Week 16, 2026

played in Detroit, MI

68 degrees, fair, calm

New York Jets	7	3	7	7	-	24
Detroit Lions	3	10	3	6	-	22

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:40 DET - Rusty Sheldon 35 field goal
1Q: 01:14 NYJ - Steven Cora 17 pass from Phil Moran (Mel Hawkins extra point)
2Q: 10:04 DET - Rusty Sheldon 20 field goal
2Q: 04:55 NYJ - Mel Hawkins 23 field goal
2Q: 00:27 DET - Bruce Brizzolara 17 pass from J.J. Sutton (Rusty Sheldon extra point)
3Q: 12:25 DET - Rusty Sheldon 45 field goal
3Q: 09:09 NYJ - Marcus Young 15 pass from Phil Moran (Mel Hawkins extra point)
4Q: 03:31 NYJ - Sammie Matos 4 run (Mel Hawkins extra point)
4Q: 01:12 DET - Cornell Upshaw 4 pass from J.J. Sutton (Jeremy Brakke run for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:40 DET - Rusty Sheldon 35 field goal
1Q: 01:14 NYJ - Steven Cora 17 pass from Phil Moran (Mel Hawkins extra point)
2Q: 10:04 DET - Rusty Sheldon 20 field goal
2Q: 04:55 NYJ - Mel Hawkins 23 field goal
2Q: 00:27 DET - Bruce Brizzolara 17 pass from J.J. Sutton (Rusty Sheldon extra point)
3Q: 12:25 DET - Rusty Sheldon 45 field goal
3Q: 09:09 NYJ - Marcus Young 15 pass from Phil Moran (Mel Hawkins extra point)
4Q: 03:31 NYJ - Sammie Matos 4 run (Mel Hawkins extra point)
4Q: 01:12 DET - Cornell Upshaw 4 pass from J.J. Sutton (Jeremy Brakke run for conversion failed)

Team Statistics NYJ DET
Record 9-6 1-14
First Downs 16 21
- by Rushing 2 8
- by Passing 14 12
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 264 393
- Offensive Plays 51 64
- Yards per Play 5.18 6.14
Net Rushing Yards 49 131
- Rushing Attempts 22 25
- Yards per Rush 2.23 5.24
Net Passing Yards 215 262
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 17 - 0 38 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 241 270
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/26 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 7.41 6.72
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/13 6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.5 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/20 3/15
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 3/91 5/111
Interception Ret./Yards 1/13 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 4 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 28
Time of Possession 27:04 32:56

Team Statistics	NYJ	DET
Record	9-6	1-14
First Downs	16	21
- by Rushing	2	8
- by Passing	14	12
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	264	393
- Offensive Plays	51	64
- Yards per Play	5.18	6.14
Net Rushing Yards	49	131
- Rushing Attempts	22	25
- Yards per Rush	2.23	5.24
Net Passing Yards	215	262
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 17 - 0	38 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	241	270
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/26	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	7.41	6.72
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/13	6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.5	5.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/20	3/15
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	3/91	5/111
Interception Ret./Yards	1/13	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	4	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 28
Time of Possession	27:04	32:56

Drive Charts

New York Jets
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:41	OWN 41	6	5	Punt
1	4:32	1:56	OWN 35	3	6	Punt
1	1:27	0:20	OPP 17	3	17	Touchdown
2	9:58	5:09	OWN 20	9	74	Field Goal
2	0:20	0:20	OWN 14	1	-1	Half
3	12:17	3:17	OWN 28	7	72	Touchdown
3	4:40	1:15	OWN 20	3	-8	Punt
3	0:31	3:23	OWN 1	6	9	Punt
4	9:55	6:33	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
4	1:01	0:38	OPP 42	3	5	Punt

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:19	6:47	OWN 16	11	66	Field Goal
1	2:36	1:09	OWN 5	3	12	Interception
1	1:07	6:09	OWN 34	11	63	Field Goal
2	4:49	4:29	OWN 28	10	72	Touchdown
3	15:00	2:43	OWN 23	5	49	Field Goal
3	9:00	4:20	OWN 29	7	33	Punt
3	3:25	2:54	OWN 41	5	15	Punt
4	12:08	2:13	50	3	7	Punt
4	3:22	2:21	OWN 36	7	64	Touchdown
4	0:23	0:23	OWN 20	2	7	Game

Game MVP: Phil Moran, New York Jets

Rushing Statistics

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Steven Cora	11	14	1.27	7	0
Sammie Matos	9	34	3.78	6	1
Phil Moran	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0
Bryan Johnson	1	2	2.00	2	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ricky Johnstone	13	83	6.38	35	3
Matt Skudris	11	43	3.91	22	1
Golden Tate	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Phil Moran	25	17	241	4/26	2	31	0	125.6

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Sutton	38	26	270	1/8	2	29	1	95.3

Receiving Statistics

New York	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bryan Johnson	6	10	62	10.33	29	29	0
TE Ty Hatcher	3	4	53	17.67	35	31	0
WR Eric Bryant	3	5	63	21.00	41	31	0
WR Marcus Young	2	2	21	10.50	0	15	1
RB Steven Cora	1	1	17	17.00	4	17	1
TE Henry Boyer	1	1	6	6.00	6	6	0
RB Sammie Matos	1	1	19	19.00	0	19	0
WR Cheshire Kit Claussen	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Karl Burtner	7	10	71	10.14	4	25	0
WR Cornell Upshaw	6	8	74	12.33	24	29	1
FB Jeremy Brakke	5	7	49	9.80	26	18	0
TE Bruce Brizzolara	3	3	31	10.33	7	17	1
RB Matt Skudris	2	2	13	6.50	5	9	0
TE Richard Quinn	1	2	12	12.00	3	12	0
WR Damian Williams	1	3	14	14.00	0	14	0
RB Ricky Johnstone	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Golden Tate	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New York	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Roosevelt Calmus	1	13	13.00	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New York	Fumb	Recov	Force
Steven Cora	1	0	0
Bryan Johnson	0	1	0
Emmitt Hasting	0	0	1
Jeff McNeil	0	0	1

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Damian Williams	1	1	0
Matt Skudris	1	0	0
Richard Quinn	0	1	0
Dave Thibodeau	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New York	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
A.J. Welch	5	213	42.6	38.6	51	2

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
R.J. Lyons	3	124	41.3	28.0	43	1

Kicking Statistics

New York	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mel Hawkins	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	3/3

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rusty Sheldon	3/3	1/1	0/0	45	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cheshire Kit Claussen	3	91	30.3	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Golden Tate	5	111	22.2	0

Defensive Statistics

New York	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jeff McNeil	12	0	0.0	19	33
OLB Emmitt Hasting	8	0	0.0	23	38
OLB Ronald Kournikova	5	0	0.0	15	20
DT Pat Dodge	4	3	0.5	21	22
DT Cris Batten	4	0	0.0	16	24
S Andy Estevez	3	3	0.0	20	27
CB Charlie Linstrom	3	1	0.0	13	27
ILB Roosevelt Calmus	2	1	0.0	24	32
S Barry Towns	2	0	0.0	17	30
CB Victor Liotti	2	0	0.0	18	24
DE Johnny Bell	2	0	0.0	14	23
S Shannon Merchberger	1	2	0.0	10	21
ILB Marcus Lincoln	1	0	0.0	6	6
DT Michael Neal	1	0	0.0	13	26
DE Jose Frederick	0	2	0.5	15	30

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kurt Walsh	7	0	0.0	20	20
S Jerome Bumpers	6	2	0.0	21	22
OLB Tom Ramthun	4	1	0.0	13	16
DT Dave Thibodeau	3	2	0.5	17	23
DE Tyson Jackson	2	0	2.0	12	24
DT Percy Press	2	0	1.0	12	11
S Gino Swift	2	1	0.0	18	24
S Rodney Dunn	2	1	0.0	6	14
CB Nolan Carroll	2	0	0.0	13	17
CB Joey Greer	2	0	0.0	7	11
DE Austin Tomei	1	0	0.5	14	21
DT Jermaine Lowe	1	1	0.0	6	8
CB Harris Friday	1	1	0.0	17	18
CB Terry Hall	1	1	0.0	14	21
OLB Chris Spezzano	1	0	0.0	6	4
DE Dan Batten	1	0	0.0	13	18
RB Ricky Johnstone	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Tim Rawls	1	0	0.0	9	13
OLB Norman Colon	0	1	0.0	9	13

Pass Rush Statistics

New York	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Pat Dodge	0.5	0	0	1	22
DE Jose Frederick	0.5	0	0	0	30
DT Michael Neal	0.0	1	0	0	26
DE Derrick Morgan	0.0	0	1	0	18

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Tyson Jackson	2.0	1	0	0	24
DT Percy Press	1.0	0	1	0	11
DT Dave Thibodeau	0.5	0	1	0	23
DE Austin Tomei	0.5	0	0	0	21
DT Jermaine Lowe	0.0	1	0	1	8
DE Kelvin Margolies	0.0	0	1	0	11

Pass Defense Statistics

New York	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Jeff McNeil	8	0	0	33
OLB Ronald Kournikova	3	1	0	20
OLB Emmitt Hasting	3	0	0	38
CB Charlie Linstrom	3	0	0	27
S Barry Towns	2	1	0	30
S Andy Estevez	2	0	0	27
CB Victor Liotti	1	1	0	24
ILB Marcus Lincoln	1	1	0	6
S Shannon Merchberger	1	1	0	21
DE Johnny Bell	1	0	0	23
CB Jerry Cassidy	1	0	0	21
OLB Perry Riley	0	1	0	5
ILB Roosevelt Calmus	0	0	1	32

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Jerome Bumpers	3	0	22
CB Joey Greer	3	0	11
ILB Kurt Walsh	2	0	20
OLB Tom Ramthun	1	1	16
DT Dave Thibodeau	1	0	23
S Gino Swift	1	0	24
CB Nolan Carroll	1	0	17
CB Harris Friday	1	0	18
ILB Oscar Hasselbach	1	0	9
CB Terry Hall	1	0	21
OLB Tim Rawls	1	0	13
S Rodney Dunn	1	0	14

Blocking Statistics

New York	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Herb Bradford	1	7	18	0	21
Marco Lynch	1	1	14	1	19
Austin Horn	1	1	9	0	14
Alex Urena	0	3	21	0	25
Phillip Hayes	0	2	18	1	27
Ty Hatcher	0	2	15	0	24
Don Middleton	0	1	13	2	18
Shawn Nelson	0	1	12	0	11
Henry Boyer	0	1	4	0	10
Rick Dobler	0	1	8	0	9
Kent Shapiro	0	1	9	0	12

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dennis Rawls	3	5	20	0	30
Ian Wheeler	2	4	20	0	28
Mike Iupati	1	7	24	0	39
Winfred Malone	1	4	21	0	33
Kory Lichtensteiger	1	1	4	0	6
Gilbert McNeil	1	1	6	0	12
Jeremy Brakke	0	2	20	0	33
Travis Corbett	0	1	18	0	35
Dean Breese	0	0	11	1	12

Special Teams Tackles

New York	Tackles	STPlays
Perry Riley	3	22
Tito Griffin	1	17
Chad Robbins	1	5

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Cornell Upshaw	2	16
Rodney Dunn	1	14

Participation

New York	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Emmitt Hasting	---	---	23	38	14	75
Roosevelt Calmus	---	---	24	32	3	59
Charlie Linstrom	---	---	13	27	18	58
Barry Towns	---	---	17	30	9	56
Jeff McNeil	---	---	19	33	2	54
Andy Estevez	---	---	20	27	6	53
Jerry Cassidy	---	---	13	21	18	52
Phil Moran	22	29	---	---	---	51
Jose Frederick	---	---	15	30	6	51
Victor Liotti	---	---	18	24	8	50
Phillip Hayes	18	27	---	---	4	49
Alex Urena	21	25	---	---	2	48
Pat Dodge	---	---	21	22	2	45
Steven Cora	11	14	---	---	20	45
Ty Hatcher	15	24	---	---	5	44
Cris Batten	---	---	16	24	3	43
Michael Neal	---	---	13	26	3	42
Johnny Bell	---	---	14	23	3	40
Herb Bradford	18	21	---	---	---	39
Marco Lynch	14	19	---	---	6	39
Bryan Johnson	17	21	---	---	---	38
Don Middleton	13	18	---	---	6	37
Eric Bryant	17	20	---	---	---	37
Derrick Morgan	---	---	16	18	1	35
Ronald Kournikova	---	---	15	20	---	35
Shannon Merchberger	---	---	10	21	---	31
Sammie Matos	11	15	---	---	3	29
Perry Riley	---	---	0	5	22	27
Austin Horn	9	14	---	---	3	26
Drew Adams	11	8	---	---	7	26
Cheshire Kit Claussen	5	6	---	---	14	25
Kent Shapiro	9	12	---	---	3	24
Shawn Nelson	12	11	---	---	---	23
Rick Dobler	8	9	---	---	6	23
Marcus Young	5	11	---	---	6	22
Tito Griffin	2	3	---	---	17	22
Henry Boyer	4	10	---	---	3	17
Dexter Jackson	0	2	---	---	12	14
Marcus Lincoln	---	---	6	6	1	13
A.J. Welch	0	0	---	---	10	10
Chad Robbins	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bart Krcik	---	---	2	2	---	4
Josh Johnson	0	0	---	---	1	1
Mel Hawkins	0	0	---	---	1	1
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0
Quentin Nixon	---	---	0	0	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jeremy Brakke	20	33	---	---	15	68
Bruce Brizzolara	23	33	---	---	11	67
J.J. Sutton	25	39	---	---	---	64
Mike Iupati	24	39	---	---	---	63
Dennis Rawls	20	30	---	---	6	56
Winfred Malone	21	33	---	---	1	55
Ian Wheeler	20	28	---	---	6	54
Matt Skudris	12	20	---	---	21	53
Travis Corbett	18	35	---	---	---	53
Karl Burtner	18	27	---	---	6	51
Cornell Upshaw	14	19	---	---	16	49
Golden Tate	11	18	---	---	17	46
Jerome Bumpers	---	---	21	22	1	44
Gino Swift	---	---	18	24	1	43
Nolan Carroll	---	---	13	17	13	43
Kurt Walsh	---	---	20	20	2	42
Dave Thibodeau	---	---	17	23	1	41
Tom Ramthun	---	---	13	16	11	40
Tyson Jackson	---	---	12	24	1	37
Austin Tomei	---	---	14	21	2	37
Harris Friday	---	---	17	18	---	35
Terry Hall	---	---	14	21	---	35
Ricky Johnstone	13	19	---	---	2	34
Rodney Dunn	---	---	6	14	14	34
Richard Quinn	7	9	---	---	17	33
Dan Batten	---	---	13	18	1	32
Damian Williams	6	15	---	---	10	31
Dean Breese	11	12	---	---	6	29
Kelvin Margolies	---	---	13	11	5	29
Percy Press	---	---	12	11	1	24
Joey Greer	---	---	7	11	6	24
Gilbert McNeil	6	12	---	---	6	24
Tim Rawls	---	---	9	13	1	23
Norman Colon	---	---	9	13	---	22
Jermaine Lowe	---	---	6	8	3	17
Chris Spezzano	---	---	6	4	5	15
Oscar Hasselbach	---	---	2	9	4	15
Jack Richmond	1	2	---	---	11	14
Courtney Reardon	---	---	0	0	11	11
Kory Lichtensteiger	4	6	---	---	---	10
Rusty Sheldon	0	0	---	---	9	9
Archie Walters	---	---	0	1	4	5
Pat White	0	0	---	---	3	3
R.J. Lyons	0	0	---	---	3	3
Arnold Schultz	1	0	---	---	---	1
Chad Lusk	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	26	2.6
Middle	8	19	2.4
Right	3	5	1.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	54	6.8
Middle	11	59	5.4
Right	6	18	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Phil Moran	25	17	3	1	1	1	3	1	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Sutton	38	26	2	1	2	6	1	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	52	17.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	105	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	65	10.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	19	6.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	16	3.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	107	8.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	12	122	6.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	25	8.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New York	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bryan Johnson	10	6	0	62	1	21
WR Eric Bryant	5	3	0	63	1	20
TE Ty Hatcher	4	3	1	53	1	24
WR Marcus Young	2	2	0	21	0	11
RB Steven Cora	1	1	0	17	0	14
TE Henry Boyer	1	1	0	6	0	10
WR Cheshire Kit Claussen	1	0	0	0	0	6
RB Sammie Matos	1	1	0	19	0	15

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Karl Burtner	10	7	0	71	1	27
WR Cornell Upshaw	8	6	0	74	1	19
FB Jeremy Brakke	7	5	0	49	0	33
WR Damian Williams	3	1	1	14	0	15
TE Bruce Brizzolara	3	3	0	31	0	33
TE Richard Quinn	2	1	0	12	0	9
WR Golden Tate	2	0	1	0	0	18
RB Matt Skudris	2	2	0	13	0	20
RB Ricky Johnstone	1	1	0	6	0	19

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Steven Cora	3	5	1.67	1.27
Sammie Matos	1	4	4.00	3.78

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ricky Johnstone	2	0	0.00	6.38
Matt Skudris	1	-4	-4.00	3.91

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Phil Moran	8	4	50	6.25	9.64

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	7	5	39	5.57	7.11

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New York	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bryan Johnson	4	1	1	0.25	6.20
WR Eric Bryant	2	1	17	8.50	12.60
RB Steven Cora	1	1	17	17.00	17.00
WR Marcus Young	1	1	15	15.00	10.50

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cornell Upshaw	2	2	13	6.50	9.25
WR Karl Burtner	1	1	3	3.00	7.10
FB Jeremy Brakke	1	0	0	0.00	7.00
WR Damian Williams	1	0	0	0.00	4.67
RB Ricky Johnstone	1	1	6	6.00	6.00
TE Bruce Brizzolara	1	1	17	17.00	10.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New York	Rushes	Conversions
Steven Cora	4	0
Sammie Matos	1	1

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Matt Skudris	2	1
Ricky Johnstone	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New York	Att	Comp	Conversions
Phil Moran	8	6	6

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Sutton	9	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New York	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bryan Johnson	2	2	2
WR Eric Bryant	2	1	1
RB Steven Cora	1	1	1
TE Henry Boyer	1	1	1
TE Ty Hatcher	1	0	0
WR Marcus Young	1	1	1

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Karl Burtner	3	2	1
TE Bruce Brizzolara	2	2	1
WR Cornell Upshaw	1	1	1
WR Damian Williams	1	1	1
WR Golden Tate	1	0	0
RB Matt Skudris	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 33,600 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 10,500 (19,600)
End Zone 7,300 (14,200)
Mezzanine 4,400 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 6,700 (12,500)
Club Seats 3,200 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,500 (3,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	33,600 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	10,500 (19,600)
End Zone	7,300 (14,200)
Mezzanine	4,400 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	6,700 (12,500)
Club Seats	3,200 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,500 (3,500)