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1989 New York Jets

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 253 points (15.8/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 411 points (25.7/g), 25th.
 Differential of -158 points (-9.9/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 3.8-12.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -17 (-1.1/g), 25th.

Coached by Joe Walton (4-12-0)

1989 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 10 box L 0-1 New England Patriots 24 27 14 304 255 49 1 26 427 273 154 3
2 Sun September 17 box L 0-2 @ Cleveland Browns 24 38 21 382 246 136 4 18 277 192 85 1
3 Sun September 24 box W 1-2 @ Miami Dolphins 40 33 25 411 309 102 2 30 524 446 78 2
4 Sun October 1 box L 1-3 Indianapolis Colts 10 17 18 245 182 63 2 17 316 242 74 2
5 Mon October 9 box L 1-4 Los Angeles Raiders 7 14 20 392 302 90 2 14 315 185 130 1
6 Sun October 15 box L 1-5 @ New Orleans Saints 14 29 15 251 199 52 4 20 418 266 152 4
7 Sun October 22 box L 1-6 @ Buffalo Bills 3 34 9 154 115 39 3 22 343 139 204
8 Sun October 29 box L 1-7 San Francisco 49ers 10 23 19 251 121 130 2 20 399 240 159 1
9 Sun November 5 box W 2-7 @ New England Patriots 27 26 19 486 374 112 27 453 318 135 1
10 Sun November 12 box L 2-8 Miami Dolphins 23 31 23 410 274 136 3 19 447 344 103 3
11 Sun November 19 box L 2-9 @ Indianapolis Colts 10 27 22 354 244 110 3 23 424 239 185
12 Sun November 26 box W 3-9 Atlanta Falcons 27 7 24 318 138 180 2 12 213 147 66 1
13 Sun December 3 box W 4-9 @ San Diego Chargers 20 17 19 249 68 181 4 14 258 187 71 2
14 Sun December 10 box L 4-10 Pittsburgh Steelers 0 13 19 313 243 70 3 17 317 160 157 1
15 Sun December 17 box L 4-11 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 38 14 291 199 92 4 21 422 272 150 1
16 Sat December 23 box L 4-12 Buffalo Bills 0 37 11 200 146 54 2 28 441 208 233 1

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 253 5011 1032 4.9 292 338 570 3415 14 24 5.4 189 400 1596 11 4.0 91 41 17 12
Team Defense 411 5994 1059 5.7 529 282 514 3858 31 15 7.1 178 517 2136 16 4.1 328 24 9 23
Lg Rank Offense 26 17 17 6 12 24 21 27 24 22 20 12 21 19
Lg Rank Defense 25 27 22 16 25 28 24 26 24 24 19 21 25 27

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 29 QB 15 12 288 477 60.4 3346 12 2.5 18 3.8 57 7.0 5.6 11.6 223.1 74.3 50 391 5.6 4.3 9.5
Tony Eason 30 2 2 22 36 61.1 255 1 2.8 2 5.6 63 7.1 4.9 11.6 127.5 68.6 7 42 5.0 3.1 16.3
Pat Ryan 34 7 1 15 30 50.0 153 1 3.3 3 10.0 25 5.1 0.9 10.2 21.9 36.5 2 26 4.0 0.1 6.3
Kyle Mackey 27 4 1 11 25 44.0 125 0 0.0 1 4.0 22 5.0 3.2 11.4 31.3 42.9 3 18 3.8 2.2 10.7
Mark Malone 31 1 0 2 2 100.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 6.5 6.5 6.5 13.0 93.7 0 0 6.5 6.5 0.0
Team Total 26.8 16 338 570 59.3 3892 14 2.5 24 4.2 63 6.8 5.2 11.5 243.3 70.6 62 477 5.4 3.9 9.8
Opp Total 16 282 514 54.9 3858 31 6.0 15 2.9 7.5 6.8 13.7 241.1 87.0 28 177 7.1 6.1

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
Johnny Hector 29 RB 15 9 177 702 3 24 4.0 46.8 11.8 38 330 8.7 2 32 2.5 22.0 1032 5 1
Roger Vick 25 FB 16 10 112 434 5 39 3.9 27.1 7.0 34 241 7.1 2 21 2.1 15.1 675 7 4
Freeman McNeil 30 rb 11 7 80 352 2 19 4.4 32.0 7.3 31 310 10.0 1 25 2.8 28.2 662 3 1
A.B. Brown 24 16 0 12 63 0 17 5.3 3.9 0.8 4 10 2.5 0 6 0.3 0.6 73 0 0
Ken O'Brien 29 QB 15 12 9 18 0 5 2.0 1.2 0.6 18 0 10
Kyle Mackey 27 4 1 2 3 0 5 1.5 0.8 0.5 3 0 1
Chris Burkett 27 13 3 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 21 278 13.2 1 30 1.6 21.4 274 1 0
Phil Epps 31 10 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 1.4 0.1 8 108 13.5 0 21 0.8 10.8 122 0 0
Michael Harper 28 6 4 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.5 0.2 7 127 18.1 0 48 1.2 21.2 130 0 0
Tony Eason 30 2 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0 0 2
Jeff Lageman 22 ROLB 16 15 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.3 0.1 -5 0 0
Mark Malone 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 1
Joe Prokop 29 P 16 0 1 17 1 17 17.0 1.1 0.1 17 1 0
Pat Ryan 34 7 1 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 -1 0 0
Al Toon 26 WR 11 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 63 693 11.0 2 37 5.7 63.0 693 2 0
Jo-Jo Townsell 29 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 787 17.5 5 63 2.8 49.2 787 5 4
Mickey Shuler 33 TE 7 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 322 11.1 0 22 4.1 46.0 322 0 0
Keith Neubert 25 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 302 10.8 1 35 1.8 18.9 302 1 2
Billy Griggs 27 5 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 112 12.4 0 23 1.8 22.4 112 0 0
Wesley Walker 34 6 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 89 11.1 0 31 1.3 14.8 89 0 0
Greg Werner 23 10 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 115 14.4 0 36 0.8 11.5 115 0 0
Chris Dressel 28 8 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 55 18.3 0 43 0.4 6.9 55 0 0
K.D. Dunn 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 13 6.5 0 8 2.0 13.0 13 0 0
Team Total 26.8 16 400 1596 11 39 4.0 99.8 25.0 338 3892 11.5 14 63 21.1 243.3 5488 25 32
Opp Total 16 517 2136 16 4.1 133.5 32.3 282 3858 13.7 31 17.6 241.1 5994 47 32

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
Jo-Jo Townsell 29 WR 16 16 33 299 0 30 9.1 34 653 0 69 19.2 1739
Bobby Humphery 28 LCB 16 16 24 414 0 52 17.3 414
Phil Epps 31 10 0 9 154 0 43 17.1 276
Titus Dixon 23 3 0 4 67 0 21 16.8 67
Gerald Nichols 25 16 0 2 9 0 7 4.5 9
Dennis Byrd 23 16 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Marvin Washington 24 16 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Team Total 26.8 16 33 299 0 30 9.1 75 1309 0 69 17.5 7096
Opp Total 16 34 1 47 1029 0 21.9

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
Joe Prokop 29 P 16 0 87 3426 76 0 39.4
Pat Leahy 38 K 16 0 1 1 7 6 4 3 8 4 1 21 14 66.7% 30 29 96.7%
Team Total 26.8 16 1 1 7 6 4 3 8 4 1 21 14 66.7% 30 29 96.7% 87 3426 76 0 39.4
Opp Total 16 31 21 67.7% 50 46 92.0% 69 2746 39.8

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 29 QB 15 12 10 4 -4 0
Erik McMillan* 24 FS 16 16 2.0 6 180 1 92 0 2 119 2
James Hasty 24 RCB 16 16 5 62 1 34 0 1 2 2 0 63
Bobby Humphery 28 LCB 16 16 4 4 0 0
Dennis Byrd 23 16 0 7.0
Jo-Jo Townsell 29 WR 16 16 4 3 0 0
Roger Vick 25 FB 16 10 4 1 0 0
Jeff Lageman 22 ROLB 16 15 4.5 1 0 0 0 0 72
Gerald Nichols 25 16 0 4.0
Kyle Clifton 27 RILB 16 16 2.0 2 0 1 0 0 162
Alex Gordon 25 LOLB 16 15 1.0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Keith Neubert 25 16 2 2 1 0 0
Marvin Washington 24 16 0 1.5 0 0 1 0 0 11
Tony Eason 30 2 2 2 0 0 0
Paul Frase 24 LDE 16 14 2.0 59
Ron Stallworth 23 rde 16 9 2.0
Kerry Glenn 27 14 0 0.5 1 0 0 0
Scott Mersereau 24 NT 16 15 0.5 1 4 0 4
Dan Alexander 34 RG 15 14 0 1 0 0
John Booty 24 9 1 1 13 0 13 20
Jeff Criswell 25 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Titus Dixon 23 3 0 1 0 0 0
Michael Harper 28 6 4 0 1 0 0
Johnny Hector 29 RB 15 9 1 0 0 0
Marty Lyons 32 RDE 10 10 1.0
Kyle Mackey 27 4 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Malone 31 1 0 1 0 -4 0
Freeman McNeil 30 rb 11 7 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.8 16 28.0 15 261 2 92 3 32 23 113 2 401
Opp Total 16 62 32 23 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 38 K 16 0 29 14 71
Roger Vick 25 FB 16 10 5 2 42
Johnny Hector 29 RB 15 9 3 2 30
Jo-Jo Townsell 29 WR 16 16 5 30
Erik McMillan* 24 FS 16 16 2 1 18
Freeman McNeil 30 rb 11 7 2 1 18
Al Toon 26 WR 11 10 2 12
Chris Burkett 27 13 3 1 6
James Hasty 24 RCB 16 16 1 6
Keith Neubert 25 16 2 1 6
Joe Prokop 29 P 16 0 1 6
George Radachowsky 27 SS 16 13 1 6
Team Total 26.8 16 11 14 2 2 1 29 14 251
Opp Total 16 16 31 1 46 21 1 411