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1988 New York Jets season
Owner Leon Hess
Head coach Joe Walton
Home field The Meadowlands
Results
Record8–7–1
Division place4th AFC East
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersTE Mickey Shuler
WR Al Toon
FS Erik McMillan
A ticket for a September 1988 game between the Jets and the Cleveland Browns.

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 the 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

Draft

1988 New York Jets draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 8 Dave Cadigan  OT USC
2 37 Terry Williams  DB Bethune-Cookman
3 63 Erik McMillan  DB Missouri
3 74 James Hasty  DB Washington State
5 119 Mike Withycombe  OG Fresno State
6 146 Paul Frase  DE Syracuse
7 172 Gary Patton  RB Eastern Michigan
8 203 Keith Neubert  TE Nebraska
9 230 Ralph Tamm  OG West Chester
10 257 John Booty  DB TCU
11 287 John Galvin  LB Boston College
12 314 Albert Goss  DT Jackson State
      Made roster    †    Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1988 New York Jets staff

Front office

  • Owner – Leon Hess
  • President/general manager – Jim Kensil

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches


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Roster

1988 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
47 active, 18 inactive


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

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Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 4 at New England Patriots L 3–28 0–1 Sullivan Stadium 44,027
2 September 11 at Cleveland Browns W 23–3 1–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 74,434
3 September 18 Houston Oilers W 45–3 2–1 Giants Stadium 64,483
4 September 25 at Detroit Lions W 17–10 3–1 Pontiac Silverdome 29,250
5 October 2 Kansas City Chiefs T 17–17 (OT) 3–1–1 Giants Stadium 66,110
6 October 9 at Cincinnati Bengals L 19–36 3–2–1 Riverfront Stadium 57,482
7 October 17 Buffalo Bills L 14–37 3–3–1 Giants Stadium 70,218
8 October 23 at Miami Dolphins W 44–30 4–3–1 Joe Robbie Stadium 68,292
9 October 30 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–20 5–3–1 Giants Stadium 64,862
10 November 6 at Indianapolis Colts L 14–38 5–4–1 Hoosier Dome 59,233
11 November 13 New England Patriots L 13–14 5–5–1 Giants Stadium 48,358
12 November 20 at Buffalo Bills L 6–9 (OT) 5–6–1 Rich Stadium 78,389
13 November 27 Miami Dolphins W 38–34 6–6–1 Giants Stadium 52,752
14 December 4 at Kansas City Chiefs L 34–38 6–7–1 Arrowhead Stadium 30,059
15 December 10 Indianapolis Colts W 34–16 7–7–1 Giants Stadium 46,284
16 December 18 New York Giants W 27–21 8–7–1 Giants Stadium 69,770
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Jets 3 000 3
• Patriots 3 31012 28

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Week 2

1 234Total
• Jets 3 3314 23
Browns 3 000 3
  • Date: September 11
  • Location: Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18.3 °C) • wind 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h; 4.3 kn)
  • Referee: Tom Dooley
  • TV announcers (NBC): Mel Proctor and Al DeRogatis

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Week 3

1 234Total
Oilers 3 000 3
• Jets 14 14314 45
  • Date: September 18
  • Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 67 °F (19.4 °C), wind 12 miles per hour (19 km/h; 10 kn)
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • Television network: NBC

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Week 4

1 234Total
• Jets 3 707 17
Lions 3 070 10

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Week 5

1 234OTTotal
Chiefs 0 03140 17
Jets 3 7070 17
  • Date: October 2
  • Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21.1 °C), wind 14 miles per hour (23 km/h; 12 kn)
  • Referee: Ben Dreith
  • Television network: NBC

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Week 6

1 234Total
Jets 9 370 19
• Bengals 6 1370 26
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 51 °F (10.6 °C), wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)
  • Referee: Dick Hantak
  • TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy

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Week 7

1 234Total
• Bills 17 1433 37
Jets 0 770 14
  • Date: October 17
  • Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17.2 °C), wind 13 miles per hour (21 km/h; 11 kn)
  • Referee: Dick Jorgensen
  • TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford, Al Michaels, and Dan Dierdorf

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Week 8

1 234Total
• Jets 6 2477 44
Dolphins 7 3137 30
  • Date: October 23
  • Location: Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C), wind 11 miles per hour (18 km/h; 9.6 kn)
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen

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Week 9

1 234Total
Steelers 10 0010 20
• Jets 0 1077 24
  • Date: October 30
  • Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 46 °F (7.8 °C), wind 14 miles per hour (23 km/h; 12 kn)
  • Referee: Tom Dooley
  • Television network: NBC

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Week 10

1 234Total
Jets 0 1400 14
• Colts 7 3217 38

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Week 11

1 234Total
• Patriots 0 077 14
Jets 0 337 13

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Week 12

1 234OTTotal
Jets 0 3030 6
Bills 0 0333 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 (6.1 °C) • wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)

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Week 13

1 234Total
Dolphins 7 7200 34
• Jets 7 17014 38
  • Date: November 27
  • Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12.2 °C), wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)
  • Referee: Jerry Seeman
  • TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Bob Trumpy

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Week 14

1 234Total
Jets 10 1077 34
• Chiefs 14 7017 38

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Week 15

1 234Total
Colts 6 730 16
• Jets 10 0213 34
  • Date: December 10
  • Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
  • Game start: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 31 °F (−0.6 °C), wind 14 miles per hour (23 km/h; 12 kn)
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen

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Week 16

1 234Total
Giants 0 777 21
• Jets 10 377 27

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Standings

AFC East
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

References

  1. ^ "1988 New York Jets Statistics & Players".
  2. ^ 1988 New York Jets roster at Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
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