1994 New York Jets season

1994 New York Jets season
Head coach	Pete Carroll
Owner	Leon Hess
Home field	The Meadowlands
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify
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1 2 3 4 Total • Jets 0 17 3 3 23 Bills 3 0 0 0 3 Date: September 4 Location: Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 57°F, wind 8 mph
Scoring summary 1 BUF Steve Christie 27 yard field goal Bills 3–0 2 NYJ Richie Anderson 1 yard run (Nick Lowery kick) Jets 7–3 2 NYJ Johnny Johnson 9 yard run (Nick Lowery kick) Jets 14–3 2 NYJ Nick Lowery 27 yard field goal Jets 17–3 3 NYJ Nick Lowery 42 yard field goal Jets 24–3 4 NYJ Nick Lowery 22 yard field goal Jets 27–3

Scoring summary
1		BUF	Steve Christie 27 yard field goal	Bills 3–0
2		NYJ	Richie Anderson 1 yard run (Nick Lowery kick)	Jets 7–3
2		NYJ	Johnny Johnson 9 yard run (Nick Lowery kick)	Jets 14–3
2		NYJ	Nick Lowery 27 yard field goal	Jets 17–3
3		NYJ	Nick Lowery 42 yard field goal	Jets 24–3
4		NYJ	Nick Lowery 22 yard field goal	Jets 27–3

1 2 3 4 Total Patriots 0 7 0 10 17 • Jets 7 14 0 3 24 Date: October 16 Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 55°F; wind 16

Scoring summary Q1 NYJ Brad Baxter 1 yard run (Nick Lowery kick) NYJ 7–0 Q2 NE Ray Crittenden 3 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Matt Bahr kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 NYJ Brad Baxter 2 yard run (Nick Lowery kick) NYJ 14–7 Q2 NYJ Johnny Mitchell 4 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Nick Lowery kick) NYJ 21–7 Q4 NE Blair Thomas 4 yard run (Matt Bahr kick) NYJ 21–14 Q4 NYJ Nick Lowery 37 yard field goal NYJ 24–14 Q4 NE Matt Bahr 40 yard field goal NYJ 24–17

Scoring summary
Q1		NYJ	Brad Baxter 1 yard run (Nick Lowery kick)	NYJ 7–0
Q2		NE	Ray Crittenden 3 yard pass from Drew Bledsoe (Matt Bahr kick)	Tie 7–7
Q2		NYJ	Brad Baxter 2 yard run (Nick Lowery kick)	NYJ 14–7
Q2		NYJ	Johnny Mitchell 4 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Nick Lowery kick)	NYJ 21–7
Q4		NE	Blair Thomas 4 yard run (Matt Bahr kick)	NYJ 21–14
Q4		NYJ	Nick Lowery 37 yard field goal	NYJ 24–14
Q4		NE	Matt Bahr 40 yard field goal	NYJ 24–17

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 franchise's largest home crowd at that time, 75,606, watched the Jets battle Miami for a share of first place in the AFC East. The Jets led, 24-6, in the third quarter before Dan Marino led a furious comeback, capped by the "fake spike" TD pass to Mark Ingram, for the Dolphins' 28-24 win. 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.

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.

 

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 faced 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".

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