1990 New York Jets season

1990 New York Jets season
Owner	Leon Hess
General manager	Dick Steinberg
Head coach	Bruce Coslet
Home stadium	Giants Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	4th AFC East
Playoffs	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None
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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, under new head coach Bruce Coslet, trying to improve from winning only four games in 1989 under Joe Walton. The Jets finished the season at 6–10.

Offseason

The Jets modified their uniforms for the 1990 season, adding a thin black outline to the numerals, striping and helmet decals and changing the facemask color from white to black. The team also added a set of green pants, to be worn with its white jerseys. The green pants had a single white stripe with thin black borders from hip to knee on each side. The new uniforms debuted in the regular-season opener on September 9 at Cincinnati; the team wore its previous uniforms, without the black trim, in preseason games. ^[1]

Coaching change

After finishing the 1989 season with a 4–12 record, the Jets fired head coach Joe Walton after seven seasons. The team hired Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Bruce Coslet to replace him. Walton’s entire coaching staff was also not retained; among Coslet’s hires was Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach Pete Carroll, who became his defensive coordinator.

NFL Draft

Main article: 1990 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	2	Blair Thomas	Running Back	Penn State
2	28	Reggie Rembert	Wide Receiver	West Virginia
3	56	Tony Stargell	Defensive Back	Tennessee State
4	84	Troy Taylor	Quarterback	California
5	112	Tony Savage	Defensive Tackle	Washington State
6	140	Terance Mathis	Wide Receiver	New Mexico
7	167	Dwayne White	Guard	Alcorn State
7	168	Basil Proctor	Linebacker	West Virginia
8	196	Roger Duffy	Guard	Penn State
9	223	Dale Dawkins	Wide Receiver	Miami (FL)
10	251	Brad Quast	Linebacker	Iowa
11	278	Derrick Kelson	Defensive Back	Purdue
12	306	Darrell Davis	Defensive End	TCU

Personnel

Staff

1990 New York Jets staff

Front office Chairman of the board – Susan 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 Assistant Strength and Conditioning - Lee Brandon

Roster

1990 New York Jets roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 11 Tony Eason  7 Ken O'Brien 14 Troy Taylor Running backs (RB) 30 Brad Baxter FB 34 Johnny Hector 24 Freeman McNeil 32 Blair Thomas Wide receivers (WR) 87 Chris Burkett 89 Dale Dawkins 81 Terance Mathis 85 Rob Moore 83 Jo-Jo Townsell PR Tight ends (TE) 80 Mark Boyer 84 Chris Dressel 47 Pat Kelly 86 Doug Wellsandt

Offensive linemen (OL) 61 Jeff Criswell T 62 Roger Duffy C 79 Mike Haight G 78 Scott Jones T 64 Trevor Matich G 72 Brett Miller T 53 Jim Sweeney C/G 67 Dwayne White G 63 Dave Zawatson G/T Defensive linemen (DL) 90 Dennis Byrd DT 98 Darrell Davis DE 56 Jeff Lageman DE 94 Scott Mersereau DT 77 Gerald Nichols DT 96 Ron Stallworth DE 97 Marvin Washington DE

Linebackers (LB) 59 Kyle Clifton MLB 52 John Galvin MLB 95 Troy Johnson OLB 51 Joe Mott OLB 57 Mac Stephens OLB Defensive backs (DB) 42 John Booty CB/S 40 James Hasty CB 26 Ken Johnson FS 23 Michael Mayes CB 22 Erik McMillan FS 21 Don Odegard CB 45 Tony Stargell CB 48 Brian Washington SS Special teams (ST)  5 Pat Leahy K  6 Joe Prokop P

Practice squad 69 Mark Hofland T Reserve 54 Troy Benson LB (IR) 29 A. B. Brown RB (IR) 66 Dave Cadigan G (IR) 49 Travis Curtis S (IR) 44 Patrick Egu RB (IR) 91 Paul Frase DE (NF-Ill.) 58 Joe Kelly LB (IR) 93 Marty Lyons DE (IR) 92 Emanuel McNeil DT (IR) 20 Dennis Price CB (IR) 88 Al Toon WR (IR) 33 Terry Williams CB (PUP) Rookies in italics 47 active, 12 reserve, 1 practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 9	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 20–25	0–1	Riverfront Stadium	56,467
2	September 16	Cleveland Browns	W 24–21	1–1	Giants Stadium	67,354
3	September 24	Buffalo Bills	L 7–30	1–2	Giants Stadium	69,927
4	September 30	at New England Patriots	W 37–13	2–2	Foxboro Stadium	36,724
5	October 7	at Miami Dolphins	L 16–20	2–3	Joe Robbie Stadium	69,678
6	October 14	San Diego Chargers	L 3–39	2–4	Giants Stadium	63,311
7	October 21	at Buffalo Bills	L 27–30	2–5	Rich Stadium	79,002
8	October 28	at Houston Oilers	W 17–12	3–5	Houston Astrodome	56,337
9	November 4	Dallas Cowboys	W 24–9	4–5	Giants Stadium	68,086
10	November 11	Miami Dolphins	L 3–17	4–6	Giants Stadium	68,362
11	November 18	at Indianapolis Colts	L 14–17	4–7	Hoosier Dome	47,283
12	November 25	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–24	4–8	Giants Stadium	57,806
13	December 2	at San Diego Chargers	L 17–38	4–9	Jack Murphy Stadium	40,877
14	Bye
15	December 16	Indianapolis Colts	L 21–29	4–10	Giants Stadium	41,423
16	December 23	New England Patriots	W 42–7	5–10	Giants Stadium	30,250
17	December 30	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 16–14	6–10	Tampa Stadium	46,543
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

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 (19.4 °C); wind 12 miles per hour (19 km/h; 10 kn) Referee: Bob McElwee TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert and Paul Maguire

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
view talk edit	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. "1990 New York Jets". The Gridiron Uniform Database. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links

• 1990 statistics