1983 New York Jets season

1983 New York Jets season
Owner	Leon Hess
Head coach	Joe Walton
Home field	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	T Marvin Powell DT Joe Klecko DE Mark Gastineau

The 1983 New York Jets season was the 24th season for the team and the 14th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 6–3 record from 1982 and return to the playoffs under first-year head coach Joe Walton. The Jets, who finished the season with a record of 7–9, played their twentieth and final season at Shea Stadium before relocating their home games to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, starting with the following season.

Roster

1983 New York Jets roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 Ken O'Brien 10 Pat Ryan 14 Richard Todd Running backs (RB) 31 Marion Barber Jr. 25 Scott Dierking 42 Bruce Harper 22 Kenny Lewis 24 Freeman McNeil Wide receivers (WR) 86 Nick Bruckner 89 Preston Brown 81 Derrick Gaffney 80 Lam Jones 85 Wesley Walker Tight ends (TE) 83 Jerome Barkum 89 Rocky Klever 82 Mickey Shuler

Offensive linemen (OL) 60 Dan Alexander G 64 Guy Bingham C 65 Joe Fields C 68 Reggie McElroy G 62 Joe Pellegrini G 79 Marvin Powell T 70 Stan Waldemore G 72 Chris Ward T Defensive linemen (DL) 78 Barry Bennett DT 99 Mark Gastineau DE 73 Joe Klecko DT 93 Marty Lyons DE 77 Kenny Neil DE 76 Ben Rudolph DT 74 Abdul Salaam DT

Linebackers (LB) 54 Stan Blinka 51 Greg Buttle 50 Bob Crable 55 Ron Crosby 56 Lance Mehl Defensive backs (DB) 47 Jerry Holmes CB 40 Bobby Jackson CB 27 Jesse Johnson CB 29 Johnny Lynn CB 20 Davlin Mullen CB 28 Darrol Ray FS 48 Ken Schroy 21 Kirk Springs SS Special teams 5 Pat Leahy K 15 Chuck Ramsey P

Reserve 35 Mike Augustyniak FB (IR) 87 Kurt Sohn WR (IR) -- John Walker DT (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 4	at San Diego Chargers	W 41–29	1–0	Jack Murphy Stadium	51,004
2	September 11	Seattle Seahawks	L 10–17	1–1	Shea Stadium	50,066
3	September 18	at New England Patriots	L 13–23	1–2	Sullivan Stadium	43,182
4	September 25	Los Angeles Rams	W 27–24 (OT)	2–2	Shea Stadium	52,070
5	October 3	at Buffalo Bills	W 34–10	3–2	Rich Stadium	79,933
6	October 9	at Cleveland Browns	L 7–10	3–3	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	78,235
7	October 16	Miami Dolphins	L 14–32	3–4	Shea Stadium	58,615
8	October 23	Atlanta Falcons	L 21–27	3–5	Shea Stadium	46,878
9	October 30	at San Francisco 49ers	W 27–13	4–5	Candlestick Park	54,796
10	November 6	Baltimore Colts	L 14–17	4–6	Shea Stadium	53,323
11	November 13	Buffalo Bills	L 17–24	4–7	Shea Stadium	48,513
12	November 21	at New Orleans Saints	W 31–28	5–7	Louisiana Superdome	68,606
13	November 27	New England Patriots	W 26–3	6–7	Shea Stadium	48,620
14	December 4	at Baltimore Colts	W 10–6	7–7	Memorial Stadium	35,462
15	December 10	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–34	7–8	Shea Stadium	53,996
16	December 16	at Miami Dolphins	L 14–34	7–9	Miami Orange Bowl	59,975

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins(2)	12	4	0	.750	6–2	9–3	389	250	W5
New England Patriots	8	8	0	.500	4–4	6–6	274	289	L1
Buffalo Bills	8	8	0	.500	4–4	7–5	283	351	L2
Baltimore Colts	7	9	0	.438	3–5	5–9	264	354	W1
New York Jets	7	9	0	.438	3–5	4–8	313	331	L2

Game summaries

Week 4

1 2 3 4 OT Total Rams 14 0 3 7 0 24 • Jets 7 7 7 3 3 27 Date: September 25 Location: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York Game start: 4:00 p.m. EDT Game weather: 60 °F (15.6 °C); wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn) Referee: Fred Silva TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden

Scoring summary 1 LA Eric Dickerson 85 yard run (Chuck Nelson kick) LA 7–0 1 NYJ Wesley Walker 15 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) Tie 7–7 1 LA Eric Dickerson 5 yard run (Chuck Nelson kick) LA 14–7 2 NYJ Jerry Holmes 57 yard blocked field goal return (Pat Leahy kick) Tie 14–14 3 LA Chuck Nelson 34 yard field goal LA 17–14 3 NYJ Wesley Walker 37 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) NYJ 21–17 4 NYJ Pat Leahy 22 yard field goal NYJ 24–17 4 LA Mike Guman 2 yard pass from Vince Ferragamo (Chuck Nelson kick) Tie 24–24 OT NYJ Pat Leahy 26 yard field goal NYJ 27–24

The game is notable for a melee that broke out between the two teams after Jackie Slater shoved Mark Gastineau in response to the latter performing his signature "Sack Dance" when making a play on Rams quarterback Vince Ferragamo. In all, 37 players would be fined a total of $15,750 as a result, while the NFL deemed Gastineau's celebration "unsportsmanlike conduct" and banned it the following offseason.

Week 15

See also: 1983 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	13	7	7	34
Jets	0	0	7	0	7

at Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

• Date: December 10
• Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
• Game weather: 45 °F (7.2 °C), wind 12 miles per hour (19 km/h; 10 kn)
• Game attendance: 53,996
• Referee: Bob McElwee
• TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
• Box Score

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Steelers Jets 1 Steelers Gregg Garrity 17-yard touchdown reception from Terry Bradshaw, Gary Anderson kick good 7 0 2 Steelers Calvin Sweeney 10-yard touchdown reception from Terry Bradshaw, Gary Anderson kick good 14 0 2 Steelers 29-yard field goal by Gary Anderson 17 0 2 Steelers 40-yard field goal by Gary Anderson 20 0 3 Steelers Bennie Cunningham 13-yard touchdown reception from Cliff Stoudt, Gary Anderson kick good 27 0 3 Jets Johnny Lam Jones 27-yard touchdown reception from Pat Ryan, Pat Leahy kick good 27 7 4 Steelers Calvin Sweeney 18-yard touchdown reception from Cliff Stoudt, Gary Anderson kick good 34 7 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 34 7

Last home game played at Shea Stadium

External links

• 1983 statistics