2014 · Week 16
New England Patriots at New York Jets
Dec 21, 2014 · New Meadowlands Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots held off New York Jets 17–16. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (85%) going in. Patriots improve to 12-3; Jets fall to 3-12. Tom Brady paced the offense with 182 passing yards and 1 TD; 10 rushing yards.
Team stats
| NE | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | First downs | 15 |
| 267 | Total yards | 326 |
| 182 | Passing yards | 210 |
| 85 | Rushing yards | 116 |
| 23/35 | Comp / Att | 17/27 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 23/35 | 182 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Shane Vereen | 6 | 38 | 0 |
| Brandon Bolden | 5 | 32 | 0 |
| Jonas Gray | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon LaFell | 7 | 10 | 64 | 0 |
| Danny Amendola | 8 | 11 | 63 | 0 |
| Shane Vereen | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 6 | 10 | 31 | 1 |
| Timothy Wright | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Jonas Gray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NYJ
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geno Smith | 17/27 | 210 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geno Smith | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Chris Ivory | 11 | 53 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Johnson | 10 | 30 | 0 |
| John Conner | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bilal Powell | 5 | 21 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Kerley | 3 | 6 | 54 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 4 | 5 | 44 | 0 |
| Jeff Cumberland | 3 | 5 | 43 | 1 |
| Chris Johnson | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| John Conner | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| Bilal Powell | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Eric Decker | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 |
| Zach Sudfeld | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Jace Amaro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |