Monday October 18, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

All NFL game summaries for 10/18/1976:



Steve Grogan's 103 yards rushing, the first 100-yard effort ever by a Patriots' quarterback, and two touchdowns led New England to a club record 330 yards rushing. Andy Johnson opened the scoring for the Patriots on a four-yard run and scored again on a 10-yard pass from Grogan. Grogan got his first TD in the second quarter when he picked up teammate Don Calhoun's fumble at the Jets' 6 and ran it in for the score.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE129.0  (20)108.6  (26)237.6  (26)15
DEFENSE184.0  (24)159.8  (11)343.8  (23)10
OFFENSE192.2  (1)170.4  (12)362.6  (8)17
DEFENSE141.8  (14)176.6  (17)318.4  (17)15

Line: Patriots by 13

Team1234F
New York Jets (1-5-0)00707
New England Patriots (4-2-0)71321041

( 0- 7) NE Andy Johnson 4 yard rush (John Smith kick) ( 0-14) NE Steve Grogan 6 yard fumble return (John Smith kick) ( 0-20) NE Andy Johnson 10 yard pass from Steve Grogan (kick failed) ( 0-27) NE Steve Grogan 41 yard rush (John Smith kick) ( 7-27) NYJ Clark Gaines 12 yard pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick) ( 7-34) NE Sam Cunningham 14 yard rush (John Smith kick) ( 7-41) NE Don Calhoun 11 yard rush (John Smith kick)
                     NYJ             NE
First Downs:         20              29
Rushes-yards:        25-116          47-330
Yards/rush:          4.6             7.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     25-46-222-1     14-25-182-1
Sacked-yards:        4-29            3-37
Net pass yards:      193             145
Net yards/pass:      3.9             5.2
Total net yards:     309             475
Total plays:         75 (33% run)    75 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          4.1             6.3
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             1-0
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     4-30            10-76

Attendance: 50,883

Passing:
NYJ: Joe Namath, 16 of 27 for 135 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Richard Todd, 9 of 19 for 87 yards NE: Steve Grogan, 14 of 23 for 182 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Tom Owen, 0 of 2 for 0 yards
Rushing:
NYJ: Steve Davis, 8 for 45 yards; Bob Gresham, 5 for 11 yards; Louie Giammona, 5 for 9 yards; Ed Marinaro, 4 for 18 yards; Greg Buttle, 1 for 26 yards; Clark Gaines, 1 for 7 yards; Duane Carrell, 1 for 0 yards NE: Sam Cunningham, 16 for 83 yards and 1 TD; Andy Johnson, 11 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Steve Grogan, 7 for 103 yards and 1 TD; Don Calhoun, 6 for 10 yards and 1 TD; Jess Phillips, 3 for 69 yards; Ike Forte, 2 for 9 yards; Russ Francis, 1 for 8 yards; Darryl Stingley, 1 for -6 yards
Receiving:
NYJ: Clark Gaines, 6 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Bob Gresham, 5 for 36 yards; Louie Giammona, 4 for 52 yards; Ed Marinaro, 4 for 15 yards; Rich Caster, 1 for 21 yards; Howard Satterwhite, 1 for 18 yards; David Knight, 1 for 13 yards; Steve Davis, 1 for 10 yards; Richard Osborne, 1 for 7 yards; Lou Piccone, 1 for 6 yards NE: Andy Johnson, 4 for 41 yards and 1 TD; Russ Francis, 2 for 41 yards; Randy Vataha, 2 for 34 yards; Sam Cunningham, 2 for 28 yards; Marlin Briscoe, 1 for 13 yards; Steve Burks, 1 for 10 yards; Don Calhoun, 1 for 9 yards; Ike Forte, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
NYJ: Lou Piccone, 4 for 100 yards; Jazz Jackson, 3 for 52 yards NE: Jess Phillips, 2 for 48 yards
Punt returns:
NYJ: Jazz Jackson, 2 for -10 yards NE: Mike Haynes, 2 for 6 yards
Interceptions:
NYJ: Shafer Suggs, 1 for 12 yards NE: Tim Fox, 1 for 18 yards
Punting:
NYJ: Duane Carrell, 4 for 136 yards NE: Mike Patrick, 3 for 136 yards
Field Goals:


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