NY Jets 20, 
San Diego 17
8:00 PM ET
January 8, 2005
Qualcomm Stadium,
San Diego, CA
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Travel, Charger D will be too much for JetsSaturday night's AFC wild-card matchup between the Jets and Chargers in San Diego is actually a rematch of a Week 2 meeting in which the Jets won 34-28. Much has changed since then, however, as the Jets went 5-6 down the stretch compared to a Chargers team that won nine of its last 10 games.
QB Drew Brees, RB LaDainian Tomlinson and TE Antonio Gates lead a balanced offensive attack and the Chargers' front seven has developed into one of the fiercest units of its kind in the NFL. If the Jets, who "back-doored" their way into the playoffs with consecutive losses to finish the season, are to pull off the sizeable upset, they'll need a career performance from QB Chad Pennington and his receiving corps, as record-setting 32-year old RB Curtis Martin simply won't be able to shoulder the offensive load as usual against the league's third-ranked run defense. | ||
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| NYJ | 1-1 | 37 | 37 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| SDG | 0-1 | 17 | 20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
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| Full Player Stats: NY Jets | San Diego |
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| TEAM OFFENSE | TEAM | PER GAME AVERAGE |
| Total Yards | NYJ | |
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| Yards Passing | NYJ | |
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| Yards Rushing | NYJ | |
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| TEAM DEFENSE | TEAM | PER GAME AVERAGE |
| Yards Allowed | NYJ | |
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NFL Scores
Saturday, January 8th 2004
| St. Louis | 27 | Final |
| Seattle | 20 |
| NY Jets | 20 | Final |
| San Diego | 17 | OT |
Sunday, January 9th 2004
| Denver | 24 | Final |
| Indianapolis | 49 |
| Minnesota | 31 | Final |
| Green Bay | 17 |