Sunday, October 11, 1981
New England Patriots 24, New York Jets 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (1-5-0) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| New York Jets (2-3-1) | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| NWE | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | Jerome Barkum 17 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NWE | Mosi Tatupu 2 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 7 | 7 |
| NYJ | Jerome Barkum 5 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| NYJ | Wesley Walker 29 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| NWE | Tony Collins 9 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| 3rd | NYJ | Darrol Ray 43 yard interception return (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 28 |
| NWE | Don Hasselbeck 11 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 21 | 28 | |
| 4th | NWE | John Smith 22 yard field goal | 24 | 28 |
| NWE | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-86-2 | 24-141-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 27-52-440-1-4 | 16-29-182-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 8-72 | 3-26 |
| Net pass yards | 368 | 156 |
| Total yards | 454 | 297 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-59 | 5-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 19 | 32 | 330 | 1 | 2 | 51 | ||||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 7 | 139 | 1 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | 6 | 95 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 3 | 87 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 14 | 49 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Matt Cavanaugh | NWE | 8 | 20 | 110 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 4 | 52 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 4 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ken Toler | NWE | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Vagas Ferguson | NWE | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 7 | 70 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Richard Todd | NYJ | 16 | 29 | 182 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Wesley Walker | NYJ | 5 | 81 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Mike Augustyniak | NYJ | 10 | 45 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 4 | 47 | 2 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Jones | NYJ | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Scott Dierking | NYJ | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Tom Newton | NYJ | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Long | NYJ | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Billy Taylor | NYJ | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 127 | 25.4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Sanford | NWE | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Jones | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lam Jones | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Johnny Lynn | NYJ | 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Darrol Ray | NYJ | 2 | 77 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Schroy | NYJ | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kurt Sohn | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||