The 1990 New York Jets season was the 31st season for the team and the 21st in the National Football League. It began with the team, under new head coach Bruce Coslet, trying to improve from winning only four games in 1989 under Joe Walton. The Jets finished the season at 6–10.
Offseason The Jets modified their uniforms for the 1990 season, adding a thin black outline to the numerals, striping and helmet decals and changing the facemask color from white to black. The team also added a set of green pants, to be worn with its white jerseys. The green pants had a single white stripe with thin black borders from hip to knee on each side. The new uniforms debuted in the regular-season opener on September 9 at Cincinnati; the team wore its previous uniforms, without the black trim, in preseason games.
Coaching change On December 26, 1989, the New York Jets fired head coach Joe Walton after seven seasons following a 4–12 record to end the 1989 NFL season. His entire coaching staff was also dismissed. On February 6, 1990, the team hired Cincinnati Bengals offensive coordinator Bruce Coslet as their new head coach. Among Coslet’s hires was Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach Pete Carroll, who became his defensive coordinator.
NFL draft
Round Pick Player Position School/Club team 1 2 Blair Thomas Running Back Penn State 2 28 Reggie Rembert Wide Receiver West Virginia 3 56 Tony Stargell Defensive Back Tennessee State 4 84 Troy Taylor Quarterback California 5 112 Tony Savage Defensive Tackle Washington State 6 140 Terance Mathis Wide Receiver New Mexico 7 167 Dwayne White Guard Alcorn State 7 168 Basil Proctor Linebacker West Virginia 8 196 Roger Duffy Guard Penn State 9 223 Dale Dawkins Wide Receiver Miami (FL) 10 251 Brad Quast Linebacker Iowa 11 278 Derrick Kelson Defensive Back Purdue 12 306 Darrell Davis Defensive End TCU
Undrafted free agents
+ 1990 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeDonnie AllenWide receiverGeorgia SouthernDemetrious DouglasLinebackerGeorgiaKevin GreeneKickerSyracuse
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 9 at Cincinnati Bengals L 20–25 0–1 Riverfront Stadium 56,467 2 September 16 Cleveland BrownsW 24–21 1–1 Giants Stadium 67,354 3 Buffalo Bills L 7–30 1–2 Giants Stadium 69,927 4 September 30 at New England Patriots W 37–13 2–2 Foxboro Stadium 36,724 5 October 7 at Miami Dolphins L 16–20 2–3 Joe Robbie Stadium 69,678 6 October 14 San Diego Chargers L 3–39 2–4 Giants Stadium 63,311 7 October 21 at Buffalo Bills L 27–30 2–5 Rich Stadium 79,002 8 October 28 at Houston Oilers W 17–12 3–5 Houston Astrodome 56,337 9 November 4 Dallas Cowboys W 24–9 4–5 Giants Stadium 68,086 10 November 11 Miami Dolphins L 3–17 4–6 Giants Stadium 68,362 11 November 18 at Indianapolis Colts L 14–17 4–7 Hoosier Dome 47,283 12 November 25 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–24 4–8 Giants Stadium 57,806 13 December 2 at San Diego Chargers L 17–38 4–9 Jack Murphy Stadium 40,877 14 Bye 15 December 16 Indianapolis Colts L 21–29 4–10 Giants Stadium 41,423 16 December 23 New England Patriots W 42–7 5–10 Giants Stadium 30,250 17 December 30 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 16–14 6–10 Tampa Stadium 46,543 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 2
Pro-Football-Reference.com
Standings
References
External links 1990 statistics