1985 New York Jets (NFL) |
2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 11-5-0 .688 |
Playoff Statistics |
Head Coach: Joe Walton |
Bill Austin | Offensive Line |
Zeke Bratkowski | Quarterbacks |
Ray Callahan | Defensive Line |
Bud Carson | Defensive Coordinator |
Mike Faulkiner | Special Assistant to the Head Coach |
Bobby Hammond | Running Backs |
Rich Kotite | Offensive Coordinator/Receivers |
Larry Pasquale | Special Teams |
Dan Radakovich | Linebackers |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/10/1985 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-37 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 30097 | |
Sat | 8/17/1985 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-24 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 40371 | |
Sat | 8/24/1985 | A | New York Giants | 31-34 | L | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 63147 |
Sat | 8/31/1985 | A | Green Bay Packers | 30-20 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56753 | |
Sun | 9/8/1985 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 0-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 57123 | |
Sun | 9/15/1985 | H | Buffalo Bills | 42-3 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 63449 | |
Sun | 9/22/1985 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-3 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 53667 | |
Sun | 9/29/1985 | H | Indianapolis Colts | 25-20 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 61987 | |
Sun | 10/6/1985 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 29-20 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 51785 | |
Mon | 10/14/1985 | H | Miami Dolphins | 23-7 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 73807 | |
Sun | 10/20/1985 | A | New England Patriots | 13-20 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 58163 | |
Sun | 10/27/1985 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 17-14 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 69320 | |
Sun | 11/3/1985 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 35-17 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 59683 | |
Sun | 11/10/1985 | A | Miami Dolphins | 17-21 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 73965 | |
Sun | 11/17/1985 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 62-28 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 65344 | |
Sun | 11/24/1985 | H | New England Patriots | 16-13 | W | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 74100 |
Thu | 11/28/1985 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-31 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 65531 | |
Sun | 12/8/1985 | A | Buffalo Bills | 27-7 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 23122 | |
Sat | 12/14/1985 | H | Chicago Bears | 6-19 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 74752 | |
Sun | 12/22/1985 | H | Cleveland Browns | 37-10 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 59073 | |
AFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
Sat | 12/28/1985 | H | New England Patriots | 14-26 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 70958 |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Sid Abramowitz | 69 | OT | 6-6 | 281 | 25 | Air Force; Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
Dan Alexander | 60 | ROG | 6-4 | 271 | 30 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
Tom Baldwin | 95 | DT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Wisconsin; Thornton JC; Tulsa | 16 | 0 |
Ted Banker | 63 | ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 270 | 24 | Southeast Missouri State | 16 | 4 |
Marion Barber | 31 | FB | 6-3 | 228 | 26 | Minnesota | 8 | 1 |
Barry Bennett | 78 | RDE | 6-4 | 259 | 30 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 16 | 16 |
Guy Bingham | 64 | C-LOT | 6-3 | 260 | 27 | Montana | 16 | 3 |
Dennis Bligen | 23 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | St. John's (New York) | 9 | 0 |
Nick Bruckner | 22 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Nassau CC; Syracuse | 9 | 0 |
Russell Carter | 27 | RCB-FS | 6-2 | 197 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 8 | 8 |
Kyle Clifton | 59 | LILB-MLB-LLB | 6-4 | 234 | 23 | Texas Christian | 16 | 16 |
Bob Crable | 50 | ROLB-RLB | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Notre Dame | 10 | 2 |
Chy Davidson | 88 | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Rhode Island | 1 | 0 |
Donnie Elder | 37 | CB | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | Memphis | 10 | 0 |
Jim Eliopulos | 52 | LB | 6-3 | 231 | 26 | Westminster; Wyoming | 8 | 0 |
Ron Faurot | 74 | ROLB | 6-7 | 262 | 23 | Arkansas | 5 | 4 |
Joe Fields | 65 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 32 | Rutgers-Camden; Widener | 15 | 14 |
Larry Flowers | 38 | S | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Texas Tech | 6 | 0 |
Mark Gastineau | 99 | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 29 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona State; East Central | 16 | 12 |
Kerry Glenn | 35 | RCB | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | Minnesota | 16 | 6 |
Billy Griggs | 81 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Virginia | 16 | 3 |
Rusty Guilbeau | 94 | ROLB | 6-4 | 243 | 27 | McNeese State | 14 | 7 |
Harry Hamilton | 39 | FS-SS | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | Penn State | 11 | 11 |
Johnny Hector | 34 | FB-RB | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | Texas A&M | 14 | 5 |
Carl Howard | 28 | CB | 6-2 | 189 | 24 | Rutgers | 3 | 0 |
Bobby Humphery | 84 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | New Mexico State | 12 | 0 |
Bobby Jackson | 40 | LCB | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Florida State | 12 | 11 |
Charles Jackson | 55 | LOLB-LLB | 6-2 | 236 | 30 | Washington | 16 | 14 |
Dave Jennings | 13 | P | 6-4 | 202 | 33 | St. Lawrence | 16 | 0 |
Joe Klecko | 73 | NT-RDT | 6-3 | 263 | 32 | Temple | 16 | 16 |
Rocky Klever | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 26 | Montana | 16 | 6 |
Pat Leahy | 5 | K | 6-0 | 196 | 34 | St. Louis | 16 | 0 |
Lester Lyles | 26 | S | 6-3 | 212 | 23 | Virginia | 6 | 0 |
Johnny Lynn | 29 | FS-LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 196 | 29 | UCLA | 14 | 12 |
Marty Lyons | 93 | LDE-LDT | 6-5 | 269 | 28 | Alabama | 16 | 8 |
Reggie McElroy | 68 | LOT | 6-6 | 273 | 25 | West Texas A&M | 13 | 11 |
Freeman McNeil | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | UCLA | 14 | 13 |
Lance Mehl | 56 | RILB-RLB-MLB | 6-3 | 233 | 27 | Penn State | 16 | 16 |
Rich Miano | 36 | FS | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Hawaii | 16 | 1 |
Cedric Minter | 25 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | Boise State | 3 | 0 |
Matt Monger | 58 | LB | 6-1 | 239 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 15 | 0 |
Davlin Mullen | 20 | LCB | 6-1 | 177 | 25 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 1 |
Ken O'Brien | 7 | QB | 6-4 | 207 | 25 | Sacramento State; UC Davis | 16 | 16 |
Tony Paige | 49 | FB | 5-11 | 235 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 16 | 9 |
Marvin Powell | 79 | ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 30 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
Ben Rudolph | 76 | DE | 6-5 | 271 | 28 | Sequoias JC; Long Beach State | 16 | 1 |
Pat Ryan | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 30 | Tennessee | 16 | 0 |
Billy Shields | 66 | LOT | 6-8 | 281 | 32 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 2 |
Mickey Shuler | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 29 | Penn State | 16 | 13 |
Mark Shumate | 71 | OT | 6-5 | 265 | 25 | Wisconsin | 4 | 0 |
Kurt Sohn | 87 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Nassau CC; North Carolina State; Fordham | 15 | 6 |
Kirk Springs | 21 | SS | 6-0 | 197 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 16 | 14 |
Jim Sweeney | 53 | LOG | 6-4 | 285 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
Al Toon | 88 | WR | 6-4 | 205 | 22 | Wisconsin | 15 | 8 |
Jojo Townsell | 83 | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | UCLA | 16 | 6 |
Wesley Walker | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 30 | California | 12 | 10 |
John Woodring | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Brown | 2 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 10 | Al Toon | WR | Wisconsin |
2 | 40 | Lester Lyles | DB | Virginia |
3 | 67 | Donnie Elder | DB | Memphis |
4 | 94 | Doug Allen | WR | Arizona State |
5 | 120 | Troy Benson | LB | Pittsburgh |
5 | 124 | Brian Luft | DT | Southern California |
5 | 134 | Tony Smith | WR | San Jose State |
6 | 151 | Jeff Deaton | G | Stanford |
6 | 166 | Rich Miano | DB | Hawaii |
8 | 208 | Matt Monger | LB | Oklahoma State |
9 | 235 | Mike Waters | RB | San Diego State |
10 | 262 | Kerry Glenn | DB | Minnesota |
11 | 292 | Brad White | DE | Texas Tech |
12 | 319 | Bill Wallace | WR | Pittsburgh |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 70 | 128 | 111 | 81 | 3 | 393 |
Opponents Totals | 50 | 91 | 59 | 64 | 0 | 264 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 31:11 | 344 | 121 | 201 | 22 | 99/237 41.8% | 12/19 63.2% | 119 | 907 |
Opponents Totals | 28:49 | 276 | 85 | 154 | 37 | 66/208 31.7% | 7/16 43.8% | 113 | 868 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Leahy | 0 | 43 | 45 | 95.6 | 26 | 34 | 76.5 | 0 | 121 |
Tony Paige | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
Mickey Shuler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Johnny Hector | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Wesley Walker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||
Freeman McNeil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Kurt Sohn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Al Toon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Rocky Klever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Tom Baldwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dennis Bligen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Kerry Glenn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 45 | 43 | 45 | 95.6 | 26 | 34 | 76.5 | 1 | 393 |
Opponents Totals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 18 | 25 | 72.0 | 0 | 264 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Leahy | 26 | 34 | 76.5 | 1 | 49 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 2/4 | 4/22 | 0/0 |
Team Totals | 26 | 34 | 76.5 | 1 | 55 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 18 | 25 | 72.0 | 3/3 | 6/6 | 6/8 | 2/6 | 1/2 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freeman McNeil | 294 | 1331 | 4.5 | 69 | 3 |
Johnny Hector | 145 | 572 | 3.9 | 22 | 6 |
Tony Paige | 55 | 158 | 2.9 | 30 | 8 |
Dennis Bligen | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 28t | 1 |
Ken O'Brien | 25 | 58 | 2.3 | 22 | 0 |
Marion Barber | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 |
Cedric Minter | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
Kurt Sohn | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Bobby Humphery | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Al Toon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Pat Ryan | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | -1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 564 | 2312 | 4.1 | 69 | 18 |
Opponents Totals | 433 | 1516 | 3.5 | 57 | 10 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken O'Brien | 488 | 297 | 60.9 | 183 | 3888 | 8.0 | 13.1 | 96t | 25 | 5.1 | 8 | 1.6 | 62 | 399 | 3489 | 96.2 |
Pat Ryan | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 3 | 95 | 10.6 | 15.8 | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 101.6 |
Team Totals | 497 | 303 | 61.0 | 186 | 3983 | 8.0 | 13.1 | 96t | 25 | 5.0 | 8 | 1.6 | 62 | 399 | 3584 | 96.3 |
Opponents Totals | 507 | 267 | 52.7 | 218 | 3626 | 7.2 | 13.6 | 72t | 17 | 3.4 | 22 | 4.3 | 49 | 370 | 3256 | 68.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mickey Shuler | 76 | 879 | 11.6 | 35 | 7 |
Al Toon | 46 | 662 | 14.4 | 78t | 3 |
Kurt Sohn | 39 | 534 | 13.7 | 39t | 4 |
Freeman McNeil | 38 | 427 | 11.2 | 25 | 2 |
Wesley Walker | 34 | 725 | 21.3 | 96t | 5 |
Tony Paige | 18 | 120 | 6.7 | 19 | 2 |
Johnny Hector | 17 | 164 | 9.6 | 28 | 0 |
Rocky Klever | 14 | 183 | 13.1 | 23 | 2 |
Jojo Townsell | 12 | 187 | 15.6 | 36 | 0 |
Dennis Bligen | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 |
Marion Barber | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
Cedric Minter | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 303 | 3983 | 13.1 | 96t | 25 |
Opponents Totals | 267 | 3626 | 13.6 | 72t | 17 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kerry Glenn | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 15t | 1 |
Bobby Jackson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
Lance Mehl | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
Davlin Mullen | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
Kyle Clifton | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
Harry Hamilton | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Rich Miano | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
Johnny Lynn | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Team Totals | 22 | 127 | 5.8 | 24 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 76t | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Jennings | 74 | 2978 | 40.2 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 319 | 2499 | 33.8 |
Team Totals | 74 | 2978 | 40.2 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 319 | 2499 | 33.8 |
Opponents Totals | 88 | 3679 | 41.8 | 74 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 386 | 3093 | 35.1 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kurt Sohn | 16 | 5 | 149 | 9.3 | 46 | 0 |
Kirk Springs | 14 | 4 | 147 | 10.5 | 40 | 0 |
Jojo Townsell | 6 | 1 | 65 | 10.8 | 22 | 0 |
Cedric Minter | 2 | 4 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
Bobby Humphery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 39 | 14 | 386 | 9.9 | 46 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 36 | 10 | 319 | 8.9 | 37t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Humphery | 17 | 0 | 363 | 21.4 | 56 | 0 |
Johnny Hector | 11 | 0 | 274 | 24.9 | 47 | 0 |
Kirk Springs | 10 | 0 | 227 | 22.7 | 58 | 0 |
Kerry Glenn | 5 | 0 | 71 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 |
Donnie Elder | 3 | 0 | 42 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
Kurt Sohn | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
Jojo Townsell | 2 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
Cedric Minter | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Rocky Klever | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 53 | 0 | 1043 | 19.7 | 58 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 58 | 0 | 1135 | 19.6 | 45 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Mark Gastineau | 13.5 | |
Joe Klecko | 7.5 | |
Barry Bennett | 7.5 | |
Marty Lyons | 6.5 | |
Lance Mehl | 5.5 | |
Lester Lyles | 3.0 | |
Rusty Guilbeau | 2.0 | |
Harry Hamilton | 1.0 | |
Bob Crable | 1.0 | |
Russell Carter | 1.0 | |
Kirk Springs | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 49.0 | 370.0 |
Opponents Totals | 62.0 | 399.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Dennis Bligen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kyle Clifton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Crable | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Donnie Elder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Fields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Gastineau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Kerry Glenn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 |
Rusty Guilbeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Hector | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Humphery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Charles Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Klecko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rocky Klever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lester Lyles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
Johnny Lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Reggie McElroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Freeman McNeil | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lance Mehl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Matt Monger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ken O'Brien | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Paige | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mickey Shuler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Kirk Springs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Jojo Townsell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Wesley Walker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 35 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 60 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 42 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 1 |
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