Jets 30-17 Patriots (23 Dec, 2002) Box Score

New York Jets

8-7, 4-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NYJ	14	3	3	10	30
NE	7	3	7	0	17

New England Patriots

8-7, 4-3 home

New York Passing


Chad Pennington
Richie Anderson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
23/33	285	8.6	3	0-0	126.5
0/1	0	0.0	0	0-0	39.6
23/34	285	8.4	3	0-0	122.8

New England Passing


Tom Brady
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
19/37	133	3.6	1	1	2-14	57.6
19/37	119	3.6	1	1	2-14	57.6

New York Rushing


Curtis Martin
LaMont Jordan
Chad Pennington
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
26	106	4.1	9
2	2	1.0	2
3	0	0.0	2
31	108	3.5	9

New England Rushing


Antowain Smith
Tom Brady
Kevin Faulk
David Patten
Marc Edwards
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
14	46	3.3	7
4	24	6.0	15
2	13	6.5	10
1	7	7.0	7
2	7	3.5	5
23	97	4.2	15

New York Receiving


Laveranues Coles
Santana Moss
Wayne Chrebet
Richie Anderson
Anthony Becht
Jerald Sowell
Chris Baker
Curtis Martin
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	78	15.6	1	32
4	77	19.3	1	47
4	61	15.3	1	21
5	34	6.8	0	8
2	21	10.5	0	15
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	3	3.0	0	3
23	285	12.4	3	47

New England Receiving


Kevin Faulk
David Patten
Antowain Smith
Christian Fauria
Marc Edwards
Troy Brown
David Givens
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	38	9.5	0	14
5	38	7.6	0	15
4	22	5.5	0	8
2	12	6.0	1	6
1	9	9.0	0	9
2	8	4.0	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
19	133	7.0	1	15

New York Fumbles


Santana Moss
LaMont Jordan
Nick Ferguson
team

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

New England Fumbles


Troy Brown
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
2	1	0

New York Defense



Sam Cowart
Marvin Jones
Mo Lewis
Sam Garnes
Shaun Ellis
John Abraham
Aaron Beasley
Donnie Abraham
Jon McGraw
Nick Ferguson
Kelvin Moses
Damien Robinson
James Darling
Jerald Sowell
Jason Glenn
Josh Evans
Ray Mickens
Jason Ferguson
James Dearth
Larry Webster
James Reed
Steve White
Chad Morton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
5	2	1.5	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	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	0	0	0
2	0	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	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	46	2	0	5	0	0

New England Defense



Roman Phifer
Ted Johnson
Leonard Myers
Mike Vrabel
Victor Green
Bobby Hamilton
Lawyer Milloy
Ty Law
Anthony Pleasant
Willie McGinest
Richard Seymour
Rick Lyle
Jarvis Green
Terrell Buckley
Chris Hayes
Ken Walter
Kevin Faulk
Larry Izzo
Tebucky Jones
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	1	0	0
9	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
79	54	0	0	5	0	1

New York Interceptions


Donnie Abraham
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	23	0
1	23	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

New York Kick Returns


Chad Morton
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	98	24.5	32	0
4	98	24.5	32	0

New England Kick Returns


Kevin Faulk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
7	220	31.4	87	1
7	220	31.4	87	1

New York Punt Returns


Santana Moss
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	47	15.7	34	0
3	47	15.7	34	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	26	6.5	14	0
4	26	6.5	14	0

New York Kicking


John Hall
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	43	3/3	12
3/3	100.0	43	3/3	12

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	49	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	49	2/2	5

New York Punting


Matt Turk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	221	36.8	0	1	48
6	221	36.8	0	1	48

New England Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	306	43.7	2	1	50
7	306	43.7	2	1	50

1:30 AM, 23 December 2002

Attendance: 68,436

Referees:
Tony Corrente

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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REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	38	9.5	0	14
5	38	7.6	0	15
4	22	5.5	0	8
2	12	6.0	1	6
1	9	9.0	0	9
2	8	4.0	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
19	133	7.0	1	15

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	38	9.5	0	14
5	38	7.6	0	15
4	22	5.5	0	8
2	12	6.0	1	6
1	9	9.0	0	9
2	8	4.0	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
19	133	7.0	1	15

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	38	9.5	0	14
5	38	7.6	0	15
4	22	5.5	0	8
2	12	6.0	1	6
1	9	9.0	0	9
2	8	4.0	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
19	133	7.0	1	15