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New York

Jets

HC Walt Michaels OC John Idzik DC John Mazur

1979 season
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8–8 Regular season · -46 point diff

Franchise 57 seasons 369–512–2 all-time 12 playoff trips 0 Super Bowls

21.1 Points / game #12 of 27
25.3 Allowed / game #27 of 28
344 Yards / game #10 of 27
386 Yds allowed / game #23 of 28
17 Sacks #27 of 28
25 Giveaways #21 of 27

Results

  1. W1 L 22–25
  2. @ W2 L 3–56
  3. W3 W 31–10
  4. @ W4 L 31–46
  5. W5 W 33–27
  6. @ W6 L 8–10
  7. W7 W 14–7
  8. W8 W 28–19
  9. @ W9 L 24–27
  10. @ W10 W 27–22
  11. W11 L 12–14
  12. @ W12 L 13–23
  13. @ W13 L 7–30
  14. W14 W 30–17
  15. W15 W 27–26
  16. @ W16 W 27–24

Team leaders

Passing Richard Todd 2,660 yds · 16 TD · 22 INT
Rushing Clark Gaines 905 yds · 0 TD · 4.9 Y/C
Receiving Wesley Walker 23 rec · 569 yds · 5 TD
Sacks Joe Klecko 7 sacks · 0 FF
Interceptions Greg Buttle 2 INT

Margin by game

Points won or lost by Win Loss
  1. −3 1
  2. −53 2
  3. +21 3
  4. −15 4
  5. +6 5
  6. −2 6
  7. +7 7
  8. +9 8
  9. −3 9
  10. +5 10
  11. −2 11
  12. −10 12
  13. −23 13
  14. +13 14
  15. +1 15
  16. +3 16