1970 New York Jets (NFL) |
3rd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 4-10-0 .286 |
Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank |
Ken Meyer | Receivers |
Walt Michaels | Linebackers/Defensive Backs |
Buddy Ryan | Defensive Line |
Joe Spencer | Offensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/8/1970 | N | Buffalo Bills | 33-10 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 48012 | |
Sat | 8/15/1970 | N | Atlanta Falcons | 7-33 | L | Winston-Salem, NC | Groves Stadium | 19700 | |
Sun | 8/23/1970 | A | New York Giants | 24-28 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 70854 | |
Sun | 8/30/1970 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 21-52 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
Sun | 9/5/1970 | A | New Orleans Saints | 27-14 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 78581 | |
Sun | 9/13/1970 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 29-21 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 55297 | |
Mon | 9/21/1970 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 85703 | |
Sun | 9/27/1970 | A | Boston Patriots | 31-21 | W | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Stadium | 36040 | |
Sun | 10/4/1970 | A | Buffalo Bills | 31-34 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 46206 | |
Sat | 10/10/1970 | H | Miami Dolphins | 6-20 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62712 | |
Sun | 10/18/1970 | H | Baltimore Colts | 22-29 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63301 | |
Sun | 10/25/1970 | H | Buffalo Bills | 6-10 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62712 | |
Sun | 11/1/1970 | H | New York Giants | 10-22 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63903 | |
Sun | 11/8/1970 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 50028 | |
Sun | 11/15/1970 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 31-20 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 76378 | |
Sun | 11/22/1970 | H | Boston Patriots | 17-3 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 61822 | |
Sun | 11/29/1970 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 20-10 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62333 | |
Sun | 12/6/1970 | H | Oakland Raiders | 13-14 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62905 | |
Sun | 12/13/1970 | A | Miami Dolphins | 10-16 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 75099 | |
Sat | 12/19/1970 | A | Baltimore Colts | 20-35 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60240 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Gary Arthur | 82 | TE | 6-5 | 230 | 22 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 0 |
Al Atkinson | 62 | MLB | 6-1 | 229 | 27 | Villanova | 14 | 14 |
Ralph Baker | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 28 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
Mike Battle | 40 | RS | 6-1 | 175 | 24 | Long Beach CC; Southern California | 14 | 0 |
Tom Bayless | 77 | OG | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Purdue | 2 | 0 |
Eddie Bell | 7 | WR | 5-10 | 160 | 23 | Compton JC; Idaho State | 14 | 2 |
Verlon Biggs | 86 | RDE | 6-4 | 267 | 27 | Jackson State | 13 | 13 |
Emerson Boozer | 32 | RB | 5-11 | 209 | 27 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 10 | 10 |
Rich Caster | 88 | WR | 6-5 | 228 | 22 | Jackson State | 14 | 6 |
Paul Crane | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 208 | 26 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | Virginia | 1 | 0 |
John Dockery | 43 | LCB | 6-0 | 186 | 26 | Harvard | 14 | 0 |
John Ebersole | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
John Elliott | 80 | RDT | 6-4 | 244 | 26 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
Roger Finnie | 61 | ROT | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Florida A&M | 3 | 3 |
Dave Foley | 70 | ROT | 6-5 | 252 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 11 |
Larry Grantham | 60 | RLB | 6-0 | 204 | 32 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
Dave Herman | 67 | ROG | 6-2 | 255 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
W.K. Hicks | 33 | RS | 6-1 | 191 | 28 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
Winston Hill | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 278 | 29 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
Gus Hollomon | 48 | LS-RS | 6-3 | 195 | 25 | Houston | 14 | 13 |
Jim Hudson | 22 | LS | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Texas | 7 | 1 |
Jimmie Jones | 65 | DE | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | Wichita State | 3 | 0 |
Pete Lammons | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 27 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
Cecil Leonard | 28 | CB | 5-11 | 165 | 24 | Tuskegee | 5 | 0 |
John Little | 57 | LDT-LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 1 |
Mark Lomas | 84 | LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Golden West JC; Northern Arizona | 14 | 14 |
Don Maynard | 13 | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 35 | Rice; Texas-El Paso | 10 | 8 |
Cliff McClain | 42 | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | South Carolina State | 10 | 0 |
Chuck Mercein | 30 | RB | 6-3 | 227 | 27 | Yale | 9 | 0 |
Dave Middendorf | 68 | LOG-ROT | 6-3 | 258 | 25 | Washington State | 8 | 0 |
Joe Namath | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 27 | Alabama | 5 | 5 |
George Nock | 37 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | Morgan State | 14 | 9 |
Steve O'Neal | 20 | P | 6-3 | 185 | 24 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
Dennis Onkotz | 35 | LLB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Penn State | 9 | 0 |
Pete Perreault | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 246 | 31 | Boston University | 13 | 1 |
Gerry Philbin | 81 | LDE | 6-2 | 244 | 29 | Buffalo | 11 | 7 |
Randy Rasmussen | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 25 | Nebraska-Kearney | 13 | 13 |
George Sauer | 83 | WR | 6-2 | 199 | 27 | Texas | 14 | 12 |
John Schmitt | 52 | C | 6-4 | 253 | 28 | Hofstra | 14 | 14 |
Matt Snell | 41 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 29 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 |
Wayne Stewart | 89 | TE | 6-7 | 202 | 23 | California | 7 | 0 |
Steve Tannen | 21 | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 22 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
Earlie Thomas | 45 | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Colorado State | 14 | 14 |
Steve Thompson | 85 | LDT-RDE | 6-5 | 245 | 25 | Washington | 12 | 6 |
Jim Turner | 11 | K | 6-2 | 206 | 29 | Utah State | 14 | 0 |
Lee White | 34 | RB | 6-4 | 237 | 24 | Arizona Western JC; Weber State | 14 | 6 |
Al Woodall | 18 | QB | 6-5 | 210 | 25 | Duke | 10 | 9 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 20 | Steve Tannen | DB | Florida |
2 | 46 | Rich Caster | WR | Jackson State |
3 | 72 | Dennis Onkotz | LB | Penn State |
4 | 98 | John Ebersole | DE | Penn State |
5 | 108 | Cliff McClain | RB | South Carolina State |
5 | 124 | Gary Arthur | TE | Miami (Ohio) |
6 | 150 | Terry Stewart | DB | Arkansas |
7 | 176 | Jim Williams | DB | Virginia State |
8 | 187 | Jack Porter | G | Oklahoma |
8 | 202 | Mark Lomas | DE | Northern Arizona |
9 | 228 | Eddie Bell | WR | Idaho State |
10 | 254 | Cleve Dickerson | RB | Miami (Ohio) |
11 | 280 | Earlie Thomas | DB | Colorado State |
12 | 306 | Bill Pierson | C-OG | San Diego State |
13 | 332 | Walter Groth | DT | Baylor |
14 | 358 | John Little | LB | Oklahoma State |
15 | 384 | Tom Bayless | DT | Purdue |
16 | 418 | Claude Herard | DT | Mississippi |
17 | 440 | Dick Beard | RB | Kentucky |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 56 | 74 | 82 | 43 | 255 |
Opponents Totals | 52 | 63 | 86 | 85 | 286 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 34:17 | 230 | 90 | 122 | 18 | 74/210 35.2% | / % | 88 | 1022 |
Opponents Totals | 25:43 | 216 | 65 | 122 | 29 | 69/191 36.1% | 1/1 100.0% | 70 | 655 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Turner | 0 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 0 | 85 |
George Nock | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Emerson Boozer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
George Sauer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Rich Caster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Eddie Bell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Pete Lammons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Larry Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Chuck Mercein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Matt Snell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Steve Tannen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Earlie Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Lee White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
John Elliott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 28 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 1 | 255 |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 1 | 286 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Turner | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 1 | 42 | 2/2 | 8/9 | 7/11 | 2/10 | 0/3 |
Team Totals | 19 | 35 | 54.3 | 1 | 42 | 2/2 | 8/9 | 7/11 | 2/10 | 0/3 |
Opponents Totals | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 8/9 | 5/7 | 2/5 | 3/7 | 0/4 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emerson Boozer | 139 | 581 | 4.2 | 27 | 5 |
George Nock | 135 | 402 | 3.0 | 19 | 5 |
Matt Snell | 64 | 281 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
Lee White | 70 | 215 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 |
Al Woodall | 28 | 110 | 3.9 | 27 | 0 |
Chuck Mercein | 20 | 44 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 |
Steve O'Neal | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Bob Davis | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
Jim Turner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Namath | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Eddie Bell | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 463 | 1653 | 3.6 | 27 | 11 |
Opponents Totals | 408 | 1283 | 3.1 | 40 | 7 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Woodall | 188 | 96 | 51.1 | 83 | 1265 | 6.7 | 13.2 | 67 | 9 | 4.8 | 9 | 4.8 | 29 | 222 | 1043 | 68.7 |
Joe Namath | 179 | 90 | 50.3 | 77 | 1259 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 72t | 5 | 2.8 | 12 | 6.7 | 6 | 63 | 1196 | 54.7 |
Bob Davis | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 11 | 66 | 3.9 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 47.7 |
Steve O'Neal | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79.2 |
Eddie Bell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 386 | 193 | 50.0 | 171 | 2592 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 72t | 14 | 3.6 | 22 | 5.7 | 35 | 285 | 2307 | 60.1 |
Opponents Totals | 383 | 165 | 43.1 | 195 | 2680 | 7.0 | 16.2 | 51 | 20 | 5.2 | 23 | 6.0 | 35 | 308 | 2372 | 59.5 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Maynard | 31 | 525 | 16.9 | 47 | 0 |
George Sauer | 31 | 510 | 16.5 | 67 | 4 |
Emerson Boozer | 28 | 258 | 9.2 | 33 | 0 |
Pete Lammons | 25 | 316 | 12.6 | 30 | 2 |
Eddie Bell | 21 | 246 | 11.7 | 26 | 2 |
Rich Caster | 19 | 393 | 20.7 | 72t | 3 |
George Nock | 18 | 146 | 8.1 | 21 | 1 |
Lee White | 12 | 125 | 10.4 | 19 | 1 |
Chuck Mercein | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15t | 1 |
Matt Snell | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 |
Cliff McClain | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Wayne Stewart | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Mike Battle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 193 | 2592 | 13.4 | 72t | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 165 | 2680 | 16.2 | 51 | 20 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W.K. Hicks | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 35 | 0 |
Larry Grantham | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 41t | 1 |
Al Atkinson | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 32 | 0 |
Gus Hollomon | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
Earlie Thomas | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 36t | 1 |
Steve Tannen | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
Ralph Baker | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Team Totals | 23 | 281 | 12.2 | 41t | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 22 | 397 | 18.0 | 42 | 3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve O'Neal | 73 | 2925 | 40.1 | 64 | 1 | 6 | 380 | 2425 | 33.2 | |
Team Totals | 73 | 2925 | 40.1 | 64 | 1 | 6 | 380 | 2425 | 33.2 | |
Opponents Totals | 68 | 2646 | 38.9 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 150 | 2416 | 36.1 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Battle | 19 | 15 | 117 | 6.2 | 21 | 0 |
Eddie Bell | 7 | 5 | 33 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
Team Totals | 26 | 20 | 150 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 42 | 16 | 380 | 9.0 | 62 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Battle | 40 | 891 | 22.3 | 41 | 0 | |
Cliff McClain | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 | |
Chuck Mercein | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 | |
Eddie Bell | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 28 | 0 | |
Cecil Leonard | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
George Nock | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
Rich Caster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dennis Onkotz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Tannen | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 56 | 1106 | 19.8 | 41 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 58 | 1210 | 20.9 | 95t | 2 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
John Elliott | 12.5 | |
Mark Lomas | 5.5 | |
Larry Grantham | 4.5 | |
Ralph Baker | 2.5 | |
Verlon Biggs | 2.5 | |
Gerry Philbin | 2.5 | |
Al Atkinson | 1.0 | |
Gus Hollomon | 0.5 | |
Team Totals IND=31.5 | 35.0 | 308.0 |
Opponents Totals | 35.0 | 285.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ralph Baker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Battle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Verlon Biggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Emerson Boozer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
John Ebersole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Elliott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Grantham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
W.K. Hicks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Lammons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Little | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Lomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Don Maynard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cliff McClain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Mercein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Nock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
George Sauer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Snell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Tannen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lee White | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Woodall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 20 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 22 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0 |
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