1979 New York Jets season

Infobox NFL_season
team = New York Jets
year = 1979
record = 8-8
division_place = 3rd AFC East
coach = Walt Michaels
stadium = Shea Stadium
playoffs = The 1979 New York Jets season was the 20th season for the team and the 10th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 8-8 record from 1978 under head coach Walt Michaels. The Jets finished the season with a record of 8-8.

Offseason

Regular season

chedule

tandings

[ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 295 ]

Notable Moments

*September 2 vs. Cleveland Browns:Matt Robinson was named starting quarterback for the Jets against the Cleveland Browns but hid a thumb injury on his throwing hand from three days before the game, until swelling forced him to acknowledge the injury to an angered Walt Michaels and team president Jim Kensil. The injury was treated and Robinson had the tape taken off late in the game with the Jets leading, but a Brian Sipe drive aided by a roughing the passer call against Mark Gastineau led to a game-tying Don Cockroft field goal; forced to play in overtime, Robinson's thumb swelled again and the result was a sloppy pass that was intercepted and led to the game-winning Cockroft field goal. Michaels seethed, "You work, you plan all week, and then the kid hides and injury from you." He refused to play Robinson the rest of the season. [ Eskenazi, Gerald (1998). GANG GREEN: An Irreverent Look Behind The Scenes At Thirty-Eight (Well, Thirty-Seven) Seasons Of New York Jets Football Futility (New York: Simon & Schuster), pp. 146-50 ISBN 0-684-84115-0]

*September 9 @ New England Patriots:The Jets were crushed 56-3 in a game where Steve Grogan of the Patriots set a club touchdown record that would stand until Tom Brady broke it in 2007.

*November 26 @ Seattle Seahawks:Seahawks cornerback Cornell Webster blocked a punt by the Jets' Chuck Ramsey, leading to a Seattle score in a 30-7 Seahawks win. Following the game Michaels called out Ramsey in front of Jets players by snarling, "I can fart farther than you can kick!" [Eskenazi, GANG GREEN, pp. 155-6]

References

External links

* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyj1979.htm 1979 statistics]