| New York Jets at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics | 
| Date: November 9, 1986 Location: Atlanta, GA | 
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 53476 | 
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 73 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 10 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | ATL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Al Toon 59 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 0 | 
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 46 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 0 | 
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 16 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 0 | 
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Freeman McNeil 3 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 28 | 0 | 
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Arthur Cox 20 pass from David Archer (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 28 | 7 | 
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Ken Whisenhunt 23 pass from David Archer (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 28 | 14 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Toon | 
| 83 | WR | Jojo Townsell | 
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker | 
| 52 | LOT | Jim Sweeney | 
| 63 | LOG | Ted Banker | 
| 64 | C | Guy Bingham | 
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander | 
| 72 | ROT | Gordon King | 
| 82 | TE | Mickey Shuler | 
| 7 | QB | Ken O'Brien | 
| 24 | RB | Freeman McNeil | 
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Marty Lyons | 
| 73 | NT | Joe Klecko | 
| 99 | RDE | Mark Gastineau | 
| 55 | LOLB | Charles Jackson | 
| 59 | LILB | Kyle Clifton | 
| 78 | RILB | Barry Bennett | 
| 50 | ROLB | Bob Crable | 
| 47 | LCB | Jerry Holmes | 
| 26 | SS | Lester Lyles | 
| 39 | FS | Harry Hamilton | 
| 27 | RCB | Russell Carter | 
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Charlie Brown | 
| 86 | WR | Floyd Dixon | 
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn | 
| 61 | LOG | John Scully | 
| 55 | C | Wayne Radloff | 
| 79 | ROG | Bill Fralic | 
| 71 | ROT | Glen Howe | 
| 88 | TE | Arthur Cox | 
| 16 | QB | David Archer | 
| 42 | RB | Gerald Riggs | 
| 45 | HBK | Ken Whisenhunt | 
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Mike Gann | 
| 75 | NT | Tony Casillas | 
| 77 | RDE | Rick Bryan | 
| 51 | LOLB | Reggie Wilkes | 
| 50 | LILB | Buddy Curry | 
| 59 | RILB | John Rade | 
| 54 | ROLB | Joel Williams | 
| 30 | LCB | David Croudip | 
| 34 | SS | Robert Moore | 
| 28 | WS | Bret Clark | 
| 25 | RCB | Scott Case | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Freeman McNeil | 22 | 61 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 | 
| Johnny Hector | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 | 
| Tony Paige | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Gerald Riggs | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 | 
| Sylvester Stamps | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| David Archer | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 7 | 0 | 
| Floyd Dixon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 33 | 26 | 78.8 | 0 | 322 | 9.8 | 59t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 137.6 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| David Archer | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 1 | 350 | 9.7 | 49 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 98.1 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Al Toon | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 59t | 1 | 
| Wesley Walker | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 46t | 2 | 
| Mickey Shuler | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 21 | 0 | 
| Johnny Hector | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 | 
| Freeman McNeil | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 | 
| Tony Paige | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Jojo Townsell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Charlie Brown | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 42 | 0 | 
| Floyd Dixon | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 26 | 0 | 
| Arthur Cox | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 49 | 1 | 
| Sylvester Stamps | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 | 
| Ken Whisenhunt | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 23t | 1 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerry Holmes | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 5 | 221 | 44.2 | 51 | 0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rick Donnelly | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 71 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Jojo Townsell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Joey Jones | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Sylvester Stamps | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bobby Humphery | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| William Andrews | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | 
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Bobby Humphery | 2.0 | 
| Barry Bennett | 1.0 | 
| Charles Jackson | 1.0 | 
| Atlanta Falcons | |
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