| New England Patriots at New York Jets |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 21, 1987 Location: East Rutherford, NJ Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 70847 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 64 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 6 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 43 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 34 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Tony Franklin 32 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Al Toon 58 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Hector 5 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Andre Tippett 29 opponents fumble recovery (Tony Franklin kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Hector 9 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Safety, Mosi Tatupu tackled in end zone by Marty Lyons | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Greg Baty 1 pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 17 | 29 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Nuu Faaola 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 17 | 36 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Starring 12 pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 24 | 36 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Nuu Faaola 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 24 | 43 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Irving Fryar |
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 67 | LOT | Steve Moore |
| 62 | LOG | Sean Farrell |
| 58 | C | Pete Brock |
| 61 | ROG | Ron Wooten |
| 78 | ROT | Bruce Armstrong |
| 87 | TE | Lin Dawson |
| 11 | QB | Tony Eason |
| 33 | RB | Tony Collins |
| 30 | FB | Mosi Tatupu |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Brent Williams |
| 90 | NT | Toby Williams |
| 60 | RDE | Garin Veris |
| 56 | LOLB | Andre Tippett |
| 50 | ILB | Larry McGrew |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 55 | ROLB | Don Blackmon |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lippett |
| 28 | SS | Jim Bowman |
| 31 | FS | Fred Marion |
| 26 | RCB | Ray Clayborn |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Toon |
| 53 | LOT | Jim Sweeney |
| 63 | LOG | Ted Banker |
| 64 | C | Guy Bingham |
| 65 | ROG | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROT | Dan Alexander |
| 88 | TE | Rocky Klever |
| 82 | TE | Mickey Shuler |
| 7 | QB | Ken O'Brien |
| 24 | RB | Freeman McNeil |
| 43 | FB | Roger Vick |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Marty Lyons |
| 77 | NT | Gerald Nichols |
| 78 | RDE | Barry Bennett |
| 55 | LOLB | Alex Gordon |
| 54 | LILB | Troy Benson |
| 59 | RILB | Kyle Clifton |
| 50 | ROLB | Bob Crable |
| 47 | LCB | Jerry Holmes |
| 36 | LS | Rich Miano |
| 39 | RS | Harry Hamilton |
| 27 | RCB | Russell Carter |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE | 22:52 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4/13 | 0/0 | 7 | 83 | 2 | 1 |
| NYJ | 37:08 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 9/18 | 1/2 | 7 | 63 | 3 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tony Collins | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Craig James | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Hector | 17 | 75 | 4.4 | 11 | 2 |
| Freeman McNeil | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Roger Vick | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Nuu Faaola | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 2 | 2 |
| Ken O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 127 | 3.0 | 4 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tony Eason | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 1 | 186 | 5.5 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 76.3 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 1 | 186 | 5.5 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 76.3 | |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 26 | 19 | 73.1 | 0 | 313 | 12.0 | 59 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 126.0 |
| Pat Ryan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 20 | 74.1 | 0 | 319 | 11.8 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 125.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Greg Baty | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Stanley Morgan | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Stephen Starring | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Tony Collins | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cedric Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 186 | 10.3 | 2 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Mickey Shuler | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Al Toon | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 58t | 1 |
| Johnny Hector | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 319 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Rich Miano | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||
| Rich Camarillo | 6 | 241 | 40.2 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 241 | 40.2 | 0 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||
| Dave Jennings | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Jojo Townsell | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 29 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | 4 | 0 | 83 | 20.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Tony Collins | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Perryman | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 0 | 114 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Jojo Townsell | 4 | 0 | 106 | 26.5 | 60 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 0 | 122 | 24.4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Toby Williams | 2.0 |
| Don Blackmon | 1.0 |
| Kenneth Sims | 1.0 |
| Brent Williams | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 5.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Bob Crable | 2.0 |
| Alex Gordon | 2.0 |
| Gerald Nichols | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 5.0 |