Sunday September 25, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/25/1977:



Don McCauley burst through the Jets' defense for a pair of touchdowns and Roosevelt Leaks scored in the first quarter as Baltimore posted a fifth straight win over New York. McCauley's touchdowns were set up by Jets miscues. His second period two-yard plunge came after an offsides penalty on a fourth-and-two at the New York 10. His third quarter touchdown followed Jets' punter Duane Carrell's fumble and recovery of a snap at the New York 1.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE206.0  (3)220.0  (1)426.0  (1)1
DEFENSE104.0  (9)151.0  (20)255.0  (11)4
OFFENSE102.0  (21)77.0  (23)179.0  (23)2
DEFENSE109.0  (11)130.0  (13)239.0  (9)0

Line: Colts by 13

Team1234F
Baltimore Colts (2-0-0)776020
New York Jets (0-2-0)030912

( 7- 0) BAL Roosevelt Leaks 6 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) (14- 0) BAL Don McCauley 2 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) (14- 3) NYJ Pat Leahy 25 yard field goal (20- 3) BAL Don McCauley 1 yard rush (kick failed) (20- 5) NYJ Safety, Ron Lee ran out of end zone (20-12) NYJ Charlie White 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick)
                     BAL             NYJ
First Downs:         15              14
Rushes-yards:        50-152          34-80
Yards/rush:          3.0             2.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-15-78-1       13-22-140-2
Sacked-yards:        2-16            1-8
Net pass yards:      62              132
Net yards/pass:      3.6             5.7
Total net yards:     214             212
Total plays:         67 (74% run)    57 (59% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             3.7
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-0
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     12-73           4-29

Attendance: 43,439

Passing:
BAL: Bert Jones, 9 of 15 for 78 yards (1 int) NYJ: Richard Todd, 13 of 22 for 140 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 26 for 68 yards; Don McCauley, 12 for 22 yards and 2 TDs; Ron Lee, 8 for 48 yards; Roosevelt Leaks, 3 for 16 yards and 1 TD; David Lee, 1 for -2 yards NYJ: Clark Gaines, 13 for 34 yards; Charlie White, 12 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Bruce Harper, 6 for 8 yards; Richard Todd, 2 for 2 yards; Duane Carrell, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
BAL: Don McCauley, 5 for 40 yards; Lydell Mitchell, 3 for 23 yards; Freddie Scott, 1 for 15 yards NYJ: Clark Gaines, 6 for 47 yards; Bruce Harper, 4 for 32 yards; Wesley Walker, 3 for 61 yards
Kick returns:
BAL: Howard Stevens, 1 for 19 yards; Bruce Laird, 1 for 14 yards NYJ: Bruce Harper, 2 for 32 yards; Scott Dierking, 1 for 20 yards; Tommy Marvaso, 1 for 20 yards; Bob Raba, 1 for 20 yards
Punt returns:
BAL: Howard Stevens, 5 for 44 yards NYJ: Bruce Harper, 3 for 33 yards
Interceptions:
BAL: Doug Nettles, 1 for 30 yards; Nelson Munsey, 1 for 2 yards NYJ: Ed Taylor, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 5 for 195 yards NYJ: Duane Carrell, 7 for 274 yards
Field Goals:
NYJ: Pat Leahy, 1/1


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