AFC East Vs Patriots- 2010 Divisional win, 2012 Thanksgiving loss Vs Bills- 2008 week 15 win, the 5 int game by Mark in 09 Vs Dolphins- beating the Dolphins on SNF in '98, wk 17 2011
AFC NORTH vs Steelers - (tie) beating them in the blizzard 6-0 in 2003- first ever win in Pittsburgh 2010 / (tie) the two heart-breaking playoff losses vs Ravens - the 1997 win in OT (only choice ) / the end of year collapse in 2000. The O kicked their vaunted D up and down the field only to lose on special teams and INT return fluky plays vs Bengals - the 1982 wildcard win in Cincy ( first playoff win since SBIII and in my lifetime)/ 1981 home opening loss - big disappointment for a 10 year old kid vs Browns - end of season 1985 beating/ 1986 playoffs ( need I say more )
Vs Colts- Super bowl III I win. I was supposed to add a loss wasn't I? uh, the 2009 season's AFC championship game, one step away from the Super Bowl and... denied.
My AFC East would be too numerous for just one memory: Vs Patriots - 2010 playoff win / 2002 home opener and 1985 wild card loss Vs Bills - 2008 win at Buffalo ( I was there with my son his first game) / 1981 WC loss at Shea Vs Dolphins - ALOT too numerous to list both wins and losses - HATE Miami
Okay, this is going off what I remember so these will be really recent: Patriots: 2010 divisional game/45-3 Bills: Chad Morton game/16-13 in OT 5 INT for Sanchez Dolphins: Monday Night Miracle/Ted Ginn game Steelers: 2010 win Brad Smith returns kick off/ Doug Brien game Ravens: I don't remember our only win/ Justin McCareins drops passes from Kellen Clemens 2007 Bengals: The 37-0 beatdown followed by the WC/ Chad P loss to them 2007 Browns: Cotch/Holmes game was ugly but fun/Chris Baker's TD that wasn't Colts: 2002-2003 and 2010-2011 playoff wins/2009 AFC Championship Texans: Rex's first game/only option is the 2012 loss right? Jaguars: 98 Jets/Jags playoff/MJD sitting down at the GL Titans: 2008 Titans were undefeated and we just beat the Pats/2012 Sanchez implosion Broncos: 2010 Holmes draws the PI call/98-99 playoffs Chargers: 2004 playoffs and 2009 playoffs tie/2005 I think Brooks Bollinger almost led a comeback Chiefs: Favre to someone in the final minute to win/Early 2000s Priest Holmes beats us late Raiders: 2001-2002 to make the playoffs/2001-2002 playoffs next week we lose
Against AFC Buffalo - Win 1998 Vinny to Dedrick Ward to clinch AFC East title, Loss 1981 Wild Card Game Joe Ferguson to Joe Cribbs as Jets cannot overcome 24-0 start Miami - Win (not yet mentioned)1981 Richard Todd with broken ribs hits Jerome Barkum to cap late comeback win at Shea Stadium, LOss Mud Bowl 1982 AFC Championship New England - Win Every single time we beat Belichick, Loss Every time Brady gets us Denver - Win 1978 Matt Robinson leading to comeback win, Loss 1998 AFC Championship Raiders - Win 1968 Namath to Maynard AFC Championship, Loss 2002 AFC Diviisional Playoffs Thought Chad was on a roll and could take down Gannon and company Chargers - Win 2009 AFC Divisional win Shawn Greene puts game away Loss - none come to mind that stand out Chiefs - Win 1998 Vinny hitting Kyle Brady in the rain at KC , Loss - 1969 AFC Championship game at windy Shea Stadium Jaguars - Win 1998 AFC Divisional Playoffs Biggest game as a Jet for Keyshawn, Loss - None stand out but MJD seemed to do well against us Colts - Win (besides SB) 1972 - Namath wins shootout against Unitas, Loss - early 90's horrible loss in the rain at the Meadowlands Titans/Oilers - Win 1988 Ken O'Brien and crew own talented Warren Moon led Houston team 45-3, Loss - 1993 Boomer and Coslet get shut out in prime time with a playoff berth at stake Texans - Win Either of Mark Sanchez' wins (first start of career or last minute comeback), Loss Monday Night game in 2012 Steelers - Win 2010 game at Pitt as Brad Smith opens game with KO return for TD, 2010 AFC Championship a month later Browns - Win None all that memorable. Loss 1986 AFC Divisional Playoffs Jets blow 10 point lead with 4 minutes left and lose in double OT Bengals - Win 2010 Wild Card victory, Loss - for whatever reason an early season loss to Ken Anderson in 1981 at Shea sticks with me.
All involving playoff games Wins: AFL Championship vs. Oakland Raiders Super Bowl III Raiders 1982 Chargers 2009 Losses: Kansas City 1969 Cleveland 1986 Denver 1998 Miami 1982
For some of these it is difficult to find a memorable loss or win. Two of the Jets "best" losses in that the losses turned out to not hurt that much and the Jets performed valiantly in the games were both vs San Francisco. In 1971, Joe Namath came off the bench for his first action in 20 games. Namath led a furious rally that fell short. Then there was the 1998 opener which the Jets lost in overtime on a 96-yard touchdown run.
I'll try the NFC lol...but this is just personal memory, I could bother to look up more if I have time later Giants: '88 final game of the season/Victor Cruz's 99-yard salsa Cowboys: Opening Night SNF a couple years ago/? Redskins: ?/Whatever year it was we opened against them and lost after they took a bunch of FA's from us (Coles, Morton, Hall) Eagles: Bucs: Flashlight game/? Saints: This year maybe?/Whatever year we lost to them when they were 1-15 Falcons: Again this year?/The loss a few years back that 'eliminated' us according to Rex Panthers: ?/Bubby shovel pass game when they got their first ever win Packers: 2002 home finale/? Lions: ?/The John Hall game in 2000( 10-7 loss where he missed three and got himself cut) Bears: ?/Losing to them late in 2002 when they were bad and Chrebet tried a somersault late and dropped the ball Vikings: ?/? 49ers: ?/Garrison Hearst OT game mentioned above Rams: ?/? Cardinals: Avoiding 0-16 in '95/? Seahawks: Vinny's 'TD' in '98/The game late in '08 when we lost in the snow to a 3-13 team
AFC North Steelers- 2010 regular season win, 2010 AFC title game loss Bengals- 2009 wild card win, ?? Browns- 2010 overtime win, Chris Baker's TD catch nullified Ravens- 2011 SNF loss sticks out to me. That was the beginning of the end.
^^Excellent calls. Remember listening to the '71 game on the radio (was at Shea) and the 1998 game ........."somebody..........tackle...................him!.......somebody!!......" It was sudden death, and yet it was like slow death seeing one would be Jet tackler after another miss Hurst.
I like this 1985er. good topic. these are from the early 80s on. AFC East: Buffalo W: 1998 week 16 game that clinched our 1st AFC East Title L: 1981 WC game, 1st playoff game since 1969. Miami W: 1998 Sunday Nighter in week 15. Clinched first playoff berth since 1991. L: 1982 AFC Championship New England W: 2010 div rd L: 1985 WC game AFC North: Baltimore W: we only have one win, 1997 at home in OT L: 2000 week 17, a win would have got us to playoffs, blew 14-0 lead. Cleveland W: 1985 week 16, win clinched playoff berth L: 1986 div rd, 2 OT, blew late 10 pt lead Cincinnati W: 1982 1st rd playoff game L: 1988 at Cincy, we missed playoffs by 1 game. Pittsburgh W: 2010 week 15. 1st win in Pitt L: 2010 AFC Championship AFC South: Indianapolis W: 2010 WC game. 2002 was great too but 2010 would eventually lead to a title game app. L: 2009 AFC Championship Tennessee: W: 2008, I thought we were for real when we crushed them L: 1993 week 18. had chance for playoffs, lost 24-0. worse than losing WC game 2 years earlier. Jacksonville W: 1998 div rd L: 2002 at Jax, 28-3. Houston W: 2010, incredible last drive to win it. L: only 1 loss, 2012. JJ Watt AFC West: Oakland W: 2001 week 17, win gets us in playoffs L: 2002 div rd Kansas City W: 1986 WC L: 1988, we played them twice. lost once, tied the other. Missed playoffs by 1 game. San Diego W: 2009 div rd L: 1994 at home, part of 5 game skid to end season Denver W: 1986 Monday Nighter L: 1998 AFC Championship NFC East: Dallas W: 2011 opener L: 2007 Thanksgiving humiliation NY Giants W: 1981 L: 2011 Philadelphia W: I'll let you know when it happens L: 1993, blew 21-0 lead Washington W: only 2 to choose from and one of them was a 3-0 win on a great weather day so my choice is the 2011 win at Washington. L: 1987 at RFK, lost by a pt to eventual champs. 1st game back from strike, season could have changed if we won that one. NFC North: Detroit W: 2010, comeback from 10 down late to win in OT L: 2000 week 16, Hall misses chip shot. Chicago W: 1997 at Soldier Field L: 1991 Monday Night, we fumble running out the clock, lose in OT Green Bay W: 2002 week 17, maybe best game I have ever been to- best home game L: 1994 at GB. Rob Moore mugged on last drive at GL which would have tied it, they also called back long Richie Anderson TD run. Minnesota W: 1997, GL stand preserves win, actually they stopped 2 pt conversion which would have tied it at gun. L: haven't seen one, wasn't around for the 1975 game. NFC South: Carolina W: 1998 crushing of Carolina at home L: 1995, the shovel pas game, Carolina's first win in franchise history New Orleans W: 2001 Sunday Nighter at Superdome, Kyle Turley game L: 2005 Sunday Nighter at home, Nugent missed long FG at gun Atlanta W: 2013 comeback at Atlanta L: 2009 at home, almost cost us playoffs Tampa Bay W: 2000 at TB, Keyshawn game. awful game for about 58 minutes but we pulled it out. L: only one loss, 1984 NFC West: Seattle W: 1998, the Vinny sneak game. L: 2008 San Francisco W: 1983 at SF L: 1998 opener, Garrison Hearst 98 yd TD in OT Arizona W: 2008, Favre 6 TD game L: haven't seen one St. Louis W: 1983 at Shea, the fight game L: 2001 at home, they crushed us then kick OS kick w/ huge lead
AFC South Colts- for me it's a toss up between the 02 playoff win and the 2010 wildcard game. The 2006 loss. Titans- 2008 regular season win, 2012 MNF disgrace. Jaguars- 1998 divisional playoff win, 2009 regular season loss. Texans- 2010 come from behind win, MNF losing a winnable game.
Wow you know you said most memorable and I completely forgot about the 2010 comeback. I instantly thought 2009 Rex's first win. That's funny how that is more memorable to me even though the 2010 was incredible comeback.
Excellent call on the '71 game. It was the first game Namath had dressed for even though he was not supposed to be ready to play. When both of the other QB's went down the feeling in the stadium was electric and also led to the oft repeated myth about New York fans being so terrible that they cheered their own players getting hurt. The fact is that most of the fans were busy seeing if the guy was getting up (maybe Davis?) and slow to pick up the fact that Namath had gotten up and shed his parka to take some quick warmup tosses. Knowing there was nobody left to play QB, I had almost immediately checked out the bench area to see this happen and a few hundred began to cheer, NOT because anybody was hurt, but because THE MAN was going to take his heavily applianced knee out to try to make the sun come out on that cold, gray day. Those few hundred spread in a rolling crescendo to a few thousand and then like a tidal wave to become a screaming, shouting, hair-raising, tier bouncing standing ovation 65,000 strong. I never before or since have felt that kind of electricity in a stadium and I was at the Monday Night Miracle decades later. It's late, I don't feel like looking up the details, but I think it was either the Redskins or the 49ers by the colors painted in my memory and I could be wrong, but I believe Namath even ran in a short bootleg TD right in front of me in the open end of the stadium while holding one hand palm out as he crossed the goal line as if to say "there's no reason to hit me now."
The '71 game featured Hall of Famers Maynard, Namath, Riggins, Johnson and Wilcox. Johnson was playing with a cast on his hand and made a tremendous defense of a pass. You rarely ever see a cornerback playing with a cast.
