1980 New York Jets (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 4-12-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Walt Michaels |
| Ralph Baker | Linebackers/Special Assignments |
| Bob Fry | Offensive Line |
| Joe Gardi | Linebackers/Special Teams |
| Bob Ledbetter | Running Backs |
| Johnny Mazur | Defensive Coordinator/Secondary |
| Pete McCulley | Quarterbacks |
| Larry Pasquale | Receivers |
| Dan Sekanovich | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/10/1980 | H | Chicago Bears | 9-21 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 27074 | |
| Fri | 8/15/1980 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-28 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 50421 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1980 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 51341 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1980 | A | New York Giants | 32-7 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 74391 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1980 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-17 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 50777 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1980 | A | Buffalo Bills | 10-20 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 65315 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1980 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-37 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 50608 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1980 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-35 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 33373 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1980 | H | New England Patriots | 11-21 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 53603 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1980 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 14-7 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 57458 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1980 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 17-27 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 52496 | |
| Mon | 10/27/1980 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-14 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 53046 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1980 | A | New England Patriots | 21-34 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60834 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1980 | H | Buffalo Bills | 24-31 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 45677 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1980 | A | Denver Broncos | 24-31 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 72114 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1980 | H | Houston Oilers | 31-28 | W | OT | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 52358 |
| Sun | 11/30/1980 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 13-38 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 59743 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1980 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 78454 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1980 | H | New Orleans Saints | 20-21 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 38077 | |
| Sat | 12/20/1980 | A | Miami Dolphins | 24-17 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 41854 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dan Alexander | 60 | ROG | 6-4 | 271 | 25 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
| Jerome Barkum | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 218 | 30 | Jackson State | 16 | 11 |
| Bobby Batton | 30 | RB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Santa Rosa JC; Nevada-Las Vegas | 8 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 46 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 0 |
| Guy Bingham | 64 | LOG-C | 6-3 | 260 | 22 | Montana | 16 | 3 |
| Stan Blinka | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Sam Houston State | 16 | 16 |
| Greg Buttle | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 26 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Carpenter | 49 | S | 6-3 | 195 | 22 | Western Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| Gerald Carter | 87 | WR | 6-1 | 188 | 23 | Tyler JC; Texas A&M | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Crosby | 55 | RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Penn State | 16 | 16 |
| Eric Cunningham | 68 | OG | 6-3 | 257 | 23 | Penn State | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Darby | 84 | WR | 5-10 | 192 | 24 | Texas State | 8 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 225 | 25 | Purdue | 16 | 13 |
| Donald Dykes | 26 | RCB | 5-11 | 188 | 25 | Southeastern Louisiana | 16 | 16 |
| Joe Fields | 65 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 27 | Rutgers-Camden; Widener | 13 | 13 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 81 | WR | 6-1 | 182 | 25 | Florida | 13 | 5 |
| Clark Gaines | 21 | FB | 6-1 | 213 | 26 | Lees-McRae JC; Wake Forest | 5 | 5 |
| Mark Gastineau | 99 | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona State; East Central | 16 | 16 |
| Chris Godfrey | 90 | DT-DE | 6-3 | 254 | 22 | Michigan | 6 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 42 | RB | 5-8 | 179 | 25 | Kutztown | 15 | 1 |
| Jerry Holmes | 47 | CB | 6-2 | 175 | 23 | Chowan JC; West Virginia | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 40 | LCB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Florida State | 15 | 15 |
| Jesse Johnson | 27 | LCB-S | 6-3 | 185 | 23 | Colorado | 16 | 1 |
| Bobby Jones | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Youngstown State | 15 | 5 |
| Lam Jones | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Texas | 16 | 13 |
| Joe Klecko | 73 | RDE | 6-3 | 263 | 27 | Temple | 15 | 15 |
| Pat Leahy | 5 | K | 6-0 | 196 | 29 | St. Louis | 16 | 0 |
| Kenny Lewis | 24 | RB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | South Carolina | 15 | 7 |
| Marty Lyons | 93 | RDT | 6-5 | 269 | 23 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| Saladin Martin | 39 | CB | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | San Diego CC; San Diego State | 3 | 0 |
| Mike McKibben | 53 | LLB | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | Kent State | 9 | 1 |
| Lance Mehl | 56 | LLB | 6-3 | 233 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 1 |
| Tim Moresco | 37 | SS | 5-10 | 176 | 26 | Syracuse | 11 | 2 |
| Tom Newton | 44 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | San Jose CC; California | 16 | 4 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 76 | RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Alcorn State | 3 | 1 |
| Marvin Powell | 79 | ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 25 | Southern California | 15 | 15 |
| Chuck Ramsey | 15 | P | 6-2 | 194 | 28 | Wake Forest | 16 | 0 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 35 | Nebraska-Kearney | 8 | 8 |
| Darrol Ray | 28 | FS | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
| Wes Roberts | 92 | DE | 6-6 | 253 | 23 | Texas Christian | 6 | 0 |
| John Roman | 61 | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 265 | 28 | Idaho State | 16 | 3 |
| Pat Ryan | 4 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 |
| Abdul Salaam | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 27 | Kent State | 16 | 16 |
| Ken Schroy | 48 | SS | 6-2 | 196 | 28 | Maryland | 14 | 10 |
| Mickey Shuler | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 24 | Penn State | 16 | 9 |
| Shafer Suggs | 23 | SS | 6-1 | 204 | 27 | Ball State | 4 | 4 |
| John Sullivan | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 24 | Illinois | 16 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| Stan Waldemore | 70 | LOG-C-OT | 6-3 | 268 | 25 | Nebraska | 16 | 8 |
| Wesley Walker | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | California | 10 | 7 |
| Chris Ward | 72 | LOT | 6-3 | 269 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Winkel | 71 | DT | 6-4 | 253 | 25 | Kentucky | 16 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Lam Jones | WR | Texas |
| 2 | 40 | Darrol Ray | DB | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 47 | Ralph Clayton | WR-RB | Michigan |
| 3 | 69 | Lance Mehl | LB | Penn State |
| 4 | 95 | Jesse Johnson | DB | Colorado |
| 5 | 123 | Jim Zidd | LB | Kansas |
| 6 | 149 | George Visger | DE-DT | Colorado |
| 6 | 152 | Tom Schremp | DE-DT | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 178 | Bobby Batton | RB | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 7 | 190 | Bennie Leverett | RB | Bethune-Cookman |
| 8 | 205 | Jeff Dziama | LB | Boston College |
| 9 | 234 | Joel Peters | DT | Arizona State |
| 10 | 260 | Guy Bingham | C | Montana |
| 11 | 290 | James Zachery | LB | Texas A&M |
| 12 | 317 | David Dumars | DB | Louisiana-Monroe |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 112 | 38 | 105 | 3 | 302 |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 93 | 68 | 146 | 0 | 395 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29:05 | 289 | 124 | 146 | 19 | 86/202 42.6% | / % | 103 | 767 |
| Opponents Totals | 30:55 | 348 | 127 | 198 | 23 | 106/220 48.2% | / % | 90 | 872 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 0 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 0 | 78 |
| Scott Dierking | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Kevin Long | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Richard Todd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Clark Gaines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lam Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Darrol Ray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mickey Shuler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Darby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Schroy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wesley Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 1 | 302 |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 50 | 51 | 98.0 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 395 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 1 | 49 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 4/9 | 6/8 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 1 | 49 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 4/9 | 6/8 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0/0 | 6/7 | 4/5 | 3/10 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Dierking | 156 | 567 | 3.6 | 15 | 6 |
| Kevin Long | 115 | 355 | 3.1 | 18 | 6 |
| Richard Todd | 49 | 330 | 6.7 | 31t | 5 |
| Tom Newton | 59 | 299 | 5.1 | 23 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 36 | 174 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 45 | 126 | 2.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Paul Darby | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Lam Jones | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Batton | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Ramsey | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 470 | 1873 | 4.0 | 31t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 508 | 1951 | 3.8 | 36 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Todd | 479 | 264 | 55.1 | 185 | 3329 | 6.9 | 12.6 | 55 | 17 | 3.5 | 30 | 6.3 | 42 | 326 | 3003 | 62.7 |
| Chuck Ramsey | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56.3 |
| Team Totals | 481 | 265 | 55.1 | 186 | 3335 | 6.9 | 12.6 | 55 | 17 | 3.5 | 30 | 6.2 | 42 | 326 | 3009 | 62.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 544 | 337 | 61.9 | 184 | 3899 | 7.2 | 11.6 | 68t | 27 | 5.0 | 23 | 4.2 | 28 | 235 | 3664 | 82.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 50 | 634 | 12.7 | 52 | 3 |
| Clark Gaines | 36 | 310 | 8.6 | 16t | 3 |
| Lam Jones | 25 | 482 | 19.3 | 55 | 3 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 24 | 397 | 16.5 | 36 | 2 |
| Mickey Shuler | 22 | 226 | 10.3 | 26 | 2 |
| Tom Newton | 20 | 144 | 7.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 20 | 137 | 6.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 19 | 138 | 7.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Wesley Walker | 18 | 376 | 20.9 | 47 | 1 |
| Bobby Jones | 14 | 193 | 13.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 13 | 244 | 18.8 | 28 | 1 |
| Paul Darby | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Kenny Lewis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 265 | 3335 | 12.6 | 55 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 337 | 3899 | 11.6 | 68t | 27 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Schroy | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 82t | 1 |
| Darrol Ray | 6 | 132 | 22.0 | 71t | 1 |
| Donald Dykes | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Crosby | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 293 | 12.7 | 82t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 408 | 13.6 | 60 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Ramsey | 73 | 3096 | 42.4 | 59 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 369 | 2527 | 34.1 |
| Team Totals | 74 | 3096 | 41.8 | 59 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 369 | 2527 | 34.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 2512 | 39.9 | 65 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 269 | 2123 | 33.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 28 | 7 | 242 | 8.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Schroy | 4 | 0 | 27 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 8 | 269 | 8.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 7 | 369 | 8.0 | 75t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 49 | 1070 | 21.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Paul Darby | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 30 | 0 | |
| Woody Bennett | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| Lam Jones | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jones | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Mickey Shuler | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Guy Bingham | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ken Schroy | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Gerald Carter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bob Winkel | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 74 | 1491 | 20.1 | 35 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1207 | 22.4 | 47 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Gastineau | 11.5 | |
| Joe Klecko | 10.5 | |
| Marty Lyons | 4.5 | |
| Abdul Salaam | 1.0 | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 28.0 | 235.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42.0 | 326.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Bennett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Blinka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Crosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Darby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Dierking | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Fields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lam Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marvin Powell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrol Ray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 1 | |
| Abdul Salaam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Schroy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shafer Suggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | |
| Stan Waldemore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 70 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 0 |
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