Sunday, September 24, 1972
| NYJ | BAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jets | Eddie Bell 65 yard pass from Joe Namath (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| Colts | Sam Havrilak 40 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick) | 6 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Colts | Jim O'Brien 14 yard field goal | 6 | 10 |
| Colts | Jim O'Brien 32 yard field goal | 6 | 13 | |
| Jets | John Riggins 67 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 13 | 13 | |
| Colts | Don McCauley 93 yard kickoff return (Jim O'Brien kick) | 13 | 20 | |
| Jets | Don Maynard 28 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 20 | 20 | |
| Jets | Rich Caster 10 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 27 | 20 | |
| 3rd | Jets | Bobby Howfield 14 yard field goal | 30 | 20 |
| 4th | Colts | Don McCauley 1 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick) | 30 | 27 |
| Jets | Rich Caster 79 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 37 | 27 | |
| Colts | Tom Matte 21 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick) | 37 | 34 | |
| Jets | Rich Caster 80 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 44 | 34 |
| NYJ | BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 28 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-83-0 | 27-80-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-28-496-6-1 | 26-45-376-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-6 | 6-44 |
| Net pass yards | 490 | 332 |
| Total yards | 573 | 412 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-78 | 5-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 15 | 28 | 496 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 6 | 204 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 7 | 197 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Riggins | NYJ | 21 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 3 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | BAL | 26 | 45 | 376 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sam Havrilak | BAL | 4 | 115 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Mitchell | BAL | 8 | 114 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Matte | BAL | 9 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 69 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Cotton Speyrer | BAL | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Nottingham | BAL | 16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don McCauley | BAL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| W.K. Hicks | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Matt Snell | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bruce Laird | BAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 181 | 30.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Logan | BAL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Don McCauley | BAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 93.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bobby Howfield | NYJ | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Neal | NYJ | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 0 | ||||
| David Lee | BAL | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim O'Brien | BAL | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |