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:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

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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