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1991 New York Jets
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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 314 points (19.6/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 293 points (18.3/g), 10th.
Differential of 21 points (1.3/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 8.7-7.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.8/g), 4th.
Coached by Bruce Coslet (8-8-0)
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1991 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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* | 31 | 7 | 16 | 287 for 489, 3,300 yards, 10 td, 11 int, & 23 rushes for 60 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 24th pick / 1983 |
| RB | Blair Thomas | 24 | 1 | 12 | 189 rushes for 728 yards, 3 td, & 30 catches for 195 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 1st / 2nd pick / 1990 |
| FB | Brad Baxter | 24 | 2 | 14 | 184 rushes for 666 yards, 11 td, & 12 catches for 124 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 303rd pick / 1989 |
| WR | Rob Moore | 23 | 1 | 16 | 70 catches for 987 yards, 5 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 Supp |
| WR | Al Toon | 28 | 6 | 15 | 74 catches for 963 yards, 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 10th pick / 1985 |
| TE | Mark Boyer | 29 | 6 | 10 | 16 catches for 153 yards, 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 229th pick / 1985 |
| TE | Chris Dressel | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 catches for 122 yards, 0 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1983 |
| LT | Jeff Criswell | 27 | 4 | 16 | ||
| LG | Dave Cadigan | 26 | 3 | 10 | New York Jets / 1st / 8th pick / 1988 |
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| LG | Mike Haight | 29 | 5 | 6 | New York Jets / 1st / 22nd pick / 1986 |
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| C | Jim Sweeney | 29 | 7 | 16 | New York Jets / 2nd / 37th pick / 1984 |
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| RG | Dwayne White | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 7th / 167th pick / 1990 |
| RT | Irv Eatman | 30 | 5 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 204th pick / 1983 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Marvin Washington | 26 | 2 | 15 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 6th / 151st pick / 1989 |
| LDT | Scott Mersereau | 26 | 4 | 13 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 136th pick / 1987 |
| RDT | Dennis Byrd | 25 | 2 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1989 |
| RDE | Jeff Lageman | 24 | 2 | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 1st / 14th pick / 1989 |
| LLB | Mo Lewis | 22 | Rook | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1991 |
| MLB | Kyle Clifton | 29 | 7 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 64th pick / 1984 |
| RLB | Joe Kelly | 27 | 5 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 11th pick / 1986 |
| LCB | Michael Brim | 25 | 3 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1988 |
| LCB | Tony Stargell | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 56th pick / 1990 |
| RCB | James Hasty | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 74th pick / 1988 |
| SS | Brian Washington | 26 | 3 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 272nd pick / 1988 |
| FS | Lonnie Young | 28 | 6 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 325th pick / 1985 |
| FS | Erik McMillan | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1988 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pat Leahy | 40 | 17 | 0 | 26 of 37 field goals & 30 of 30 extra points | |
| P | Louie Aguiar | 25 | Rook | 0 | 64 punts for a 39.4 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Terance Mathis | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 punt returns for a 6.8 average and 0 td | New York Jets / 6th / 140th pick / 1990 |
| KR | Terance Mathis | 24 | 1 | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 20.7 average and 0 td | New York Jets / 6th / 140th pick / 1990 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Louie Aguiar | 25 | P | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Utah State | 6/30/1966 | Rook | |
| 2 | Raul Allegre | 32 | K | 1 | 0 | 165 | 5-9 | Montana,Texas | 6/15/1959 | 8 | |
| 30 | Brad Baxter | 24 | RB | 16 | 14 | 233 | 6-1 | Alabama State | 5/5/1967 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 303rd pick / 1989 |
| 80 | Mark Boyer | 29 | TE-RB-WR | 11 | 10 | 233 | 6-4 | USC | 9/16/1962 | 6 | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 229th pick / 1985 |
| 43 | Michael Brim | 25 | DB | 16 | 12 | 192 | 6-0 | Virginia Union | 1/23/1966 | 3 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1988 |
| 29 | A.B. Brown | 26 | RB | 9 | 0 | 210 | 5-9 | Pittsburgh,West Virginia | 12/4/1965 | 2 | New York Jets / 8th / 209th pick / 1989 |
| 87 | Chris Burkett | 29 | WR | 15 | 1 | 205 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 8/21/1962 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1985 |
| 90 | Dennis Byrd | 25 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-5 | Tulsa | 10/5/1966 | 2 | New York Jets / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1989 |
| 66 | Dave Cadigan | 26 | G-T | 15 | 10 | 285 | 6-4 | USC | 4/6/1965 | 3 | New York Jets / 1st / 8th pick / 1988 |
| 59 | Kyle Clifton | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-4 | TCU | 8/23/1962 | 7 | New York Jets / 3rd / 64th pick / 1984 |
| 69 | Jeff Criswell | 27 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 291 | 6-7 | Graceland College (IA) | 3/7/1964 | 4 | |
| 98 | Darrell Davis | 25 | DE | 13 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | TCU | 3/10/1966 | 1 | New York Jets / 12th / 306th pick / 1990 |
| 89 | Dale Dawkins | 25 | WR | 15 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 10/30/1966 | 1 | New York Jets / 9th / 223rd pick / 1990 |
| 84 | Chris Dressel | 30 | TE | 15 | 5 | 238 | 6-4 | Stanford | 2/7/1961 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 69th pick / 1983 |
| 62 | Roger Duffy | 24 | G-C | 12 | 0 | 300 | 6-3 | Penn State | 7/16/1967 | 1 | New York Jets / 8th / 196th pick / 1990 |
| 75 | Irv Eatman | 30 | T | 16 | 16 | 293 | 6-7 | UCLA | 1/1/1961 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 204th pick / 1983 |
| 91 | Paul Frase | 26 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 2 | 272 | 6-5 | Syracuse | 5/6/1965 | 3 | New York Jets / 6th / 146th pick / 1988 |
| 52 | John Galvin | 26 | LB | 9 | 0 | 226 | 6-3 | Boston College | 7/9/1965 | 3 | New York Jets / 11th / 287th pick / 1988 |
| 96 | Mark Gunn | 23 | DT-DE | 15 | 1 | 288 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 7/24/1968 | Rook | New York Jets / 4th / 94th pick / 1991 |
| 79 | Mike Haight | 29 | G-T | 7 | 6 | 281 | 6-4 | Iowa | 10/6/1962 | 5 | New York Jets / 1st / 22nd pick / 1986 |
| 40 | James Hasty | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-0 | Central Washington,Washington State | 5/23/1965 | 3 | New York Jets / 3rd / 74th pick / 1988 |
| 34 | Johnny Hector | 31 | RB | 14 | 1 | 204 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 11/26/1960 | 8 | New York Jets / 2nd / 51st pick / 1983 |
| 55 | Bobby Houston | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 10/26/1967 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 75th pick / 1990 |
| 95 | Troy A. Johnson | 27 | LB-DE | 16 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 11/10/1964 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 133rd pick / 1988 |
| 58 | Joe Kelly | 27 | LB | 16 | 12 | 227 | 6-2 | Washington | 12/11/1964 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 11th pick / 1986 |
| 82 | Pat Kelly | 26 | TE | 8 | 0 | 252 | 6-6 | Syracuse | 10/29/1965 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 174th pick / 1988 |
| 25 | R.J. Kors | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Long Beach State,USC | 6/27/1966 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 12th / 322nd pick / 1989 |
| 56 | Jeff Lageman | 24 | DE-LB | 16 | 16 | 266 | 6-6 | Virginia | 7/18/1967 | 2 | New York Jets / 1st / 14th pick / 1989 |
| 5 | Pat Leahy | 40 | K | 15 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | St. Louis | 3/19/1951 | 17 | |
| 57 | Mo Lewis | 22 | LB | 16 | 16 | 258 | 6-3 | Georgia | 10/21/1969 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1991 |
| 81 | Terance Mathis | 24 | WR | 16 | 0 | 177 | 5-10 | New Mexico | 6/7/1967 | 1 | New York Jets / 6th / 140th pick / 1990 |
| 64 | Trevor Matich | 30 | C-G-T | 15 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | BYU | 10/9/1961 | 6 | New England Patriots / 1st / 28th pick / 1985 |
| 22 | Erik McMillan | 26 | DB | 16 | 6 | 200 | 6-2 | Missouri | 5/3/1965 | 3 | New York Jets / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1988 |
| 24 | Freeman McNeil | 32 | RB | 13 | 1 | 216 | 5-11 | UCLA | 4/22/1959 | 10 | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1981 |
| 94 | Scott Mersereau | 26 | DT-NT-DE | 13 | 13 | 275 | 6-4 | Southern Connecticut State | 4/8/1965 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 136th pick / 1987 |
| 72 | Brett Miller | 33 | T | 15 | 0 | 293 | 6-7 | Iowa | 10/2/1958 | 8 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 129th pick / 1983 |
| 85 | Rob Moore | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 9/27/1968 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 Supp |
| 8 | Browning Nagle | 23 | QB | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Louisville,West Virginia | 4/29/1968 | Rook | New York Jets / 2nd / 34th pick / 1991 |
| 7 | Ken O'Brien* | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-4 | California-Davis,Sacramento State | 11/27/1960 | 7 | New York Jets / 1st / 24th pick / 1983 |
| 21 | Don Odegard | 25 | DB | 16 | 1 | 180 | 6-0 | Oregon State,UNLV | 11/22/1966 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 150th pick / 1990 |
| 71 | Bill Pickel | 32 | NT-DT-DE | 15 | 1 | 265 | 6-5 | Rutgers | 11/5/1959 | 8 | Los Angeles Raiders / 2nd / 54th pick / 1983 |
| 45 | Tony Stargell | 25 | DB | 16 | 7 | 190 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 8/7/1966 | 1 | New York Jets / 3rd / 56th pick / 1990 |
| 53 | Jim Sweeney | 29 | C-T-G | 16 | 16 | 297 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 8/8/1962 | 7 | New York Jets / 2nd / 37th pick / 1984 |
| 11 | Troy Taylor | 23 | QB | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | California | 4/5/1968 | 1 | New York Jets / 4th / 84th pick / 1990 |
| 32 | Blair Thomas | 24 | RB | 16 | 12 | 198 | 5-10 | Penn State | 10/7/1967 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 2nd pick / 1990 |
| 88 | Al Toon | 28 | WR | 15 | 15 | 205 | 6-4 | Wisconsin | 4/30/1963 | 6 | New York Jets / 1st / 10th pick / 1985 |
| 48 | Brian Washington | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 9/10/1965 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 272nd pick / 1988 |
| 97 | Marvin Washington | 26 | DE-DT | 15 | 15 | 285 | 6-6 | Idaho,Texas-El Paso | 10/22/1965 | 2 | New York Jets / 6th / 151st pick / 1989 |
| 86 | Ken Whisenhunt | 29 | TE | 7 | 2 | 237 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 2/28/1962 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 313th pick / 1985 |
| 67 | Dwayne White | 24 | G-C | 16 | 16 | 315 | 6-2 | Alcorn State | 2/10/1967 | 1 | New York Jets / 7th / 167th pick / 1990 |
| 31 | Lonnie Young | 28 | DB | 12 | 11 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 7/18/1963 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 12th / 325th pick / 1985 |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 16 | 234.5 | 6-2.5 | 3.8 |