1978 New York Jets (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/7/1978	H	Atlanta Falcons	17-20	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	31480
Sat	8/12/1978	A	New York Giants	27-23	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	43899
Sat	8/19/1978	A	San Diego Chargers	23-10	W		San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	42100
Fri	8/25/1978	A	Philadelphia Eagles	0-14	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	33111
Sun	9/3/1978	H	Miami Dolphins	33-20	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	49598
Sun	9/10/1978	A	Buffalo Bills	21-20	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	40985
Sun	9/17/1978	H	Seattle Seahawks	17-24	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	46911
Sun	9/24/1978	A	Washington Redskins	3-23	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54729
Sun	10/1/1978	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-28	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	52058
Sun	10/8/1978	H	Buffalo Bills	45-14	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	44545
Sun	10/15/1978	A	Baltimore Colts	33-10	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	45563
Sun	10/22/1978	H	St. Louis Cardinals	23-10	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	49244
Sun	10/29/1978	A	New England Patriots	21-55	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60585
Sun	11/5/1978	A	Denver Broncos	31-28	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74983
Sun	11/12/1978	A	Philadelphia Eagles	9-17	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65950
Sun	11/19/1978	H	New England Patriots	17-19	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	55568
Sun	11/26/1978	A	Miami Dolphins	24-13	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	49255
Sun	12/3/1978	H	Baltimore Colts	24-16	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	50248
Sun	12/10/1978	A	Cleveland Browns	34-37	L	OT	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	36881
Sun	12/17/1978	H	Dallas Cowboys	7-30	L		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	52532

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Dan Alexander	60	ROG	6-4	271	23	Louisiana State	16	16
Darrell Austin	67	LOG	6-4	255	27	South Carolina	13	1
Jerome Barkum	83	TE	6-3	218	28	Jackson State	16	16
Kevin Bell	80	WR	5-10	180	23	Lamar	9	0
Greg Buttle	51	LOLB	6-3	232	24	Penn State	8	8
Scott Dierking	25	RB	5-11	225	23	Purdue	15	13
Jim Earley	47	RB	6-1	230	22	Michigan State	2	0
Joe Fields	65	C	6-2	253	25	Rutgers-Camden; Widener	16	16
Derrick Gaffney	81	WR	6-1	179	23	Florida	16	16
Clark Gaines	21	RB	6-1	213	24	Lees-McRae JC; Wake Forest	16	1
Reggie Grant	49	CB	5-9	185	23	Oregon	14	0
Bruce Harper	42	RB	5-8	179	23	Kutztown	16	0
John Hennessy	63	LILB	6-3	236	23	Michigan	16	16
Mike Hennigan	52	RILB	6-2	210	27	Tennessee Tech	12	12
Mark Iwanowski	88	TE	6-4	230	23	Pennsylvania	5	0
Bobby Jackson	40	LCB	5-10	180	22	Florida State	16	16
Bobby Jones	89	WR	5-11	185	23	Youngstown State	16	0
Larry Keller	56	LOLB	6-2	220	25	Houston	16	8
Joe Klecko	73	RDE	6-3	263	25	Temple	16	16
Pat Leahy	5	K	6-0	196	27	St. Louis	16	0
Kevin Long	33	FB	6-1	225	23	South Carolina	16	16
Bob Martin	59	ROLB	6-1	214	25	Nebraska	16	16
Mark Merrill	58	RILB	6-4	238	23	Minnesota	16	4
Mike Mock	50	LB	6-1	225	23	Texas Tech	15	0
Joe Moreino	71	DT	6-6	246	23	Idaho State	1	0
Tim Moresco	37	S	5-10	176	24	Syracuse	11	0
Tom Newton	44	RB	6-0	210	24	San Jose CC; California	16	0
Burgess Owens	22	FS	6-2	199	27	Miami (Florida)	14	14
Joe Pellegrini	77	NT	6-2	268	22	Idaho	9	1
Lawrence Pillers	76	LDE	6-3	255	26	Alcorn State	16	16
Darnell Powell	20	RB	6-0	184	24	Tennessee-Chattanooga	14	1
Marvin Powell	79	ROT	6-5	270	23	Southern California	14	14
Garry Puetz	78	OG	6-4	265	26	Valparaiso	6	0
Bob Raba	86	TE	6-1	225	23	Maryland	4	0
Chuck Ramsey	15	P	6-2	194	26	Wake Forest	16	0
Randy Rasmussen	66	LOG	6-2	255	33	Nebraska-Kearney	16	15
Larry Riley	34	CB	5-10	195	24	Salem	4	0
Gregg Robinson	64	DT	6-6	255	22	Dartmouth	16	0
Matt Robinson	17	QB	6-2	190	23	Georgia	16	11
John Roman	61	ROT	6-4	265	26	Idaho State	16	2
Pat Ryan	4	QB	6-3	210	23	Tennessee	2	0
Abdul Salaam	74	NT	6-3	256	25	Kent State	15	15
Ken Schroy	48	FS	6-2	196	26	Maryland	16	2
Mickey Shuler	82	TE	6-3	231	22	Penn State	16	1
Bruce Stephens	87	WR	5-9	170	22	Columbia	6	0
Shafer Suggs	23	SS	6-1	204	25	Ball State	16	16
Ed Taylor	38	RCB	6-0	175	23	Memphis	16	16
Richard Todd	14	QB	6-2	210	25	Alabama	5	5
Stan Waldemore	70	OT-OG	6-3	268	23	Nebraska	4	0
Wesley Walker	89	WR	6-0	182	23	California	16	16
Chris Ward	72	LOT	6-3	269	23	Ohio State	16	16
Blake Whitlatch	57	LB	6-1	233	23	Louisiana State	4	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Chris Ward	T	Ohio State
2	31	Mark Merrill	LB	Minnesota
3	61	Mickey Shuler	TE	Penn State
4	88	Dodie Donnell	RB	Nebraska
5	113	Randy Sidler	LB	Penn State
6	140	Bobby Jackson	DB	Florida State
6	142	Gregg Robinson	DT	Dartmouth
7	169	Levi Armstrong	DB	UCLA
7	170	Jim Earley	RB	Michigan State
8	197	Derrick Gaffney	WR	Florida
8	203	Mike Mock	P-LB	Texas Tech
8	213	Roy Eppes	DB	Clemson
9	225	Reggie Grant	DB	Oregon
9	227	Neil Hutton	DB	Penn State
10	254	Louie Richardson	DE	Florida State
11	281	Pat Ryan	QB	Tennessee
12	311	Alan Williams	P	Florida

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	68	112	84	95	0	359
Opponents Totals	76	124	73	88	3	364

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	27:39	277	131	128	18	97/221 43.9%	/ %	102	854
Opponents Totals	32:21	324	157	146	21	100/212 47.2%	/ %	98	855

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Pat Leahy	0	41	42	97.6	22	30	73.3	107
Kevin Long	10	0	0		0	0		60
Wesley Walker	8	0	0		0	0		48
Bruce Harper	5	0	0		0	0		30
Scott Dierking	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jerome Barkum	3	0	0		0	0		18
Derrick Gaffney	3	0	0		0	0		18
Mickey Shuler	3	0	0		0	0		18
Clark Gaines	2	0	0		0	0		12
Tom Newton	2	0	0		0	0		12
Burgess Owens	1	0	0		0	0		6
Darnell Powell	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	42	41	42	97.6	22	30	73.3	359
Opponents Totals	45	40	45	88.9	18	24	75.0	364

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Pat Leahy	22	30	73.3	1	47	2/2	5/5	9/12	6/9	0/2
Team Totals	22	30	73.3	1	47	2/2	5/5	9/12	6/9	0/2
Opponents Totals	18	24	75.0			0/0	7/7	5/8	6/8	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kevin Long	214	954	4.5	27	10
Scott Dierking	170	681	4.0	26	4
Bruce Harper	58	303	5.2	32	2
Clark Gaines	44	154	3.5	33	2
Darnell Powell	20	77	3.9	17	1
Tom Newton	11	45	4.1	7	2
Matt Robinson	28	23	0.8	15	0
Richard Todd	14	18	1.3	10	0
Derrick Gaffney	2	-2	-1.0	1	0
Wesley Walker	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	562	2250	4.0	33	21
Opponents Totals	600	2701	4.5	58t	20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Matt Robinson	266	124	46.6	126	2002	7.5	16.1	77t	13	4.9	16	6.0	28	228	1774	63.5
Richard Todd	107	60	56.1	37	849	7.9	14.2	49	6	5.6	10	9.3	15	122	727	61.6
Pat Ryan	14	9	64.3	3	106	7.6	11.8	18	0	0.0	2	14.3	0	0	106	47.6
Scott Dierking	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	388	193	49.7	167	2957	7.6	15.3	77t	19	4.9	28	7.2	43	350	2607	61.5
Opponents Totals	447	260	58.2	164	3052	6.8	11.7	52	21	4.7	23	5.1	22	229	2823	73.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Wesley Walker	48	1169	24.4	77t	8
Derrick Gaffney	38	691	18.2	50	3
Jerome Barkum	28	391	14.0	27	3
Kevin Long	26	204	7.8	17	0
Scott Dierking	19	152	8.0	17	0
Bruce Harper	13	196	15.1	44	2
Mickey Shuler	11	67	6.1	15	3
Tom Newton	5	48	9.6	14	0
Clark Gaines	3	23	7.7	13	0
Bobby Jones	1	18	18.0	18	0
John Roman	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	193	2957	15.3	77t	19
Opponents Totals	260	3052	11.7	52	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Burgess Owens	5	156	31.2	49	1
Bobby Jackson	5	26	5.2	13	0
Mike Hennigan	3	76	25.3	53	0
Shafer Suggs	3	61	20.3	32	0
Greg Buttle	2	34	17.0	29	0
Bob Martin	2	32	16.0	26	0
Ed Taylor	2	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Keller	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	23	389	16.9	53	1
Opponents Totals	28	470	16.8	85t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Chuck Ramsey	74	2964	40.1	79	0	7	9	609	2215	29.9
Team Totals	74	2964	40.1	79	0	7	9	609	2215	29.9
Opponents Totals	70	2617	37.4	73	1	7	12	413	2064	29.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bruce Harper	30	4	378	12.6	82t	1
Ken Schroy	3	0	35	11.7	30	0
Team Totals	33	4	413	12.5	82t	1
Opponents Totals	52	2	609	11.7	48	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bruce Harper	55	1280	23.3	40
Darnell Powell	3	50	16.7	26
Bruce Stephens	3	42	14.0	16
Clark Gaines	3	33	11.0	14
Kevin Bell	2	66	33.0	29
Mickey Shuler	1	12	12.0	12
Ken Schroy	0	26		26L
Team Totals	67	1509	22.5	40
Opponents Totals	64	1417	22.1	53

SACKS	NO	YDS
Joe Klecko	7.5
Bob Martin	2.5
Lawrence Pillers	2.5
Larry Keller	2.0
Abdul Salaam	2.0
Greg Buttle	1.5
Mike Hennigan	1.0
Joe Pellegrini	1.0
Shafer Suggs	1.0
John Hennessy	1.0
Team Totals	22.0	229.0
Opponents Totals	43.0	350.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dan Alexander	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jerome Barkum	0	0	3	0	3	2	0
Greg Buttle	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Scott Dierking	2		1	0	1	0	0
Clark Gaines	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Harper	3		1	0	1	0	0
Bobby Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Keller	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Joe Klecko	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Long	4		0	0	0	0	0
Tim Moresco	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Newton	1		0	0	0	0	0
Burgess Owens	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Joe Pellegrini	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lawrence Pillers	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Darnell Powell	0	0	0	1	1	23	0
Marvin Powell	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Larry Riley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Matt Robinson	6		4	0	4	-5	0
Abdul Salaam	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Schroy	1		1	1	2	0	0
Mickey Shuler	1		0	0	0	0	0
Shafer Suggs	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Richard Todd	1		0	0	0	-3	0
Wesley Walker	2		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	22	9	13	17	30	19	0
Opponents Totals	34	17	16	9	25		2

Bob Fry	Offensive Line
Joe Gardi	Special Teams
Dan Henning	Receivers
John Idzik	Offensive Coordinator
Bob Ledbetter	Running Backs
Johnny Mazur	Defensive Backs
Dan Sekanovich	Defensive Line