NFL game summary for 10/30/1977:

Steve Grogan passed for three touchdowns as the Patriots defeated the Jets 24-13. The Jets scored first on a 36-yard field goal by Pat Leahy, but a 30-yard field goal by John Smith and a Grogan-to-Darryl Stingley TD pass put the Patriots ahead 10-3. Richard Todd passed 30 yards to Jerome Barkum for a touchdown, enabling the Jets to tie the game at 10-10. In the third quarter, Grogan found rookie Stanley Morgan on a 52-yard scoring bomb, and on the next possession threw a four-yarder to Don Hasselbeck to put the Patriots in front to stay.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New York Jets	OFFENSE	108.5  (24)	185.5  (3)	294.0  (12)	15
	DEFENSE	163.3  (25)	160.5  (17)	323.8  (23)	12
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	188.0  (2)	150.0  (12)	338.0  (5)	17
	DEFENSE	118.0  (6)	130.8  (9)	248.8  (7)	15

Line: Patriots by 13

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Jets (2-5-0)	3	7	0	3	13
New England Patriots (5-2-0)	3	7	14	0	24

( 3- 0) NYJ Pat Leahy 36 yard field goal
( 3- 3) NE  John Smith 30 yard field goal
( 3-10) NE  Darryl Stingley 11 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
(10-10) NYJ Jerome Barkum 30 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick)
(10-17) NE  Stanley Morgan 52 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
(10-24) NE  Don Hasselbeck 4 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
(13-24) NYJ Pat Leahy 21 yard field goal

                     NYJ             NE
First Downs:         15              19
Rushes-yards:        35-134          40-147
Yards/rush:          3.8             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-32-183-0     16-23-228-1
Sacked-yards:        3-25            0-0
Net pass yards:      158             228
Net yards/pass:      4.5             9.9
Total net yards:     292             375
Total plays:         70 (50% run)    63 (63% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             6.0
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             1-1
Turnovers:           0               2
Penalties-yards:     4-40            8-51

Attendance: 61,042

Passing:
NYJ: Richard Todd, 16 of 32 for 183 yards and 1 TD
NE: Steve Grogan, 16 of 23 for 228 yards and 3 TDs (1 int)

Rushing:
NYJ: Clark Gaines, 15 for 53 yards; Kevin Long, 12 for 41 yards; Bruce Harper, 5 for 17 yards; Larry Keller, 1 for 25 yards; Richard Todd, 1 for 7 yards; Rich Caster, 1 for -9 yards
NE: Sam Cunningham, 23 for 79 yards; Don Calhoun, 12 for 66 yards; Ike Forte, 4 for 2 yards; Steve Grogan, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
NYJ: Clark Gaines, 6 for 44 yards; Jerome Barkum, 4 for 73 yards and 1 TD; David Knight, 2 for 23 yards; Wesley Walker, 2 for 20 yards; Rich Caster, 1 for 16 yards; Kevin Long, 1 for 7 yards
NE: Darryl Stingley, 8 for 121 yards and 1 TD; Sam Cunningham, 4 for 20 yards; Stanley Morgan, 1 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Russ Francis, 1 for 19 yards; Don Calhoun, 1 for 12 yards; Don Hasselbeck, 1 for 4 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 3 for 60 yards; Scott Dierking, 1 for 19 yards
NE: Raymond Clayborn, 3 for 60 yards; Jess Phillips, 1 for 18 yards

Punt returns:
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 2 for 14 yards
NE: Stanley Morgan, 2 for 5 yards

Interceptions:
NYJ: Burgess Owens, 1 for 6 yards

Punting:
NYJ: Chuck Ramsey, 5 for 158 yards
NE: Mike Patrick, 4 for 155 yards

Field Goals:
NYJ: Pat Leahy, 2/3
NE: John Smith, 1/1

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