1991 New York Jets season

1991 New York Jets season
Head coach	Bruce Coslet
Owner	Leon Hess
Home field	The Meadowlands
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd AFC East
Playoff finish	Lost AFC Wild Card 17–10 at Houston Oilers

The 1991 New York Jets season was the 32nd season for the team and the 22nd in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 6–10 record from 1990 under head coach Bruce Coslet. The Jets finished the season with a record of 8–8, qualifying for a playoff berth in the last game of the season. They were defeated in the Wild Card round by the Houston Oilers by a score of 17–10.

In 2004, Football Outsiders Mike Tanier named the 1991 New York Jets as one of the "worst playoff teams ever":^[1]

Bruce Coslet's Jets really had no business in the postseason. They started the season 1–3 and ended it 1–3. In between, they had some big wins, like a 41–23 victory over the Dolphins, but they also gave the Colts their only win of the year. [Quarterback] Ken O'Brien threw for 3,300 yards but just 10 touchdowns, as he displayed a knack for the redzone interception. At 7–8, they faced an 8–7 Dolphins team with a Wild Card bid on the line. As fate would have it, the Jets would walk away with a 23–20 overtime victory and a postseason birth [sic]. They would lose to the Oilers, 17–10, in the Wild Card round.

That Jets team had a lot of young talent, including Blair Thomas, Mo Lewis, Rob Moore, and Terance Mathis. They would add Jeff Blake and Johnnie Mitchell [sic] the following year. Unfortunately, that team also had Coslet. The Jets went 4–12 [in 1992], then 8–8 [in 1993], then switched to Pete Caroll [sic] [in 1994], then (ugh) Rich Kotite [in 1995]. Thomas and Mitchell never developed. Moore, Mathis and Blake would have their best seasons elsewhere. This wasn't a team going places; it was a team that tripped into the playoffs by accident.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
2	34	Browning Nagle	Quarterback	Louisville
3	63	Mo Lewis	Linebacker	Georgia
4	94	Mark Gunn	Defensive tackle	Pittsburgh
6	148	Blaise Bryant	Running back	Iowa State
7	175	Mike Riley	Defensive back	Tulane
8	202	Doug Parrish	Defensive back	Memphis
9	234	Paul Glonek	Defensive tackle	Arizona
10	261	Al Baker	Running back	Kentucky
11	288	Rocen Keeton	Linebacker	UCLA
12	315	Mark Hayes	Offensive tackle	Arizona State

Personnel

Staff

1991 New York Jets staff
	Front office Chairman of the Board – Leon Hess President – Steve Gutman Vice President/General Manager – Dick Steinberg Director of Player Personnel – Ron Wolf Director of Pro Personnel – Jim Royer Assistant Director of Pro Personnel – Pat Kirwan 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 – Foge Fazio Defensive Assistant/Defensive Backs – Ed Donatell Special teams coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Al Roberts Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Greg Mackrides

Roster

1991 New York Jets final roster
	Quarterbacks  8 Browning Nagle  7 Ken O'Brien 11 Troy Taylor Running backs 30 Brad Baxter FB 29 A. B. Brown KR 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 88 Al Toon Tight ends 80 Mark Boyer 84 Chris Dressel 82 Pat Kelly 86 Ken Whisenhunt		Offensive linemen 66 Dave Cadigan G 69 Jeff Criswell T 62 Roger Duffy G 75 Irv Eatman T 79 Mike Haight G 72 Brett Miller T 53 Jim Sweeney C 67 Dwayne White G Defensive linemen 90 Dennis Byrd DT 98 Darrell Davis DE 91 Paul Frase DE/DT 96 Mark Gunn DT/DE 56 Jeff Lageman DE 94 Scott Mersereau DT 71 Bill Pickel DT 97 Marvin Washington DE		Linebackers 59 Kyle Clifton MLB 52 John Galvin MLB 55 Bobby Houston OLB 95 Troy Johnson OLB 58 Joe Kelly OLB 57 Mo Lewis OLB Defensive backs 43 Michael Brim CB 40 James Hasty CB 25 R. J. Kors CB 22 Erik McMillan FS 21 Don Odegard CB 45 Tony Stargell CB 48 Brian Washington SS 31 Lonnie Young FS Special teams  4 Louie Aguiar P  2 Raul Allegre K  5 Pat Leahy K 64 Trevor Matich LS/C		Reserve lists Practice squad Rookies in italics Active, Inactive, Practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
1	September 1, 1991	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 16–13	The Meadowlands	61,204
2	September 8, 1991	at Seattle Seahawks	L 20–13	Kingdome	56,770
3	September 15, 1991	Buffalo Bills	L 23–20	The Meadowlands	65,309
4	September 23, 1991	at Chicago Bears	L 19–13 (OT)	Soldier Field	65,255
5	September 29, 1991	Miami Dolphins	W 41–23	The Meadowlands	71,170
6	October 6, 1991	at Cleveland Browns	W 17–14	Cleveland Stadium	71,042
7	October 13, 1991	Houston Oilers	L 23–20	The Meadowlands	70,758
8	October 20, 1991	at Indianapolis Colts	W 17–6	Hoosier Dome	53,025
9	Bye
10	November 3, 1991	Green Bay Packers	W 19–16 (OT)	The Meadowlands	67,435
11	November 10, 1991	Indianapolis Colts	L 28–27	The Meadowlands	44,792
12	November 17, 1991	at New England Patriots	W 28–21	Foxboro Stadium	30,743
13	November 24, 1991	San Diego Chargers	W 24–3	The Meadowlands	59,025
14	December 1, 1991	at Buffalo Bills	L 24–13	Rich Stadium	80,243
15	December 8, 1991	at Detroit Lions	L 34–20	Pontiac Silverdome	69,304
16	December 15, 1991	New England Patriots	L 6–3	The Meadowlands	55,689
17	December 22, 1991	at Miami Dolphins	W 23–20 (OT)	Joe Robbie Stadium	69,636

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
WC	December 29, 1991	at Houston Oilers	L 17–10	Houston Astrodome	61,485

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
^(1) Buffalo Bills	13	3	0	.813	7–1	10–2	458	318	L1
^(6) New York Jets	8	8	0	.500	4–4	6–6	314	293	W1
Miami Dolphins	8	8	0	.500	4–4	5–7	343	349	L2
New England Patriots	6	10	0	.375	4–4	5–9	211	305	L1
Indianapolis Colts	1	15	0	.063	1–7	1–11	143	381	L6

References

1. "Skin of the Teeth: The Worst Playoff Teams Ever". Football Outsiders. December 7, 2004. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

External links

• 1991 statistics