1996 New York Jets season
- 1996 New York Jets season
Infobox NFL_season
team = New York Jets
year = 1996
record = 1-15
division_place = 5th AFC East
coach = Rich Kotite
stadium = The Meadowlands
playoffs =The 1996 New York Jets season began with the team trying to improve upon its league-worst 3-13 record from 1995. However, this season proved even more calamitous as they finished 1-15, which is the worst record in franchise history. This led to the dismissal of head coach Rich Kotite after the season ended.
Offseason
The Jets cut quarterback Boomer Esiason after he failed to replicate the success he enjoyed with the Cincinnati Bengals. They signed Neil O'Donnell, who had just led the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Super Bowl. The Jets received the first pick in the NFL draft in April and drafted wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson out of the University of Southern California.
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O'Donnell was the starter for the first six games of the season, but they went 0-6 under him. Kotite then benched O'Donnell in favor of longtime Buffalo Bills backup quarterback Frank Reich, but he didn't fare much better. They lost to Jacksonville and Buffalo, before the now lowly 0-8 Jets beat former Jets QB Boomer Esiason and his new team, the Arizona Cardinals (although Esiason didn't play for the game for Arizona), in Sun Devil Stadium. It was the Jets' only win of the 1996 year. They finished the year with the worst record in the NFL at 1-15.
External links
* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyj1996.htm 1996 statistics]
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