1990 New York Jets season

1990 New York Jets season
Head coach	Bruce Coslet
General manager	Dick Steinberg
Owner	Leon Hess
Home field	Giants Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	4th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

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 trying to improve from winning only four games in 1989 under head coach Bruce Coslet. The Jets finished the season at 6–10.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1990 New York Jets draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	2	Blair Thomas	RB	Penn State
2	28	Reggie Rembert	WR	West Virginia
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1990 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 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

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
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

Week 2

Cleveland Browns (1–0) at New York Jets (0–1)

1 2 3 4 Total 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; wind 12

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

AFC East
	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

1. NFL.com – Team Draft History – New York Jets – 1990. Retrieved 2013-Dec-08.
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links

• 1990 statistics