1994 New York Jets season

1994 New York Jets season
Head coach	Pete Carroll
Owner	Leon Hess
Home field	The Meadowlands
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1994 New York Jets season was the 35th season for the team and the 25th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 8–8 record from 1993 under new head coach Pete Carroll. The franchise's largest home crowd at that time, 75,606, watched the Jets battle Miami for a share of first place in the AFC East. The Jets led, 24-6, in the third quarter before Dan Marino led a furious comeback, capped by the "fake spike" TD pass to Mark Ingram, for the Dolphins' 28-24 win. The Jets finished the season with a record of 6–10, losing six of their last seven games to end the season, and Carroll was fired.

Offseason

After the 1993 season, the Jets fired head coach Bruce Coslet, who had coached the team for four years, and promoted defensive coordinator Pete Carroll to Jets head coach.

Personnel

Staff

1994 New York Jets staff

Front office

Chairman of the Board – Leon Hess
President – Steve Gutman
Vice President/General Manager – Dick Steinberg
Assistant General Manager – James Harris
Director of Player Personnel – Dick Haley
Director of Pro Personnel – Jim Royer
Assistant Director of Pro Personnel – Pat Kirwan

Head coaches

Head Coach – Pete Carroll

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Ray Sherman
Quarterbacks – Walt Harris
Running Backs – Johnny Roland
Receivers – Richard Mann
Tight Ends – Don Breaux
Offensive Line – Larry Beightol
Offensive Assistant – Sparky Woods

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Greg Robinson
Defensive Line – Larry Coyer
Linebackers – Foge Fazio
Defensive Backs – Ed Donatell
Defensive Assistant – Steve Trimble

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Brad Seely

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Greg Mackrides

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
1	000000001994-09-04-0000September 4, 1994	at Buffalo Bills	W 23–3	Rich Stadium	79,460
2	000000001994-09-11-0000September 11, 1994	Denver Broncos	W 25–22 (OT)	The Meadowlands	73,436
3	000000001994-09-18-0000September 18, 1994	at Miami Dolphins	L 28–14	Joe Robbie Stadium	68,977
4	000000001994-09-25-0000September 25, 1994	Chicago Bears	L 19–7	The Meadowlands	70,806
5	000000001994-10-02-0000October 2, 1994	at Cleveland Browns	L 27–7	Cleveland Stadium	76,188
6	000000001994-10-09-0000October 9, 1994	Indianapolis Colts	W 16–6	The Meadowlands	64,934
7	000000001994-10-16-0000October 16, 1994	New England Patriots	W 24–17	The Meadowlands	71,123
8	Bye
9	000000001994-10-30-0000October 30, 1994	at Indianapolis Colts	L 28–25	RCA Dome	44,350
10	000000001994-11-06-0000November 6, 1994	Buffalo Bills	W 22–17	The Meadowlands	66,949
11	000000001994-11-13-0000November 13, 1994	at Green Bay Packers	L 17–10	Lambeau Field	58,307
12	000000001994-11-20-0000November 20, 1994	at Minnesota Vikings	W 31–21	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	60,687
13	000000001994-11-27-0000November 27, 1994	Miami Dolphins	L 28–24	The Meadowlands	75,606
14	000000001994-12-04-0000December 4, 1994	at New England Patriots	L 24–13	Foxboro Stadium	60,138
15	000000001994-12-10-0000December 10, 1994	Detroit Lions	L 18–7	The Meadowlands	56,080
16	000000001994-12-18-0000December 18, 1994	San Diego Chargers	L 21–6	The Meadowlands	48,213
17	000000001994-12-24-0000December 24, 1994	at Houston Oilers	L 24–10	Astrodome	31,176

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	0	17	3	3	23
Bills	3	0	0	0	3

Date: September 4
Location: Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
Game start: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: 57°F, wind 8 mph

Scoring summary

1	BUF	Steve Christie 27 yard field goal	Bills 3–0

2	NYJ	Richie Anderson 1 yard run (Nick Lowery kick)	Jets 7–3

2	NYJ	Johnny Johnson 9 yard run (Nick Lowery kick)	Jets 14–3

2	NYJ	Nick Lowery 27 yard field goal	Jets 17–3

3	NYJ	Nick Lowery 42 yard field goal	Jets 24–3

4	NYJ	Nick Lowery 22 yard field goal	Jets 27–3

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Week 7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	0	7	0	10	17
• Jets	7	14	0	3	24

Date: October 16
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 55°F; wind 16

Scoring summary

Q1	NYJ	Brad Baxter 1 yard run (Nick Lowery kick)	NYJ 7–0

Q2	NE	Ray Crittenden 3 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Matt Bahr kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2	NYJ	Brad Baxter 2 yard run (Nick Lowery kick)	NYJ 14–7

Q2	NYJ	Johnny Mitchell 4 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Nick Lowery kick)	NYJ 21–7

Q4	NE	Blair Thomas 4 yard run (Matt Bahr kick)	NYJ 21–14

Q4	NYJ	Nick Lowery 37 yard field goal	NYJ 24–14

Q4	NE	Matt Bahr 40 yard field goal	NYJ 24–17

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Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
⁽³⁾ Miami Dolphins	10	6	0	.625	389	327	W1
⁽⁵⁾ New England Patriots	10	6	0	.625	351	312	W7
Indianapolis Colts	8	8	0	.500	307	320	W2
Buffalo Bills	7	9	0	.438	340	356	L3
New York Jets	6	10	0	.375	264	320	L5

Turning point

In Week 13, the Jets were 6–5 and were still in the hunt for a playoff berth (a win would have created a first-place tie in the AFC East) as they faced the Dolphins. With the Jets leading 24–21 late in the game, Dolphin quarterback Dan Marino was ready to spike the ball to stop the clock, but instead he tricked the Jets defense by tossing for a game-winning touchdown and a Dolphin win. The Jets never recovered as they lost the remaining four games of the season and Pete Carroll, who called the loss "a staggering defeat", subsequently lost his job as Jets head coach. This game began a nosedive for the team that spanned the remaining two seasons, as between the end of the 1994 season and the close of the 1996 NFL season; the Jets won only 4 of their next 36 games following the "fake spike".

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-May-25.

External links

1994 statistics

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1994 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Arizona	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	Dallas	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	NY Giants	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	Philadelphia	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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