1981 New York Jets (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 10-5-1 .656 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Walt Michaels |
| Billy Baird | Defensive Backs |
| Ralph Baker | Linebackers |
| Bob Fry | Offensive Line |
| Joe Gardi | Defensive Coordinator |
| Bob Ledbetter | Running Backs |
| Pete McCulley | Receivers |
| Larry Pasquale | Special Teams |
| Dan Sekanovich | Defensive Line |
| Joe Walton | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/7/1981 | A | Denver Broncos | 33-7 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 63644 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1981 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 20-21 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 51163 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1981 | A | New York Giants | 37-24 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 74692 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1981 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-3 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 49115 | |
| Sun | 9/6/1981 | A | Buffalo Bills | 0-31 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 79754 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1981 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 30-31 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 49454 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1981 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-38 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 52973 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1981 | H | Houston Oilers | 33-17 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 50309 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1981 | A | Miami Dolphins | 28-28 | T | OT | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 68723 |
| Sun | 10/11/1981 | H | New England Patriots | 28-24 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 55093 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1981 | H | Buffalo Bills | 33-14 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 54607 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1981 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 3-19 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 49678 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1981 | A | New York Giants | 26-7 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 74740 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1981 | A | Baltimore Colts | 41-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 31521 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1981 | A | New England Patriots | 17-6 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 45342 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1981 | H | Miami Dolphins | 16-15 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 59962 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1981 | H | Baltimore Colts | 25-0 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 53593 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1981 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 23-27 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 53105 | |
| Sat | 12/12/1981 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 56866 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1981 | H | Green Bay Packers | 28-3 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 56340 | |
| AFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/27/1981 | H | Buffalo Bills | 27-31 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 57050 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dan Alexander | 60 | ROG | 6-4 | 271 | 26 | Louisiana State | 16 | 15 |
| Mike Augustyniak | 35 | FB | 5-11 | 226 | 25 | Purdue | 10 | 8 |
| Jerome Barkum | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 218 | 31 | Jackson State | 16 | 16 |
| Guy Bingham | 64 | C-OG | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | Montana | 16 | 0 |
| Stan Blinka | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Sam Houston State | 16 | 16 |
| Greg Buttle | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 27 | Penn State | 15 | 14 |
| Ron Crosby | 55 | RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Penn State | 16 | 3 |
| Ralph DeLoach | 94 | DE | 6-5 | 254 | 24 | California | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 25 | RB-FB | 5-11 | 225 | 26 | Purdue | 16 | 4 |
| Donald Dykes | 26 | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | 9 |
| Joe Fields | 65 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 28 | Rutgers-Camden; Widener | 16 | 16 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 81 | WR | 6-1 | 179 | 26 | Florida | 16 | 13 |
| Mark Gastineau | 99 | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 25 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona State; East Central | 16 | 16 |
| Bruce Harper | 42 | RB | 5-8 | 179 | 26 | Kutztown | 16 | 7 |
| Jerry Holmes | 47 | RCB-LCB | 6-2 | 175 | 24 | Chowan JC; West Virginia | 16 | 13 |
| Bobby Jackson | 40 | LCB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Florida State | 9 | 6 |
| Jesse Johnson | 27 | LCB-S | 6-3 | 185 | 24 | Colorado | 16 | 4 |
| Bobby Jones | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Youngstown State | 16 | 3 |
| Lam Jones | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Texas | 15 | 3 |
| Joe Klecko | 73 | RDE | 6-3 | 263 | 28 | Temple | 16 | 16 |
| Pat Leahy | 5 | K | 6-0 | 196 | 30 | St. Louis | 16 | 0 |
| Kenny Lewis | 20 | RB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | South Carolina | 16 | 0 |
| Johnny Lynn | 29 | CB-S | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | UCLA | 13 | 0 |
| Marty Lyons | 93 | RDT | 6-5 | 269 | 24 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Freeman McNeil | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | UCLA | 11 | 6 |
| Lance Mehl | 56 | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 233 | 23 | Penn State | 15 | 15 |
| Kenny Neil | 77 | DE-DT | 6-5 | 240 | 22 | Iowa State | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 44 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | San Jose CC; California | 16 | 7 |
| Marvin Powell | 79 | ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 26 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Ramsey | 15 | P | 6-2 | 194 | 29 | Wake Forest | 16 | 0 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 36 | Nebraska-Kearney | 15 | 15 |
| Darrol Ray | 28 | FS | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Oklahoma | 16 | 16 |
| John Roman | 61 | ROT | 6-4 | 265 | 29 | Idaho State | 16 | 2 |
| Ben Rudolph | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 271 | 24 | Sequoias JC; Long Beach State | 15 | 4 |
| Pat Ryan | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Tennessee | 15 | 0 |
| Abdul Salaam | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 28 | Kent State | 16 | 16 |
| Ken Schroy | 48 | SS | 6-2 | 196 | 29 | Maryland | 16 | 16 |
| Mickey Shuler | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 25 | Penn State | 6 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 87 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Nassau CC; North Carolina State; Fordham | 16 | 0 |
| Kirk Springs | 45 | S-CB | 6-0 | 197 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Stephens | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 227 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 38 | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Texas Tech | 3 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
| Stan Waldemore | 60 | ROG-LOG-C-OT | 6-3 | 268 | 26 | Nebraska | 16 | 2 |
| Wesley Walker | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | California | 13 | 13 |
| Chris Ward | 72 | LOT | 6-3 | 269 | 26 | Ohio State | 16 | 16 |
| Al Washington | 52 | LB | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Ohio State | 16 | 0 |
| Marty Wetzel | 58 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Tulane | 5 | 0 |
| John Woodring | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Brown | 12 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Freeman McNeil | RB | UCLA |
| 2 | 30 | Marion Barber | RB | Minnesota |
| 3 | 60 | Ben Rudolph | DT | Long Beach State |
| 4 | 86 | Al Washington | LB | Ohio State |
| 5 | 113 | Tyrone Keys | DE | Mississippi State |
| 6 | 142 | John Woodring | LB | Brown |
| 7 | 169 | Kenny Neil | DE | Iowa State |
| 8 | 195 | Lloyd Jones | WR | Brigham Young |
| 8 | 213 | J.C. Watts | DB | Oklahoma |
| 9 | 225 | Admiral Dewey Larry | DB | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 10 | 251 | Marty Wetzel | LB | Tulane |
| 11 | 278 | Ed Gall | DT | Maryland |
| 12 | 308 | Mike Moeller | T | Drake |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 131 | 72 | 91 | 0 | 355 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 0 | 287 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31:21 | 318 | 122 | 170 | 26 | 101/244 41.4% | / % | 102 | 936 |
| Opponents Totals | 28:39 | 291 | 112 | 155 | 24 | 75/216 34.7% | / % | 106 | 935 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 0 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 0 | 113 |
| Wesley Walker | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Jerome Barkum | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Kevin Long | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Lam Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Freeman McNeil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Scott Dierking | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Darrol Ray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Augustyniak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Buttle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 38 | 40 | 95.0 | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 1 | 355 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 33 | 36 | 91.7 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 1 | 287 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 1 | 49 | 0/0 | 11/13 | 6/8 | 8/12 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 1 | 49 | 0/0 | 11/13 | 6/8 | 8/12 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 2/3 | 3/8 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman McNeil | 137 | 623 | 4.5 | 43 | 2 |
| Bruce Harper | 81 | 393 | 4.9 | 29t | 4 |
| Mike Augustyniak | 85 | 339 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Scott Dierking | 74 | 328 | 4.4 | 15t | 1 |
| Kevin Long | 73 | 269 | 3.7 | 19 | 2 |
| Tom Newton | 73 | 244 | 3.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Richard Todd | 32 | 131 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Kenny Lewis | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Lam Jones | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Ramsey | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 571 | 2341 | 4.1 | 43 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 465 | 1867 | 4.0 | 43 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Todd | 497 | 279 | 56.1 | 205 | 3231 | 6.5 | 11.6 | 49 | 25 | 5.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 30 | 224 | 3007 | 81.8 |
| Pat Ryan | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 5 | 48 | 4.8 | 12.0 | 18 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 49.2 |
| Team Totals | 507 | 283 | 55.8 | 210 | 3279 | 6.5 | 11.6 | 49 | 26 | 5.1 | 14 | 2.8 | 30 | 224 | 3055 | 81.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 505 | 275 | 54.5 | 209 | 3522 | 7.0 | 12.8 | 70t | 15 | 3.0 | 21 | 4.2 | 66 | 518 | 3004 | 69.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 52 | 459 | 8.8 | 24 | 1 |
| Wesley Walker | 47 | 770 | 16.4 | 49 | 9 |
| Jerome Barkum | 39 | 495 | 12.7 | 40t | 7 |
| Scott Dierking | 26 | 228 | 8.8 | 23 | 1 |
| Lam Jones | 20 | 342 | 17.1 | 47t | 3 |
| Freeman McNeil | 18 | 171 | 9.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Mike Augustyniak | 18 | 144 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 17 | 104 | 6.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 16 | 239 | 14.9 | 36t | 1 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 14 | 246 | 17.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 18 | 3 |
| Kenny Lewis | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 283 | 3279 | 11.6 | 49 | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 275 | 3522 | 12.8 | 70t | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrol Ray | 7 | 227 | 32.4 | 64t | 2 |
| Johnny Lynn | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 67 | 0 |
| Lance Mehl | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Schroy | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Kirk Springs | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Stan Blinka | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 432 | 20.6 | 67 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 212 | 15.1 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Ramsey | 81 | 3290 | 40.6 | 65 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 149 | 2881 | 35.6 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 3290 | 40.6 | 65 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 149 | 2881 | 35.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 94 | 3802 | 40.4 | 67 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 337 | 3265 | 34.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 35 | 9 | 265 | 7.6 | 46 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 13 | 3 | 66 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Schroy | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 50 | 13 | 337 | 6.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 9 | 149 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 23 | 0 | 480 | 20.9 | 42 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 26 | 0 | 528 | 20.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Kenny Lewis | 5 | 0 | 108 | 21.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Steve Stephens | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ben Rudolph | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lam Jones | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 0 | 1151 | 19.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 1415 | 22.5 | 69 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Gastineau | 21.0 | |
| Joe Klecko | 19.0 | |
| Abdul Salaam | 7.0 | |
| Marty Lyons | 6.5 | |
| Ben Rudolph | 3.0 | |
| Greg Buttle | 2.0 | |
| Ken Schroy | 2.0 | |
| Kenny Neil | 2.0 | |
| Darrol Ray | 1.5 | |
| Ron Crosby | 1.0 | |
| Lance Mehl | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 66.0 | 518.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30.0 | 224.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Augustyniak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donald Dykes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -15 | 0 | |
| Mark Gastineau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 1 |
| Lam Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Klecko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Lyons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lance Mehl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Neil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Ramsey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -39 | 0 | |
| Darrol Ray | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Abdul Salaam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirk Springs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Woodring | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 11 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 2 |
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