1985 New York Jets Statistics
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Joe Walton (11-5)
Location: New York, New York
1985 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
New York scored 393 points, while the stingy defense surrendered 264. Ken O'Brien directed the offense, throwing for 3,888 yards. Mickey Shuler topped all receivers, hauling in 76 balls for 879 yards. Wesley Walker and Al Toon were targeted regularly also.
Freeman McNeil rushed for a team-leading 1,331 yards for the Jets.
Bobby Jackson and Kerry Glenn each seized 4 opponent throws. Mark Gastineau led pass rushers with 13.5 quarterback sacks.
Joe Walton coached the team. The 1985 New York Jets lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken O'Brien | 488 | 297 | 60.9 | 3888 | 8.0 | 25 | 5.1 | 8 | 1.6 | 96 | 62 | 399 | 96.2 |
Pat Ryan | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 95 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 101.6 |
Totals | 497 | 303 | 61.0 | 3983 | 8.0 | 25 | 5.0 | 8 | 1.6 | 96 | 62 | 399 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freeman McNeil | 294 | 1331 | 4.5 | 69 | 3 |
Johnny Hector | 145 | 572 | 3.9 | 22 | 6 |
Tony Paige | 55 | 158 | 2.9 | 30 | 8 |
Dennis Bligen | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 28 | 1 |
Ken O'Brien | 25 | 58 | 2.3 | 22 | 0 |
Marion Barber | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 |
Cedric Minter | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
Kurt Sohn | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Bobby Humphery | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Al Toon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Pat Ryan | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 564 | 2312 | 4.1 | 69 | 18 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mickey Shuler | 76 | 879 | 11.6 | 35 | 7 |
Al Toon | 46 | 662 | 14.4 | 78 | 3 |
Kurt Sohn | 39 | 534 | 13.7 | 39 | 4 |
Freeman McNeil | 38 | 427 | 11.2 | 25 | 2 |
Wesley Walker | 34 | 725 | 21.3 | 96 | 5 |
Tony Paige | 18 | 120 | 6.7 | 19 | 2 |
Johnny Hector | 17 | 164 | 9.6 | 28 | 0 |
Rocky Klever | 14 | 183 | 13.1 | 23 | 2 |
Jo-Jo Townsell | 12 | 187 | 15.6 | 36 | 0 |
Dennis Bligen | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 |
Marion Barber | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
Cedric Minter | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 303 | 3983 | 13.1 | 96 | 25 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Jennings | 74 | 2978 | 40.2 | 66 |
Totals | 74 | 2978 | 40.2 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kurt Sohn | 16 | 149 | 9.3 | 46 | 0 |
Kirk Springs | 14 | 147 | 10.5 | 40 | 0 |
Jo-Jo Townsell | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 2 | 0 |
Cedric Minter | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
Bobby Humphery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 39 | 386 | 9.9 | 46 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Humphery | 17 | 363 | 21.4 | 56 | 0 |
Johnny Hector | 11 | 274 | 24.9 | 47 | 0 |
Kirk Springs | 10 | 227 | 22.7 | 58 | 0 |
Kerry Glenn | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 |
Jo-Jo Townsell | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
Donnie Elder | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
Cedric Minter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Kurt Sohn | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
Rocky Klever | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 53 | 1043 | 19.7 | 58 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kerry Glenn | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 15 | 1 |
Bobby Jackson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
Lance Mehl | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
Davlin Mullen | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
Kyle Clifton | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
Harry Hamilton | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Rich Miano | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
Johnny Lynn | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 127 | 5.8 | 24 | 1 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Mark Gastineau | 13.5 | 0.0 | |
Barry Bennett | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
Joe Klecko | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
Marty Lyons | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
Lance Mehl | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Lester Lyles | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Rusty Guilbeau | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Harry Hamilton | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Russell Carter | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Bob Crable | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Kirk Springs | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 49.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kyle Clifton | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rich Miano | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ken O'Brien | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mark Gastineau | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Matt Monger | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kerry Glenn | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | ||||
Kirk Springs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jo-Jo Townsell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mickey Shuler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Johnny Hector | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Lester Lyles | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Charles Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Crable | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Johnny Lynn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tom Baldwin | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Bobby Humphery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Wesley Walker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Rocky Klever | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Harry Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tony Paige | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Rusty Guilbeau | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Klecko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dennis Bligen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Lance Mehl | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Donnie Elder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Freeman McNeil | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 207 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 31 | 60 | 1 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Pat Leahy | 26 | 43 | 0 | 121 | ||||||||||
Tony Paige | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
Mickey Shuler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
Johnny Hector | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Wesley Walker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||
Freeman McNeil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Kurt Sohn | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Al Toon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Rocky Klever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Tom Baldwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Kerry Glenn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Dennis Bligen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 393 |