1984 New York Jets season

1984 New York Jets season
Owner	Leon Hess
Head coach	Joe Walton
Home field	Giants Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	3rd AFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	RB Freeman McNeil DE Mark Gastineau DT Joe Klecko

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

Main article: 1984 NFL draft

1984 New York Jets draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	10	Russell Carter	Cornerback	SMU
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Roster

1984 New York Jets roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 Ken O'Brien 10 Pat Ryan Running backs (RB) 31 Marion Barber Jr. 23 Dennis Bligen 34 Johnny Hector 24 Freeman McNeil 25 Cedric Minter 49 Tony Paige FB Wide receivers (WR) 83 Nick Bruckner 46 Fernanza Burgess 88 Chy Davidson 81 Derrick Gaffney 80 Lam Jones 87 Kurt Sohn 85 Wesley Walker Tight ends (TE) 84 Glenn Dennison 81 Billy Griggs 89 Rocky Klever 82 Mickey Shuler

Offensive linemen (OL) 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 (DL) 78 Barry Bennett DE 99 Mark Gastineau DE 73 Joe Klecko DT 93 Marty Lyons DE 76 Ben Rudolph DT

Linebackers (LB) 51 Greg Buttle 59 Kyle Clifton 50 Bob Crable 52 Jim Eliopulos 56 Lance Mehl Defensive backs (DB) 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 35 Mike Augustyniak FB (IR) 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

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

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
	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

External links

• 1984 statistics