1964 New York Jets season

The season began with the team trying to improve on their 5–8–1 record from 1963 under head coach Weeb Ewbank.

The team's original owner when it was the Titans, Harry Wismer, hoped the team could play in Shea beginning in 1961, but funding difficulties and legal problems delayed construction of the stadium.

Wismer signed a memorandum of understanding in late 1961 to secure the Titans' new home.

As the Jets moved to Shea under new ownership, they were, in most years, required to open the season with several road games, a problem which would become worse in 1969 and 1973 when the Mets had long playoff runs.

[1] The Jets' popularity had reached a zenith at this point, in that the attendance at any one of their home games this season (except for the game against Houston, and even that one wasn't by much) outdrew the Titans' entire 1962 season attendance at the Polo Grounds.