Sunday, September 10, 1989
New England Patriots 27, New York Jets 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (1-0-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| New York Jets (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| NWE | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Irving Fryar 20 yard pass from Tony Eason (Greg Davis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | NWE | Stanley Morgan 30 yard pass from Tony Eason (Greg Davis kick) | 14 | 0 |
| NWE | John Stephens 1 yard rush (Greg Davis kick) | 21 | 0 | |
| 3rd | NYJ | Roger Vick 1 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 7 |
| NYJ | Pat Leahy 40 yard field goal | 21 | 10 | |
| NYJ | Joe Prokop 17 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 17 | |
| 4th | NYJ | Jo-Jo Townsell 48 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 24 |
| NWE | Reggie Dupard 4 yard rush (kick failed) | 27 | 24 |
| NWE | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 48-154-2 | 16-49-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-23-273-2-2 | 18-31-261-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-6 |
| Net pass yards | 273 | 255 |
| Total yards | 427 | 304 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-17 | 4-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 8 | 148 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Tony Eason | NWE | 15 | 23 | 273 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Stephens | NWE | 28 | 89 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 4 | 74 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 2 | 48 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 7 | 24 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 7 | 24 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Allen | NWE | 4 | 19 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Hart Lee Dykes | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken O'Brien | NYJ | 18 | 31 | 261 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Jo-Jo Townsell | NYJ | 5 | 97 | 1 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Freeman McNeil | NYJ | 9 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Michael Harper | NYJ | 2 | 60 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Mickey Shuler | NYJ | 4 | 38 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Joe Prokop | NYJ | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Roger Vick | NYJ | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Marvin Allen | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sammy Martin | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry McGrew | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod McSwain | NWE | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rodney Rice | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 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 | |||
| Titus Dixon | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Erik McMillan | NYJ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jo-Jo Townsell | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||