1988 New York Jets season

1988 season of NFL team New York Jets November 2013 March 2026 New York Jets 1988 8–7–1 4th AFC East Joe Walton Rich Kotite Bud Carson Leon Hess The Meadowlands Did not qualify TE Mickey ShulerWR Al ToonFS Erik McMillan Jets seasons thumb|right|150px|A ticket for a September 1988 game between the Jets and the Cleveland Browns. The 1988 New York Jets season was the 29th season for the team and the 19th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 6–9 record from 1987 under head coach Joe Walton. The Jets finished the season with a record of 8–7–1. Although for the second straight year they failed to qualify for the playoffs, they would play the spoiler, as a victory over their cross-town rival New York Giants in week 16 kept the Giants out of the playoffs due to a series of tiebreakers. For the third time in his career, Ken O'Brien had the lowest rate of interceptions among quarterbacks. He had 7 interceptions in 424 passing attempts. The Jets endured a major distraction when Mark Gastineau, the team's main pass rusher who appeared to be experiencing a career-renaissance, abruptly retired in midseason to tend to ailing actress Brigitte Nielsen. Offseason Draft 1988 NFL draft 1988 New York Jets 1 8 Dave Cadigan Offensive tackle USC yes 2 37 Terry Williams Cornerback Bethune-Cookman yes 3 63 Erik McMillan Safety Missouri yes 3 74 James Hasty Cornerback Washington State yes 5 119 Mike Withycombe Offensive guard Fresno State yes 6 146 Paul Frase Defensive end Syracuse yes 7 172 Gary Patton Running back Eastern Michigan 8 203 Keith Neubert Tight end Nebraska yes 9 230 Ralph Tamm Offensive guard West Chester 10 257 John Booty Cornerback TCU yes 11 287 John Galvin Linebacker Boston College 12 314 Albert Goss Defensive Tackle Jackson State Undrafted free agents + 1988 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegePhil AlfieriDefensive endOregonKelly AverittTackle/GuardTennessee TechGreg CalcagnoQuarterbackSanta ClaraHarold CollinsWide receiverUTEPByron DixonCornerback/SafetyHoly CrossKeith FerrellLinebackerMorehead StateRicky FlowersWide receiverJackson StateBlair FowlerDefensive tackleUTEPJohn GarrettCenterSyracuseLeon HallDefensive endEast CarolinaBruce HatfieldLinebackerTennessee TechDave IngallsCenterMaineGreg JohnsLinebackerPenn StateMatt KemperGuard/TackleMiami (OH)Brad LambertCornerback/SafetyKansas StateEric LewisWide receiverNorth CarolinaDarryl PearsonWide receiverAlabama StateRichard PetitbonLinebackerMarylandEdwin RossSafetyAlabama StateTom SchultingWide receiverIowa StateRussell SheffieldDefensive endBaylorMike SwansonDefensive TackleTempleDarryl WrightPunterMaryland Personnel 1988 New York Jets Owner – Leon Hess President/general manager – Jim Kensil Head coach – Joe Walton Offensive coordinator/receivers coach – Rich Kotite Quarterbacks Coach - Zeke Bratkowski Running backs coach – Bobby Hammond Offensive line coach – Dan Radakovich Defensive coordinator – Bud Carson Defensive line coach = Wally Chambers Linebackers coach - Jim Vechiarella Secondary - Mike Faulkner Special teams coach - Larry Pasquale Quality control - Ray Callahanhttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyj/1988.htm 1988 New York Jets Statistics & Players Roster 1988 New York Jets 47 18  7 Ken O'Brien 10 Pat Ryan American football 31 Marion Barber Jr. 30 Nuu Faaola 34 Johnny Hector 24 Freeman McNeil 43 Roger Vick 84 Michael Harper American football 87 Kurt Sohn 88 Al Toon 83 Jo-Jo Townsell KR/PR 85 Wesley Walker 80 K. D. Dunn 81 Billy Griggs American football 86 Keith Neubert y 82 Mickey Shuler 60 Dan Alexander offensive lineman G 63 Ted Banker G 61 Jeff Criswell T 79 Mike Haight G 68 Reggie McElroy T 53 Jim Sweeney American football, born 1962 C 76 Mike Withycombe y G 95 Tom Baldwin American football DE 91 Paul Frase y DE 74 Mark Garalczyk DE 93 Marty Lyons DE 94 Scott Mersereau NT 77 Gerald Nichols NT 54 Troy Benson OLB 59 Kyle Clifton ILB 90 Robin Cole OLB 51 John Galvin linebacker y ILB 55 Alex Gordon gridiron football OLB 57 Kevin McArthur OLB 92 Ken Rose gridiron football OLB 42 John Booty y CB/S 40 James Hasty y CB 28 Carl Howard CB 48 Bobby Humphery CB 36 Rich Miano SS 25 George Radachowsky FS 33 Terry Williams defensive back y CB 38 Mike Zordich FS  5 Pat Leahy American football K  6 Joe Prokop P 75 Adam Schreiber LS 64 Guy Bingham C IR 66 Dave Cadigan y T IR 50 Bob Crable LB IR -- Bobby Curtis American football LB IR -- Glenn Dennison TE IR 52 Onzy Elam LB IR 35 Kerry Glenn CB PUP 89 Rocky Klever TE IR -- Mark Krerowicz G IR -- Jamie Kurisko TE IR 15 Kyle Mackey QB IR 22 Erik McMillan y S IR 46 Mike Mitchell cornerback CB IR 58 Matt Monger LB IR -- Tim O'Malley American football LB IR 19 Bobby Riley WR IR -- Bill Sanders tight end TE IR 67 Ralph Tamm y C/G IR 47 18 Starters POSNameGSQB 7 Ken O'Brien 12RB 24 Freeman McNeil 16FB 43 Roger Vick 12 WR 88 Al Toon 15WR 85 Wesley Walker 10TE 82 Mickey Shuler 15LT 61 Jeff Criswell 12LG 79 Mike Haight 9C 53 Jim Sweeney 16RG 60 Dan Alexander 13RT 68 Reggie McElroy 16 POSNameGSLDE99 Mark Gastineau 7NT 94 Scott Mersereau 15RDE 93 Marty Lyons 16LOLB 55 Alex Gordon 13LILB 54 Troy Benson 16RILB 59 Kyle Clifton 15 ROLB 57 Kevin McArthur 16LCB 48 Bobby Humphery 16RCB 40 James Hasty 15SS 36 Rich Miano 16FS 22 Erik McMillan 13 1988 New York Jets roster at Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 26, 2012. Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 4 at New England Patriots L 3–28 0–1 Sullivan Stadium 44,027 2 September 11 at Cleveland Browns W 23–3 1–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 74,434 3 September 18 Houston Oilers W 45–3 2–1 Giants Stadium 64,483 4 September 25 at Detroit Lions W 17–10 3–1 Pontiac Silverdome 29,250 5 October 2 Kansas City Chiefs T 17–17 (OT) 3–1–1 Giants Stadium 66,110 6 October 9 at Cincinnati Bengals L 19–36 3–2–1 Riverfront Stadium 57,482 7 October 17 Buffalo Bills L 14–37 3–3–1 Giants Stadium 70,218 8 October 23 at Miami Dolphins W 44–30 4–3–1 Joe Robbie Stadium 68,292 9 October 30 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–20 5–3–1 Giants Stadium 64,862 10 November 6 at Indianapolis Colts L 14–38 5–4–1 Hoosier Dome 59,233 11 November 13 New England Patriots L 13–14 5–5–1 Giants Stadium 48,358 12 November 20 at Buffalo Bills L 6–9 (OT) 5–6–1 Rich Stadium 78,389 13 November 27 Miami Dolphins W 38–34 6–6–1 Giants Stadium 52,752 14 December 4 at Kansas City Chiefs L 34–38 6–7–1 Arrowhead Stadium 30,059 15 December 10 Indianapolis Colts W 34–16 7–7–1 Giants Stadium 46,284 16 December 18 New York Giants W 27–21 8–7–1 Giants Stadium 69,770 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 1 Jets 3 0 0 0 Patriots 3 3 10 12 September 4 Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts 4:00 p.m. 63 °F °C 1, wind 14 mph km/h knots Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 2 Jets 3 3 3 14 Browns 3 0 0 0 September 11 Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio 4:00 p.m. 65 °F °C 1 • wind 5 mph km/h knots Tom Dooley Mel Proctor and Al DeRogatis NBC yes 1 NYJ Pat Leahy 22 yard field goal Jets 3–0 1 CLE Matt Bahr 47 yard field goal Tie 3–3 2 NYJ Pat Leahy 29 yard field goal Jets 6–3 3 NYJ Pat Leahy 23 yard field goal Jets 9–3 4 NYJ Roger Vick 1 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 16–3 4 NYJ Roger Vick 3 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 23–3 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 3 Oilers 3 0 0 0 Jets 14 14 3 14 September 18 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 1:00 p.m. 67 °F °C 1, wind 12 mph km/h knots Bob McElwee NBC Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 4 Jets 3 7 0 7 Lions 3 0 7 0 September 25 Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan indoors (dome) Gordon McCarter Merle Harmon and Joe Namath NBC Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 5 Chiefs 0 0 3 14 0 Jets 3 7 0 7 0 October 2 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 4:00 p.m. 70 °F °C 1, wind 14 mph km/h knots Ben Dreith NBC Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 6 Jets 9 3 7 0 Bengals 6 13 7 0 October 9 Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati 1:00 p.m. 51 °F °C 1, wind 9 mph km/h knots Dick Hantak Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy NBC Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 7 Bills 17 14 3 3 Jets 0 7 7 0 October 17 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 9:00 p.m. EST 63 °F °C 1, wind 13 mph km/h knots Dick Jorgensen Frank Gifford, Al Michaels, and Dan Dierdorf ABC Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 8 Jets 6 24 7 7 Dolphins 7 3 13 7 October 23 Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida 4:00 p.m. 77 °F °C, wind 11 mph km/h knots Bob McElwee Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen NBC Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 9 Steelers 10 0 0 10 Jets 0 10 7 7 October 30 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 1:00 p.m. 46 °F °C 1, wind 14 mph km/h knots Tom Dooley NBC yes 1 PIT Gary Anderson 25 yard field goal Steelers 3–0 1 PIT Rodney Carter 24 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) Steelers 10–0 2 NYJ Pat Leahy 41 yard field goal Steelers 10–3 2 NYJ Mickey Shuler 2 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) Tie 10–10 3 NYJ Johnny Hector 2 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 17–10 4 PIT Gary Anderson 21 yard field goal Jets 17–13 4 NYJ Freeman McNeil 5 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 24–13 4 PIT Earnest Jackson 17 yard run (Gary Anderson kick) Jets 24–20 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 10 Jets 0 14 0 0 Colts 7 3 21 7 November 6 Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana 4:00 p.m. indoors (dome) Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 11 Patriots 0 0 7 7 Jets 0 3 3 7 November 13 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 1:00 p.m. 50 °F °C, wind 18 mph km/h knots Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 12 Jets 0 3 0 3 0 Bills 0 0 3 3 3 November 20 Rich Stadium • Orchard Park, New York 1:00 p.m. EST 78,389 43 °F °C 1 • wind 10 mph km/h knots yes 2 NYJ Pat Leahy 23 yard field goal Jets 3–0 3 BUF Scott Norwood 25 yard field goal Tie 3–3 4 BUF Scott Norwood 26 yard field goal Bills 6–3 4 NYJ Pat Leahy 40 yard field goal Tie 6–6 OT BUF Scott Norwood 30 yard field goal Bills 9–6 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 13 Dolphins 7 7 20 0 Jets 7 17 0 14 November 27 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 1:00 p.m. 54 °F °C 1, wind 9 mph km/h knots Jerry Seeman Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy NBC Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 14 Jets 10 10 7 7 Chiefs 14 7 0 17 December 4 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri 3:00 p.m. 35 °F °C 1, wind 11 mph km/h knots Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 15 Colts 6 7 3 0 Jets 10 0 21 3 December 10 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 12:30 p.m. 31 °F °C 1, wind 14 mph km/h knots Johnny Grier Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen NBC Pro-Football-Reference.com Week 16 Giants 0 7 7 7 Jets 10 3 7 7 December 18 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 1:00 p.m. 25 °F °C 1, wind 15 mph km/h knots Gordon McCarter Verne Lundquist and Terry Bradshaw CBS yes 1 NYJ Pat Leahy 41 yard field goal Jets 3–0 1 NYJ Mickey Shuler 5 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 10–0 2 NYJ Pat Leahy 20 yard field goal Jets 13–0 2 NYG Stephen Baker 5 yard pass from Phil Simms (Paul McFadden kick) Jets 13–7 3 NYJ Freeman McNeil 6 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 20–7 3 NYG Stephen Baker 9 yard pass from Phil Simms (Paul McFadden kick) Jets 20–14 4 NYG Lionel Manuel 9 yard pass from Phil Simms (Paul McFadden kick) Giants 21–20 4 :37 NYJ Al Toon 5 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 27–21 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com Standings External links 1988 New York Jets at Pro-Football-Reference.com References Category:New York Jets seasons New York Jets New York Jets season Category:20th century in East Rutherford, New Jersey Category:Meadowlands Sports Complex