1988 New York Jets (NFL) |
| 4th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 8-7-1 .531 |
| Head Coach: Joe Walton |
| Zeke Bratkowski | Quarterbacks |
| Ray Callahan | Quality Control |
| Bud Carson | Defensive Coordinator |
| Wally Chambers | Defensive Line |
| Mike Faulkiner | Secondary |
| Bobby Hammond | Running Backs |
| Rich Kotite | Offensive Coordinator/Receivers |
| Larry Pasquale | Special Teams |
| Dan Radakovich | Offensive Line |
| Jim Vechiarella | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1988 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 12-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 37235 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1988 | A | New York Giants | 21-24 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 68916 | |
| Thu | 8/18/1988 | H | Cleveland Browns | 11-7 | W | Montreal, QC | Olympic Stadium | 39112 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1988 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-27 | L | Madison, WI | Camp Randall Stadium | 42098 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1988 | A | New England Patriots | 3-28 | L | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 44027 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1988 | A | Cleveland Browns | 23-3 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 74434 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1988 | H | Houston Oilers | 45-3 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 64683 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1988 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-10 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 29250 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1988 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-17 | T | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 66110 |
| Sun | 10/9/1988 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 19-36 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 57482 | |
| Mon | 10/17/1988 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-37 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 70218 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1988 | A | Miami Dolphins | 44-30 | W | Miami-Dade County, FL | Joe Robbie Stadium | 68292 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1988 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-20 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 64862 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1988 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 14-38 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 59233 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1988 | H | New England Patriots | 13-14 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 48358 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1988 | A | Buffalo Bills | 6-9 | L | OT | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 78389 |
| Sun | 11/27/1988 | H | Miami Dolphins | 38-34 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 52752 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1988 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 34-38 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 30059 | |
| Sat | 12/10/1988 | H | Indianapolis Colts | 34-16 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 46284 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1988 | H | New York Giants | 27-21 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 69770 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 60 | Dan Alexander | ROG | 6-4 | 271 | 33 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| 95 | Tom Baldwin | DE | 6-4 | 270 | 27 | Wisconsin; Thornton JC; Tulsa | 16 | 2 |
| 63 | Ted Banker | OG | 6-2 | 270 | 27 | Southeast Missouri State | 11 | 8 |
| 31 | Marion Barber | RB | 6-3 | 228 | 29 | Minnesota | 16 | 1 |
| 78 | Barry Bennett | DE | 6-4 | 259 | 33 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Troy Benson | LILB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| 64 | Guy Bingham | OG-C | 6-3 | 260 | 30 | Montana | 10 | 1 |
| 42 | John Booty | CB | 6-0 | 179 | 23 | Cisco JC; Texas Christian | 16 | 0 |
| 66 | Dave Cadigan | LOT | 6-4 | 285 | 23 | Southern California | 5 | 4 |
| 59 | Kyle Clifton | RILB | 6-4 | 234 | 26 | Texas Christian | 16 | 15 |
| 90 | Robin Cole | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 33 | New Mexico | 16 | 4 |
| 61 | Jeff Criswell | LOT | 6-7 | 287 | 24 | Graceland | 15 | 12 |
| 80 | K.D. Dunn | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 25 | Clemson | 15 | 2 |
| 52 | Onzy Elam | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Tennessee State | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Nuu Faaola | FB | 5-11 | 217 | 24 | Hawaii | 16 | 0 |
| 91 | Paul Frase | DE-DT | 6-5 | 267 | 23 | Syracuse | 16 | 7 |
| 51 | John Galvin | LB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Boston College | 16 | 0 |
| 74 | Mark Garalczyk | DE | 6-5 | 272 | 24 | Western Michigan | 7 | 0 |
| 99 | Mark Gastineau | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 32 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona State; East Central | 7 | 7 |
| 55 | Alex Gordon | LOLB | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | Cincinnati | 13 | 12 |
| 81 | Billy Griggs | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Virginia | 15 | 8 |
| 79 | Mike Haight | LOG | 6-4 | 275 | 26 | Iowa | 14 | 9 |
| 96 | Steve Hammond | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 28 | Wake Forest | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | Michael Harper | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | Southern California | 10 | 0 |
| 40 | James Hasty | RCB | 6-0 | 206 | 23 | Central Washington; Washington State | 15 | 15 |
| 34 | Johnny Hector | FB | 5-11 | 205 | 28 | Texas A&M | 16 | 1 |
| 28 | Carl Howard | CB | 6-2 | 189 | 27 | Rutgers | 16 | 1 |
| 48 | Bobby Humphery | LCB | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | New Mexico State | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | Pat Leahy | K | 6-0 | 196 | 37 | St. Louis | 16 | 0 |
| 93 | Marty Lyons | RDE | 6-5 | 269 | 31 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| 57 | Kevin McArthur | ROLB | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Lamar | 16 | 16 |
| 68 | Reggie McElroy | ROT | 6-6 | 273 | 28 | West Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
| 22 | Erik McMillan | FS | 6-2 | 198 | 23 | Missouri | 13 | 13 |
| 24 | Freeman McNeil | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 29 | UCLA | 16 | 16 |
| 94 | Scott Mersereau | NT | 6-3 | 278 | 23 | Southern Connecticut State | 16 | 15 |
| 36 | Rich Miano | SS | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Hawaii | 16 | 16 |
| 86 | Keith Neubert | TE | 6-6 | 242 | 24 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Gerald Nichols | NT-DE | 6-2 | 267 | 24 | Florida State | 16 | 2 |
| 7 | Ken O'Brien | QB | 6-4 | 207 | 28 | Sacramento State; UC Davis | 14 | 12 |
| 6 | Joe Prokop | P | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Minnesota; Cal Poly (Pomona) | 16 | 0 |
| 25 | George Radachowsky | FS | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Boston College | 9 | 3 |
| 92 | Ken Rose | LB | 6-1 | 211 | 26 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | Pat Ryan | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 33 | Tennessee | 16 | 4 |
| 75 | Adam Schreiber | C | 6-4 | 288 | 26 | Texas | 7 | 0 |
| 82 | Mickey Shuler | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 32 | Penn State | 15 | 15 |
| 87 | Kurt Sohn | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 31 | Nassau CC; North Carolina State; Fordham | 15 | 0 |
| 53 | Jim Sweeney | C | 6-4 | 285 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| 88 | Al Toon | WR | 6-4 | 205 | 25 | Wisconsin | 15 | 15 |
| 83 | Jojo Townsell | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 28 | UCLA | 16 | 0 |
| 43 | Roger Vick | FB | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | Texas A&M | 16 | 12 |
| 85 | Wesley Walker | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 33 | California | 16 | 10 |
| 33 | Terry Williams | CB | 5-11 | 204 | 23 | Bethune-Cookman | 8 | 0 |
| 76 | Mike Withycombe | OG | 6-5 | 298 | 24 | West Hills CC; Fresno State | 6 | 1 |
| 38 | Mike Zordich | S | 6-1 | 208 | 25 | Penn State | 16 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Dave Cadigan | T | Southern California |
| 2 | 37 | Terry Williams | DB | Bethune-Cookman |
| 3 | 63 | Erik McMillan | DB | Missouri |
| 3 | 74 | James Hasty | DB | Washington State |
| 5 | 119 | Mike Withycombe | T | 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 | G | West Chester |
| 10 | 257 | John Booty | DB | Texas Christian |
| 11 | 287 | John Galvin | LB | Boston College |
| 12 | 314 | Albert Goss | NT | Jackson State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 78 | 125 | 72 | 97 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 64 | 104 | 97 | 3 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:55 | 331 | 118 | 181 | 32 | 97/233 41.6% | 7/17 41.2% | 115 | 931 |
| Opponents Totals | 29:05 | 310 | 123 | 162 | 25 | 87/214 40.7% | 11/21 52.4% | 89 | 757 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 0 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 0 | 112 |
| Johnny Hector | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Freeman McNeil | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Wesley Walker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Mickey Shuler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Al Toon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Roger Vick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Erik McMillan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Kurt Sohn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jojo Townsell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Zordich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marty Lyons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 43 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 1 | 372 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 36 | 43 | 83.7 | 20 | 30 | 66.7 | 0 | 354 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 2 | 48 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 7/8 | 7/10 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 28 | 82.1 | 2 | 48 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 7/8 | 7/10 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 30 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 8/9 | 8/11 | 3/9 | 1/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman McNeil | 219 | 944 | 4.3 | 28 | 6 |
| Johnny Hector | 137 | 561 | 4.1 | 19 | 10 |
| Roger Vick | 128 | 540 | 4.2 | 17 | 3 |
| Ken O'Brien | 21 | 25 | 1.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Nuu Faaola | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pat Leahy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Toon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 514 | 2132 | 4.1 | 28 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 517 | 2124 | 4.1 | 38 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken O'Brien | 424 | 236 | 236 | 181 | 2567 | 6.1 | 10.9 | 50t | 15 | 3.5 | 7 | 1.7 | 37 | 267 | 2300 | 78.6 |
| Pat Ryan | 113 | 63 | 63 | 46 | 807 | 7.1 | 12.8 | 42t | 5 | 4.4 | 4 | 3.5 | 5 | 24 | 783 | 78.3 |
| Johnny Hector | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 538 | 299 | 299 | 228 | 3374 | 6.3 | 11.3 | 50t | 20 | 3.7 | 11 | 2.0 | 42 | 291 | 3083 | 78.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 476 | 244 | 244 | 208 | 3823 | 8.0 | 15.7 | 80t | 28 | 5.9 | 24 | 5.0 | 45 | 314 | 3509 | 76.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Toon | 93 | 1067 | 11.5 | 42 | 5 |
| Mickey Shuler | 70 | 805 | 11.5 | 42t | 5 |
| Freeman McNeil | 34 | 288 | 8.5 | 25 | 1 |
| Wesley Walker | 26 | 551 | 21.2 | 50t | 7 |
| Johnny Hector | 26 | 237 | 9.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Roger Vick | 19 | 120 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Griggs | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 17 | 2 |
| K.D. Dunn | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Jojo Townsell | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 299 | 3374 | 11.3 | 50t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 3823 | 15.7 | 80t | 28 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik McMillan | 8 | 168 | 21.0 | 55t | 2 |
| James Hasty | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Booty | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Howard | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Miano | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Zordich | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Kevin McArthur | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Troy Benson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Humphery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 228 | 9.5 | 55t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Prokop | 85 | 3310 | 38.9 | 64 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 201 | 2909 | 34.2 |
| Team Totals | 85 | 3310 | 38.9 | 64 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 201 | 2909 | 34.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 2742 | 38.1 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 418 | 2224 | 30.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jojo Townsell | 35 | 9 | 409 | 11.7 | 59t | 1 |
| Kurt Sohn | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 10 | 418 | 11.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 9 | 201 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Humphery | 21 | 0 | 510 | 24.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Jojo Townsell | 31 | 0 | 601 | 19.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 9 | 0 | 159 | 17.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Michael Harper | 7 | 0 | 114 | 16.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Nuu Faaola | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Marion Barber | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 72 | 0 | 1404 | 19.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 1491 | 21.3 | 56 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Marty Lyons | 7.5 | |
| Mark Gastineau | 7.0 | |
| Ken Rose | 5.0 | |
| Scott Mersereau | 4.5 | |
| Robin Cole | 3.0 | |
| Alex Gordon | 3.0 | |
| Troy Benson | 2.0 | |
| Bobby Humphery | 2.0 | |
| Kevin McArthur | 2.0 | |
| Gerald Nichols | 1.5 | |
| George Radachowsky | 1.5 | |
| Tom Baldwin | 1.0 | |
| Paul Frase | 1.0 | |
| James Hasty | 1.0 | |
| Carl Howard | 1.0 | |
| Mark Garalczyk | 0.5 | |
| Rich Miano | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 45.0 | 314.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42.0 | 291.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Booty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Cadigan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Clifton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Robin Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Galvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Gastineau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Griggs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Hasty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 0 |
| Johnny Hector | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Humphery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Lyons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie McElroy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik McMillan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freeman McNeil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Mersereau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken O'Brien | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -14 | 0 | |
| Ken Rose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Sohn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Toon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jojo Townsell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Vick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 27 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 0 |
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