Throwback Thursday: New York Jets vs. Oakland Raiders 2006

Chad Pennington

brought his New York Jets to Giants Stadium, with the opportunity to finish the year with a 10-6 record.” width=”512″ height=”409″ /> Chad Pennington brought his New York Jets to Giants Stadium, with the opportunity to finish the year with a 10-6 record.

As you are getting ready for the season opener, head back with us if you will, to 2006, for this week’s “Throwback Thursday”.

On New Year’s Eve day in 2006, the Jets headed to Giants Stadium with the opportunity to go 10-6. The Raiders came into the tri-state playing out the string, with a 2-13 record entering the final week. Let’s travel back and see how it turned out.

Well, the Jets opened the scoring in the first quarter, with an eight play , 44 yard drive that culminated in a one yard touchdown pass from Chad Pennington to Chris Baker. The two teams exchanged field goals in the second quarter.

The Jets broke it open in the second half. After a Mike Nugent field goal in the third quarter, the Jets put the game away in the fourth with a ten play, 56 yard drive that was topped off by a 15 yard touchdown run by Leon Washington. The final score of the game was 23-3, and the Jets went on to the playoffs to face our good friends from New England.

Here is the boxscore:

Box Score

Play By Play

BOX SCORE