1990 New York Jets season

1990 season of NFL team New York Jets

1990 New York Jets season

Owner| Leon Hess
General manager| Dick Steinberg
Head coach| Bruce Coslet
Home field| Giants Stadium
Results
Record| 6–10
Division place| 4th AFC East
Playoff finish| Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers| None

* <- 1989
* Jets seasons
* 1991 ->

The 1990 New York Jets season was the 31st season for the team and the 21st in the National Football League. It began with the team, under new head coach Bruce Coslet, trying to improve from winning only four games in 1989 under Joe Walton. The Jets finished the season at 6–10.

## Contents

* 1 Offseason
* 1.1 Coaching change
* 1.2 NFL Draft
* 2 Personnel
* 2.1 Staff
* 2.2 Roster
* 3 Regular season
* 3.1 Schedule
* 3.2 Game summaries
* 3.2.1 Week 2
* 3.3 Standings
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Offseason[edit]

The Jets modified their uniforms for the 1990 season, adding a thin black outline to the numerals, striping and helmet decals and changing the facemask color from white to black. The team also added a set of green pants, to be worn with its white jerseys. The green pants had a single white stripe with thin black borders from hip to knee on each side.

### Coaching change[edit]

After finishing the 1989 season with a 4-12 record, the Jets fired head coach Joe Walton after seven seasons. The team hired Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Bruce Coslet to replace him. Walton’s entire coaching staff was also not retained; among Coslet’s hires was Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach Pete Carroll, who became his defensive coordinator.

### NFL Draft[edit]

Main article: 1990 NFL Draft

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | School/Club Team

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1  | 2  | Blair Thomas  | Running Back  | Penn State
2  | 28  | Reggie Rembert  | Wide Receiver  | West Virginia
3  | 56  | Tony Stargell  | Defensive Back  | Tennessee State
4  | 84  | Troy Taylor  | Quarterback  | California
5  | 112  | Tony Savage  | Defensive Tackle  | Washington State
6  | 140  | Terance Mathis  | Wide Receiver  | New Mexico
7  | 167  | Dwayne White  | Guard  | Alcorn State
7  | 168  | Basil Proctor  | Linebacker  | West Virginia
8  | 196  | Roger Duffy  | Guard  | Penn State
9  | 223  | Dale Dawkins  | Wide Receiver  | Miami (FL)
10  | 251  | Brad Quast  | Linebacker  | Iowa
11  | 278  | Derrick Kelson  | Defensive Back  | Purdue
12  | 306  | Darrell Davis  | Defensive End  | TCU

## Personnel[edit]

### Staff[edit]

1990 New York Jets staff

| Front office

* Chairman of the board – Susan Hess
* President – Steve Gutman
* Vice president/general manager – Dick Steinberg
* Director of player personnel – Ron Wolf
* Director of pro personnel – Jim Royer

Head coaches

* Head coach – Bruce Coslet

Offensive coaches

* Quarterbacks – Joe Daniels
* Running backs – Kippy Brown
* Receivers – Chip Myers
* Offensive line – Larry Beightol
* Offensive assistant/tight ends – Bob Wylie

|  |  | Defensive coaches

* Defensive coordinator – Pete Carroll
* Defensive line – Greg Robinson
* Linebackers – Monte Kiffin
* Defensive assistant/defensive backs – Ed Donatell

Special teams coaches

* Special teams coordinator – Foge Fazio

Strength and conditioning

* Strength and conditioning – Greg Mackrides

• Assistant Strength and Conditioning - Lee Brandon

### Roster[edit]

1990 New York Jets final roster

| Quarterbacks

* 11 Tony Eason
* 7 Ken O'Brien
* 14 Troy Taylor

Running backs

* 30 Brad Baxter FB
* 34 Johnny Hector
* 24 Freeman McNeil
* 32 Blair Thomas

Wide receivers

* 87 Chris Burkett
* 89 Dale Dawkins
* 81 Terance Mathis KR/PR
* 85 Rob Moore
* 83 Jo-Jo Townsell PR

Tight ends

* 80 Mark Boyer
* 84 Chris Dressel
* 82 Pat Kelly
* 86 Doug Wellsandt

|  | Offensive linemen

* 69 Jeff Criswell T
* 62 Roger Duffy C
* 79 Mike Haight G
* 78 Scott Jones T
* 64 Trevor Matich G
* 72 Brett Miller T
* 53 Jim Sweeney C/G
* 67 Dwayne White G
* 63 Dave Zawatson G/T

Defensive linemen

* 90 Dennis Byrd DT
* 98 Darrell Davis DE
* 56 Jeff Lageman DE
* 94 Scott Mersereau DT
* 77 Gerald Nichols DT
* 96 Ron Stallworth DE
* 97 Marvin Washington DE

|  | Linebackers

* 59 Kyle Clifton MLB
* 52 John Galvin MLB
* 95 Troy Johnson OLB
* 51 Joe Mott OLB
* 57 Mac Stephens OLB

Defensive backs

* 42 John Booty CB/S
* 49 Travis Curtis SS
* 40 James Hasty CB
* 26 Ken Johnson FS
* 23 Michael Mayes CB
* 22 Erik McMillan FS
* 21 Don Odegard CB
* 45 Tony Stargell CB
* 48 Brian Washington SS

Special teams

* 5 Pat Leahy K
* 6 Joe Prokop P

|  | Reserve lists

* 54 Troy Benson LB (IR)
* 29 A. B. Brown RB (IR)
* 66 Dave Cadigan G (IR)
* \-- Patrick Egu RB (IR)
* 91 Paul Frase DE (NF-Ill.)
* 58 Joe Kelly LB (IR)
* 93 Marty Lyons DE (IR)
* 92 Emanuel McNeil DT (IR)
* 20 Dennis Price CB (IR)
* 88 Al Toon WR (IR)
* 33 Terry Williams CB (PUP)

Practice squad

* \-- Mark Hofland T

Rookies in italics

## Regular season[edit]

### Schedule[edit]

Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Game site | Attendance

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1 | September 9, 1990 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 25–20 | Riverfront Stadium |

56,467

2 | September 16, 1990 | Cleveland Browns | W 24–21 | The Meadowlands |

67,354

3 | September 24, 1990 | Buffalo Bills | L 30–7 | The Meadowlands |

69,927

4 | September 30, 1990 | at New England Patriots | W 37–13 | Foxboro Stadium |

36,724

5 | October 7, 1990 | at Miami Dolphins | L 20–16 | Joe Robbie Stadium |

69,678

6 | October 14, 1990 | San Diego Chargers | L 39–3 | The Meadowlands |

63,311

7 | October 21, 1990 | at Buffalo Bills | L 30–27 | Rich Stadium |

79,002

8 | October 28, 1990 | at Houston Oilers | W 17–12 | Houston Astrodome |

56,337

9 | November 4, 1990 | Dallas Cowboys | W 24–9 | The Meadowlands |

68,086

10 | November 11, 1990 | Miami Dolphins | L 17–3 | The Meadowlands |

68,362

11 | November 18, 1990 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 17–14 | Hoosier Dome |

47,283

12 | November 25, 1990 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 24–7 | The Meadowlands |

57,806

13 | December 2, 1990 | at San Diego Chargers | L 38–17 | Jack Murphy Stadium |

40,877

14 | Bye
15 | December 16, 1990 | Indianapolis Colts | L 29–21 | The Meadowlands |

41,423

16 | December 23, 1990 | New England Patriots | W 42–7 | The Meadowlands |

30,250

17 | December 30, 1990 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 16–14 | Tampa Stadium |

46,543

### Game summaries[edit]

#### Week 2[edit]

Cleveland Browns (1–0) at New York Jets (0–1)  |  | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Browns | 7 | 0| 7| 7 | 21
• Jets | 14 | 10| 0| 0 | 24

* Date: September 16
* 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
* TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert and Paul Maguire

| Scoring summary

1| | CLE| Eric Metcalf 98 yard kickoff return (Jerry Kauric kick)| CLE 7–0
1| | NYJ| Freeman McNeil 2 yard run (Pat Leahy kick)| Tie 7–7
1| | NYJ| Johnny Hector 6 yard run (Pat Leahy kick)| NYJ 14–7
2| | NYJ| Pat Leahy 47 yard field goal| NYJ 17–7
2| | NYJ| Brad Baxter 1 yard run (Pat Leahy kick)| NYJ 24–7
3| | CLE| Reggie Langhorne 4 yard pass from Bernie Kosar (Jerry Kauric kick)| NYJ 24–14
4| | CLE| Leroy Hoard 9 yard run (Jerry Kauric kick)| NYJ 24–21

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### Standings[edit]

AFC East

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| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK
(1) Buffalo Bills | 13  | 3  | 0  | .813  | 7–1  | 10–2  | 428  | 263  | L1
(4) Miami Dolphins | 12  | 4  | 0  | .750  | 7–1  | 10–2  | 336  | 242  | W1
Indianapolis Colts | 7  | 9  | 0  | .438  | 3–5  | 5–7  | 281  | 353  | L1
New York Jets | 6  | 10  | 0  | .375  | 2–6  | 4–10  | 295  | 345  | W2
New England Patriots | 1  | 15  | 0  | .063  | 1–7  | 1–11  | 181  | 446  | L14

## References[edit]

1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com

## External links[edit]

* 1990 statistics

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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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* Owner: Woody Johnson
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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| Phoenix| Minnesota| San Francisco
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* 1990 NFL Draft
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*[IR]: Injured reserve
*[NF-Ill.]: Non-football injury and illness
*[PUP]: Physically unable to perform
*[W]: Wins
*[L]: Losses
*[T]: Ties
*[PCT]: Winning percentage
*[DIV]: Win–Loss record within their division
*[CONF]: Win–Loss record within their conference
*[PF]: Points For (Total points scored)
*[PA]: Points Against (Total points allowed)
*[STK]: Current Winning or Losing Streak
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