1994 New York Jets season

1994 New York Jets season
Head coach	Pete Carroll
Home field	The Meadowlands
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1994 New York Jets season was the 35th season for the team and the 25th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 8–8 record from 1993 under new head coach Pete Carroll. The Jets finished the season with a record of 6–10, losing six of their last seven games to end the season, and Carroll was fired.

Offseason

After the 1993 season, the Jets fired head coach Bruce Coslet, who had coached the team for four years, and promoted defensive coordinator Pete Carroll to Jets head coach.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
1	1994-09-04	at Buffalo Bills	W 23–3	Rich Stadium	79,460
2	1994-09-11	Denver Broncos	W 25–22 (OT)	The Meadowlands	73,436
3	1994-09-18	at Miami Dolphins	L 28–14	Joe Robbie Stadium	68,977
4	1994-09-25	Chicago Bears	L 19–7	The Meadowlands	70,806
5	1994-10-02	at Cleveland Browns	L 27–7	Cleveland Stadium	76,188
6	1994-10-09	Indianapolis Colts	W 16–6	The Meadowlands	64,934
7	1994-10-16	New England Patriots	W 24–17	The Meadowlands	71,123
8	Bye
9	1994-10-30	at Indianapolis Colts	L 28–25	RCA Dome	44,350
10	1994-11-06	Buffalo Bills	W 22–17	The Meadowlands	66,949
11	1994-11-13	at Green Bay Packers	L 17–10	Lambeau Field	58,307
12	1994-11-20	at Minnesota Vikings	W 31–21	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	60,687
13	1994-11-27	Miami Dolphins	L 28–24	The Meadowlands	75,606
14	1994-12-04	at New England Patriots	L 24–13	Foxboro Stadium	60,138
15	1994-12-10	Detroit Lions	L 18–7	The Meadowlands	56,080
16	1994-12-18	San Diego Chargers	L 21–6	The Meadowlands	48,213
17	1994-12-24	at Houston Oilers	L 24–10	Astrodome	31,176

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins	10	6	0	.625	389	327	W1
New England Patriots	10	6	0	.625	351	312	W7
Indianapolis Colts	8	8	0	.500	307	320	W2
Buffalo Bills	7	9	0	.438	340	356	L3
New York Jets	6	10	0	.375	264	320	L5

Turning point

In Week 13, the Jets were 6–5 and were still in the hunt for a playoff berth (a win would have created a first-place tie in the AFC East) as they face the Dolphins, with the Jets leading 24–21 late in the game, Dolphin quarterback Dan Marino was ready to spike the ball to stop the clock, but instead he tricked the Jets defense by tossing for a game-winning touchdown and a Dolphin win. The Jets never recovered as they lost the remaining four games of the season and Pete Carroll, who called the loss "a staggering defeat," subsequently lost his job as Jets head coach. This game began a nosedive for the team that spanned the remaining two seasons, as between the end of the 1994 season and the close of the 1996 NFL season; the Jets won only 4 of their next 36 games following the "fake spike".

External links

• 1994 statistics