Sunday October 7, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/07/1979:



Greg Landry completed 23 of 36 passes for 235 yards and a touchdown as Baltimore won its first game of 1979. Landry capped a 97-yard drive with a 17-yard pass to tight end Reece McCall and Steve Mike-Mayer kicked a 41-yard field goal to give the Colts a 10-0 lead. Cornerback Dwight Harrison's fourth-down pass deflection at the Baltimore goal line with 3:08 left helped preserve the victory.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE192.0  (1)144.2  (20)336.2  (7)14
DEFENSE126.6  (11)293.4  (28)420.0  (28)12
OFFENSE90.8  (27)195.4  (10)286.2  (20)10
DEFENSE122.2  (10)196.2  (20)318.4  (17)14

Line: Jets by 2½

Team1234F
New York Jets (2-4-0)03328
Baltimore Colts (1-5-0)1000010

( 0- 7) BAL Reese McCall 17 yard pass from Greg Landry (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) ( 0-10) BAL Steve Mike-Mayer 41 yard field goal ( 3-10) NYJ Pat Leahy 18 yard field goal ( 6-10) NYJ Pat Leahy 31 yard field goal ( 8-10) NYJ Safety, Bucky Dilts forced out of end zone by Tim Moresco
                     NYJ             BAL
First Downs:         19              14
Rushes-yards:        43-184          22-44
Yards/rush:          4.3             2.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     12-29-189-3     23-36-235-1
Sacked-yards:        2-15            1-3
Net pass yards:      174             232
Net yards/pass:      5.6             6.3
Total net yards:     358             276
Total plays:         74 (58% run)    59 (37% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             1-1
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     7-45            8-75

Attendance: 32,142

Passing:
NYJ: Richard Todd, 12 of 29 for 189 yards (3 int) BAL: Greg Landry, 23 of 36 for 235 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
NYJ: Clark Gaines, 14 for 68 yards; Scott Dierking, 12 for 37 yards; Kevin Long, 10 for 50 yards; Bruce Harper, 5 for 24 yards; Tom Newton, 2 for 5 yards BAL: Don Hardeman, 12 for 32 yards; Joe Washington, 7 for 18 yards; Don McCauley, 2 for 8 yards; Bucky Dilts, 1 for -14 yards
Receiving:
NYJ: Derrick Gaffney, 3 for 42 yards; Mickey Shuler, 2 for 57 yards; Wesley Walker, 2 for 52 yards; Bruce Harper, 2 for 13 yards; Clark Gaines, 1 for 11 yards; Jerome Barkum, 1 for 11 yards; Bob Raba, 1 for 3 yards BAL: Joe Washington, 7 for 29 yards; Reese McCall, 5 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Glenn Doughty, 4 for 79 yards; Don Hardeman, 3 for 28 yards; Roger Carr, 2 for 38 yards; Don McCauley, 2 for 17 yards
Kick returns:
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 3 for 42 yards BAL: Nesby Glasgow, 1 for 41 yards; Ben Garry, 1 for 20 yards; Don McCauley, 1 for 12 yards
Punt returns:
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 1 for 5 yards; Ken Schroy, 1 for 5 yards BAL: Nesby Glasgow, 1 for 12 yards
Interceptions:
NYJ: Bobby Jackson, 1 for 4 yards BAL: Sanders Shiver, 1 for 21 yards; Stan White, 1 for 11 yards; Dwight Harrison, 1 for 6 yards
Punting:
NYJ: Chuck Ramsey, 5 for 196 yards BAL: Bucky Dilts, 5 for 158 yards
Field Goals:
NYJ: Pat Leahy, 2/2 BAL: Steve Mike-Mayer, 1/2


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