GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: NY JETS (1-2) at BUFFALO (0-3)

By David Whalen
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


ORCHARD PARK, New York (Ticker) - The Buffalo Bills snappedtheir three-game losing streak, defeating the New York Jets,17-14, in an AFC East Division matchup on Sunday.


Terrence McGee snuffed out the Jets' last hope, intercepting apass by Chad Pennington at the Bills 31 with six seconds leftafter Aaron Schobel forced an underthrow by pressuring the NewYork quarterback.


Buffalo (1-3) won its first game after being outscored, 64-10,the past two weeks.


"It was a great win for everybody, for our fans, for ourorganization, for our players certainly," Bills coach DickJauron said. "It felt good in that locker room to be on this<div class="pre">side of the tally. I can't tell you what a relief it is to get</div>that win, particularly those guys in that locker room, becausethey fought hard."


Bills rookie quarterback Trent Edwards, starting in place of theinjured J.P. Losman, connected on 11 of his first 12 passattempts.


"He is calm. He's a very poised guy," Jauron said of Edwards."He's got nice control in the huddle, got nice control when he'son the sidelines. He's a good player."


<div class="pre">Edwards manufactured three second-half drives as the Bills</div>(1-3) equaled their offensive touchdown production from thefirst three games.


"It was along week of practice both mentally and physically itwas a lot harder than anything I've ever been through infootball," Edwards said. "For all that hard work and the extrahours I put in, it's something that was very enjoyable after thegame. It's an experience that's not going to come along everygame."


Edwards finished 22-of-28 for 234 yards, one touchdown and aninterception.


"He did some good things. I said that going into the week,"Jets coach Eric Mangini said of Edwards. "This is a guy thatwas highly regarded by the Bills, came with a very goodrecommendation from Bill Walsh. He played well the first timehe had an opportunity to with a week's worth of practice. Ithink he did a really nice job of managing the game."

Rookie running back Marshawn Lynch rushed for 79 yards and atouchdown on 23 carries.


Placekicker Ryan Lindell connected from 47 yards with 10:49 leftin the fourth quarter to give the Bills a 10-7 lead.

Cornerback Jabari Greer intercepted Pennington on the ensuingpossession, setting up the Bills' third score. On 4th-and-one,Edwards found tight end Michael Gaines from 1 yard out for a17-7 lead with 6:56 to play. It was Greer's first careerinterception.


"We called a play-action off the run play we had just run theprevious play," Edwards said. "Mike came off that edge. Thatwas a big momentum change we needed for our defense. That wassomething we weren't doing the first three games. That wassomething that really helped our defense out putting us up by10."


The Jets responded with an impressive 64-yard drive to cut thegap to 17-14 with 3:02 left. Running back Leon Washington ranin from 8 yards out.


Buffalo took its second possession of the second half and drove56 yards, with Lynch capping it off from 10 yards for the game'sfirst score.


The Jets missed an opportunity to take a 3-0 lead at the halfwhen kicker Mike Nugent hit the right upright from 37 yards outas time expired.


Pennington finished 32-of-39 for 290 yards, one touchdown andtwo interceptions.

 

NFL: NY JETS at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NY JETS 0 0 7 7 14
BUFFALO 0 0 7 10 17 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

NONE

2ND QUARTER:

NONE

3RD QUARTER:

8:16 BUF - TD, MARSHAWN LYNCH 10 YD RUN (RIAN LINDELL KICK).
Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards in 6:20.
Key plays: Edwards 14-yard pass to Price on 3rd-and-2 to New York
34; Edwards 14-yard pass to Evans to New York 19; Edwards 9-yard pass to
Reed on 3rd-and-7 to New York 7. BUFFALO 7-0.
12:47 NYJ - TD, LAVERANUES COLES 5 YD PASS FROM CHAD PENNINGTON (MIKE NUGENT KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 78 yards in 4:31.
Key plays: Pennington 28-yard pass to Cotchery to midfield;
Pennington 28-yard pass to Cotchery on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 14; Pennington
11-yard pass to Buffalo 5. NY JETS 7-7.

4TH QUARTER:

4:11 BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 46 YD.
Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards in 6:24.
Key plays: Edwards 10-yard pass to Parrish to Buffalo 25; Edwards
13-yard pass to Royal to New York 34. BUFFALO 10-7.
8:04 BUF - TD, MICHAEL GAINES 1 YD PASS FROM TRENT EDWARDS (RIAN LINDELL KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 3:05.
Key plays: Greer 2-yard interception return to New York 25; Lynch
4-yard run plus 10-yard face mask penalty on Jets' Vilma to New York 9.
BUFFALO 17-7.
11:58 NYJ - TD, LEON WASHINGTON 8 YD RUN (MIKE NUGENT KICK).
Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards in 3:54.
Key plays: Pennington 26-yard pass to B Smith to Buffalo 32;
Pennington 6-yard pass to Coles on 3rd-and-2 to Buffalo 18; Pennington
1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 8. BUFFALO 17-14.

NY JETS - BUFFALO Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NY JETS BUFFALO

FIRST DOWNS 20 19
Rushing 5 3
Passing 15 15
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-11-55% 5-10-50%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 347 304
Total offensive plays 59 58
Average gain per play 5.9 5.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 60 86
Rushing attempts 19 28
Average gain per rush 3.2 3.1
Tackles for loss-yards 3-6 1-3
NET YARDS PASSING 287 218
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-4 2-16
Gross passing yards 291 234
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-32-2 28-22-1
Avg gain per pass play 7.2 7.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-0 4-3-2
PUNTS: Number and Average 4-41.5 3-38.7
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.3 34.7
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 5 15
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-5 1-12
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-54 3-60
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 2-3
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-66 6-38
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 2 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-1 1-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-3-67% 2-2-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 27:44 32:16


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NY JETS BUFFALO

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T JONES 12 35 2.9 12 0 M LYNCH 23 79 3.4 11 1
L WASHINGT 4 24 6.0 9 1 A THOMAS 2 4 2.0 3 0
B SMITH 1 2 2.0 2 0 J REED 1 4 4.0 4 0
C PENNINGT 1 1 1.0 1 0 D WRIGHT 1 0 0.0 0 0
J COTCHERY 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 T EDWARDS 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C PENNINGT 32-39-291 2 1 29 T EDWARDS 22-28-234 1 1 27

Sacked-Yards Lost: C PENNINGT 1-4. Sacked-Yards Lost: T EDWARDS 2-16.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J COTCHERY 8 107 13.4 29 0 L EVANS 6 72 12.0 22 0
L COLES 8 65 8.1 18 1 J REED 4 64 16.0 27 0
L WASHINGT 8 38 4.8 9 0 R PARRISH 4 33 8.3 10 0
C BAKER 3 24 8.0 11 0 M GAINES 4 20 5.0 7 1
B SMITH 2 36 18.0 26 0 R ROYAL 3 31 10.3 13 0
T JONES 2 20 10.0 11 0 P PRICE 1 14 14.0 14 0
J KOWALEWS 1 1 1.0 1 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A DYSON 1 0 0.0 0 0 J GREER 1 2 2.0 2 0
T MCGEE 1 1 1.0 1 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B GRAHAM 4 166 41.5 0 2 53 B MOORMAN 3 116 38.7 0 1 49

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L WASHINGTON 2 5 2.5 5 0 R PARRISH 1 12 12.0 12 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L WASHINGTON 2 54 27.0 28 0 T MCGEE 3 60 20.0 21 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
M NUGENT 2/2 0/1 R LINDELL 2/2 1/1
Dist.: (37) Dist.: 46

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J VILMA 0 0 1 0-0 R ROYAL 1 1 0 0-0
V HOBSON 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J VILMA 8 7 1 0-0 A CROWELL 11 8 3 0-0
D REVIS 8 6 2 0-0 K THOMAS 10 6 4 0-0
K COLEMAN 6 5 1 0-0 J DIGIORGIO 7 2 5 0-0
V HOBSON 6 4 2 1-9 A SCHOBEL 6 3 3 0-0
A DYSON 5 5 0 0-0 J LEONHARD 5 5 0 0-0
S ELLIS 5 3 2 1-7 J GREER 5 3 2 0-0
D HARRIS 5 1 4 0-0 D WHITNER 4 3 1 0-0
D BARRETT 4 4 0 0-0 T MCGEE 3 3 0 0-0
B THOMAS 4 4 0 0-0 J JEFFERSON 3 2 1 0-0
E BARTON 4 3 1 0-0 C KELSAY 2 2 0 1-4
E COLEMAN 4 1 3 0-0 M HAGGAN 2 2 0 0-0
K RHODES 2 2 0 0-0 K WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0-0
C MOSLEY 1 1 0 0-0 L TRIPPLETT 1 1 0 0-0
S POUHA 1 1 0 0-0 A YOUBOTY 1 1 0 0-0
D BOWENS 1 0 1 0-0 T ANDERSON 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head
Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary
Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Perry Paganelli.

Att: 70,600 Time of Game: 2:41</div>

 

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NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT PASSING YARDS FOR
PENNINGTON, RECEPTION YARDS FOR COTCHERY AND
PENALTY YARDS FOR NEW YORK.</div>