1987 New York Jets season

1987 New York Jets season
Head coach	Joe Walton
Home field	The Meadowlands
Results
Record	6–9
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1987 New York Jets season was the 28th season for the team and the 18th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 10–6 record from 1986 under head coach Joe Walton. The season was marred by a players' strike that resulted in the cancellation of all Week 3 games, as well as Weeks 4 through 6 being played mostly with replacement players. The Jets finished the season with a record of 6–9. For the second time in his career, Ken O'Brien had the lowest rate of interceptions among quarterbacks. He had 8 interceptions in 393 passing attempts.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
1	1987-09-13	at Buffalo Bills	W 31–28	Rich Stadium	76,718
2	1987-09-21	New England Patriots	W 43–24	The Meadowlands	70,847
3	1987-09-27	at Pittsburgh Steelers	Cancelled due to players' strike
4	1987-10-04	Dallas Cowboys	L 38–24	The Meadowlands	12,370
5	1987-10-11	at Indianapolis Colts	L 6–0	Hoosier Dome	34,927
6	1987-10-18	Miami Dolphins	W 37–31 (OT)	The Meadowlands	18,249
7	1987-10-25	at Washington Redskins	L 17–16	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	53,497
8	1987-11-01	Indianapolis Colts	L 19–14	The Meadowlands	60,863
9	1987-11-09	Seattle Seahawks	W 30–14	The Meadowlands	60,452
10	1987-11-15	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 16–9	Arrowhead Stadium	40,718
11	1987-11-22	Buffalo Bills	L 17–14	The Meadowlands	58,407
12	1987-11-29	Cincinnati Bengals	W 27–20	The Meadowlands	41,135
13	1987-12-07	at Miami Dolphins	L 37–28	Joe Robbie Stadium	62,592
14	1987-12-13	at New England Patriots	L 42–20	Sullivan Stadium	60,617
15	1987-12-20	Philadelphia Eagles	L 38–27	The Meadowlands	30,572
16	1987-12-27	at New York Giants	L 20–7	Giants Stadium	68,318

Season summary

Week 2: vs. New England Patriots

1 2 3 4 Total Patriots 0 3 7 14 24 Jets 6 0 21 16 43 at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Date: Monday, September 21 Game time: 9:00 p.m. Game weather: 62°F, wind 10 mph TV: ABC Pro-Football-Reference.com Game information First Quarter NYJ - Pat Leahy 37 yard field goal - Jets 3-0 NYJ - Pat Leahy 34 yard field goal - Jets 6-0 Second Quarter NE - Tony Franklin 32 yard field goal - Jets 6-3 Third Quarter NYJ - Al Toon 58 yard pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) - Jets 13-3 NYJ - Johnny Hector 5 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) - Jets 20-3 NE - Andre Tippett 29 yard fumble return (Tony Franklin kick) - Jets 20-10 NYJ - Johnny Hector 9 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) - Jets 27-10 Fourth Quarter NYJ - Safety, Mosi Tatupu tackled by Marty Lyons in end zone - Jets 29-10 NE - Greg Baty 1 yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) - Jets 29-17 NYJ - Nu'u Fa'aola 1 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) - Jets 36-17 NE - Stephen Starring 12 yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) - Jets 36-24 NYJ - Nu'u Fa'aola 1 yard run (Pat Leahy kick) - Jets 43-24 Patriots Tony Eason 18/34, 186 Yds, 2 TD, INT Tony Collins 10 Rush, 32 Yds Stanley Morgan 3 Rec, 72 Yds Jets Ken O'Brien 19/26, 313 Yds, TD Johnny Hector 17 Rush, 75 Yds, 2 TD Al Toon 3 Rec, 89 Yds, TD

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Indianapolis Colts	9	6	0	.600	300	238	W2
New England Patriots	8	7	0	.533	320	293	W3
Miami Dolphins	8	7	0	.533	362	335	L1
Buffalo Bills	7	8	0	.467	270	305	L2
New York Jets	6	9	0	.400	334	360	L4

Awards and records

• Johnny Hector, Led AFC, Touchdowns, 11 TD’s

External links

• 1987 statistics