Jets 31-10 Patriots (27 Dec, 1998) Box Score

New England Patriots

9-7, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					10
NYJ					31

New York Jets

12-4, 7-1 home

New England Passing


Scott Zolak
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/31	127	4.1	1	0	1-8	67.5
14/31	119	4.1	1	0	1-8	67.5

New York Passing


Vinny Testaverde
Glenn Foley
Ray Lucas
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/27	179	6.6	4	1	0-0	106.3
1/3	11	3.7	0	0	0-0	45.1
0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	39.6
18/31	190	6.1	4	1	0-0	102.2

New England Rushing


Sedrick Shaw
Robert Edwards
Derick Cullors
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	81	13.5	71
12	47	3.9	18
2	2	1.0	5
20	130	6.5	71

New York Rushing


Curtis Martin
Vinny Testaverde
David Meggett
Jerald Sowell
Richie Anderson
Ray Lucas
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
29	102	3.5	17
2	35	17.5	25
4	7	1.8	3
4	4	1.0	3
1	2	2.0	2
1	-1	-1.0	-1
41	149	3.6	25

New England Receiving


Tony Simmons
Ben Coates
Derick Cullors
Tony Carter
Sedrick Shaw
Lovett Purnell
Robert Edwards
Shawn Jefferson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
1	44	44.0	1	44
2	25	12.5	0	18
1	15	15.0	0	15
1	11	11.0	0	11
2	10	5.0	0	8
2	8	4.0	0	5
4	8	2.0	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
14	127	9.1	1	44

New York Receiving


Keyshawn Johnson
Wayne Chrebet
Dedric Ward
Kyle Brady
David Meggett
Curtis Martin
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	75	12.5	1	24
4	44	11.0	0	16
2	28	14.0	1	17
3	16	5.3	1	8
1	15	15.0	0	15
2	12	6.0	1	8
18	190	10.6	4	24

New England Fumbles


Robert Edwards
Sedrick Shaw
team

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

New York Fumbles


Ray Mickens
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New England Defense



Chad Eaton
Tedy Bruschi
Marty Moore
Lawyer Milloy
Willie Clay
Ty Law
Ferric Collons
Steve Israel
Willie McGinest
Tebucky Jones
Henry Thomas
Greg Spires
Chris Slade
Mark Wheeler
Chris Carter
Mike Bartrum
Chris Canty
Vernon Crawford
Dana Cottrell
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
13	7	0	0	0	0	0
12	7	0	0	0	0	0
11	5	0	0	0	0	0
10	6	0	0	1	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	4	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	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
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	54	0	0	5	0	0

New York Defense



Pepper Johnson
Ray Mickens
Anthony Pleasant
Otis Smith
James Farrior
Kevin Williams
Victor Green
Bryan Cox
Dwayne Gordon
Ernie Logan
Mo Lewis
Rick Lyle
Bobby Hamilton
Eric Ogbogu
Corwin Brown
Chad Cascadden
Jason Ferguson
Dorian Boose
Chris Hayes
Scott Frost
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	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	1	0	0
51	33	1	0	4	0	0

New England Interceptions


Lawyer Milloy
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

New York Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New York Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Derick Cullors
Chris Canty
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	140	28.0	47
1	24	24.0	24
6	164	27.3	47

New York Kick Returns


Kevin Williams
David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	16	16.0	16
1	16	16.0	16
2	32	16.0	16

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	18	9.0	10	0
2	18	9.0	10	0

New York Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	39	13.0	18	0
3	39	13.0	18	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	19	1/1	4
1/1	100.0	19	1/1	4

New York Kicking


John Hall
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	36	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	36	4/4	7

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	256	42.7	0	2	50
6	256	42.7	0	2	50

New York Punting


John Kidd
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	164	41.0	0	0	54
4	164	41.0	0	0	54

5:00 AM, 27 December 1998

Attendance: 74,302

Referees:
Jerry Markbreit

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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