Week 8: Vs. Miami Dolphins
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Coming off their shutout road win over the Raiders, the Jets went home, donned their white New York Titans uniforms again, and played a Week 8 divisional rematch with the Miami Dolphins. After a scoreless first quarter, New York and Miami would exchange field goals with Jets kicker Jay Feely making a 23-yard field goal, followed by Dolphins kicker Dan Carpenter getting a 48-yard field goal.
In a back-and-forth third quarter, New York would begin the wild scoring with Feely nailing a 55-yard field goal. Miami would immediately answer with wide receiver Ted Ginn, Jr. returning a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, followed by linebacker Jason Taylor returning a fumble 48 yards for a touchdown. The Jets would reply with rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez getting a 1-yard touchdown run, but the Dolphins instantly came right back as Ginn, Jr. returned a kickoff 101 yards for an touchdown. New York would close out the wild and crazy period with Sanchez hooking up with wide receiver Braylon Edwards on a 19-yard touchdown pass (with a failed 2-point conversion). In the fourth quarter, Miami struck again as quarterback Chad Henne found tight end Joey Haynos on a 5-yard touchdown pass (with a failed 2-point conversion). The Jets tried to rally as Sanchez completed a 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dustin Keller (with another 2-point conversion), but New York's rally would fall short.
With the bitter loss, New York went into their bye week at 4–4.
| Scoring Summary | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | Team | Time | Scoring Play |
Extra Point | Score | |||
| + | MIA | NYJ | ||||||
| 1 | No Scoring | |||||||
| 2 | NYJ | 12:20 | FG | Jay Feely, 23 yd field goal | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| MIA | 01:55 | FG | Dan Carpenter, 48 yd field goal | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | NYJ | 10:24 | FG | Jay Feely, 55 yd field goal | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| MIA | 10:10 | TD | Ted Ginn Jr., 100 yd kick return | Dan Carpenter kick | 7 | 10 | 6 | |
| MIA | 07:32 | TD | Jason Taylor, 48 yd fumble return | Dan Carpenter kick | 7 | 17 | 6 | |
| NYJ | 03:26 | TD | Mark Sanchez, 1 yd run | Jay Feely kick | 7 | 17 | 13 | |
| MIA | 03:09 | TD | Ted Ginn Jr., 101 yd kick return | Dan Carpenter kick | 7 | 24 | 13 | |
| NYJ | 01:35 | TD | Braylon Edwards, 19 Yd pass from Mark Sanchez | 6 | 24 | 19 | ||
| 4 | MIA | 08:48 | TD | Joey Haynos, 5 Yd pass from Chad Henne | 6 | 30 | 19 | |
| NYJ | 05:52 | TD | Dustin Keller, 16 Yd pass from Mark Sanchez | 6 | 30 | 25 | ||
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