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New York Jets at New England Patriots

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 6 · Gillette Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New York Jets—Away
New England Patriots—Home

Matchup preview

New York Jets 2–3 · Road 1–2 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 18 · 7 days of rest
New England Patriots 3–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 4 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NYJ 5 games, NE 5 games
MetricNYJNE
Points per game18.627th22.018th
Points allowed per game19.25th18.84th
Total yards per game284.026th372.29th
Passing yards per game216.820th254.813th
Rushing yards per game94.022nd127.010th
Turnovers per game0.67th2.230th
Sacks allowed per game3.229th2.216th
Penalty yards per game82.432nd60.015th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New York Jets: recent results

  1. W 17–12 vs CLE Week 5
  2. L 12–23 @ CHI Week 4
  3. L 24–31 @ DET Week 3
  4. L 17–20 (OT) vs GB Week 2
  5. W 23–10 @ TEN Week 1

New England Patriots: recent results

  1. W 45–17 vs LV Week 5
  2. W 29–26 @ BUF Week 4
  3. L 6–35 @ JAX Week 3
  4. W 20–3 vs PIT Week 2
  5. L 10–13 @ SEA Week 1

New York Jets: season leaders

Passing
Geno Smith 1,084 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Braelon Allen 236 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Garrett Wilson 374 yds · 5 g
Sacks
David Bailey 5.0 · 5 g

New England Patriots: season leaders

Passing
Drake Maye 1,228 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Rhamondre Stevenson 227 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Romeo Doubs 219 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Elijah Ponder 4.5 · 4 g

New York Jets: injury report

  • Out Adonai Mitchell WR
  • Out Breece Hall RB
  • Out Dylan Parham LG
  • Out Kiko Mauigoa SLB
  • Out Nahshon Wright LCB
  • Out Nate Lynn RDE
  • Out Tyler Baron LDE
  • Questionable Caullin Lacy

2 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

New England Patriots: injury report

  • Out Behren Morton QB
  • Out Carlton Davis III LCB
  • Out Channing Canada
  • Out Christian Gonzalez RCB
  • Out Dametrious Crownover LT
  • Out Harold Landry III WLB
  • Out Karon Prunty RCB
  • Questionable Charles Woods RCB

3 more listed.

13 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NYJ 14 · NE 42 in 56 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 17 NE 42, NYJ 10
  2. 2025 · Week 11 NYJ 14, NE 27
  3. 2024 · Week 8 NYJ 22, NE 25
  4. 2024 · Week 3 NE 3, NYJ 24
  5. 2023 · Week 18 NYJ 17, NE 3

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NYJ 26.3% · NE 73.5%

Matchup quality 36.7 / 100

Model estimate, updated Oct 11, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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