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Monday November 26, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/26/1979:



Jim Zorn threw three touchdown passes and completed a club-record 14 straight attempts to keep the Seahawks' hopes for a playoff berth alive. Zorn finished the game with 25 completions to tie his own team mark.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
New York JetsOFFENSE173.2  (1)152.4  (22)325.7  (11)31
DEFENSE112.3  (5)252.2  (28)364.6  (27)31
Seattle SeahawksOFFENSE139.1  (16)202.0  (8)341.1  (8)26
DEFENSE151.6  (21)211.5  (25)363.1  (26)23

Line: Seahawks by 6½

Team1234F
New York Jets (5-8-0)00707
Seattle Seahawks (7-6-0)31314030

( 0- 3) SEA Efren Herrera 49 yard field goal
( 0- 6) SEA Efren Herrera 42 yard field goal
( 0-13) SEA Steve Largent 14 yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick)
( 0-16) SEA Efren Herrera 45 yard field goal
( 0-23) SEA Sherman Smith 16 yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick)
( 7-23) NYJ Kevin Long 1 yard rush (Dave Jacobs kick)
( 7-30) SEA Sam McCullum 11 yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick)
                     NYJ             SEA
First Downs:         21              25
Rushes-yards:        33-139          31-86
Yards/rush:          4.2             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-36-226-0     27-40-313-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             0-0
Net pass yards:      226             313
Net yards/pass:      6.3             7.8
Total net yards:     365             399
Total plays:         69 (47% run)    71 (43% run)  
Yards/play:          5.3             5.6
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             1-1
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     7-50            4-31

Attendance: 59,977
Passing:
NYJ: Richard Todd, 19 of 36 for 226 yards
SEA: Jim Zorn, 25 of 32 for 285 yards and 3 TDs; Steve Myer, 2 of 8 for 28 yards

Rushing:
NYJ: Clark Gaines, 17 for 71 yards; Scott Dierking, 10 for 42 yards; Kevin Long, 4 for 5 yards and 1 TD; Richard Todd, 1 for 21 yards; Chuck Ramsey, 1 for 0 yards
SEA: Sherman Smith, 14 for 33 yards; Dan Doornink, 8 for 16 yards; Jeff Moore, 4 for 8 yards; Al Hunter, 3 for 23 yards; Jim Zorn, 1 for 6 yards; Steve Myer, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
NYJ: Jerome Barkum, 6 for 103 yards; Clark Gaines, 5 for 49 yards; Derrick Gaffney, 3 for 50 yards; Mickey Shuler, 2 for 7 yards; Woody Bennett, 1 for 9 yards; Kevin Long, 1 for 8 yards; Scott Dierking, 1 for 0 yards
SEA: Sherman Smith, 8 for 86 yards and 1 TD; Steve Largent, 7 for 68 yards and 1 TD; Sam McCullum, 6 for 80 yards and 1 TD; Al Hunter, 2 for 28 yards; Steve Raible, 1 for 17 yards; Mark Bell, 1 for 16 yards; Dan Doornink, 1 for 9 yards; Brian Peets, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 5 for 112 yards; Bobby Jones, 1 for 23 yards
SEA: Tony Green, 2 for 48 yards

Punt returns:
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 1 for 5 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
NYJ: Chuck Ramsey, 3 for 91 yards
SEA: Herman Weaver, 2 for 73 yards

Field Goals:
NYJ: Dave Jacobs, 0/1
SEA: Efren Herrera, 3/3




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