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1981 New York Jets
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Record: 10-5-1, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 355 points (22.2/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 287 points (17.9/g), 8th.
Differential of 68 points (4.2/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 10.0-6.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 9th.
Coached by Walt Michaels (10-5-1)
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1981 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 6 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 0 | 31 | 8 | 231 | 129 | 102 | 2 | 25 | 418 | 236 | 182 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 13 | box | L | 0-2 | Cincinnati Bengals | 30 | 31 | 19 | 388 | 224 | 164 | 1 | 22 | 310 | 233 | 77 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | box | L | 0-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 38 | 16 | 258 | 174 | 84 | 2 | 33 | 566 | 223 | 343 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | September 27 | box | W | 1-3 | Houston Oilers | 33 | 17 | 25 | 478 | 307 | 171 | 2 | 16 | 221 | 105 | 116 | 6 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 4 | box | T | 1-3-1 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 28 | 28 | 32 | 546 | 304 | 242 | 3 | 17 | 399 | 301 | 98 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 11 | box | W | 2-3-1 | New England Patriots | 28 | 24 | 18 | 297 | 156 | 141 | 3 | 25 | 454 | 368 | 86 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 18 | box | W | 3-3-1 | Buffalo Bills | 33 | 14 | 21 | 374 | 174 | 200 | 1 | 14 | 288 | 242 | 46 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 25 | box | L | 3-4-1 | Seattle Seahawks | 3 | 19 | 15 | 219 | 101 | 118 | 4 | 26 | 380 | 163 | 217 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | box | W | 4-4-1 | @ | New York Giants | 26 | 7 | 13 | 299 | 185 | 114 | 1 | 10 | 166 | 111 | 55 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 8 | box | W | 5-4-1 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 41 | 14 | 28 | 393 | 271 | 122 | 21 | 332 | 218 | 114 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | box | W | 6-4-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 17 | 6 | 17 | 226 | 60 | 166 | 1 | 15 | 197 | 105 | 92 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | November 22 | box | W | 7-4-1 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 15 | 21 | 285 | 165 | 120 | 2 | 13 | 187 | 41 | 146 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | box | W | 8-4-1 | Baltimore Colts | 25 | 0 | 22 | 300 | 139 | 161 | 11 | 152 | 103 | 49 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | box | L | 8-5-1 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 23 | 27 | 23 | 395 | 276 | 119 | 3 | 18 | 383 | 256 | 127 | 4 |
| 15 | Sat | December 12 | box | W | 9-5-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 13 | 18 | 314 | 150 | 164 | 2 | 17 | 334 | 260 | 74 | 2 |
| 16 | Sun | December 20 | box | W | 10-5-1 | Green Bay Packers | 28 | 3 | 22 | 393 | 240 | 153 | 4 | 8 | 84 | 39 | 45 | 3 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 27 | box | L | 10-6-1 | Buffalo Bills | 27 | 31 | |||||||||||