2005 New York Jets season

The 2005 New York Jets season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League (NFL), the 46th season overall, and the fifth and final under head coach Herman Edwards. The Jets were attempting to improve upon their 10–6 record from 2004 but failed and finished the season with a 4–12 record (Their lowest wins since their 1–15 season in 1996) and missed the playoffs.

2005 New York Jets season
Owner	Woody & Christopher Johnson
Head coach	Herman Edwards
Home field	Giants Stadium
Results
Record	4–12
Division place	4th AFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	CB Ty Law ILB Jonathan Vilma
Uniform
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The Jets went 0–8 on the road for the first time in franchise history.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 2005 NFL draft

2005 New York Jets draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
2	47	Mike Nugent	K	OSU	from Houston via Oakland
2	57	Justin Miller *	CB	Clemson
3	88	Sione Pouha	DT	Utah
4	123	Kerry Rhodes	S	Louisville	from Jacksonville
5	161	Andre Maddox	SS	NC State
6	182	Cedric Houston	RB	Tennessee	from Arizona via Oakland
6	198	Joel Dreessen	TE	Colorado State
7	240	Harry Williams	WR	Tuskegee
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff

2005 New York Jets staff

Front office Owner – Woody Johnson Manager of football administration – Dawn Aponte Head coaches Head coach – Herman Edwards Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator – Mike Westhoff Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Mike Heimerdinger Quarterbacks – Jeremy Bates Tight ends – John Zernhelt Offensive line – Doug Marrone Assistant offensive line – Dave Szott Offensive assistant/quarterbacks – Pep Hamilton Offensive assistant/quality control – Tim Berbenich

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Donnie Henderson Defensive line coach – Denny Marcin Linebackers – Bob Sutton Defensive backs – Corwin Brown Defensive assistant – Jay Mandolesi Special teams coaches Assistant special teams/assistant running backs – Sam Gash Strength and conditioning Director of physical development – Markus Paul Strength assistant – Sal Alosi Offseason speed consultant – Brett Bech

Roster

2005 New York Jets roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  5 Brooks Bollinger  3 Kliff Kingsbury 16 Vinny Testaverde Running backs (RB) 35 B. J. Askew FB 23 Derrick Blaylock 34 Cedric Houston 33 Jerald Sowell FB Wide receivers (WR) 87 Laveranues Coles 89 Jerricho Cotchery 81 Justin McCareins 84 Dante Ridgeway 18 Harry Williams Tight ends (TE) 83 Joel Dreessen 88 Doug Jolley

Offensive linemen (OL) 78 Jonathan Goodwin G 75 Scott Gragg T 79 Adrian Jones T 64 Norm Katnik C 66 Pete Kendall C/G 65 Brandon Moore G 76 Steve Morley G/T 67 Doug Nienhuis G/T 72 Isaac Snell G Defensive linemen (DL) 56 John Abraham DE 96 Dave Ball DE 92 Shaun Ellis DE 97 Trevor Johnson DE 70 Lance Legree DT 95 Matt McChesney DT 91 Sione Po'uha DT 93 James Reed DT 63 Dewayne Robertson DT 99 Bryan Thomas DE

Linebackers (LB) 55 Mark Brown OLB 98 Jamar Enzor OLB 53 Barry Gardner OLB 54 Victor Hobson OLB 58 Ryan Myers OLB 51 Jonathan Vilma MLB 52 Kenyatta Wright MLB Defensive backs (DB) 36 David Barrett CB 45 Oliver Celestin FS 26 Erik Coleman SS 32 Darrien Johnson CB 24 Ty Law CB 22 Justin Miller CB/KR 25 Kerry Rhodes FS 21 Derrick Strait CB 42 Rashad Washington SS Special teams 85 James Dearth LS  7 Ben Graham P  1 Mike Nugent K

Practice squad 27 Terry Butler RB 82 Reggie Harrell WR 61 Michael King G 49 Corey Lamkin TE 44 Luke Lawton FB 31 Jeremy LeSueur CB 11 Jovan Witherspoon WR Reserve 86 Chris Baker TE (IR) 50 Eric Barton ILB (IR) 77 Marko Cavka T (IR) 80 Wayne Chrebet WR (IR) -- Mondoe Davis LB (IR) 69 Jason Fabini T (IR)  9 Jay Fiedler QB (IR) 41 Andre Maddox S (IR) 28 Curtis Martin RB (IR) 68 Kevin Mawae C (IR) 57 Darrell McClover LB (IR) 10 Chad Pennington QB (IR) Rookies in italics 52 active, 12 reserve, 7 practice squad

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 12	Detroit Lions	W 10–3	1–0	Giants Stadium	Recap
2	August 19	Minnesota Vikings	W 28–21	1–0	Giants Stadium	Recap
3	August 26	at New York Giants	L 14–15	2–1	Giants Stadium	Recap
4	September 1	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 37–14	3–1	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap

Regular season

In addition to their regular games with AFC East rivals, the Jets played teams from the AFC West and NFC South as per the schedule rotation, and also played intraconference games against the Ravens and the Jaguars based on divisional positions from 2004.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 11	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 7–27	0–1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
2	September 18	Miami Dolphins	W 17–7	1–1	Giants Stadium	Recap
3	September 25	Jacksonville Jaguars	L 20–26 (OT)	1–2	Giants Stadium	Recap
4	October 2	at Baltimore Ravens	L 3–13	1–3	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
5	October 9	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 14–12	2–3	Giants Stadium	Recap
6	October 16	at Buffalo Bills	L 17–27	2–4	Ralph Wilson Stadium	Recap
7	October 24	at Atlanta Falcons	L 14–27	2–5	Georgia Dome	Recap
8	Bye
9	November 6	San Diego Chargers	L 26–31	2–6	Giants Stadium	Recap
10	November 13	at Carolina Panthers	L 3–30	2–7	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
11	November 20	at Denver Broncos	L 0–27	2–8	Invesco Field at Mile High	Recap
12	November 27	New Orleans Saints	L 19–21	2–9	Giants Stadium	Recap
13	December 4	at New England Patriots	L 3–16	2–10	Gillette Stadium	Recap
14	December 11	Oakland Raiders	W 26–10	3–10	Giants Stadium	Recap
15	December 18	at Miami Dolphins	L 20–24	3–11	Dolphins Stadium	Recap
16	December 26	New England Patriots	L 21–31	3–12	Giants Stadium	Recap
17	January 1	Buffalo Bills	W 30–26	4–12	Giants Stadium	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(4) New England Patriots	10	6	0	.625	5–1	7–5	379	338	L1
Miami Dolphins	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	318	317	W6
Buffalo Bills	5	11	0	.313	2–4	5–7	271	367	L1
New York Jets	4	12	0	.250	2–4	3–9	240	355	W1

External links

• 2005 team stats