1981 New York Jets (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 10-5-1 .656 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/27/1981 | H | Buffalo Bills | 27-31 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 57050 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dan Alexander | 60 | ROG | 6-4 | 271 | 26 | Louisiana State | 1 | 1 |
| Jerome Barkum | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 218 | 31 | Jackson State | 1 | 1 |
| Guy Bingham | 64 | OL | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | Montana | 1 | 0 |
| Stan Blinka | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Sam Houston State | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Buttle | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 27 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Crosby | 55 | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Penn State | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 225 | 26 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| Donald Dykes | 26 | LCB | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | Southeastern Louisiana | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Fields | 65 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 28 | Rutgers-Camden; Widener | 1 | 1 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 81 | WR | 6-1 | 182 | 26 | Florida | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Gastineau | 99 | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 25 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona State; East Central | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce Harper | 42 | RB | 5-8 | 179 | 26 | Kutztown | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Holmes | 47 | RCB | 6-2 | 175 | 24 | Chowan JC; West Virginia | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Jackson | 40 | CB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Florida State | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Jones | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Youngstown State | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Klecko | 73 | RDE | 6-3 | 263 | 28 | Temple | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Leahy | 5 | K | 6-0 | 196 | 30 | St. Louis | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | South Carolina | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Lynn | 29 | CB | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | UCLA | 1 | 0 |
| Marty Lyons | 93 | RDT | 6-5 | 269 | 24 | Alabama | 1 | 1 |
| Freeman McNeil | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | UCLA | 1 | 1 |
| Lance Mehl | 56 | RLB | 6-3 | 233 | 23 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Kenny Neil | 77 | DL | 6-5 | 240 | 22 | Iowa State | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 44 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | San Jose CC; California | 1 | 1 |
| Marvin Powell | 79 | ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 26 | Southern California | 1 | 1 |
| Chuck Ramsey | 15 | P | 6-2 | 194 | 29 | Wake Forest | 1 | 0 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 36 | Nebraska-Kearney | 1 | 1 |
| Darrol Ray | 28 | FS | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Oklahoma | 1 | 1 |
| John Roman | 61 | OT | 6-4 | 265 | 29 | Idaho State | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Rudolph | 76 | DL | 6-5 | 271 | 24 | Sequoias JC; Long Beach State | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
| Abdul Salaam | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 28 | Kent State | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Schroy | 48 | SS | 6-2 | 196 | 29 | Maryland | 1 | 1 |
| Mickey Shuler | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 25 | Penn State | 1 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 87 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Nassau CC; North Carolina State; Fordham | 1 | 0 |
| Kirk Springs | 45 | DB | 6-0 | 197 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Stephens | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 227 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Alabama | 1 | 1 |
| Stan Waldemore | 60 | OL | 6-3 | 268 | 26 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | California | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Ward | 72 | LOT | 6-3 | 269 | 26 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 |
| Al Washington | 52 | LB | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| John Woodring | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Brown | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:04 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 9/17 52.9% | / % | 6 | 55 |
| Opponents Totals | 29:56 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4/13 30.8% | / % | 8 | 62 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 9 |
| Bobby Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kevin Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 31 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| OWN | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| OPP | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman McNeil | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Richard Todd | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 71 | 3.2 | 11 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 91 | 4.1 | 45t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Todd | 51 | 28 | 54.9 | 19 | 377 | 7.4 | 13.5 | 37 | 2 | 3.9 | 4 | 7.8 | 5 | 29 | 348 | 59.0 |
| Team Totals | 50 | 28 | 56.0 | 18 | 377 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 37 | 2 | 4.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 29 | 348 | 60.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 17 | 50.0 | 13 | 268 | 7.9 | 15.8 | 50t | 2 | 5.9 | 4 | 11.8 | 2 | 38 | 230 | 56.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Dierking | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Shuler | 6 | 116 | 19.3 | 30t | 1 | ||
| Bobby Jones | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 30t | 1 | ||
| Derrick Gaffney | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Wesley Walker | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Barkum | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Tom Newton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 377 | 13.5 | 37 | 2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 268 | 15.8 | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Buttle | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Donald Dykes | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jerry Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Ramsey | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 121 | 30.3 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 121 | 30.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 144 | 36.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Kurt Sohn | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Gastineau | 1.0 | 21.0 |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 38.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5.0 | 29.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Fields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 |
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