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1988 New York Jets season

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Title:	1988 New York Jets season
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1988 New York Jets season

1988 New York Jets season

Head coach	Joe Walton
Owner	Leon Hess
Home field	The Meadowlands

Results

Record

8–7–1

Division place

4th AFC East

Playoff finish

did not qualify

Timeline

Previous season		Next season
< 1987		1989 >

The 1988 New York Jets season was the 29th season for the team and the 19th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 6–9 record from 1987 under head coach Joe Walton. The Jets finished the season with a record of 8–7–1. Although for the second straight year they failed to qualify for the playoffs, they would play Spoiler, as a victory over their cross-town rival New York Giants in Week 16 kept the Giants out of the playoffs due to a series of tiebreakers. For the third time in his career, Ken O'Brien had the lowest rate of interceptions among quarterbacks. He had 7 interceptions in 424 passing attempts.

The Jets endured a major distraction when Mark Gastineau, the team's main pass rusher who appeared to be experiencing a career-renaissance, abruptly retired in midseason to tend to ailing actress Brigitte Nielsen.

Offseason

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Personnel

Staff

Head Coach: Joe Walton
Offensive Coordinator: Rich Kotite
Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson

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Starters

POS	Name	GS
QB	7 Ken O'Brien	12
RB	24 Freeman McNeil	16
FB	43 Roger Vick	12
WR	88 Al Toon	15
WR	85 Wesley Walker	10
TE	82 Mickey Shuler	15
LT	61 Jeff Criswell	12
LG	79 Mike Haight	9
C	53 Jim Sweeney	16
RG	60 Dan Alexander	13
RT	68 Reggie McElroy	16

POS	Name	GS
LDE	99 Mark Gastineau	7
NT	94 Scott Mersereau	15
RDE	93 Marty Lyons	16
LOLB	55 Alex Gordon	13
LILB	54 Troy Benson	16
RILB	59 Kyle Clifton	15
ROLB	57 Kevin McArthur	16
LCB	48 Bobby Humphery	16
RCB	40 James Hasty	15
SS	36 Rich Miano	16
FS	22 Erik McMillan	13

Kicking Team

5 Pat Leahy       K
6 Joe Prokup      P
83 Jo-Jo Townsell PR/KR

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
1	1988-09-04	at New England Patriots	L 28–3	Sullivan Stadium	44,027
2	1988-09-11	at Cleveland Browns	W 23–3	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	74,434
3	1988-09-18	Houston Oilers	W 45–3	The Meadowlands	64,483
4	1988-09-25	at Detroit Lions	W 17–10	Pontiac Silverdome	29,250
5	1988-10-02	Kansas City Chiefs	T 17–17 (OT)	The Meadowlands	66,110
6	1988-10-09	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 36–19	Riverfront Stadium	57,482
7	1988-10-17	Buffalo Bills	L 37–14	The Meadowlands	70,218
8	1988-10-23	at Miami Dolphins	W 44–30	Joe Robbie Stadium	68,292
9	1988-10-30	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 24–20	The Meadowlands	64,862
10	1988-11-06	at Indianapolis Colts	L 38–14	Hoosier Dome	59,233
11	1988-11-13	New England Patriots	L 14–13	The Meadowlands	48,358
12	1988-11-20	at Buffalo Bills	L 9–6 (OT)	Rich Stadium	78,389
13	1988-11-27	Miami Dolphins	W 38–34	The Meadowlands	52,752
14	1988-12-04	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 38–34	Arrowhead Stadium	30,059
15	1988-12-10	Indianapolis Colts	W 34–16	The Meadowlands	46,284
16	1988-12-18	New York Giants	W 27–21	The Meadowlands	69,770

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	3	0	0	0	3
• Patriots	3	3	10	12	28

Date: September 4
Location: Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: 63°F, wind 14

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Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	3	3	3	14	23
Browns	3	0	0	0	3

Date: September 11
Location: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: 65°F • Wind 5

Scoring summary

1	NYJ	Pat Leahy 22 yard field goal	Jets 3–0

1	CLE	Matt Bahr 47 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

2	NYJ	Pat Leahy 29 yard field goal	Jets 6–3

3	NYJ	Pat Leahy 23 yard field goal	Jets 9–3

4	NYJ	Roger Vick 1 yard run (Pat Leahy kick)	Jets 16–3

4	NYJ	Roger Vick 3 yard run (Pat Leahy kick)	Jets 23–3

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Week 3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oilers	3	0	0	0	3
• Jets	14	14	3	14	45

Date: September 18
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 67°F, wind 12

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Week 4

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	3	7	0	7	17
Lions	3	0	7	0	10

Date: September 25
Location: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan
Game weather: indoors (dome)

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Week 5

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Chiefs	0	0	3	14	0	17
Jets	3	7	0	7	0	17

Date: October 2
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: 70°F, wind 14

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Week 6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	9	3	7	0	19
• Bengals	6	13	7	0	26

Date: October 9
Location: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 51°F, wind 9

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Week 7

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bills	17	14	3	3	37
Jets	0	7	7	0	14

Date: October 17
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 63°F, wind 13
Television network: ABC

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Week 8

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	6	24	7	7	44
Dolphins	7	3	13	7	30

Date: October 23
Location: Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: 77°F, wind 11

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Week 9

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	10	0	0	10	20
• Jets	0	10	7	7	24

Date: October 30
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 46°F, wind 14 mph

Scoring summary

1	PIT	Gary Anderson 25 yard field goal	Steelers 3–0

1	PIT	Rodney Carter 24 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick)	Steelers 10–0

2	NYJ	Pat Leahy 41 yard field goal	Steelers 10–3

2	NYJ	Mickey Shuler 2 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick)	Tie 10–10

3	NYJ	Johnny Hector 2 yard run (Pat Leahy kick)	Jets 17–10

4	PIT	Gary Anderson 21 yard field goal	Jets 17–13

4	NYJ	Freeman McNeil 5 yard run (Pat Leahy kick)	Jets 24–13

4	PIT	Earnest Jackson 17 yard run (Gary Anderson kick)	Jets 24–20

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Week 10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	14	0	0	14
• Colts	7	3	21	7	38

Date: November 6
Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: indoors (dome)

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Week 11

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Patriots	0	0	7	7	14
Jets	0	3	3	7	13

Date: November 13
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 50°F, wind 18

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Week 12

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Jets	0	3	0	3	0	6
• Bills	0	0	3	3	3	9

Date: November 20
Location: Rich Stadium • Orchard Park, New York
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 78,389
Game weather: 43°F • Wind 10

Scoring summary

2	NYJ	Pat Leahy 23 yard field goal	Jets 3–0

3	BUF	Scott Norwood 25 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

4	BUF	Scott Norwood 26 yard field goal	Bills 6–3

4	NYJ	Pat Leahy 40 yard field goal	Tie 6–6

OT	BUF	Scott Norwood 30 yard field goal	Bills 9–6

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Week 13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	7	7	20	0	34
• Jets	7	17	0	14	38

Date: November 27
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 54°F, wind 9

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Week 14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	10	10	7	7	34
• Chiefs	14	7	0	17	38

Date: December 4
Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Game start: 3:00 p.m.
Game weather: 35°F, wind 11

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Week 15

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colts	6	7	3	0	16
• Jets	10	0	21	3	34

Date: December 10
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 12:30 p.m.
Game weather: 31°F, wind 14

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Week 16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	7	7	7	21
• Jets	10	3	7	7	27

Date: December 18
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 25°F, wind 15 mph
TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist and Terry Bradshaw

Scoring summary

1		NYJ	Pat Leahy 41 yard field goal	Jets 3–0

1		NYJ	Mickey Shuler 5 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick)	Jets 10–0

2		NYJ	Pat Leahy 20 yard field goal	Jets 13–0

2		NYG	Stephen Baker 5 yard pass from Phil Simms (Paul McFadden kick)	Jets 13–7

3		NYJ	Freeman McNeil 6 yard run (Pat Leahy kick)	Jets 20–7

3		NYG	Stephen Baker 9 yard pass from Phil Simms (Paul McFadden kick)	Jets 20–14

4		NYG	Lionel Manuel 9 yard pass from Phil Simms (Paul McFadden kick)	Giants 21–20

4	:37	NYJ	Al Toon 5 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick)	Jets 27–21

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Standings

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Buffalo Bills⁽²⁾	12	4	0	.750	7–1	10–2	329	237	L1
Indianapolis Colts	9	7	0	.563	5–3	7–5	354	315	W1
New England Patriots	9	7	0	.563	5–3	7–5	250	284	L1
New York Jets	8	7	1	.531	3–5	6–7–1	372	354	W2
Miami Dolphins	6	10	0	.375	0–8	3–9	319	380	L1

External links

1988 New York Jets at Pro-Football-Reference.com

References

New York Jets

Formerly the New York Titans • Plays in East Rutherford, New Jersey • Headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey

The Franchise

Franchise • History • Seasons • Players • Coaches • Logos and Uniforms • First-round draft picks • Quarterbacks • Broadcasters • Flight Crew

Stadiums

Polo Grounds • Shea Stadium • Giants Stadium • MetLife Stadium

Culture

American Football League • Fireman Ed • West Side Stadium

Rivalries

Buffalo Bills • Miami Dolphins • New England Patriots • New York Giants

Lore

Heidi Game • The Guarantee • New York Sack Exchange • Clock Play • The Monday Night Miracle • Spygate • Butt Fumble

Key Personnel

Owner: Woody Johnson • General Manager: John Idzik • Head Coach: Rex Ryan

League Championships (1)

1968

AFL Championship (1)

1968

Division Championships (4)

1968, 1969, 1998, 2002

Super Bowl (1)

1968 (III)

Retired Numbers

12 • 13 • 28 • 73 • 90 • Weeb

Current League
Affiliations

League: National Football League • Conference: American Football Conference • Division: East Division • Radio: WEPN • WEPN-FM

Seasons (54)

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1970s	1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

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1988 New York Jets season

1988 New York Jets season

Contents

Offseason

Personnel

Staff

Starters

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Standings

External links

References

Categories

Giants Stadium

Encyclopedia Article

East Rutherford, New Jersey

Encyclopedia Article

Pat Leahy (American football)

Encyclopedia Article

Suggestions

List of National Football League records (team)

Encyclopedia Article