Mark Gastineau Stats, News, Records – DE | NY Jets Legend Profile

Mark Gastineau	G	SACKS	INT	FR	FR TD (INT TD)
Regular Season	137	107.5	0	9	2 (0)
Playoffs	7	8.5	0	0	0 (0)

📲 Player	Mark Gastineau
✅ Team: Years Active	New York Jets: 1979-1988
➡️ Position	DE
🔢 Number	99
🚨 Height	6-foot-5
⚖️ Weight	266 pounds
🎂 DOB	Nov. 26, 1956
🇺🇸 Hometown	Ardmore, OK
🎓 High School	Round Valley (AZ)
🏫 College	Arizona St., East Central (OK)
📛 NFL Entrance	1979 NFL Draft NYJ: No. 41 (Round 2)
❗️ Jets Acquisition	Drafted by NYJ (1979) GM Jim Kensil

The crazy man known as Mark Gastineau danced his way to becoming the most prolific sack artist in New York Jets‘ history.

Despite the many controversies surrounding him, Gastineau’s production on the field cannot be argued. In 1984, while leading the famed New York Sack Exchange, Gastineau put up 22 sacks—which stood as the single-season NFL record until Michael Strahan tapped a falling Brett Favre in 2001.

All told, Gastineau’s 107.5 sacks (unofficial number) is the most in franchise history.

CAREER STATS

	GAMES	SACKS	INT	FR	FR TD (INT TD)
Jets Regular Season	137	107.5	0	9	2 (0)
Jets Playoffs	7	8.5	0	0	0 (0)

DEFENSE BY SEASON

Year	Tm	G	GS	Sk	Int	Int Yds	Int TD	Int Lng	PD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Sfty
1979		16	1	2			0
1980		16	16	11.5			0
1981		16	16	20			0				2	0	0
1982		9	9	6			0				0	0	0
1983		16	16	19			0				2	0	1
1984		16	16	22			0				1	0	1
1985		16	12	13.5			0				3	0	0
1986		10	7	2			0				0	0	0
1987		15	7	4.5			0				0	0	0
1988		7	7	7			0				1	0	0

PLAYOFFS DEFENSE BY SEASON

Year	Tm	G	GS	Sk	Int	Int Yds	Int TD	Int Lng	PD	FF	FR	FR Yds	FR TD	Sfty
1981		1	1	1			0			0	0	0	0
1982		3	3	4			0			0	0	0	0
1985		1	1	1			0			0	0	0	0
1986		2	0	2.5			0			0	0	0	0

Honors:

• 5-time All-Pro (1981-85)
• 5 Pro Bowls (1981-85)
• 2-time sack leader (1983, 1984)
• New York Jets Ring of Honor

Jets all-time regular season ranks:

• 1st in sacks (74.0)*
• T-12th in Pro-Football-Reference’s Approximate Value (91, tied with Shaun Ellis and Wesley Walker)
• 29th in games played (137)

*- sacks were not officially tracked until 1982, Gastineau’s fourth season.

Jets all-time playoff ranks:

• 1st in sacks (8.5)
• T-7th in games played (7)

Jets single-season ranks:

• Most sacks (22.0, 1984)
• 2nd-most sacks (19.0, 1983)
• 3rd-most sacks (13.5, 1985)

Jets single-game (regular season or playoff) ranks:

• T-most sacks (4.0, Week 1 of 1984, W 23-14 @ IND)
• T-most sacks (4.0, Week 10 of 1983, L 14-17 vs. BAL)
• T-5th-most sacks (3.0, Week 5 of 1988, T 17-17 vs. KC)
• T-5th-most sacks (3.0, Week 9 of 1984, L 20-30 @ NE)
• T-5th-most sacks (3.0, Week 5 of 1983, W 34-10 @ BUF)
• T-21st-most sacks (2.5, Week 9 of 1985, W 35-17 @ IND)
• T-21st-most sacks (2.5, Week 13 of 1983, W 26-3 vs. NE)
• T-21st-most sacks (2.5, Week 15 of 1982, L 19-20 @ MIA)

Miscellaneous Jets records:

• Most games with 3.0+ sacks (5)
• Most games with 2.5+ sacks (8)
• Most games with 2.0+ sacks (16)
• Most games with 1.5+ sacks (20)
• 2nd-most games with 1.0+ sacks (52, trailing Shaun Ellis’ 54)
• 2nd-most games with 0.5+ sacks (58, trailing Shaun Ellis’ 65)
• 5th-most regular season games played among DL (137)