Patriots 34-10 Jets (8 Dec, 1996) Box Score

New York Jets

1-13, 1-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NYJ					10
NE					34

New England Patriots

10-4, 6-2 home

New York Passing


Glenn Foley
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
22/45	227	5.0	1	2	4-25	52.7
22/45	202	5.0	1	2	4-25	52.7

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
Marrio Grier
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
24/42	251	6.0	1	1	1-3	72.6
0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	39.6
24/43	248	5.8	1	1	1-3	71.0

New York Rushing


Adrian Murrell
Glenn Foley
Brian Hansen
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	30	2.5	17
1	11	11.0	11
1	1	1.0	1
14	42	3.0	17

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Marrio Grier
Drew Bledsoe
Sam Gash
David Meggett
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	94	4.5	1	19
7	19	2.7	1	11
2	3	1.5	0	2
2	2	1.0	0	2
1	1	1.0	0	1
33	119	3.6	2	19

New York Receiving


Keyshawn Johnson
Wayne Chrebet
Webster Slaughter
Kyle Brady
Alex Van Dyke
Richie Anderson
Adrian Murrell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	91	13.0	1	26
4	52	13.0	0	15
3	40	13.3	0	17
3	19	6.3	0	8
2	17	8.5	0	9
2	14	7.0	0	7
1	-6	-6.0	0	-6
22	227	10.3	1	26

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Terry Glenn
Keith Byars
Ben Coates
Sam Gash
Curtis Martin
David Meggett
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	91	18.2	0	29
7	66	9.4	0	25
4	37	9.3	0	15
2	18	9.0	1	16
2	14	7.0	0	9
3	13	4.3	0	8
1	12	12.0	0	12
24	251	10.5	1	29

New York Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No New York Fumbles

New England Fumbles


David Meggett
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	0	0
2	0	0

New York Defense



Victor Green
Marvin Jones
Chad Cascadden
Gary Jones
Bobby Hamilton
Matt Brock
Marcus Coleman
Rick Hamilton
Bobby Houston
Marvin Washington
Aaron Glenn
Marc Spindler
Lonnie Young
Hugh Douglas
Ray Mickens
John Hudson
Ronald Moore
Aubrey Beavers
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
17	13	0	0	0	0	0
10	5	0	0	0	0	0
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	4	0	0	1	0	0
6	6	1	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
85	53	1	0	4	0	0

New England Defense



Todd Collins
Pio Sagapolutele
Tedy Bruschi
Otis Smith
Chris Slade
Lawyer Milloy
Willie Clay
Ted Johnson
Mike McGruder
Mark Wheeler
Jerome Henderson
Ferric Collons
Dwayne Sabb
Corwin Brown
Larry Whigham
Marty Moore
Ty Law
Chad Eaton
Terry Ray
Willie McGinest
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	1
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
51	36	4	0	8	0	2

New York Interceptions


Bobby Houston
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Interceptions


Ty Law
Jerome Henderson
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	38	1
1	0	0
2	38	1

New York Kick Returns


Reggie Cobb
Alex Van Dyke
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	102	20.4	27
2	30	15.0	16
7	132	18.9	27

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	55	27.5	35
1	15	15.0	15
3	70	23.3	35

New York Punt Returns


Wayne Chrebet
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	7	7.0	7	0
1	7	7.0	7	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	19	4.8	11	0
4	19	4.8	11	0

New York Kicking


Nick Lowery
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	27	1/1	4
1/1	100.0	27	1/1	4

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	41	4/4	10
2/2	100.0	41	4/4	10

New York Punting


Brian Hansen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	208	41.6	0	0	52
5	208	41.6	0	0	52

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
Adam Vinatieri
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	115	38.3	1	2	46
1	27	27.0	0	1	27
4	142	35.5	1	3	46

5:00 AM, 8 December 1996

Attendance: 54,621

Referees:
Thomas White

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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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