Jets 23-15 Bears (16 Nov, 1997) Box Score

New York Jets

7-4, 4-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NYJ					23
CHI					15

Chicago Bears

1-10, 0-6 home

New York Passing


Glenn Foley
Neil O'Donnell
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
8/13	111	8.5	1	1-5	114.6
4/12	25	2.1	0	2-15	42.4
12/25	116	5.4	1	3-20	78.1

Chicago Passing


Erik Kramer
Steve Stenstrom
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
32/60	354	5.9	2	3	4-39	61.4
1/5	1	0.2	0	1	1-9	0.0
33/65	307	5.5	2	4	5-48	51.8

New York Rushing


Adrian Murrell
Lorenzo Neal
Richie Anderson
Leon Johnson
Neil O'Donnell
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
21	61	2.9	15
6	10	1.7	5
2	6	3.0	5
1	2	2.0	2
2	-2	-1.0	-1
32	77	2.4	15

Chicago Rushing


Darnell Autry
Erik Kramer
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
19	39	2.1	5
1	10	10.0	10
20	49	2.5	10

New York Receiving


Keyshawn Johnson
Adrian Murrell
Kyle Brady
Jeff Graham
Richie Anderson
Wayne Chrebet
Dedric Ward
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
1	35	35.0	1	35
2	26	13.0	0	23
1	21	21.0	0	21
3	19	6.3	0	9
1	13	13.0	0	13
2	12	6.0	0	8
2	10	5.0	0	14
12	136	11.3	1	35

Chicago Receiving


Ricky Proehl
Chris Penn
Fabien Bownes
Ryan Wetnight
Keith Jennings
Tony Carter
Darnell Autry
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
11	118	10.7	1	25
7	85	12.1	1	22
3	40	13.3	0	21
4	32	8.0	0	15
2	30	15.0	0	23
4	27	6.8	0	15
2	23	11.5	0	14
33	355	10.8	2	25

New York Fumbles


Dedric Ward
Rick Lyle
team

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

Chicago Fumbles


Erik Kramer
Darnell Autry
Mike Dulaney
Anthony Marshall
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
4	1	1

New York Defense



Victor Green
Marvin Jones
James Farrior
Dwayne Gordon
Jerome Henderson
Hugh Douglas
Ray Mickens
Otis Smith
Aaron Glenn
Corwin Brown
Mo Lewis
Jason Ferguson
Rick Terry
Ray Austin
Matt Finkes
Ernie Logan
Bobby Hamilton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	0	0	2	0	0
8	7	1	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	2	0	0	0	0
5	5	1	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	3	0	1
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	1	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
0	0	0	0	2	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
67	55	5	0	12	0	2

Chicago Defense



Bryan Cox
Barry Minter
Walt Harris
John Mangum
Carl Reeves
Jim Flanigan
Mark Thomas
Ron Cox
Marty Carter
Tyrone M. Williams
Terry Cousin
Tom Carter
Marlon Forbes
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0.5	0	0	0	0
7	6	1	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
53	42	3	0	3	0	0

New York Interceptions


Otis Smith
Victor Green
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	37	1
2	50	0
4	87	1

Chicago Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Chicago Interceptions

New York Kick Returns


Aaron Glenn
Wayne Chrebet
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	20	20.0	20
1	5	5.0	5
2	25	12.5	20

Chicago Kick Returns


Fabien Bownes
John Allred
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	113	22.6	31
1	10	10.0	10
6	123	20.5	31

New York Punt Returns


Leon Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	26	13.0	20	0
2	26	13.0	20	0

Chicago Punt Returns


Tyrone Hughes
Mike Dulaney
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	34	6.8	18
1	0	0.0	0
6	34	5.7	18

New York Kicking


John Hall
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/4	75.0	36	2/2	11
3/4	75.0	36	2/2	11

Chicago Kicking


Jeff Jaeger
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/2	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/2	0.0	0	1/1	1

New York Punting


Brian Hansen
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	278	39.7	0	3	47
7	278	39.7	0	3	47

Chicago Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
Jeff Jaeger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	112	37.3	39
1	18	18.0	18
4	130	32.5	39

5:00 AM, 16 November 1997

Attendance: 45,642

Referees:
Robert McElwee

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

Team	W	L

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