1990 New York Jets season

1990 season of NFL team New York Jets November 2013 March 2026 New York Jets 1990 6–10 4th AFC East Bruce Coslet Pete Carroll Dick Steinberg Leon Hess Giants Stadium Did not qualify None Jets seasons The 1990 New York Jets season was the 31st season for the team and the 21st in the National Football League. It began with the team, under new head coach Bruce Coslet, trying to improve from winning only four games in 1989 under Joe Walton. The Jets finished the season at 6–10. Offseason The Jets modified their uniforms for the 1990 season, adding a thin black outline to the numerals, striping and helmet decals and changing the facemask color from white to black. The team also added a set of green pants, to be worn with its white jerseys. The green pants had a single white stripe with thin black borders from hip to knee on each side. The new uniforms debuted in the regular-season opener on September 9 at Cincinnati; the team wore its previous uniforms, without the black trim, in preseason games.1990 New York Jets https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=teams-season&team_id=NYJ&year=1990 The Gridiron Uniform Database April 8, 2024 Coaching change On December 26, 1989, the New York Jets fired head coach Joe Walton after seven seasons following a 4–12 record to end the 1989 NFL season. His entire coaching staff was also dismissed. On February 6, 1990, the team hired Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Bruce Coslet as their new head coach.Coslet named Jets coach https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/02/06/Coslet-named-Jets-coach/8082634280400/ September 10, 2025 United Press International February 6, 1989 Dave Raffo Among Coslet’s hires was Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach Pete Carroll, who became his defensive coordinator. NFL draft 1990 NFL draft Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 2 Blair Thomas Running Back Penn State 2 28 Reggie Rembert Wide Receiver West Virginia 3 56 Tony Stargell Defensive Back Tennessee State 4 84 Troy Taylor Quarterback California 5 112 Tony Savage Defensive Tackle Washington State 6 140 Terance Mathis Wide Receiver New Mexico 7 167 Dwayne White Guard Alcorn State 7 168 Basil Proctor Linebacker West Virginia 8 196 Roger Duffy Guard Penn State 9 223 Dale Dawkins Wide Receiver Miami (FL) 10 251 Brad Quast Linebacker Iowa 11 278 Derrick Kelson Defensive Back Purdue 12 306 Darrell Davis Defensive End TCU Undrafted free agents + 1990 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeDonnie AllenWide receiverGeorgia SouthernDemetrious DouglasLinebackerGeorgiaKevin GreeneKickerSyracuse Personnel Staff 1990 New York Jets Chairman of the board – Susan Hess President – Steve Gutman Vice president/general manager – Dick Steinberg Director of player personnel – Ron Wolf Director of pro personnel – Jim Royer Head coach – Bruce Coslet Quarterbacks – Joe Daniels Running backs – Kippy Brown Receivers – Chip Myers Offensive line – Larry Beightol Offensive assistant/tight ends – Bob Wylie Defensive coordinator – Pete Carroll Defensive line – Greg Robinson Linebackers – Monte Kiffin Defensive assistant/defensive backs – Ed Donatell Special teams coordinator – Foge Fazio Strength and conditioning – Greg Mackrides Assistant Strength and Conditioning - Lee Brandon Roster 1990 New York Jets 1 11 Tony Eason  7 Ken O'Brien 14 Troy Taylor American football y 30 Brad Baxter FB 34 Johnny Hector 24 Freeman McNeil 32 Blair Thomas y 87 Chris Burkett 89 Dale Dawkins y 81 Terance Mathis y KR/PR 85 Rob Moore American football y 83 Jo-Jo Townsell PR 80 Mark Boyer 84 Chris Dressel 47 Pat Kelly American football 86 Doug Wellsandt y 61 Jeff Criswell T 62 Roger Duffy American football y C 79 Mike Haight G 78 Scott Jones American football T 64 Trevor Matich G 72 Brett Miller American football T 53 Jim Sweeney American football, born 1962 C/G 67 Dwayne White y G 63 Dave Zawatson G/T 90 Dennis Byrd DT 98 Darrell Davis y DE 56 Jeff Lageman DE 94 Scott Mersereau DT 77 Gerald Nichols DT 96 Ron Stallworth American football DE 97 Marvin Washington DE 59 Kyle Clifton MLB 52 John Galvin linebacker MLB 95 Troy Johnson linebacker OLB 51 Joe Mott OLB 57 Mac Stephens y OLB 42 John Booty CB/S 40 James Hasty CB 26 Ken Johnson defensive back FS 23 Michael Mayes American football CB 22 Erik McMillan FS 21 Don Odegard y CB 45 Tony Stargell y CB 48 Brian Washington SS  5 Pat Leahy American football K  6 Joe Prokop P 54 Troy Benson LB IR 29 A. 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Brown RB IR 66 Dave Cadigan G IR 49 Travis Curtis S IR 44 Patrick Egu RB IR 91 Paul Frase DE NF-Ill. 58 Joe Kelly American football LB IR 93 Marty Lyons DE IR 92 Emanuel McNeil DT IR 20 Dennis Price American football CB IR 88 Al Toon WR IR 33 Terry Williams defensive back CB PUP 69 Mark Hofland y T 47 12 Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 9 at Cincinnati Bengals L 20–25 0–1 Riverfront Stadium 56,467 2 September 16 Cleveland BrownsW 24–21 1–1 Giants Stadium 67,354 3 September 24, 1999 Buffalo Bills L 7–30 1–2 Giants Stadium 69,927 4 September 30 at New England Patriots W 37–13 2–2 Foxboro Stadium 36,724 5 October 7 at Miami Dolphins L 16–20 2–3 Joe Robbie Stadium 69,678 6 October 14 San Diego Chargers L 3–39 2–4 Giants Stadium 63,311 7 October 21 at Buffalo Bills L 27–30 2–5 Rich Stadium 79,002 8 October 28 at Houston Oilers W 17–12 3–5 Houston Astrodome 56,337 9 November 4 Dallas Cowboys W 24–9 4–5 Giants Stadium 68,086 10 November 11 Miami Dolphins L 3–17 4–6 Giants Stadium 68,362 11 November 18 at Indianapolis Colts L 14–17 4–7 Hoosier Dome 47,283 12 November 25 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–24 4–8 Giants Stadium 57,806 13 December 2 at San Diego Chargers L 17–38 4–9 Jack Murphy Stadium 40,877 14 Bye 15 December 16 Indianapolis Colts L 21–29 4–10 Giants Stadium 41,423 16 December 23 New England Patriots W 42–7 5–10 Giants Stadium 30,250 17 December 30 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 16–14 6–10 Tampa Stadium 46,543 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 2 Cleveland Browns (1–0) at New York Jets (0–1) Browns 7 0 7 7 Jets 14 10 0 0 September 16 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 1:00 p.m. 67 °F °C 1; wind 12 mph km/h knots Bob McElwee Marv Albert and Paul Maguire NBC yes 1 CLE Eric Metcalf 98 yard kickoff return (Jerry Kauric kick) CLE 7–0 1 NYJ Freeman McNeil 2 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) Tie 7–7 1 NYJ Johnny Hector 6 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) NYJ 14–7 2 NYJ Pat Leahy 47 yard field goal NYJ 17–7 2 NYJ Brad Baxter 1 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) NYJ 24–7 3 CLE Reggie Langhorne 4 yard pass from Bernie Kosar (Jerry Kauric kick) NYJ 24–14 4 CLE Leroy Hoard 9 yard run (Jerry Kauric kick) NYJ 24–21 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Standings References External links 1990 statistics Category:New York Jets seasons New York Jets New York Jets season Category:20th century in East Rutherford, New Jersey Category:Meadowlands Sports Complex