Sunday, October 29, 1972
| NWE | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 20 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| Jets | Bobby Howfield 21 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Jets | Emerson Boozer 5 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 3 | 10 |
| Jets | Emerson Boozer 12 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 3 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Jets | Emerson Boozer 19 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 3 | 24 |
| Jets | Bobby Howfield 31 yard field goal | 3 | 27 | |
| 4th | Jets | Rich Caster 14 yard pass from Bob Davis (Bobby Howfield kick) | 3 | 34 |
| Patriots | Brian Dowling 1 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 10 | 34 |
| NWE | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-66-1 | 40-191-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-36-153-0-3 | 13-25-217-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-25 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 128 | 201 |
| Total yards | 194 | 392 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-61 | 9-102 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 7 | 28 | 120 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Brian Dowling | NWE | 4 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Reynolds | NWE | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Windsor | NWE | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 12 | 24 | 203 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 19 | 91 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 13 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 4 | 75 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Harkey | NYJ | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Davis | NYJ | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 | ||
| Tom Beer | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rickie Harris | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| W.K. Hicks | NYJ | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rich Sowells | NYJ | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Tannen | NYJ | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Charlie Gogolak | NWE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Studstill | NWE | 7 | 264 | 37.7 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Howfield | NYJ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Neal | NYJ | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 0 | ||||