1970 New York Jets roster and stats

1970 New York Jets: 4-10-0
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Home record: 2-5-0 (94 points scored, 108 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (161 points scored, 178 allowed) Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank

255 points scored (17th of 26 teams), 286 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:

           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   193   386   2,307   (13)   5.48   14   22    463   1,653   (13)    3.6   11    3,960    (14)      33
Defense:   165   383   2,372   (20)   5.67   20   23    408   1,283   ( 2)    3.1    7    3,655    ( 5)      34

Team roster (starters in bold):

 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 7  Eddie Bell           WR    14   5'10  160   24    R   Idaho State
11  Jim Turner           K     14   6'2   215   29    7   Utah State
12  Joe Namath           QB     5   6'2   200   27    6   Alabama
13  Don Maynard          WR    10   6'0   180   35   12   Texas-El Paso
15  Bob Davis            QB     1   6'3   205   25    4   Virginia
18  Al Woodall           QB    10   6'5   205   24    2   Duke
20  Steve O'Neal         P     14   6'3   185   24    2   Texas A&M
21  Steve Tannen         DB    14   6'1   194   22    R   Florida
22  Jim Hudson           DB     7   6'2   210   27    6   Texas
28  Cecil Leonard        DB     5   5'11  160   24    2   Tuskegee
30  Chuck Mercein        RB     9   6'3   222   27    6   Yale
32  Emerson Boozer       RB    10   5'11  195   27    5   Maryland Eastern Shore
33  W.K. Hicks           DB    14   6'1   195   28    7   Texas Southern
34  Lee White            RB    14   6'4   235   24    3   Weber State
35  Dennis Onkontz       LB     9   6'1   220   22    R   Penn State
37  George Nock          RB    14   5'10  200   24    2   Morgan State
40  Mike Battle          DB    14   6'1   175   24    2   Southern California
41  Matt Snell           RB     3   6'2   220   29    7   Ohio State
42  Cliff McClain        RB    10   6'0   217   22    R   South Carolina State
43  John Dockery         DB    14   6'0   186   26    1   Harvard
45  Earlie Thomas        DB    14   6'1   190   24    R   Colorado State
48  Gus Hollomon         DB    14   6'3   195   25    3   Houston
51  Ralph Baker          LB    14   6'3   235   28    7   Penn State
52  John Schmitt         C     14   6'4   250   27    7   Hofstra
55  John Ebersole        LB    14   6'3   240   21    R   Penn State
56  Paul Crane           LB    14   6'2   212   26    5   Alabama
57  John Little          DE    14   6'3   220   23    R   Oklahoma State
60  Larry Grantham       LB    14   6'0   210   32   11   Mississippi
61  Roger Finnie         OT     3   6'3   245   24    2   Florida A&M
62  Al Atkinson          LB    14   6'1   230   27    6   Villanova
63  Dave Middendorf      OG     8   6'3   260   24    3   Washington State
64  Pete Perreault       OG    13   6'3   248   31    8   Boston University
65  Jimmie Jones         DE     3   6'3   215   23    2   Wichita State
66  Randy Rasmussen      OG    13   6'2   255   25    4   Nebraska-Kearney
67  Dave Herman          OG    14   6'2   255   29    7   Michigan State
70  Dave Foley           OT    14   6'5   255   23    2   Ohio State
75  Winston Hill         OT    14   6'4   285   29    8   Texas Southern
77  Tom Bayless          OG     2   6'3   240   22    R   Purdue
80  John Elliott         DT    14   6'4   244   26    4   Texas
81  Gerry Philbin        DE    11   6'2   245   29    7   Buffalo
82  Gary Arthur          TE     7   6'5   230   22    R   Miami (Ohio)
83  George Sauer         WR    14   6'1   195   26    6   Texas
84  Mark Lomas           DE    14   6'4   230   22    R   Northern Arizona
85  Steve Thompson       DT    12   6'5   245   25    3   Washington
86  Verlon Biggs         DE    13   6'4   270   27    6   Jackson State
87  Pete Lammons         TE    14   6'3   230   27    5   Texas
88  Rich Caster          WR    14   6'5   222   22    R   Jackson State
89  Wayne Stewart        TE     7   6'7   213   23    2   California

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Al Woodall           188   96   51.1  1,265   6.73  13.2   9   4.8    9   4.8    29   222    68.7
Joe Namath           179   90   50.3  1,259   7.03  14.0   5   2.8   12   6.7     6    63    54.7
Bob Davis             17    6   35.3     66   3.88  11.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    47.7
Steve O'Neal           1    1  100.0      2   2.00   2.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    79.2
Eddie Bell             1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    1 100.0     0     0     0.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Don Maynard            31    525   16.9    0
George Sauer           31    510   16.5    4
Emerson Boozer         28    258    9.2    0
Pete Lammons           25    316   12.6    2
Eddie Bell             21    246   11.7    2
Rich Caster            19    393   20.7    3
George Nock            18    146    8.1    1
Lee White              12    125   10.4    1
Chuck Mercein           3     27    9.0    1
Matt Snell              2     26   13.0    0
Cliff McClain           1     11   11.0    0
Wayne Stewart           1      7    7.0    0
Mike Battle             1      2    2.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Emerson Boozer        139    581    4.2    5
George Nock           135    402    3.0    5
Matt Snell             64    281    4.4    1
Lee White              70    215    3.1    0
Al Woodall             28    110    3.9    0
Chuck Mercein          20     44    2.2    0
Steve O'Neal            1     16   16.0    0
Bob Davis               2     11    5.5    0
Jim Turner              1      1    1.0    0
Joe Namath              1     -1   -1.0    0
Eddie Bell              2     -7   -3.5    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mike Battle            40    891   22.3    0
Cliff McClain           4     70   17.5    0
Chuck Mercein           4     32    8.0    0
Eddie Bell              3     61   20.3    0
Cecil Leonard           1     35   35.0    0
George Nock             1     18   18.0    0
Rich Caster             1      0    0.0    0
Dennis Onkontz          1      0    0.0    0
Steve Tannen            1     -1   -1.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Mike Battle            19    117    6.2   15    0
Eddie Bell              7     33    4.7    5    0

Punting               Punts  Yards    Avg   TB  In20   Blk   Ret   Yards    Net
Steve O'Neal            73   2,925   40.1    0    0     1      0      0    39.5

Kicking                0-19   20-29   30-39   40-49     50+    Total     PAT    Pts
Jim Turner              2/2     8/9    7/11    2/10     0/3    19/35    28/28    85

Defense                Sacks    Ints    Yards     TD
Al Atkinson             1.0       3       50       0
Ralph Baker             2.5       2        8       0
Verlon Biggs            2.5                         
John Elliott           12.5                         
Larry Grantham          4.5       3       51       1
W.K. Hicks                        8       99       0
Gus Hollomon            0.5       3       11       0
Mark Lomas              5.5                         
Gerry Philbin           2.5                         
Steve Tannen                      2       16       0
Earlie Thomas                     2       46       1
Steve Thompson          2.5

1970 Draft:

                                        NFL
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games   College
  1   20  DB   Steve Tannen              61    Florida                 
  2   46  WR   Richard Caster           161    Jackson State           
  3   72  LB   Dennis Onkotz              9    Penn State              
  4   98  LB   John Ebersole            108    Penn State              
  5  108  RB   Cliff McClain             46    South Carolina State      [pick acquired from BOS]
  5  124  TE   Gary Arthur               21    Miami (Ohio)            
  6  150  DB   Terry Stewart                   Arkansas                
  7  176  DB   Jim Williams                    Virginia State          
  8  187  OG   Jack Porter                1    Oklahoma                  [pick acquired from BOS]
  8  202  DE   Mark Lomas                67    Northern Arizona        
  9  228  WR   Eddie Bell                86    Idaho State             
 10  254  RB   Cleve Dickerson                 Miami (Ohio)            
 11  280  DB   Earlie Thomas             71    Colorado State          
 12  306  C    Bill Pierson                    San Diego State         
 13  332  DT   Walter Groth                    Baylor                  
 14  358  LB   John Little              110    Oklahoma State          
 15  384  DT   Tom Bayless                2    Purdue                  
 16  410  DT   Claude Herard                   Mississippi             
 17  436  RB   Dick Beard                      Kentucky

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

01-27-1970	traded Cincinnati's #5 pick in the 1970 draft to Oilers for W.K. Hicks
05-1970	traded John Neidert to Bears for a draft pick
05-04-1970	traded Sam Walton to Saints for a draft pick
07-01-1970	traded Randy Beverly to Chargers for Richard Trapp
08-13-1970	traded Cornell Gordon to Broncos for Gus Hollomon
08-24-1970	traded Bill Pierson to Chargers for an undisclosed draft pick
08-31-1970	Carl McAdams retired
08-31-1970	Babe Parilli retired
08-31-1970	placed Walter Groth on injured reserve
08-31-1970	placed Bill Mathis on injured reserve
09-15-1970	Bake Turner retired
10-26-1970	traded the Jets' #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Bengals for Dave Middendorf

1970 Regular Season Game Log:
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Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/21/70    at Cleveland Browns        L 21-31       0-1-0
09/27/70    at Boston Patriots         W 31-21       1-1-0
10/04/70    at Buffalo Bills           L 31-34       1-2-0
10/10/70    vs Miami Dolphins          L 6-20        1-3-0
10/18/70    vs Baltimore Colts         L 22-29       1-4-0
10/25/70    vs Buffalo Bills           L 6-10        1-5-0
11/01/70    vs New York Giants         L 10-22       1-6-0
11/08/70    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 17-21       1-7-0
11/15/70    at Los Angeles Rams        W 31-20       2-7-0
11/22/70    vs Boston Patriots         W 17-3        3-7-0
11/29/70    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 20-10       4-7-0
12/06/70    vs Oakland Raiders         L 13-14       4-8-0
12/13/70    at Miami Dolphins          L 10-16       4-9-0
12/19/70    at Baltimore Colts         L 20-35       4-10-0

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