New York Jets vs New England Patriots Match Player Stats On Oct 16, 2014

Patriots 27, Jets 25: Tom Brady tossed three touchdown passes, including two to Shane Vereen, as host New England held on for its seventh win in its last eight meetings with New York.

Brady was 20-of-37 for 261 yards without an interception while Vereen caught five passes for a team-high 71 yards and two scores and rushed for a team-best 47 yards on 12 carries. The Patriots (5-2) ran only 53 plays compared to New York's 80 and held the ball for just 19:06 to the Jets' 40:54.

Chris Ivory ran for 107 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries for the Jets (1-6), who dropped their sixth in a row despite racking up 218 rushing yards after managing only 31 in Sunday's loss to Denver. Geno Smith finished 20-of-34 for 226 yards with a touchdown and added 37 yards on the ground.

Brady and Vereen hooked up for a 49-yard TD on the fourth play from scrimmage before New York's defense settled in and the Jets put together three straight drives ending in Nick Folk field goals for a 9-7 lead. Brady's 3-yard TD toss to Vereen capped another 80-yard scoring drive and the teams traded field goals as the Patriots took a 17-12 lead into halftime.

The Jets finally found the end zone on their first possession of the second half as Ivory punched in a 1-yard score to cap an 80-yard drive, but Stephen Gostkowski's 36-yard field goal regained the lead for New England and Brady hit Amendola for a 19-yard score to extend the margin to 27-19. Smith marched the Jets 86 yards in 12 plays and found Jeff Cumberland for a 10-yard TD with 2:31 left, but New York couldn't convert the two-point conversion and Folk's potential game-winner from 58 yards was blocked by Chris Jones as time expired.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Patriots have won 18 straight home games in October dating to Week 4 in 2005. … Brady is 7-0 all-time on Thursday and has thrown at least two TD passes in five of his seven Thursday starts. … New England has won 33 straight home games against AFC opponents, the longest streak since the NFL merger in 1970.