Oilers 23-6 Jets (17 Dec, 1995) Box Score

New York Jets

3-12, 1-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NYJ					6
HOU					23

Houston Oilers

6-9, 3-5 home

New York Passing


Boomer Esiason
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
19/34	161	4.7	1	0	3-27	78.2
19/34	134	4.7	1	0	3-27	78.2

Houston Passing


Steve McNair
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
13/27	198	7.3	1	0	2-32	85.1
13/27	166	7.3	1	0	2-32	85.1

New York Rushing


Brad Baxter
Ronald Moore
Boomer Esiason
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	15	5.0	12
11	15	1.4	5
2	0	0.0	0
16	30	1.9	12

Houston Rushing


Gary Brown
Marion Stevenson Butts Jr.
Rodney Thomas
Steve McNair
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	40	3.3	0	8
11	29	2.6	1	7
12	26	2.2	0	12
3	13	4.3	0	13
38	108	2.8	1	13

New York Receiving


Johnny Mitchell
Ryan Yarborough
Wayne Chrebet
Fred Baxter
Charles Wilson
Ronald Moore
Brad Baxter
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	72	10.3	1	21
3	39	13.0	0	24
3	24	8.0	0	12
3	20	6.7	0	14
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
19	161	8.5	1	24

Houston Receiving


Chris Sanders
Haywood Franklin Jeffires
Frank Wycheck
Roderick Lewis
Rodney Thomas
Derek Russell
Gary Brown
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	82	27.3	0	53
1	35	35.0	1	35
3	35	11.7	0	13
2	18	9.0	0	16
1	15	15.0	0	15
2	14	7.0	0	10
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
13	198	15.2	1	53

New York Fumbles


Boomer Esiason
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	0	0
2	0	0

Houston Fumbles


Steve McNair
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	0	0
2	0	0

New York Defense



Victor Green
Marvin Jones
Ron Carpenter
Matt Brock
Marvin Washington
Bobby Houston
Hugh Douglas
Tony Casillas
Erik Howard
Mo Lewis
Aaron Glenn
Marc Spindler
Otis Smith
Gary Jones
Vance Desmond Joseph
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	7	0	0	1	0	0
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	3	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
60	43	2	0	7	0	0

Houston Defense



Blaine Bishop
Gary Walker
Micheal Barrow
Joe Bowden
Odie Harris
Chuck Cecil
Torey Hunter
Tomur Barnes
Henry Ford
Craig Veasey
Barron Wortham
Cris Dishman
Eddie Robinson Jr.
Lemanski Hall
Steve Hendrickson
Travis Hannah
Malcolm Floyd
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	1.5	0	0	0	0
6	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	3	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	30	3	0	7	0	0

New York Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New York Interceptions

Houston Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Houston Interceptions

New York Kick Returns


Ron Carpenter
Jeff Sydner
Ronald Moore
Otis Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	75	25.0	28
1	20	20.0	20
1	19	19.0	19
1	6	6.0	6
6	120	20.0	28

Houston Kick Returns


Mel Gray
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	29	29.0	29	0
1	29	29.0	29	0

New York Punt Returns


Jeff Sydner
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	39	13.0	22	0
3	39	13.0	22	0

Houston Punt Returns


Mel Gray
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	43	14.3	20	0
3	43	14.3	20	0

New York Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
No New York Kicking

Houston Kicking


Al Del Greco
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	53	2/2	11
3/3	100.0	53	2/2	11

New York Punting


Brian Hansen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9	346	38.4	0	5	56
9	346	38.4	0	5	56

Houston Punting


Rich Camarillo
Al Del Greco
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	238	47.6	1	1	56
1	15	15.0	0	0	15
6	253	42.2	1	1	56

5:00 AM, 17 December 1995

Attendance: 35,873

Referees:
Mike Carey

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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