| New York Jets at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1997 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 77624 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | John Hall 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Adrian Murrell 14 run (John Hall kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 44 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 25 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Barry Sanders 15 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 10 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jeff Graham |
| 19 | WR | Keyshawn Johnson |
| 71 | LOT | Kerry Jenkins |
| 63 | LOG | Lamont Burns |
| 62 | C | Roger Duffy |
| 70 | ROG | Matt O'Dwyer |
| 75 | ROT | Siupeli Malamala |
| 84 | TE | Fred Baxter |
| 88 | TE | Kyle Brady |
| 14 | QB | Neil O'Donnell |
| 29 | RB | Adrian Murrell |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Rick Lyle |
| 72 | NT | Jason Ferguson |
| 99 | RDE | Hugh Douglas |
| 57 | LOLB | Mo Lewis |
| 54 | LILB | Dwayne Gordon |
| 55 | RILB | Marvin Jones |
| 58 | ROLB | James Farrior |
| 31 | LCB | Aaron Glenn |
| 21 | SS | Victor Green |
| 26 | FS | Jerome Henderson |
| 45 | RCB | Otis Smith |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Herman Moore |
| 87 | WR | Johnnie Morton |
| 72 | LOT | Ray Roberts |
| 77 | LOG | Mike Compton |
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover |
| 64 | ROG | Jeff Hartings |
| 71 | ROT | Larry Tharpe |
| 86 | TE | David Sloan |
| 19 | QB | Scott Mitchell |
| 20 | HB | Barry Sanders |
| 44 | FB | Tommy Vardell |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Robert Porcher |
| 95 | NT | Mike Wells |
| 94 | UT | Luther Elliss |
| 97 | RDE | Tracy Scroggins |
| 58 | SLB | George Jamison |
| 57 | MLB | Stephen Boyd |
| 59 | WLB | Reggie Brown |
| 23 | LCB | Bryant Westbrook |
| 28 | SS | Ron Rice |
| 27 | FS | Mark Carrier |
| 24 | RCB | Kevin Abrams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Adrian Murrell | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 14t | 1 |
| Ray Lucas | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Neil O'Donnell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Leon Johnson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Richie Anderson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 23 | 184 | 8.0 | 53 | 1 |
| Scott Mitchell | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Rivers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Neil O'Donnell | 35 | 21 | 60.0 | 1 | 202 | 5.8 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 64.2 |
| Ray Lucas | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 28 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.2 |
| Leon Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Scott Mitchell | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 0 | 122 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 64.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Keyshawn Johnson | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Chrebet | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Fred Baxter | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Adrian Murrell | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Kyle Brady | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jeff Graham | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Richie Anderson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Moore | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Tommie Boyd | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnnie Morton | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| David Sloan | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy Vardell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kez McCorvey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ron Rice | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mark Carrier | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bryant Westbrook | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Brian Hansen | 6 | 236 | 39.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| John Jett | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Leon Johnson | 5 | 1 | 38 | 7.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||
| John Hall | 3 | 205 | 68.3 | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 3 | 217 | 72.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Aaron Glenn | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 32 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ron Rivers | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Jason Ferguson | 1.0 |
| Dwayne Gordon | 1.0 |
| Rick Terry | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Luther Elliss | 1.0 |
| Ron Rice | 1.0 |
| Tracy Scroggins | 1.0 |
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