New York Wins One, Loses One : Interconference: Jets beat Giants, 10-6, to end losing streak. Giants drop into first-place tie with Dallas in NFC East.

Brad Baxter provided the margin of victory with a two-yard touchdown that capped an 18-play, 79-yard drive that took up 11:15 of the third quarter, as the New York Jets beat the New York Giants, 10-6, Sunday, ending a three-game losing streak.

“We just hung in there, stayed with them and made the plays at the end of the game,” Jet Coach Bruce Coslet said. “That’s the thing we haven’t been doing.”

In each of the three losses, the Jets (3-4) blew second-half leads. They came close to doing it again against the Giants (5-2).

The loss, combined with Dallas’ victory over Philadelphia, drops the Giants into a tie for first in the NFC East.

A 22-yard pass from Phil Simms to Mark Jackson gave the Giants a first-and-goal at the six with 1:05 remaining.

A five-yard loss on a pass to Dave Meggett and two incompletions made it fourth and goal at the 11. Simms’ pass into the middle of the end zone fell incomplete, as Ronnie Lott and James Hasty tipped the pass intended for Chris Calloway.

The Jets’ touchdown drive was loaded with clutch plays. New York converted three third-down plays, a fourth-down play and got another first down on a pass interference against Mark Collins at the Giants’ 13. The last third-down conversion came on a four-yard pass from Boomer Esiason to Johnny Johnson on a play that needed three yards.

Baxter went over right tackle on the next play for the first rushing touchdown against the Giants.

What might have been the most crucial series for the Giants was the opening one, which lasted 10:45 and covered 79 yards.

On second and goal, Simms and Lewis Tillman fumbled a handoff, the Jets recovered and that set the tone for the game.

The Jets also benefited from a third-down pass-interference penalty on Giant cornerback Mark Collins on what proved to be the Jets’ game-winning drive.

“It was the worst call I’ve ever seen,” Collins said. “I was going to knock it down and (the official) said I grabbed him.”