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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2002 New York JetsW2002 New York Jets↗

NFL · AFC East · 9–7 (.562) · 1st in division · PF 359 · PA 336 · Coach Herm Edwards · Lost Divisional

◀ 2001 2003 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3120Chad Pennington
2. 499Vinny Testaverde

Rushing (yds)

1. 1094Curtis Martin
2. 316LaMont Jordan
3. 49Chad Pennington

Receiving (yds)

1. 1264Laveranues Coles
2. 691Wayne Chrebet
3. 433Santana Moss

Sacks

1. 10John Abraham
2. 6Josh Evans
3. 4Shaun Ellis

Interceptions

1. 4Donnie Abraham
2. 2Aaron Beasley
3. 2James Darling

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	911	1006
EPA per play	+0.06	+0.00
Pass EPA per play	+0.13	+0.08
Rush EPA per play	-0.05	-0.10
Success rate	44.6%	46.3%
Pass rate	57.0%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (18 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2002-09-08	1	@ Buffalo Bills	W 37–31 OT	1–0	Ralph Wilson Stadium
2002-09-15	2	vs New England Patriots	L 7–44	1–1	Giants Stadium
2002-09-22	3	@ Miami Dolphins	L 3–30	1–2	Pro Player Stadium
2002-09-29	4	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	L 3–28	1–3	Alltel Stadium
2002-10-06	5	vs Kansas City Chiefs	L 25–29	1–4	Giants Stadium
2002-10-20	7	vs Minnesota Vikings	W 20–7	2–4	Giants Stadium
2002-10-27	8	vs Cleveland Browns	L 21–24	2–5	Giants Stadium
2002-11-03	9	@ San Diego Chargers	W 44–13	3–5	Qualcomm Stadium
2002-11-10	10	vs Miami Dolphins	W 13–10	4–5	Giants Stadium
2002-11-17	11	@ Detroit Lions	W 31–14	5–5	Ford Field
2002-11-24	12	vs Buffalo Bills	W 31–13	6–5	Giants Stadium
2002-12-02	13	@ Oakland Raiders	L 20–26	6–6	Network Associates Coliseum
2002-12-08	14	vs Denver Broncos	W 19–13	7–6	Giants Stadium
2002-12-15	15	@ Chicago Bears	L 13–20	7–7	Memorial Stadium (Champaign)
2002-12-22	16	@ New England Patriots	W 30–17	8–7	Gillette Stadium
2002-12-29	17	vs Green Bay Packers	W 42–17	9–7	Giants Stadium
2003-01-04	WC	vs Indianapolis Colts	W 41–0		Giants Stadium
2003-01-12	Div	@ Oakland Raiders	L 10–30		Network Associates Coliseum

Roster (57)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
8	Todd Husak	QB	6-3	216	Stanford	2	ACT
10	Chad Pennington	QB	6-3	225	Marshall	2	ACT
16	Vinny Testaverde	QB	6-5	233	Miami	15	ACT
89	Tory Woodbury	QB	6-2	208	Winston Salem State University	1	ACT
20	Richie Anderson	FB	6-2	215	Penn State	9	ACT
33	Jerald Sowell	FB	6-0	237	Tulane	5	ACT
26	Chad Morton	RB	5-8	191	USC	2	ACT
28	Curtis Martin	RB	5-11	210	Pittsburgh	7	ACT
34	LaMont Jordan	RB	5-10	230	Maryland	1	ACT
80	Wayne Chrebet	WR	5-10	188	Hofstra	7	ACT
82	Kevin Swayne	WR	6-1	191	Wayne State College; Palomar College	5	ACT
83	Santana Moss	WR	5-10	193	Miami	1	ACT
84	Jonathan Carter	WR	6-0	180	Troy	1	ACT
87	Laveranues Coles	WR	5-11	200	Florida State	2	ACT
81	Chris Baker	TE	6-3	261	Michigan State	0	ACT
85	James Dearth	TE	6-4	265	Tarleton State; Tulsa	3	ACT
88	Anthony Becht	TE	6-6	270	West Virginia	2	ACT
60	Dennis O'Sullivan	C	6-3	300	Tulane	3	ACT
68	Kevin Mawae	C	6-4	289	LSU	8	ACT
21	Aaron Beasley	CB	6-0	205	West Virginia	6	ACT
23	Jamie Henderson	CB	6-2	202	Georgia; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC	1	RES
24	Ray Mickens	CB	5-8	180	Texas A&M	6	ACT
29	Donnie Abraham	CB	5-10	192	East Tennessee State	6	ACT
31	Marcus Floyd	CB	5-9	180	Indiana	0	ACT
39	Andrew Davison	CB	5-11	185	Kansas	0	ACT
92	Shaun Ellis	DE	6-5	290	Tennessee	2	ACT
94	John Abraham	DE	6-4	263	South Carolina	2	ACT
95	Steve White	DE	6-2	271	Tennessee	6	ACT
99	Bryan Thomas	DE	6-4	265	UAB	0	ACT
75	Larry Webster	DT	6-5	315	Maryland	10	ACT
91	Josh Evans	DT	6-3	280	UAB	7	ACT
97	Giradie Mercer	DT	6-2	285	Marshall	2	CUT
22	Damien Robinson	FS	6-2	223	Iowa	5	ACT
38	Jon McGraw	FS	6-3	208	Kansas State	0	ACT
63	J.P. Machado	G	6-4	300	Illinois	3	ACT
77	Randy Thomas	G	6-5	308	Mississippi State; Copiah-Lincoln Junior College	3	ACT
78	Jonathan Goodwin	G	6-3	318	Michigan; Ohio	0	ACT
79	David Szott	G	6-4	289	Penn State	12	ACT
9	John Hall	K	6-3	240	Wisconsin	5	ACT
53	Khary Campbell	LB	6-2	224	Bowling Green	0	ACT
50	Kelvin Moses	MLB	6-0	239	Wake Forest	2	ACT
55	Marvin Jones	MLB	6-2	244	Florida State	9	ACT
72	Jason Ferguson	NT	6-3	310	Georgia; Itawamba JC	5	ACT
93	James Reed	NT	6-0	286	Iowa State	1	ACT
98	Alan Harper	NT	6-1	285	Fresno State	0	ACT
51	James Darling	OLB	6-1	245	Washington State	5	ACT
56	Sam Cowart	OLB	6-2	245	Florida State	4	ACT
57	Mo Lewis	OLB	6-3	258	Georgia	11	ACT
58	Jason Glenn	OLB	6-0	231	Texas A&M	1	ACT
1	Matt Turk	P	6-5	251	Wisconsin-Whitewater	9	ACT
25	Nick Ferguson	SS	5-11	202	Georgia Tech; Morris Brown College	6	ACT
42	Sam Garnes	SS	6-3	225	Cincinnati	5	ACT
67	Kareem McKenzie	T	6-6	330	Penn State	1	ACT
69	Jason Fabini	T	6-7	312	Cincinnati	4	ACT
71	Chris Smith	T	6-8	285	UC Davis	0	ACT
74	Darnell Alford	T	6-4	325	Boston College	2	ACT
76	Jumbo Elliott	T	6-7	305	Michigan	14	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Kevin Mawae	J.P. Machado
FB	Richie Anderson	Jerald Sowell
LG	David Szott	J.P. Machado
LT	Jason Fabini	Jumbo Elliott
QB	Chad Pennington	Vinny Testaverde
RB	Curtis Martin	LaMont Jordan
RG	Randy Thomas	J.P. Machado
RT	Kareem McKenzie	Jason Fabini
TE	Anthony Becht	Chris Baker
WR	Laveranues Coles	Wayne Chrebet	Kevin Swayne

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Damien Robinson	Jon McGraw
LCB	Donnie Abraham	Ray Mickens
LDE	Shaun Ellis	Steve White
LDT	Josh Evans	Larry Webster
LLB	Mo Lewis	Jason Glenn
MLB	Marvin Jones	Kelvin Moses
NT	Jason Ferguson	James Reed
RCB	Aaron Beasley	Andrew Davison
RDE	John Abraham	Bryan Thomas
RLB	Sam Cowart	James Darling
SS	Sam Garnes	Nick Ferguson

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Matt Turk	Chad Pennington
K	John Hall
KR	Chad Morton	LaMont Jordan
LS	James Dearth
P	Matt Turk	John Hall
PR	Santana Moss	Chad Morton

Biggest contracts on the books in 2002

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Curtis Martin	RB	1998	6	$36.0M	$6.0M	$10.0M	11.5%
Curtis Martin	RB	2002	6	$31.2M	$5.2M	$14.9M	7.3%
Kevin Mawae	C	2002	5	$17.8M	$3.5M	$7.0M	5.0%
Kevin Mawae	C	1998	5	$16.8M	$3.4M	$5.0M	6.4%
John Abraham	ED	2000	5	$7.5M	$1.5M	$4.4M	2.4%
Santana Moss	WR	2001	5	$7.3M	$1.5M	$5.2M	2.2%
Chad Pennington	QB	2000	5	$5.8M	$1.2M	$4.1M	1.9%
Jonathan Goodwin	C	2002	3	$1.0M	$338,917	$111,750	0.5%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2002 (2)

Date	Trade
2002-04-09	NYJ → WAS: David Loverne, 2002 round 5 pick 160 WAS → NYJ: 2002 round 5 pick 154
2002-04-23	NYJ → TB: David Leaverton TB → NYJ: Jonathan Pittman