1972 New York Jets (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1972	N	San Francisco 49ers	17-10	W	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	41920
Sat	8/12/1972	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	3-22	L	Seattle, WA	University of Washington Stadium	44038
Sun	8/20/1972	A	New York Giants	31-31	T	New Haven, CT	Yale Bowl	67945
Sat	8/26/1972	A	Dallas Cowboys	27-34	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65386
Sat	9/2/1972	A	Atlanta Falcons	9-3	W	Atlanta, GA	Grant Field	37806
Sat	9/9/1972	A	San Diego Chargers	20-20	T	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	46702
Sun	9/17/1972	A	Buffalo Bills	41-24	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	46206
Sun	9/24/1972	A	Baltimore Colts	44-34	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	56626
Sun	10/1/1972	A	Houston Oilers	20-26	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	51423
Sun	10/8/1972	H	Miami Dolphins	17-27	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	63841
Sun	10/15/1972	A	New England Patriots	41-13	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60999
Sun	10/22/1972	H	Baltimore Colts	24-20	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62948
Sun	10/29/1972	H	New England Patriots	34-10	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62867
Sun	11/5/1972	H	Washington Redskins	17-35	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62692
Sun	11/12/1972	H	Buffalo Bills	41-3	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62853
Sun	11/19/1972	A	Miami Dolphins	24-28	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010
Thu	11/23/1972	A	Detroit Lions	20-37	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	54418
Sun	12/3/1972	H	New Orleans Saints	18-17	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62496
Mon	12/11/1972	A	Oakland Raiders	16-24	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54843
Sun	12/17/1972	H	Cleveland Browns	10-26	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62614

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Al Atkinson	62	MLB	6-1	229	29	Villanova	13	13
Ralph Baker	51	LLB-MLB	6-3	232	30	Penn State	10	7
Jerome Barkum	83	WR	6-3	218	22	Jackson State	14	1
Eddie Bell	7	WR	5-10	160	25	Compton JC; Idaho State	13	13
Hank Bjorklund	40	RB	6-1	200	22	Princeton	7	0
Emerson Boozer	32	RB	5-11	209	29	Maryland-Eastern Shore	11	10
Rich Caster	88	TE	6-5	228	24	Jackson State	14	13
Paul Crane	56	LLB	6-2	208	28	Alabama	8	6
Bob Davis	15	QB	6-3	205	27	Virginia	14	1
John Ebersole	55	LB	6-3	235	24	Penn State	14	0
John Elliott	80	RDT	6-4	244	28	Texas	13	12
Chris Farasopoulos	19	RS	5-11	190	23	Brigham Young	13	11
Roger Finnie	61	ROG	6-3	245	27	Florida A&M	14	1
Ed Galigher	85	RDT	6-5	247	22	Chabot JC; UCLA	13	1
Larry Grantham	60	RLB	6-0	204	34	Mississippi	11	10
Steve Harkey	36	RB	6-0	215	23	Georgia Tech	11	3
Dave Herman	67	ROG	6-2	255	31	Michigan State	13	13
W.K. Hicks	33	RS	6-1	191	30	Texas Southern	14	3
Winston Hill	75	ROT	6-4	278	31	Texas Southern	14	14
Gus Hollomon	48	LS	6-3	195	27	Houston	14	12
Bobby Howfield	3	K	5-9	181	36	none	14	0
Joey Jackson	86	RDE	6-4	255	23	New Mexico State	14	3
Roy Kirksey	63	OG	6-1	235	25	Maryland-Eastern Shore	10	0
John Little	57	LDT	6-3	250	25	Oklahoma State	14	14
Mark Lomas	84	RDE-RDT	6-4	250	24	Golden West JC; Northern Arizona	14	12
Don Maynard	13	WR	6-0	180	37	Rice; Texas-El Paso	14	14
Cliff McClain	42	RB	6-0	215	25	South Carolina State	13	4
John Mooring	71	OT-C	6-6	255	25	Tampa	14	0
Joe Namath	12	QB	6-2	198	29	Alabama	13	13
Steve O'Neal	20	P	6-3	185	26	Texas A&M	14	0
Gerry Philbin	81	LDE	6-2	244	31	Buffalo	14	14
Randy Rasmussen	66	LOG	6-2	255	27	Nebraska-Kearney	14	14
John Riggins	44	RB	6-2	230	23	Kansas	12	11
John Schmitt	52	C	6-4	253	30	Hofstra	14	14
Matt Snell	41	RB	6-2	220	31	Ohio State	4	0
Rich Sowells	46	LCB	6-0	179	24	Alcorn State	11	4
Wayne Stewart	89	TE	6-7	202	25	California	14	1
Bob Svihus	76	LOT	6-4	245	29	Southern California	14	14
Steve Tannen	21	LCB	6-1	194	24	Florida	13	10
Mike Taylor	50	RLB-LLB	6-1	230	23	Michigan	14	5
Earlie Thomas	45	RCB	6-1	190	27	Colorado State	14	14
Steve Thompson	87	DT	6-5	245	27	Washington	5	0
Rocky Turner	29	WR	6-0	195	22	Tennessee-Chattanooga	8	0
Phil Wise	27	LS-RLB	6-0	193	23	South Dakota; Nebraska-Omaha	9	3
Bill Zapalac	53	LB	6-4	225	24	Texas	6	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	9	Jerome Barkum	WR	Jackson State
1	20	Mike Taylor	LB	Michigan
3	66	Gary Hammond	WR	Southern Methodist
4	89	Ed Galigher	DE	UCLA
5	114	Dickie Harris	DB	South Carolina
6	139	Joey Jackson	DE	New Mexico State
8	194	Marion Latimore	G	Kansas State
9	218	Jeff Ford	DB	Georgia Tech
10	244	Rocky Turner	DB	Tennessee-Chattanooga
11	268	Robert Stevenson	LB	Tennessee State
12	299	Hank Bjorklund	RB	Princeton
13	324	Steve Sullivan	T	North Texas
14	349	Louis Age	G	Louisiana-Lafayette
15	374	Phil Sullivan	DB	Georgia
16	399	Gary Kipfmiller	C	Nebraska-Omaha
17	429	Ken Gamble	P	Fayetteville State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	99	118	49	101	367
Opponents Totals	46	116	57	105	324

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	12:51	250	106	117	27	76/176 43.2%	1/1 100.0%	74	719
Opponents Totals	47:09	255	121	118	16	80/180 44.4%	1/1 100.0%	86	856

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Bobby Howfield	0	40	41	97.6	27	37	73.0	121
Emerson Boozer	14	0	0		0	0		84
Rich Caster	10	0	0		0	0		60
John Riggins	8	0	0		0	0		48
Jerome Barkum	2	0	0		0	0		12
Eddie Bell	2	0	0		0	0		12
Don Maynard	2	0	0		0	0		12
Chris Farasopoulos	1	0	0		0	0		6
Randy Rasmussen	1	0	0		0	0		6
Wayne Stewart	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	41	40	41	97.6	27	37	73.0	367
Opponents Totals	37	36	37	97.3	22	33	66.7	324

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Bobby Howfield	27	37	73.0	1	42	7/8	7/7	11/15	2/7	0/0
Team Totals	27	37	73.0	1	42	7/8	7/7	11/15	2/7	0/0
Opponents Totals	22	33	66.7			7/7	8/11	4/7	3/7	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Riggins	207	944	4.6	40	7
Emerson Boozer	120	549	4.6	37t	11
Cliff McClain	59	305	5.2	30	0
Steve Harkey	45	129	2.9	10	0
Hank Bjorklund	15	42	2.8	10	0
Bob Davis	6	32	5.3	20	0
Joe Namath	6	8	1.3	2	0
Rich Caster	2	6	3.0	6	0
Eddie Bell	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	461	2010	4.4	40	18
Opponents Totals	476	2072	4.4	41t	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Namath	324	162	50.0	141	2816	8.7	17.4	83t	19	5.9	21	6.5	11	101	2715	72.5
Bob Davis	22	10	45.5	11	114	5.2	11.4	35	2	9.1	1	4.5	6	52	62	72.9
Cliff McClain	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	347	172	49.6	153	2930	8.4	17.0	83t	21	6.1	22	6.3	17	153	2777	72.3
Opponents Totals	363	186	51.2	158	2888	8.0	15.5	89t	18	5.0	19	5.2	27	251	2637	72.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rich Caster	39	833	21.4	80t	10
Eddie Bell	35	629	18.0	83t	2
Don Maynard	29	510	17.6	41	2
John Riggins	21	230	11.0	67t	1
Jerome Barkum	16	304	19.0	52	2
Emerson Boozer	11	142	12.9	49t	3
Steve Harkey	9	114	12.7	24	0
Cliff McClain	6	88	14.7	44	0
Hank Bjorklund	4	54	13.5	35	0
Wayne Stewart	2	26	13.0	22	1
Team Totals	172	2930	17.0	83t	21
Opponents Totals	186	2888	15.5	89t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Steve Tannen	7	125	17.9	32	0
Chris Farasopoulos	2	48	24.0	25	0
Rich Sowells	2	14	7.0	14	0
Ralph Baker	2	0	0.0	0	0
W.K. Hicks	1	43	43.0	43	0
Gus Hollomon	1	25	25.0	25	0
Earlie Thomas	1	14	14.0	14	0
Al Atkinson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Paul Crane	1	4	4.0	4	0
Mike Taylor	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	19	282	14.8	43	0
Opponents Totals	22	271	12.3	56	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Steve O'Neal	51	2006	39.3	57	1	2	239	1727	33.9
Team Totals	51	2006	39.3	57	1	2	239	1727	33.9
Opponents Totals	56	2206	39.4	56	0	3	242	1904	34.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chris Farasopoulos	17	17	179	10.5	65t	1
Rocky Turner	5	1	38	7.6	16	0
W.K. Hicks	3	0	25	8.3	20	0
Team Totals	25	18	242	9.7	65t	1
Opponents Totals	23	9	239	10.4	42	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chris Farasopoulos	26	627	24.1	51	0
Phil Wise	9	211	23.4	33	0
Hank Bjorklund	7	150	21.4	27	0
W.K. Hicks	4	73	18.3	23	0
Rocky Turner	3	57	19.0	22	0
Cliff McClain	2	45	22.5	26	0
Roy Kirksey	2	33	16.5	17	0
Matt Snell	1	14	14.0	14	0
Bill Zapalac	1	8	8.0	8	0
Jerome Barkum	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	56	1218	21.8	51	0
Opponents Totals	47	1386	29.5	93t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mark Lomas	7.0
John Little	4.5
Joey Jackson	4.0
Gerry Philbin	4.0
Al Atkinson	2.0
Ralph Baker	1.0
Paul Crane	1.0
John Elliott	1.0
Ed Galigher	1.0
Larry Grantham	0.5
Gus Hollomon	0.5
Steve Thompson	0.5
Phil Wise	0.5
Team Totals IND=27.5	27.0	251.0
Opponents Totals	17.0	153.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jerome Barkum	1		0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Bell	1		1	0	1	10	0
Emerson Boozer	3		0	0	0	0	0
Rich Caster	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Chris Farasopoulos	1		1	1	2	0	0
Roger Finnie	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Grantham	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
Steve Harkey	1		0	0	0	0	0
Roy Kirksey	1		1	0	1	0	0
Mark Lomas	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Cliff McClain	5		2	0	2	0	0
John Mooring	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Namath	3		1	0	1	0	0
Steve O'Neal	1		1	0	1	0	0
Gerry Philbin	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Randy Rasmussen	0	0	2	0	2	0	1
John Riggins	2		0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Stewart	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Earlie Thomas	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Rocky Turner	1		1	0	1	0	0
Phil Wise	1		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	21	9	12	12	24	16	1
Opponents Totals	21	12	8	9	17		1

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C.W. Hewgley	Offensive Line
Ken Meyer	Receivers
Buddy Ryan	Defensive Line