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 2000
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Regular
Season
October 29, 2000 New
York Jets 20
Bills 23
Attendance: 72,861
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Another comeback bid by the New York Jets fell
short when Steve Christie delivered in the clutch again for Buffalo.
| Scoring
Summary |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
F |
| New York Jets |
7 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
20 |
| Bills |
7 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
23 |
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First Quarter
BUF TD, SAMMY MORRIS 1 YD
RUN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 9:59. Drive: 9 plays, 55 yards in 4:43. Key
plays: Flutie 28-yard pass on 3rd-and-16 to New York 33; Flutie
23-yard pass to Moulds to New York 12; Flutie 8-yard run to New York
3; Morris 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 1.
NYJ TD, FRED BAXTER 12
YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 14:01. Drive: 7 plays,
68 yards in 4:02. Key plays: Testaverde 11-yard pass to Chrebet to New
York 43; Testaverde 8-yard pass to Chrebet on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 42;
Testaverde 24-yard pass to Chrebet to Buffalo 18.
Second Quarter
BUF FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 20 YD,
9:44. Drive: 11 plays, 49 yards in 6:00. Key plays: Carpenter 22-yard
interception return to New York 37; Flutie 20-yard pass to Moulds on
3rd-and-4 to New York 26; Flutie 13-yard pass to Riemersma to New York
2.
BUF TD, HENRY JONES 45 YD
INTERCEPTION RETURN (STEVE CHRISTIE KICK), 10:11.
Third Quarter
NYJ FG, JOHN HALL
40 YD, 8:41. Drive: 11 plays, 46 yards in 5:03. Key plays: Testaverde
4-yard pass to Martin on 3rd-and-2 to New York 44; Testaverde 14-yard
pass to Coles to Buffalo 42; Testaverde 3-yard pass to Anderson on
3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 30; Testaverde 9-yard pass to Anderson to Buffalo
21.
NYJ TD, WAYNE CHREBET 10 YD PASS FROM VINNY
TESTAVERDE (JOHN HALL KICK), 13:56. Drive: 8 plays, 93 yards in 3:38.
Key plays: Anderson 7-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York 23; Testaverde
63-yard pass to Coles to Buffalo 14.
Fourth Quarter
BUF FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 29 YD, 8:46. Drive: 5
plays, 42 yards in 1:57. Key plays: Cowart 3-yard fumble return to
Buffalo 47; Flutie 52-yard pass to Moulds to New York 1.
NYJ FG, JOHN HALL 36 YD,
12:40. Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards in 3:54. Key plays: Testaverde 19-yard
pass to Coles to New York 45; Testaverde 21-yard pass to Coles to
Buffalo 34; Testaverde 14-yard pass to Coles on 3rd-and-12 to Buffalo
22.
BUF FG, STEVE CHRISTIE 34 YD, 15:00. Drive: 11
plays, 57 yards in 2:20. Key plays: Flutie 17-yard pass to Price on
3rd-and-10 to New York 40; Flutie 9-yard pass to Morris to New York 31;
Flutie 9-yard pass to Morris to New York 19.
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Christie kicked two other field goals --
from 20 and 29 yards.
"There wasn't much to think about, just keeping it down the
middle," Christie said. "I have to hit them from wherever we end
up."
And he seemed unconcerned after having a 44-yard attempt blocked by
Shane Burton earlier in the fourth quarter, ending Christie's streak of 10
straight.
"I still thought I hit it well, so just keeping that in the back
of my mind, thinking to make good contact with the ball and hopefully
getting a couple or more chances," Christie said.
The Bills, meanwhile, were running out of chances after losing four of
their last five, including three straight to AFC East Division rivals.
With the win, Buffalo improved to 4-4 and climbed back into the playoff
chase.
"I told our team that this was the game as far as the rest of our
season was concerned," coach Wade Phillips said. "I just don't
think we could've lost this one and had a realistic chance of being where
we want to be."
Linebacker Sam Cowart, who leads the Bills in tackles, had a solid
outing. Cowart recovered two fumbles and made a key tackle, stuffing
Richie Anderson for a 5-yard loss that forced the Jets to settle for John
Hall's 36-yard field goal with 2:20 left, tying the score at 20.
"This was a very big win or us," said Cowart, who was in on
11 tackles. "If we dropped to 0-4 in the AFC East, we might have been
home for Christmas."
The Jets finally ran out of comeback magic after pulling out four games
with fourth-quarter rallies this season, including last week's 40-37
overtime win over Miami in which New York trailed 30-7 entering the final
period.
Although they came back twice to tie the game on Sunday, the Jets never
recovered after spotting Buffalo a 17-7 first-half lead.
"It's going to catch up with you," Aaron Glenn added.
"It's going to come back and haunt you, and today was one of those
times."
The Jets could only blame themselves, committing four turnovers, three
of which led to Bills scores. A fumble by Vinny Testaverde at the Bills 10
foiled a scoring bid in the second quarter.
Testaverde was intercepted twice, once by Henry Jones, who ran it back
45 yards for a touchdown.
"Turnovers will cause you to lose, and that was confirmed
today," Jets coach Al Groh said. "Too many hurdles to
overcome."
Testaverde finished 28-for-38 for 293 yards, while Laveranous Coles led
Jets receivers with five catches for 131 yards. Wayne Crebet and Fred
Baxter scored for the Jets, who fell to 6-2.
The win redeemed the Bills defense in numerous ways.
Buffalo was still smarting after making too many mistakes in a 27-14
loss to the Jets in Week 3 of the season.
"This was huge, it's a big win," Jones said. "We're a
few games behind the leaders. We've not got an eight-game season and we'll
see how we react."
Buffalo's defense lost veteran defensive end Phil Hansen for 4-6 weeks
with a sprained right knee.
Flutie, in his second straight start and first at home in place of
injured Rob Johnson (separated shoulder), had an average game, going
18-for-35 for 253 yards, but had nine passes deflected.
He still came up big when necessary.
Facing third-and-10 on the game-winning drive, Flutie drew the Jets
offside and hit Peerless Price at the sideline for a 17-yard gain, giving
Buffalo the ball at the Jets 40. Flutie then capped the drive with two
completions to rookie fullback Sam Morris.
Morris scored a touchdown in his fourth straight game, giving the Bills
a 7-0 lead.
NOTES - Eric Moulds had his third straight 100-yard-plus receiving
game, catching six passes for 137 yards, tying a Buffalo record shared by
Andre Reed and Elbert Dubenion. ... With the loss, the Jets blew a chance
to go to 7-1 for the first time since opening the 1986 season 10-1. ...
The Bills, who limited Testaverde to 293 yards passing, have gone 36
straight regular-season games -- dating back to Oct. 4, 1998 -- since
giving up 300 yards passing.
| Game
Breakdown |
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NYJ |
BUF |
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION |
19
3
8-14
1-1
337
59
5.7
51
20
2.6
286
28-38
7.3
1-7
2-43.0
142
2-20
5-122
0-0
2-20
2-2
29:37 |
18
10
6-14
1-2
338
65
5.2
86
29
3.0
252
18-35
7.0
1-1
3-49.3
196
2-22
5-107
2-67
5-45
0-0
30:23 |
INDIVIDUAL
STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Buffalo (Steve Christie 44).
NY Jets rushing
Curtis Martin 18-46, Richie Anderson 2-5.
Buffalo rushing
Sammy Morris 19-54, Shawn Bryson 6-17, Doug Flutie 4-15.
NY Jets passing
Vinny Testaverde 28-38 for 293 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
Buffalo passing
Doug Flutie 18-35 for 253 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
NY Jets receiving
Wayne Chrebet 6-69, Curtis Martin 6-31, Richie Anderson 6-24,
Lavernues Coles 5-131, Dedric Ward 3-25, Fred Baxter 2-13.
Buffalo receiving
Eric Moulds 6-137, Sammy Morris 5-39, Jeremy Mcdaniel 3-44, Shawn
Bryson 2-3, Peerless Price 1-17, Jay Riemersma 1-13.
NY Jets tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Marvin Jones 5-4-0, Mo Lewis 5-3-0, Marcus Coleman 6-0-0, James
Farrior 4-2-0, Rick Lyle 5-0-0, Ray Mickens 4-1-0, Victor Green 3-2-0,
Chris Hayes 4-0-0, Shaun Ellis 2-1-0, Bryan Cox 1-2-1, Scott Frost
1-1-0, Aaron Glenn 1-1-0, Shane Burton 0-2-0, Roman Phifer 1-0-0.
Buffalo tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sam Cowart 9-2-0, Antoine Winfield 7-2-0, John Holecek 3-3-0, Sam
Rogers 3-2-1, Marcellus Wiley 3-2-0, Keith Newman 3-2-0, Ken Irvin
4-0-0, Phil Hansen 2-1-0, Ted Washington 1-2-0, Henry Jones 2-0-0,
Keion Carpenter 2-0-0, Shawn Price 1-1-0, Travares Tillman 1-1-0, Erik
Flowers 0-2-0, Donovan Greer 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Buffalo (Henry Jones 1 for 45 yards, Keion Carpenter 1 for 22 yards).
Fumbles lost
NY Jets (Curtis Martin, Vinny Testaverde).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Buffalo (Sam Cowart 2).
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