coming off their road win over the titans, the jets went home for a week 13 duel with the denver broncos. the game would be moved from a 1:00 pm start time to a later time due to a more national interest in the jets hence their 8-3 record. in the first quarter, new york trailed early as broncos safety vernon fox returning a fumble 23 yards for a touchdown. the jets would respond with rb thomas jones getting a 59-yard td run, but denver answered with qb jay cutler completing a 59-yard td pass to wr eddie royal, along with kicker matt prater making a 25-yard field goal. in the second quarter, new york drew close as jones got a 29-yard td run, yet the broncos replied with rb peyton hillis getting a 1-yard td run, along with prater getting a 35-yard field goal.