NFL game summary for 12/02/1973:

Phil Wise's 80-yard fumble recovery return, Joe Namath's touchdown pass to Emerson Boozer and a Bobby Howfield field goal gave the Jets a 17-0 halftime lead. The Colts came back with the help of a flea-flicker pass from Marty Domres to Cotton Speyrer to Glenn Doughty and a one-yard TD run by Lydell Mitchell after Ted Hendricks had intercepted a Namath pass. Baltimore's George Hunt, who already had kicked a 17-yard field goal, missed from the 46 with two minutes to go. Boozer rushed 24 times for 105 yards.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	135.1 (16)	106.5 (22)	241.5 (24)	34
DEFENSE	164.7 (23)	172.5 (23)	337.3 (23)	28
OFFENSE	128.6 (18)	136.1 (16)	264.7 (16)	33
DEFENSE	145.5 (15)	138.7 (16)	284.3 (15)	32

Line: Jets by 11

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Baltimore Colts (2-10-0)	0	0	0	17	17
New York Jets (4-8-0)	3	14	0	3	20

( 0- 3) NYJ Bobby Howfield 30 yard field goal
( 0-10) NYJ Phil Wise 80 yard fumble return (Bobby Howfield kick)
( 0-17) NYJ Emerson Boozer 15 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick)
( 3-17) BAL George Hunt 17 yard field goal
( 3-20) NYJ Bobby Howfield 18 yard field goal
(10-20) BAL Glenn Doughty 54 yard pass from Cotton Speyrer (George Hunt kick)
(17-20) BAL Lydell Mitchell 1 yard rush (George Hunt kick)

                     BAL             NYJ
First Downs:         19              18
Rushes-yards:        39-168          36-134
Yards/rush:          4.3             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-21-178-0     15-21-231-1
Sacked-yards:        4-27            1-12
Net pass yards:      151             219
Net yards/pass:      6.0             10.0
Total net yards:     319             353
Total plays:         64 (60% run)    58 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             6.1
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             2-2
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     4-50            4-40

Attendance: 51,167

Passing:
BAL: Marty Domres, 10 of 20 for 124 yards; Cotton Speyrer, 1 of 1 for 54 yards and 1 TD NYJ: Joe Namath, 15 of 21 for 231 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 20 for 86 yards and 1 TD; Don McCauley, 16 for 55 yards; Marty Domres, 2 for 4 yards; Glenn Doughty, 1 for 23 yards NYJ: Emerson Boozer, 24 for 105 yards; Mike Adamle, 10 for 29 yards; Jerome Barkum, 1 for 2 yards; Joe Namath, 1 for -2 yards
Receiving:
BAL: Glenn Doughty, 3 for 73 yards and 1 TD; Raymond Chester, 3 for 17 yards; Cotton Speyrer, 2 for 56 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 23 yards; Lydell Mitchell, 1 for 7 yards; Don McCauley, 1 for 2 yards NYJ: Jerome Barkum, 3 for 99 yards; Rich Caster, 3 for 48 yards; Eddie Bell, 3 for 42 yards; Emerson Boozer, 3 for 25 yards and 1 TD; Mike Adamle, 3 for 17 yards
Kick returns:
BAL: Cotton Speyrer, 3 for 75 yards; Bruce Laird, 1 for 29 yards; Hubert Ginn, 1 for 28 yards NYJ: Margene Adkins, 2 for 33 yards; Hank Bjorklund, 1 for 19 yards
Punt returns:
BAL: Rex Kern, 1 for 3 yards NYJ: Rocky Turner, 2 for 17 yards
Interceptions:
BAL: Ted Hendricks, 1 for 6 yards
Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 2 for 90 yards NYJ: Julian Fagan, 1 for 25 yards
Field Goals:
BAL: George Hunt, 1/3 NYJ: Bobby Howfield, 2/3