Post by Lithfan on Nov 27, 2015 8:09:00 GMT -5
November 27, 1994
A couple of days ago it was the buttfumble, today it is the fake spike. The Pete Carroll coached Jets took a 6-5 record into a week 13 matchup against the 7-4 Dolphins at the Meadowlands. With a win, the Jets would move into a first place tie with Miami.
The Jets had a chance to jump out to a big early lead, but failed to get in the end zone on consecutive possessions that got down to the Dolphins one yard line. The Jets first possession started at their own 26 yard line after a Miami punt. Boomer Esiason led a beautiful 15 play drive that took over 9 minutes off the clock. With a 4th and goal at the 1-yard line, the Jets took a delay of game penalty and settled for a 3-0 lead.
The Jets got the ball back quickly after James Hasty picked off a Dan Marino pass and returned it to the Miami 46 yard line. The Jets drove 45 yards to another 4th and goal from the 1. Esiason’s 4th down pass was completed to James Thornton, but he was tackled short of the end zone. The Jets forced a 3 and out and got the ball back at the Phins 35, and once again came away with nothing, choosing to go for a 4th and 7 from the 32 but coming up short. Despite dominating in the early going, the Jets only had 3 points to show for their efforts.
Boomer finally got the Jets in the end zone later in the 2nd quarter when he hooked up with Johnny Mitchell for a 30 yard TD and a 10-0 lead. For Boomer, it would be his most prolific day as a Jet, finishing at 26-41 for 382 yards and 2 TDs with 2 interceptions.
The Jets extended their lead on the opening drive of the 3rd quarter. Boomer connected with Art Monk on a 69 yarder down to the Dolphins 3. Brad Baxter took it over from there and the Jets had a seemingly comfortable 17-0 3rd quarter lead. But then Dan Marino got hot.
Marino led the Dolphins to TDs on three consecutive drives. All 3 drives ended in TD passes from Marino to Mark Ingram. Boomer was able to answer one of the Miami scores with his 2nd TD pass to Mitchell.
With just under 5 minutes left in the game, Miami took over at their own 16 yard line trailing by a 24-21 score. Marino, who threw for 344 yards in the game, over 250 in the second half, completed 7 of 8 passes to get the Dolphins to the Jets 8-yard line with less than 30 seconds on the clock.
Marino brought his team to the line yelling “clock, clock, clock”, but he caught Ingram’s eye. Ingram was covered by rookie Aaron Glenn, who was not ready for the pass, expecting Marino to spike the ball. Instead he took a quick two-step drop and rifled his 4th TD pass of the day to Ingram and the Dolphins came away with a 28-24 victory.
As if we needed a reminder, here it is, the fake spike:
“I thought he was spiking the ball,” Glenn said. “What he was saying made you think he was going to stop the clock. It was a great play by a great quarterback.”
“We acted like we were going to kill the clock and kill the play,” said Ingram. “Their defense just relaxed. We have worked on that play from day one.”
The win propelled the Dolphins to a Division Championship and a Wild Card playoff win against Joe Montana and the Chiefs before falling to San Diego in the Divisional playoffs. The loss sent the Jets into a tailspin that would last for more than two seasons. They lost their last 5 games of the 94 season. Leon Hess fired Head Coach Pete Carroll, replacing him with Rich Kotite. The fake spike game started a run of futility like the Jets had never seen before or since. A stretch that saw them go 4 and 33 until the start of the 97 season.
Source: Eugene Register-Guard
A couple of days ago it was the buttfumble, today it is the fake spike. The Pete Carroll coached Jets took a 6-5 record into a week 13 matchup against the 7-4 Dolphins at the Meadowlands. With a win, the Jets would move into a first place tie with Miami.
The Jets had a chance to jump out to a big early lead, but failed to get in the end zone on consecutive possessions that got down to the Dolphins one yard line. The Jets first possession started at their own 26 yard line after a Miami punt. Boomer Esiason led a beautiful 15 play drive that took over 9 minutes off the clock. With a 4th and goal at the 1-yard line, the Jets took a delay of game penalty and settled for a 3-0 lead.
The Jets got the ball back quickly after James Hasty picked off a Dan Marino pass and returned it to the Miami 46 yard line. The Jets drove 45 yards to another 4th and goal from the 1. Esiason’s 4th down pass was completed to James Thornton, but he was tackled short of the end zone. The Jets forced a 3 and out and got the ball back at the Phins 35, and once again came away with nothing, choosing to go for a 4th and 7 from the 32 but coming up short. Despite dominating in the early going, the Jets only had 3 points to show for their efforts.
Boomer finally got the Jets in the end zone later in the 2nd quarter when he hooked up with Johnny Mitchell for a 30 yard TD and a 10-0 lead. For Boomer, it would be his most prolific day as a Jet, finishing at 26-41 for 382 yards and 2 TDs with 2 interceptions.
The Jets extended their lead on the opening drive of the 3rd quarter. Boomer connected with Art Monk on a 69 yarder down to the Dolphins 3. Brad Baxter took it over from there and the Jets had a seemingly comfortable 17-0 3rd quarter lead. But then Dan Marino got hot.
Marino led the Dolphins to TDs on three consecutive drives. All 3 drives ended in TD passes from Marino to Mark Ingram. Boomer was able to answer one of the Miami scores with his 2nd TD pass to Mitchell.
With just under 5 minutes left in the game, Miami took over at their own 16 yard line trailing by a 24-21 score. Marino, who threw for 344 yards in the game, over 250 in the second half, completed 7 of 8 passes to get the Dolphins to the Jets 8-yard line with less than 30 seconds on the clock.
Marino brought his team to the line yelling “clock, clock, clock”, but he caught Ingram’s eye. Ingram was covered by rookie Aaron Glenn, who was not ready for the pass, expecting Marino to spike the ball. Instead he took a quick two-step drop and rifled his 4th TD pass of the day to Ingram and the Dolphins came away with a 28-24 victory.
As if we needed a reminder, here it is, the fake spike:
“I thought he was spiking the ball,” Glenn said. “What he was saying made you think he was going to stop the clock. It was a great play by a great quarterback.”
“We acted like we were going to kill the clock and kill the play,” said Ingram. “Their defense just relaxed. We have worked on that play from day one.”
The win propelled the Dolphins to a Division Championship and a Wild Card playoff win against Joe Montana and the Chiefs before falling to San Diego in the Divisional playoffs. The loss sent the Jets into a tailspin that would last for more than two seasons. They lost their last 5 games of the 94 season. Leon Hess fired Head Coach Pete Carroll, replacing him with Rich Kotite. The fake spike game started a run of futility like the Jets had never seen before or since. A stretch that saw them go 4 and 33 until the start of the 97 season.
Source: Eugene Register-Guard
