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1985 New York Jets

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 393 points (24.6/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 264 points (16.5/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 129 points (8.1/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 11.5-4.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +13 (0.8/g), 2nd.

Coached by Joe Walton (11-5-0)

1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box L 0-1 @ Los Angeles Raiders 0 31 14 193 131 62 2 19 356 234 122
2 Sun September 15 box W 1-1 Buffalo Bills 42 3 27 532 244 288 16 270 188 82 5
3 Sun September 22 box W 2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 24 3 15 226 120 106 10 193 122 71 4
4 Sun September 29 box W 3-1 Indianapolis Colts 25 20 23 392 227 165 1 17 320 217 103 1
5 Sun October 6 box W 4-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 29 20 21 255 178 77 1 25 301 212 89 1
6 Mon October 14 box W 5-1 Miami Dolphins 23 7 27 476 231 245 13 200 126 74 1
7 Sun October 20 box L 5-2 @ New England Patriots 13 20 13 303 220 83 3 20 284 155 129 1
8 Sun October 27 box W 6-2 Seattle Seahawks 17 14 22 335 123 212 3 14 252 114 138 3
9 Sun November 3 box W 7-2 @ Indianapolis Colts 35 17 19 349 148 201 3 15 258 205 53 5
10 Sun November 10 box L 7-3 @ Miami Dolphins 17 21 27 491 371 120 2 19 400 347 53 5
11 Sun November 17 box W 8-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 62 28 35 581 379 202 3 15 212 190 22 5
12 Sun November 24 box W 9-3 New England Patriots 16 13 20 401 291 110 2 21 399 225 174 2
13 Thu November 28 box L 9-4 @ Detroit Lions 20 31 23 357 239 118 2 18 330 264 66 1
14 Sun December 8 box W 10-4 @ Buffalo Bills 27 7 24 485 367 118 2 22 436 350 86 4
15 Sat December 14 box L 10-5 Chicago Bears 6 19 11 159 89 70 3 20 319 203 116 1
16 Sun December 22 box W 11-5 Cleveland Browns 37 10 23 361 226 135 2 12 242 104 138 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sat December 28 box L 11-6 New England Patriots 14 26 15 240 182 58 4 12 258 159 99

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 393 5896 1123 5.3 344 303 497 3584 25 8 6.4 201 564 2312 18 4.1 121 29 21 22
Team Defense 264 4772 989 4.8 276 267 507 3256 17 22 5.9 154 433 1516 10 3.5 85 42 20 37
Lg Rank Offense 7 4 4 20 9 7 1 5 5 7 11 13 1 24
Lg Rank Defense 3 8 6 13 16 5 12 15 4 3 5 2 7 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
7 Ken O'Brien* 25 QB 16 16 11-5-0 297 488 60.9 3888 25 5.1 8 1.6 96 8.0 8.3 13.1 243.0 96.2 62 399 6.3 6.6 11.3
10 Pat Ryan 30 16 0 6 9 66.7 95 0 0.0 0 0.0 50 10.6 10.6 15.8 5.9 101.6 0 0 10.6 10.6 0.0
Team Total 26.4 16 11-5-0 303 497 61.0 3983 25 5.0 8 1.6 96 8.0 8.3 13.1 248.9 96.3 62 399 6.4 6.7 11.1
Opp Total 16 267 507 52.7 3626 17 3.4 22 4.3 7.2 5.9 13.6 226.6 68.9 49 370 5.9 4.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
24 Freeman McNeil* 26 RB 14 13 294 1331 3 69 4.5 95.1 21.0 38 427 11.2 2 25 2.7 30.5 1758 5 9
34 Johnny Hector 25 rb 14 5 145 572 6 22 3.9 40.9 10.4 17 164 9.6 0 28 1.2 11.7 736 6 2
49 Tony Paige 23 FB 16 9 55 158 8 30 2.9 9.9 3.4 18 120 6.7 2 19 1.1 7.5 278 10 1
7 Ken O'Brien* 25 QB 16 16 25 58 0 22 2.3 3.6 1.6 58 0 14
23 Dennis Bligen 23 9 0 22 107 1 28 4.9 11.9 2.4 5 43 8.6 0 14 0.6 4.8 150 1 1
31 Marion Barber 26 8 1 9 41 0 10 4.6 5.1 1.1 3 46 15.3 0 22 0.4 5.8 87 0 0
25 Cedric Minter 27 3 0 8 23 0 11 2.9 7.7 2.7 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.3 4.3 36 0 0
10 Pat Ryan 30 16 0 3 -5 0 -1 -1.7 -0.3 0.2 -5 0 0
88 Al Toon 22 WR 15 8 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 46 662 14.4 3 78 3.1 44.1 667 3 0
87 Kurt Sohn 28 wr 15 6 1 12 0 12 12.0 0.8 0.1 39 534 13.7 4 39 2.6 35.6 546 4 0
84 Bobby Humphery 24 RET 12 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.8 0.1 10 0 2
82 Mickey Shuler 29 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 76 879 11.6 7 35 4.8 54.9 879 7 1
85 Wesley Walker 30 WR 12 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 725 21.3 5 96 2.8 60.4 725 5 1
89 Rocky Klever 26 te 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 183 13.1 2 23 0.9 11.4 183 2 0
83 Jo-Jo Townsell 25 wr 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 187 15.6 0 36 0.8 11.7 187 0 1
Team Total 26.4 16 564 2312 18 69 4.1 144.5 35.3 303 3983 13.1 25 96 18.9 248.9 6295 43 35
Opp Total 16 433 1516 10 3.5 94.8 27.1 267 3256 12.2 17 16.7 203.5 4772 27 42

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
21 Kirk Springs 27 SS 16 14 14 147 0 40 10.5 10 227 0 58 22.7 374
87 Kurt Sohn 28 wr 15 6 16 149 0 46 9.3 3 7 0 4 2.3 702
84 Bobby Humphery 24 RET 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 17 363 0 56 21.4 373
34 Johnny Hector 25 rb 14 5 11 274 0 47 24.9 1010
83 Jo-Jo Townsell 25 wr 16 6 6 65 0 2 10.8 2 42 0 23 21.0 294
35 Kerry Glenn 23 rcb 16 6 5 71 0 20 14.2 71
37 Donnie Elder 23 10 0 3 42 0 25 14.0 42
25 Cedric Minter 27 3 0 2 25 0 20 12.5 1 14 0 14 14.0 75
89 Rocky Klever 26 te 16 6 1 3 0 3 3.0 186
Team Total 26.4 16 39 386 0 46 9.9 53 1043 0 58 19.7 7724
Opp Total 16 36 1 58 1135 0 19.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
5 Pat Leahy 34 K 16 0 2 2 11 11 8 6 8 4 5 3 34 26 76.5% 45 43 95.6%
13 Dave Jennings 33 P 16 0 74 2978 66 0 40.2
Team Total 26.4 16 2 2 11 11 8 6 8 4 5 3 34 26 76.5% 45 43 95.6% 74 2978 66 0 40.2
Opp Total 16 25 18 72.0% 30 30 100.0% 88 3678 41.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
59 Kyle Clifton 23 LILB 16 16 3 10 0 10 2 0 2 0 0 160
36 Rich Miano 23 16 1 2 9 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 47
7 Ken O'Brien* 25 QB 16 16 14 4 0 0
99 Mark Gastineau* 29 LDE 16 12 13.5 0 3 0 0
56 Lance Mehl* 27 RILB 16 16 5.5 3 33 0 18 1 0 0 0
24 Freeman McNeil* 26 RB 14 13 9 0 0 0
73 Joe Klecko*+ 32 NT 16 16 7.5 0 1 0 0
78 Barry Bennett 30 RDE 16 16 7.5
93 Marty Lyons 28 lde 16 8 6.5
35 Kerry Glenn 23 rcb 16 6 4 15 1 15 0 2 31 0
39 Harry Hamilton 23 FS 11 11 1.0 2 14 0 14 0 1 0 0
40 Bobby Jackson 29 LCB 12 11 4 8 0 8
26 Lester Lyles 23 6 0 3.0 0 1 13 0
21 Kirk Springs 27 SS 16 14 0.5 1 2 0 0
94 Rusty Guilbeau 27 ROLB 14 7 2.0 0 1 0 0
34 Johnny Hector 25 rb 14 5 2 1 0 0
84 Bobby Humphery 24 RET 12 0 2 1 0 0
20 Davlin Mullen 25 11 1 3 14 0 14
50 Bob Crable 26 10 2 1.0 0 1 0 0
29 Johnny Lynn 29 lcb 14 12 1 24 0 24 0 1 7 0
58 Matt Monger 24 15 0 0 2 0 0
49 Tony Paige 23 FB 16 9 1 1 0 0
82 Mickey Shuler 29 TE 16 13 1 1 0 0
83 Jo-Jo Townsell 25 wr 16 6 1 1 0 0
85 Wesley Walker 30 WR 12 10 1 1 0 0 1
95 Tom Baldwin 24 16 0 0 1 9 1
23 Dennis Bligen 23 9 0 1 0 0 0
27 Russell Carter 23 RCB 8 8 1.0
37 Donnie Elder 23 10 0 1 0 0 0
65 Joe Fields 32 C 15 14 0 1 0 0
55 Charles Jackson 30 LOLB 16 14 0 1 0 0
89 Rocky Klever 26 te 16 6 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 49.0 22 127 1 24 3 35 31 60 1 207 1
Opp Total 16 62 42 22

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
5 Pat Leahy 34 K 16 0 43 26 121
49 Tony Paige 23 FB 16 9 8 2 10 60
82 Mickey Shuler 29 TE 16 13 7 7 42
34 Johnny Hector 25 rb 14 5 6 6 36
85 Wesley Walker 30 WR 12 10 5 5 1 32
24 Freeman McNeil* 26 RB 14 13 3 2 5 30
87 Kurt Sohn 28 wr 15 6 4 4 24
88 Al Toon 22 WR 15 8 3 3 18
89 Rocky Klever 26 te 16 6 2 2 12
95 Tom Baldwin 24 16 0 1 1 6
23 Dennis Bligen 23 9 0 1 1 6
35 Kerry Glenn 23 rcb 16 6 1 1 6
Team Total 26.4 16 18 25 1 1 45 43 26 1 393
Opp Total 16 10 17 1 30 18 264