1967 New York Jets (AFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 8-5-1 .615 |
| Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank |
| Jack Donaldson | Defensive Line |
| Walt Michaels | Defensive Backs |
| Clive Rush | Offense |
| Ernie Zwahlen | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/4/1967 | N | Boston Patriots | 55-13 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | N | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-30 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 53109 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1967 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 19-34 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 22000 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | N | Houston Oilers | 13-7 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Thu | 8/31/1967 | N | Buffalo Bills | 23-31 | L | Mobile, AL | Ladd Memorial Stadium | 19274 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1967 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-20 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45748 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | A | Denver Broncos | 38-24 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 35565 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1967 | H | Miami Dolphins | 29-7 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 61240 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1967 | H | Oakland Raiders | 27-14 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63106 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | H | Houston Oilers | 28-28 | T | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62729 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | A | Miami Dolphins | 33-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 30049 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1967 | H | Boston Patriots | 30-23 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62784 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1967 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 18-42 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 46642 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | H | Buffalo Bills | 20-10 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62671 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | A | Boston Patriots | 29-24 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 26790 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1967 | H | Denver Broncos | 24-33 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 61615 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1967 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-21 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62891 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1967 | A | Oakland Raiders | 29-38 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53011 | |
| Sun | 12/24/1967 | A | San Diego Chargers | 42-31 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 34580 | |
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 |
| Al Atkinson | 62 | MLB | 6-1 | 229 | 24 | Villanova | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Baird | 46 | RS | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | San Francisco State | 14 | 14 |
| Ralph Baker | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Randy Beverly | 42 | RCB | 5-11 | 189 | 23 | Trinidad State JC; Colorado State | 14 | 12 |
| Verlon Biggs | 86 | RDE | 6-4 | 267 | 24 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Emerson Boozer | 32 | HB | 5-11 | 209 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 8 | 8 |
| Solomon Brannan | 47 | RCB-LCB-LS | 6-1 | 188 | 26 | Morris Brown | 12 | 1 |
| Earl Christy | 45 | CB | 5-11 | 193 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Crane | 56 | LLB-C | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | Alabama | 11 | 0 |
| John Elliott | 80 | RDT-RLB-LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 23 | Texas | 13 | 2 |
| Cornell Gordon | 48 | RCB-S | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | North Carolina A&T State | 2 | 2 |
| Larry Grantham | 60 | RLB | 6-0 | 204 | 29 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Harris | 78 | RDT | 6-4 | 275 | 24 | Utah State | 14 | 12 |
| Abner Haynes | 28 | RB | 6-0 | 188 | 30 | North Texas | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Herman | 67 | ROG | 6-2 | 255 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Winston Hill | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 278 | 26 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Hudson | 22 | LS | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Texas | 13 | 13 |
| Billy Joe | 35 | HB | 6-2 | 243 | 27 | Villanova | 11 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 33 | P | 5-11 | 215 | 32 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| Henry King | 40 | LS | 6-4 | 205 | 22 | San Francisco CC; Utah State | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Sherman Lewis | 7 | S | 5-9 | 159 | 25 | Michigan State | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 31 | HB | 6-1 | 219 | 29 | Clemson | 14 | 6 |
| John Matlock | 57 | LOT-C | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 13 | FL | 6-0 | 180 | 32 | Rice; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| Carl McAdams | 50 | MLB | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Oklahoma | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 24 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Perreault | 64 | ROG-OT | 6-3 | 246 | 28 | Boston University | 9 | 0 |
| Gerry Philbin | 81 | LDE | 6-2 | 244 | 26 | Buffalo | 14 | 14 |
| Sherman Plunkett | 79 | ROT | 6-4 | 290 | 34 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Rademacher | 23 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Northern Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| Dennis Randall | 73 | DT-DE | 6-6 | 243 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 0 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 22 | Nebraska-Kearney | 14 | 14 |
| Jeff Richardson | 74 | OG-LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Michigan State | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Rochester | 72 | LDT | 6-2 | 254 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Sample | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 203 | 31 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| George Sauer | 83 | SE | 6-2 | 199 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| John Schmitt | 52 | C | 6-4 | 253 | 25 | Hofstra | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Schweickert | 20 | QB | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Seiler | 71 | OT | 6-4 | 258 | 22 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 218 | 28 | Wyoming | 13 | 7 |
| Matt Snell | 41 | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Ohio State | 7 | 7 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 29 | SE-FL | 6-1 | 180 | 27 | Texas Tech | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Turner | 11 | K | 6-2 | 206 | 26 | Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Waskiewicz | 54 | MLB | 6-4 | 237 | 23 | Wichita State | 13 | 0 |
| Bert Wilder | 82 | RDT-DE | 6-3 | 245 | 28 | North Carolina State | 13 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Bill Risio | T | Boston College |
| 1 | 12 | Paul Seiler | G | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 37 | Rich Sheron | TE | Washington State |
| 3 | 66 | Dennis Randall | DE | Oklahoma State |
| 3 | 74 | Henry King | DB | Utah State |
| 4 | 92 | Julian Gray | DB | Grambling State |
| 5 | 117 | Louis Jackson | DB | Grambling State |
| 6 | 146 | Jeff Richardson | DE | Michigan State |
| 7 | 171 | John Elliott | G | Texas |
| 8 | 196 | Gene Bledsoe | G | Texas |
| 9 | 224 | Ray Scott | DE | Prairie View A&M |
| 10 | 249 | Raymond Brown | DB | Alcorn State |
| 11 | 274 | Herb Slattery | G | Delaware |
| 12 | 302 | Randy Rasmussen | G | Nebraska-Kearney |
| 13 | 327 | Jack Emmer | FL | Rutgers |
| 14 | 352 | Mike Stromberg | LB | Temple |
| 15 | 380 | Jack Schweberger | FL | Vermont |
| 16 | 405 | Doug Archibald | DB | Tennessee |
| 17 | 430 | Bob Biletnikoff | QB | Miami (Florida) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 75 | 126 | 74 | 96 | 371 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 104 | 95 | 90 | 329 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 282 | 82 | 180 | 20 | / % | / % | 64 | 691 | |
| Opponents Totals | 203 | 80 | 111 | 12 | / % | / % | 67 | 717 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 0 | 36 | 39 | 92.3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 0 | 87 |
| Emerson Boozer | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Don Maynard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | ||
| Bill Mathis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | ||
| George Sauer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Mark Smolinski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Billy Joe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pete Lammons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 36 | 39 | 92.3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 0 | 371 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 0 | 329 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 3 | 48 | 6/9 | 6/11 | 3/5 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 3 | 48 | 6/9 | 6/11 | 3/5 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 4/4 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 1/5 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Boozer | 119 | 442 | 3.7 | 48 | 10 |
| Bill Mathis | 78 | 243 | 3.1 | 18 | 4 |
| Matt Snell | 61 | 207 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 37 | 154 | 4.2 | 26 | 2 |
| Mark Smolinski | 64 | 139 | 2.2 | 10 | 1 |
| Abner Haynes | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Schweickert | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Sauer | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 389 | 1307 | 3.4 | 48 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 386 | 1633 | 4.2 | 80t | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Namath | 491 | 258 | 52.5 | 205 | 4007 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 75t | 26 | 5.3 | 28 | 5.7 | 26 | 261 | 3746 | 73.8 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 8 | 96 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 20t | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 22 | 74 | 63.8 |
| Jim Turner | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 25 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 69.8 |
| Team Totals | 515 | 271 | 52.6 | 215 | 4128 | 8.0 | 15.2 | 75t | 27 | 5.2 | 29 | 5.6 | 28 | 283 | 3845 | 73.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 424 | 195 | 46.0 | 202 | 2489 | 5.9 | 12.8 | 72t | 20 | 4.7 | 27 | 6.4 | 39 | 347 | 2142 | 54.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sauer | 75 | 1189 | 15.9 | 61t | 6 |
| Don Maynard | 71 | 1434 | 20.2 | 75t | 10 |
| Pete Lammons | 45 | 515 | 11.4 | 61 | 2 |
| Bill Mathis | 25 | 429 | 17.2 | 38 | 3 |
| Mark Smolinski | 21 | 177 | 8.4 | 22 | 3 |
| Emerson Boozer | 12 | 205 | 17.1 | 49t | 3 |
| Matt Snell | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 271 | 4128 | 15.2 | 75t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 195 | 2489 | 12.8 | 72t | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Grantham | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Al Atkinson | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Randy Beverly | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Johnny Sample | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 41t | 1 |
| Jim Hudson | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Cornell Gordon | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ralph Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 322 | 11.9 | 41t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 711 | 24.5 | 77t | 5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curley Johnson | 65 | 2734 | 42.1 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 311 | 2263 | 34.8 | |
| Team Totals | 65 | 2734 | 42.1 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 311 | 2263 | 34.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 3412 | 43.2 | 70 | 0 | 7 | 326 | 2946 | 37.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Baird | 25 | 3 | 219 | 8.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Earl Christy | 16 | 0 | 83 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Sherman Lewis | 7 | 0 | 24 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 3 | 326 | 6.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 9 | 311 | 8.6 | 72t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Christy | 23 | 521 | 22.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 11 | 213 | 19.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| Solomon Brannan | 9 | 204 | 22.7 | 47 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 48 | 0 | |
| Bake Turner | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jim Waskiewicz | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sherman Lewis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Carl McAdams | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Mark Smolinski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bert Wilder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 1144 | 20.1 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 1387 | 21.7 | 50 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | |
| Verlon Biggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Solomon Brannan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| John Elliott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Herman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sherman Lewis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Namath | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| George Sauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Schmitt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Snell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Wilder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 0 |
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