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 Jets trying to improve upon their 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 play the Miami Dolphins 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” touchdown 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. Following a Week 12 win at the Minnesota Vikings, the Jets would lose 33 of their next 37 games.
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. NFL draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team 1 12 Aaron Glenn Cornerback Texas A&M 2 41 Ryan Yarborough Wide Receiver Wyoming 3 94 Lou Benfatti Defensive Tackle Penn State 4 117 Orlando Parker Wide Receiver Troy State 5 152 Horace Morris Linebacker Tennessee 6 173 Fred Lester Running Back Alabama A&M 7 208 Glenn Foley Quarterback Boston College
Undrafted free agents + 1994 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeKyle AdamsGuardSyracuseAlan AllenWide receiverIdahoKyle AndersonLinebackerNebraskaLaVar BallDefensive endUCLAGary BeckfordDefensive backBowie StatePaul BurkeTight endIdahoLindsey ChapmanRunning backCaliforniaJeff CookeDefensive tackleEast CarolinaCecil DoggetteDefensive backWest VirginiaChauncey HoganWide receiverSouthernDavid McCleodWide receiverJames MadisonChico NelsonDefensive backOhio StateDan SchmidtCenterKansasPaul YatkowskiDefensive endTennessee
Personnel
Roster
Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result TV Time(ET) TV Announcers Game site Attendance 1 at Buffalo Bills W 23–3 NBC 4:00pm Marv Albert & Paul Maguire Rich Stadium 2 Denver Broncos W 25–22 (OT) NBC 4:00pm Marv Albert & Paul Maguire The Meadowlands 3 at Miami Dolphins L 28–14 NBC 1:00pm Marv Albert & Paul Maguire Joe Robbie Stadium 4 Chicago Bears L 19–7 TNT 8:00pm Gary Bender & Pat Haden The Meadowlands 5 at Cleveland Browns L 27–7 NBC 1:00pm Marv Albert & Paul Maguire Cleveland Stadium 6 Indianapolis Colts W 16–6 NBC 1:00pm Jim Lampley & Todd Christensen The Meadowlands 7 New England Patriots W 24–17 NBC 1:00pm Charlie Jones & Randy Cross The Meadowlands 8 Bye 9 at Indianapolis Colts L 28–25 NBC 4:00pm Marv Albert & Paul Maguire RCA Dome 10 Buffalo Bills W 22–17 NBC 4:00pm Dick Enberg & Bob Trumpy The Meadowlands 11 at Green Bay Packers L 17–10 NBC 4:00pm Charlie Jones & Randy Cross Lambeau Field 12 at Minnesota Vikings W 31–21 NBC 4:00pm Tom Hammond & Cris Collinsworth Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 13 Miami Dolphins L 28–24 NBC 1:00pm Marv Albert & Paul Maguire The Meadowlands 14 at New England Patriots L 24–13 NBC 1:00pm Marv Albert & Paul Maguire Foxboro Stadium 15 Detroit Lions L 18–7 FOX 12:30pm Dick Stockton & Matt Millen The Meadowlands 16 San Diego Chargers L 21–6 NBC 1:00pm Tom Hammond & Cris Collinsworth The Meadowlands 17 at Houston Oilers L 24–10 NBC 4:00pm Charlie Jones & Randy Cross Astrodome Note: Intra-divisional opponents are in bold text
Game summaries
Week 1
Week 7
Week 13 vs Dolphins
Standings
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 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".
References
External links 1994 statistics