Oilers Pass Up the Jets, 23-20 : AFC: Moon has a career-high 35 completions for 423 yards. Jeffires has career-high 13 receptions.

There was no run, plenty of shoot and just enough points for the Houston Oilers on Sunday.

Led by Warren Moon’s 423 yards passing and Haywood Jeffires’ career-best 13 receptions, the Oilers beat the New York Jets, 23-20.

“It seems like all year, I’ve been open,” said Jeffires, who had 186 receiving yards, 59 short of the 245 he had last year against Kansas City. “This brought back some thoughts of Kansas City. I was in that kind of groove.

“It makes no difference what they do, I was getting open and making plays.”

Said Moon, who has had three big games against the Jets, completing 85 of 121 passes for 1,011 yards: “I’ve been criticized for not putting up the numbers that I did the last two years. But the key thing is we’re 5-1 and winning.”

The Jets not only couldn’t stop Jeffires or Moon, who had a career-high 35 completions, but they got only three points from two turnovers on punt returns and two interceptions.

Houston (5-1) rushed for only 27 yards. But with Jeffires and other receivers getting open, the Oilers didn’t need a ground game.

Jeffires had two receptions of 35 yards and one for 21 yards. He also made a nine-yard catch on fourth down to keep Houston’s first touchdown drive going and drew an interference penalty in the end zone on the other touchdown march.

Moon and Drew Hill clinched the victory, capping a 94-yard drive with a 37-yard scoring pass play that gave the Oilers a 23-13 lead with 3:09 left. The reception also made Hill the Oilers’ all-time leading receiver with 411 catches.

Houston’s defense contributed some big plays, including four sacks of Ken O’Brien. The Oilers also held the NFL’s third-ranked rushing offense to 43 yards.

“When we stopped them (from running), it meant we could control it,” Oiler cornerback Cris Dishman said.

The Jets (3-4) had the ball and a 10-0 lead when things went wrong near the end of the first quarter. Johnny Hector had the ball stolen from his hands by Dishman, the fourth consecutive game the cornerback has had an interception.

Houston then moved 54 yards in 10 plays before Moon tossed a three-yard touchdown pass to Curtis Duncan. A key replay reversal during the drive came on a third-and-14 catch by Jeffires that was originally ruled out of bounds. Replay official Mark Burns overruled the call.

The Jets added a touchdown on an 18-yard pass from O’Brien to Chris Burkett with no time left.