1994 New York Jets season


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 team trying to improve upon its 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 battle Miami 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.

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
112Aaron GlennDefensive BackTexas A&M
241Ryan YarboroughWide ReceiverWyoming
394Lou BenfattiDefensive TacklePenn State
4117Orlando ParkerWide ReceiverTroy State
5152Horace MorrisLinebackerTennessee
6173Fred LesterRunning BackAlabama A&M
7208Glenn FoleyQuarterbackBoston College

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 7

Standings

Turning point

In Week 13, the Jets were 6–5 and were still in the hunt for a playoff berth 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".