New York Jets
Franchise History
The Origin
The New York Jets were originally known as the Titans of New York and played games at Polo Grounds. The team’s future was in trouble after they finished 5-9 for the season, but was bought out by a five-man syndicate: David A. “Sonny” Werblin, Townsend B. Martin, Leon Hess, Donald C. Lillis and Phillip H. Iselin in 1964 for $1 million and renamed it the Jets. Weeb Ewbank was hired as head coach and led the team to two consecutive NFL championships in 1958 and 1959.
The Arrival of Joe (1965 – 1976)
Joe Namath, the former Alabama quarterback, was picked up by the Jets in 1967 and let them to an 8-5-1 record. In 1968, Namath would lead the Jets to an AFL Championship defeating the Oakland Raiders 27-23. The win against the Oakland Raiders qualified the Jets to play against the NFL Champions, which is being referred to as Super Bowl III. On Janruary 12, 1969 the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts in one of the greatest upsets in Football history 16-7. After the AFL-NFL merger was final in 1970, Namath missed most of the seasons of 1970, 1971, and 1973 due to injuries. On his return Namath would show more interception than touchdowns, but finished with a respectable season of 7-7. He was eventually traded to the Rams in 1976, but only stay there four months before announcing his retirement at the young age of 34.
1977 - 1989
In 1977 the Jets hired Walts Michaels as head coach and would end the season 3-11. They showed great improvement the next year with quarterback Matt Robinson as quarterback finishing the season 8-8. In 1981, with Richard Todd as quarterback, he brought the Jets to the playoff in the first time since 1969 finishing with a record of 10-5-1. Jets were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs to the Bills. In 1983 the lease with the city to use Shea Stadium expired and as a result they agreed to play at Giants Stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey starting 1984. The Jets lost the opening game at the new stadium against the Steelers 23-17. In 1985 the Jets made the playoffs with a season record of 11-5. They hosted their first playoff game in 16 years but loss against the Patriots 26-14.
1900s
In 1991 the Jets finished with a moderate season of 8-8, but enough to earn them a position in the playoffs. They would end losing to the Houston Oilers 17-10. In 1992 Coslet was fired and replaced by Pete Carol. Carol was later fired in 1994 after he finished 6-10 for the season. Rich Kotite would be next to be head coach but only lasted 2 years after he finished both seasons with a total of four wins going 3-13 in 1995 and 1-15 in 1996. In 1998, Parcells would go to lead the Jets to a winning season of 12-4. They defeated the Jaguarss in the first round 34-24 but lost Denver Broncos after the Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde threw two late interceptions.
2000- Present
In 2001, the Jets played well enough to get into the playoffs by defeating the Oakland Raiders in the last game of the season, but lost to them in the first game of the playoffs the get eliminated. In the 2004 season, quarterback Chad Pennington would lead the Jets to a 10-6 season earning a wild card position in the playoffs, but would end losing the first round to the charger 20-17. The Jets would go on to end the 2006 and 2007 season 4-12. Brett Favre was picked up in 2008 in exchange for the number four draft pick. They would end the season 9-7 where Favre would end up leaving the team.
Abram Elam #27 of the New York Jets sacks JP Moorman #7 of the Buffalo Bills who fumbled the ball on December 14, 2008 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Cheerleading Squad
The Jets cheerleading squad was establishing in 2006, but wasn’t recognized as cheerleaders until 2007 since the only thing the squad did was carry flags. In 2007, they officially announced that they would be having a cheerleading squad named Jets Flight Crew.
Pro Football Hall of Famers
Weeb Ewbank
Don Maynard
Joe Namath
John Riggins
Art Monk
Ronnie Lott
Bulldog Turner
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