Jets Rain on Shula’s Victory Parade : AFC: Team that has beaten the Miami coach more than any other does it again, 27-10.

They were going to throw a 325th-victory party at Giants Stadium Sunday, and everyone showed up.

The NFL commissioner was here. Most of Coach Don Shula’s family was here. A telephone company planning to film a live commercial was here.

But also here was the football team that has beaten Shula more than any other.

“No Gatorade,” Shula announced with a sad smile, his postgame celebration ruined after the New York Jets dominated his Miami Dolphins, 27-10.

On an afternoon that had been reserved for his greatest triumph, a victory that would make him the winningest coach in NFL history, Shula was once again reminded of his bitterest failures.

The Jets, who stunned him and his Baltimore Colts in the 1969 Super Bowl, have beaten him 21 times in his 31 seasons. Shula has beaten them 28 times, but Jets’ victory total against him is three more than any other team.

The Jets have also handed him his only two losses in his team’s eight games this year, and four losses in their last five meetings.

“Dad won’t say it, but it would be especially sweet to get the record in this game,” Shula’s daughter, Donna, said beforehand. “He has been through a lot with the Jets. A lot of bad memories. A lot of bad times.”

While this year’s Jets know little about all that history, they were very aware of one thing.

“Bottom line, we weren’t going to let Don Shula film his AT&T; commercial here,” quarterback Boomer Esiason said.

And so they didn’t, by gaining 356 yards against the league’s eighth-ranked defense, by holding the Dolphins to 48 yards rushing, by dominating such that even Shula had no answers.

“I cannot figure it out,” he said. “The Jets are a good team when they play us . . . I don’t know what happens any other time.”

The Jets, who are 2-4 against the rest of the league, suddenly think they can be a good team all the time.

They defeated the New York Giants last week, and face consecutive games against the Indianapolis Colts (twice), Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots and Washington Redskins

“It is about time this team gets some respect, something we haven’t been getting for a long time,” said guard Dave Cadigan, whose league-best offensive line did not allow a sack for the fifth time in eight games.

Cadigan and his teammates had heard that the AT&T; commercial was reportedly going to involve a conference call with the six living Presidents, all of whom were in office during Shula’s tenure. Cadigan said such preparation enraged them.

“You’ve got these presidents waiting on the line, you’ve got all this stuff . . . it was like they were almost predicting a win for the Dolphins,” he said. “In this league, you just can’t do that.”

Esiason, who completed 23 of 32 passes for 256 yards and three touchdowns, put it another way.

“It all made us want to defend ourselves,” he said. “We were like bulldogs backed into a corner.”

The frustration started for the Dolphins on the second play from scrimmage, when defensive back J.B. Brown shoved Esiason to the turf after the quarterback had run out of bounds following a 17-yard scramble.

The 15-yard personal foul was the inspiration the Jets needed to continue an 81-yard drive that ended with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Mitchell, who caught the ball in front of confused Dolphin linebackers and ran the final 10 yards untouched.

The frustration ended late in the game with linebacker Bryan Cox spiking his helmet on the sideline after being beaten by running back Johnny Johnson for the umpteenth time. Johnson finished with seven catches for 85 yards.

The victory was clinched with 5:34 to play when tight end Keith Jackson attempted a lateral that turned into a fumble that the Jets recovered.

“Maybe the pressure of this game was getting to them,” said Lonnie Young, a reserve defensive back who made his first interception in nearly three seasons in the first quarter.

“But now, it will just get worse,” Young said. “Now they got that monkey on their back until they get (Shula) that win.”

Their next chance will be next week in Philadelphia, where again they will be favored, this time against a struggling Eagles team that has lost quarterback Randall Cunningham and four consecutive games.

Dolphin quarterback Scott Mitchell was obviously rattled Sunday, despite being sacked only once. He completed 23 of 44 passes for 297 yards, much of the yardage coming after the game had been decided. He had one touchdown pass--to Irving Fryar--on a blown coverage. He also had several overthrows and an interception.

“Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you,” Mitchell said.

Shula is chasing George Halas, not the Bear, but on Sunday he understood the sentiment.