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unusual facts about The Jets



You Got It All

"You Got It All" was the fourth single released by the 1980s dance-pop band, The Jets, from their commercially successful debut 1985 album, The Jets.


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1963 New York Jets season

The Jets finished the season 5–8–1, while playing their final season of home games at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, before relocating to Shea Stadium in the borough of Queens the following season.

1976 New York Jets season

The Jets again finished with a record of 3–11, which combined with the departure of Holtz before the end of the season, prompted John Facenda to say about the Jets during the NFL Films highlight film for that season "Perhaps the best thing to say about the 1976 New York Jets season is that it's over".

The television series, Barney Miller, referenced the game between the Buccaneers playing at the Jets, in the 3rd season episode "The Recluse", in which Yemana had tickets to the Jets/Tampa Bay game.

1981 New York Jets season

The Jets sputtered early, starting 0–3 and (combined with the previous season's 4–12 finish) fueling a quarterback controversy and altercation between quarterback Richard Todd and sports writer Steve Serby and speculation about Michaels' job.

1982–83 Winnipeg Jets season

With the Colorado Rockies moving to East Rutherford, New Jersey and becoming the New Jersey Devils, the NHL underwent realignment, and the Jets were shifted from the Norris Division back to the Smythe Division, where the team spent their first two seasons from 1979-81.

1988 New York Jets season

The Jets endured a major distraction when Mark Gastineau, the team's main pass rusher who appeared to be experiencing a career-renaissance, abruptly retired in midseason to tend to ailing actress Brigitte Nielsen.

1993 New York Jets season

The Jets also acquired running back Johnny Johnson from the Phoenix Cardinals, and he led the team in both rushing yards and pass receptions (821 yards rushing, 67 receptions).

1997 New York Jets season

Eventually commissioner Paul Tagliabue brokered a deal with the two teams where Parcells would be able to coach the Jets and the Patriots would receive the Jets' first round draft pick the next year.

2011–12 Winnipeg Jets season

The Jets unveiled their new jerseys at an event held on September 6 at 17 Wing in Winnipeg.

Bennie Blades

During his play at Miami he and the defensive secondary were nicknamed "Bennie and the Jets," (in reference of the Elton John song of the same name) for their speed, power, ability & stand-out defensive play.

Bryan Cox

Among his most famous plays was a 27-yard interception-return touchdown against the Patriots in September 1999 while playing with the Jets; another famous play came with the Patriots in September 2001 in a game against the Indianapolis Colts; Cox hit receiver Jerome Pathon in the first quarter, a hit that briefly knocked Pathon out.

Cory Reamer

Reamer was not taken in the 2010 NFL Draft but he tried out for the Jets during rookie mini camp and impressed Jets head coach Rex Ryan enough to get a contract.

Dick Roberge

Roberge would lead the Jets with 37 goals but finished second in EHL scoring that season, finishing only one point behind linemate Don Hall and nine points behind Ken Coombes.

Donovan Warren

Warren's godfather, former Pro Bowl defensive back Mark Carrier, is an assistant coach with the Jets.

Greg Buttle

Buttle serves as an on-air analyst for WCBS-TV in New York City, alongside play-by-play man Ian Eagle, for Jets preseason games, and hosts Jets Gameday on the Jets Radio Network and ESPN New York alongside Don LaGreca.

Greg McElroy

McElroy made his NFL debut on December 2, 2012 in the third quarter during the Jets' contest against the Arizona Cardinals, replacing incumbent Mark Sanchez who, prior to being benched by head coach Rex Ryan, had thrown three interceptions.

Jenn Sterger

In October 2010, reports surfaced on the website Deadspin that NFL quarterback Brett Favre was alleged to have sent Sterger several suggestive text messages, voicemails asking her to come to his hotel room, and explicit photos of himself while he was the quarterback for the New York Jets and she was a sideline reporter for the Jets (these events were said to have happened during the 2008 football season).

Jets'n'Guns Soundtrack

The Jets'n'Guns Soundtrack was composed and performed by the SID Metal band Machinae Supremacy for the Jets'n'Guns computer game.

Jheryl Busby

At MCA Records, where he was hired in 1984, Busby was vice-president of the black music division building the unit largely from scratch, promoting established acts such as Patti LaBelle and helping to discover and market acts including family band The Jets, Jody Watley, Bobby Brown and New Edition.

John Huarte

Prior to the 1966 season he was traded by the Jets to the Boston Patriots for the draft rights to Wichita State University linebacker/center Jim Waskiewicz.

Ken Parrish

After he was released by the Jets following training camp, Parrish worked as a substitute teacher at J. T. Lambert Intermediate School and as a police officer again with the Stroud Area Regional Police.

Leon Washington

Washington's 2006 Bowman "Signs of the Future" card with the Jets caused a great deal of controversy during the third week of November, 2006, in which it appears that he is making an obscene gesture.

Ljubo Miličević

On 12 January 2011, it was announced that Milicevic was not going to re-sign for the Jets and left for Switzerland, where he trialled with former club FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.

Logos and uniforms of the New York Jets

When the syndicate led by Sonny Werblin purchased the team, renamed the Jets, the uniform underwent significant changes.

Lynn Taitt

The most successful of his groups was The Jets, formed in 1966 and which included Hux Brown, Headley Bennett, Hopeton Lewis, Gladstone Anderson, and Winston Wright.

Mike Homik

He played two games for the Manawatu Jets in the 2011 NZL NBL season before getting injured, and re-joined the Jets for the 2012 season.

Mike Pettine

Pettine, Rex Ryan's "right hand man", reportedly received a three year deal to lead the Jets defense.

Nate Lyles

Lyles was later waived by the Jets on July 23, 2008 when cornerback Ahmad Carroll was signed.

Norm Beaudin

He led the WHA playoffs in scoring that year with a sparkling 13 goals and 15 assists as the Jets lost to the New England Whalers in the league finals, highlighted by a seven-point game against the Minnesota Fighting Saints.

Beaudin was the first player signed by the Jets, and played on a line with superstar Bobby Hull and centre Christian Bordeleau in the Jets' inaugural season.

Oday Aboushi

He was selected by the Jets in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

Payment in lieu of taxes

In conjunction with the proposal to build a West Side Stadium in New York City for use by the New York Jets, there was controversy over the proposal by the Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, to use PILOT money from the Jets to help finance the project rather than applying it to other municipal expenses.

Peter Douris

After spending 3 seasons with the Jets he was traded to the St Louis Blues for defenseman Kent Carlson and a 4th round draft pick.

Raul Allegre

In 1991, after kicking for the Giants in a Sunday night encounter against Washington, Allegre was released and signed by the Jets.

He lost the competition for the kicker's spot on the Jets roster in training camp before the 1992 season to Jason Staurovsky, and Allegre decided to retire due to a back injury.

Ray Abruzzese

Bills owner Ralph Wilson cooperated and, for the good of the league, traded Abruzzese to the Jets, who under Namath's leadership went on to defeat the NFL's overrated Baltimore Colts in the third AFL-NFL World Championship game.

Reg Kent

He finished his career with the Jets having scored 248 goals and 480 assists for 728 points in 528 games; his totals in the above are second in franchise history to Dick Roberge.

Ron Docken

Docken would split time with Jets goalie Louis Levasseur over the next two seasons, including during the 1974-75 season where the Jets won the Lockhart Cup.

Ruben and the Jets

Led by Ruben Guevara, band members included, Ruben and the Jets released two albums, the first of which was produced by Frank Zappa, whose band The Mothers of Invention had previously released an album titled Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, for which Guevera had named his band.

Sam Ball

The Jets drafted Sam Walton at RT in 1968, he struggled as a rookie before being replaced in the playoffs by Dave Herman who moved across from RG.

Shonn Greene

In the 2010 offseason the Jets did not resign running back Thomas Jones and signed instead LaDainian Tomlinson to be their starter and Shonn Greene to be the back-up.

Special Kinda Love

Released as a single from The Jets' greatest hits album The Best of The Jets, the song was not nearly as successful as some other recordings by the group.

Stephen Gostkowski

In Week 15, against the Jets, Gostkowski broke Uwe von Schamann's record for most PATs converted in a season, with his 67th successful attempt.

Steve Weatherford

However, he was unable to play in the Jets' first playoff game due to problems with an irregular heartbeat.

Tyler Palko

Following the Jets game, the Chiefs fired head coach Todd Haley.

Westside Neighborhood School

Through the school year ending in 2005, WNS was Westchester Neighborhood School, located in south Westchester directly under the final approaches of aircraft landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), hence the "Jets" nickname used by the school's athletic teams.

Willets Point, Queens

After the New York Jets left Shea Stadium (following the 1983 season) to play at the Meadowlands, Willets Point was the proposed location for a new, 82,000-seat domed football stadium that would bring the Jets back to New York.

Woody Johnson

After buying the Jets, Johnson announced plans to move them to the proposed West Side Stadium in Manhattan.