Schedule The Jets'
2020 schedule was announced on May 7. This was also the first of two games in which backup Quarterback
Joe Flacco started due to injuries to starting Quarterback Sam Darnold.
Week 6: at Miami Dolphins With the shutout loss (the first shutout of the season), the Jets started 0–6 for the first time since the
1996 season. With the Giants and Falcons winning their first games this week, this left the Jets as the only winless team in the NFL for 2020.
Week 7: vs. Buffalo Bills Amidst heavy criticism, Head Coach
Adam Gase gave up offensive play calling duties, instead leaving it to Offensive Coordinator
Dowell Loggains. Under Loggains, the Jets were able to build a 10–6 lead over the Bills by halftime after a
Sergio Castillo field goal and
La'Mical Perine touchdown. Despite this, the Jets offense struggled in the second half. While the Jets were able to prevent Buffalo from scoring touchdowns, the Bills were able to score enough field goals to hand the Jets an 18–10 loss. With this loss, the Jets dropped to 0–7 for the first time since
1996.
Week 8: at Kansas City Chiefs With the loss, the Jets fell to 0–8. It would be their first such start since
1996.
Week 9: vs. New England Patriots After
Sam Darnold suffered a shoulder injury,
Joe Flacco would start for the New York Jets once again. Facing an injury-plagued
New England Patriots team, the game was seen as a big chance for the Jets to get their first win of the season. Flacco threw touchdown passes to
Breshad Perriman and
Jamison Crowder, alongside two
Sergio Castillo field goals to lead 20–10 at halftime. However, the Patriots rallied and in the final five minutes of the game, following a crucial interception by Joe Flacco, the Patriots were able to tie the game 27–27. As time expired,
Nick Folk kicked the game winning field goal for the New England win. With the loss, the Jets started 0–9 for the first time in franchise history while losing their 9th consecutive game to the Patriots since
2015. They were also eliminated from AFC East division title contention for the eighteenth consecutive season.
Week 11: at Los Angeles Chargers The Jets started 0–10 for the first time in franchise history. With this loss, along with the Colts beating the Packers, the Jets became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention. It also secured a full decade without postseason football for the Jets. The longest since the 1970's.
Week 12: vs. Miami Dolphins The Jets started 0–11 for the first time in franchise history, and their only score in the entire game came from a field goal put up in the first quarter by Sergio Castillo.
Week 13: vs. Las Vegas Raiders The Jets led much of the early portions of the game, scoring two early touchdowns and holding a 13–7 lead. Despite giving up the next seventeen points and entering the fourth quarter trailing by eleven, the Jets scored twice and reclaimed the lead with 5:34 remaining. On the ensuing Las Vegas drive, the Raiders were stopped on fourth down inside the New York 10-yard line when
Derek Carr threw an incompletion on fourth down after offsetting penalties negated a first down. The Jets forced the Raiders to use their remaining time outs on their possession and punted the ball back to them, leaving the Raiders sixty-one yards from the end zone with thirty-five seconds left. Carr managed to get Las Vegas into New York territory on the first play of the drive, with
Darren Waller hauling in a completion to the 46-yard line. After spiking the ball to stop the clock, Carr threw two consecutive incompletions to bring up third down with thirteen seconds showing. On third down, Jets defensive coordinator
Gregg Williams decided to call for a play referred to as a zero
blitz, which results in nearly every defender rushing the play and a lone defensive back remaining in coverage. The call backfired on the Jets as receiver
Henry Ruggs was able to get past rookie cornerback
Lamar Jackson, leaving himself wide open and enabling Carr to easily find him for the go-ahead touchdown with five seconds left. The Raiders won the game 31–28. With the loss, the Jets fell to 0–12 for the first time in franchise history, becoming the first team to start 0–12 since
the 2017 Browns, who failed to win a game that season. After the game Williams drew criticism for his play call from the media, players, and coach Adam Gase and after discussions between Gase and team administrators, Williams was relieved of his duties the following day. The Jets became only the sixth team in history to win a game after starting 0–13.
Week 16: vs. Cleveland Browns The Jets defeated the Browns for the first time since 2017 as they avoided their first one-win season since
1996. With the win, the Jets relinquished the first overall pick in the
2021 NFL draft to
Jacksonville, and also prevented two teams finishing 1–15 in the same season for the first time.
Week 17: at New England Patriots With their 10th straight loss against New England the Jets ended their season at 2–14, their worst record since 1996. With the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers clinching playoff spots, the Jets now hold the longest active postseason drought in the NFL, dating back to
2010. This would be the last time
Sam Darnold would start for the Jets as he would be traded to
the Carolina Panthers during the off-season. The Jets were also the only team to lose all six games in their division.
Standings Division Conference ==Notes==