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Box Score: New England Patriots at New York Jets

Posted: Sun December 27, 1998 at 4:15 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

NEW ENGLAND 0 3 0 7 10 NY JETS 3 14 7 7 31 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NYJ - FG, JOHN HALL 36 YD, 8:39. Drive: 15 plays, 72 yards in 8:39. Key plays: Martin 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 27; Testaverde 5-yard pass to K Johnson on 3rd-and-4 to New York 38; Martin 17-yard run to New England 43; Testaverde 10-yard run to New England 21. NY JETS 3-0 2ND QUARTER: NYJ - TD, KYLE BRADY 4 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 0:40. Drive: 10 plays, 54 yards in 5:20. Key plays: Testaverde 18-yard pass to K Johnson to New England 31; Martin 4-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New England 19; Testaverde 8-yard pass to Chrebet on 3rd-and-5 to New England 6. NY JETS 10-0 NYJ - TD, CURTIS MARTIN 8 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 5:55. Drive: 7 plays, 33 yards in 4:17. Key plays: Mickens recovery of Edwards fumble at New England 33; Martin 6-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New England 19; Testaverde 8-yard pass to Brady to New England 11; Martin 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 8. NY JETS 17-0 NWE - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 19 YD, 11:34. Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards in 5:39. Key plays: Edwards 18-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 45; Zolak 15-yard pass to Cullors on 3rd-and-5 to New York 25; Zolak 18-yard pass to Coates to New York 7. NY JETS 17-3 3RD QUARTER: NYJ - TD, DEDRIC WARD 17 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 4:29. Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 2:44. Key plays: Meggett 14-yard punt return to New York 40; Testaverde 15-yard pass to Meggett to New England 42; Testaverde 25-yard run to New England 17. NY JETS 24-3 4TH QUARTER: NYJ - TD, KEYSHAWN JOHNSON 24 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 0:05. Drive: 15 plays, 96 yards in 8:49. Key plays: Testaverde 16-yard pass to Chrebet on 3rd-and-5 to New York 25; Testaverde 10-yard pass to Chrebet on 3rd-and-6 to New York 39; Martin 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New England 49; Testaverde 16-yard pass to K. Johnson on 3rd-and-9 to New England 32. NY JETS 31-3 NWE - TD, TONY SIMMONS 44 YD PASS FROM SCOTT ZOLAK (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 13:29. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards in 0:55. Key plays: Zolak 2-yard pass to Shaw on 3rd-and-1 to New England 35; Zolak 11-yard pass to Carter to midfield; Shaw 6-yard run to New York 44. NY JETS 31-10 TEAM STATISTICS NWE NYJ
FIRST DOWNS 9 21 Rushing 2 8 Passing 7 13 Penalty 0 0 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15 13-19 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 249 339 Total plays 52 72 Average gain 4.8 4.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 130 149 Rushes 20 41 Average per rush 6.5 3.6 NET YARDS PASSING 119 190 Completed-attempted 14-31 18-31 Yards per pass 3.7 6.1 Sacked-yards lost 1-8 0-0 Had intercepted 0 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-42.7 4-41.0 RETURN YARDAGE 182 71 Punts-returns 2-18 3-39 Kickoffs-returns 6-164 2-32 Interceptions-returns 1-0 0-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 2-25 1-10 FUMBLES-LOST 3-1 0-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 21:09 38:51 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: None. New England rushing: Sedrick Shaw 6-81, Robert Edwards 12-47, Derick Cullors 2-2. NY Jets rushing: Curtis Martin 29-102, Vinny Testaverde 2-35, David Meggett 4-7, Jerald Sowell 4-4, Richie Anderson 1-2, Ray Lucas 1-minus 1. New England passing: Scott Zolak 14-31 for 127 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. NY Jets passing: Vinny Testaverde 17-27 for 179 yards, 1 INT, 4 TD, Glenn Foley 1-3 for 11 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Ray Lucas 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD. New England receiving: Robert Edwards 4-8, Ben Coates 2-25, Sedrick Shaw 2-10, Lovett Purnell 2-8, Tony Simmons 1-44, Derick Cullors 1-15, Tony Carter 1-11, Shawn Jefferson 1-6. NY Jets receiving: Keyshawn Johnson 6-75, Wayne Chrebet 4-44, Kyle Brady 3-16, Dedric Ward 2-28, Curtis Martin 2-12, David Meggett 1-15. New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Chad Eaton 7-6-0, Tedy Bruschi 7-5-0, Marty Moore 5-6-0, Lawyer Milloy 6-4-0, Willie Clay 6-1-0, Ty Law 5-1-0, Ferric Collons 3-2-0, Steve Israel 4-0-0, Willie Mcginest 2-1-0, Greg Spires 2-0-0, Tebucky Jones 2-0-0, Henry Thomas 2-0-0, Chris Slade 1-1-0, Chris Carter 1-0-0, Mark Wheeler 1-0-0, Vernon Crawford 0-1-0, Chris Canty 0-1-0. NY Jets tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Pepper Johnson 4-2-0, Anthony Pleasant 5-0-1, Ray Mickens 3-2-0, Otis Smith 3-1-0, Kevin Williams 3-0-0, Victor Green 2-1-0, James Farrior 2-1-0, Bryan Cox 1-2-0, Ernie Logan 2-0-0, Bobby Hamilton 1-1-0, Mo Lewis 1-1-0, Eric Ogbogu 1-1-0, Rick Lyle 1-1-0, Dwayne Gordon 1-1-0, Chad Cascadden 1-0-0, Dorian Boose 1-0-0, Corwin Brown 1-0-0, Jason Ferguson 1-0-0. Interceptions: New England (Lawyer Milloy 1 for 0 yards). Fumbles lost: New England (Robert Edwards). Opponent's fumbles recovered: NY Jets (Ray Mickens). Officials: Referee-Jerry Markbreit, Umpire-Ed Fiffick, Head linesman-Sanford Rivers, Line judge-Mark Steinkerchner(84), Back judge-Don Hakes, Side judge-Don Carlsen, Field judge-Bob Mcgrath. A: 74,302; T: 2:54.


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