1984 New York Jets season

1984 season of NFL team New York Jets August 2023 March 2026 New York Jets 1984 7–9 3rd AFC East Joe Walton Leon Hess Giants Stadium Did not qualify RB Freeman McNeilDE Mark GastineauDT Joe Klecko Jets seasons The 1984 New York Jets season was the 25th season for the team and the fifteenth in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 7–9 record from 1983 under head coach Joe Walton. After playing the previous 20 seasons at Shea Stadium in Queens, 1984 marked their first season of playing its home games at Giants Stadium in The Meadowlands, which was also the home of the NFC’s New York Giants. Mark Gastineau made NFL history by recording 22 sacks, to establish a then-new official single season record. The Jets finished the season with a record of 7–9. Offseason Draft 1984 NFL draft 1984 New York Jets 1 10 Russell Carter Cornerback SMU yes Roster 1984 New York Jets 17 Bob Avellini  7 Ken O'Brien 10 Pat Ryan American football 31 Marion Barber Jr. 23 Dennis Bligen y 34 Johnny Hector 25 Cedric Minter 49 Tony Paige y American football 83 Nick Bruckner 88 Chy Davidson 84 Bobby Humphery 80 Lam Jones 87 Kurt Sohn 85 Wesley Walker 84 Glenn Dennison y 89 Rocky Klever 82 Mickey Shuler 60 Dan Alexander offensive lineman G 63 Ted Banker T 64 Guy Bingham C 65 Joe Fields C 68 Reggie McElroy T 79 Marvin Powell T 53 Jim Sweeney American football, born 1962 y G 70 Stan Waldemore G 95 Tom Baldwin American football y DT 78 Barry Bennett DT 74 Ron Faurot y DE 99 Mark Gastineau DE 73 Joe Klecko DT/DE 93 Marty Lyons DE 76 Ben Rudolph DE/DT 58 Bobby Bell linebacker, born 1962 y OLB 51 Greg Buttle OLB 59 Kyle Clifton y MLB 52 Jim Eliopulos OLB 94 Rusty Guilbeau OLB 56 Lance Mehl OLB 57 John Woodring MLB 46 Fernanza Burgess SS 27 Russell Carter American football y CB 22 Mike Dennis defensive back CB 38 George Floyd American football CB/S 29 Johnny Lynn CB 20 Davlin Mullen CB 28 Darrol Ray FS 21 Kirk Springs SS  5 Pat Leahy American football K 15 Chuck Ramsey P -- Tron Armstrong y no WR IR 35 Mike Augustyniak RB IR -- Ronny Cone y no RB IR 50 Bob Crable LB IR 81 Derrick Gaffney WR IR -- Billy Griggs American football y TE IR 39 Harry Hamilton y S IR 42 Bruce Harper RB IR 40 Bobby Jackson cornerback CB IR 24 Freeman McNeil RB IR 48 Ken Schroy S IR Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 2 at Indianapolis Colts W 23–14 1–0 Hoosier Dome 61,148 2 September 6 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–23 1–1 Giants Stadium 70,564 3 September 16 Cincinnati Bengals W 43–23 2–1 Giants Stadium 64,193 4September 23 at Buffalo Bills W 28–26 3–1 Rich Stadium 48,330 5September 30 New England Patriots L 21–28 3–2 Giants Stadium 68,978 6 October 7 at Kansas City Chiefs W 17–16 4–2 Arrowhead Stadium 51,843 7 October 14 at Cleveland Browns W 24–20 5–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 55,673 8 October 21 Kansas City Chiefs W 28–7 6–2 Giants Stadium 66,782 9 October 28 at New England Patriots L 20–30 6–3 Sullivan Stadium 60,513 10 November 4 Miami Dolphins L 17–31 6–4 Giants Stadium 72,655 11 November 11 Indianapolis Colts L 5–9 6–5 Giants Stadium 51,066 12 November 18 at Houston Oilers L 20–31 6–6 Astrodome 40,141 13 November 26 at Miami Dolphins L 17–28 6–7 Miami Orange Bowl 74,884 14 December 2 New York Giants L 10–20 6–8 Giants Stadium 74,975 15 December 8 Buffalo Bills W 21–17 7–8 Giants Stadium 45,378 16 December 16 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 21–41 7–9 Tampa Stadium 43,817 Game summaries Week 1 Jets 0 7 9 7 Colts 0 7 0 7 September 2 Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana 4:00 p.m. Indoors (dome) Gordon McCarter yes Q2 IND Dickey 3 yard run (Allegre kick) IND 7–0 Q2 NYJ Shuler 13 yard pass from Ryan (Leahy kick) Tie 7–7 Q3 NYJ Leahy 29 yard field goal NYJ 10–7 Q3 NYJ Shuler 8 yard pass from Ryan (kick failed) NYJ 16–7 Q4 IND Middleton 3 yard run (Allegre kick) NYJ 16–14 Q4 NYJ Buttle 4 yard fumble return (Leahy kick) NYJ 23–14 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-19. Week 3 Bengals 9 0 7 7 Jets 6 7 10 20 September 16 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey 1:00 p.m. 56 °F °C 1; wind 13 mph km/h knots Red Cashion yes Q1 NYJ Leahy 22 yard field goal NYJ 3–0 Q1 CIN Breech 21 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q1 NYJ Leahy 39 yard field goal NYJ 6–3 Q1 CIN Brooks 3 yard pass from Anderson (pass failed) CIN 9–6 Q2 NYJ McNeil 15 yard run (Leahy kick) NYJ 13–9 Q3 CIN Harris 80 yard pass from Anderson (Breech kick) CIN 16–13 Q3 NYJ Leahy 32 yard field goal Tie 16–16 Q3 NYJ Shuler 9 yard pass from Ryan (Leahy kick) NYJ 23–16 Q4 NYJ Leahy 36 yard field goal NYJ 26–16 Q4 NYJ McNeil 33 yard run (Leahy kick) NYJ 33–16 Q4 NYJ Leahy 29 yard field goal NYJ 36–16 Q4 NYJ Harper 9 yard run (Leahy kick) NYJ 43–16 Q4 CIN Esiason 1 yard run (Breech kick) NYJ 43–23 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-19. Week 9 New York Jets at New England Patriots Jets 10 10 0 0 Patriots 0 6 10 14 October 28 Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts 1:00 p.m. EST 59 F, wind 13 mph on Chuck Heberling Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com yes 1 Jets Pat Leahy 46-yard field goal Jets 3–0 1 Jets Rocky Klever 7-yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 10–0 2 Patriots Tony Franklin 20-yard field goal Jets 10–3 2 Jets Pat Leahy 18-yard field goal Jets 13–3 2 Jets Marion Barber 2-yard run (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 20–3 2 Patriots Tony Franklin 27-yard field goal Jets 20–6 3 Patriots Tony Franklin 47-yard field goal Jets 20–9 3 Patriots Craig James 25-yard run (Tony Franklin kick) Jets 20–16 4 Patriots Stephen Starring 5-yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) Patriots 23–20 4 Patriots Tony Collins 4-yard run (Tony Franklin kick) Patriots 30–20 yes Raymond Berry's first game as Patriots' head coach. 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