Throwback Thursday: Miami Dolphins at New York Jets 1981

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For this edition of Throwback Thursday, we go back 32 years, to week 12 of the 1981 season.

The Jets entered this game with a 6-4-1 record. The one tie? That came at the hands of archrival Miami, who played the Jets to a 28-28 tie in Miami. Now, the scene shifted to Shea Stadium in New York, and Miami came to town with a record of 7-3-1.

Tonight, we bring you tape of this exciting game, delivered to you in two parts. Watch part, watch all of it, watch as much as you like, as the Jets took on the rival Miami Dolphins in an AFC East matchup:

The Jets won this ballgame by the score of 16-15, running their record to 7-4-1, enroute to a 10-5-1 finish.

Here is your boxscore:

	1	2	3	4	Final
Miami Dolphins (7-4-1)	0	12	0	3	15
New York Jets (7-4-1)	3	3	0	10	16

Game Info
Stadium	Shea Stadium
Start Time	4:00pm
Surface	grass
Weather	41 degrees, relative humidity 51%, wind 20 mph
Vegas Line	New York Jets -2.5
Over/Under	45.0 (under)

Scoring

			MIA	NYJ
1st	Jets	Pat Leahy 29 yard field goal	0	3
2nd	Jets	Pat Leahy 49 yard field goal	0	6
	Dolphins	Tony Nathan 4 yard rush (Uwe von Schamann kick)	7	6
	Dolphins	Safety, Gordon tackled Todd in end zone	9	6
	Dolphins	Uwe von Schamann 46 yard field goal	12	6
4th	Jets	Pat Leahy 45 yard field goal	12	9
	Dolphins	Uwe von Schamann 23 yard field goal	15	9
	Jets	Jerome Barkum 11 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick)	15	16

Team Stats

	MIA	NYJ
First downs	13	21
Rush-yards-TDs	31-146-1	29-120-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	10-22-63-0-2	21-38-203-1-0
Sacked-yards	3-22	4-38
Net pass yards	41	165
Total yards	187	285
Fumbles-lost	3-0	4-2
Turnovers	2	2
Penalties-yards	2-30	5-53

Passing, Rushing, & Receiving

		Passing						Rushing				Receiving
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng
Tony Nathan	MIA							15	56	1	13	3	26	0	14
David Woodley	MIA	10	22	63	0	2	16	4	41	0	26
Andra Franklin	MIA							7	45	0	20
Duriel Harris	MIA											2	30	0	16
Eddie Hill	MIA							5	4	0	6	1	4	0	4
Jimmy Cefalo	MIA											1	3	0	3
Bruce Hardy	MIA											1	3	0	3
Ronnie Lee	MIA											2	-3	0	2
		Passing						Rushing				Receiving
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng
Richard Todd	NYJ	21	38	203	1	0	18	1	10	0	10
Freeman McNeil	NYJ							19	75	0	13	3	30	0	14
Jerome Barkum	NYJ											4	43	1	13
Bruce Harper	NYJ							3	12	0	7	4	26	0	13
Lam Jones	NYJ											3	37	0	15
Wesley Walker	NYJ											3	36	0	18
Scott Dierking	NYJ							2	16	0	11	2	17	0	9
Bobby Jones	NYJ											1	12	0	12
Tom Newton	NYJ							4	7	0	4	1	2	0	2