1984 New York Jets season

1984 season of NFL team New York Jets

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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.

Roster

**1984 New York Jets final roster**

	Quarterbacks 7 Ken O'Brien 10 Pat Ryan Running backs 31 Marion Barber Jr. 23 Dennis Bligen 34 Johnny Hector 24 Freeman McNeil 25 Cedric Minter 49 Tony Paige FB Wide receivers 83 Nick Bruckner 46 Fernanza Burgess 88 Chy Davidson 81 Derrick Gaffney 80 Lam Jones 87 Kurt Sohn 85 Wesley Walker Tight ends 84 Glenn Dennison 81 Billy Griggs 89 Rocky Klever 82 Mickey Shuler		Offensive linemen 60 Dan Alexander G 64 Guy Bingham C 65 Joe Fields C 68 Reggie McElroy G 79 Marvin Powell T 53 Jim Sweeney T 70 Stan Waldemore G Defensive linemen 78 Barry Bennett DE 99 Mark Gastineau DE 73 Joe Klecko DT 93 Marty Lyons DE 76 Ben Rudolph DT		Linebackers 51 Greg Buttle 59 Kyle Clifton 50 Bob Crable 52 Jim Eliopulos 56 Lance Mehl Defensive backs 27 Russell Carter CB 39 Harry Hamilton FS 40 Bobby Jackson CB 29 Johnny Lynn CB 20 Davlin Mullen CB 28 Darrol Ray FS 48 Ken Schroy 21 Kirk Springs SS Special teams 5 Pat Leahy K 15 Chuck Ramsey P		Reserve lists 35 Mike Augustyniak FB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Rookies in italics

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
4	September 23	at Buffalo Bills	W 28–26	3–1	Rich Stadium	48,330
5	September 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

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	0	7	9	7	23
Colts	0	7	0	7	14

Date: September 2
Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: Indoors (dome)
Referee: Gordon McCarter

Scoring summary

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

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Week 3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	9	0	7	7	23
• Jets	6	7	10	20	43

Date: September 16
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 56 °F (13.3 °C); wind 13 miles per hour (21 km/h; 11 kn)
Referee: Red Cashion

Scoring summary

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

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Week 9

New York Jets at New England Patriots

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	10	10	0	0	20
• Patriots	0	6	10	14	30

Date: October 28
Location: Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C), wind 13 mph (21 km/h)
Referee: Chuck Heberling

Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Scoring summary

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

Raymond Berry's first game as Patriots' head coach.

Standings

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins⁽¹⁾	14	2	0	.875	8–0	10–2	513	298	W2
New England Patriots	9	7	0	.563	6–2	9–3	362	352	W1
New York Jets	7	9	0	.438	3–5	7–7	332	364	L1
Indianapolis Colts	4	12	0	.250	2–6	4–8	239	414	L5
Buffalo Bills	2	14	0	.125	1–7	1–11	250	454	L2

References

^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-19.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-19.

External links

1984 statistics

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1984 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
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