Patriots 31-27 Jets (10 Nov, 1996) Box Score

New England Patriots

7-3, 3-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					31
NYJ					27

New York Jets

1-9, 0-5 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
24/34	297	8.7	3	2	2-22	102.2
24/34	275	8.7	3	2	2-22	102.2

New York Passing


Frank Reich
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
22/44	281	6.4	1	1	1-1	68.5
22/44	280	6.4	1	1	1-1	68.5

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Terry Glenn
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	43	2.9	1	12
1	26	26.0	0	26
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
17	68	4.0	1	26

New York Rushing


Adrian Murrell
Frank Reich
Richie Anderson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
31	128	4.1	2	26
2	9	4.5	0	9
3	5	1.7	0	4
36	142	3.9	2	26

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Curtis Martin
Shawn Jefferson
Ben Coates
David Meggett
Keith Byars
Troy Brown
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	83	13.8	1	28
5	81	16.2	0	31
3	42	14.0	0	18
4	27	6.8	1	17
1	26	26.0	0	26
4	22	5.5	1	9
1	16	16.0	0	16
24	297	12.4	3	31

New York Receiving


Jeff Graham
Richie Anderson
Keyshawn Johnson
Wayne Chrebet
Alex Van Dyke
Adrian Murrell
Kyle Brady
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	95	15.8	1	26
6	85	14.2	0	48
4	44	11.0	0	20
3	33	11.0	0	20
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	7	7.0	0	7
22	281	12.8	1	48

New England Fumbles


Drew Bledsoe
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

New York Fumbles


Frank Reich
Hugh Douglas
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
1	0	1

New England Defense



Lawyer Milloy
Ted Johnson
Mark Wheeler
Willie Clay
Ricky Reynolds
Willie McGinest
Corwin Brown
Michael David Jones
Otis Smith
Todd Collins
Jimmy Hitchcock
Dwayne Sabb
Monty Brown
Chris Slade
Pio Sagapolutele
Marty Moore
Marrio Grier
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	2	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	1	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	54	1	0	5	0	0

New York Defense



Victor Green
Marvin Jones
Gary Jones
Aaron Glenn
Hugh Douglas
Chad Cascadden
Bobby Houston
Lonnie Young
Carl Greenwood
Marvin Washington
Bobby Hamilton
Ray Mickens
Marc Spindler
Aubrey Beavers
Henry Bailey
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	0	0	1	0	0
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	38	2	0	4	0	0

New England Interceptions


Willie Clay
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	35	0
1	35	0

New York Interceptions


Victor Green
Aaron Glenn
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	9	0
1	0	0
2	9	0

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	78	26.0	32
1	28	28.0	28
4	106	26.5	32

New York Kick Returns


Henry Bailey
Alex Van Dyke
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	81	20.3	27
2	25	12.5	17
6	106	17.7	27

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	14	14.0	14	0
1	14	14.0	14	0

New York Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No New York Punt Returns

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	30	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	30	4/4	7

New York Kicking


Nick Lowery
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	32	3/3	9
2/3	66.7	32	3/3	9

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
1	47	47.0	0	0	47
1	47	47.0	0	0	47

New York Punting


Brian Hansen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	69	34.5	0	0	36
2	69	34.5	0	0	36

5:00 AM, 10 November 1996

Attendance: 61,715

Referees:
Bernie Kukar

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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