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The Bills look to finish strong this year and keep the momentum from a 37-27 road victory at Cincinnati going into New York when they face the Jets this Sunday at 1:00 PM (ET). Terrence McGee posted a day for the ages at Cincinnati, becoming the only player in NFL history to return a kickoff and interception for a touchdown. With his 99-yard kick return for a touchdown, McGee became the Bills career leader with four kickoff returns for touchdowns.
The offense was led by Kelly Holcomb, who started for the second straight game and threw for 308 yards and a touchdown. Lee Evans led the Bills with a 107 yards and Eric Moulds notched 10 receptions. Aaron Schobel led the defense with two sacks, and Rian Lindell booted three field goals in the win.
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The Bills lead the regular season series with the Jets by nine games (49-40). This week’s game will finish the regular season series for 2005 as the two teams played in Buffalo with the Bills winning 27-17. The Jets won both contests in 2002, a 37-31 OT victory in the season opener at Buffalo and a 31-13 home win in game 11, and in 2003, the Jets were victorious over the Bills 30-3 on Oct. 12 and fell at Buffalo 24-7 on Dec. 7. The teams split the seaon series in 2004 with the Jets winning at home 16-14 and while the Bills were victorious 22-17.
Buffalo’s 49 wins against the Jets are its most against any other NFL team (the Patriots are next at 40). Six of the last eight games in the series have been decided by six points or fewer.
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•Jets Assistant Running Backs / Special Teams Coach Sam Gash played fullback for the Bills from 1998-1999, and again in 2003. Gash was also teammates with Bills DT Sam Adams and G Bennie Anderson in Baltimore, as well as Milloy in New England. |
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•As starter, QB Kelly Holcomb has 8 TDs vs. 4 INTs. Holcomb (68.4 pct.) is on pace to set club's single-season comp. pct. record (HOFer Jim Kelly, 64.1 pct., 1991). |
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•Bills Defensive Coordinator Jerry Gray was a teammate of Jets Head Coach Herm Edwards for the L.A. Rams in
1986. |
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•In 3 career mtgs, RB Willis McGahee has 317 rush yards on 74 carries (4.3 avg.) with 130+ yds & one TD in each of past two. |
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•Last week at CIN, CB-KR Terrence McGee became first Bills player to score TD on KR (99 yds) & INT return (46 yds) in same game. McGee leads NFL with 31.0-yd KR avg. & can be first player to lead AFC in category for consecutive seasons. |
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•WR Lee Evans (7) needs two TDs vs. NYJ to become seventh NFL player since 1970 to catch 9+ TDs in each of first two seasons & first player in club history to achieve feat. |
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•Jets LB Kenyatta Wright played for the Bills from 2000-2001, starting two games at linebacker. |
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•WR Eric Moulds has 6+ catches in three games in row vs. NYJ. |
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•Bills RB Willis McGahee, WR Roscoe Parrish, and TE Kevin Everett played at Miami with Jets LB Jonathan Vilma and LB Darrell McClover. |
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•LB Angelo Crowell posted 1.0 sack & INT in same game for first time in last mtg. |
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•Bills WR Lee Evans and rookie S Jim Leonhard played at Wisconsin with Jets QB Brooks Bollinger. |
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•DE Aaron Schobel has 10.0 sacks in past nine games. |
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•Jets LB Barry Gardner played in Philadelphia when Bills S Troy Vincent played there, and when Bills Assistant General Manager Tom Modrak was the Director of Football Operations there. Gardner also played in Cleveland when Bills QB Kelly Holcomb played there. |
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•S Troy Vincent (4) needs one INT for most since '00 (w/ PHI). |
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•Bills DT Sam Adams and G Bennie Anderson played in Baltimore when Jets Defensive Coordinator Donnie
Henderson was on the coaching staff there. |
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