1983 New York Jets season

1983 season of NFL team New York Jets November 2013 March 2026 New York Jets 1983 7–9 5th AFC East Joe Walton Leon Hess Shea Stadium Did not qualify T Marvin PowellDT Joe KleckoDE Mark Gastineau Jets seasons The 1983 New York Jets season was the 24th season for the team and the 14th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 6–3 record from 1982 and return to the playoffs under first-year head coach Joe Walton. The Jets, who finished the season with a record of 7–9, played their twentieth and final season at Shea Stadium before relocating their home games to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, starting with the following season. Roster 1983 New York Jets 16 Ken O'Brien y 10 Pat Ryan American football 14 Richard Todd American football 31 Marion Barber Jr. 25 Scott Dierking 42 Bruce Harper 34 Johnny Hector y 30 Rocky Klever 22 Kenny Lewis American football 24 Freeman McNeil 89 Preston Brown wide receiver 86 Nick Bruckner y 81 Derrick Gaffney 80 Lam Jones 85 Wesley Walker 83 Jerome Barkum 88 Tom Coombs 82 Mickey Shuler 60 Dan Alexander offensive lineman G 64 Guy Bingham C/G 65 Joe Fields C 59 George Lilja C 68 Reggie McElroy G/T 62 Joe Pellegrini G 79 Marvin Powell T 72 Chris Ward American football T 78 Barry Bennett DT 99 Mark Gastineau DE 94 Rusty Guilbeau DE 73 Joe Klecko DT 93 Marty Lyons DE 77 Kenny Neil DE 76 Ben Rudolph DT/DE 74 Abdul Salaam American football DT 54 Stan Blinka MLB 50 Bob Crable MLB 55 Ron Crosby OLB 52 Jim Eliopulos OLB 56 Lance Mehl OLB 57 John Woodring OLB 47 Jerry Holmes CB 40 Bobby Jackson cornerback CB 29 Johnny Lynn CB 20 Davlin Mullen y CB 28 Darrol Ray FS 48 Ken Schroy SS 21 Kirk Springs FS  5 Pat Leahy American football K 15 Chuck Ramsey P 35 Mike Augustyniak RB IR 63 Ted Banker y C IR 51 Greg Buttle LB IR 37 Marcene Emmett no S IR 38 George Floyd American football S IR 84 Bobby Humphery y WR IR 27 Jesse Johnson American football S IR 71 Jim Luscinski T IR 87 Kurt Sohn WR IR 70 Stan Waldemore G IR 90 John Walker American football, born 1961 y DT IR Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 4 at San Diego Chargers W 41–29 1–0 Jack Murphy Stadium 51,004 2 September 11 Seattle Seahawks L 10–17 1–1 Shea Stadium 50,066 3 September 18 at New England Patriots L 13–23 1–2 Sullivan Stadium 43,182 4 September 25 Los Angeles RamsW 27–24 (OT) 2–2 Shea Stadium 52,070 5 October 3 at Buffalo Bills W 34–10 3–2 Rich Stadium 79,933 6 October 9 at Cleveland Browns L 7–10 3–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,235 7 October 16 Miami Dolphins L 14–32 3–4 Shea Stadium 58,615 8 October 23 Atlanta Falcons L 21–27 3–5 Shea Stadium 46,878 9 October 30 at San Francisco 49ers W 27–13 4–5 Candlestick Park 54,796 10 November 6 Baltimore Colts L 14–17 4–6 Shea Stadium 53,323 11 November 13 Buffalo Bills L 17–24 4–7 Shea Stadium 48,513 12 November 21 at New Orleans Saints W 31–28 5–7 Louisiana Superdome 68,606 13 November 27 New England PatriotsW 26–3 6–7 Shea Stadium 48,620 14 December 4 at Baltimore Colts W 10–6 7–7 Memorial Stadium 35,462 15 December 10 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–34 7–8 Shea Stadium 53,996 16 December 16 at Miami Dolphins L 14–34 7–9 Miami Orange Bowl 59,975 Standings Game summaries Week 4 Rams 14 0 3 7 0 Jets 7 7 7 3 3 September 25 Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York 4:00 p.m. EDT 60 °F °C 1; wind 10 mph km/h knots Fred Silva Pat Summerall and John Madden CBS yes 1 LA Eric Dickerson 85 yard run (Chuck Nelson kick) LA 7–0 1 NYJ Wesley Walker 15 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) Tie 7–7 1 LA Eric Dickerson 5 yard run (Chuck Nelson kick) LA 14–7 2 NYJ Jerry Holmes 57 yard blocked field goal return (Pat Leahy kick) Tie 14–14 3 LA Chuck Nelson 34 yard field goal LA 17–14 3 NYJ Wesley Walker 37 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) NYJ 21–17 4 NYJ Pat Leahy 22 yard field goal NYJ 24–17 4 LA Mike Guman 2 yard pass from Vince Ferragamo (Chuck Nelson kick) Tie 24–24 OT NYJ Pat Leahy 26 yard field goal NYJ 27–24 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com The game is notable for a melee that broke out between the two teams after Jackie Slater shoved Mark Gastineau in response to the latter performing his signature "Sack Dance" when making a play on Rams quarterback Vince Ferragamo. In all, 37 players would be fined a total of $15,750 as a result, while the NFL deemed Gastineau's celebration "unsportsmanlike conduct" and banned it the following offseason.https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/22/sports/16-jets-and-21-rams-fined-by-league-over-brawl-at-shea.html Eskenazi, Gerald 16 Jets and 21 Rams Fined by League over Brawl at Shea The New York Times October 22, 1983 January 27, 2025https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/09/05/no-no-no-gastineau https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015635/https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/09/05/no-no-no-gastineau dead November 12, 2020 Newman, Bruce No! No! No! Gastineau! Sports Illustrated September 5, 1984 January 27, 2025 Week 15 1983 Pittsburgh Steelers season #fff #eee background-color:#000; color:#fff collapsed December 10 12:30 p.m. EST Steelers 7 13 7 7 Jets 0 0 7 0 Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York 53,996 45 °F °C 1, wind 12 mph km/h knots Bob McElwee NBC Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen Box Score Passing Pat Ryan 6/18, 127 yards, INT, Richard Todd 11/20, 114 yards, 2 INT Rushing Freeman McNeil 16–34, Ron Crosby 1–5, Pat Ryan 1-(−3) Receiving Johnny Lam Jones 7–146, Jerome Barkum 3–41, Mickey Shuler 2–25, Marion Barber 2–16, Freeman McNeil 2–7, Kenny Lewis 1–6 Defense Johnny Lynn INT Steelers Jets collapsed 1 Steelers RecTD Gregg Garrity Terry Bradshaw 17 good Gary Anderson run/pass good/failed/incomplete 7 0 2 Steelers RecTD Calvin Sweeney Terry Bradshaw 10 good Gary Anderson run/pass good/failed/incomplete 14 0 2 Steelers FG 29 Gary Anderson 17 0 2 Steelers FG 40 Gary Anderson 20 0 3 Steelers RecTD Bennie Cunningham Cliff Stoudt 13 good Gary Anderson run/pass good/failed/incomplete 27 0 3 Jets RecTD Johnny Lam Jones Pat Ryan 27 good Pat Leahy run/pass good/failed/incomplete 27 7 4 Steelers RecTD Calvin Sweeney Cliff Stoudt 18 good Gary Anderson run/pass good/failed/incomplete 34 7 34 7 Last home game played at Shea Stadium References External links 1983 statistics Category:New York Jets seasons New York Jets New York Jets|New York Jets season Category:1980s in Queens Category:Long stubs with short prose