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1986 New York Jets

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 364 points (22.8/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 386 points (24.1/g), 22nd.
 Differential of -22 points (-1.4/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 7.4-8.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 13th.

Coached by Joe Walton (10-6-0)

1986 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box W 1-0 @ Buffalo Bills 28 24 19 390 287 103 19 368 289 79 2
2 Thu September 11 box L 1-1 New England Patriots 6 20 14 221 151 70 3 21 265 138 127 1
3 Sun September 21 box W 2-1 Miami Dolphins 51 45 32 581 449 132 4 27 485 435 50 3
4 Sun September 28 box W 3-1 @ Indianapolis Colts 26 7 17 251 166 85 5 16 282 230 52 4
5 Sun October 5 box W 4-1 Buffalo Bills 14 13 20 382 272 110 1 16 320 194 126 1
6 Sun October 12 box W 5-1 @ New England Patriots 31 24 24 322 145 177 19 400 383 17 2
7 Mon October 20 box W 6-1 Denver Broncos 22 10 20 211 74 137 19 279 232 47 3
8 Sun October 26 box W 7-1 New Orleans Saints 28 23 20 281 226 55 2 21 304 243 61 5
9 Sun November 2 box W 8-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 38 7 22 553 427 126 16 322 271 51 3
10 Sun November 9 box W 9-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 28 14 22 426 322 104 23 393 305 88 2
11 Sun November 16 box W 10-1 Indianapolis Colts 31 16 19 360 218 142 4 23 408 350 58 6
12 Mon November 24 box L 10-2 @ Miami Dolphins 3 45 17 280 191 89 4 31 514 325 189
13 Sun November 30 box L 10-3 Los Angeles Rams 3 17 19 350 261 89 4 14 293 155 138 2
14 Sun December 7 box L 10-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 10 24 16 199 161 38 3 27 432 234 198 1
15 Sat December 13 box L 10-5 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 45 22 369 223 146 4 25 364 189 175 1
16 Sun December 21 box L 10-6 @ Cincinnati Bengals 21 52 16 199 73 126 3 32 621 416 205 2
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 28 box W 11-6 Kansas City Chiefs 35 15
Division Sat January 3 box L 11-7 @ Cleveland Browns 20 23

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 364 5375 1072 5.0 319 334 537 3646 27 21 6.3 191 490 1729 16 3.5 104 37 16 24
Team Defense 386 6050 1081 5.6 606 348 603 4389 35 20 7.0 216 450 1661 12 3.7 349 38 18 41
Lg Rank Offense 11 11 8 12 9 4 16 10 11 18 10 23 15 13
Lg Rank Defense 22 26 28 27 28 28 14 27 6 6 9 7 10 8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Ken O'Brien 26 QB 15 14 300 482 62.2 3690 25 5.2 20 4.1 83 7.7 6.3 12.3 246.0 85.8 40 353 6.4 5.1 7.7
Pat Ryan 31 16 2 34 55 61.8 342 2 3.6 1 1.8 36 6.2 5.8 10.1 21.4 84.1 5 33 5.2 4.7 8.3
Team Total 27.2 16 334 537 62.2 4032 27 5.0 21 3.9 83 7.5 6.3 12.1 252.0 85.7 45 386 6.3 5.1 7.7
Opp Total 16 348 603 57.7 4389 35 5.8 20 3.3 7.3 6.4 12.6 274.3 86.0 28 178 7.0 5.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Freeman McNeil 27 RB 12 11 214 856 5 40 4.0 71.3 17.8 49 410 8.4 1 26 4.1 34.2 1266 6 8
Johnny Hector 26 rb 13 6 164 605 8 41 3.7 46.5 12.6 33 302 9.2 0 23 2.5 23.2 907 8 2
Tony Paige 24 FB 16 7 47 109 2 9 2.3 6.8 2.9 18 121 6.7 0 18 1.1 7.6 230 2 2
Dennis Bligen 24 4 2 20 65 1 10 3.3 16.3 5.0 2 6 3.0 0 4 0.5 1.5 71 1 2
Ken O'Brien 26 QB 15 14 17 46 0 11 2.7 3.1 1.1 46 0 10
Marion Barber 27 15 0 11 27 0 8 2.5 1.8 0.7 5 36 7.2 0 16 0.3 2.4 63 0 1
Pat Ryan 31 16 2 8 28 0 18 3.5 1.8 0.5 28 0 0
Nuu Faaola 22 12 0 3 5 0 2 1.7 0.4 0.3 5 0 0
Al Toon*+ 23 WR 16 16 2 -3 0 2 -1.5 -0.2 0.1 85 1176 13.8 8 62 5.3 73.5 1173 8 3
Kurt Sohn 29 RET 15 1 2 -11 0 -3 -5.5 -0.7 0.1 8 129 16.1 2 24 0.5 8.6 118 2 3
Jo-Jo Townsell 26 14 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 0.8 13 0 0
Dave Jennings 34 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Mickey Shuler* 30 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 69 675 9.8 4 36 4.3 42.2 675 4 0
Wesley Walker 31 WR 16 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 49 1016 20.7 12 83 3.1 63.5 1016 12 3
Rocky Klever 27 te 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 150 10.0 0 21 0.9 9.4 150 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 490 1729 16 41 3.5 108.1 30.6 334 4032 12.1 27 83 20.9 252.0 5761 43 37
Opp Total 16 450 1661 12 3.7 103.8 28.1 348 4389 12.6 35 21.8 274.3 6050 47 48

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Kurt Sohn 29 RET 15 1 35 289 0 27 8.3 7 124 0 36 17.7 531
Bobby Humphery 25 RET 16 1 28 655 1 96 23.4 655
Jo-Jo Townsell 26 14 1 4 52 0 28 13.0 13 322 1 93 24.8 387
Michael Harper 25 16 0 7 71 0 19 10.1 71
Ben Rudolph 29 16 3 3 17 0 10 5.7 17
Tom Baldwin 25 nt 16 6 2 3 0 4 1.5 3
Mickey Shuler* 30 TE 16 16 2 -3 0 0 -1.5 672
Johnny Lynn 30 fs 16 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 39 341 0 28 8.7 63 1189 2 96 18.9 7291
Opp Total 16 36 0 62 1307 0 21.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Dave Jennings 34 P 16 0 85 3353 55 0 39.4
Pat Leahy 35 K 16 0 1 1 5 5 4 4 8 5 1 1 19 16 84.2% 44 44 100.0%
Team Total 27.2 16 1 1 5 5 4 4 8 5 1 1 19 16 84.2% 44 44 100.0% 85 3353 55 0 39.4
Opp Total 16 27 16 59.3% 48 48 100.0% 75 2978 39.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Ken O'Brien 26 QB 15 14 10 5 -3 0
Freeman McNeil 27 RB 12 11 8 0 -17 0
Bob Crable 27 ROLB 16 15 3.5 1 26 0 26 0 3 42 0
Bobby Humphery 25 RET 16 1 4.0 1 2 0 0 1
Lester Lyles 24 SS 16 14 1.0 5 36 0 22 0 1 16 0
Jerry Holmes 29 LCB 15 13 6 29 0 28
Johnny Lynn 30 fs 16 7 5 36 0 26
Joe Klecko 33 NT 11 10 4.0
Marty Lyons 29 LDE 12 11 3.0 0 1 0 0
Kurt Sohn 29 RET 15 1 3 1 0 0
Al Toon*+ 23 WR 16 16 3 1 0 0
Barry Bennett 31 RDE 16 15 3.5
Tom Baldwin 25 nt 16 6 1.0 1 1 0 0
Kyle Clifton 24 LILB 16 16 2 8 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 174
Harry Hamilton 24 FS 15 11 1 29 0 29 0 2 28 0
Michael Harper 25 16 0 0 3 0 0
Wesley Walker 31 WR 16 8 3 0 0 0
Dennis Bligen 24 4 2 2 0 0 0
Mark Gastineau 30 rde 10 7 2.0
Johnny Hector 26 rb 13 6 2 0 0 0
Charles Jackson 31 LOLB 15 14 2.0
Dave Jennings 34 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Lance Mehl 28 RILB 8 7 1.0 0 1 0 0
Tony Paige 24 FB 16 7 2 0 0 0
Marion Barber 27 15 0 1 0 0 0
Guy Bingham 28 c 16 9 0 1 0 0
Russell Carter 24 RCB 13 13 0 1 0 0
Elvis Franks 29 3 0 1.0
Kerry Glenn 24 1 1 0 1 0 0
Carl Howard 25 14 3 0 1 4 0
Kevin McArthur 24 8 1 1.0
Reggie McElroy 26 RT 8 8 0 1 -2 0
Matt Monger 25 16 1 0 1 0 0
Ben Rudolph 29 16 3 1.0
Mickey Shuler* 30 TE 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 28.0 20 164 0 29 1 37 30 68 0 187 1
Opp Total 16 45 48 30 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Pat Leahy 35 K 16 0 44 16 92
Wesley Walker 31 WR 16 8 12 72
Johnny Hector 26 rb 13 6 8 48
Al Toon*+ 23 WR 16 16 8 48
Freeman McNeil 27 RB 12 11 5 1 36
Mickey Shuler* 30 TE 16 16 4 24
Tony Paige 24 FB 16 7 2 12
Kurt Sohn 29 RET 15 1 2 12
Bobby Humphery 25 RET 16 1 1 1 8
Dennis Bligen 24 4 2 1 6
Jo-Jo Townsell 26 14 1 1 6
Team Total 27.2 16 16 27 2 44 16 1 364
Opp Total 16 12 35 48 16 1 386