1993 New York Jets season

1993 season of NFL team New York Jets

1993 New York Jets season

Owner| Leon Hess
Head coach| Bruce Coslet
Home stadium| The Meadowlands
Results
Record| 8–8
Division place| 3rd AFC East
Playoffs| Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers| QB Boomer Esiason

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The 1993 New York Jets season was the 34th season for the team and the 24th in the National Football League. After the team had returned from its 1991 playoff season with a 4–12 1992 campaign, the Jets and coach Bruce Coslet looked to get back into the postseason.

The biggest acquisition for the Jets in the offseason was quarterback Boomer Esiason, whom New York acquired from the Cincinnati Bengals for a draft pick. The Jets also acquired running back Johnny Johnson from the Phoenix Cardinals, and he led the team in both rushing yards and pass receptions (821 yards rushing, 67 receptions). Brad Baxter led the Jets with seven rushing touchdowns and Rob Moore, a third-year receiver, caught passes for 843 yards. Second year tight end Johnny Mitchell caught six touchdown passes for a team high. On defense Jeff Lageman returned from his season-ending injury in 1992 to record 8.5 sacks to pace the defensive line, and defensive back Brian Washington added six interceptions.

After struggling early by only winning two of their first six games, the Jets began a winning streak by defeating their in-stadium rival New York Giants, 10–6 on Halloween. The streak reached five before the Indianapolis Colts snapped it with a 9–6 defeat of the Jets in Week 14. The Jets won again the next week by defeating the Washington Redskins by a 3–0 score, but lost their remaining three games to finish 8–8 and out of the playoffs. On January 7, 1994, five days after the season ended, Coslet was fired (after refusing to give up calling the offense) and assistant Pete Carroll was promoted to serve as head coach.[1]

In Weeks 13, 14, and 15, the Jets played in games where the winning team did not reach 10 points. The Jets were 2–1 in those three games, with the other victory being a 6–0 win against the New England Patriots in Week 13. On the other hand, the Jets did not score more than ten points in five of their last six games, the only exception being a Week 16 loss to the Buffalo Bills, and only scored three total touchdowns in those games (two in the Week 16 loss and one in a Week 15 loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys). For the third time in five seasons, the Jets were shut out in their season finale.

## Offseason

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### NFL draft

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Main article: 1993 NFL draft

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

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1  | 4  | Marvin Jones | Linebacker  | Florida State
2  | 36  | Coleman Rudolph | Defensive End  | Georgia Tech
4  | 88  | David Ware  | Offensive Tackle  | Virginia
5  | 115  | Fred Baxter | Tight End  | Auburn
5  | 120  | Adrian Murrell | Running Back  | West Virginia
5  | 129  | Kenny Shedd | Wide Receiver  | Northern Iowa
6  | 144  | Richie Anderson | Running Back  | Penn State
7  | 171  | Alec Millen  | Offensive Tackle  | Georgia
8  | 200  | Craig Hentrich | Punter  | Notre Dame

### Undrafted free agents

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1993 undrafted free agents of note  Player  | Position  | College

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Marcus Perry  | Tackle  | Murray State
Greg Sherwin  | Tackle  | Central Michigan
Chris Spencer  | Wide receiver  | Iowa State
James Spencer  | Defensive Tackle  | Syracuse
Shawn Williams  | Linebacker  | Rutgers
Greg Willig  | Quarterback  | Rice

## Personnel

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### Staff

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1993 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 – Bruce Coslet

Offensive coaches

* Quarterbacks – Walt Harris
* Running backs – Johnny Roland
* Receivers – Chip Myers
* Offensive line – Larry Beightol
* Offensive assistant/tight ends – Paul Alexander

|  |  | Defensive coaches

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

Special teams coaches

* Special teams coordinator – Al Roberts

Strength and conditioning

* Strength and conditioning – Greg Mackrides

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### Roster

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1993 New York Jets roster Quarterbacks (QB)

* 9 Jeff Blake
* 7 Boomer Esiason
* 8 Browning Nagle

Running backs (RB)

* 30 Brad Baxter FB
* 39 Johnny Johnson
* 29 Adrian Murrell KR
* 32 Blair Thomas

Wide receivers (WR)

* 17 Stevie Anderson WR
* 87 Chris Burkett
* 82 Rob Carpenter
* 89 Dale Dawkins
* 81 Terance Mathis PR
* 85 Rob Moore
* 19 Kenny Shedd

Tight ends (TE)

* 84 Fred Baxter
* 86 Johnny Mitchell
* 83 Troy Sadowski
* 80 James Thornton

|  | Offensive linemen (OL)

* 76 James Brown T
* 66 Dave Cadigan G
* 69 Jeff Criswell T
* 52 Cal Dixon C
* 62 Roger Duffy G
* 75 Siupeli Malamala T
* 74 Everett McIver G
* 53 Jim Sweeney C
* 68 David Ware T
* 67 Dwayne White G
* 77 Matt Willig T

Defensive linemen (DL)

* 91 Paul Frase DT
* 96 Mark Gunn DE
* 56 Jeff Lageman DE
* 94 Scott Mersereau DT
* 71 Bill Pickel DT
* 92 Coleman Rudolph DE
* 97 Marvin Washington DE

|  | Linebackers (LB)

* 98 Kurt Barber OLB
* 50 Glenn Cadrez OLB
* 59 Kyle Clifton MLB
* 55 Bobby Houston OLB
* 57 Mo Lewis OLB

Defensive backs (DB)

* 21 Victor Green SS
* 40 James Hasty CB
* 25 Cliff Hicks CB
* 42 Ronnie Lott FS
* 37 Anthony Prior CB
* 22 Eric Thomas CB
* 23 Marcus Turner CB/S
* 48 Brian Washington SS
* 31 Lonnie Young FS

Special teams (ST)

* 4 Louie Aguiar P
* 10 Cary Blanchard K
* 99 Steve DeOssie LS

|  | Practice squad

* 26 Damon Pieri S

Reserve

* 33 Richie Anderson RB (IR)
* 28 Pat Chaffey RB (IR)
* 54 Marvin Jones LB (IR)
* 70 Leonard Marshall DT (IR)
* 27 Kevin Porter S (IR)

Rookies in italics
53 active, 5 reserve, 1 practice squad

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## Regular season

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### Schedule

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Week  | Date  | Opponent  | Result  | Record  | Venue  | Attendance

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1  | September 5  | Denver Broncos | L 20–26  | 0–1  | Giants Stadium | 68,130
2  | September 12  | at Miami Dolphins | W 24–14  | 1–1  | Joe Robbie Stadium | 70,314
3  | Bye
4  | September 26  | New England Patriots | W 45–7  | 2–1  | Giants Stadium  | 64,836
5  | October 3  | Philadelphia Eagles | L 30–35  | 2–2  | Giants Stadium  | 72,593
6  | October 10  | at Los Angeles Raiders | L 20–24  | 2–3  | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 41,627
7  | Bye
8  | October 24  | Buffalo Bills | L 10–19  | 2–4  | Giants Stadium  | 71,541
9  | October 31  | at New York Giants | W 10–6  | 3–4  | Giants Stadium  | 71,659
10  | November 7  | Miami Dolphins | W 27–10  | 4–4  | Giants Stadium  | 71,306
11  | November 14  | at Indianapolis Colts | W 31–17  | 5–4  | RCA Dome | 47,351
12  | November 21  | Cincinnati Bengals | W 17–12  | 6–4  | Giants Stadium  | 64,264
13  | November 28  | at New England Patriots | W 6–0  | 7–4  | Foxboro Stadium | 42,810
14  | December 5  | Indianapolis Colts | L 6–9  | 7–5  | Giants Stadium  | 45,799
15  | December 11 | at Washington Redskins | W 3–0  | 8–5  | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium | 47,970
16  | December 18 | Dallas Cowboys | L 7–28  | 8–6  | Giants Stadium  | 73,233
17  | December 26  | at Buffalo Bills | L 14–16  | 8–7  | Rich Stadium | 70,817
18  | January 2, 1994  | at Houston Oilers | L 0–24  | 8–8  | Houston Astrodome | 61,040
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Standings

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AFC East

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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK
(1) Buffalo Bills | 12  | 4  | 0  | .750  | 329  | 242  | W4
Miami Dolphins | 9  | 7  | 0  | .563  | 349  | 351  | L5
New York Jets | 8  | 8  | 0  | .500  | 270  | 247  | L3
New England Patriots | 5  | 11  | 0  | .313  | 238  | 286  | W4
Indianapolis Colts | 4  | 12  | 0  | .250  | 189  | 378  | L4

### Season summary

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#### Week 12 vs Bengals

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Week Twelve: Cincinnati Bengals (0–9) at New York Jets (5–4)

Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Bengals | 3 | 0 | 0| 9| 12
Jets | 0 | 14 | 0| 3| 17

at The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey

* Date: November 21
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: 40 °F (4 °C)
* Game attendance: 64,264
* Box Score

Boomer Esiason's first matchup against his former team

Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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Bengals  | Passing | David Klingler | 22/31, 196 Yds, TD, 2 INT
Rushing | Harold Green | 9 Rush, 32 Yds
Receiving | Jeff Query | 6 Rec, 44 Yds, TD
Jets  | Passing | Boomer Esiason | 17/26, 192 Yds
Rushing | Adrian Murrell | 9 Rush, 52 Yds
Receiving | Johnny Johnson | 6 Rec, 99 Yds

## Notes

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## References

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1. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/01/08/coslet-dismissed-by-jets-replaced-by-assistant/02827a97-93db-4d4f-afc6-3769613e9787/

## External links

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Buffalo | Cincinnati| Denver| Dallas| Chicago| Atlanta
Indianapolis | Cleveland| Kansas City| NY Giants| Detroit| LA Rams
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