1979 New York Jets season

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1979 New York Jets season
Head Coach	Walt Michaels
Home Field	Shea Stadium

Results
Record	8-8
Place	3rd AFC East
Playoff Finish
Timeline

Previous Season	Next Season
1978	1980

The 1979 New York Jets season was the 20th season for the team and the 10th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 8-8 record from 1978 under head coach Walt Michaels. The Jets finished the season with a record of 8-8.

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site
1	1979-09-02	Cleveland Browns	L 25-22 (OT)	Shea Stadium
2	1979-09-09	New England Patriots	L 56-3	Schafer Stadium
3	1979-09-16	Detroit Lions	W 31-10	Shea Stadium
4	1979-09-23	Buffalo Bills	L 46-31	Rich Stadium
5	1979-09-30	Miami Dolphins	W 33-27	Shea Stadium
6	1979-10-07	Baltimore Colts	L 10-8	Memorial Stadium
7	1979-10-15	Minnesota Vikings	W 14-7	Shea Stadium
8	1979-10-21	Oakland Raiders	W 28-19	Shea Stadium
9	1979-10-28	Houston Oilers	L 27-24 (OT)	The Astrodome
10	1979-11-04	Green Bay Packers	W 27-22	Lambeau Field
11	1979-11-11	Buffalo Bills	L 14-12	Shea Stadium
12	1979-11-18	Chicago Bears	L 23-13	Soldier Field
13	1979-11-26	Seattle Seahawks	L 30-7	Kingdome
14	1979-12-02	Baltimore Colts	W 30-17	Shea Stadium
15	1979-12-09	New England Patriots	W 27-26	Shea Stadium
16	1979-12-15	Miami Dolphins	W 27-24	Miami Orange Bowl

[edit] External links

1979 statistics

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1979 NFL season v • d • e
AFC	East	Central	West	NFC	East	Central	West
	Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver		Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
	Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City		NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
	Miami	Houston	Oakland		Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego		St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets		Seattle		Washington	Tampa Bay
1979 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XIV