1966 New York Jets (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 6-6-2 .500 |
| Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank |
| Jack Donaldson | Defensive Backs |
| Chuck Knox | Offensive Line |
| Walt Michaels | Defensive Line |
| Clive Rush | Offense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | N | Houston Oilers | 16-10 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 57205 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | A | Miami Dolphins | 31-14 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 11000 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | N | Buffalo Bills | 34-17 | W | Allentown, PA | Cement Bowl | 17000 | |
| Thu | 9/1/1966 | N | Boston Patriots | 41-3 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 22000 | |
| Fri | 9/9/1966 | A | Miami Dolphins | 19-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 35402 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | H | Houston Oilers | 52-13 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 54681 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | A | Denver Broncos | 16-7 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 29878 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | A | Boston Patriots | 24-24 | T | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 27255 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | San Diego Chargers | 17-16 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63497 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | A | Houston Oilers | 0-24 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 30823 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | Oakland Raiders | 21-24 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 58135 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | H | Buffalo Bills | 23-33 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 61552 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | A | Buffalo Bills | 3-14 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45738 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | H | Miami Dolphins | 30-13 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 58664 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1966 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 24-32 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 60318 | |
| Sat | 12/3/1966 | A | Oakland Raiders | 28-28 | T | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 31144 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | A | San Diego Chargers | 27-42 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 25712 | |
| Sat | 12/17/1966 | H | Boston Patriots | 38-28 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 58921 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ray Abruzzese | 25 | LS | 6-1 | 194 | 29 | Hinds CC; Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Al Atkinson | 62 | MLB | 6-1 | 229 | 23 | Villanova | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Baird | 46 | RCB | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | San Francisco State | 14 | 14 |
| Ralph Baker | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 24 | Penn State | 11 | 11 |
| Verlon Biggs | 86 | RDE | 6-4 | 267 | 23 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Emerson Boozer | 32 | HB | 5-11 | 209 | 23 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 5 |
| Steve Chomyszak | 77 | C-OT | 6-5 | 270 | 22 | Syracuse | 2 | 0 |
| Earl Christy | 45 | DB | 5-11 | 193 | 23 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Crane | 56 | LLB | 6-2 | 208 | 22 | Alabama | 14 | 2 |
| Sam DeLuca | 65 | LOG | 6-2 | 247 | 30 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Mitch Dudek | 73 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | 0 |
| Dan Ficca | 61 | OG | 6-1 | 244 | 27 | Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| Cornell Gordon | 48 | LCB | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | North Carolina A&T State | 10 | 1 |
| Larry Grantham | 60 | RLB | 6-0 | 204 | 28 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Gray | 28 | DB | 6-0 | 181 | 25 | Toledo | 6 | 0 |
| Pat Gucciardo | 28 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Kent State | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Harris | 78 | RDT | 6-4 | 275 | 23 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Herman | 67 | ROG | 6-2 | 255 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Winston Hill | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 278 | 25 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Hudson | 22 | RS | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Texas | 14 | 7 |
| Curley Johnson | 33 | P | 5-11 | 215 | 31 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Sherman Lewis | 7 | S | 5-9 | 159 | 24 | Michigan State | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 31 | HB | 6-1 | 219 | 28 | Clemson | 14 | 9 |
| Don Maynard | 13 | FL | 6-0 | 180 | 31 | Rice; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Namath | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 23 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Jim O'Mahoney | 63 | LLB | 6-1 | 231 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 1 |
| Dainard Paulson | 40 | RS | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | El Camino JC; Oregon State | 14 | 7 |
| Pete Perreault | 64 | OG | 6-3 | 246 | 27 | Boston University | 6 | 0 |
| Gerry Philbin | 81 | LDE | 6-2 | 244 | 25 | Buffalo | 14 | 14 |
| Sherman Plunkett | 79 | ROT | 6-4 | 290 | 33 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Rademacher | 23 | WR-CB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Northern Michigan | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Rochester | 72 | LDT | 6-2 | 254 | 28 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| Johnny Sample | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 203 | 30 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 13 | 13 |
| George Sauer | 83 | SE | 6-2 | 199 | 23 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Hank Schmidt | 74 | DT | 6-4 | 258 | 31 | East Los Angeles JC; Southern California; Trinity (Texas) | 11 | 0 |
| John Schmitt | 52 | C | 6-4 | 253 | 24 | Hofstra | 14 | 14 |
| Allen Smith | 37 | HB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Findlay | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 218 | 27 | Wyoming | 14 | 2 |
| Matt Snell | 41 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 29 | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 26 | Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Turner | 11 | K | 6-2 | 206 | 25 | Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Waskiewicz | 54 | LLB | 6-4 | 237 | 22 | Wichita State | 14 | 0 |
| Sammy Weir | 84 | FL | 5-9 | 170 | 25 | Arkansas State | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Werl | 80 | DE | 6-3 | 248 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 0 |
| Bert Wilder | 82 | LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 27 | North Carolina State | 14 | 2 |
| Bill Yearby | 88 | DE | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Michigan | 9 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 2 | 13 | Bill Yearby | T | Michigan | |
| 2 | 14 | Sam Ball | T | Kentucky | |
| 3 | 22 | Carl McAdams | LB | Oklahoma | |
| 4 | 29 | Jim Waskiewicz | C-LB | Wichita State | |
| 4 | 33 | Phil Sheridan | E | Notre Dame | |
| 5 | 38 | Ben Hawkins | FL | Arizona State | |
| 6 | 46 | Emerson Boozer | FB | Maryland-Eastern Shore | |
| 6 | 48 | Dick LeMay | G | Vanderbilt | |
| 7 | 55 | Joe Dobson | T | Idaho | |
| 8 | 68 | Pete Lammons | E | Texas | |
| 9 | 78 | Jim Jones | E | Nebraska-Omaha | |
| 11 | 92 | Gerry Allen | HB | Nebraska-Omaha | |
| 11 | 95 | Bobby Walton | T | Auburn | |
| 12 | 102 | Steve Chomyszak | DT | Syracuse | |
| 12 | 104 | Ken Hollister | T | Indiana | |
| 12C | 105 | Bill Wolski | HB | Notre Dame | |
| 13 | 114 | Stas Maliszewski | LB | Princeton | |
| 14 | 123 | Stan Quintana | DB | New Mexico | |
| 15 | 132 | Bill Cody | LB | Auburn | |
| 16 | 141 | Ron Acks | DB | Illinois | |
| 17 | 150 | Tommy Tolleson | DB | Alabama | |
| 18 | 159 | Jerry Mosher | E | California | |
| 19 | 168 | Preston Ridlehuber | HB | Georgia | |
| 20 | 177 | Randy Schultz | HB | Northern Iowa | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 5 | Don Parker | E | Virginia | |
| 2 | 14 | Austin Denney | E | Tennessee | |
| 3 | 23 | Jerry Lovelace | HB | Texas Tech | |
| 4 | 32 | Tommy Burnett | E | Arkansas | |
| 5 | 41 | Ray Miller | T | Idaho | |
| 6 | 50 | Allen Smith | HB | Findlay | |
| 7 | 59 | Randy Smith | LB | Clemson | |
| 8 | 68 | Joe Campbell | DB | Auburn | |
| 9 | 77 | John Stipech | T | Utah | |
| 10 | 86 | Dick Fitzgerald | T | Nebraska | |
| 11 | 95 | Jim Kollman | G | Oregon | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 59 | 64 | 80 | 119 | 322 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 86 | 71 | 115 | 312 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 254 | 81 | 145 | 28 | / % | / % | 64 | 682 | |
| Opponents Totals | 231 | 81 | 131 | 19 | / % | / % | 85 | 883 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 0 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 36 | 50.0 | 0 | 88 |
| Matt Snell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Emerson Boozer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| George Sauer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Don Maynard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Pete Lammons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Mathis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mark Smolinski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Namath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Billy Baird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Verlon Biggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Taliaferro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 38 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 36 | 50.0 | 1 | 322 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 28 | 64.3 | 0 | 312 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 18 | 36 | 50.0 | 2 | 45 | 6/7 | 3/6 | 6/10 | 3/13 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 36 | 50.0 | 2 | 45 | 6/7 | 3/6 | 6/10 | 3/13 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 28 | 64.3 | 7/8 | 1/2 | 6/9 | 3/6 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Snell | 178 | 644 | 3.6 | 25t | 4 |
| Emerson Boozer | 97 | 455 | 4.7 | 54 | 5 |
| Bill Mathis | 72 | 208 | 2.9 | 23 | 2 |
| Mark Smolinski | 21 | 69 | 3.3 | 21 | 2 |
| Joe Namath | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 39 | 2 |
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 376 | 1442 | 3.8 | 54 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 388 | 1524 | 3.9 | 57 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Namath | 471 | 232 | 49.3 | 212 | 3379 | 7.2 | 14.6 | 77t | 19 | 4.0 | 27 | 5.7 | 62.6 | |||
| Mike Taliaferro | 41 | 19 | 46.3 | 20 | 177 | 4.3 | 9.3 | 21 | 2 | 4.9 | 2 | 4.9 | 54.6 | |||
| Jim Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Matt Snell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 514 | 251 | 48.8 | 234 | 3556 | 6.9 | 14.2 | 77t | 21 | 4.1 | 29 | 5.6 | 9 | 92 | 3464 | 61.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 467 | 212 | 45.4 | 234 | 3064 | 6.6 | 14.5 | 67t | 19 | 4.1 | 21 | 4.5 | 35 | 310 | 2754 | 62.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sauer | 63 | 1079 | 17.1 | 77t | 5 |
| Don Maynard | 48 | 840 | 17.5 | 55t | 5 |
| Matt Snell | 48 | 346 | 7.2 | 25t | 4 |
| Pete Lammons | 41 | 565 | 13.8 | 60 | 4 |
| Bill Mathis | 22 | 379 | 17.2 | 70t | 1 |
| Mark Smolinski | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 24 | 1 |
| Emerson Boozer | 8 | 133 | 16.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Sammy Weir | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Rademacher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 251 | 3556 | 14.2 | 77t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 212 | 3064 | 14.5 | 67t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Sample | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 39t | 1 |
| Al Atkinson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Hudson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Abruzzese | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 218 | 10.4 | 39t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 297 | 10.2 | 47 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curley Johnson | 62 | 2633 | 42.5 | 63 | 0 | 7 | 121 | 2372 | 38.3 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 2633 | 42.5 | 63 | 0 | 7 | 121 | 2372 | 38.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 3271 | 40.4 | 63 | 2 | 6 | 260 | 2891 | 36.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bake Turner | 10 | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Sammy Weir | 8 | 0 | 48 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Sherman Lewis | 7 | 3 | 76 | 10.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 5 | 4 | 35 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Earl Christy | 5 | 0 | 23 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Hudson | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 17 | 260 | 7.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 16 | 121 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Boozer | 26 | 659 | 25.3 | 96t | 1 | |
| Earl Christy | 10 | 203 | 20.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Sammy Weir | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 25 | 0 | |
| Mark Smolinski | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 15 | 0 | |
| Sherman Lewis | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 46 | 0 | |
| Jim Gray | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bake Turner | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bert Wilder | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1300 | 21.0 | 96t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1368 | 24.0 | 95t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Earl Christy | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Crane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Ficca | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cornell Gordon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Harris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hudson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Lammons | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sherman Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Mathis | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dainard Paulson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gerry Philbin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Rochester | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Sauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Matt Snell | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bake Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sammy Weir | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
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