Falcons vs. Jets: A look at the series history going into 2025

The Atlanta Falcons, thanks to their pathetic overall history, have a winning record against just seven of 32 teams in the NFL. The New York Jets are not only one of those seven teams, but they are also the team against whom the Birds have the most statistical success against across the league.

Though they have not met many times, the Falcons sport a 9-5 record against the Jets, which is good for their highest win percentage against anybody, at 64.3%.

This matchup featured a back and forth and shared spoils from the beginning through the ‘90s, with both teams enjoying four wins apiece over the other. One of Atlanta’s only two losses in their franchise best 1998 season was at the hands of the Jets — by a scoreline of 28-3 — as both teams wound up getting eliminated deep in the playoffs by John Elway’s Denver Broncos, the Jets in the AFC Championship and the Falcons in the Super Bowl.

Since the turn of the millennia, it’s been all Falcons, however. Atlanta has won five out of six matchups since the ‘90s turned to the ‘00s, with New York’s only triumph coming on Monday Night Football in that nightmare 2013 season. That was the game where Julio Jones broke his foot and was lost for the year.

The last five meetings have all been decided by one score.

Last Meeting

The Falcons still had hope for the playoffs when the calendar shifted to December in 2023, sitting at 5-6 and coming off of a win against the New Orleans Saints out of the bye, when they met the spiraling 4-8 Jets who were coming off of four straights defeats.

The matchup at Metlife was ugly, with an all time bad quarterback matchup between Desmond Ridder and Tim Boyle (who was later benched for Trevor Siemian). The first half alone featured eight punts, with the Jets getting on the board first with a safety and later kicking a field goal to total five points going into the break.

Atlanta fared a little better, scoring the only touchdown of the afternoon on either side with a Ridder 20-yard connection with MyCole Pruitt, before tacking on a field goal as the half expired.

Both teams came out of the break and put together decent first drives which stalled out and resulted in a field goal, making the scoreline a decisive 13-8. From there, the scoring completely dried up as there were another eight combined punts in the second half, plus two turnovers from the Jets. Overall, it was a disgusting game and nobody was better for having watched it.