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1990 New York Jets
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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 295 points (18.4/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 345 points (21.6/g), 17th.
Differential of -50 points (-3.1/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 6th.
Coached by Bruce Coslet (6-10-0)
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1990 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Ken O'Brien | 30 | 6 | 16 | 226 for 411, 2,855 yards, 13 td, 10 int, & 21 rushes for 72 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 24th pick / 1983 |
| RB | Blair Thomas | 23 | Rook | 11 | 123 rushes for 620 yards, 1 td, & 20 catches for 204 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 1st / 2nd pick / 1990 |
| FB | Brad Baxter | 23 | 1 | 9 | 124 rushes for 539 yards, 6 td, & 8 catches for 73 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 303rd pick / 1989 |
| WR | Rob Moore | 22 | Rook | 14 | 44 catches for 692 yards, 6 td, & 2 rushes for -4 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 Supp |
| WR | Al Toon | 27 | 5 | 12 | 57 catches for 757 yards, 6 td | New York Jets / 1st / 10th pick / 1985 |
| TE | Mark Boyer | 28 | 5 | 16 | 40 catches for 334 yards, 1 td | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 229th pick / 1985 |
| LT | Jeff Criswell | 26 | 3 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Mike Haight | 28 | 4 | 14 | New York Jets / 1st / 22nd pick / 1986 |
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| C | Jim Sweeney | 28 | 6 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 2nd / 37th pick / 1984 |
| C | Trevor Matich | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 1st / 28th pick / 1985 |
| C | Dwayne White | 23 | Rook | 5 | New York Jets / 7th / 167th pick / 1990 |
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| RG | Dave Cadigan | 25 | 2 | 5 | New York Jets / 1st / 8th pick / 1988 |
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| RT | Brett Miller | 32 | 7 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 129th pick / 1983 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron Stallworth | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 4th / 98th pick / 1989 |
| NT | Scott Mersereau | 25 | 3 | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 136th pick / 1987 |
| RDT | Dennis Byrd | 24 | 1 | 16 | 13.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1989 |
| RDE | Jeff Lageman | 23 | 1 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 1st / 14th pick / 1989 |
| LLB | Joe Mott | 25 | 1 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 70th pick / 1989 |
| MLB | Kyle Clifton | 28 | 6 | 16 | 0.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 64th pick / 1984 |
| RLB | Joe Kelly | 26 | 4 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 11th pick / 1986 |
| LCB | Tony Stargell | 24 | Rook | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 56th pick / 1990 |
| RCB | James Hasty | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 74th pick / 1988 |
| SS | Brian Washington | 25 | 2 | 13 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 272nd pick / 1988 |
| FS | Erik McMillan | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1988 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pat Leahy | 39 | 16 | 0 | 23 of 26 field goals & 32 of 32 extra points | |
| P | Joe Prokop | 30 | 5 | 0 | 59 punts for a 40.1 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Jo-Jo Townsell | 30 | 5 | 0 | 17 punt returns for a 9.1 average and 0 td | New York Jets / 3rd / 78th pick / 1983 |
| KR | Terance Mathis | 23 | Rook | 1 | 43 kick returns for a 18.3 average and 0 td | New York Jets / 6th / 140th pick / 1990 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Brad Baxter | 23 | RB | 16 | 9 | 233 | 6-1 | Alabama State | 5/5/1967 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 303rd pick / 1989 |
| John Booty | 25 | DB | 13 | 1 | 185 | 6-0 | TCU | 10/9/1965 | 2 | New York Jets / 10th / 257th pick / 1988 |
| Mark Boyer | 28 | TE-RB-WR | 16 | 16 | 233 | 6-4 | USC | 9/16/1962 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 229th pick / 1985 |
| A.B. Brown | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 5-9 | Pittsburgh,West Virginia | 12/4/1965 | 1 | New York Jets / 8th / 209th pick / 1989 |
| Chris Burkett | 28 | WR | 16 | 4 | 205 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/21/1962 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1985 |
| Dennis Byrd | 24 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-5 | Tulsa | 10/5/1966 | 1 | New York Jets / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1989 |
| Dave Cadigan | 25 | G-T | 5 | 5 | 285 | 6-4 | USC | 4/6/1965 | 2 | New York Jets / 1st / 8th pick / 1988 |
| Kyle Clifton | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-4 | TCU | 8/23/1962 | 6 | New York Jets / 3rd / 64th pick / 1984 |
| Jeff Criswell | 26 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 291 | 6-7 | Graceland College (IA) | 3/7/1964 | 3 | |
| Travis Curtis | 25 | DB | 14 | 3 | 180 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 9/27/1965 | 3 | |
| Darrell Davis | 24 | DE | 15 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | TCU | 3/10/1966 | Rook | New York Jets / 12th / 306th pick / 1990 |
| Dale Dawkins | 24 | WR | 11 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 10/30/1966 | Rook | New York Jets / 9th / 223rd pick / 1990 |
| Chris Dressel | 29 | TE | 15 | 4 | 238 | 6-4 | Stanford | 2/7/1961 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1983 |
| Roger Duffy | 23 | G-C | 16 | 2 | 300 | 6-3 | Penn State | 7/16/1967 | Rook | New York Jets / 8th / 196th pick / 1990 |
| Tony Eason | 31 | QB | 16 | 0 | 212 | 6-4 | Illinois | 10/8/1959 | 7 | New England Patriots / 1st / 15th pick / 1983 |
| John Galvin | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 226 | 6-3 | Boston College | 7/9/1965 | 2 | New York Jets / 11th / 287th pick / 1988 |
| Mike Haight | 28 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 281 | 6-4 | Iowa | 10/6/1962 | 4 | New York Jets / 1st / 22nd pick / 1986 |
| James Hasty | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-0 | Central Washington,Washington State | 5/23/1965 | 2 | New York Jets / 3rd / 74th pick / 1988 |
| Johnny Hector | 30 | RB | 15 | 4 | 204 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 11/26/1960 | 7 | New York Jets / 2nd / 51st pick / 1983 |
| Carl Howard | 29 | DB | 3 | 0 | 188 | 6-2 | Rutgers | 9/20/1961 | 6 | |
| Ken L. Johnson | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 203 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 9/14/1966 | 1 | |
| Troy A. Johnson | 26 | LB-DE | 16 | 4 | 236 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 11/10/1964 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 133rd pick / 1988 |
| Scott Jones | 24 | T | 3 | 0 | 281 | 6-5 | Washington | 3/20/1966 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 334th pick / 1989 |
| Joe Kelly | 26 | LB | 12 | 12 | 227 | 6-2 | Washington | 12/11/1964 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 11th pick / 1986 |
| Pat Kelly | 25 | TE | 1 | 0 | 252 | 6-6 | Syracuse | 10/29/1965 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 174th pick / 1988 |
| Jeff Lageman | 23 | DE-LB | 16 | 16 | 266 | 6-6 | Virginia | 7/18/1967 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 14th pick / 1989 |
| Pat Leahy | 39 | K | 16 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | St. Louis | 3/19/1951 | 16 | |
| Terance Mathis | 23 | WR | 16 | 1 | 177 | 5-10 | New Mexico | 6/7/1967 | Rook | New York Jets / 6th / 140th pick / 1990 |
| Trevor Matich | 29 | C-G-T | 16 | 6 | 277 | 6-4 | BYU | 10/9/1961 | 5 | New England Patriots / 1st / 28th pick / 1985 |
| Michael Mayes | 24 | DB | 16 | 2 | 182 | 5-10 | LSU | 8/17/1966 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 106th pick / 1989 |
| Erik McMillan | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-2 | Missouri | 5/3/1965 | 2 | New York Jets / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1988 |
| Emanuel McNeil | 23 | NT | 2 | 0 | 285 | 6-3 | Tennessee-Martin | 6/9/1967 | 1 | New England Patriots / 10th / 267th pick / 1989 |
| Freeman McNeil | 31 | RB | 16 | 4 | 216 | 5-11 | UCLA | 4/22/1959 | 9 | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1981 |
| Scott Mersereau | 25 | DT-NT-DE | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-4 | Southern Connecticut State | 4/8/1965 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 136th pick / 1987 |
| Brett Miller | 32 | T | 16 | 16 | 293 | 6-7 | Iowa | 10/2/1958 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 129th pick / 1983 |
| Rob Moore | 22 | WR | 15 | 14 | 203 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 9/27/1968 | Rook | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 Supp |
| Joe Mott | 25 | LB | 16 | 14 | 253 | 6-4 | Iowa | 10/6/1965 | 1 | New York Jets / 3rd / 70th pick / 1989 |
| Dan Murray | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | East Stroudsburg | 10/20/1966 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 150th pick / 1988 |
| Gerald Nichols | 26 | DT-NT-DE | 15 | 0 | 261 | 6-2 | Florida State | 2/10/1964 | 3 | New York Jets / 7th / 187th pick / 1987 |
| Ken O'Brien | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-4 | California-Davis,Sacramento State | 11/27/1960 | 6 | New York Jets / 1st / 24th pick / 1983 |
| Don Odegard | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Oregon State,UNLV | 11/22/1966 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 150th pick / 1990 |
| Joe Prokop | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Minnesota | 7/7/1960 | 5 | |
| Ron Stallworth | 24 | DE | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/25/1966 | 1 | New York Jets / 4th / 98th pick / 1989 |
| Tony Stargell | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 8/7/1966 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 56th pick / 1990 |
| Mac Stephens | 22 | LB | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 1/21/1968 | Rook | |
| Jim Sweeney | 28 | C-T-G | 16 | 16 | 297 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 8/8/1962 | 6 | New York Jets / 2nd / 37th pick / 1984 |
| Troy Taylor | 22 | QB | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | California | 4/5/1968 | Rook | New York Jets / 4th / 84th pick / 1990 |
| Blair Thomas | 23 | RB | 15 | 11 | 198 | 5-10 | Penn State | 10/7/1967 | Rook | New York Jets / 1st / 2nd pick / 1990 |
| Al Toon | 27 | WR | 14 | 12 | 205 | 6-4 | Wisconsin | 4/30/1963 | 5 | New York Jets / 1st / 10th pick / 1985 |
| Jo-Jo Townsell | 30 | WR | 9 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | UCLA | 11/4/1960 | 5 | New York Jets / 3rd / 78th pick / 1983 |
| Brian Washington | 25 | DB | 14 | 13 | 210 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 9/10/1965 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 272nd pick / 1988 |
| Marvin Washington | 25 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 285 | 6-6 | Idaho,Texas-El Paso | 10/22/1965 | 1 | New York Jets / 6th / 151st pick / 1989 |
| Doug Wellsandt | 23 | TE | 16 | 2 | 248 | 6-3 | Washington State | 2/9/1967 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 204th pick / 1990 |
| Dwayne White | 23 | G-C | 11 | 5 | 315 | 6-2 | Alcorn State | 2/10/1967 | Rook | New York Jets / 7th / 167th pick / 1990 |
| Dave Zawatson | 24 | G-T | 16 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | California | 4/13/1966 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 54th pick / 1989 |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 16 | 233.7 | 6-2.4 | 2.8 |