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12/18/2006 - Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chad Pennington rebounded after a brutal loss last week to Buffalo by completing 29-of-39 passes for 339 yards with a touchdown and an interception, as the New York Jets bested the Minnesota Vikings, 26-13, at the Metrodome.
"Kudos to our team for really bonding together and coming together this week after a tough loss last week," said Pennington. "We put together a winning effort and that's what it's all about. This game is such a team game and it takes everyone involved. This win started on Wednesday with a really good day of practice, and then we kept practicing better and better throughout the week. The guys were really honed on what we needed to do to get a win."
Laveranues Coles tied a career-high with 12 receptions, gaining 144 yards, with a TD while Cedric Houston had 21 carries for 53 yards and a score for the Jets (8-6), who have won five straight meetings.
Mike Nugent booted four field goals for New York, which won its third straight road game for the first time since a five-game streak to begin the 2001 season.
"I was very proud of the way our team prepared this week," said New York head coach Eric Mangini. "I was proud of the approach they took and the energy level we had going into the game. To come out and have the early strip-sack and get the early touchdown, we really put that adversity behind us and played pretty good football from there on in."
Brad Johnson was 10-fo-17 for 96 yards with a touchdown before being replaced in the fourth quarter by Tarvaris Jackson, who went 14-of-23 for 177 yards with a TD and an interception for the Vikings (6-8), who have lost two of their last three games.
Travis Taylor hauled in six passes for 81 yards with a touchdown and Mewelde Moore made five catches for 53 yards with a score for Minnesota. Napoleon Harris made three tackles, intercepted a pass and forced a fumble in the contest. Chester Taylor returned after missing the last game and gained 38 yards on 11 carries.
"This is a game of staying on the field and getting off the field," said Minnesota head coach Brad Childress. "I didn't think we did either particularly well. They were 7-of-13 on third down conversions and we were only 2-of-11. We've got to stay on the field and we've got to find a way to get off the field. Mathematically we're still in it. We've got 100 hours to prepare for this game against a big opponent on Thursday night on national television, so we've got to get over this one a lot faster."
After Pennington fumbled on the second offensive play of the game, the Vikings needed only three plays to get on the scoreboard.
On 3rd-and-6 at the Jets 30, New York brought eight men on the blitz and Johnson found Taylor, who beat Andre Dyson with one-on-one coverage for the touchdown and a 7-0.
The Jets responded with a 12-play, 67-yard drive, highlighted by Brad Smith's 19-yard reception on 2nd-and-10 at the New York 43. Seven plays later Houston barreled his way through the defensive line for a six-yard touchdown run, tying the score 7-7.
The Jets pushed the score to 10-7 in the second with a 25-yard Nugent field goal. The drive started at their own 44 but on the first play B.J. Askew made a nine-yard catch before Ben Leber was hit with a 15-yard face-mask penalty, giving New York the ball at the 32.
Even though the Jets couldn't get the running game going, the Vikings couldn't stop the offense, which relied heavily on short passes. New York converted two huge third downs, including Jerricho Cotchery's 17-yard catch on 3rd-and-6 and Coles' 21-yard scoring grab for a 17-7 margin.
Leon Washington's 38-yard punt return gave the Jets excellent field position, and Nugent capped the drive with a 52-yarder for a 20-7 lead.
After Ryan Longwell missed a 49-yard field goal wide right with 46 ticks on the clock, New York quickly got into Nugent's range, as he booted a 45-yarder as time expired for a 23-7 halftime lead.
On the Jets' first possession of the third quarter, they ate up more than 7 1/2 minutes off the clock, as Nugent kicked his fourth field goal of the day, a 20-yarder. Justin McCareins 20-yard catch on 3rd-and-11 gave New York a 1st- and-goal from the 1, but two straight running plays couldn't cross the goal line.
Minnesota finally broke the streak of 27 unanswered points in the fourth with Jackson at the helm, as he found Moore with a screen pass that went 35 yards for the touchdown. The two-point conversion failed and the Jets led 26-13 with under 6 1/2 minutes to play.
The Vikings couldn't recover the onside kick, but three plays later Harris picked off Pennington. Jackson had success getting Minnesota into scoring position, but David Barrett intercepted a pass on the goal line.
Game Notes
Houston's TD was only the sixth rushing score allowed by the Vikings this season...Nugent missed a 37 yard-field goal in the first quarter, as Ben Graham mishandled the snap...Coles' 10th catch of the day in the third quarter was the 500th of his career...New York leads the all-time series 7-1...Minnesota was 2-of-13 on third-down conversions...Minnesota, which came into the game giving up a league-low 54.1 rushing yards per game, allowed 68 yards on the ground...The Vikings were penalized eight times for 56 yards.
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