1981 New York Jets season

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1981 New York Jets season
Head Coach	Walt Michaels
Home Field	Shea Stadium

Results
Record	10-5-1
Place	2nd AFC East
Playoff Finish
Timeline

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The 1981 New York Jets season was the 22nd season for the team and the 12th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 4-12 record from 1980 under head coach Walt Michaels. The Jets sputtered early, starting 0-3 and fueling speculation about Michaels' job. However, the Jets finished the season with a record of 10-5-1 and qualified for their first playoff appearance in twelve seasons. In the playoffs, they fell to their division rivals, the Buffalo Bills, 31-27.

1 Offseason
2 Schedule
- 2.1 Regular season
- 2.2 Postseason
3 External links

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site
1	1981-09-06	Buffalo Bills	L 31-0	Rich Stadium
2	1981-09-13	Cincinnati Bengals	L 31-30	Shea Stadium
3	1981-09-20	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 38-10	Three Rivers Stadium
4	1981-09-27	Houston Oilers	W 33-17	Shea Stadium
5	1981-10-04	Miami Dolphins	T 28-28	Miami Orange Bowl
6	1981-10-11	New England Patriots	W 28-24	Shea Stadium
7	1981-10-18	Buffalo Bills	W 33-14	Shea Stadium
8	1981-10-25	Seattle Seahawks	L 19-3	Shea Stadium
9	1981-11-01	New York Giants	W 26-7	Giants Stadium
10	1981-11-08	Baltimore Colts	W 41-14	Memorial Stadium
11	1981-11-15	New England Patriots	W 17-6	Schafer Stadium
12	1981-11-22	Miami Dolphins	W 16-15	Shea Stadium
13	1981-11-29	Baltimore Colts	W 25-0	Shea Stadium
14	1981-12-06	Seattle Seahawks	L 27-23	Kingdome
15	1981-12-12	Cleveland Browns	W 14-13	Cleveland Stadium
16	1981-12-20	Green Bay Packers	W 28-3	Shea Stadium

[edit] Postseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site
WC	1981-12-27	Buffalo Bills	L 31-27	Shea Stadium

[edit] External links

1981 statistics

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1981 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
1981 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XVI