1987 New York Jets season

1987 New York Jets season
Head coach	Joe Walton
General manager	Jim Kensil
Owner	Leon Hess
Home field	Giants Stadium
Results
Record	6–9
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1987 New York Jets season was the 28th season for the team and the 18th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 10–6 record from 1986 under head coach Joe Walton. The season was marred by a players' strike that resulted in the cancellation of all Week 3 games, as well as Weeks 4 through 6 being played mostly with replacement players. The Jets finished the season with a record of 6–9. For the second time in his career, Ken O'Brien had the lowest rate of interceptions among quarterbacks. He had 8 interceptions in 393 passing attempts.

Personnel

1987 New York Jets staff

Front office

Owner – Leon Hess
President/General Manager – Jim Kensil

Head coaches

Head Coach – Joe Walton

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Rich Kotite

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Bud Carson

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
1	000000001987-09-13-0000September 13, 1987	at Buffalo Bills	W 31–28	Rich Stadium	76,718
2	000000001987-09-21-0000September 21, 1987	New England Patriots	W 43–24	The Meadowlands	70,847
3	000000001987-09-27-0000September 27, 1987	at Pittsburgh Steelers	Cancelled due to players' strike
4	000000001987-10-04-0000October 4, 1987	Dallas Cowboys	L 38–24	The Meadowlands	12,370
5	000000001987-10-11-0000October 11, 1987	at Indianapolis Colts	L 6–0	Hoosier Dome	34,927
6	000000001987-10-18-0000October 18, 1987	Miami Dolphins	W 37–31 (OT)	The Meadowlands	18,249
7	000000001987-10-25-0000October 25, 1987	at Washington Redskins	L 17–16	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	53,497
8	000000001987-11-01-0000November 1, 1987	Indianapolis Colts	L 19–14	The Meadowlands	60,863
9	000000001987-11-09-0000November 9, 1987	Seattle Seahawks	W 30–14	The Meadowlands	60,452
10	000000001987-11-15-0000November 15, 1987	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 16–9	Arrowhead Stadium	40,718
11	000000001987-11-22-0000November 22, 1987	Buffalo Bills	L 17–14	The Meadowlands	58,407
12	000000001987-11-29-0000November 29, 1987	Cincinnati Bengals	W 27–20	The Meadowlands	41,135
13	000000001987-12-07-0000December 7, 1987	at Miami Dolphins	L 37–28	Joe Robbie Stadium	62,592
14	000000001987-12-13-0000December 13, 1987	at New England Patriots	L 42–20	Sullivan Stadium	60,617
15	000000001987-12-20-0000December 20, 1987	Philadelphia Eagles	L 38–27	The Meadowlands	30,572
16	000000001987-12-27-0000December 27, 1987	at New York Giants	L 20–7	Giants Stadium	68,318

Season summary

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	0	14	10	7	31
Bills	0	7	7	14	28

Date: September 13
Location: Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 70°F; wind 9

Scoring summary

Q2	BUF	Johnson 26-yard pass from Kelly (Norwood kick)	BUF 7–0

Q2	NYJ	Walker 55-yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2	NYJ	Shuler 4-yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)	NYJ 14–7

Q3	NYJ	Leahy 29-yard field goal	NYJ 17–7

Q3	BUF	Burkett 6-yard pass from Kelly (Norwood kick)	NYJ 17–14

Q3	NYJ	Hector 2-yard run (Leahy kick)	NYJ 24–14

Q4	BUF	Riddick 2-yard run (Norwood kick)	NYJ 24–21

Q4	NYJ	Hector 1-yard run (Leahy kick)	NYJ 31–21

Q4	BUF	Riddick 1-yard pass from Kelly (Norwood kick)	NYJ 31–28

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Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	0	3	7	14	24
• Jets	6	0	21	16	43

Date: September 21
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 62°F; wind 10
Referee: Jerry Seeman
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

Q1	NYJ	Leahy 37-yard field goal	NYJ 3–0

Q1	NYJ	Leahy 34-yard field goal	NYJ 6–0

Q2	NE	Franklin 32-yard field goal	NYJ 6–3

Q3	NYJ	Toon 58-yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)	NYJ 13–3

Q3	NYJ	Hector 5-yard run (Leahy kick)	NYJ 20–3

Q3	NE	Tippett 29-yard fumble return (Franklin kick)	NYJ 20–10

Q3	NYJ	Hector 9-yard run (Leahy kick)	NYJ 27–10

Q4	NYJ	Safety, Lyons tackled Tatupu in end zone	NYJ 29–10

Q4	NE	Baty 1-yard pass from Eason (Franklin kick)	NYJ 29–17

Q4	NYJ	Fa'aola 1-yard run (Leahy kick)	NYJ 36–17

Q4	NE	Starring 12-yard pass from Eason (Franklin kick)	NYJ 36–24

Q4	NYJ	Fa'aola 1-yard run (Leahy kick)	NYJ 43–24

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Week 5

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Dolphins	10	0	7	14	0	31
• Jets	0	17	0	14	6	37

Date: October 18
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 61°F; wind 10

Scoring summary

Q1	MIA	Beecher 19-yard field goal	MIA 3–0

Q1	MIA	Smith 5-yard pass from Mackey (Beecher kick)	MIA 10–0

Q2	NYJ	Harper 35-yard pass from Ryan (Ragusa kick)	MIA 10–7

Q2	NYJ	E. Hunter 7-yard pass from Ryan (Ragusa kick)	NYJ 14–10

Q2	NYJ	Ragusa 34-yard field goal	NYJ 17–10

Q3	MIA	Mackey 1-yard run (Beecher kick)	Tie 17–17

Q4	NYJ	Bligen 7-yard run (Ragusa kick)	NYJ 24–17

Q4	NYJ	S. Hunter 5-yard pass from Ryan (Ragusa kick)	NYJ 31–17

Q4	MIA	Mackey 5-yard run (Beecher kick)	NYJ 31–24

Q4	MIA	Lewis 1-yard pass from Mackey (Beecher kick)	Tie 31–31

OT	NYJ	E. Hunter 8-yard pass from Ryan	NYJ 37–31

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Week 8

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	14	0	14
• Jets	0	10	10	10	30

Date: November 9
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 62°F; wind 17
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

Q2	NYJ	Townsell 91-yard punt return (Leahy kick)	NYJ 7–0

Q2	NYJ	Leahy 35-yard field goal	NYJ 10–0

Q3	NYJ	Leahy 36-yard field goal	NYJ 13–0

Q3	SEA	Warner 3-yard run (Johnson kick)	NYJ 13–7

Q3	SEA	Largent 29-yard pass from Krieg (Johnson kick)	SEA 14–13

Q3	NYJ	Griggs 4-yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)	NYJ 20–14

Q4	NYJ	Hector 1-yard run (Leahy kick)	NYJ 27–14

Q4	NYJ	Leahy 26-yard field goal	NYJ 30–14

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Week 9

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Jets	3	0	3	10	16
Chiefs	0	3	6	0	9

Date: November 15
Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 57°F; wind 16

Scoring summary

Q1	NYJ	Leahy 39-yard field goal	NYJ 3–0

Q2	KC	Lowery 42-yard field goal	Tie 3–3

Q3	KC	Lowery 43-yard field goal	KC 6–3

Q3	NYJ	Leahy 24-yard field goal	Tie 6–6

Q3	KC	Lowery 18-yard field goal	KC 9–6

Q4	NYJ	Toon 18-yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)	NYJ 13–9

Q4	NYJ	Leahy 21-yard field goal	NYJ 16–9

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Week 11

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	10	7	3	20
• Jets	7	10	0	10	27

Date: November 29
Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 45°F; wind 18

Scoring summary

Q1	NYJ	McNeil 18-yard pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick)	NYJ 7–0

Q2	NYJ	Leahy 24-yard field goal	NYJ 10–0

Q2	CIN	Brown 17-yard pass from Esiason (Breech kick)	NYJ 10–7

Q2	NYJ	Hector 1-yard run (Leahy kick)	NYJ 17–7

Q2	CIN	Breech 31-yard field goal	NYJ 17–10

Q3	CIN	Kattus 3-yard pass from Esiason (Breech kick)	Tie 17–17

Q4	CIN	Breech 35-yard field goal	CIN 20–17

Q4	NYJ	Leahy 23-yard field goal	Tie 20–20

Q4	NYJ	Miano 67-yard blocked field goal return (Leahy kick)	NYJ 27–20

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Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Indianapolis Colts⁽³⁾	9	6	0	.600	5–3	8–6	300	238	W2
New England Patriots	8	7	0	.533	6–2	8–4	320	293	W3
Miami Dolphins	8	7	0	.533	2–6	5–7	362	335	L1
Buffalo Bills	7	8	0	.467	4–4	6–6	270	305	L2
New York Jets	6	9	0	.400	3–5	6–5	334	360	L4

Awards and records

Johnny Hector, Led AFC, Touchdowns, 11 TD's ^[8]

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Mar-02.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Mar-01.
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↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Mar-02.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Mar-03.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Mar-06.
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 447

External links

1987 statistics

New York Jets

Founded in 1960 Formerly the New York Titans (1960–1962) Based in East Rutherford, New Jersey Headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey

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Culture	Fireman Ed Alex Anthony Flash Gordon The Wonder Years West Side Stadium

Rivalries	New England Patriots Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins New York Giants

Lore	Heidi Game The Guarantee Announcerless Game New York Sack Exchange Clock Play The Monday Night Miracle Spygate Butt fumble

Key personnel	Owner: Woody Johnson General Manager: Mike Maccagnan Head Coach: Todd Bowles

Division championships (4)	1968 1969 1998 2002

League championships (1^†)	1968 (III) ^† does not include 1968 AFL championship

Retired numbers	12 13 28 73 90 Ewbank

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1987 NFL season

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

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