Patriots 27-24 Jets (14 Sep, 1997) Box Score

New York Jets

1-2, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NYJ					24
NE					27

New England Patriots

3-0, 2-0 home

New York Passing


Neil O'Donnell
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
30/50	271	5.4	1	0	7-46	81.3
30/50	225	5.4	1	0	7-46	81.3

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/34	162	4.8	2	2	0-0	56.3
16/34	162	4.8	2	2	0-0	56.3

New York Rushing


Adrian Murrell
Neil O'Donnell
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
18	110	6.1	0	21
3	20	6.7	1	9
21	130	6.2	1	21

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Keith Byars
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
40	199	5.0	1	33
2	8	4.0	0	5
4	6	1.5	0	3
46	213	4.6	1	33

New York Receiving


Wayne Chrebet
Keyshawn Johnson
Jeff Graham
Leon Johnson
Dedric Ward
Richie Anderson
Fred Baxter
Adrian Murrell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	82	13.7	0	39
6	62	10.3	1	24
5	54	10.8	0	25
5	32	6.4	0	15
2	17	8.5	0	11
3	14	4.7	0	8
1	6	6.0	0	6
2	4	2.0	0	6
30	271	9.0	1	39

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Ben Coates
Lovett Purnell
Vincent Brisby
Curtis Martin
Keith Byars
Troy Brown
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	63	12.6	0	20
2	40	20.0	1	32
2	25	12.5	1	15
2	15	7.5	0	8
2	15	7.5	0	8
2	10	5.0	0	6
1	-6	-6.0	0	-6
16	162	10.1	2	32

New York Fumbles


Neil O'Donnell
Richie Anderson
Chad Cascadden
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	2	0
1	1	0
0	0	1
3	3	1

New England Fumbles


Derick Cullors
Mike D. Jones
Willie McGinest
Ty Law
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	1	3

New York Defense



James Farrior
Pepper Johnson
Jerome Henderson
Marvin Jones
Ernie Logan
Victor Green
Otis Smith
Rick Terry
Mo Lewis
Aaron Glenn
Rick Lyle
Jason Ferguson
Bobby Hamilton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	3	0	1
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
73	57	0	0	5	0	2

New England Defense



Jimmy Hitchcock
Lawyer Milloy
Ted Johnson
Chris Slade
Henry Thomas
Willie Clay
Todd Collins
Ty Law
Mark Wheeler
Ferric Collons
Willie McGinest
Chris Canty
Steve Israel
Tedy Bruschi
Larry Whigham
Chris Carter
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	2	0	0
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	2	0	0	0	0
5	4	3	0	2	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	2	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	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
59	48	7	0	4	0	0

New York Interceptions


Mo Lewis
Otis Smith
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	43	1
1	0	0
2	43	1

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

New York Kick Returns


Aaron Glenn
Leon Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	93	23.3	29
1	20	20.0	20
5	113	22.6	29

New England Kick Returns


Chris Canty
Derick Cullors
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	84	42.0	63
2	47	23.5	25
4	131	32.8	63

New York Punt Returns


Leon Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	51	17.0	23	0
3	51	17.0	23	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	52	13.0	17	0
4	52	13.0	17	0

New York Kicking


John Hall
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	27	3/3	6
1/2	50.0	27	3/3	6

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	34	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	34	3/3	9

New York Punting


Brian Hansen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	227	45.4	0	1	51
5	227	45.4	0	1	51

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	206	41.2	0	1	55
5	206	41.2	0	1	55

5:00 AM, 14 September 1997

Attendance: 60,072

Referees:
Larry Nemmers

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	7	2	.778	260	173
New York	3	6	.333	171	183
Miami	2	6	.250	124	187
New England	2	7	.222	141	217

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