Sunday December 9, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/09/1979:



Richard Todd passed for one score and ran for another as the Jets knocked the Patriots out of playoff contention. Todd (10 of 27 for 148 yards and a touchdown) tossed a 13-yard scoring pass to Derrick Gaffney. His eight-yard run gave New York a 24-19 third-quarter lead. New England's Stanley Morgan (six catches for 129 yards) had touchdown receptions of 39 and 48 yards.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE148.3  (10)198.8  (10)347.1  (6)37
DEFENSE104.4  (2)151.9  (2)256.4  (2)42
OFFENSE171.1  (1)160.4  (21)331.5  (10)34
DEFENSE109.8  (5)255.7  (28)365.5  (25)35

Line: Patriots by 3½

Team1234F
New England Patriots (8-7-0)0127726
New York Jets (7-8-0)7107327

( 0- 7) NYJ Derrick Gaffney 13 yard pass from Richard Todd (Dave Jacobs kick) ( 3- 7) NE John Smith 47 yard field goal ( 5- 7) NE Safety, Chuck Ramsey ran out of end zone (12- 7) NE Stanley Morgan 48 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) (12-14) NYJ Tom Newton 1 yard rush (Dave Jacobs kick) (12-17) NYJ Dave Jacobs 39 yard field goal (19-17) NE Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) (19-24) NYJ Richard Todd 8 yard rush (Dave Jacobs kick) (19-27) NYJ Dave Jacobs 25 yard field goal (26-27) NE Stanley Morgan 39 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
                     NE              NYJ
First Downs:         19              20
Rushes-yards:        36-107          41-154
Yards/rush:          3.0             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-35-247-0     10-27-148-0
Sacked-yards:        5-34            3-21
Net pass yards:      213             127
Net yards/pass:      5.3             4.2
Total net yards:     320             281
Total plays:         76 (47% run)    71 (57% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        4-1             1-0
Turnovers:           1               0
Penalties-yards:     6-50            6-60

Attendance: 45,131

Passing:
NE: Steve Grogan, 15 of 35 for 247 yards and 2 TDs NYJ: Richard Todd, 10 of 27 for 148 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
NE: Horace Ivory, 17 for 54 yards; Sam Cunningham, 14 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Steve Grogan, 3 for 11 yards; Stanley Morgan, 1 for 4 yards; Don Calhoun, 1 for -1 yards NYJ: Scott Dierking, 19 for 93 yards; Clark Gaines, 15 for 44 yards; Bruce Harper, 2 for 7 yards; Richard Todd, 2 for 6 yards and 1 TD; Tom Newton, 2 for 4 yards and 1 TD; Chuck Ramsey, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
NE: Stanley Morgan, 6 for 129 yards and 2 TDs; Harold Jackson, 3 for 48 yards; Don Westbrook, 2 for 29 yards; Horace Ivory, 2 for 28 yards; Sam Cunningham, 1 for 7 yards; Don Calhoun, 1 for 6 yards NYJ: Scott Dierking, 2 for 43 yards; Bobby Jones, 2 for 38 yards; Bruce Harper, 2 for 22 yards; Derrick Gaffney, 2 for 21 yards and 1 TD; Clark Gaines, 1 for 13 yards; Jerome Barkum, 1 for 11 yards
Kick returns:
NE: Don Westbrook, 1 for 22 yards; Mark Washington, 1 for 18 yards; Allan Clark, 1 for 15 yards; Horace Ivory, 1 for 15 yards; Rick Sanford, 1 for 13 yards; Stanley Morgan, 1 for 12 yards NYJ: Bruce Harper, 3 for 65 yards; Bobby Jones, 1 for 7 yards; Tom Newton, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
NE: Stanley Morgan, 3 for 52 yards NYJ: Bruce Harper, 3 for 27 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
NE: Eddie Hare, 8 for 257 yards NYJ: Chuck Ramsey, 8 for 336 yards
Field Goals:
NE: John Smith, 1/2 NYJ: Dave Jacobs, 2/2


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