Lenny Richard	---	---	23	27	12	62
Earlie Thomas	---	---	22	27	4	53
Francis Hartings	14	21	---	---	16	51
Don Bass	24	25	---	---	---	49
Ottis Anderson	19	21	---	---	8	48
Bryan Hicks	---	---	20	26	2	48
Lucious Smith	---	---	17	27	2	46
Bob Johnson	22	22	---	---	1	45
Ken Geddes	---	---	12	18	14	44
Gary Hammond	9	16	---	---	19	44
Ron Carpenter	---	---	19	20	4	43
Jeff Barnes	---	---	20	21	2	43
Charlie Ane	13	22	---	---	7	42
Andrew Rozanski	16	25	---	---	---	41
Kurt Schumacher	14	27	---	---	---	41
Marco Vehar	10	22	---	---	6	38
Randy Young	12	19	---	---	7	38
John Hicks	15	18	---	---	4	37
Todd Watkins	16	21	---	---	---	37
Karl Farmer	6	19	---	---	12	37
Mat Mendenhall	---	---	16	20	1	37
Jim Otis	13	16	---	---	7	36
Mike Wilson	16	17	---	---	3	36
Mitch Thornton	12	23	---	---	---	35
Mike Hawkins	---	---	17	16	2	35
Rod Walters	14	13	---	---	7	34
Horace Jones	---	---	15	18	1	34
Mike Engler	---	---	11	8	14	33
Mike Cobb	8	8	---	---	17	33
Fred Smerlas	---	---	12	18	3	33
Terry Carrol	4	14	---	---	13	31
Robin Earl	17	13	---	---	1	31
Jim LeClair	---	---	13	17	---	30
Ben Unverzagt	---	---	10	6	10	26
Keith Eck	6	18	---	---	1	25
Rush Brown	---	---	13	11	1	25
Brenard Wilson	---	---	10	10	---	20
Gerald Irons	---	---	5	3	---	8
Frank Corral	0	0	---	---	7	7
Johnny Evans	0	0	---	---	4	4
Scott Bull	0	0	---	---	3	3
Marcus Mickus	0	0	---	---	---	0
Hank Bauer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Matt Cavanaugh	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ken Johnson	---	---	25	39	7	71
R.J. Reese	---	---	28	37	4	69
Sam Hunt	---	---	25	38	4	67
Edddie Brown	---	---	18	33	8	59
Dwayne O'Steen	---	---	16	36	6	58
Glenn Buchanan	---	---	21	29	7	57
Steve Luke	---	---	16	30	10	56
Stanley Morgan	16	24	---	---	16	56
Peter Bernstein	24	28	---	---	2	54
Carlos Brown	25	29	---	---	---	54
Wade Griffin	25	29	---	---	---	54
Luke Szorcsik	---	---	21	30	1	52
Joe Fields	20	26	---	---	4	50
Irv Pankey	22	25	---	---	---	47
Sandy Durko	---	---	17	27	2	46
Lynn Boden	21	25	---	---	---	46
Jim Young	---	---	20	25	1	46
Gary Campbell	---	---	19	18	6	43
Ken Garcia	15	18	---	---	7	40
Shane Nelson	---	---	16	17	6	39
Sam Cunningham	19	18	---	---	1	38
Darryl Stingley	11	16	---	---	11	38
John Brockington	13	12	---	---	9	34
Jim Haslett	---	---	13	19	1	33
Lamont Marrow	15	17	---	---	---	32
Jimmy Rogers	6	11	---	---	14	31
Loaird McCreary	12	10	---	---	8	30
Mark Mitchell	---	---	8	11	10	29
Al Harris	---	---	11	16	2	29
Rich Caster	7	6	---	---	14	27
Walt Farrell	---	---	15	8	3	26
Shafer Suggs	---	---	10	15	1	26
Carlos Stevens	9	11	---	---	---	20
Steve Kenney	9	7	---	---	4	20
John Anderson	---	---	3	7	9	19
Bob Klein	2	1	---	---	14	17
Willie Harper	---	---	3	1	11	15
Kyle Delaroche	4	5	---	---	4	13
Garo Yepremian	0	0	---	---	8	8
Tom De Paso	---	---	1	1	4	6
Tony Galloway	0	1	---	---	4	5
Jeff Lloyd	---	---	2	3	---	5
Lindsey Mason	0	0	---	---	4	4
Larry Lawrence	0	0	---	---	2	2
Rick Engles	0	0	---	---	2	2
Joe Ferguson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	40	4.0
Middle	15	81	5.4
Right	3	10	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	20	3.3
Middle	13	66	5.1
Right	4	35	8.8
None	2	-4	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Namath	39	22	0	2	3	6	5	0	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Carlos Brown	29	22	3	4	2	0	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	10	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	14	85	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	82	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	6	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	7	1.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	13	76	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	3	42	14.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	3	109	36.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New York	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Don Bass	9	3	1	23	25
WR Andrew Rozanski	6	4	0	38	25
WR Karl Farmer	6	0	2	0	19
RB Ottis Anderson	6	6	0	38	21
WR Marco Vehar	5	4	0	42	22
WR Terry Carrol	4	2	0	20	14
FB Jim Otis	1	1	0	4	16
TE Francis Hartings	1	1	0	2	21
TE Robin Earl	1	1	0	10	13

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Stanley Morgan	7	5	1	30	0	24
WR Darryl Stingley	5	4	0	51	1	16
RB Sam Cunningham	4	4	0	23	0	18
WR Lamont Marrow	4	3	0	74	1	17
WR Carlos Stevens	4	2	0	41	1	11
FB John Brockington	2	2	0	10	0	12
TE Ken Garcia	1	1	0	1	0	18
TE Loaird McCreary	1	0	1	0	0	10
RB Jimmy Rogers	1	1	0	4	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Gary Hammond	3	6	2.00	4.13
Ottis Anderson	3	11	3.67	4.79

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Carlos Brown	3	-3	-1.00	-1.00
John Brockington	1	2	2.00	1.33
Jimmy Rogers	1	-1	-1.00	10.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Namath	3	2	15	5.00	4.54

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Carlos Brown	3	1	16	5.33	8.07

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New York	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Francis Hartings	1	1	2	2.00	2.00
WR Don Bass	1	0	0	0.00	2.56
RB Ottis Anderson	1	1	13	13.00	6.33

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Stanley Morgan	2	1	16	8.00	4.29
WR Carlos Stevens	1	0	0	0.00	10.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New York	Rushes	Conversions
Gary Hammond	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Jimmy Rogers	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Namath	14	11	7

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Carlos Brown	9	7	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New York	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terry Carrol	3	2	1
WR Marco Vehar	3	3	2
WR Don Bass	3	2	2
WR Andrew Rozanski	2	2	1
RB Ottis Anderson	2	2	1
WR Karl Farmer	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Darryl Stingley	3	2	1
WR Lamont Marrow	2	2	2
WR Carlos Stevens	2	1	1
RB Sam Cunningham	1	1	1
RB Jimmy Rogers	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,200 (21,400)
End Zone 13,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,200 (21,400)
End Zone	13,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)