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Saturday December 19, 1970
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NFL game summary for 12/19/1970:



Entering the game late in the first quarter in place of John Unitas, Earl Morrall threw four TD passes in the Colts' repeat victory over the New York Jets. Morrall, who threw for 348 yards, tied for third-best single game yardage in the AFC for the year. He connected twice to Ed Hinton, and once to Jimmy Orr and Ray Perkins. Larry Grantham's interception for a Jets' TD in the second period was the third, lifetime, for the 11-year veteran linebacker.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
New York JetsOFFENSE123.8  (11)164.5  (13)288.3  (11)33
DEFENSE90.8  (2)155.2  (11)246.0  (2)32
Baltimore ColtsOFFENSE94.9  (23)187.9  (4)282.8  (14)34
DEFENSE107.4  (6)172.1  (21)279.5  (14)34

Line: n/a

Team1234F
New York Jets (4-10-0)773320
Baltimore Colts (11-2-1)01471435

( 7- 0) NYJ Rich Caster 15 yard pass from Al Woodall (Jim Turner kick)
( 7- 7) BAL Eddie Hinton 25 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Jim O'Brien kick)
(14- 7) NYJ Larry Grantham 41 yard interception return (Jim Turner kick)
(14-14) BAL Eddie Hinton 7 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Jim O'Brien kick)
(14-21) BAL Jimmy Orr 18 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Jim O'Brien kick)
(17-21) NYJ Jim Turner 25 yard field goal
(20-21) NYJ Jim Turner 29 yard field goal
(20-28) BAL Ray Perkins 41 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Jim O'Brien kick)
(20-35) BAL Ted Hendricks 0 yard fumble return (Jim O'Brien kick)
                     NYJ             BAL
First Downs:         13              23
Rushes-yards:        21-43           36-102
Yards/rush:          2.0             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-31-199-0     20-37-379-1
Sacked-yards:        3-30            3-24
Net pass yards:      169             355
Net yards/pass:      5.0             8.9
Total net yards:     212             457
Total plays:         55 (38% run)    76 (47% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             6.0
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-1
Turnovers:           0               2
Penalties-yards:     4-40            7-55

Attendance: 60,240
Passing:
NYJ: Al Woodall, 17 of 31 for 199 yards and 1 TD
BAL: Earl Morrall, 18 of 33 for 348 yards and 4 TDs (1 int); Johnny Unitas, 1 of 3 for 3 yards; Sam Havrilak, 1 of 1 for 28 yards

Rushing:
NYJ: Emerson Boozer, 9 for 14 yards; George Nock, 9 for 10 yards; Al Woodall, 2 for 14 yards; Lee White, 1 for 5 yards
BAL: Sam Havrilak, 8 for 25 yards; Tom Nowatzke, 8 for 12 yards; Norm Bulaich, 5 for 12 yards; Jerry Hill, 5 for 8 yards; Jack Maitland, 4 for 7 yards; Earl Morrall, 2 for 6 yards; Eddie Hinton, 1 for 21 yards; Roy Jefferson, 1 for 6 yards; Ray Perkins, 1 for 4 yards; Johnny Unitas, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
NYJ: George Nock, 5 for 35 yards; Rich Caster, 4 for 71 yards and 1 TD; Emerson Boozer, 4 for 34 yards; Eddie Bell, 2 for 30 yards; Pete Lammons, 1 for 20 yards; Lee White, 1 for 9 yards
BAL: Eddie Hinton, 5 for 79 yards and 2 TDs; Roy Jefferson, 4 for 68 yards; Jimmy Orr, 4 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Ray Perkins, 3 for 77 yards and 1 TD; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 44 yards; Jim O'Brien, 1 for 28 yards; John Mackey, 1 for 21 yards; Sam Havrilak, 1 for -4 yards

Kick returns:
NYJ: Mike Battle, 2 for 63 yards; Cecil Leonard, 1 for 35 yards; Cliff McClain, 1 for 27 yards; Chuck Mercein, 1 for 9 yards
BAL: Tom Nowatzke, 3 for 45 yards; Jim Duncan, 1 for 20 yards

Punt returns:
NYJ: Mike Battle, 1 for 3 yards
BAL: Ron Gardin, 3 for 72 yards

Interceptions:
NYJ: Larry Grantham, 1 for 41 yards and 1 TD

Punting:
NYJ: Steve O'Neal, 8 for 299 yards
BAL: David Lee, 3 for 107 yards

Field Goals:
NYJ: Jim Turner, 2/2
BAL: Jim O'Brien, 0/1




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