1982 New York Jets: A Look Back Continues………

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Freeman McNeil rushed for 202 yards in the Jets Wild Card win over the Bengals.

We continue our look back at the 1982 season. On this date in 1982, the Jets opened their playoff run at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati as the Jets brought their strike-shortened 6-3 record in to face the 7-2 Bengals. The Bengals were favored by 4 to send the Jets home, but that is not what happened. Not by a long shot, take a look:

	1	2	3	4	Final
New York Jets (7-3-0)	3	17	3	21	44
Cincinnati Bengals (7-3-0)	14	0	3	0	17

Scoring

			NYJ	CIN
1st	Bengals	Isaac Curtis 32 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick)	0	7
	Jets	Pat Leahy 33 yard field goal	3	7
	Bengals	Dan Ross 2 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick)	3	14
2nd	Jets	Derrick Gaffney 14 yard pass from Freeman McNeil (Pat Leahy kick)	10	14
	Jets	Wesley Walker 4 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick)	17	14
	Jets	Pat Leahy 24 yard field goal	20	14
3rd	Jets	Pat Leahy 47 yard field goal	23	14
	Bengals	Jim Breech 20 yard field goal	23	17
4th	Jets	Freeman McNeil 20 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick)	30	17
	Jets	Darrol Ray 98 yard interception return (Pat Leahy kick)	37	17
	Jets	Dwayne Crutchfield 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick)	44	17

Team Stats

	NYJ	CIN
First downs	27	23
Rush-yards-TDs	34-234-2	21-62-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	21-29-283-2-1	26-36-354-2-3
Sacked-yards	0-0	4-21
Net pass yards	283	333
Total yards	517	395
Fumbles-lost	2-1	2-1
Turnovers	2	4
Penalties-yards	12-95	7-60

Passing, Rushing, & Receiving

		Passing						Rushing				Receiving
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng
Freeman McNeil	NYJ	1	1	14	1	0	14	21	202	1	35	1	9	0	9
Wesley Walker	NYJ											8	145	1	49
Richard Todd	NYJ	20	28	269	1	1	49	3	3	0	8
Derrick Gaffney	NYJ											4	50	1	20
Bruce Harper	NYJ							2	9	0	9	2	35	0	19
Lam Jones	NYJ											2	22	0	12
Scott Dierking	NYJ							3	11	0	9	2	9	0	5
Jerome Barkum	NYJ											1	9	0	9
Mike Augustyniak	NYJ							2	2	0	1	1	4	0	4
Tom Newton	NYJ							2	6	0	4
Dwayne Crutchfield	NYJ							1	1	1	1
		Passing						Rushing				Receiving
	Tm	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng
Ken Anderson	CIN	26	35	354	2	3	53	2	5	0	3
Cris Collinsworth	CIN											7	120	0	53
Dan Ross	CIN											6	89	1	26
Isaac Curtis	CIN											3	63	1	32
Steve Kreider	CIN											3	41	0	12
Pete Johnson	CIN							9	26	0	14	3	7	0	9
Archie Griffin	CIN							3	17	0	8	3	14	0	6
M.L. Harris	CIN											1	20	0	20
Charles Alexander	CIN							7	14	0	6
Turk Schonert	CIN	0	1	0	0	0	0