Sunday December 11, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/11/1977:



Joe Ferguson completed 17 of 32 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns including an 11-yarder to Bob Chandler with 40 seconds remaining to give the Bills a 14-10 victory. Ferguson directed the Bills 92 yards in nine plays for the winning score after the Jets moved ahead 10-7 with 1:57 to play on a nine-yard pass from Richard Todd to Wesley Walker.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Buffalo BillsOFFENSE132.0  (18)165.2  (7)297.2  (14)37
DEFENSE175.8  (26)141.5  (12)317.3  (23)28
New York JetsOFFENSE122.9  (25)149.8  (12)272.8  (18)32
DEFENSE159.2  (21)171.9  (28)331.1  (25)23

Line: Jets by 8

Team1234F
Buffalo Bills (3-10-0)070714
New York Jets (3-10-0)030710

( 0- 3) NYJ Pat Leahy 25 yard field goal
( 7- 3) BUF Bob Chandler 5 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Carson Long kick)
( 7-10) NYJ Wesley Walker 9 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick)
(14-10) BUF Bob Chandler 11 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Carson Long kick)
                     BUF             NYJ
First Downs:         26              10
Rushes-yards:        53-174          22-57
Yards/rush:          3.3             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-32-238-1     10-27-145-3
Sacked-yards:        3-22            1-5
Net pass yards:      216             140
Net yards/pass:      6.2             5.0
Total net yards:     390             197
Total plays:         88 (60% run)    50 (44% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             3.9
Fumbles-lost:        6-2             1-1
Turnovers:           3               4
Penalties-yards:     7-94            3-25

Attendance: 31,929
Passing:
BUF: Joe Ferguson, 17 of 32 for 238 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
NYJ: Richard Todd, 10 of 27 for 145 yards and 1 TD (3 int)

Rushing:
BUF: Roland Hooks, 26 for 84 yards; Jim Braxton, 13 for 39 yards; Mike Collier, 9 for 29 yards; Joe Ferguson, 5 for 22 yards
NYJ: Clark Gaines, 12 for 31 yards; Scott Dierking, 8 for 26 yards; Richard Todd, 1 for 1 yard; Kevin Long, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
BUF: Bob Chandler, 7 for 108 yards and 2 TDs; Jim Braxton, 4 for 33 yards; Reuben Gant, 3 for 45 yards; Roland Hooks, 2 for 34 yards; Lou Piccone, 1 for 18 yards
NYJ: Clark Gaines, 6 for 68 yards; Wesley Walker, 2 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Jerome Barkum, 1 for 24 yards; Bruce Harper, 1 for 1 yard

Kick returns:
BUF: Keith Moody, 2 for 15 yards; Mike Collier, 1 for 7 yards
NYJ: Scott Dierking, 3 for 38 yards

Punt returns:
BUF: Keith Moody, 2 for 0 yards; Leonard Willis, 1 for 0 yards
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 5 for 66 yards; Billy Hardee, 1 for 17 yards

Interceptions:
BUF: Mario Clark, 1 for 21 yards; Tony Greene, 1 for 18 yards; Doug Jones, 1 for 6 yards
NYJ: Larry Keller, 1 for 36 yards

Punting:
BUF: Marv Bateman, 7 for 244 yards
NYJ: Chuck Ramsey, 6 for 195 yards

Field Goals:
NYJ: Pat Leahy, 1/1




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