NYJ 31 @ BUF 28 - 1987 NFL

1987 Week 1

New York JetsNYJ

31-28

Buffalo BillsBUF

Sun, September 13, 1987 · 1:00PM · Rich Stadium

Surface: astroturfLine: New York Jets -1.5O/U: 44.0 (over)

NYJ: Joe Walton · BUF: Marv Levy

NYJ

Team Stats

BUF

1st Downs

44-133

Rushing

16-67

24-35-276

Passing

25-42-305

394

Total Yards

359

Scoring

2nd Quarter

Trumaine Johnson 26 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Scott Norwood kick)

Wesley Walker 55 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick)

Mickey Shuler 4 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick)

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Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NYJ
Passing
Ken O'Brien	24/35	276	2	1	4	99.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Ken O'Brien	4	7	0	11	0
Dave Jennings	1	4	0	4	0
Freeman McNeil	21	68	0	11	0
Roger Vick	12	34	0	8	0
Nuu Faaola	2	11	0	7	0
Johnny Hector	4	9	2	3	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Freeman McNeil	3	2	13	0	9
Johnny Hector	4	4	51	0	27
Wesley Walker	5	4	91	1	55
Mickey Shuler	7	7	63	1	18
Al Toon	9	6	59	0	14
Jo-Jo Townsell	1	0	0	0	0
Kurt Sohn	1	1	-1	0	-1
BUF
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Jim Kelly	25/42	305	3	1	2	95.8
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Robb Riddick	2	18	1	16	0
Greg Bell	10	39	0	11	0
Carl Byrum	3	9	0	4	0
Andre Reed	1	1	0	1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Robb Riddick	2	2	3	1	2
Greg Bell	8	4	37	0	12
Carl Byrum	3	1	20	0	20
Andre Reed	5	3	47	0	19
Trumaine Johnson	3	3	63	1	26
Ronnie Harmon	9	5	51	0	21
Chris Burkett	7	3	47	1	22
Pete Metzelaars	4	4	37	0	17

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NYJ
Bob Crable			0	1			0	0
Alex Gordon			1	0			0	0
Barry Bennett			0.5	0			0	0
Gerald Nichols			0.5	0			0	0
BUF
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Mark Kelso			0	1			0	0
Sean McNanie			2	0			0	0
Bruce Smith			1.5	0			0	0
Leon Seals			0.5	0			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NYJ
Pat Leahy	4/4	1/1	0	0	-	-
Dave Jennings	-	-	5	205	41.0	-
BUF
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Scott Norwood	4/4	-	0	0	-	-
John Kidd	-	-	5	234	46.8	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NYJ
Jo-Jo Townsell	1	12	0	4	28	0
Bobby Humphery	1	11	0	0	0	0
BUF
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Ronnie Harmon	1	30	0	0	0	0
Robb Riddick	1	21	0	0	0	0

NYJ

Expected Points Added

BUF

0.5Total-0.5

11.0Off Total7.2

10.4Off Pass3.7

-1.0Off Rush-1.5

-7.2Def Total-11.0

-3.7Def Pass-10.4

1.5Def Rush1.0

-3.4

Starting Lineups

NYJ

QBKen O'Brien

RBFreeman McNeil

RBJohnny Hector

FBRoger Vick

WRWesley Walker

WRAl Toon

LTJim Sweeney

LGTed Banker

CGuy Bingham

RGJoe Fields

RTDan Alexander

NYJ at BUF, 1987 NFL game