AFC Divisional Round: At San Diego Chargers
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Coming off their impressive road win over the Bengals, the Jets flew to Qualcomm Stadium for the AFC Divisional Round against the No. 2 San Diego Chargers. After a scoreless first quarter, New York would trail in the second quarter as Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to fullback Kris Wilson. New York would answer in the third quarter with kicker Jay Feely making a 46-yard field goal. Then, the Jets would take the lead in the fourth quarter as rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez completed a 2-yard touchdown to tight end Dustin Keller, followed by rookie running back Shonn Greene busting for a 53-yard touchdown run. San Diego tried to rally as quarterback Philip Rivers ran in for a 1-yard touchdown run, yet New York recovered the onside kick for the win.
With the win, not only did the Jets improve their overall record to 11–7, but they advanced to their first AFC Championship Game since 1998. They also won consecutive playoff games for the first time since 1982.
Sanchez (12 of 23 for 100 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT) would join Ravens' quarterback Joe Flacco as the only rookie quarterbacks in NFL history to win two playoff games.
| Scoring Summary | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | Team | Time | Scoring Play |
Extra Point | Score | |||
| + | NYJ | SD | ||||||
| 1 | No Scoring | |||||||
| 2 | SD | 12:17 | TD | Kris Wilson 13-yard pass from Philip Rivers | Nate Kaeding kick | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | NYJ | 10:45 | FG | Jay Feely 46-yard field goal | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | NYJ | 13:35 | TD | Dustin Keller 2-yard pass from Mark Sanchez | Jay Feely kick | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| NYJ | 07:17 | TD | Shonn Greene 53-yard run | Jay Feely kick | 7 | 17 | 7 | |
| SD | 2:14 | TD | Philip Rivers 1-yard run | Nate Kaeding kick | 7 | 17 | 14 | |
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