This week's game will be the 81st encounter between the two teams, dating back to the inaugural season of the AFL in 1960. The Patriots have a 35-43-1 record against the Jets in the regular season and a 1-0 mark in the playoffs. The two teams spilt their meetings last year, with the Patriots winning on opening day, 30-28, and the Jets were victorious on Monday Night Football, 24-17. The Patriots have won seven of the last ten meetings between the two teams.
The two teams have met once in the playoffs, following the 1985 season. The Patriots defeated the Jets 26-14 in the wild-card round at the Meadowlands on their way to Super Bowl XX. A game-by-game look at the series history is listed below:
| **DATE** | **RESULT** | **/-** |
| 1960 | Patriots 28, at Jets 24 | 4 |
| at Patriots 38, Jets 21 | 17 | |
| 1961 | Jets 21, at Patriots 20 | -1 |
| at Jets 37, Patriots 30 | -7 | |
| 1962 | Patriots 43, at Jets 14 | 29 |
| at Patriots 24, Jets 17 | 7 | |
| 1963 | at Patriots 38, Jets 14 | 24 |
| at Jets 31, Patriots 24 | -7 | |
| 1964 | at Patriots 26, Jets 10 | 16 |
| at Jets 35, Patriots 14 | -21 | |
| 1965 | Jets 30, at Patriots 20 | -10 |
| Patriots 27, at Jets 23 | 4 | |
| 1966 | at Patriots 24, Jets 24 | tie |
| at Jets 38, Patriots 28 | -10 | |
| 1967 | at Jets 30, Patriots 23 | -7 |
| Jets 29, at Patriots 24 | -5 | |
| 1968 | Jets 47, Patriots 31 (at Birmingham) | -16 |
| at Jets 48, Patriots 14 | -34 | |
| 1969 | Jets 23, at Patriots 14 | -9 |
| at Jets 23, Patriots 17 | -6 | |
| 1970 | Jets 31, at Patriots 21 | -10 |
| at Jets 17, Patriots 3 | -14 | |
| 1971 | at Patriots 20, Jets 0 | 20 |
| at Jets 13, Patriots 6 | -7 | |
| 1972 | Jets 41, at Patriots 13 | -28 |
| at Jets 34, Patriots 10 | -24 | |
| 1973 | Jets 9, at Patriots 7 | -2 |
| at Jets 33, Patriots 13 | -20 | |
| 1974 | Patriots 24, at Jets 0 | 24 |
| Jets 21, at Patriots 16 | -5 | |
| 1975 | at Jets 36, Patriots 7 | -29 |
| Jets 30, at Patriots 28 | -2 | |
| 1976 | at Patriots 41, Jets 7 | 34 |
| Patriots 38, at Jets 24 | 14 | |
| 1977 | at Jets 30, Patriots 27 | -3 |
| at Patriots 24, Jets 13 | 11 | |
| 1978 | at Patriots 55, Jets 21 | 34 |
| Patriots 19, at Jets 17 | 2 | |
| 1979 | at Patriots 56, Jets 3 | 53 |
| at Jets 27, Patriots 26 | -1 | |
| 1980 | Patriots 21, at Jets 11 | 10 |
| at Patriots 34, Jets 21 | 13 | |
| 1981 | at Jets 28, Patriots 24 | -4 |
| Jets 17, at Patriots 6 | -11 | |
| 1982 | Jets 31, at Patriots 7 | -24 |
| 1983 | at Patriots 23, Jets 13 | 10 |
| at Jets 26, Patriots 3 | -23 | |
| 1984 | Patriots 28, at Jets 21 | 7 |
| at Patriots 30, Jets 20 | 10 | |
| 1985 | at Patriots 20, Jets 13 | 7 |
| at Jets 16, Patriots 13 ot | -3 | |
| 1986 | Patriots 20, at Jets 6 | 14 |
| Jets 31, at Patriots 24 | -7 | |
| 1987 | at Jets 43, Patriots 24 | -19 |
| at Patriots 42, Jets 20 | 22 | |
| 1988 | at Patriots 28, Jets 3 | 25 |
| Patriots 14, at Jets 13 | 1 | |
| 1989 | Patriots 27, at Jets 24 | 3 |
| Jets 27, at Patriots 26 | -1 | |
| 1990 | Jets 37, at Patriots 13 | -24 |
| at Jets 42, Patriots 7 | -35 | |
| 1991 | Jets 28, at Patriots 21 | -7 |
| Patriots 6, at Jets 3 | 3 | |
| 1992 | at Jets 30, Patriots 21 | -9 |
| at Patriots 24, Jets 3 | 21 | |
| 1993 | at Jets 45, Patriots 7 | -38 |
| Jets 6, at Patriots 0 | -6 | |
| 1994 | at Jets 24, Patriots 17 | -7 |
| at Patriots 24, Jets 13 | 11 | |
| 1995 | Patriots 20, at Jets 7 | 13 |
| at Patriots 31, Jets 28 | 3 | |
| 1996 | Patriots 31, at Jets 27 | 4 |
| at Patriots 34, Jets 10 | 24 | |
| 1997 | at Patriots 27, Jets 24 ot | 3 |
| at Jets 24, Patriots 19 | -5 | |
| 1998 | Jets 24, at Patriots 14 | -10 |
| at Jets 31, Patriots 10 | -21 | |
| 1999 | Patriots 30, at Jets 28 | 3 |
| Jets 24, at Patriots 17 | -7 |
Total Points: Jets 1,788, Patriots 1,749
| **DATE** | **RESULT** | **/-** |
| 1985 | Patriots 26, at Jets 14 | 12 |
Below is a list of the top individual performances in the series between the Patriots and the Jets:
| **Rushing Yards** | |
| Patriots: | Tony Collins 23-212-3 tds (9/18/83) |
| Jets: | John Riggins 32-168-1 (10/15/72) |
| **Passing Yards** | |
| Patriots: | Steve Grogan 42-23-401-3 tds (10/12/86) |
| Jets: | Ken O'Brien 29-22-386-2 tds (11/5/89) |
| **Receiving Yards** | |
| Patriots: | Irving Fryar 8-165-2 tds (10/4/92) |
| Jets: | Keyshawn Johnson 8-194-1td (9/12/99) |
The Patriots will travel to the Meadowlands this Monday and play the Jets on Monday Night Football. This will be the fourth consecutive year the Patriots and Jets have met in a prime-time match-up.
In addition, the Patriots will be showcased in two other prime time games during the regular season. For the first time in 16 years and just the second time in franchise history, the New England Patriots will play on Thanksgiving Day. The game will be played in Detroit against the Lions on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2000. The Patriots only other appearance on Thanksgiving was against the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 22, 1984 (Cowboys won, 20-17). New England will also appear in one other Monday night game, when they host the Kansas City Chiefs on Dec. 4. It is the third time in the last four years they have been selected to appear on at least two Monday Night games and the fourth consecutive season that they have been featured in multiple prime time games.
