Running up the yardage
The New York Jets became the first team since the 1975 Buffalo Bills to rush for more than 300 yards in back-to-back games. The Jets amassed 316 yards in their 38-0 shutout win over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. That followed a 318-yard effort the Jets players totaled in the 16-13 overtime loss to the Bills in Week 6.
The 2009 Jets and ’75 Bills are the only teams since 1960 to have consecutive 300-yard rushing performances. Here’s a side-by-side look at the games.
| JETS | ||||||||
| 318 Yards - Oct. 18, 2009 vs. Buffalo Bills | 316 Yards - Oct. 25, 2009 vs. Oakland Raiders | |||||||
| Player | ATT | YDS | TD | Player | ATT | YDS | TD | |
| Thomas Jones | 22 | 210 | 1 | Shonn Greene | 19 | 144 | 2 | |
| Leon Washington | 15 | 99 | 0 | Thomas Jones | 26 | 121 | 1 | |
| Mark Sanchez | 1 | 6 | 0 | Danny Woodhead | 3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tony Richardson | 1 | 3 | 0 | Steven Weatherford | 1 | 16 | 0 | |
| Shonn Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | Leon Washington | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mark Sanchez | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| David Clowney | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Kellen Clemens | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||||
| BILLS | ||||||||
| 309 Yards - Sept. 21, 1975 vs. New York Jets | 310 Yards - Sept. 28, 1975 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||
| Player | ATT | YDS | TD | Player | ATT | YDS | TD | |
| O.J. Simpson | 32 | 173 | 2 | O.J. Simpson | 28 | 227 | 1 | |
| Jim Braxton | 15 | 61 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 14 | 80 | 0 | |
| Don Calhoun | 11 | 58 | 0 | Don Calhoun | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Clint Haslerig | 2 | 9 | 0 | Joe Ferguson | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Chandler | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Gary Hayman | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
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