Sunday, December 13, 1987
New York Jets 20, New England Patriots 42| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (6-7-0) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| New England Patriots (6-7-0) | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| NYJ | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Cedric Jones 16 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NYJ | Pat Leahy 42 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| NWE | Steve Grogan 2 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| 2nd | NWE | Irving Fryar 26 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 3 | 21 |
| NYJ | Pat Leahy 24 yard field goal | 6 | 21 | |
| NWE | Stephen Starring 28 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 6 | 28 | |
| NWE | Cedric Jones 17 yard pass from Steve Grogan (Tony Franklin kick) | 6 | 35 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Reggie Dupard 7 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 6 | 42 |
| 4th | NYJ | Johnny Hector 6 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 13 | 42 |
| NYJ | Al Toon 28 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 20 | 42 |
| NYJ | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-111-1 | 36-129-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-43-229-1-1 | 11-18-180-4-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-32 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 197 | 171 |
| Total yards | 308 | 300 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 14-121 | 9-80 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken O'Brien | NYJ | 22 | 43 | 229 | 1 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||
| Al Toon | NYJ | 8 | 110 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Hector | NYJ | 22 | 104 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Kurt Sohn | NYJ | 4 | 42 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mickey Shuler | NYJ | 4 | 38 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Klever | NYJ | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Roger Vick | NYJ | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jo-Jo Townsell | NYJ | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Nuu Faaola | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Bligen | NYJ | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 11 | 18 | 180 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 3 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 71 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 18 | 73 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 3 | 58 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 2 | 51 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 11 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Hansen | NWE | 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 | |||
| Mark Gastineau | NYJ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rocky Klever | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tracy Martin | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jo-Jo Townsell | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 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 | |||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Milford Hodge | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie Lippett | NWE | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Garin Veris | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brent Williams | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||