1984 season of NFL team New York Jets
The 1984 New York Jets season was the 25th season for the team and the fifteenth in the National Football League . It began with the team trying to improve upon its 7–9 record from 1983 under head coach Joe Walton . After playing the previous 20 seasons at Shea Stadium in Queens , 1984 marked their first season of playing its home games at Giants Stadium in The Meadowlands , which was also the home of the NFC’s New York Giants . Mark Gastineau made NFL history by recording 22 sacks, to establish a then-new official single season record. The Jets finished the season with a record of 7–9.
1984 New York Jets final roster Quarterbacks Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen Defensive linemen
Linebackers Defensive backs
Special teams
Reserve lists
Rookies in italics
Regular season [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 2 at Indianapolis Colts W 23–14 1–0 Hoosier Dome 61,148 2 September 6 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–23 1–1 Giants Stadium 70,564 3 September 16 Cincinnati Bengals W 43–23 2–1 Giants Stadium 64,193 4 September 23 at Buffalo Bills W 28–26 3–1 Rich Stadium 48,330 5 September 30 New England Patriots L 21–28 3–2 Giants Stadium 68,978 6 October 7 at Kansas City Chiefs W 17–16 4–2 Arrowhead Stadium 51,843 7 October 14 at Cleveland Browns W 24–20 5–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 55,673 8 October 21 Kansas City Chiefs W 28–7 6–2 Giants Stadium 66,782 9 October 28 at New England Patriots L 20–30 6–3 Sullivan Stadium 60,513 10 November 4 Miami Dolphins L 17–31 6–4 Giants Stadium 72,655 11 November 11 Indianapolis Colts L 5–9 6–5 Giants Stadium 51,066 12 November 18 at Houston Oilers L 20–31 6–6 Astrodome 40,141 13 November 26 at Miami Dolphins L 17–28 6–7 Miami Orange Bowl 74,884 14 December 2 New York Giants L 10–20 6–8 Giants Stadium 74,975 15 December 8 Buffalo Bills W 21–17 7–8 Giants Stadium 45,378 16 December 16 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 21–41 7–9 Tampa Stadium 43,817
Game summaries [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Jets 0 7 9 7 23 Colts 0 7 0 7 14
Scoring summary Q2 IND Dickey 3 yard run (Allegre kick)IND 7–0 Q2 NYJ Shuler 13 yard pass from Ryan (Leahy kick)Tie 7–7 Q3 NYJ Leahy 29 yard field goal NYJ 10–7 Q3 NYJ Shuler 8 yard pass from Ryan (kick failed) NYJ 16–7 Q4 IND Middleton 3 yard run (Allegre kick)NYJ 16–14 Q4 NYJ Buttle 4 yard fumble return (Leahy kick)NYJ 23–14
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1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 9 0 7 7 23 • Jets 6 7 10 20 43
Scoring summary Q1 NYJ Leahy 22 yard field goalNYJ 3–0 Q1 CIN Breech 21 yard field goalTie 3–3 Q1 NYJ Leahy 39 yard field goal NYJ 6–3 Q1 CIN Brooks 3 yard pass from Anderson (pass failed)CIN 9–6 Q2 NYJ McNeil 15 yard run (Leahy kick)NYJ 13–9 Q3 CIN Harris 80 yard pass from Anderson (Breech kick)CIN 16–13 Q3 NYJ Leahy 32 yard field goal Tie 16–16 Q3 NYJ Shuler 9 yard pass from Ryan (Leahy kick)NYJ 23–16 Q4 NYJ Leahy 36 yard field goal NYJ 26–16 Q4 NYJ McNeil 33 yard run (Leahy kick) NYJ 33–16 Q4 NYJ Leahy 29 yard field goal NYJ 36–16 Q4 NYJ Harper 9 yard run (Leahy kick)NYJ 43–16 Q4 CIN Esiason 1 yard run (Breech kick)NYJ 43–23
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New York Jets at New England Patriots 1 2 3 4 Total Jets 10 10 0 0 20 • Patriots 0 6 10 14 30
Scoring summary 1 Jets Pat Leahy 46-yard field goalJets 3–0 1 Jets Rocky Klever 7-yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) Jets 10–0 2 Patriots Tony Franklin 20-yard field goalJets 10–3 2 Jets Pat Leahy 18-yard field goal Jets 13–3 2 Jets Marion Barber 2-yard run (Pat Leahy kick)Jets 20–3 2 Patriots Tony Franklin 27-yard field goal Jets 20–6 3 Patriots Tony Franklin 47-yard field goal Jets 20–9 3 Patriots Craig James 25-yard run (Tony Franklin kick)Jets 20–16 4 Patriots Stephen Starring 5-yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick)Patriots 23–20 4 Patriots Tony Collins 4-yard run (Tony Franklin kick)Patriots 30–20
Raymond Berry 's first game as Patriots' head coach.
Standings [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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Formerly the New York Titans (1960–1962)