2006 New York Jets season

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The 2006 New York Jets season began with the team trying to improve on their 4-12 record in 2005.

Offseason

On January 17, the Jets announced that Eric Mangini had been signed as head coach [1] [2] following the departure of Herman Edwards to the Kansas City Chiefs. Mangini would become the youngest head coach in the NFL, turning 35 on January 19. Mangini's first order of business was to reorganize the coaching staff. Offensive Coordinator Mike Heimerdinger and Defensive Coordinator Donnie Henderson were both released from the Jets staff. Special Teams Coordinator Mike Westoff was retained. A full staff was announced on February 20. Linebackers coach Bob Sutton was named defensive coordinator and the team signed Jim Herrmann to replace Sutton as the linebackers coach. Herrmann was the defensive coordinator at the University of Michigan for twenty years before arriving in New York.

General Manager Terry Bradway announced that he was stepping down as Jets GM on February 7. Assistant GM Mike Tannenbaum was named the new GM on the same day. Bradway continues to be employed by the Jets organization as a scouting consultant.

The Jets moved quickly to get under the salary cap as they were over by $25 million. On February 22, tackle Jason Fabini, quarterback Jay Fiedler, linebacker Barry Gardner, defensive tackle Lance Legree, fullback Jerald Sowell and wide receiver Harry Williams were placed on waivers. The team chose not to tender an offer to Mark Brown. Cornerback Ty Law also parted ways with the Jets, as the organization decided not to exercise the contract option to extend his contract through 2008. Running back Curtis Martin agreed to an undisclosed restructured contract.

Pro Bowl Center Kevin Mawae was released on Sunday March 5th. Mawae disagreed with the assertion that his release was for salary cap reasons, as his cut would only be a savings of $1.5 million, and felt that it was simply a change in direction for the team.[3]

The Jets also restructured the contract of quarterback Chad Pennington. Pennington's contract was cut from a base salary of $6 million to $3 million. Pennington will be able to make back the $3 million through incentives. He also had to forfeit his $3 million roster bonus that was due at the start of free agency.

John Abraham was designated the team's franchise player. He would later be traded to the Atlanta Falcons involving a 3-way trade between the Jets, Falcons, and the Denver Broncos. The Falcons traded their first-round draft pick (#15) to the Broncos for the Broncos first (#29), third (#93) and 2008 fourth-round pick. The Falcons traded the #29 overall pick to the Jets in exchange for Abraham. [4] As a comparison, the Jets received less for Abraham (#29 pick) than they traded the previous year for Doug Jolley (#26 pick). To most Jets fans, this was a sign of the same bad decisions in what was supposed to be a new era. In his first game for the Falcons, Abraham had two sacks and two forced fumbles, while the lack of a game-changing defensive end was clearly evident on the 2006 Jets.

Patrick Ramsey was traded to the Jets on March 17 for this year's sixth-round draft pick. Tight end Chris Baker, who became an unrestricted free agent in the offseason, re-signed with the Jets, his hometown team, on March 24. Andre Dyson was signed by the Jets on March 29 for a five-year, $11.5 million deal, including $3 million in signing and roster bonuses.

Other notable signings include linebackers Matt Chatham, a former New England Patriot, ex-Tennessee Titan Brad Kassell, ex-Pittsburgh Steeler defensive end Kimo von Oelhoffen, another ex-Patriot wide receiver, Tim Dwight, ex-Denver Bronco defensive tackle Monsanto Pope, ex-Buffalo Bill center Trey Teague, and ex-Arizona Cardinal Offensive Tackle Anthony Clement.

The club also signed former longtime Jets Victor Green and Richie Anderson. Both intend to retire in a Jets uniform. Kevan Barlow was acquired from the San Francisco 49ers for a undisclosed draft pick in the 2007 NFL draft, after the Jets' trade of defensive back Derrick Strait to the Cleveland Browns for running back Lee Suggs on August 14 fell through because Suggs failed his physical.

On the eve of the Jets pre-season finale, they sent quarterback Brooks Bollinger to the Minnesota Vikings for C.J. Mosley. Backup tight end Doug Jolley was also traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an undisclosed draft pick. The team also picked up Cowboys tight end Sean Ryan for an undisclosed draft pick and claimed former Texas standout Sloan Thomas from the Titans.

2006 NFL Draft

As a result of their 4-12 2005 record, the Jets were granted the fourth pick in the first round of the NFL Draft, which was held on April 29 and April 30. When the Houston Texans announced they would take defensive end Mario Williams of North Carolina State instead of Heisman Trophy-winning running back Reggie Bush of USC, some observers felt the Jets should trade up to the second pick and draft him. However, it appeared that making such a trade would have been too prohibitive for the team, and Bush would be drafted second by the New Orleans Saints. Instead, the Jets decided to focus on their offensive line with the draft and took offensive tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson from Virginia. With their other first-round pick, they took center Nick Mangold of Ohio State.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	4	D'Brickashaw Ferguson	Offensive tackle	Virginia
1	29	Nick Mangold	Center	Ohio State
2	49	Kellen Clemens	Quarterback	Oregon
3	76	Anthony Schlegel	Linebacker	Ohio State
3	97	Eric Smith	Safety	Michigan State
4	103	Brad Smith	Wide receiver	Missouri
4	117	Leon Washington	Running back	Florida State
5	150	Jason Pociask	Tight end	Wisconsin
6	189	Drew Coleman	Cornerback	TCU
7	220	Titus Adams	Defensive tackle	Nebraska

Preseason

Preseason Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	NFL Recap
August 11, 2006	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 3-16	Raymond James Stadium	Recap
August 19, 2006	Washington Redskins	W 27-14	FedEx Field	Recap
August 25, 2006	New York Giants	L 7-13	The Meadowlands	Recap
September 1, 2006	Philadelphia Eagles	W 20-17	The Meadowlands	Recap

Regular season schedule and standings

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	NFL Recap
1	September 10, 2006	Tennessee Titans	W 23-16	LP Field	Recap
2	September 17, 2006	New England Patriots	L 17-24	The Meadowlands	Recap
3	September 24, 2006	Buffalo Bills	W 28-20	Ralph Wilson Stadium	Recap
4	October 1, 2006	Indianapolis Colts	L 28-31	The Meadowlands	Recap
5	October 8, 2006	Jacksonville Jaguars	L 0-41	Alltel Stadium	Recap
6	October 15, 2006	Miami Dolphins	W 20-17	The Meadowlands	Recap
7	October 22, 2006	Detroit Lions	W 31-24	The Meadowlands	Recap
8	October 29, 2006	Cleveland Browns	L 13-20	Cleveland Browns Stadium	Recap
9	Bye
10	November 12, 2006	New England Patriots	W 17-14	Gillette Stadium	Recap
11	November 19, 2006	Chicago Bears	L 0-10	The Meadowlands	Recap
12	November 26, 2006	Houston Texans	W 26-11	The Meadowlands	Recap
13	December 3, 2006	Green Bay Packers	W 38-10	Lambeau Field	Recap
14	December 10, 2006	Buffalo Bills	L 13-31	The Meadowlands	Recap
15	December 17, 2006	Minnesota Vikings	W 26-13	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Recap
16	December 25, 2006	Miami Dolphins	W 13-10	Dolphins Stadium	Recap
17	December 31, 2006	Oakland Raiders		The Meadowlands

Standings as of Week 16

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

AFC East
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Streak
New England Patriots	11	4	0	.733	345	214	Won 2	Details
New York Jets	9	6	0	.600	293	292	Won 2	Details
Buffalo Bills	7	8	0	.467	293	292	Lost 1	Details
Miami Dolphins	6	9	0	.400	238	256	Lost 2	Details

Regular season

Week 1: at Tennessee Titans

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	13	3	7	23
Titans	0	0	0	16	16

• Game time: 1:00 PM EDT/12:00 PM CDT
• Game weather: 85 °F (Partly cloudy)
• TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle and Solomon Wilcots
• Game attendance: 69,143

Game Summary

Chad Pennington's first game since September 26, 2005 saw him pass for 319 yards and two touchdowns, including a game-winner to tight end Chris Baker with 2:15 remaining in the game.

After the teams traded punts on the first four possessions of the game, Pennington led the Jets on a 9-play, 76-yard drive, aided by a pass-interference call on Titans linebacker Peter Sirmon that negated an interception by defensive back Reynaldo Hill, capped off by a 1-yard touchdown run from Kevan Barlow.

After another Titans punt, Tennessee head coach Jeff Fisher grew impatient with starting quarterback Kerry Collins, pulling him in favor of rookie quarterback Vince Young. Young drove the Titans to the Jets' 32-yard line, but underthrew receiver David Givens on the next play, and Andre Dyson intercepted. Pennington drove the Jets into the Titans' red zone, completing a 10-yard pass to Sean Ryan, but Ryan was hit hard by Keith Bulluck and fumbled, with Tennessee recovering. However, two plays later, the Jets would get the ball right back, as Collins, inserted back into the game, was intercepted by Dyson, his second of the quarter. Setting up shop at the Titans' 36-yard line, the Jets would capitalize, as Pennington threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Jerricho Cotchery with 18 seconds left in the first half, but kicker Mike Nugent shanked the extra-point attempt wide right to leave the Jets with a 13-0 halftime lead.

Tennessee's woes in the passing game continued as soon as the second half started, with Collins getting intercepted again, this time by Kerry Rhodes, who returned the ball 25 yards to the Tennessee 22. Nugent nailed an 18-yard field goal as the drive stalled at the one-yard line. On the Jets' next possession, Pennington drove to the red zone again, but Nugent missed a 34-yard field goal attempt wide right. On the Jets' next possession, Pennington appeared to find Cotchery on a 2-yard touchdown pass, but the touchdown was nullified by a holding penalty on D'Brickashaw Ferguson. When the drive stalled, Nugent missed another field goal, hitting the right upright from 30 yards out.

Tennessee finally capitalized, with Travis Henry scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run with 10:48 left in the game. Tennessee went for two, and brought in Young. Young's pass intended for Bobby Wade was incomplete, but Jets defensive back Derrick Strait was flagged for pass interference, giving the Titans second life. They would take advantage, with Collins handing off to Henry for the conversion. After a trade of punts, the Jets took over on their own 11 with 7:28 to go. On third down, Pennington was sacked by Cortland Finnegan, and Tennessee's Randy Starks recovered at New York's 1-yard line. Tennessee went for two and converted, with Collins finding Drew Bennett open, and the game was tied, 16-16.

The Jets came right back, first with Justin Miller returning the ensuing kickoff 41 yards, and then Pennington steadily driving downfield, finding Baker on the 12-yard touchdown pass to cap a 7-play, 57-yard drive. The Jets had to hold on because on the next possession, Collins found Bennett on a 26-yard completion moving the ball to midfield, and he then completed long passes to Ben Troupe and Wade to move the ball to the Jets' 12-yard line with 1:11 to play. The Jets locked down, and on 4th-and-6 from the Jets' 8-yard line, Collins' pass for Bo Scaife was knocked away by Rhodes, ending the game.

Scoring Summary

2nd Quarter

• NYJ - Barlow 1 run (Nugent kick), 13:17.
• NYJ - Cotchery 8 pass from Pennington (kick failed), :17.

3rd Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 18, 12:47.

4th Quarter

• TEN - Henry 3 run (Henry run), 10:46.
• TEN - Henry 1 run (Bennett pass from Collins), 5:58.
• NYJ - Baker 12 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 2:10.

Game Statistics

Jets: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 24/33 319 2 0 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG D. Blaylock 19 36 0 6 K. Barlow 11 35 1 11 B. Smith 2 13 0 12 C. Pennington 2 7 0 8 Receiving REC YDS TD LG L. Coles 8 153 0 41 J. Cotchery 6 65 1 19 C. Baker 4 34 1 12 J. McCareins 2 34 0 27 B. Smith 1 13 0 13 D. Blaylock 2 10 0 6 S. Ryan 1 10 0 10 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS K. Barlow 1 1 0 0 C. Penninton 1 1 0 0 S. Ryan 1 1 0 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 1/3 18 2/3 5 Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 4 49.8 0 58 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 3 29.7 0 41 Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG L. Washington 2 5.5 0 7 Defense T-A SCK INT FF J. Vilma 7-5 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 6-3 0.0 0 0 D. Strait 6-0 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 5-1 0.0 0 1 A. Dyson 5-1 0.0 2 0 B. Kassell 3-0 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 3-2 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 3-1 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 3-1 1.0 0 0 E. Coleman 2-1 0.0 0 0 V. Hobson 2-5 1.0 0 0 R. Moore 2-0 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 2-2 0.0 1 0 R. Washington 2-1 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 1-0 0.0 0 0 S. Ryan 1-0 0.0 0 0 B. Askew 0-2 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 0-1 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 0-1 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 0-1 0.0 0 0

Titans: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT K. Collins 17/38 223 0 2 V. Young 3/4 27 0 1 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG C. Brown 16 64 0 9 T. Henry 9 22 2 5 Receiving REC YDS TD LG D. Bennett 8 106 0 24 B. Wade 5 76 0 25 D. Givens 3 27 0 14 B. Troupe 1 23 0 23 B. Scaife 1 12 0 12 C. Brown 1 4 0 4 T. Henry 1 2 0 2 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS D. Bennett 1 0 1 0 P. Jones 1 0 1 0 R. Starks 0 0 1 0 L. Thompson 0 0 1 14 Kicking FG LG XP PTS No Attempts N/A N/A N/A N/A Punting NO AVG I20 LG C. Hentrich 6 39.8 3 51 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG P. Jones 1 28.0 0 28 B. Scaife 1 15.0 0 15 B. Wade 3 25.0 0 30 Punt Return NO AVG TD LG P. Jones 3 7.7 0 13 Defense T-A SCK INT FF K. Bulluck 9-4 0.0 0 1 C. Hope 7-2 0.0 0 0 D. Thornton 7-1 0.0 0 0 K. Vanden Bosch 6-2 1.0 0 0 C. Finnegan 5-1 1.0 0 1 P. Jones 5-0 0.0 0 0 P. Sirmon 4-1 0.0 0 0 R. Starks 4-0 0.0 0 0 A. Haynesworth 3-2 0.0 0 0 R. Hill 3-1 0.0 0 0 L. Thompson 2-0 0.0 0 0 C. Bockwoldt 1-1 0.0 0 0 V. Fuller 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Givens 1-0 0.0 0 0 A. Hall 1-0 0.0 0 0 T. LaBoy 1-1 0.0 0 0 K. Amato 0-1 0.0 0 0 J. Mahelona 0-1 0.0 0 0 R. Reynolds 0-1 0.0 0 0 S. Tulloch 0-1 0.0 0 0 A. Woolfolk 0-1 0.0 0 0

Week 2: vs. New England Patriots

	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	7	10	7	0	24
Jets	0	0	14	3	17

• Game time: 4:15 PM EDT
• Game weather: 84 °F (Sunny)
• TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg and Randy Cross
• Game attendance: 77,595

Trying to win their first game against New England since December 22, 2002, and their first against them at home since September 11, 2000, the Jets spotted the Patriots a 24-0 lead before mounting a furious comeback that fell a touchdown short.

In the week leading up to the matchup of 1-0 teams, bad blood brewed between the two when the Patriots filed tampering charges against the Jets for former wide receiver Deion Branch. The Patriots stated that while the Jets had permission to negotiate a contract with Branch, any trade talks were to be solely between the teams. They claimed that because Branch and his representatives had knowledge of what was being offered in a trade, the Patriots' negotiating position was compromised. [5]

Game Summary

After both teams punted on their first possessions, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady led the Patriots on an 11-play, 82-yard drive, capped by Corey Dillon's 1-yard touchdown run. Following another Jets punt, Brady led New England on an 87-yard drive capped by rookie kicker Stephen Gostkowski's 20-yard field goal and a 10-0 lead. The game turned when Jets punter Ben Graham shanked a 10-yard punt booting from his own 40, giving Brady and the Patriots the ball at midfield with 1:01 to go in the half. Aided by big completions to Troy Brown (14 yards) and Benjamin Watson (23 yards), with 20 seconds to play, Brady found Chad Jackson on a 13-yard touchdown pass that appeared to break the Jets' backs.

On the Jets' first drive of the second half, they were faced with a 4th-and-1 from their own 46-yard line. Coach Eric Mangini risked going for it, but running back Kevan Barlow was stopped at the line for no gain. Aided by two costly Jets penalties, a pass-interference call on Victor Hobson and a defensive holding call on Erik Coleman, New England drove to the Jets' 1-yard line, where rookie running back Laurence Maroney punched the ball in for a 24-0 Patriots lead.

But, the dormant Jets offense finally woke up. On a 3rd-and-13 from their own 29-yard line, Chad Pennington completed a deep pass downfield to Jerricho Cotchery, who had to backpedal and leap for the ball as Pennington scrambled out of the pocket. He was hit hard by the Patriots' Chad Scott, and fell on top of the Patriots' Eugene Wilson. Hearing no whistle, he sprang up and ran untouched to the end zone. New England's challenge of the touchdown was upheld, as only Cotchery's hand hit the ground. Fired up by the miracle touchdown, Brady was intercepted by David Barrett, and on the ensuing possession, Pennington found Laveranues Coles on a slant pattern across the middle. Coles juked, causing Eugene Wilson to slip, and then outran the Patriots to the end zone to make it a 24-14 game with 50 seconds left in the third quarter.

The Jets' rejuvenated defense caused Brady to fumble on New England's next possession, with Kerry Rhodes sacking and Bryan Thomas recovering at the Patriots' 49-yard line. The Jets converted the opportunity into a 42-yard field goal from Mike Nugent, and suddenly, the Jets only trailed by a touchdown. But when New England got the ball back with 9:14 to go on their own 30, they steadily wore the Jets down. Brady converted three third downs as the Patriots drove to the Jets' 12-yard line with 1:11 to go, and a chip-shot field goal away from icing the game. But kicker Gostkowski was blocked by Jonathan Vilma, who returned the ball to the Jets' 9-yard line. With no timeouts and 1:05 to go, the Jets moved the ball to their own 45-yard line, but Pennington's heave with 15 seconds left was tipped and intercepted by Tedy Bruschi to effectively end the game.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• NE - Dillon 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 5:36.

2nd Quarter

• NE - FG Gostkowski 20, 13:15.
• NE - Jackson 13 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), :14.

3rd Quarter

• NE - Maroney 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 8:57.
• NYJ - Cotchery 71 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 6:15.
• NYJ - Coles 46 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), :50.

4th Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 42, 9:20.

Game Statistics

Patriots: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT T. Brady 15/29 220 1 1 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG C. Dillon 20 80 1 14 L. Maroney 16 65 1 14 K. Faulk 1 3 0 3 H. Evans 1 0 0 0 T. Brady 1 -1 0 -1 Receiving REC YDS TD LG T. Brown 4 51 0 15 C. Jackson 2 42 1 29 B. Watson 3 39 0 23 D. Graham 1 29 0 29 D. Thomas 1 29 0 29 K. Faulk 2 16 0 10 R. Caldwell 2 14 0 8 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS T. Brady 1 1 0 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS S. Gostkowski 1/2 20 3/3 6 Punting NO AVG I20 LG J. Miller 3 52.7 0 61 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG K. Faulk 1 26.0 0 26 L. Maroney 2 32.5 0 39 Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG K. Faulk 1 6.0 0 6 Defense T-A SCK INT FF J. Green 6-0 0.0 0 0 E. Wilson 6-1 0.0 0 0 T. Bruschi 4-2 0.0 1 0 R. Harrison 4-0 0.0 0 0 J. Seau 4-1 0.0 0 0 V. Wilfork 4-1 1.0 0 0 T. Banta-Cain 3-0 1.0 0 0 R. Seymour 3-1 1.0 0 0 M. Vrabel 3-3 1.0 0 0 T. Warren 3-8 0.0 0 0 R. Colvin 2-0 0.0 0 0 E. Hobbs 2-0 0.0 0 0 E. Alexander 1-0 0.0 0 0 W. Andrews 1-1 0.0 0 0 D. Davis 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Gabriel 1-0 0.0 0 0 L. Izzo 1-0 0.0 0 0 S. Neal 1-0 0.0 0 0 A. Samuel 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Scott 1-0 0.0 0 0 M. Wright 1-0 0.0 0 0 W. Britt 0-1 0.0 0 0

Jets: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 22/37 306 2 1 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG K. Barlow 14 42 0 8 D. Blaylock 6 7 0 4 C. Pennington 2 2 0 3 B. Askew 1 0 0 0 L. Washington 1 0 0 0 Receiving REC YDS TD LG J. Cotchery 6 121 1 71 L. Coles 6 100 1 46 J. McCareins 4 51 0 23 D. Blaylock 3 19 0 9 S. Ryan 1 6 0 6 C. Baker 1 5 0 5 K. Barlow 1 4 0 4 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS B. Thomas 0 0 1 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 1/1 42 2/2 5 Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 5 31.8 4 42 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 3 22.0 0 24 L. Washington 1 23.0 0 23 Punt Return NO AVG TD LG L. Washington 1 6.0 0 6 Defense T-A SCK INT FF K. Rhodes 10-1 1.0 0 1 E. Barton 5-5 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 5-0 0.0 0 0 J. Vilma 5-2 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 4-1 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 3-1 0.0 1 0 B. Hamilton 3-1 0.0 0 0 V. Hobson 3-0 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 3-1 0.0 0 0 A. Dyson 2-1 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 2-2 0.0 0 0 E. Smith 2-0 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 2-3 0.0 0 0 B. Askew 1-0 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 1-2 0.0 0 0 D. Coleman 1-0 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 1-1 0.0 0 0 R. Moore 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 1-1 0.0 0 0 B. Smith 1-0 0.0 0 0 M. Nugent 0-1 0.0 0 0

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	14	7	7	28
Bills	7	3	0	10	20

Week 3: at Buffalo Bills

• Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
• Game weather: 65 °F (Partly cloudy)
• TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg and Randy Cross
• Game attendance: 72,067

The Jets shook off the Bills' lightning-fast start and held on at the end to move to 2-1.

Game Summary

On Buffalo's first play, J.P. Losman found Peerless Price for an 18-yard completion. They finished their next play with a bang, as Losman found Roscoe Parrish for a short completion, who then juked past a defender and sprinted into the end zone for a 7-0 Bills lead just 55 seconds into the game. After a Jets punt, Buffalo moved the ball to the Jets' 35-yard line, but on a fake field goal, holder Brian Moorman threw an incomplete pass. After another Jets punt, Buffalo moved the ball to the Jets' 19-yard line, but Losman was sacked by Kerry Rhodes, and Jonathan Vilma scooped up the loose ball. On Buffalo's next possession, following another Jets punt, Buffalo gambled and went for it on 4th-and-3 from the Jets' 28-yard line, but Losman's pass to Josh Reed only picked up two yards. The Jets capitalized, with rookie running back Leon Washington turning a short pass into a 46-yard gain to the Buffalo 3-yard line, where Kevan Barlow ran it in to tie the game, 7-7.

But Buffalo came right back, using a 32-yard run by Willis McGahee to move into Jets territory, and Rian Lindell booted a 36-yard field goal. Following a trade of punts, the Jets took over at their own 33 with 2:43 left in the first half. Operating out of a no-huddle offense, Pennington quickly drove the Jets downfield, finding Laveranues Coles and Jerricho Cotchery for big completions of 10+ yards before Pennington found Chris Baker open on a 1-yard touchdown pass with 14 seconds left in the half to give the Jets a 14-10 halftime lead.

Buffalo forced a punt on the Jets' first possession of the second half, but with the ball on their own 33-yard line, Losman was sacked by Kerry Rhodes, and Victor Hobson picked it up and raced into the end zone for a 32-yard fumble return touchdown. It was Rhodes' second sack that forced a fumble in the game and third in the last two games. Late in the third quarter, Losman turned the ball over again, getting intercepted by David Barrett. But Losman atoned for his mistakes, finding Josh Reed open on a 31-yard completion to set up a 28-yard field goal by Lindell with 9:17 left in the game. The Jets appeared to put the game away on the next possession, with Cedric Houston scoring his first touchdown of the season on a 5-yard run with 3:26 to play. But Losman rallied Buffalo, finding Peerless Price and Lee Evans on long completions before running the ball into the end zone from 12 yards out on a scramble to cut the Jets' lead to 28-20. On the ensuing onside kick, Buffalo caught a break, as Lindell's onside kick bounced off the elbow of Jets linebacker Matt Chatham, and Andra Davis recovered. But Buffalo could not get a first down, ending the game.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• BUF - Parrish 51 pass from Losman (Lindell kick), 14:05.

2nd Quarter

• NYJ - Barlow 3 run (Nugent kick), 10:17.
• BUF - FG Lindell 36, 0:52.
• NYJ - Baker 1 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), :14.

3rd Quarter

• NYJ - Hobson 32 fumble return (Nugent kick), 10:05.

4th Quarter

• BUF - FG Lindell 36, 9:14.
• NYJ - Houston 5 run (Nugent kick), 3:20.
• BUF - Losman 12 run (Lindell kick), 1:15.

Game Statistics

Jets: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 19/29 183 1 0 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG K. Barlow 12 31 1 8 L. Washington 7 25 0 7 C. Houston 2 10 1 5 C. Pennington 3 8 0 5 Receiving REC YDS TD LG L. Coles 10 78 0 16 L. Washington 2 52 0 47 J. Cotchery 3 33 0 18 C. Baker 3 15 1 7 T. Dwight 1 5 0 5 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS V. Hobson 0 0 1 32 J. Vilma 0 0 1 12 Kicking FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 0/0 0 4/4 4 Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 7 48.3 4 59 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 3 18.0 0 26 Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG T. Dwight 2 9.5 0 17 Defense T-A SCK INT FF E. Barton 7-1 0.0 0 0 A. Dyson 7-1 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 7-3 2.0 0 2 J. Vilma 6-4 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 3-1 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 3-0 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 3-0 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 3-3 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 2-5 0.0 1 0 D. Coleman 2-0 0.0 0 0 D. Ball 1-0 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 1-1 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 1-1 0.0 0 0 V. Hobson 1-0 1.0 0 0 D. Robertson 1-1 0.0 0 0 D. Strait 1-1 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 1-2 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 0-2 0.0 0 0

Bills: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT J. Losman 22/38 328 1 1 B. Moorman 0/1 0 0 0 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG W. McGahee 26 150 0 32 J. Losman 3 14 1 12 P. Price 1 4 0 4 A. Thomas 1 1 0 1 Receiving REC YDS TD LG L. Evans 8 107 0 27 R. Parrish 4 104 1 51 P. Price 3 49 0 20 J. Reed 4 45 0 31 R. Royal 1 20 0 20 W. McGahee 2 3 0 6 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS J. Losman 2 2 0 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS R. Lindell 2/2 36 2/2 8 Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Moorman 2 49.5 0 58 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG T. McGee 5 22.2 0 32 Punt Return NO AVG TD LG R. Parrish 2 4.0 0 7 Defense T-A SCK INT FF A. Crowell 6-4 0.0 0 0 N. Clements 5-0 0.0 0 0 L. Fletcher 4-3 0.0 0 0 R. Denney 3-1 0.0 0 0 T. McGee 3-0 0.0 0 0 L. Tripplett 3-0 0.0 0 0 T. Anderson 2-2 0.0 0 0 J. McCargo 2-0 0.0 0 0 K. Ellison 1-7 0.0 0 0 J. Greer 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Kelsay 1-1 1.0 0 0 K. Simpson 1-1 0.0 0 0 K. Thomas 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Whitner 1-2 0.0 0 0 A. Schobel 0-2 0.0 0 0 K. Williams 0-1 0.0 0 0

Week 4: vs Indianapolis Colts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colts	7	7	0	17	31
Jets	0	14	0	14	28

• Game time: 1:00 PM EDT/12:00 PM CDT
• Game weather: 62 °F (Cloudy)
• TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf
• Game attendance: 77,190

In an electrifying contest against the 3-0, undefeated Indianapolis Colts, the Jets gave Peyton Manning and Company all they could handle before Manning prevailed, scoring on a 1-yard sneak with 1:30 to play.

Game Summary

On the game's first possession, Chad Pennington was sacked by Robert Mathis, fumbled, and the Colts' Josh Thomas recovered. Dominic Rhodes would score on a 6-yard touchdown run minutes later, an inauspicious start. The teams would trade punts for the rest of the first quarter before Pennington drove the Jets at the beginning of the second quarter, using long completions to Laveranues Coles and Tim Dwight before he found Jerricho Cotchery on a 33-yard touchdown pass. What happened next stunned the Colts: Mike Nugent tried an onside kick and Kerry Rhodes recovered, sparking the home crowd. The Jets would make that surprise work, as Kevan Barlow scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 4:44 left in the first half, and the Jets had a 14-7 lead. But Peyton Manning rallied the Colts, converting a key third down to Marvin Harrison before Joseph Addai scored on a 2-yard touchdown run to tie the score going to halftime.

Indianapolis punted to open the second half, and the Jets began to drive. Pennington converted three third downs on a drive that took nearly nine minutes off the clock, but it did not end well. Jets coach Eric Mangini tried his second gamble of the game: going for it on 4th-and-goal from the Colts' 2-yard line. But Pennington's pass was intercepted in the end zone by Rocky Boiman, the first time in his career Pennington was intercepted in the end zone. Boiman's interception would set up a fast-and-furious finish as the teams scored 31 points in the fourth quarter.

Indianapolis took advantage of Boiman's interception and drove to set up Martin Gramatica's 20-yard field goal, as Joseph Addai picked up big yardage on the drive. Using a no-huddle offense, Pennington drove the Jets downfield, and aided by an illegal contact penalty on the Colts' Mike Doss, scored the go-ahead touchdown as Kevan Barlow scored on a 5-yard run with 7:55 to play. Manning led the Colts right back, and aided by a questionable pass-interference penalty on Justin Miller, found Bryan Fletcher on a 2-yard touchdown pass with 2:40 to play. Miller appeared to be the goat, but on the ensuing kickoff ran the ball back 103 yards for a touchdown that sent Jets fans into hysteria. The Jets led 28-24 with 2:20 to play. But that would be enough time for Manning, converting a huge third down to Marvin Harrison and a 15-yard pass to Reggie Wayne going to the Jets' 1-yard line. Manning ran the ball up the middle on the next play to give the Colts the lead.

With eight seconds to play and the ball on the Jets' 32-yard line, Pennington completed a seemingly innocuous pass to Leon Washington. But what followed was an amazing attempt to pull off a miracle. In order, the Jets tried a series of several laterals, going from Washington, to Brad Smith, to Laveranues Coles, to Pennington, to Justin McCareins, back to Smith, who fumbled but recovered. He lateraled back to Coles, who fumbled but recovered. At this point, the Jets were at the Colts' 40-yard line. Coles ran down 13 yards and then tossed off to Nick Mangold, who fumbled, but this time, the Colts' Jason David recovered, ending the game.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• IND - Rhodes 6 run (Gramatica kick), 12:28.

2nd Quarter

• NYJ - Cotchery 33 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 10:10.
• NYJ - Barlow 1 run (Nugent kick), 4:44.
• IND - Addai 2 run (Gramatica kick), :16.

4th Quarter

• IND - FG Gramatica 20, 12:58.
• NYJ - Barlow 5 run (Nugent kick), 7:55.
• IND - Fletcher 2 pass from Manning (Gramatica kick), 2:34.
• NYJ - Miller 103 kickoff return (Nugent kick), 2:20.
• IND - Manning 1 run (Gramatica kick), 1:30.

Game Statistics

Colts: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT P. Manning 21/30 217 1 0 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG J. Addai 20 84 1 10 D. Rhodes 15 75 1 16 P. Manning 1 1 1 1 Receiving REC YDS TD LG M. Harrison 7 79 0 19 R. Wayne 4 74 0 41 B. Fletcher 3 19 1 11 B. Utecht 2 16 0 9 J. Addai 3 15 0 6 D. Clark 2 14 0 10 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS J. David 0 0 1 5 J. Thomas 0 0 1 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS M. Gramatica 1/1 20 4/4 7 Punting NO AVG I20 LG H. Smith 4 46.5 1 54 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG T. Wilkins 4 21.0 0 29 Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG T. Wilkins 3 8.3 0 14 Defense T-A SCK INT FF G. Brackett 9-4 0.0 0 0 C. June 9-4 0.0 0 0 K. Hayden 5-3 0.0 0 0 T. Jennings 5-0 0.0 0 0 A. Bethea 4-2 0.0 0 0 G. Gardner 4-1 0.0 0 0 J. David 3-0 0.0 0 0 M. Doss 3-1 0.0 0 0 D. Freeney 3-0 0.0 0 0 R. Mathis 3-0 2.0 0 1 M. Reagor 2-0 1.0 0 0 J. Thomas 2-0 0.0 0 0 M. Giordano 1-0 0.0 0 0 F. Keiaho 1-1 0.0 0 0 R. LaCasse 1-1 0.0 0 0 D. Reid 1-1 0.0 0 0 B. Schobel 1-0 0.0 0 0 R. Boiman 0-0 0.0 1 0 R. Brock 0-1 0.0 0 0 R. Morris 0-1 0.0 0 0

Jets: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 17/23 207 1 1 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG C. Houston 12 49 0 13 K. Barlow 13 35 2 8 L. Washington 9 33 0 7 B. Smith 1 8 0 8 B. Askew 1 5 0 5 C. Pennington 1 5 0 5 Receiving REC YDS TD LG L. Coles 6 81 0 19 J. Cotchery 3 65 1 33 T. Dwight 3 31 0 15 L. Washington 1 8 0 8 C. Baker 1 6 0 6 S. Ryan 1 6 0 6 C. Houston 1 5 0 5 B. Smith 1 -4 0 -1 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS N. Mangold 1 1 0 -7 J. McCareins 1 0 0 0 C. Pennington 1 1 0 0 B. Smith 1 0 1 -7 L. Coles 0 0 1 13 Kicking FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 0/0 0 4/4 4 Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 3 49.0 0 59 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG C. Baker 1 11.0 0 11 M. Chatham 1 20.0 0 20 J. Miller 3 57.0 1 103 L. Washington 1 2.0 0 2 Punt Return NO AVG TD LG T. Dwight 1 12.0 0 12 Defense T-A SCK INT FF J. Miller 9-0 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 8-3 0.0 0 0 J. Vilma 6-5 0.0 0 0 A. Dyson 5-0 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 5-0 2.0 0 0 V. Hobson 4-2 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 4-1 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 3-2 0.0 0 0 B. Smith 2-0 0.0 0 0 E. Smith 2-1 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 2-2 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 2-0 0.0 0 0 A. Clement 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Coleman 1-0 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 1-3 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 1-2 0.0 0 0 C. Spencer 1-1 0.0 0 0 D. Strait 1-0 0.0 0 0 L. Washington 1-0 0.0 0 0 R. Washington 1-0 0.0 0 0 B. Askew 0-1 0.0 0 0

Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	0	0	0	0
Jaguars	14	14	10	3	41

• Game time: 4:05 PM EDT
• Game weather: 75 °F
• TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg and Randy Cross
• Game attendance: 66,604

The Jets never got an offensive rhythm going and fell to Jacksonville, 41-0, and the Jets had a losing record for the first and only time all season.

Game Summary

For the third straight week, the game got off to an ominous start for the Jets, as Chad Pennington was intercepted by Brian Williams on the Jets' first possession. Byron Leftwich then completed a short pass to Fred Taylor, who turned it into a 32-yard gain. Two plays later, Maurice Jones-Drew scored on a 6-yard touchdown run. After forcing a punt, Jacksonville wasted no time tacking onto their lead, with Leftwich completing passes to Reggie Williams and George Wrighster for long gains. Taylor would then score on a 13-yard touchdown run for a 14-0 Jaguars lead.

Early in the second quarter, the Jets attempted a punt, but the Jaguars' Gerald Sensabaugh blocked it, and Jorge Cordova recovered at the Jets' 8-yard line. Three plays later, Jones-Drew scored on a 4-yard touchdown run, surviving a challenge by the Jets. It only snowballed from there, as Pennington was intercepted by Terry Cousin on the next possession, and Leftwich flipped a 1-yard touchdown pass to Wrighster.

Jacksonville would add a Josh Scobee 43-yard field goal early in the second half, and after Deon Grant intercepted Pennington, Leftwich threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Williams for a 38-0 lead. The Jets' lone scoring chance in the second half was stopped when Leon Washington was stuffed on a 4th-and-goal from the Jaguars' 1-yard line early in the fourth quarter. The Jets were stopped on fourth down on their next possession when Pennington's scramble fell a yard short, and Scobee added a 40-yard field goal to close the scoring. On the Jets' final possession, backup rookie quarterback Kellen Clemens made his first appearance under center, but the drive ended badly when he was sacked by Montavious Stanley and Nick Greisen recovered.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• JAX - Jones-Drew 6 run (Scobee kick), 9:44.
• JAX - Taylor 13 run (Scobee kick), 4:44.

2nd Quarter

• JAX - Jones-Drew 4 run (Scobee kick), 12:52.
• JAX - Wrighster 1 pass from Leftwich, 7:10.

3rd Quarter

• JAX - FG Scobee 43, 10:52.
• JAX - Williams 16 pass from Leftwich (Scobee kick), 8:50.

4th Quarter

• JAX - FG Scobee 40, 2:42.

Game Statistics

Jets: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 10/17 71 0 3 K. Clemens 0/1 0 0 0 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG L. Washington 23 101 0 19 C. Pennington 2 17 0 13 B. Smith 2 8 0 5 B. Askew 2 5 0 5 K. Clemens 1 2 0 2 K. Barlow 4 -1 0 2 Receiving REC YDS TD LG J. Cotchery 4 49 0 20 L. Coles 3 19 0 8 L. Washington 1 8 0 8 K. Barlow 1 -1 0 -1 B. Smith 1 -4 0 -4 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS K. Clemens 1 1 0 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS No Attempts N/A N/A N/A N/A Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 5 49.0 1 67 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 8 21.5 0 30 Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG No Attempts N/A N/A N/A N/A Defense T-A SCK INT FF B. Thomas 8-0 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 5-1 1.0 0 0 A. Dyson 4-0 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 4-0 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 4-1 0.0 0 0 J. Vilma 4-0 0.0 0 0 C. Baker 2-0 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 2-1 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 2-0 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 2-1 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 2-0 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 1-0 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Ferguson 1-0 0.0 0 0 V. Hobson 1-0 0.0 0 0 R. Moore 1-0 0.0 0 0 E. Smith 1-1 0.0 0 0 L. Washington 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 0-1 0.0 0 0 R. Washington 0-1 0.0 0 0

Jaguars: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT B. Leftwich 9/20 140 2 0 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG F. Taylor 21 111 1 14 M. Jones-Drew 13 59 2 9 R. Williams 1 9 0 9 B. Leftwich 4 2 0 2 Receiving REC YDS TD LG R. Williams 4 53 1 17 E. Wilford 1 40 0 40 F. Taylor 1 32 0 32 G. Wrighster 2 13 1 12 C. Hankton 1 2 0 2 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS N. Greisen 0 0 1 1 Kicking FG LG XP PTS J. Scobee 2/2 43 5/5 11 Punting NO AVG I20 LG C. Hanson 4 38.5 1 50 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG M. Jones-Drew 1 20.0 0 20 Punt Return NO AVG TD LG C. Owens 1 13.0 0 13 Defense T-A SCK INT FF T. Cousin 5-1 0.0 1 0 P. Spicer 4-1 0.0 0 0 D. Darius 3-2 0.0 0 0 R. Mathis 3-1 0.0 0 0 B. McCray 3-1 1.5 0 0 R. Meier 3-0 1.0 0 0 G. Sensabaugh 3-0 0.0 0 0 B. Williams 3-0 0.0 1 0 B. Hawkins 2-1 0.0 0 0 B. Iwuh 2-3 0.0 0 0 M. Peterson 2-0 0.0 0 0 D. Smith 2-1 0.0 0 0 N. Sorensen 2-0 0.0 0 0 M. Stanley 2-0 1.0 0 1 T. Gilbert 1-2 0.0 0 0 D. Grant 1-0 0.0 1 0 N. Greisen 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Henderson 1-1 1.0 0 0 C. Ingram 1-1 0.0 0 0 T. McDaniel 1-2 0.5 0 0 M. Owens 1-0 0.0 0 0 S. Starks 1-1 0.0 0 0

Week 6: vs. Miami Dolphins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	0	0	3	14	17
Jets	3	0	10	7	20

• Game time: 4:15 EDT
• Game weather: 57 °F (Clear)
• TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
• Game attendance: 77,439

The Jets recovered from the heartbreaking loss to Indianapolis and the blowout to Jacksonville by righting the ship against divisional rival Miami in a close contest that came down to the final possession.

Game Summary

The Jets got off to a good start in this game, with Mike Nugent kicking a 33-yard field goal on the Jets' first possession, their first points in the first quarter all season. The defense was a force early, a week after being trashed in the 41-0 loss to Jacksonville, as Andre Dyson intercepted Miami quarterback Joey Harrington on the next possession. After a punt, the Jets again forced a turnover, as Victor Hobson picked Harrington off. Midway through the second quarter, Miami gambled on a 4th-and-1 from the Jets' 29-yard line, but Ronnie Brown was stopped. The game went to halftime still 3-0 Jets.

Pennington led the Jets on a long drive to open the second half, capped off by another 33-yard field goal by Nugent. Miami came right back, driving inside the Jets' red zone, but the defense held firm, holding Miami to an Olindo Mare 21-yard field goal. After a good kick return by Justin Miller, Pennington turned a short completion to Laveranues Coles into a 58-yard touchdown as Coles found an opening and raced to the end zone for a 13-3 Jets lead. After Sammy Morris fumbled on the next possession for Miami, Pennington found Coles on a 22-yard touchdown pass to open up a 17-point lead with 13:23 to play.

Miami came right back, however, with Harrington leading the Dolphins quickly downfield on a 12-play, 81-yard drive, capped by a 2-yard touchdown toss to Chris Chambers. After forcing a punt, Harrington again led Miami downfield, using an 11-play, 74-yard drive to pull Miami within 20-17, as Ronnie Brown scored on a 1-yard run. After another punt, Miami took over on their own 11-yard line with 2:18 to play. Harrington used big completions to Randy McMichael and Chambers to move to the Jets' 32-yard line with 38 seconds to play, but Mare's game-tying 51-yard attempt was well short, sealing the victory for New York.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 33, 9:30.

3rd Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 33, 9:04.
• MIA - FG Mare 21, 4:24.
• NYJ - Coles 58 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 3:23.

4th Quarter

• NYJ - Coles 22 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 13:15.
• MIA - Chambers 2 pass from Harrington (Mare kick), 8:49.
• MIA - Brown 1 run (Mare kick), 2:56.

Game Statistics

Dolphins: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT J. Harrington 27/43 266 1 2 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG R. Brown 22 127 1 26 S. Morris 5 2 0 3 C. Chambers 1 1 0 1 J. Harrington 1 -1 0 -1 Receiving REC YDS TD LG R. McMichael 8 72 0 17 D. Hagan 6 66 0 24 C. Chambers 5 60 1 24 W. Welker 6 56 0 25 S. Morris 1 7 0 7 C. Russell 1 5 0 5 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS S. Morris 1 1 0 0 W. Welker 1 0 1 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS O. Mare 1/2 21 2/2 5 Punting NO AVG I20 LG D. Jones 3 40.3 1 44 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG W. Welker 5 13.8 0 16 Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG W. Welker 4 7.8 0 12 Defense T-A SCK INT FF R. Hill 8-1 0.0 0 0 Z. Thomas 7-3 0.0 0 0 W. Allen 6-1 0.0 0 0 C. Crowder 5-5 0.0 0 0 V. Holliday 4-2 1.0 0 0 J. Taylor 4-3 1.0 0 0 T. Tillman 3-0 0.0 0 0 Y. Bell 2-0 0.0 0 0 D. Wilkinson 2-1 0.0 0 1 K. Adams 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Chambers 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Denney 1-0 0.0 0 0 A. Goodman 1-0 0.0 0 0 E. Jackson 1-1 0.0 0 0 O. Mare 1-0 0.0 0 0 S. Morris 1-0 0.0 0 0 K. Traylor 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Bowens 0-1 0.0 0 0 R. Hadnot 0-1 0.0 0 0 J. Maxwell 0-1 0.0 0 0 D. Spragan 0-2 0.0 0 0 J. Zgonina 0-1 0.0 0 0

Jets: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 17/29 175 2 0 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG L. Washington 11 58 0 12 K. Barlow 13 45 0 6 B. Smith 1 1 0 1 T. Dwight 1 0 0 0 C. Pennington 1 -1 0 -1 Receiving REC YDS TD LG L. Coles 5 106 2 58 C. Baker 4 39 0 16 B. Askew 1 12 0 12 T. Dwight 3 9 0 9 J. Cotchery 1 6 0 6 K. Barlow 3 3 0 5 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS K. Barlow 1 0 1 0 T. Dwight 1 0 1 0 J. Miller 1 0 1 0 V. Hobson 0 0 1 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 2/2 33 2/2 8 Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 7 43.6 1 53 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 2 25.0 0 29 Punt Return NO AVG TD LG T. Dwight 2 3.0 0 6 Defense T-A SCK INT FF J. Miller 7-0 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 7-2 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 7-4 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 5-3 0.0 0 0 D. Coleman 5-2 0.0 0 0 J. Vilma 5-1 0.0 0 0 A. Dyson 4-1 0.0 1 0 D. Robertson 4-1 0.0 0 0 B. Smith 3-0 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 2-4 0.0 0 0 V. Hobson 2-1 0.0 1 0 E. Smith 2-1 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 1-1 0.0 0 0 R. Moore 1-0 0.0 0 1 H. Poteat 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Spencer 1-0 0.0 0 0 R. Washington 1-0 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 1-0 0.0 0 0 B. Askew 0-1 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 0-3 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 0-1 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 0-1 0.0 0 0

Week 7: vs. Detroit Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	7	3	14	24
Jets	14	7	0	10	31

• Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
• Game weather: 57 °F (Hazy)
• TV announcers (FOX): Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
• Game attendance: 76,953

The Jets kept their momentum from the previous week's win against Miami going with a hard-fought victory against the Lions at home, in the Jets' first interconference game.

Game Summary

The Jets quickly drove downfield on their first possession, scoring their first touchdown in the first quarter all season. Chad Pennington found Jerricho Cotchery on a 28-yard completion and rookie running back Leon Washington picked up 23 yards on a sweep around end before Washington scored on a 5-yard touchdown run. On the Jets' next possession, Pennington fired a 44-yard touchdown pass to Justin McCareins, his first touchdown of the season, to open up a 14-0 lead. The Lions would get on the board early in the second quarter as Jon Kitna had big completions to Dan Campbell, Mike Furrey, and Roy Williams, the pass to Williams a 22-yard touchdown. But on the kickoff, Justin Miller returned the ball 56 yards inside Detroit territory, and after a pass from Pennington to Cotchery, Kevan Barlow scored on a 3-yard touchdown run. Kitna would get intercepted by Kerry Rhodes on the next possession, but Pennington would then get picked off by Terrence Holt at the Detroit 2-yard line to short-circuit a possible score. The Jets led 21-7 at halftime.

Kitna would again get intercepted on the first possession of the second half, this time by Jonathan Vilma. But the drive went nowhere, and Detroit's next one, a 12-play, 83-yard drive, resulted in a 25-yard field goal by Jason Hanson. The Jets got that right back, as Pennington converted a couple of third downs during a drive that was capped by Mike Nugent's 33-yard field goal. Down fourteen points, Detroit halved New York's lead with Kitna finding Kevin Jones on a 9-yard touchdown pass on a drive where Kitna converted a critical 4th-and-11 pass to Mike Furrey. The Jets would come right back, with Washington scoring on a 16-yard touchdown run on a sweep around end. Detroit would not give up, as Kitna found Furrey on an 18-yard touchdown pass on a play that survived a Jets challenge. On that drive, Kitna again converted a fourth down to Furrey. But Detroit's ensuing onside kick failed, and the Jets ran out the clock.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• NYJ - Washington 5 run (Nugent kick), 12:15.
• NYJ - McCareins 44 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 4:02. (14-0 NYJ)

2nd Quarter

• DET - Williams 22 pass from Kitna (Hanson kick), 7:54.
• NYJ - Barlow 2 run (Nugent kick), 5:28.

3rd Quarter

• DET - FG Hanson 25, 4:57.

4th Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 33, 14:20.
• DET - Jones 9 pass from Kitna (Hanson kick), 9:09.
• NYJ - Washington 16 run (Nugent kick), 4:51.
• DET - Furrey 22 pass from Kitna (Hanson kick), 2:22.

Game Statistics

Lions: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT J. Kitna 22/36 269 3 2 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG K. Jones 15 86 0 24 J. Kitna 3 17 0 7 D. Ellis 1 12 0 12 B. Calhoun 3 10 0 7 Receiving REC YDS TD LG M. Furrey 9 109 1 19 K. Jones 6 57 1 26 R. Williams 2 29 1 22 D. Campbell 1 22 0 22 D. Ellis 1 19 0 19 B. Calhoun 1 18 0 18 M. Pollard 1 9 0 9 A. Hakim 1 6 0 6 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS B. Calhoun 1 0 1 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS J. Hanson 1/1 25 3/3 6 Punting NO AVG I20 LG N. Harris 2 53.5 1 55 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG E. Drummond 5 20.6 0 26 Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG No Attempts N/A N/A N/A N/A Defense T-A SCK INT FF E. Sims 9-1 0.0 0 0 D. Bullocks 7-2 0.0 0 0 T. Holt 7-2 0.0 1 0 B. Bailey 5-2 0.0 0 0 D. Bly 5-2 0.0 0 0 M. Bell 4-7 0.0 0 0 P. Lenon 4-0 0.0 0 0 J. DeVries 2-0 0.0 0 0 K. Edwards 2-1 1.0 0 1 J. McGraw 2-0 0.0 0 0 C. Redding 2-0 1.0 0 0 L. Woods 2-0 0.0 0 0 F. Bryant 1-2 0.0 0 0 D. Campbell 1-0 0.0 0 0 E. Drummond 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Ellis 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Fitzsimmons 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Fletcher 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Hall 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Hanson 1-0 0.0 0 0 T. Jackson 1-0 0.0 0 0 K. Smith 1-1 0.0 0 0 S. Wilson 1-1 0.0 0 0 K. Jones 0-1 0.0 0 0

Jets: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 16/22 189 1 1 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG L. Washington 20 129 2 23 K. Barlow 12 49 1 8 B. Smith 3 16 0 8 L. Coles 1 15 0 15 J. Cotchery 1 10 0 10 C. Pennington 5 2 0 4 Receiving REC YDS TD LG J. Cotchery 7 79 0 28 J. McCareins 1 44 1 44 L. Coles 4 29 0 15 C. Baker 1 16 0 16 S. Ryan 1 9 0 9 L. Washington 1 8 0 8 T. Dwight 1 4 0 4 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS C. Pennington 1 0 1 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 1/1 33 4/4 7 Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 2 34.0 2 38 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG J. Hodgins 1 17.0 0 17 J. Miller 3 32.7 0 56 K. Rhodes 1 0.0 0 0 Punt Return NO AVG TD LG No Attempts N/A N/A N/A N/A Defense T-A SCK INT FF E. Coleman 10-1 0.0 0 0 J. Vilma 6-5 0.0 1 0 V. Hobson 4-2 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 4-0 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 4-1 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 3-1 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 3-2 1.0 0 1 A. Dyson 2-1 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 2-0 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 2-0 0.0 1 0 C. Baker 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Coleman 1-1 0.0 0 0 R. Moore 1-0 0.0 0 0 H. Poteat 1-1 0.0 0 0 R. Riddle 1-0 0.0 0 0 E. Smith 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Spencer 1-0 0.0 0 0 R. Washington 1-0 0.0 0 0

Week 8: at Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	3	0	7	3	13
Browns	3	7	10	0	20

• Game time: 4:15 PM EST
• Game weather: 46 °F (Clear)
• TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle and Solomon Wilcots
• Game attendance: 72,507

The Jets, bidding to go two games over .500 for the first time since 2004, almost staged a successful comeback attempt before Chris Baker's controversial non-catch burst the bubble and evened the Jets' record at 4-4.

Game Summary

The Jets got the ball first and Pennington led the Jets on a 16-play, 83-yard drive that took 8:30 off the clock before Mike Nugent kicked a 27-yard field goal. On the Browns' next possession, Reuben Droughns had two big gains to put the Browns in position for Phil Dawson's 47-yard field goal, knotting the score, 3-3. Pennington was then intercepted by Sean Jones, and Charlie Frye led the Browns on a long drive that was capped by a 2-yard touchdown run by Droughns. Frye would get intercepted by Eric Smith on the Browns' next possession, but Nugent missed a 52-yard field goal wide right, his first missed field goal since Week 1. However, the Jets would get a break as Dawson missed a chip-shot 26-yard field goal at the end of the first half. Still, Cleveland led 10-3 at halftime.

Cleveland got the ball first in the second half, and Droughns continued to move the ball, picking up solid yardage before Frye found Kellen Winslow Jr. open on a 30-yard touchdown reception. After the teams traded punts, Leon Washington fumbled on the Jets' 10-yard line, with Nick Eason forcing and Kamerion Wimbley recovering. Dawson knocked in a 21-yard field goal to give Cleveland a 20-3 lead with 3:51 left in the third quarter. The Jets got an immediate lift when Justin Miller returned the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a score, his second return of the year, to cut the lead to ten. After a Browns punt, Pennington drove the Jets into position for Nugent's 47-yard field goal to narrow the deficit to 20-13. But on the Jets' next possesion, Pennington was again intercepted by Jones, but Cleveland was forced to punt.

After another trade of punts, the Jets took over on Cleveland's 47-yard line with 1:56 to play. On 4th-and-4 from the Cleveland 24 with 1:06 to play, Pennington lofted a pass that Chris Baker leapt for and caught with one hand as he began to land. Just before his foot hit the ground, the Browns' Brodney Pool levelled Baker, who landed out-of-bounds but still in possession of the ball. The referee ruled that Baker was out-of-bounds, rather than ruling he was forced out, which would have led to a touchdown. Eric Mangini called a timeout in the hopes that the referees would review the play, but since it was a judgement call, it was non-reviewable under NFL rules. Frye took a knee to end the game.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 33, 6:30.
• CLE - FG Dawson 47, 2:55.

2nd Quarter

• CLE - Droughns 2 run (Dawson kick), 10:00.

3rd Quarter

• CLE - Winslow Jr. 30 pass from Frye (Dawson kick), 11:16.
• CLE - FG Dawson 21, 3:48.
• NYJ - Miller 99 kickoff return (Nugent kick), 3:35.

4th Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 47, 12:54.

Game Statistics

Jets: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 11/28 108 0 2 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG L. Washington 15 51 0 11 K. Barlow 5 16 0 5 C. Pennington 3 9 0 6 J. Cotchery 1 8 0 8 B. Smith 3 4 0 7 Receiving REC YDS TD LG J. Cotchery 5 43 0 12 L. Coles 4 40 0 23 C. Baker 1 17 0 17 K. Barlow 1 8 0 8 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS L. Washington 1 1 0 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 2/3 47 1/1 7 Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 3 51.3 3 69 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 4 40.2 1 99 L. Washington 1 15.0 0 15 Punt Return NO AVG TD LG T. Dwight 4 13.8 0 18 Defense T-A SCK INT FF E. Barton 9-1 1.0 0 0 E. Coleman 5-4 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 5-1 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 5-1 1.0 0 0 V. Hobson 4-4 0.0 0 0 J. Vilma 4-4 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 3-1 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 3-1 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 3-2 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 3-0 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 2-1 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 2-1 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Coleman 1-0 1.0 0 0 A. Dyson 1-0 0.0 0 0 R. Moore 0-2 0.0 0 0 E. Smith 0-1 0.0 1 0

Browns: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Frye 15/22 141 1 1 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG R. Droughns 33 125 1 11 C. Frye 5 19 0 17 T. Smith 1 3 0 3 Receiving REC YDS TD LG K. Winslow 7 76 1 30 S. Heiden 3 23 0 12 B. Edwards 2 21 0 20 J. Cribbs 1 14 0 14 R. Droughns 2 7 0 5 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS K. Wimbley 0 0 1 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS P. Dawson 2/3 47 2/2 8 Punting NO AVG I20 LG D. Zastudil 5 48.4 1 59 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG J. Cribbs 3 62 20.7 30 Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG J. Cribbs 1 1 1.0 1 Defense T-A SCK INT FF L. Bodden 4-0 0.0 0 0 A. Davis 4-2 0.0 0 0 B. Russell 4-0 0.0 0 0 K. Wimbley 4-3 0.0 0 0 N. Eason 3-1 0.0 0 1 D. Holly 3-0 0.0 0 0 E. Kelley 3-0 0.0 0 0 A. McKinley 3-3 0.0 0 0 S. Jones 2-3 0.0 2 0 B. Pool 2-0 0.0 0 0 R. Brown 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Jackson 1-2 0.0 0 0 W. McGinest 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Thompson 1-0 1.0 0 0 T. Washington 1-0 0.0 0 0 S. Fraser 0-1 0.0 0 0

Week 10: at New England Patriots

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	7	3	7	17
Patriots	0	6	0	8	14

• Game time: 1:00 PM EST
• Game weather: 58 °F (Rain)
• TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
• Game attendance: 68,756

Seeking momentum coming off their bye week and a controversial loss to Cleveland, and needing a victory to prevent the Patriots from taking a three-game lead in the AFC East, the Jets came through on a rainy day for their first win against New England since December 22, 2002.

Game Summary

On a rainy day in New England, both team's defenses held firm early, with the teams trading punts until New England went on a drive that reached one play into the second quarter, when Stephen Gostkowski booted a 31-yard field goal. On the Jets' next play from scrimmage, Chad Pennington was intercepted by Artrell Hawkins. Two plays later, Tom Brady found Doug Gabriel open downfield for a long first down, but Victor Hobson forced a fumble and Kerry Rhodes recovered. What followed was a brilliant Jets drive: not only did it take up 16 plays, 81 yards, and 9:12 off the clock, but the Jets converted on two third downs and on a 4th-and-1 from the New England 23. Kevan Barlow capped it with a 2-yard touchdown run for a 7-3 Jets lead.

New England battled downfield, converting a 4th-and-1 from their own 44 with a run to fullback Heath Evans, and on the first play after the two-minute warning, Brady appeared to be intercepted by Drew Coleman, who ran the ball back 35 yards. But, the play was negated on a controversial roughing-the-passer call on Hobson, who dove at Brady as he was releasing the ball, but drove him into the ground, prompting the flag. The Patriots then converted on a 4th-and-3 from the Jets' 24, but would be forced to settle for a 21-yard field goal from Gostkowski with four seconds left.

Justin Miller ran back the opening kickoff of the second half 62 yards, and the drive ended with Pennington lining up in the shotgun on 4th-and-5 from the Patriots' 33, only to punt the ball to the New England 4. After a Patriots punt, Pennington led the Jets on another long drive, this one 15 plays and only 45 yards, but it ate 6:40 off the clock and resulted in Nugent's 34-yard field goal. Midway through the fourth quarter, Brady was intercepted by Erik Coleman, and Pennington tossed a 22-yard touchdown pass to Jerricho Cotchery, barely keeping his feet inbounds, although the play was never challenged. The Jets led 17-6 with 4:51 to go.

However, operating out of a no-huddle offense, Brady led the Patriots 61 yards in 31 seconds, capped by a 15-yard touchdown pass to Reche Caldwell, and Brady found Caldwell again on the two-point conversion to narrow the lead to 17-14. But the next drive was critical, as the Jets forced New England to burn all three timeouts, punting with 1:15 to go. New England took over at their own 11-yard line and moved the ball to the Jets' 46-yard line. On the final play of the game, Brady was sacked by Shaun Ellis.

Scoring Summary

2nd Quarter

• NE - FG Gostkowski 31, 14:56.
• NYJ - Barlow 2 run (Nugent kick), 4:43.
• NE - FG Gostkowski 21, :04.

3rd Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 34, 1:46.

4th Quarter

• NYJ - Cotchery 22 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 4:45.
• NE - Caldwell 15 pass from Brady (Caldwell pass from Brady), 4:14.

Game Statistics

Jets: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 22/33 168 1 1 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG K. Barlow 17 75 1 12 L. Washington 9 35 0 8 C. Pennington 2 4 0 3 J. Cotchery 1 3 0 3 Receiving REC YDS TD LG J. Cotchery 6 70 1 22 J. McCareins 3 31 0 23 L. Coles 5 29 0 7 T. Dwight 2 14 0 9 B. Askew 2 9 0 7 C. Baker 1 7 0 7 K. Barlow 1 7 0 7 L. Washington 2 1 0 2 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS K. Rhodes 0 0 1 4 Kicking FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 1/1 34 2/2 5 Punting NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 4 38.8 2 47 C. Pennington 1 29.0 1 29 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG M. Chatham 1 6.0 0 6 J. Miller 3 34.3 0 62 Punt Return NO AVG TD LG T. Dwight 1 15.0 0 15 Defense T-A SCK INT FF E. Coleman 7-2 0.0 1 0 K. Rhodes 7-3 0.0 0 0 A. Dyson 6-1 0.0 0 0 D. Coleman 5-2 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 3-0 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 3-2 1.0 0 1 V. Hobson 3-3 0.0 0 1 J. Vilma 3-3 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 2-2 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 2-2 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 2-1 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 2-4 1.0 0 0 E. Smith 2-1 0.0 0 0 R. Washington 2-2 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 2-0 1.0 0 0 B. Askew 1-0 0.0 0 0 L. Coles 1-0 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 1-1 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 1-0 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 1-0 1.0 0 0 M. Nugent 0-1 0.0 0 0

Patriots: Passing CP/AT YDS TD INT T. Brady 25/37 255 1 1 Rushing ATT YDS TD LG C. Dillon 11 98 0 50 L. Maroney 12 37 0 10 H. Evans 2 8 0 7 Receiving REC YDS TD LG R. Caldwell 9 90 1 19 J. Gaffney 3 65 0 33 D. Gabriel 2 30 0 22 K. Faulk 3 23 0 14 B. Watson 2 16 0 10 T. Brown 2 15 0 13 D. Graham 1 6 0 6 C. Dillon 1 5 0 5 C. Jackson 2 5 0 5 Fumbles FUM LOST REC YDS T. Brady 1 0 0 0 D. Gabriel 1 1 0 0 R. Hochstein 0 0 1 0 Kicking FG LG XP PTS S. Gostkowski 2/2 31 0/0 6 Punting NO AVG I20 LG J. Miller 4 40.2 1 46 Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG K. Faulk 1 19.0 0 19 L. Maroney 3 29.7 0 36 Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG K. Faulk 1 8.0 0 8 Defense T-A SCK INT FF J. Seau 11-4 0.0 0 0 R. Colvin 7-1 1.0 0 0 T. Bruschi 6-10 0.0 0 0 A. Samuel 5-0 0.0 0 0 C. Scott 4-3 0.0 0 0 J. Green 3-0 0.0 0 0 A. Hawkins 3-3 0.0 1 0 E. Hobbs 3-0 0.0 0 0 V. Wilfork 3-0 0.0 0 0 D. Davis 2-0 0.0 0 0 M. Wright 2-1 0.0 0 0 E. Alexander 1-0 0.0 0 0 T. Banta-Cain 1-1 0.0 0 0 D. Gabriel 1-0 0.0 0 0 L. Maroney 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Mays 1-1 0.0 0 0 J. Sanders 1-1 0.0 0 0 R. Seymour 0-2 0.0 0 0 M. Vrabel 0-1 0.0 0 0

Week 11: vs. Chicago Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	3	7	10
Jets	0	0	0	0	0

• Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
• Game weather: 44 °F (Cloudy)
• TV announcers (FOX): Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
• Game attendance: 77,632

The Jets' attack was stymied as the Jets were unable to capitalize on the previous week's win against New England, evening their record at 5-5.

Game Summary

The first quarter was all about defense, as the teams traded punts until the Jets got the ball late in the first quarter at their own 24-yard line. On the drive, Chad Pennington converted key third downs to Brad Smith and Tim Dwight, and was soon faced with a 3rd-and-goal at the Bears' 6-yard line. Apparently unable to see an open Laveranues Coles, Pennington lobbed a pass towards Chris Baker that was intercepted by Brian Urlacher. With just under four minutes left in the half, Thomas Jones appeared to fumble and Kerry Rhodes recovered, but Chicago successfully challenged the play, denying the Jets a scoring opportunity. The game was scoreless at halftime.

Eric Mangini, apparently remembering the success of his surprise onside kick against Indianapolis in Week 4, decided to open the second half with one. Unfortunately, this one was scooped up by Chicago's Chris Harris. On the Bears' first play, Jones broke off a 19-yard run, and Jones rushed every play on the drive that was capped off by a 20-yard field goal by Robbie Gould. The Jets' next drive ended when Pennington was intercepted by Nathan Vasher in Chicago territory. The Bears' game-breaking score came when Rex Grossman completed a short pass to Mark Bradley. The Jets' Drew Coleman fell down attempting to make the tackle, and Bradley had an open lane to the end zone to extend the Bears' lead to 10-0. The Bears then went into a ball-control offense, and the Jets could not muster anything.

Scoring Summary

3rd Quarter

• CHI - FG Gould 20, 10:39.

4th Quarter

• CHI - Bradley 57 pass from Grossman (Gould kick), 14:50.

Game Statistics

Bears: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT R. Grossman 11/22 119 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG T. Jones 23 121 0 19 C. Benson 10 51 0 14 J. McKie 1 2 0 2 R. Grossman 1 -1 0 -1 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG M. Bradley 4 80 1 57 M. Muhammad 2 29 0 28 A. Peterson 1 4 0 4 J. McKie 1 3 0 3 D. Clark 1 2 0 2 T. Jones 2 1 0 3 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS No Fumbles N/A N/A N/A N/A KICKING FG LG XP PTS R. Gould 1/1 20 1/1 4 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG B. Maynard 8 42.9 1 60 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG C. Harris 1 0.0 0 0 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG D. Hester 1 7.0 0 7 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF L. Briggs 6-1 0.0 0 0 T. Johnson 6-5 0.0 0 0 R. Manning 6-1 0.0 0 0 B. Urlacher 5-6 0.0 1 0 A. Brown 4-1 0.0 0 0 A. Ogunleye 4-2 1.0 0 0 C. Tillman 4-2 0.0 0 0 N. Vasher 4-3 0.0 1 0 M. Anderson 3-0 1.0 0 0 D. Manning 3-4 0.0 0 0 H. Hillenmeyer 2-0 0.0 0 0 T. Harris 1-0 0.0 0 0 I. Scott 1-1 0.0 0 0 R. Wilson 1-0 0.0 0 0 T. Johnson 0-1 0.0 0 0

Jets: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 19/35 162 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG C. Houston 11 50 0 11 T. Dwight 1 28 0 28 L. Washington 13 22 0 16 B. Smith 1 6 0 6 K. Barlow 4 2 0 3 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG L. Coles 8 80 0 14 T. Dwight 5 40 0 15 J. Cotchery 3 25 0 22 B. Smith 1 7 0 7 L. Washington 1 7 0 7 C. Baker 1 3 0 3 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS No Fumbles N/A N/A N/A N/A KICKING FG LG XP PTS No Attempts N/A N/A N/A N/A PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 7 44.3 1 67 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 3 16.0 0 21 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG T. Dwight 2 13.5 0 16 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF K. Rhodes 8-0 1.0 0 0 V. Hobson 6-3 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 5-2 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 5-0 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 3-2 0.0 0 0 R. Washington 3-1 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 2-1 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 2-1 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 2-3 0.0 0 0 J. Vilma 2-7 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 2-1 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 1-1 0.0 0 0 A. Dyson 1-2 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 1-0 0.0 0 0 E. Smith 1-0 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 0-2 0.0 0 0

Week 12: vs. Houston Texans

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texans	0	3	0	8	11
Jets	3	6	14	3	26

• Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
• Game weather: 56 °F (Clear)
• TV announcers (CBS): Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker
• Game attendance: 76,596

The Jets rebounded from their shutout loss against the Bears with an easy victory over Houston at home.

Game Summary

The game started out with the teams trading punts, and when Houston attempted a punt from the Jets' 37-yard line, punter Chad Stanley fumbled the snap and the Jets had the ball at their own 46-yard line. A 36-yard completion from Chad Pennington to Laveranues Coles almost went for naught when Leon Washington fumbled a short pass, but Brad Smith recovered. Mike Nugent booted a 23-yard field goal to put the Jets on the board. On the Jets' next drive, Pennington led the Jets into Houston territory, aided by a pass-interference call on DeMarcus Faggins. Nugent kicked a 34-yard field goal for a 6-0 Jets lead. Houston rebounded, with David Carr converting a key third down to Andre Johnson to set up Kris Brown's 47-yard field goal. Pennington completed a long pass to Jerricho Cotchery on the next drive to set up Nugent's career-long 54-yard field goal to give the Jets a 9-3 lead. The half ended when Brown came up five yards short on a 59-yard field goal attempt.

On the Jets' first possession of the second half, following a Houston punt, Pennington completed long passes to Chris Baker and Cotchery before finding Coles on a 12-yard touchdown pass. On the Jets' next drive, fans everywhere held their breath when Pennington was drilled by Mario Williams while releasing a pass and was slow to get up. Luckily, he only had the wind knocked out of him. Kerry Rhodes intercepted Carr soon after, and Pennington completed another long pass to Cotchery to set up Cedric Houston's 1-yard touchdown run and a 23-3 lead. The Jets' final score came after a 13-play drive that ate up 8:27, capped by Nugent's 40-yard field goal, his fourth of the game. Houston closed the scoring when Carr found Johnson in the end zone, and then completed a two-point conversion pass to Wali Lundy.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 23, 1:25.

2nd Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 34, 9:46.
• HOU - FG Brown 47, 4:59.
• NYJ - FG Nugent 54, 1:09.

3rd Quarter

• NYJ - Coles 12 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 9:00.
• NYJ - Houston 1 run (Nugent kick), 3:33.

4th Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 40, 8:05.
• HOU - Johnson 3 pass from Carr (Carr pass to Lundy), 3:54.

Game Statistics

Texans: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT D. Carr 39/54 321 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG W. Lundy 8 11 0 5 D. Carr 2 10 0 6 S. Gado 3 4 0 5 C. Stanley 1 0 0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG A. Johnson 10 98 1 22 E. Moulds 10 79 0 14 W. Lundy 8 68 0 15 O. Daniels 5 34 0 9 K. Walter 2 22 0 13 J. Putzier 2 19 0 14 D. Lewis 1 5 0 5 S. Gado 1 -4 0 -4 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS C. Stanley 1 0 1 -9 KICKING FG LG XP PTS K. Brown 1/2 47 0/0 3 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG C. Stanley 5 48.2 1 55 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG D. Wynn 7 23.7 0 34 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG D. Wynn 1 6.0 0 6 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF D. Ryans 13-1 0.0 0 0 M. Greenwood 9-0 0.0 0 0 C. Brown 3-0 0.0 0 0 L. Dalton 3-0 0.0 0 0 G. Earl 3-0 0.0 0 0 A. Maddox 3-3 1.0 0 0 D. Robinson 3-3 0.0 0 1 J. Simmons 3-1 0.0 0 0 A. Weaver 2-1 0.0 0 0 K. Wong 2-1 0.0 0 0 D. Faggins 1-0 0.0 0 0 N. Kalu 1-1 0.0 0 0 M. Williams 1-2 0.0 0 0 D. Wynn 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Babin 0-1 0.0 0 0

Jets: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 24/31 286 1 0 P. Ramsey 0/1 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG L. Washington 5 17 0 9 C. Houston 11 13 1 5 K. Barlow 8 5 0 5 C. Pennington 1 2 0 2 B. Smith 1 -10 0 -10 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG L. Coles 9 111 1 36 J. Cotchery 7 110 0 35 C. Baker 1 28 0 28 J. McCareins 2 10 0 6 T. Dwight 1 9 0 9 L. Washington 2 7 0 9 J. Hodgins 1 6 0 6 C. Houston 1 5 0 5 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS L. Washington 1 0 0 0 B. Smith 0 0 1 0 KICKING FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 4/4 54 2/2 14 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 4 49.2 1 61 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG L. Coles 1 0.0 0 0 L. Washington 2 11.5 0 15 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG T. Dwight 2 6.0 0 9 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF K. Rhodes 8-3 0.0 1 0 A. Dyson 7-0 0.0 0 0 V. Hobson 7-4 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 4-2 0.0 0 0 H. Poteat 4-2 0.0 0 0 E. Smith 4-1 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 4-0 2.0 0 0 J. Vilma 4-3 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 3-2 1.5 0 0 D. Robertson 3-0 0.5 0 0 E. Barton 2-0 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 1-2 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 1-1 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 1-0 0.0 0 0 R. Moore 1-0 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen 1-1 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 0-2 0.0 0 0 D. Coleman 0-1 0.0 0 0

Week 13: at Green Bay Packers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	10	21	0	7	38
Packers	0	0	10	0	10

• Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
• Game weather: 19 °F (Snow flurries)
• TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
• Game attendance: 70,527

Game Summary

The Jets went to Lambeau Field for a Week 13 matchup with the Green Bay Packers. New York's offense dominated the first half, scoring on all five possessions. After Mike Nugent's 24-yard field goal on their first drive, QB Chad Pennington completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Jerricho Cotchery. While the Jets' passing game contributed most of the production, Cedric Houston extended the Jets' lead during the second quarter with touchdown runs of three yards and one yard. With nine seconds left in the half, Pennington floated a pass to TE Chris Baker to give the Jets a 31-0 halftime lead. The Jets' defense stifled the Packers and quarterback Brett Favre during the half, as well, recovering a Favre fumble and intercepting a Favre pass (one of three times in the game). On Green Bay's only scoring opportunity of the half, Dave Rayner missed a 40-yard field goal wide right.

In the third quarter, the Packers finally managed to get on the board when kicker Dave Rayner completed a 34-yard field goal. After intercepting Pennington's first pass of the half, the Packers drove downfield where Favre completed a 20-yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver. When Green Bay successfully recovered the ensuing onside kick, it appeared the Packers' comeback attempt was gaining significant momentum. However, the Jets' defense forced a three-and-out to suppress the Packers' comeback. The Jets put the game away in the fourth quarter on RB Leon Washington's 20-yard TD run. With the win, New York improved to 7-5.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 24, 9:55.
• NYJ - Cotchery 12 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 4:45.

2nd Quarter

• NYJ - Houston 3 run (Nugent kick), 12:40.
• NYJ - Houston 1 run (Nugent kick), 6:17.
• NYJ - Baker 1 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), :09.

3rd Quarter

• GB - FG Rayner 34, 8:32.
• GB - Driver 20 pass from Favre (Rayner kick), 1:16

4th Quarter

• NYJ - Washington 20 run (Nugent kick), 11:30

Game Statistics

Packers: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT B. Favre 24/47 214 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG A. Green 14 102 0 35 B. Favre 3 33 0 13 V. Morency 6 14 0 3 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG N. Herron 7 51 0 13 V. Morency 3 43 0 18 D. Driver 3 41 1 20 A. Green 4 38 0 17 B. Franks 3 18 0 10 G. Jennings 2 14 0 7 R. Martin 1 5 0 5 C. Francies 1 4 0 4 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS B. Favre 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG LG XP PTS D. Rayner 1/2 34 1/1 4 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG J. Ryan 2 39.5 1 41 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG W. Henderson 2 10.5 0 12 N. Herron 2 16.5 0 18 V. Morency 3 23.3 0 25 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG G. Jennings 1 9.0 0 9 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF A. Hawk 8-0 0.0 0 0 N. Collins 7-2 0.0 0 1 N. Barnett 6-5 0.0 0 0 M. Manuel 5-2 0.0 0 0 A. Harris 4-0 0.0 0 0 A. Kampman 4-2 0.0 0 0 B. Poppinga 4-2 0.0 0 0 C. Woodson 4-1 0.0 1 0 P. Dendy 2-0 0.0 1 0 K. Gbaja-Biamila2-1 0.0 0 0 C. Jenkins 1-1 0.0 0 0 R. Pickett 1-2 0.0 0 0 C. Williams 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Cole 0-1 0.0 0 0 M. Montgomery 0-1 0.0 0 0

Jets: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 25/35 263 2 2 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG C. Houston 22 105 2 31 L. Washington 7 40 1 20 B. Smith 1 32 0 32 B. Askew 1 1 0 1 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG J. Cotchery 9 99 1 25 C. Baker 4 50 1 22 L. Coles 3 28 0 12 L. Washington 2 26 0 13 C. Houston 3 24 0 11 J. McCareins 1 17 0 17 B. Smith 2 14 0 8 S. Ryan 1 5 0 5 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS L. Coles 1 0 0 0 J. Cotchery 0 0 1 0 D. Robertson 0 0 1 0 KICKING FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 1/1 24 5/5 8 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 1 51.0 0 51 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 2 30.0 0 45 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG H. Poteat 1 0.0 0 0 L. Washington 1 0.0 0 0 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF V. Hobson 9-4 0.0 0 0 H. Poteat 6-1 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 5-3 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 4-2 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 4-2 0.5 0 0 J. Miller 3-0 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 3-2 1.5 0 1 J. Vilma 3-2 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 1-2 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 1-0 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 1-1 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 1-0 0.0 1 0 D. Robertson 1-1 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen1-0 0.0 0 0 A. Dyson 0-1 0.0 1 0 B. Hamilton 0-1 0.0 0 0 R. Moore 0-1 0.0 0 0 E. Smith 0-1 0.0 0 0

Week 14: vs. Buffalo Bills

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	7	14	7	3	31
Jets	7	6	0	0	13

• Game time: 4:15 PM EDT
• Game weather: 54 °F (Clear)
• TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle and Solomon Wilcots
• Game attendance: 77,131

Game Summary

The New York Jets, coming off a blow-out win of the Packers, stumbled at home to the 6-7 Bills. The Bills striked first, through a long touchdown run by RB Willis McGahee. The Jets responded with a touchdown pass from QB Chad Pennington to WR Laveranues Coles. The Jets defense stopped the Bills on the ensuing possession, while the offense drove down the field to take a 10-7 lead on a field goal. However, although the Jets played fairly well early, the Buffalo Bills would ride momentum from big plays to eventually blow-out the Jets. The Jets dropped to 7-6, putting their playoff hopes in peril.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• BUF - McGahee 57 run (Lindell kick, 4:22.
• NYJ - Coles 10 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 1:08.

2nd Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 30, 10:58.
• BUF - Evans 77 pass from Losman (Lindell kick), 4:47.
• BUF - Clements 58 interception return (Lindell kick), 1:47.
• NYJ - FG Nugent 38, :01.

3rd Quarter

• BUF - Royal 6 pass from Losman (Lindell kick), 1:58.

4th Quarter

• BUF - FG Lindell 34, 7:59.

Game Statistics

Bills: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT J. Losman 10/15 157 2 0 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG W. McGahee 16 125 1 57 A. Thomas 15 42 0 6 R. Parrish 1 11 0 11 J. Losman 1 -1 0 -1 P. Price 1 -3 0 -3 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG L. Evans 2 91 1 77 A. Thomas 3 23 0 18 P. Price 2 19 0 13 R. Royal 2 13 1 7 J. Reed 1 11 0 11 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS A. Thomas 1 1 0 0 R. Denney 0 0 1 0 KICKING FG LG XP PTS R. Lindell 1/1 34 4/4 7 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG B. Moorman 6 40.5 3 56 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG A. Davis 3 23.0 0 27 M. Haggan 1 5.0 0 5 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG R. Parrish 3 5.7 0 11 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF L. Fletcher-Baker8-1 0.0 1 0 A. Schobel 6-3 3.0 0 1 N. Clements 5-0 0.0 1 0 K. Ellison 5-3 0.0 0 0 J. Leonhard 5-1 0.0 0 0 K. Simpson 5-1 0.0 0 0 K. Williams 5-0 0.0 0 0 R. Denney 3-0 1.0 0 1 A. Hargrove 3-0 0.0 0 0 C. Kelsay 3-1 0.0 0 0 K. Thomas 3-3 0.0 0 0 T. Spikes 2-2 0.0 0 0 L. Tripplett 1-1 0.0 0 0 C. Wire 1-1 0.0 0 0 T. Anderson 0-1 0.0 0 0 A. Youboty 0-3 0.0 0 0

Jets: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 22/35 182 1 2 K. Clemens 0/0 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG L. Washington 7 55 0 18 C. Houston 18 50 0 9 C. Pennington 4 19 0 8 K. Clemens 1 8 0 8 B. Smith 1 2 0 2 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG L. Coles 4 67 1 23 J. Cotchery 5 37 0 15 L. Washington 7 28 0 9 C. Baker 2 17 0 10 J. McCareins 1 14 0 14 S. Ryan 1 8 0 8 C. Houston 1 7 0 7 B. Smith 1 4 0 4 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS C. Pennington 2 1 1 0 J. Miller 0 0 1 0 KICKING FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 2/2 38 1/1 7 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 5 42.2 1 55 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 4 29.0 0 42 B. Smith 1 4.0 0 4 L. Washington 1 16.0 0 16 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG L. Washington 1 3.0 0 3 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF K. Rhodes 7-0 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 6-0 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 5-1 0.0 0 0 A. Dyson 4-0 0.0 0 0 V. Hobson 4-2 2.0 0 0 C. Mosley 4-1 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 3-0 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 3-1 0.0 0 1 S. Ellis 2-1 0.0 0 0 H. Poteat 2-3 0.0 0 0 M. Chatham 1-2 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 1-3 1.0 0 0 J. Vilma 1-0 0.0 0 0 B. Hamilton 0-2 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 0-3 0.0 0 0 R. Washington 0-2 0.0 0 0

Week 15: at Minnesota Vikings

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	7	16	3	0	26
Vikings	7	0	0	6	13

• Game time: 1:00 PM EST
• Game weather: Indoors (Domed stadium)
• TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf
• Game attendance: 63,677

Game Summary

The game started off poorly for the Jets as Chad Pennington was sacked and stripped of the ball on the second play from scrimmage. Minnesota recovered the ball, which led to a quick touchdown on third down, putting them up 7-0. However, Pennington took posession of the ball on the ensuing kickoff and proceeded to move the Jets down the field, eating more than 6 minutes off the clock. This was capped by a Cedric Houston touchdown run which tied the game 7-7. For the remainder of the first half, the Jets dominated the Vikings, who continued to go three-and-out, while Pennington kept throwing to Coles and Cotchery. He would occasionally add a running play, which would gain minimal yardage against the Vikings' stout rushing defense. However, this was effective against the Vikings front line, as Pennington was able to use play-action passes to move the Jets down the field. By the end of the first half, the Jets were up 23-7.

In the second half, the Vikings still weren't moving far with QB Brad Johnson. The Jets, meanwhile, scored another three points to make the score 26-7. In the fourth quarter, Johnson was replaced with Tarvaris Jackson, and this seemed to revitalize the Vikings. Jackson moved the Vikings down the field and managed to score a 35-yard pass to put them within 13 points. Jackson attempted a two point conversion, but this failed, keeping the score 26-13. In the ensuing kickoff, the Vikings attempted an onside kick, but it was recovered by the Jets. When the Vikings got the ball back, Jackson was able to move them back to the Jets 14-yard line with 2 minutes left. However, when Jackson attempted to make a touchdown pass, it was intercepted by David Barrett in the end zone, effectively ending the game.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• MIN - Taylor 30 pass from Johnson (Longwell kick), 12:53.
• NYJ - Houston 6 run (Nugent kick), 6:20.

2nd Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 25, 11:32
• NYJ - Coles 21 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 6:12.
• NYJ - FG Nugent 52, 2:48.
• NYJ - FG Nugent 45, :02.

3rd Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 20, 7:41

4th Quarter

• MIN - Moore 35 pass from Jackson (Jackson pass to Taylor failed), 6:15.

Game Statistics

Jets: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 29/39 339 1 1 B. Graham 0/1 0 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG C. Houston 21 53 1 20 C. Pennington 3 11 0 7 L. Washington 3 5 0 5 B. Askew 1 0 0 0 L. Coles 1 -1 0 -1 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG L. Coles 12 144 1 21 J. McCareins 2 70 0 50 J. Cotchery 6 56 0 17 C. Baker 4 33 0 12 B. Smith 1 19 0 19 B. Askew 3 15 0 9 C. Houston 1 2 0 2 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS C. Pennington 1 1 0 0 KICKING FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 4/4 52 2/2 14 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 3 45.3 1 55 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG C. Baker 1 4.0 0 4 J. Miller 2 22.5 0 24 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG L. Washington 3 16.7 0 38 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF V. Hobson 8-0 1.0 0 0 H. Poteat 6-0 0.0 0 0 E. Coleman 4-0 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 4-2 0.0 0 0 B. Thomas 3-0 0.0 0 0 E. Barton 2-2 1.0 0 0 A. Dyson 2-0 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 2-1 0.0 0 0 J. Vilma 2-1 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 1-0 0.0 0 0 C. Mosley 1-0 1.0 0 0 M. Nugent 1-1 0.0 0 0 G. Scott 1-0 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 0-0 0.0 1 0

Vikings: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT T. Jackson 14/23 177 1 1 B. Johnson 10/17 96 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG C. Taylor 11 38 0 13 T. Jackson 3 20 0 11 A. Pinner 1 4 0 4 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG T. Taylor 6 81 1 31 T. Williamson 6 74 0 22 M. Moore 5 53 1 35 B. McMullen 2 33 0 17 J. Wiggins 3 21 0 11 R. Owens 1 11 0 11 J. Dugan 1 0 0 0 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS C. Gordon 1 0 1 0 E. Henderson 0 0 1 2 M. Moore 0 0 1 1 KICKING FG LG XP PTS R. Longwell 0/1 0 1/1 1 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG C. Kluwe 7 47.3 1 68 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG B. Johnson 5 18.8 0 22 T. Williamson 1 21.0 0 21 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG C. Gordon 1 1.0 0 1 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF E. Henderson 10-3 0.0 0 0 D. Sharper 7-1 0.0 0 0 C. Griffin 5-1 0.0 0 0 D. Smith 4-0 0.0 0 0 A. Winfield 4-1 0.0 0 0 N. Harris 3-0 1.0 1 1 S. Johnson 3-1 0.0 0 0 B. Leber 3-2 0.0 0 0 K. Udeze 3-0 0.0 0 0 P. Williams 3-2 0.0 0 0 R. Edwards 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Mitchell 1-0 1.0 0 0 D. Scott 1-5 0.0 0 0 F. Smoot 1-0 0.0 0 0

Week 16: at Miami Dolphins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	0	3	10	13
Dolphins	0	0	0	10	10

• Game time: 8:30 PM EST
• Game weather: 77°F (Mostly cloudy with rain showers)
• TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann, and Tony Kornheiser
• Game attendance: 73,500

Game Summary

The Jets won an ugly but crucial game to bring them one win closer to their improbable run to the playoffs. Between the game against Minnesota and this Monday Night game, losses by other AFC teams meant that the Jets controlled their own playoff destiny and would reach the postseason with two wins to end the season. All of the points came in the final 17:25. The Jets drove 67 yards to set up a 34-yard field goal in the first half, but the snap slipped through holder Ben Graham's hands and gave the Dolphins possession of the football. In the third quarter, Chad Pennington ran for 15 yards to start the game's first scoring drive. Graham held on the ball for Mike Nugent to kick a 22-yard field goal. Cleo Lemon, who replaced Joey Harrington at quarterback for the Dolphins in the second half, completed a 7-yard touchdown pass to Randy McMichael (Lemon's first career TD pass) to give the Dolphins the lead in the fourth quarter. But Pennington capped a drive which included four 3rd down conversions when he threw a 31-yard pass to Jerricho Cotchery to regain the lead with 7:51 to go. The Dolphins caught a break when their short punt bounced backwards and hit off the arm of unsuspecting Jets blocker Brad Kassell, allowing Miami's John Denney to recover the football at the Jets 42. That set up a 25-yard field goal by Olindo Mare with 2:09 left. However, the Jets would catch their break when a short pass from Pennington to Leon Washington ended up becoming a 64-yard gain, leading to the game-winning 30-yard field goal by Nugent.

Scoring Summary

3rd Quarter

• NYJ - FG Nugent 22, 2:25.

4th Quarter

• MIA - McMichael 7 pass from Lemon (Mare kick), 13:26.
• NYJ - Cotchery 32 pass from Pennington (Nugent kick), 8:04.
• MIA - FG Mare 25, 2:09.
• NYJ - FG Nugent 30, :10.

Game Statistics

Jets: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Pennington 14/29 237 1 0 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG K. Barlow 18 36 0 6 C. Pennington 4 26 0 15 L. Washington 6 26 0 11 J. Cotchery 1 7 0 7 B. Graham 1 0 0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG L. Washington 4 108 0 64 J. Cotchery 4 50 1 32 J. McCareins 2 47 0 42 B. Smith 1 12 0 12 C. Baker 1 11 0 11 L. Coles 2 9 0 6 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS J. Dearth 1 0 0 -8 B. Graham 1 0 0 -8 B. Kassell 1 1 0 0 C. Pennington 1 0 0 -3 L. Washington 1 0 1 0 KICKING FG LG XP PTS M. Nugent 2/2 30 1/1 7 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG B. Graham 8 41.5 3 56 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG J. Miller 1 24.0 0 24 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG B. Kassell 1 0.0 0 0 L. Washington 5 5.4 0 18 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF E. Coleman 6-3 0.0 0 0 J. Vilma 5-4 0.0 0 0 S. Ellis 3-2 0.0 0 0 V. Hobson 3-0 1.0 0 0 B. Thomas 3-1 1.0 0 0 R. Washington 3-1 0.5 0 0 E. Barton 2-2 0.5 0 0 M. Chatham 2-0 0.0 0 0 D. Barrett 1-0 0.0 0 0 A. Dyson 1-2 0.0 0 0 B. Kassell 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Miller 1-0 0.0 0 0 H. Poteat 1-1 0.0 0 0 K. Rhodes 1-2 0.0 0 0 D. Robertson 0-2 0.0 0 0 E. Smith 0-1 0.0 0 0 K. von Oelhoffen0-1 0.0 0 0

Dolphins: PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT C. Lemon 11/16 104 1 0 J. Harrington 7/15 42 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG R. Brown 18 110 0 17 S. Morris 6 14 0 4 RECEIVING REC YDS TD LG R. McMichael 5 46 1 20 D. Hagan 3 35 0 12 S. Morris 4 23 0 12 C. Chambers 1 16 0 16 R. Brown 3 15 0 8 W. Welker 1 11 0 11 J. Peelle 1 0 0 0 FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS A. Goodman 1 1 0 0 J. Denney 0 0 1 0 KICKING FG LG XP PTS O. Mare 1/1 25 1/1 4 PUNTING NO AVG I20 LG D. Jones 10 42.7 2 52 KICKOFF RETURNS NO AVG TD LG T. Minor 1 0.0 0 0 W. Welker 4 20.8 0 27 PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LG W. Welker 3 10.3 0 16 DEFENSE T-A SCK INT FF Z. Thomas 9-0 0.0 0 0 R. Hill 4-1 0.0 0 0 C. Crowder 3-2 0.0 0 0 J. Taylor 3-0 1.0 0 0 W. Allen 2-0 0.0 0 0 Y. Bell 2-0 0.0 0 0 D. Bowens 2-0 0.0 0 0 K. Carter 2-1 0.0 0 0 A. Goodman 2-0 0.0 0 0 K. Traylor 2-2 0.0 0 0 T. Daniels 1-0 0.0 0 0 V. Holliday 1-1 0.0 0 0 M. Lehan 1-0 0.0 0 0 M. Roth 1-1 0.0 0 0 D. Spragan 1-2 0.0 0 0 T. Tillman 1-0 0.0 0 0 J. Zgonina 1-2 0.0 0 0