1987 New York Jets Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Joe Walton (6-9)
Location: New York, New York
1987 New York Jets StatisticsTeam Record: 6-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Joe Walton (6-9)
Location: New York, New York
1987 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 6 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Jets chalked up 334 points, but the defense allowed 360. Ken O'Brien threw for 2,696 yards. Al Toon topped pass catchers, hauling in 68 balls for 976 yards.
Freeman McNeil rushed for a team-leading 530 yards for New York, while Johnny Hector also buoyed the ground attack.
Carl Howard, Harry Hamilton and Rich Miano each picked off 3 opponent throws. Alex Gordon led the defensive unit with 5 sacks.
Joe Walton coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Dan Alexander | RG | June 17, 1955 | 6'4" | 260 | LSU | Houston, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 58 | Lynwood Alford | LB | August 22, 1963 | 6'3" | 220 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 | |
| 97 | Don Baldwin | DE | July 9, 1964 | 6'3" | 263 | Purdue | St. Charles, MO USA | 8 | 0 |
| 63 | Ted Banker | LG | February 17, 1961 | 6'2" | 270 | SE Missouri St. | Belleville, IL USA | 12 | 9 |
| 31 | Marion Barber | RB | December 6, 1959 | 6'3" | 224 | Minnesota | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 78 | Barry Bennett | RDE | December 10, 1955 | 6'4" | 257 | Concordia (MN) | St. Paul, MN USA | 13 | 11 |
| 54 | Troy Benson | LILB | July 30, 1963 | 6'2" | 235 | Pittsburgh | Altoona, PA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 64 | Guy Bingham | C | February 25, 1958 | 6'3" | 255 | Montana | Koiaumi Gumma Ken, Japan | 12 | 11 |
| 23 | Dennis Bligen | RB | March 3, 1962 | 5'11" | 215 | St. John's (NY) | New York, NY USA | 6 | 2 |
| 16 | Walter Briggs | QB | August 6, 1965 | 6'1" | 205 | Montclair St. | Elmira, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | Jay Brophy | LB | July 27, 1960 | 6'3" | 233 | Miami (FL) | Akron, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 79 | Chris Brown | T | July 16, 1963 | 6'1" | 295 | New York Tech | 1 | 0 | |
| 29 | Joe Burke | RB | February 9, 1961 | 6'0" | 200 | Rutgers | Albany, NY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Russell Carter | RCB | February 10, 1962 | 6'2" | 195 | SMU | Philadelphia, PA USA | 8 | 6 |
| 75 | Tony Chickillo | NT | July 8, 1960 | 6'3" | 262 | Miami (FL) | Miami, FL USA | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | John Chirico | RB | August 15, 1965 | 6'0" | 220 | Columbia | Brooklyn, NY USA | 3 | 1 |
| 59 | Kyle Clifton | RILB | August 23, 1962 | 6'4" | 236 | TCU | Olney, TX USA | 12 | 8 |
| 44 | Trent Collins | DB | May 18, 1961 | 6'1" | 187 | San Diego St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 64 | Martin Cornelson | C | June 4, 1961 | 6'1" | 230 | North Carolina St. | Clinton, SC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 67 | Anthony Corvino | G-T | September 15, 1965 | 6'1" | 262 | Southern Connecticut St. | 2 | 0 | |
| 62 | Eric Coss | C | June 12, 1963 | 6'3" | 270 | Temple | 3 | 3 | |
| 50 | Bob Crable | ROLB | September 22, 1959 | 6'3" | 228 | Notre Dame | Cincinnati, OH USA | 12 | 11 |
| 22 | Sean Dykes | DB | August 8, 1964 | 5'10" | 170 | Bowling Green | New Orleans, LA USA | 6 | 2 |
| 52 | Onzy Elam | LB | December 1, 1964 | 6'2" | 225 | Tennessee St. | Miami, FL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | Nuu Faaola | RB | January 15, 1964 | 5'11" | 215 | Hawaii | Honolulu, HI USA | 12 | 0 |
| 65 | Joe Fields | RG | November 14, 1953 | 6'2" | 250 | Rutgers-Camden | Woodbury, NJ USA | 10 | 10 |
| 46 | Derrick Foster | RB | October 12, 1963 | 5'11" | 205 | William Paterson | 3 | 0 | |
| 98 | Jerome Foster | DE-DT | July 25, 1960 | 6'2" | 268 | Ohio St. | Detroit, MI USA | 4 | 0 |
| 81 | Derrick Gaffney | WR | May 24, 1955 | 6'1" | 181 | Florida | Jacksonville, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | Tony Garbarczyk | DE | January 20, 1964 | 6'4" | 275 | Wake Forest | Queens, NY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | Mark Gastineau | LDE | November 20, 1956 | 6'5" | 266 | Arizona St. | Ardmore, OK USA | 15 | 7 |
| 35 | Kerry Glenn | DB | January 3, 1962 | 5'9" | 175 | Minnesota | East St. Louis, IL USA | 8 | 2 |
| 55 | Alex Gordon | LOLB | September 14, 1964 | 6'5" | 246 | Cincinnati | Jacksonville, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Billy Griggs | TE | August 4, 1962 | 6'3" | 230 | Virginia | Camden, NJ USA | 12 | 1 |
| 79 | Mike Haight | G | October 6, 1962 | 6'4" | 281 | Iowa | Manchester, IA USA | 6 | 1 |
| 39 | Harry Hamilton | FS | November 29, 1962 | 6'0" | 194 | Penn St. | Queens, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 84 | Michael Harper | WR | May 11, 1961 | 5'10" | 180 | USC | Kansas City, MO USA | 3 | 2 |
| 51 | Jim Haslett | LB | December 9, 1955 | 6'3" | 232 | Indiana (PA) | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 37 | Jo Jo Heath | DB | March 9, 1957 | 5'10" | 182 | Pittsburgh | Monessen, PA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Johnny Hector | RB | November 26, 1960 | 5'11" | 204 | Texas A&M | Lafayette, LA USA | 11 | 6 |
| 40 | Marc Hogan | DB | April 21, 1962 | 6'0" | 180 | Tennessee | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 80 | Scott Holman | WR | September 27, 1962 | 6'2" | 195 | Oregon | Portland, OR USA | 3 | 2 |
| 47 | Jerry Holmes | LCB | December 22, 1957 | 6'2" | 175 | Chowan | Newport News, VA USA | 8 | 7 |
| 28 | Carl Howard | RCB | September 20, 1961 | 6'2" | 188 | Rutgers | Newark, NJ USA | 12 | 7 |
| 48 | Bobby Humphery | KR | August 23, 1961 | 5'10" | 178 | New Mexico St. | Lubbock, TX USA | 12 | 2 |
| 69 | Tommy Humphrey | G | December 16, 1962 | 6'3" | 280 | Iowa | Huntington, WV USA | 3 | 3 |
| 45 | Eddie Hunter | RB | January 20, 1965 | 5'10" | 205 | Virginia Tech | Reno, NV USA | 3 | 3 |
| 86 | Stan Hunter | WR | November 29, 1963 | 6'2" | 184 | Bowling Green | Dayton, OH USA | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | Vince Jasper | G | November 30, 1964 | 6'4" | 270 | Iowa St. | Hawarden, IA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Dave Jennings | P | June 8, 1952 | 6'4" | 203 | St. Lawrence | New York, NY USA | 12 | 0 |
| 72 | Ken Jones | T | December 1, 1952 | 6'5" | 260 | Arkansas St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 5 | 4 |
| 72 | Gordon King | T-G | February 3, 1956 | 6'6" | 275 | Stanford | Madison, WI USA | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | Joe Klecko | NT | October 15, 1953 | 6'3" | 263 | Temple | Chester, PA USA | 7 | 7 |
| 89 | Rocky Klever | TE | July 10, 1959 | 6'3" | 225 | Montana | Portland, OR USA | 12 | 6 |
| 82 | Jamie Kurisko | TE | December 22, 1963 | 6'4" | 236 | Allentown College | Nyack, NY USA | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Pat Leahy | K | March 19, 1951 | 6'0" | 194 | St. Louis | St. Louis, MO USA | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | Sid Lewis | DB | May 30, 1964 | 5'11" | 180 | Penn St. | Canton, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Lester Lyles | DB | December 27, 1962 | 6'3" | 209 | Virginia | Washington, DC USA | 4 | 1 |
| 93 | Marty Lyons | LDE | January 5, 1957 | 6'5" | 269 | Alabama | Takoma Park, MD USA | 13 | 13 |
| 86 | Tracy Martin | WR | December 4, 1964 | 6'3" | 205 | North Dakota | Minneapolis, MN USA | 12 | 0 |
| 57 | Kevin McArthur | LB | May 11, 1962 | 6'2" | 244 | Lamar | Cameron, LA USA | 12 | 3 |
| 71 | Pete McCartney | T | June 15, 1962 | 6'6" | 260 | Louisville | 3 | 1 | |
| 68 | Reggie McElroy | RT | March 4, 1960 | 6'6" | 290 | West Texas A&M | Beaumont, TX USA | 8 | 5 |
| 24 | Freeman McNeil | RB | April 22, 1959 | 5'11" | 216 | UCLA | Jackson, MS USA | 9 | 8 |
| 56 | Lance Mehl | LB | February 14, 1958 | 6'3" | 235 | Penn St. | Bellaire, OH USA | 3 | 2 |
| 94 | Scott Mersereau | DT | April 8, 1965 | 6'4" | 275 | Southern Connecticut St. | Riverhead, NY USA | 13 | 4 |
| 36 | Rich Miano | SS | September 3, 1962 | 6'1" | 200 | Hawaii | Newton, MA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 58 | Matt Monger | LB | November 15, 1961 | 6'1" | 235 | Oklahoma St. | Denver, CO USA | 12 | 0 |
| 35 | Tim Newman | RB | June 11, 1964 | 6'0" | 220 | Johnson C. Smith | Charlotte, NC USA | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Gerald Nichols | NT | February 10, 1964 | 6'2" | 261 | Florida St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 13 | 5 |
| 17 | David Norrie | QB | November 30, 1963 | 6'4" | 220 | UCLA | Boston, MA USA | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Ken O'Brien | QB | November 27, 1960 | 6'4" | 210 | Sacramento St. | Rockville Centre, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 14 | Tom O'Connor | P | November 8, 1963 | 6'1" | 190 | South Carolina | Patchoge, NY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | George Radachowsky | DB | September 7, 1962 | 5'11" | 186 | Boston Col. | Danbury, CT USA | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | Pat Ragusa | K | March 17, 1963 | 5'8" | 180 | St. John's (NY) | Caracas, Venezuela | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | Eric Riley | TE | October 10, 1964 | 6'3" | 230 | East. Washington | Snoqualmie, WA USA | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Bobby Riley | WR | October 17, 1964 | 5'8" | 168 | Oklahoma St. | Nowata, OK USA | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Larry Robinson | DB | April 30, 1962 | 5'9" | 194 | NW State (LA) | Shreveport, LA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 92 | Ken Rose | LB | June 9, 1962 | 6'1" | 215 | UNLV | Sacramento, CA USA | 10 | 3 |
| 10 | Pat Ryan | QB | September 16, 1955 | 6'3" | 210 | Tennessee | Hutchinson, KS USA | 13 | 1 |
| 82 | Mickey Shuler | TE | August 21, 1956 | 6'3" | 232 | Penn St. | Harrisburg, PA USA | 11 | 10 |
| 74 | Don Smith | NT-DE-DT | May 9, 1957 | 6'5" | 256 | Miami (FL) | Oakland, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | Reggie Smith | WR,WR/DB | July 15, 1956 | 5'4" | 168 | North Carolina Central | Kinston, NC USA | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Kurt Sohn | WR | June 26, 1957 | 5'11" | 180 | North Carolina St. | Ithaca, NY USA | 12 | 4 |
| 21 | Treg Songy | DB | June 15, 1962 | 6'2" | 200 | Tulane | New Orleans, LA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Jim Sweeney | LT | August 8, 1962 | 6'4" | 297 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 88 | Tony Sweet | TE | December 13, 1963 | 6'4" | 230 | Montclair St. | 3 | 2 | |
| 76 | John Thomas | T | March 6, 1964 | 6'4" | 280 | Toledo | Cincinnati, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 88 | Al Toon | WR | April 30, 1963 | 6'4" | 205 | Wisconsin | Newport News, VA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 83 | Jo-Jo Townsell | PR | November 4, 1960 | 5'9" | 180 | UCLA | Reno, NV USA | 12 | 0 |
| 42 | Maurice Turner | RB | September 10, 1960 | 5'11" | 200 | Utah St. | Salt Lake City, UT USA | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Roger Vick | FB | August 11, 1964 | 6'3" | 239 | Texas A&M | Conroe, TX USA | 12 | 10 |
| 85 | Wesley Walker | WR | May 26, 1955 | 6'0" | 179 | California | San Bernardino, CA USA | 5 | 4 |
| 96 | Henry Walls | LB | February 13, 1964 | 6'2" | 220 | Clemson | Lexington, NC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 91 | Ladell Wills | LB | May 30, 1962 | 6'3" | 240 | Jackson St. | Flint, MI USA | 3 | 1 |
| 55 | Mike Witteck | LB | February 21, 1964 | 6'2" | 225 | Northwestern | Queens, NY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | Mike Zordich | DB | October 12, 1963 | 6'1" | 207 | Penn St. | Youngstown, OH USA | 10 | 0 |
