Patriots 17-16 Jets (2 Dec, 2001) Box Score

New England Patriots

7-5, 3-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	0	0	14	3	17
NYJ	10	3	3	0	16

New York Jets

7-4, 2-4 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
20/28	213	7.6	0	0	3-22	93.3
20/28	191	7.6	0	0	3-22	93.3

New York Passing


Vinny Testaverde
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/32	172	5.4	1	2	3-15	55.7
18/32	157	5.4	1	2	3-15	55.7

New England Rushing


Antowain Smith
Kevin Faulk
J.R. Redmond
Marc Edwards
Tom Brady
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	28	2.3	1	5
3	23	7.7	0	13
3	17	5.7	0	10
2	5	2.5	1	4
3	0	0.0	0	2
23	73	3.2	2	13

New York Rushing


Curtis Martin
Vinny Testaverde
LaMont Jordan
Richie Anderson
Laveranues Coles
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
20	99	5.0	17
2	21	10.5	12
2	7	3.5	5
3	6	2.0	8
1	-2	-2.0	-2
28	131	4.7	17

New England Receiving


David Patten
Troy Brown
Fred Coleman
Antowain Smith
Rod Rutledge
Marc Edwards
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	60	10.0	17
8	59	7.4	18
1	46	46.0	46
3	43	14.3	40
1	9	9.0	9
1	-4	-4.0	-4
20	213	10.7	46

New York Receiving


Laveranues Coles
Wayne Chrebet
Santana Moss
Anthony Becht
Curtis Martin
Richie Anderson
James Dearth
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	63	21.0	1	34
5	48	9.6	0	24
2	40	20.0	0	33
2	16	8.0	0	8
4	4	1.0	0	3
1	1	1.0	0	1
1	0	0.0	0	0
18	172	9.6	1	34

New England Fumbles


Tom Brady
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

New York Fumbles


Vinny Testaverde
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Defense



Roman Phifer
Tedy Bruschi
Lawyer Milloy
Bobby Hamilton
Ty Law
Otis Smith
Mike Vrabel
Tebucky Jones
Brandon Mitchell
Richard Seymour
Terrance Shaw
Matt Stevens
Anthony Pleasant
Adam Vinatieri
Larry Izzo
Ula Tuitele
Bryan Cox
David Nugent
Terrell Buckley
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	1	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	2	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	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	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
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
62	51	3	0	4	0	0

New York Defense



Victor Green
Marvin Jones
Mo Lewis
James Farrior
Ray Mickens
Rick Lyle
Marcus Coleman
Steve Martin
John Abraham
James Reed
Nick Ferguson
Jamie Henderson
Jason Glenn
Shane Burton
Damien Robinson
Shaun Ellis
Kerry Jenkins
Anthony Becht
Tory Woodbury
Aaron Glenn
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	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
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	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
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
67	49	3	0	4	0	0

New England Interceptions


Mike Vrabel
Terrell Buckley
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	12	0
1	0	0
2	12	0

New York Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New York Interceptions

New England Kick Returns


Ben Kelly
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	90	18.0	26	0
5	90	18.0	26	0

New York Kick Returns


Craig Yeast
Jerald Sowell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	69	23.0	34
1	6	6.0	6
4	75	18.8	34

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	0	0.0	0	0
2	0	0.0	0	0

New York Punt Returns


Chad Morton
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	6	3.0	6	0
2	6	3.0	6	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	28	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	28	2/2	5

New York Kicking


John Hall
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	50	1/1	10
3/3	100.0	50	1/1	10

New England Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	217	36.2	0	2	46
6	217	36.2	0	2	46

New York Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	106	35.3	0	0	47
3	106	35.3	0	0	47

6:00 PM, 2 December 2001

Attendance: 78,712

Referees:
Robert McElwee

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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