1974 New York Jets (NFL) |
| 3rd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Charley Winner |
| Bob Fry | Offensive Line |
| Mike Holovak | Offensive Backs |
| Sam Rutigliano | Defensive Backs |
| Buddy Ryan | Linebackers |
| Ken Shipp | Offensive Coordinator |
| Dick Voris | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1974 | A | Denver Broncos | 41-19 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 27599 | |
| Sat | 8/10/1974 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-20 | L | OT | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 19036 |
| Sat | 8/17/1974 | A | New York Giants | 13-21 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 35431 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1974 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 39643 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1974 | A | New Orleans Saints | 7-24 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 59829 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1974 | A | Oakland Raiders | 6-31 | L | Berkeley, CA | University of California Stadium | 55417 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1974 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 16-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 73959 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1974 | A | Chicago Bears | 23-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 50213 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | A | Buffalo Bills | 12-16 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 76866 | |
| Mon | 10/7/1974 | A | Miami Dolphins | 17-21 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 61527 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1974 | H | New England Patriots | 0-24 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 57828 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1974 | H | Baltimore Colts | 20-35 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 51745 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1974 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 13-20 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 56110 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1974 | H | Houston Oilers | 22-27 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 47218 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | A | New York Giants | 26-20 | W | OT | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 64327 |
| Sun | 11/17/1974 | A | New England Patriots | 21-16 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 57165 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1974 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-14 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 57162 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1974 | H | San Diego Chargers | 27-14 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 44888 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1974 | H | Buffalo Bills | 20-10 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 31982 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1974 | A | Baltimore Colts | 45-38 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 31651 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 1 | Mike Adamle | RB | 5-9 | 197 | 25 | Northwestern | 12 | 3 |
| 62 | Al Atkinson | MLB | 6-1 | 229 | 31 | Villanova | 14 | 1 |
| 51 | Ralph Baker | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 32 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Jerome Barkum | WR | 6-3 | 218 | 24 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Carl Barzilauskas | LDT | 6-6 | 265 | 23 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| 7 | Eddie Bell | WR | 5-10 | 160 | 27 | Compton JC; Idaho State | 13 | 1 |
| 68 | Roger Bernhardt | ROG | 6-4 | 239 | 25 | Butler CC; Kansas | 14 | 1 |
| 40 | Hank Bjorklund | RB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Princeton | 13 | 0 |
| 32 | Emerson Boozer | RB | 5-11 | 209 | 31 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 13 | 12 |
| 86 | Willie Brister | TE | 6-4 | 236 | 22 | Southern University | 12 | 1 |
| 79 | Gordie Browne | OT | 6-5 | 265 | 23 | Boston College | 10 | 0 |
| 33 | Bob Burns | RB | 6-3 | 212 | 22 | Georgia | 14 | 2 |
| 88 | Rich Caster | TE | 6-5 | 228 | 26 | Jackson State | 13 | 13 |
| 6 | Bill Demory | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Arizona | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | John Ebersole | RLB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 58 | Bill Ferguson | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Washington; Grossmont JC; San Diego State | 13 | 0 |
| 85 | Ed Galigher | LDE | 6-5 | 247 | 24 | Chabot JC; UCLA | 13 | 13 |
| 8 | Greg Gantt | P-K | 5-11 | 188 | 23 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
| 75 | Winston Hill | ROT | 6-4 | 278 | 33 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Delles Howell | LCB | 6-4 | 197 | 26 | Grambling State | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | Bobby Howfield | K | 5-9 | 181 | 38 | none | 7 | 0 |
| 43 | Jazz Jackson | RB | 5-8 | 169 | 22 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 1 |
| 59 | Howard Kindig | C | 6-6 | 260 | 33 | Moberly JC; Los Angeles State | 8 | 0 |
| 82 | David Knight | WR | 6-1 | 177 | 23 | William & Mary | 14 | 13 |
| 53 | Warren Koegel | C | 6-2 | 260 | 25 | Penn State | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Pat Leahy | K | 6-0 | 196 | 23 | St. Louis | 6 | 0 |
| 53 | Rich Lewis | LB | 6-2 | 223 | 24 | Portland State | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | John Little | LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 1 |
| 84 | Mark Lomas | RDE | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Golden West JC; Northern Arizona | 11 | 7 |
| 50 | Wayne Mulligan | C | 6-2 | 246 | 27 | Clemson | 13 | 12 |
| 12 | Joe Namath | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 31 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Richard Neal | RDE | 6-3 | 254 | 27 | Southern University | 14 | 7 |
| 22 | Burgess Owens | LS | 6-2 | 199 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| 37 | Marv Owens | WR | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | San Diego State | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | Lou Piccone | WR | 5-8 | 184 | 25 | West Liberty | 14 | 0 |
| 78 | Garry Puetz | ROG-C | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Valparaiso | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Randy Rasmussen | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 29 | Nebraska-Kearney | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Steve Reese | LB | 6-2 | 229 | 22 | Louisville | 11 | 0 |
| 44 | John Riggins | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Kansas | 10 | 10 |
| 54 | Jamie Rivers | MLB | 6-2 | 238 | 29 | Bowling Green State | 13 | 13 |
| 63 | Travis Roach | OG | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Joe Schmiesing | RDT | 6-4 | 248 | 29 | Minnesota; North Dakota State Science JC; New Mexico State | 13 | 11 |
| 46 | Rich Sowells | LCB | 6-0 | 179 | 26 | Alcorn State | 14 | 13 |
| 21 | Steve Tannen | RS | 6-1 | 194 | 26 | Florida | 14 | 7 |
| 45 | Earlie Thomas | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Colorado State | 8 | 4 |
| 27 | Phil Wise | RS | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | South Dakota; Nebraska-Omaha | 14 | 7 |
| 18 | Al Woodall | QB | 6-5 | 210 | 29 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| 70 | Larry Woods | RDT | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | Tennessee State | 13 | 3 |
| 72 | Robert Woods | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 24 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| 47 | Roscoe Word | RCB | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Jackson State | 14 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Carl Barzilauskas | DT | Indiana |
| 2 | 31 | Gordie Browne | T | Boston College |
| 3 | 58 | Godwin Turk | LB | Southern University |
| 3 | 74 | Roscoe Word | DB | Jackson State |
| 5 | 110 | Gary Baccus | LB | Oklahoma |
| 6 | 135 | Bill Wyman | C | Texas |
| 6 | 137 | Wayne Jones | RB | Mississippi State |
| 7 | 162 | Butch Veazey | TE | Mississippi |
| 8 | 187 | Greg Gantt | K | Alabama |
| 8 | 192 | Larry Lightfoot | RB | West Alabama |
| 8 | 197 | Ron Rydalch | DT | Utah |
| 9 | 214 | Bob Burns | RB | Georgia |
| 10 | 239 | Sam Baker | G | Georgia |
| 11 | 266 | Eugene Bird | DB | Southern Mississippi |
| 11 | 267 | Bill Buckley | WR | Mississippi State |
| 12 | 291 | John Ricca | DE | Duke |
| 13 | 318 | John Tate | LB | Jackson State |
| 14 | 343 | Greg Fountain | G | Mississippi State |
| 15 | 370 | Willie Brister | TE | Southern University |
| 16 | 395 | Jazz Jackson | RB | Western Kentucky |
| 17 | 422 | Doug Lowrey | G-C | Arkansas State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 56 | 102 | 48 | 67 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 67 | 65 | 117 | 0 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 234 | 96 | 119 | 19 | 66/181 36.5% | 0/1 0.0% | 76 | 600 | |
| Opponents Totals | 267 | 132 | 112 | 23 | 93/203 45.8% | 0/1 0.0% | 78 | 684 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Caster | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| John Riggins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Pat Leahy | 0 | 18 | 19 | 94.7 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 36 |
| Emerson Boozer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bobby Howfield | 0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0 | 26 |
| David Knight | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jerome Barkum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mike Adamle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jazz Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Burgess Owens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ralph Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Gantt | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 27 | 35 | 77.1 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 279 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 0 | 300 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 2 | 45 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Bobby Howfield | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 | 43 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 3 | 45 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 5/7 | 3/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 4/8 | 3/10 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Riggins | 169 | 680 | 4.0 | 34 | 5 |
| Emerson Boozer | 153 | 563 | 3.7 | 20 | 4 |
| Bob Burns | 40 | 158 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 28 | 93 | 3.3 | 21 | 2 |
| Jazz Jackson | 20 | 74 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Hank Bjorklund | 23 | 57 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 3t | 1 |
| Al Woodall | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 444 | 1625 | 3.7 | 34 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 539 | 2240 | 4.2 | 41t | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Namath | 361 | 191 | 52.9 | 148 | 2616 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 89t | 20 | 5.5 | 22 | 6.1 | 19 | 195 | 2421 | 69.4 |
| Al Woodall | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 15 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.3 |
| Team Totals | 369 | 194 | 52.6 | 151 | 2631 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 89t | 20 | 5.4 | 24 | 6.5 | 19 | 195 | 2436 | 66.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 347 | 186 | 53.6 | 144 | 2249 | 6.5 | 12.1 | 51 | 14 | 4.0 | 17 | 4.9 | 25 | 192 | 2057 | 66.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Barkum | 41 | 524 | 12.8 | 39 | 3 |
| David Knight | 40 | 579 | 14.5 | 42t | 4 |
| Rich Caster | 38 | 745 | 19.6 | 89t | 7 |
| John Riggins | 19 | 180 | 9.5 | 32 | 2 |
| Emerson Boozer | 14 | 161 | 11.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Eddie Bell | 13 | 126 | 9.7 | 22 | 1 |
| Bob Burns | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Mike Adamle | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Willie Brister | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Hank Bjorklund | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 194 | 2631 | 13.6 | 89t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 2249 | 12.1 | 51 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgess Owens | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 39 | 1 |
| John Ebersole | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Ralph Baker | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 67t | 1 |
| Steve Tannen | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Delles Howell | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Roscoe Word | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Rich Sowells | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Rivers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 278 | 16.4 | 67t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 452 | 18.8 | 52t | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gantt | 75 | 2689 | 35.9 | 59 | 0 | 11 | 352 | 2144 | 28.6 | |
| Team Totals | 75 | 2689 | 35.9 | 59 | 0 | 11 | 352 | 2144 | 28.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2643 | 37.2 | 56 | 1 | 5 | 425 | 2118 | 30.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe Word | 38 | 2 | 301 | 7.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 9 | 0 | 75 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 6 | 0 | 49 | 8.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 53 | 2 | 425 | 8.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 10 | 352 | 13.0 | 52 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Piccone | 39 | 961 | 24.6 | 46 | 0 | |
| Jazz Jackson | 4 | 100 | 25.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Hank Bjorklund | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Roscoe Word | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bob Burns | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Burgess Owens | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| Mike Adamle | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| David Knight | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 1307 | 21.4 | 46 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1395 | 24.5 | 68 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Neal | 5.0 | |
| Ralph Baker | 2.0 | |
| John Little | 1.0 | |
| Burgess Owens | 1.0 | |
| Jamie Rivers | 0.5 | |
| Phil Wise | 0.5 | |
| Mark Lomas | 5.0 | |
| Ed Galigher | 3.5 | |
| Joe Schmiesing | 1.5 | |
| Carl Barzilauskas | 5.0 | |
| Larry Woods | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 25.0 | 192.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19.0 | 195.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Hank Bjorklund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Burns | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ebersole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Galigher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gantt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jazz Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | |
| Howard Kindig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 | 0 | |
| David Knight | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Mulligan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -11 | 0 | |
| Richard Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Burgess Owens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Piccone | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Rivers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Woods | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roscoe Word | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
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