1985 New York Jets (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 11-5-0 .688 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/28/1985 | H | New England Patriots | 14-26 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 70958 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dan Alexander | 60 | ROG | 6-4 | 271 | 30 | Louisiana State | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Baldwin | 95 | DT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Wisconsin; Thornton JC; Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| Barry Bennett | 78 | RDT | 6-4 | 259 | 30 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Bingham | 64 | OL | 6-3 | 260 | 27 | Montana | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Bligen | 23 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | St. John's (New York) | 1 | 0 |
| Russell Carter | 27 | RCB | 6-2 | 197 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Clifton | 59 | LLB | 6-4 | 234 | 23 | Texas Christian | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Crable | 50 | RLB | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Fields | 65 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 32 | Rutgers-Camden; Widener | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Flowers | 38 | S | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Gastineau | 99 | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 29 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona State; East Central | 1 | 1 |
| Kerry Glenn | 35 | CB | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Griggs | 81 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Virginia | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Hamilton | 39 | FS | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Hector | 34 | RB | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | Texas A&M | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Howard | 28 | CB | 6-2 | 189 | 24 | Rutgers | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Humphery | 84 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | New Mexico State | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Jackson | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 236 | 30 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Jennings | 13 | P | 6-4 | 202 | 33 | St. Lawrence | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Klecko | 73 | LDT | 6-3 | 263 | 32 | Temple | 1 | 1 |
| Rocky Klever | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 26 | Montana | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Leahy | 5 | K | 6-0 | 196 | 34 | St. Louis | 1 | 0 |
| Lester Lyles | 26 | S | 6-3 | 212 | 23 | Virginia | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Lynn | 29 | LCB | 6-0 | 196 | 29 | UCLA | 1 | 1 |
| Marty Lyons | 93 | RDE | 6-5 | 269 | 28 | Alabama | 1 | 1 |
| Reggie McElroy | 68 | LOT | 6-6 | 273 | 25 | West Texas A&M | 1 | 1 |
| Freeman McNeil | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | UCLA | 1 | 1 |
| Lance Mehl | 56 | MLB | 6-3 | 233 | 27 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Rich Miano | 36 | S | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Hawaii | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Monger | 58 | LB | 6-1 | 239 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 |
| Davlin Mullen | 20 | CB | 6-1 | 177 | 25 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 |
| Ken O'Brien | 7 | QB | 6-4 | 207 | 25 | Sacramento State; UC Davis | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Paige | 49 | RB | 5-11 | 235 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Marvin Powell | 79 | ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 30 | Southern California | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Rudolph | 76 | DE | 6-5 | 271 | 28 | Sequoias JC; Long Beach State | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 30 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
| Mickey Shuler | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 29 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Kurt Sohn | 87 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Nassau CC; North Carolina State; Fordham | 1 | 0 |
| Kirk Springs | 21 | SS | 6-0 | 197 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Sweeney | 53 | LOG | 6-4 | 285 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 |
| Al Toon | 88 | WR | 6-4 | 205 | 22 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 |
| Jojo Townsell | 83 | WR | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | UCLA | 1 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 30 | California | 1 | 1 |
| John Woodring | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Brown | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28:13 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5/13 38.5% | 1/3 33.3% | 6 | 48 |
| Opponents Totals | 31:47 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3/14 21.4% | 0/0 % | 1 | 10 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Hector | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pat Leahy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 26 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWN | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| OPP | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman McNeil | 16 | 41 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Johnny Hector | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ken O'Brien | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 58 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 99 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken O'Brien | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 3 | 149 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 24 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 21 | 128 | 97.4 |
| Pat Ryan | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 6 | 84 | 4.9 | 8.4 | 13 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 5.9 | 3 | 30 | 54 | 66.8 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 23 | 67.6 | 9 | 233 | 6.9 | 10.1 | 24 | 2 | 5.9 | 2 | 5.9 | 5 | 51 | 182 | 82.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 12 | 75.0 | 4 | 179 | 11.2 | 14.9 | 39 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 20 | 159 | 132.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Toon | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Shuler | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Wesley Walker | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Freeman McNeil | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Hector | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 | ||
| Rocky Klever | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 233 | 10.1 | 24 | 2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 179 | 14.9 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Jennings | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 180 | 36.0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 180 | 36.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 157 | 31.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Sohn | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Hector | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 33 | 0 | |
| Bobby Humphery | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 165 | 23.6 | 50 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Gastineau | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Bob Crable | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Tom Baldwin | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5.0 | 51.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Hector | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
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