| 1974 - Week 3 |
| New York Jets at Buffalo Bills |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| New York Jets | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Buffalo Bills | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 37 |
| Scoring Plays | Jets | Bills | ||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| Bills | 10:50 | O.J.Simpson 2 yd. run ( J.Leypoldt Kick ) ( 4-78, 2:29 ) | 0 | 7 |
| Bills | 4:14 | J.Leypoldt 47 yd. Field Goal ( 9-29, 4:49 ) | 0 | 10 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| Jets | 7:21 | B.Howfield 22 yd. Field Goal ( 8-39, 3:54 ) | 3 | 10 |
| Bills | 0:11 | O.J.Simpson 5 yd. run ( J.Leypoldt Kick ) ( 11-90, 2:38 ) | 3 | 17 |
| Bills | 0:04 | J.Leypoldt 37 yd. Field Goal ( 1-8, 0:11 ) | 3 | 20 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| Bills | 7:26 | L.Watkins 4 yd. run ( J.Leypoldt Kick ) ( 6-53, 2:59 ) | 3 | 27 |
| Jets | 1:40 | E.Boozer 5 yd. run ( B.Howfield Kick ) ( 4-67, 2:25 ) | 10 | 27 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| Bills | 8:14 | G.Hayman 9 yd. run ( J.Leypoldt Kick ) ( 8-56, 4:48 ) | 10 | 34 |
| Bills | 5:30 | J.Leypoldt 44 yd. Field Goal ( 3-9, 2:21 ) | 10 | 37 |
| Drive Charts | |||||||||||
| New York Jets | Buffalo Bills | ||||||||||
| Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | ||
| Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result | Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result |
| 15:00 | 1:45 | NYJ 40 | 3 | 4 | Punt | 13:15 | 2:29 | Buf 22 | 4 | 78 | Touchdown |
| 10:46 | 1:47 | NYJ 20 | 3 | 7 | Punt | 8:59 | 4:49 | Buf 41 | 9 | 29 | Field Goal |
| 4:10 | 2:46 | NYJ 31 | 7 | 24 | Punt | 1:24 | 5:13 | Buf 10 | 8 | 10 | Punt |
| 11:11 | 3:54 | Buf 44 | 8 | 39 | Field Goal | 7:17 | 3:39 | Buf 12 | 5 | 6 | Punt |
| 3:38 | 0:49 | NYJ 48 | 4 | 15 | Punt | 2:49 | 2:38 | Buf 10 | 11 | 90 | Touchdown |
| 11:56 | 1:12 | NYJ 49 | 5 | 14 | Interception | 0:11 | 0:11 | NYJ 28 | 1 | 8 | Field Goal |
| 10:37 | 0:12 | Buf 37 | 2 | 0 | Interception | 15:00 | 3:04 | Buf 20 | 5 | 18 | Punt |
| 7:26 | 1:48 | NYJ 16 | 3 | 7 | Punt | 10:44 | 0:07 | Buf 34 | 1 | 3 | Fumble |
| 4:05 | 2:25 | NYJ 33 | 4 | 67 | Touchdown | 10:25 | 2:59 | Buf 47 | 6 | 53 | Touchdown |
| 14:48 | 1:46 | NYJ 4 | 5 | 18 | Punt | 5:38 | 1:33 | Buf 40 | 3 | 2 | Punt |
| 8:14 | 0:27 | NYJ 20 | 3 | 0 | Punt | 1:40 | 1:52 | Buf 31 | 5 | 25 | Punt |
| 5:26 | 0:50 | NYJ 34 | 6 | 18 | Downs | 13:02 | 4:48 | Buf 44 | 8 | 56 | Touchdown |
| 0:26 | 0:26 | NYJ 30 | 1 | -9 | End of Reg. | 7:47 | 2:21 | NYJ 36 | 3 | 9 | Field Goal |
| 4:36 | 4:10 | Buf 48 | 6 | 22 | Missed FG | ||||||
| 20:07 | NYJ 34 | 54 | 204 | 39:53 | Buf 35 | 75 | 409 | ||||
| Time of Possession by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total |
| New York Jets | 6:22 | 4:43 | 5:37 | 3:29 | 20:11 | |
| Buffalo Bills | 8:38 | 10:17 | 9:23 | 11:31 | 39:49 |
| Team Statistics | Jets | Bills |
| Total Points | 10 | 37 |
| 1st Downs | 11 | 24 |
| Rushing | 6 | 19 |
| Passing | 4 | 4 |
| Penalty | 1 | 1 |
| 3rd-Down Conversions | 3-12 | 4-14 |
| 4th-Down Conversions | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| Penalties-Yards | 2-9 | 6-40 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Time Of Pos. | 20:11 | 39:49 |
| Total Net Yards | 189 | 420 |
| Total Plays | 54 | 75 |
| Average Gain | 3.5 | 5.6 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 71 | 336 |
| Rushes | 21 | 55 |
| Avg. Per Rush | 3.4 | 6.1 |
| Net Yards Passing | 118 | 84 |
| Completions | 11 | 8 |
| Attempts | 32 | 16 |
| Completion % | 34.4 | 50.0 |
| Yards Per Completion | 11.5 | 13.4 |
| Sacks | 1 | 4 |
| Had Intercepted | 2 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Rushing | 1 | 4 |
| Passing | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 1-1 | 4-4 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 3-4 |
| New York Jets | Buffalo Bills | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT | Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT |
| Joe Namath | 32 | 11 | 127 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 21 | Joe Ferguson | 16 | 8 | 107 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 72 |
| Totals | 32 | 11 | 127 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 21 | Totals | 16 | 8 | 107 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 72 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| John Riggins | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 | O.J. Simpson | 18 | 148 | 8.2 | 48 | 2 |
| Emerson Boozer | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 6 | 1 | Jim Braxton | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Hank Bjorklund | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Gary Hayman | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Watkins | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Don Calhoun | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 21 | 71 | 3.4 | 18 | 1 | Totals | 55 | 336 | 6.1 | 48 | 4 |
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Rich Caster | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 49 | 0 | Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | J.D. Hill | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | O.J. Simpson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| David Knight | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 | Paul Seymour | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 49 | 0 | Totals | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG | Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG |
| Greg Gantt | 7 | 266 | 38.0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | Spike Jones | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Totals | 7 | 266 | 38.0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | Totals | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM | Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM |
| Bobby Howfield | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | John Leypoldt | 4 | 3 | 47 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | Totals | 4 | 3 | 47 | 4 | 4 |
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD | Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD |
| Roscoe Word | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Donnie Walker | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Cahill | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Totals | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD | Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD |
| Hank Bjorklund | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 | Don Calhoun | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Wallace Francis | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 39 | 0 | Totals | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Rich Lewis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
| Neal Craig | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | Totals | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Sacks | No | Yds | Avg | Sacks | No | Yds | Avg |
| Ed Galigher | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | Walt Patulski | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Richard Neal | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | ||||
| Al Atkinson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | ||||
| Jamie Rivers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | ||||
| Totals | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | Totals | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD | Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Jamie Rivers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | O.J. Simpson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |