1984 New York Jets season

1984 New York Jets season
Head coach Joe Walton
Owner Leon Hess
Home field The Meadowlands
Results
Record 7–9
Division place 3rd AFC East
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1984 New York Jets season was the 25th season for the team and the 15th 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.

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Game site Attendance
1 September 2, 1984 at Indianapolis Colts W 23–14 Hoosier Dome
61,148
2 September 6, 1984 Pittsburgh Steelers L 23–17 The Meadowlands
70,564
3 September 16, 1984 Cincinnati Bengals W 43–23 The Meadowlands
64,193
4 September 23, 1984 at Buffalo Bills W 28–26 Rich Stadium
48,330
5 September 30, 1984 New England Patriots L 28–21 The Meadowlands
68,978
6 October 7, 1984 at Kansas City Chiefs W 17–16 Arrowhead Stadium
51,843
7 October 14, 1984 at Cleveland Browns W 24–20 Cleveland Municipal Stadium
55,673
8 October 21, 1984 Kansas City Chiefs W 28–7 The Meadowlands
66,782
9 October 28, 1984 at New England Patriots L 30–20 Sullivan Stadium
60,513
10 November 4, 1984 Miami Dolphins L 31–17 The Meadowlands
72,655
11 November 11, 1984 Indianapolis Colts L 9–5 The Meadowlands
51,066
12 November 18, 1984 at Houston Oilers L 31–20 The Astrodome
40,141
13 November 26, 1984 at Miami Dolphins L 28–17 Miami Orange Bowl
74,884
14 December 2, 1984 New York Giants L 20–10 The Meadowlands
74,975
15 December 8, 1984 Buffalo Bills W 21–17 The Meadowlands
45,378
16 December 16, 1984 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 41–21 Tampa Stadium
43,817

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Jets 0 797 23
Colts 0 707 14

[1]

Week 3

1 234Total
Bengals 9 077 23
Jets 6 71020 43

[2]

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

Awards and honors

References

  1. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-19.
  2. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Oct-19.

External links

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