Week 1, 1994

played in New England, MA

51 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

New Jersey Jets	0	3	3	0	-	6
New England Patriots	0	7	0	7	-	14

Scoring Summary
2Q: 12:50 NJY - Michele Akers 51 field goal
2Q: 04:01 NED - J.J. Birden 2 pass from Neil Lomax (Lucy Draper extra point)
3Q: 00:24 NJY - Michele Akers 46 field goal
4Q: 06:24 NED - Rodney Harrison 21 interception return (Lucy Draper extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 12:50 NJY - Michele Akers 51 field goal
2Q: 04:01 NED - J.J. Birden 2 pass from Neil Lomax (Lucy Draper extra point)
3Q: 00:24 NJY - Michele Akers 46 field goal
4Q: 06:24 NED - Rodney Harrison 21 interception return (Lucy Draper extra point)

Team Statistics NJY NED
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 10 12
- by Rushing 2 2
- by Passing 7 9
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 197 224
- Offensive Plays 68 64
- Yards per Play 2.90 3.50
Net Rushing Yards 56 67
- Rushing Attempts 18 30
- Yards per Rush 3.11 2.23
Net Passing Yards 141 157
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 48 - 21 - 3 30 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 146 177
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/5 4/20
- Yards per Pass Play 2.82 4.62
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/18 4/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.2 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/30 6/42
Punt Returns/Yards 7/33 6/54
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 3/57
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 3/60
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 34
Time of Possession 28:42 31:18

Team Statistics	NJY	NED
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	10	12
- by Rushing	2	2
- by Passing	7	9
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	197	224
- Offensive Plays	68	64
- Yards per Play	2.90	3.50
Net Rushing Yards	56	67
- Rushing Attempts	18	30
- Yards per Rush	3.11	2.23
Net Passing Yards	141	157
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	48 - 21 - 3	30 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	146	177
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/5	4/20
- Yards per Pass Play	2.82	4.62
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/18	4/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.2	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/30	6/42
Punt Returns/Yards	7/33	6/54
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	3/57
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	3/60
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 34
Time of Possession	28:42	31:18

Drive Charts

New Jersey Jets
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:35	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	10:26	1:22	OWN 3	4	18	Punt
1	7:50	1:56	OWN 20	5	10	Punt
1	3:18	5:33	OWN 21	10	45	Field Goal
2	10:01	3:05	OWN 28	5	6	Punt
2	5:34	0:12	OWN 37	1	0	Interception
2	3:51	1:04	OWN 20	4	28	Punt
2	0:18	0:18	OWN 24	3	0	Interception
3	13:30	0:45	OWN 29	3	-1	Punt
3	10:15	2:03	OWN 1	3	7	Punt
3	4:30	4:11	OWN 23	9	48	Field Goal
4	11:11	1:20	OWN 24	3	3	Punt
4	7:28	1:15	OWN 10	3	6	Interception
4	6:13	1:26	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	2:22	0:51	OWN 29	5	16	Downs
4	0:57	0:39	OWN 31	4	8	Downs

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:25	2:59	OWN 22	5	28	Punt
1	9:04	1:14	OWN 40	4	19	Punt
1	5:54	2:36	OWN 7	5	35	Punt
2	12:45	2:44	OWN 26	4	3	Punt
2	6:56	1:22	OWN 25	3	-3	Punt
2	5:22	1:31	OPP 4	3	4	Touchdown
2	2:47	2:29	OWN 5	5	30	Punt
3	15:00	1:30	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
3	12:45	2:30	OWN 29	6	12	Punt
3	8:12	3:42	OWN 34	7	53	Fumble
3	0:19	4:08	OWN 19	10	50	Interception
4	9:51	2:23	OWN 46	3	2	Punt
4	4:47	2:25	OWN 24	3	-6	Punt
4	1:31	0:34	OPP 45	3	7	Punt
4	0:18	0:18	OPP 39	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Rodney Harrison, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Rudy Koncar	9	34	3.78	7	0
Shelton Lee	6	3	0.50	5	0
Dave Schnell	3	19	6.33	10	1

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Gordie Lockbaun	21	54	2.57	24	2
Erric Pegram	6	18	3.00	8	0
Neil Lomax	2	-2	-1.00	-1	0
J.J. Birden	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0

Passing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dave Schnell	48	21	146	2/5	0	28	3	25.2

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Neil Lomax	30	19	177	4/20	1	30	1	76.7

Receiving Statistics

New Jersey	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Derrick Alexander	8	16	76	9.50	23	21
WR Wendell Davis	3	12	6	2.00	0	4
WR Leroy Thompson	3	4	14	4.67	0	10
FB Matt Groening	2	3	-1	-0.50	0	0
RB Rudy Koncar	2	2	6	3.00	0	6
WR Curtis Duncan	1	5	28	28.00	0	28
RB Shelton Lee	1	2	4	4.00	1	4
TE Antone Vinatieri	1	1	13	13.00	4	13
WR Webster Slaughter	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Brian Kozlowski	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Charles Davenport	4	10	51	12.75	33	30	0
RB Gordie Lockbaun	3	3	14	4.67	11	9	0
WR J.J. Birden	3	5	42	14.00	13	28	1
TE Eric Green	2	3	16	8.00	0	8	0
RB Erric Pegram	2	2	7	3.50	0	4	0
WR Curtis Conway	2	3	27	13.50	23	24	0
WR Leonard Klecko	2	2	17	8.50	4	12	0
TE Bill Elliot	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Willie Gault	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Jersey	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Steve Lofton	1	0	0.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Ray Crockett	1	0	0.00	0
CB Chris Allerman	1	39	39.00	0
S Rodney Harrison	1	21	21.00	1

Fumble Statistics

New Jersey	Fumb	Recov	Force
Derrick Alexander	1	0	0
William Perry	0	1	0
Damon Jordan	0	1	0
Patrick Hunter	0	0	1
Daved Benefield	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Erric Pegram	1	0	1
Gordie Lockbaun	1	0	0
Donnell Johnson	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

New Jersey	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	9	473	52.6	46.6	63	5

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bryan Barker	11	503	45.7	40.9	58	6

Kicking Statistics

New Jersey	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Michele Akers	2/2	2/2	1/1	51	0/0

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lucy Draper	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New Jersey	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Derrick Alexander	7	33	4.7	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Gault	5	48	9.6	0
Gordie Lockbaun	1	6	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Jersey	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Willie Gault	2	38	19.0	0
Je-rod Rozumek	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Jersey	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Patrick Hunter	9	1	0.0	30	34
OLB Eddie Robinson	6	2	0.0	25	32
OLB O'Brien Alston	5	2	0.0	16	14
DE David Grant	4	0	1.0	23	30
DT William Perry	4	1	0.0	28	24
DT Scott Davis	3	1	1.0	19	22
ILB Dave Wyman	3	5	0.0	19	16
CB Tom Carter	3	2	0.0	13	17
S Joey Tribbiani	3	0	0.0	28	33
CB Steve Lofton	2	0	0.0	28	33
ILB Damon Jordan	2	0	0.0	14	19
CB Antonio Langham	2	0	0.0	28	32
DE Joe Campbell	1	2	1.0	27	30
DT Tim Dennis	1	0	1.0	9	5
S Jim Bowman	1	0	0.0	1	2
WR Wendell Davis	1	0	---	---	---
DT Reggie White	1	0	0.0	14	21
T Max Lane	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Daved Benefield	0	1	0.0	4	2

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Toi Cook	5	1	0.0	17	45
S Rodney Harrison	5	1	0.0	17	48
DT John Randle	4	2	1.0	17	31
CB Chris Allerman	4	1	0.0	15	48
CB Ray Crockett	4	0	0.0	15	39
ILB Curly Washburn	4	0	0.0	17	44
ILB Dan Murray	3	2	0.0	3	7
S Je-rod Rozumek	3	0	0.0	17	42
DT R.C. Wrightman	2	1	1.0	12	32
S Michael Stewart	2	1	0.0	7	24
OLB Brett Faryniarz	2	0	0.0	15	42
DE Donnell Johnson	2	0	0.0	16	45
WR J.J. Birden	1	0	---	---	---
RB Erric Pegram	1	0	---	---	---
S Charles Mincy	1	0	0.0	2	12
OLB Roman Phifer	0	1	0.0	4	1

Pass Rush Statistics

New Jersey	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE David Grant	1.0	1	1	3	30
DE Joe Campbell	1.0	0	2	1	30
DT Scott Davis	1.0	0	0	0	22
DT Tim Dennis	1.0	0	0	0	5
S Patrick Hunter	0.0	0	1	0	34
DT William Perry	0.0	0	0	1	24
OLB Eddie Robinson	0.0	0	0	1	32

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT R.C. Wrightman	1.0	1	0	32
DT John Randle	1.0	0	0	31
DE Reggie White	0.0	3	2	37
OLB Brett Faryniarz	0.0	1	0	42
OLB David Griggs	0.0	1	0	37
ILB Curly Washburn	0.0	1	0	44
DE Donnell Johnson	0.0	1	0	45

Pass Defense Statistics

New Jersey	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Eddie Robinson	4	0	0	32
S Patrick Hunter	3	0	0	34
CB Steve Lofton	2	1	1	33
OLB O'Brien Alston	2	1	0	14
ILB Damon Jordan	2	1	0	19
ILB Dave Wyman	2	0	0	16
DE David Grant	2	0	0	30
S Joey Tribbiani	1	1	0	33
CB Antonio Langham	1	0	0	32
DT Reggie White	0	1	0	21

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Chris Allerman	4	0	1	48
CB Toi Cook	4	0	0	45
S Rodney Harrison	3	3	1	48
ILB Dan Murray	3	0	0	7
CB Ray Crockett	2	0	1	39
S Je-rod Rozumek	2	0	0	42
ILB Curly Washburn	1	2	0	44
OLB Brett Faryniarz	1	0	0	42
S Charles Mincy	1	0	0	12

Blocking Statistics

New Jersey	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Max Lane	1	3	10	1	29
Tim Ruddy	1	3	18	0	50
Norm Fowler	1	2	18	1	50
William Roberts	0	4	18	0	50
John Hill	0	2	18	0	50
Matt Groening	0	1	10	0	15

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tom Newberry	2	4	30	0	34
Greg Truitt	1	3	30	1	34
Randy Dixon	0	7	30	1	34
Ernest Dye	0	6	30	1	34
Keith Loneker	0	6	30	0	34
Spike Jones	0	1	24	1	12
Eric Green	0	1	19	0	17

Special Teams Tackles

New Jersey	Tackles	STPlays
Daved Benefield	3	14
Matt Groening	2	16
Vaughn Hebron	1	17
James Jenkins	1	16
Rudy Koncar	1	9
Webster Slaughter	1	8

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Damone Johnson	3	17
Willie Gault	2	23
Erric Pegram	1	24
Ron McNair	1	11

Participation

New Jersey	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
John Hill	18	50	---	---	11	79
Norm Fowler	18	50	---	---	4	72
Derrick Alexander	17	42	---	---	10	69
William Roberts	18	50	---	---	---	68
Dave Schnell	18	50	---	---	---	68
Tim Ruddy	18	50	---	---	---	68
Patrick Hunter	---	---	30	34	3	67
Brian Kozlowski	12	39	---	---	14	65
David Grant	---	---	23	30	10	63
Eddie Robinson	---	---	25	32	6	63
Wendell Davis	16	43	---	---	3	62
Steve Lofton	---	---	28	33	1	62
Joey Tribbiani	---	---	28	33	1	62
Antonio Langham	---	---	28	32	---	60
Joe Campbell	---	---	27	30	1	58
Damon Jordan	---	---	14	19	23	56
William Perry	---	---	28	24	3	55
Tom Carter	---	---	13	17	21	51
Curtis Duncan	10	40	---	---	---	50
Scott Davis	---	---	19	22	3	44
Rudy Koncar	12	23	---	---	9	44
Matt Groening	10	15	---	---	16	41
Max Lane	10	29	---	---	---	39
O'Brien Alston	---	---	16	14	6	36
Filmel Cowlings	8	21	---	---	7	36
Dave Wyman	---	---	19	16	---	35
Reggie White	---	---	14	21	---	35
Leroy Thompson	2	13	---	---	16	31
Shelton Lee	6	20	---	---	---	26
Antone Vinatieri	4	7	---	---	15	26
Daved Benefield	---	---	4	2	14	20
Tim Dennis	---	---	9	5	5	19
James Jenkins	0	2	---	---	16	18
Vaughn Hebron	0	0	---	---	17	17
Webster Slaughter	1	6	---	---	8	15
Calvin Jackson	---	---	3	4	5	12
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	11	11
Dick Scobee	0	0	---	---	11	11
Matt Elliott	0	0	---	---	11	11
Pellom LeVeck	0	0	---	---	11	11
Jim Bowman	---	---	1	2	5	8
Terry Ray	---	---	0	1	6	7
Michele Akers	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tim Edwards	---	---	1	3	---	4
Anthony Dilweg	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mike Buck	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ray Crockett	---	---	15	39	21	75
Keith Loneker	30	34	---	---	11	75
Donnell Johnson	---	---	16	45	11	72
Rodney Harrison	---	---	17	48	2	67
Chris Allerman	---	---	15	48	2	65
Neil Lomax	30	34	---	---	---	64
Tom Newberry	30	34	---	---	---	64
Toi Cook	---	---	17	45	2	64
Randy Dixon	30	34	---	---	---	64
Ernest Dye	30	34	---	---	---	64
Greg Truitt	30	34	---	---	---	64
Je-rod Rozumek	---	---	17	42	4	63
Curly Washburn	---	---	17	44	2	63
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	15	42	1	58
Charles Davenport	23	31	---	---	3	57
R.C. Wrightman	---	---	12	32	9	53
David Griggs	---	---	11	37	2	50
John Randle	---	---	17	31	2	50
Curtis Conway	13	22	---	---	13	48
Reggie White	---	---	7	37	2	46
Michael Stewart	---	---	7	24	15	46
J.J. Birden	19	27	---	---	---	46
Erric Pegram	6	16	---	---	24	46
Eric Green	19	17	---	---	9	45
Spike Jones	24	12	---	---	9	45
Willie Gault	8	11	---	---	23	42
Gordie Lockbaun	24	14	---	---	2	40
Bill Elliot	10	8	---	---	18	36
Roman Phifer	---	---	4	1	21	26
Shane Conlan	---	---	4	11	7	22
Damone Johnson	2	0	---	---	17	19
Charles Mincy	---	---	2	12	5	19
Leonard Klecko	1	8	---	---	8	17
Duval Love	0	0	---	---	11	11
Bill Cherry	0	0	---	---	11	11
Ron McNair	0	0	---	---	11	11
Bryan Barker	0	0	---	---	11	11
Booker Foxx	0	0	---	---	11	11
Dan Murray	---	---	3	7	---	10
LeShon Johnson	1	4	---	---	5	10
Burt Grossman	---	---	2	5	---	7
Raul Allegre	0	0	---	---	3	3
Sean Salisbury	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bobby Buenning	0	0	---	---	---	0
Lucy Draper	0	0	---	---	---	0
Elvis Grbac	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	9	4.5
Middle	13	39	3.0
Right	3	8	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	56	6.2
Middle	18	15	0.8
Right	2	-3	-1.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dave Schnell	48	21	2	5	5	5	8	2	3

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Neil Lomax	30	19	3	0	0	5	4	6	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	14	63	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	4	55	4.2
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	28	3.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	9	4.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	16	127	7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	1	13	2.2
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	28	7.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Jersey	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Derrick Alexander	16	8	2	76	1	42
WR Wendell Davis	12	3	1	6	0	43
WR Curtis Duncan	5	1	1	28	1	40
WR Leroy Thompson	4	3	0	14	0	13
FB Matt Groening	3	2	0	-1	0	15
RB Shelton Lee	2	1	1	4	0	20
RB Rudy Koncar	2	2	0	6	0	23
WR Webster Slaughter	1	0	0	0	0	6
TE Brian Kozlowski	1	0	0	0	0	39
TE Antone Vinatieri	1	1	0	13	0	7

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Charles Davenport	10	4	51	1	31
WR J.J. Birden	5	3	42	1	27
RB Gordie Lockbaun	3	3	14	0	14
TE Eric Green	3	2	16	0	17
WR Curtis Conway	3	2	27	1	22
RB Erric Pegram	2	2	7	0	16
WR Leonard Klecko	2	2	17	0	8
WR Willie Gault	1	0	0	0	11
TE Bill Elliot	1	1	3	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Erric Pegram	3	5	1.67	3.00
Gordie Lockbaun	1	-1	-1.00	2.57

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Neil Lomax	1	1	2	2.00	5.90

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Jersey	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR J.J. Birden	1	1	2	2.00	8.40

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Jersey	Rushes	Conversions
Rudy Koncar	3	1

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Erric Pegram	2	0
Gordie Lockbaun	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dave Schnell	14	3	2

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Neil Lomax	12	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Jersey	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Derrick Alexander	6	2	2
WR Wendell Davis	4	0	0
WR Curtis Duncan	1	0	0
RB Shelton Lee	1	0	0
FB Matt Groening	1	1	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Charles Davenport	6	3	2
WR J.J. Birden	2	1	1
WR Willie Gault	1	0	0
RB Erric Pegram	1	1	0
WR Curtis Conway	1	1	0
WR Leonard Klecko	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,600 (21,400)
End Zone 14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,600 (21,400)
End Zone	14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,900 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)