GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: BUFFALO (2-4) at NY JETS (1-6)

NFL: BUFFALO at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BUFFALO 3 0 0 10 13
NY JETS 0 3 0 0 3 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

10:07 BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 30 YD.
Drive: 16 plays, 64 yards in 10:07.
Key plays: Edwards 4-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 35;
Edwards 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 46; Edwards 16-yard pass to
Evans to New York 35. BUFFALO 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

4:32 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 27 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 78 yards in 9:25.
Key plays: Pennington 12-yard pass to Smith to New York 30; 5-yard
encroachment penalty on Bills' Hargrove on 3rd-and-5 to New York 40;
Washington 17-yard run to Buffalo 34; Pennington 5-yard pass to Cotchery
on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 22. BUFFALO 3-3.

3RD QUARTER:

NONE

4TH QUARTER:

4:54 BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 40 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards in 4:10.
Key plays: Losman 19-yard pass to Evans to New York 27. BUFFALO 6-3.
11:22 BUF - TD, LEE EVANS 85 YD PASS FROM J.P. LOSMAN (RIAN LINDELL KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 97 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Lynch 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 15. BUFFALO
13-3.

BUFFALO - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS BUFFALO NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 10 7
Rushing 4 2
Passing 5 4
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-6-33% 1-4-25%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 121 108
Total offensive plays 30 25
Average gain per play 4.0 4.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 36 67
Rushing attempts 15 13
Average gain per rush 2.4 5.2
Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 1-2
NET YARDS PASSING 85 41
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 2-18
Gross passing yards 85 59
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 15-10-1 10-8-0
Avg gain per pass play 5.7 3.4
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 1-0-0 2-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 2-42.0 1-38.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 38.0 32.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 8 25
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-8 1-6
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-51 1-4
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-19
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-30 1-15
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-2-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 15:39 14:13


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

BUFFALO NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LYNCH 21 80 3.8 10 0 T JONES 16 70 4.4 15 0
D WRIGHT 12 25 2.1 5 0 L WASHINGTON 5 25 5.0 17 0
T EDWARDS 1 2 2.0 2 0 C PENNINGTON 2 5 2.5 5 0
F JACKSON 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T EDWARDS 14-21-130 1 0 17 C PENNINGTON 13-20-106 0 0 21
J LOSMAN 3- 5-113 0 1 85 K CLEMENS 5-12- 67 2 0 20

Sacked-Yards Lost: T EDWARDS 1-4. Sacked-Yards Lost: C PENNINGTON 3-19.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L EVANS 5 138 27.6 85 1 J COTCHERY 5 47 9.4 21 0
J REED 4 40 10.0 17 0 T JONES 5 34 6.8 9 0
R ROYAL 2 19 9.5 10 0 B SMITH 3 43 14.3 20 0
R PARRISH 1 12 12.0 12 0 L WASHINGTON 2 7 3.5 11 0
M GAINES 1 11 11.0 11 0 J MCCAREINS 1 18 18.0 18 0
D SCHOUMAN 1 9 9.0 9 0 L COLES 1 13 13.0 13 0
D WRIGHT 1 8 8.0 8 0 C BAKER 1 11 11.0 11 0
M LYNCH 1 7 7.0 7 0
F JACKSON 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T MCGEE 1 0 0.0 0 0 D REVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0
G WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B MOORMAN 6 206 34.3 1 3 43 B GRAHAM 6 286 47.7 1 2 62

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R PARRISH 4 74 18.5 31 0 L WASHINGTON 2 10 5.0 6 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T MCGEE 2 51 25.5 26 0 L WASHINGTON 2 48 24.0 26 0
B SMITH 1 4 4.0 4 0
C BAKER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LINDELL 1/1 2/2 M NUGENT 0/0 1/1
Dist.: 30 40 Dist.: 27

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SCHOBEL 0 0 2 0-0 C PENNINGTON 2 0 0 0-0
C KELSAY 0 0 0 0-1 L WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0
J COTCHERY 0 0 0 1-0
T JONES 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J DIGIORGIO 13 9 4 0-0 D HARRIS 17 10 7 1-4
A CROWELL 8 7 1 1-10 V HOBSON 7 5 2 0-0
J GREER 7 5 2 0-0 E BARTON 7 4 3 0-0
G WILSON 6 5 1 0-0 S ELLIS 7 4 3 0-0
A SCHOBEL 5 4 1 1-1 A ELAM 7 3 4 0-0
T MCGEE 5 4 1 0-0 D REVIS 6 5 1 0-0
K WILLIAMS 4 2 2 1-8 K COLEMAN 6 3 3 0-0
K THOMAS 4 2 2 0-0 H POTEAT 5 4 1 0-0
D WHITNER 4 2 2 0-0 D ROBERTSON 5 3 2 0-0
A HARGROVE 3 3 0 0-0 K RHODES 3 3 0 0-0
L TRIPPLETT 2 1 1 0-0 B THOMAS 3 1 2 0-0
K ELLISON 1 0 1 0-0 E HICKS 2 1 1 0-0
S POUHA 2 1 1 0-0
A DYSON 1 1 0 0-0
D BOWENS 1 1 0 0-0
B KASSELL 1 1 0 0-0
D BARRETT 1 1 0 0-0

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NFL: BUFFALO at NY JETS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
BUFFALO 13
NY JETS 3 FINAL</div>

 

By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - J.P. Losman was bypassedas a starter, but provided just what the Buffalo Bills needed inrelief.


Losman replaced an injured Trent Edwards and engineered a pairfourth-quarter scoring drives, including an 85-yard touchdownpass to wide receiver Lee Evans, as the Bills defeated the NewYork Jets, 13-3 on Sunday.


Losman, who was 3-of-5 for 115 yards, also directed the drivethat set up the go-ahead score, with Rian Lindell kicking a40-yard field goal to break a 3-3 tie with 10:06 left in thefourth quarter.


Rookie Marshawn Lynch rushed for 21 times for 80 yards forBuffalo (3-4), which has won three of its last four games - theonly loss being to Dallas.


The Jets (1-7) have lost five straight games.


Losman replaced Edwards with 3:23 left in the third quarterafter the rookie QB left for the locker room. No reason wasgiven for Edwards' departure, but he had an ice pack on hisright wrist.


Losman had been sidelined with an ankle injury, but coach DickJauron elected to stay with Edwards even though the injury hadhealed.


Once Edwards departed, Losman completed a 19-yard pass to Evansto the Jets 27, setting up the go-ahead field goal by Lindell.

Edwards made his first career road start on Sunday, becoming the31st rookie to do so since 2000. Rookie signal-callers are3-27 in that span.


The last rookie to win his first road start was Craig Krenzel ofthe Chicago Bears against the New York Giants on November 7,2004.


Edwards was 14-of-21 for 130 yards and an interception.

While the Bills went with the rookie, Jets coach Eric Manginielected to remain with Chad Pennington as his starter untilreplacing him with second-year pro Kellen Clemens with 2:28left.


Clemens was intercepted by cornerback Terrence McGee on hisfirst drive to end any hopes of a New York comeback.

Clemens was also intercepted on the final play of the game, aHail Mary in the end zone.


Pennington completed 13-of-20 passes for 106 yards.

The Bills took more than 10 minutes off the clock on the firstpossession of the game, marching 64 yards in 16 plays beforeLindell kicked a 30-yard field goal. Edwards completed all fiveof his passes for 34 yards on the drive.


The Jets answered with a 15-play drive that lasted 9:25, cappedby a 27-yard field goal by Mike Nugent that tied it at 3-3.

New York moved to the Buffalo 18 late in the first half beforeLeon Washington had the ball stripped away by Aaron Schobel andChris Kelsay recovered.


Jets rookie cornerback Darrelle Revis recorded his first careerinterception in the second quarter


The Jets played without linebacker Jonathan Vilma, who wasplaced on the injured reserve with a knee problem on Saturdayand is done for the season.

 

NFL: BUFFALO at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BUFFALO 3 0 0 10 13
NY JETS 0 3 0 0 3 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

10:07 BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 30 YD.
Drive: 16 plays, 64 yards in 10:07.
Key plays: Edwards 4-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 35;
Edwards 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 46; Edwards 16-yard pass to
Evans to New York 35. BUFFALO 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

4:32 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 27 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 78 yards in 9:25.
Key plays: Pennington 12-yard pass to Smith to New York 30; 5-yard
encroachment penalty on Bills' Hargrove on 3rd-and-5 to New York 40;
Washington 17-yard run to Buffalo 34; Pennington 5-yard pass to Cotchery
on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 22. BUFFALO 3-3.

3RD QUARTER:

NONE

4TH QUARTER:

4:54 BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 40 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards in 4:10.
Key plays: Losman 19-yard pass to Evans to New York 27. BUFFALO 6-3.
11:22 BUF - TD, LEE EVANS 85 YD PASS FROM J.P. LOSMAN (RIAN LINDELL KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 97 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Lynch 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 15. BUFFALO
13-3.

BUFFALO - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS BUFFALO NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 19 14
Rushing 8 3
Passing 10 10
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-13-31% 3-12-25%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 347 254
Total offensive plays 62 58
Average gain per play 5.6 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 108 100
Rushing attempts 35 23
Average gain per rush 3.1 4.3
Tackles for loss-yards 3-7 2-3
NET YARDS PASSING 239 154
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-4 3-19
Gross passing yards 243 173
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 26-17-1 32-18-2
Avg gain per pass play 8.9 4.4
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-0 2-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-34.3 6-47.7
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 22.0 46.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 74 29
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-74 2-10
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-51 4-51
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-0 1-19
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-50 2-25
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-2-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:31 27:29


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

BUFFALO NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LYNCH 21 80 3.8 10 0 T JONES 16 70 4.4 15 0
D WRIGHT 12 25 2.1 5 0 L WASHINGTON 5 25 5.0 17 0
T EDWARDS 1 2 2.0 2 0 C PENNINGTON 2 5 2.5 5 0
F JACKSON 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T EDWARDS 14-21-130 1 0 17 C PENNINGTON 13-20-106 0 0 21
J LOSMAN 3- 5-113 0 1 85 K CLEMENS 5-12- 67 2 0 20

Sacked-Yards Lost: T EDWARDS 1-4. Sacked-Yards Lost: C PENNINGTON 3-19.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L EVANS 5 138 27.6 85 1 J COTCHERY 5 47 9.4 21 0
J REED 4 40 10.0 17 0 T JONES 5 34 6.8 9 0
R ROYAL 2 19 9.5 10 0 B SMITH 3 43 14.3 20 0
R PARRISH 1 12 12.0 12 0 L WASHINGTON 2 7 3.5 11 0
M GAINES 1 11 11.0 11 0 J MCCAREINS 1 18 18.0 18 0
D SCHOUMAN 1 9 9.0 9 0 L COLES 1 13 13.0 13 0
D WRIGHT 1 8 8.0 8 0 C BAKER 1 11 11.0 11 0
M LYNCH 1 7 7.0 7 0
F JACKSON 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T MCGEE 1 0 0.0 0 0 D REVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0
G WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B MOORMAN 6 206 34.3 1 3 43 B GRAHAM 6 286 47.7 1 2 62

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R PARRISH 4 74 18.5 31 0 L WASHINGTON 2 10 5.0 6 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T MCGEE 2 51 25.5 26 0 L WASHINGTON 2 48 24.0 26 0
B SMITH 1 4 4.0 4 0
C BAKER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LINDELL 1/1 2/2 M NUGENT 0/0 1/1
Dist.: 30 40 Dist.: 27

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SCHOBEL 0 0 2 0-0 C PENNINGTON 2 0 0 0-0
C KELSAY 0 0 0 0-1 L WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0
J COTCHERY 0 0 0 1-0
T JONES 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J DIGIORGIO 13 9 4 0-0 D HARRIS 17 10 7 1-4
A CROWELL 8 7 1 1-10 V HOBSON 7 5 2 0-0
J GREER 7 5 2 0-0 E BARTON 7 4 3 0-0
G WILSON 6 5 1 0-0 S ELLIS 7 4 3 0-0
A SCHOBEL 5 4 1 1-1 A ELAM 7 3 4 0-0
T MCGEE 5 4 1 0-0 D REVIS 6 5 1 0-0
K WILLIAMS 4 2 2 1-8 K COLEMAN 6 3 3 0-0
K THOMAS 4 2 2 0-0 H POTEAT 5 4 1 0-0
D WHITNER 4 2 2 0-0 D ROBERTSON 5 3 2 0-0
A HARGROVE 3 3 0 0-0 K RHODES 3 3 0 0-0
L TRIPPLETT 2 1 1 0-0 B THOMAS 3 1 2 0-0
K ELLISON 1 0 1 0-0 E HICKS 2 1 1 0-0
S POUHA 2 1 1 0-0
A DYSON 1 1 0 0-0
D BOWENS 1 1 0 0-0
B KASSELL 1 1 0 0-0
D BARRETT 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Jerome Boger, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head
Linesman-Jerry Bergman, Line Judge-Jeff Bergman, Field Judge-Scott
Steenson, Side Judge-Joe Larrew, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner.

Att: 76,688 Time of Game: 2:42</div>

 

By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- J.P. Losman was bypassedas a starter, but he provided just what the Buffalo Bills neededin relief.


Losman replaced an injured Trent Edwards and engineered a pairof fourth-quarter scoring drives, including an 85-yard touchdownpass to wide receiver Lee Evans, as the Bills defeated the NewYork Jets, 13-3, on Sunday.


Losman, who was just 3-of-5 for 115 yards, also directed thedrive that set up the go-ahead score, with Rian Lindell kickinga 40-yard field goal to break a 3-3 tie with 10:06 left in thefourth quarter.


"We said all along that J.P. has handled this situationprofessionally and prepared himself to play really well," Billscoach Dick Jauron said. "It paid off for him real well today."

Rookie Marshawn Lynch rushed for 21 times for 80 yards forBuffalo (3-4), which has won three of its last four games - theonly loss being to Dallas.


While the Bills have emerged as a playoff contender, the Jets(1-7) lost their fifth straight game and their quarterbackcontroversy deepened when Chad Pennington was benched in thefourth quarter in favor of Kellen Clemens.


Losman had been sidelined with an ankle injury, but Jauronelected to stay with rookie Edwards even though the injury hadhealed.


Edwards suffered a sprained right wrist when he was sacked inthe third quarter and was replaced by Losman with 3:23 left inthe third quarter.


"It was tough taking the snaps from center," said Edwards, whowould not give a time frame on how long he would be sidelined."J.P. came in and did a great job. I'm excited that we won."

Once Edwards departed, Losman completed a 19-yard pass to Evansto the Jets 27, setting up the go-ahead field goal by Lindell.

Buffalo iced the game when Evans outleaped Jets defensive backsDarrelle Revis and Abram Elam for a long pass and raced to theend zone.


Evans has made no secret that he prefers Losman as the starter.

"He came in and led us with a lot of fire," Evans said.

Jauron would not speculate on his starter for next week againstCincinnati.


"As a player you just swing at as many fastballs that are thrownat you," Losman said. Edwards completed 14-of-21 passes for 130yards in his first career road start.


While the Bills went with the rookie, Jets coach Eric Manginielected to remain with Pennington as his starter until replacinghim with second-year pro Clemens with 2:28 left. Mangini wouldnot commit to a starter for next week against Washington.

"I'm not sure," Mangini said. "I'll evaluate tomorrow."

Clemens was intercepted by cornerback Terrence McGee on hisfirst drive to end any hopes of a New York comeback. Clemensalso was intercepted by George Wilson on the final play of thegame.


"My preparation will be the same whether I'm the starter or thebackup," Clemens said.


Pennington completed 13-of-20 passes for 106 yards.

"I don't have anything to be ashamed of. It's a tough stretch,"Pennington said. "I don't have a lot of answers right now."

The Bills took more than 10 minutes off the clock on the firstpossession of the game, marching 64 yards in 16 plays beforeLindell kicked a 30-yard field goal. Edwards completed all fiveof his passes for 34 yards on the drive.


The Jets answered with a 15-play drive that lasted 9:25, cappedby a 27-yard field goal by Mike Nugent that tied it at 3-3.

New York moved to the Buffalo 18 late in the first half beforeLeon Washington had the ball stripped away by Aaron Schobel andChris Kelsay recovered.


Rookie cornerback Revis recorded his first career interceptionin the second quarter.


The Jets played without linebacker Jonathan Vilma, who wasplaced on the injured reserve with a knee problem on Saturdayand is done for the season.

 

By Doug Mittler
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- J.P. Losman was bypassedas a starter, but he provided just what the Buffalo Bills neededin relief.


Losman replaced an injured Trent Edwards and engineered a pairof fourth-quarter scoring drives, including an 85-yard touchdownpass to wide receiver Lee Evans, as the Bills defeated the NewYork Jets, 13-3, on Sunday.


Losman, who was just 3-of-5 for 115 yards, also directed thedrive that set up the go-ahead score, with Rian Lindell kickinga 40-yard field goal to break a 3-3 tie with 10:06 left in thefourth quarter.


"We said all along that J.P. has handled this situationprofessionally and prepared himself to play really well," Billscoach Dick Jauron said. "It paid off for him real well today."

Rookie Marshawn Lynch rushed for 21 times for 80 yards forBuffalo (3-4), which has won three of its last four games - theonly loss being to Dallas.


While the Bills have emerged as a playoff contender, the Jets(1-7) lost their fifth straight game and their quarterbackcontroversy deepened when Chad Pennington was benched in thefourth quarter in favor of Kellen Clemens.


Losman had been sidelined with an ankle injury, but Jauronelected to stay with rookie Edwards even though the injury hadhealed.


Edwards suffered a sprained right wrist when he was sacked inthe third quarter and was replaced by Losman with 3:23 left inthe third quarter.


"It was tough taking the snaps from center," said Edwards, whowould not give a time frame on how long he would be sidelined."J.P. came in and did a great job. I'm excited that we won."

Once Edwards departed, Losman completed a 19-yard pass to Evansto the Jets 27, setting up the go-ahead field goal by Lindell.

Buffalo iced the game when Evans outleaped Jets defensive backsDarrelle Revis and Abram Elam for a long pass and raced to theend zone.


Evans has made no secret that he prefers Losman as the starter.

"He came in and led us with a lot of fire," Evans said.

Jauron would not speculate on his starter for next week againstCincinnati.


"As a player you just swing at as many fastballs that are thrownat you," Losman said. Edwards completed 14-of-21 passes for 130yards in his first career road start.


While the Bills went with the rookie, Jets coach Eric Manginielected to remain with Pennington as his starter until replacinghim with second-year pro Clemens with 2:28 left. Mangini wouldnot commit to a starter for next week against Washington.

"I'm not sure," Mangini said. "I'll evaluate tomorrow."

Clemens was intercepted by cornerback Terrence McGee on hisfirst drive to end any hopes of a New York comeback. Clemensalso was intercepted by George Wilson on the final play of thegame.


"My preparation will be the same whether I'm the starter or thebackup," Clemens said.


Pennington completed 13-of-20 passes for 106 yards.

"I don't have anything to be ashamed of. It's a tough stretch,"Pennington said. "I don't have a lot of answers right now."

The Bills took more than 10 minutes off the clock on the firstpossession of the game, marching 64 yards in 16 plays beforeLindell kicked a 30-yard field goal. Edwards completed all fiveof his passes for 34 yards on the drive.


The Jets answered with a 15-play drive that lasted 9:25, cappedby a 27-yard field goal by Mike Nugent that tied it at 3-3.

New York moved to the Buffalo 18 late in the first half beforeLeon Washington had the ball stripped away by Aaron Schobel andChris Kelsay recovered.


Rookie cornerback Revis recorded his first career interceptionin the second quarter.


The Jets played without linebacker Jonathan Vilma, who wasplaced on the injured reserve with a knee problem on Saturdayand is done for the season.

 

NFL: BUFFALO at NY JETS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BUFFALO 3 0 0 10 13
NY JETS 0 3 0 0 3 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

10:07 BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 30 YD.
Drive: 16 plays, 64 yards in 10:07.
Key plays: Edwards 4-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 35;
Edwards 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 46; Edwards 16-yard pass to
Evans to New York 35. BUFFALO 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

4:32 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 27 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 78 yards in 9:25.
Key plays: Pennington 12-yard pass to Smith to New York 30; 5-yard
encroachment penalty on Bills' Hargrove on 3rd-and-5 to New York 40;
Washington 17-yard run to Buffalo 34; Pennington 5-yard pass to Cotchery
on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 22. BUFFALO 3-3.

3RD QUARTER:

NONE

4TH QUARTER:

4:54 BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 40 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards in 4:10.
Key plays: Losman 19-yard pass to Evans to New York 27. BUFFALO 6-3.
11:22 BUF - TD, LEE EVANS 85 YD PASS FROM J.P. LOSMAN (RIAN LINDELL KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 97 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Lynch 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 15. BUFFALO
13-3.

BUFFALO - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS BUFFALO NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 19 14
Rushing 8 3
Passing 10 10
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-13-31% 3-12-25%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 347 254
Total offensive plays 62 58
Average gain per play 5.6 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 108 100
Rushing attempts 35 23
Average gain per rush 3.1 4.3
Tackles for loss-yards 3-7 2-3
NET YARDS PASSING 239 154
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-4 3-19
Gross passing yards 243 173
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 26-17-1 32-18-2
Avg gain per pass play 8.9 4.4
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-0 2-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-34.3 6-47.7
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 22.0 46.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 74 29
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-74 2-10
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-51 4-51
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-0 1-19
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-50 2-25
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-2-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:31 27:29


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

BUFFALO NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LYNCH 21 80 3.8 10 0 T JONES 16 70 4.4 15 0
D WRIGHT 12 25 2.1 5 0 L WASHINGT 5 25 5.0 17 0
T EDWARDS 1 2 2.0 2 0 C PENNINGT 2 5 2.5 5 0
F JACKSON 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T EDWARDS 14-21-130 1 0 17 C PENNINGT 13-20-106 0 0 21
J LOSMAN 3- 5-113 0 1 85 K CLEMENS 5-12- 67 2 0 20

Sacked-Yards Lost: T EDWARDS 1-4. Sacked-Yards Lost: C PENNINGT 3-19.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L EVANS 5 138 27.6 85 1 J COTCHERY 5 47 9.4 21 0
J REED 4 40 10.0 17 0 T JONES 5 34 6.8 9 0
R ROYAL 2 19 9.5 10 0 B SMITH 3 43 14.3 20 0
R PARRISH 1 12 12.0 12 0 L WASHINGT 2 7 3.5 11 0
M GAINES 1 11 11.0 11 0 J MCCAREIN 1 18 18.0 18 0
D SCHOUMAN 1 9 9.0 9 0 L COLES 1 13 13.0 13 0
D WRIGHT 1 8 8.0 8 0 C BAKER 1 11 11.0 11 0
M LYNCH 1 7 7.0 7 0
F JACKSON 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T MCGEE 1 0 0.0 0 0 D REVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0
G WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B MOORMAN 6 206 34.3 1 3 43 B GRAHAM 6 286 47.7 1 2 62

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R PARRISH 4 74 18.5 31 0 L WASHINGTON 2 10 5.0 6 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T MCGEE 2 51 25.5 26 0 L WASHINGTON 2 48 24.0 26 0
B SMITH 1 4 4.0 4 0
C BAKER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LINDELL 1/1 2/2 M NUGENT 0/0 1/1
Dist.: 30 40 Dist.: 27

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SCHOBEL 0 0 2 0-0 C PENNINGTON 2 0 0 0-0
C KELSAY 0 0 0 0-1 L WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0
J COTCHERY 0 0 0 1-0
T JONES 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J DIGIORGIO 13 9 4 0-0 D HARRIS 17 10 7 1-4
A CROWELL 8 7 1 1-10 V HOBSON 7 5 2 0-0
J GREER 7 5 2 0-0 E BARTON 7 4 3 0-0
G WILSON 6 5 1 0-0 S ELLIS 7 4 3 0-0
A SCHOBEL 5 4 1 1-1 A ELAM 7 3 4 0-0
T MCGEE 5 4 1 0-0 D REVIS 6 5 1 0-0
K WILLIAMS 4 2 2 1-8 K COLEMAN 6 3 3 0-0
K THOMAS 4 2 2 0-0 H POTEAT 5 4 1 0-0
D WHITNER 4 2 2 0-0 D ROBERTSON 5 3 2 0-0
A HARGROVE 3 3 0 0-0 K RHODES 3 3 0 0-0
L TRIPPLETT 2 1 1 0-0 B THOMAS 3 1 2 0-0
K ELLISON 1 0 1 0-0 E HICKS 2 1 1 0-0
S POUHA 2 1 1 0-0
A DYSON 1 1 0 0-0
D BOWENS 1 1 0 0-0
B KASSELL 1 1 0 0-0
D BARRETT 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Jerome Boger, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head
Linesman-Jerry Bergman, Line Judge-Jeff Bergman, Field Judge-Scott
Steenson, Side Judge-Joe Larrew, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner.

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BUFFALO 3 0 0 10 13
NY JETS 0 3 0 0 3 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

10:07 BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 30 YD.
Drive: 16 plays, 64 yards in 10:07.
Key plays: Edwards 4-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 35;
Edwards 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 46; Edwards 16-yard pass to
Evans to New York 35. BUFFALO 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

4:32 NYJ - FG, MIKE NUGENT 27 YD.
Drive: 15 plays, 78 yards in 9:25.
Key plays: Pennington 12-yard pass to Smith to New York 30; 5-yard
encroachment penalty on Bills' Hargrove on 3rd-and-5 to New York 40;
Washington 17-yard run to Buffalo 34; Pennington 5-yard pass to Cotchery
on 3rd-and-3 to Buffalo 22. BUFFALO 3-3.

3RD QUARTER:

NONE

4TH QUARTER:

4:54 BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 40 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards in 4:10.
Key plays: Losman 19-yard pass to Evans to New York 27. BUFFALO 6-3.
11:22 BUF - TD, LEE EVANS 85 YD PASS FROM J.P. LOSMAN (RIAN LINDELL KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 97 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Lynch 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Buffalo 15. BUFFALO
13-3.

BUFFALO - NY JETS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS BUFFALO NY JETS

FIRST DOWNS 19 14
Rushing 8 3
Passing 10 10
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-13-31% 3-12-25%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 347 254
Total offensive plays 62 58
Average gain per play 5.6 4.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 108 100
Rushing attempts 35 23
Average gain per rush 3.1 4.3
Tackles for loss-yards 3-7 2-3
NET YARDS PASSING 239 154
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-4 3-19
Gross passing yards 243 173
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 26-17-1 32-18-2
Avg gain per pass play 8.9 4.4
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-0 2-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-34.3 6-47.7
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 22.0 46.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 74 29
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-74 2-10
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-51 4-51
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-0 1-19
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-50 2-25
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 0
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-2-0%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:31 27:29


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

BUFFALO NY JETS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M LYNCH 21 80 3.8 10 0 T JONES 16 70 4.4 15 0
D WRIGHT 12 25 2.1 5 0 L WASHINGT 5 25 5.0 17 0
T EDWARDS 1 2 2.0 2 0 C PENNINGT 2 5 2.5 5 0
F JACKSON 1 1 1.0 1 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T EDWARDS 14-21-130 1 0 17 C PENNINGT 13-20-106 0 0 21
J LOSMAN 3- 5-113 0 1 85 K CLEMENS 5-12- 67 2 0 20

Sacked-Yards Lost: T EDWARDS 1-4. Sacked-Yards Lost: C PENNINGT 3-19.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L EVANS 5 138 27.6 85 1 J COTCHERY 5 47 9.4 21 0
J REED 4 40 10.0 17 0 T JONES 5 34 6.8 9 0
R ROYAL 2 19 9.5 10 0 B SMITH 3 43 14.3 20 0
R PARRISH 1 12 12.0 12 0 L WASHINGT 2 7 3.5 11 0
M GAINES 1 11 11.0 11 0 J MCCAREIN 1 18 18.0 18 0
D SCHOUMAN 1 9 9.0 9 0 L COLES 1 13 13.0 13 0
D WRIGHT 1 8 8.0 8 0 C BAKER 1 11 11.0 11 0
M LYNCH 1 7 7.0 7 0
F JACKSON 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T MCGEE 1 0 0.0 0 0 D REVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0
G WILSON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B MOORMAN 6 206 34.3 1 3 43 B GRAHAM 6 286 47.7 1 2 62

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R PARRISH 4 74 18.5 31 0 L WASHINGTON 2 10 5.0 6 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T MCGEE 2 51 25.5 26 0 L WASHINGTON 2 48 24.0 26 0
B SMITH 1 4 4.0 4 0
C BAKER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LINDELL 1/1 2/2 M NUGENT 0/0 1/1
Dist.: 30 40 Dist.: 27

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SCHOBEL 0 0 2 0-0 C PENNINGTON 2 0 0 0-0
C KELSAY 0 0 0 0-1 L WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0-0
J COTCHERY 0 0 0 1-0
T JONES 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J DIGIORGIO 13 9 4 0-0 D HARRIS 17 10 7 1-4
A CROWELL 8 7 1 1-10 V HOBSON 7 5 2 0-0
J GREER 7 5 2 0-0 E BARTON 7 4 3 0-0
G WILSON 6 5 1 0-0 S ELLIS 7 4 3 0-0
A SCHOBEL 5 4 1 1-1 A ELAM 7 3 4 0-0
T MCGEE 5 4 1 0-0 D REVIS 6 5 1 0-0
K WILLIAMS 4 2 2 1-8 K COLEMAN 6 3 3 0-0
K THOMAS 4 2 2 0-0 H POTEAT 5 4 1 0-0
D WHITNER 4 2 2 0-0 D ROBERTSON 5 3 2 0-0
A HARGROVE 3 3 0 0-0 K RHODES 3 3 0 0-0
L TRIPPLETT 2 1 1 0-0 B THOMAS 3 1 2 0-0
K ELLISON 1 0 1 0-0 E HICKS 2 1 1 0-0
S POUHA 2 1 1 0-0
A DYSON 1 1 0 0-0
D BOWENS 1 1 0 0-0
B KASSELL 1 1 0 0-0
D BARRETT 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Jerome Boger, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head
Linesman-Jerry Bergman, Line Judge-Jeff Bergman, Field Judge-Scott
Steenson, Side Judge-Joe Larrew, Back Judge-Bob Waggoner.

Att: 76,688 Time of Game: 2:42</div>

 

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