1971 New York Jets roster and stats

1971 New York Jets: 6-8-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (137 points scored, 122 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (75 points scored, 177 allowed) Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank 212 points scored (23rd of 26 teams), 299 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 119 278 1,379 (26) 4.58 15 16 485 1,888 (11) 3.9 12 3,267 (26) 26 Defense: 163 342 2,055 ( 9) 5.57 17 13 472 2,302 (25) 4.9 18 4,357 (19) 27

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Bobby Howfield K 14 5'9 180 34 4 None 7 Eddie Bell WR 14 5'10 160 25 2 Idaho State 12 Joe Namath QB 4 6'2 200 28 7 Alabama 13 Don Maynard WR 14 6'0 180 36 13 Texas-El Paso 15 Bob Davis QB 13 6'3 205 26 5 Virginia 18 Al Woodall QB 5 6'5 205 25 3 Duke 19 Chris Farasopoulos DB 14 5'11 190 22 R Brigham Young 20 Steve O'Neal P 14 6'3 185 25 3 Texas A&M 21 Steve Tannen DB 11 6'1 194 23 2 Florida 22 Vern Studdard WR 8 5'11 175 23 R Mississippi 27 Phil Wise DB 14 6'0 190 22 R Nebraska-Omaha 32 Emerson Boozer RB 14 5'11 195 28 6 Maryland Eastern Shore 33 W.K. Hicks DB 13 6'1 195 29 8 Texas Southern 36 Steve Harkey RB 14 6'0 215 22 R Georgia Tech 37 George Nock RB 14 5'10 200 25 3 Morgan State 41 Matt Snell RB 5 6'2 220 30 8 Ohio State 42 Cliff McClain RB 11 6'0 217 23 2 South Carolina State 43 John Dockery DB 14 6'0 186 27 2 Harvard 44 John Riggins RB 14 6'2 237 22 R Kansas 45 Earlie Thomas DB 13 6'1 190 25 2 Colorado State 46 Rich Sowells DB 8 6'0 175 23 R Alcorn State 48 Gus Hollomon DB 11 6'3 195 26 4 Houston 51 Ralph Baker LB 12 6'3 235 29 8 Penn State 52 John Schmitt C 14 6'4 250 28 8 Hofstra 53 Bill Zapalac LB 14 6'4 225 23 R Texas 55 John Ebersole LB 14 6'3 240 22 2 Penn State 56 Paul Crane LB 14 6'2 212 27 6 Alabama 57 John Little DT 14 6'3 220 24 2 Oklahoma State 60 Larry Grantham LB 14 6'0 210 33 12 Mississippi 61 Roger Finnie DT 7 6'3 245 25 3 Florida A&M 62 Al Atkinson LB 10 6'1 230 28 7 Villanova 63 Roy Kirksey OG 4 6'1 265 24 R Maryland Eastern Shore 64 Chuck Hinton DT 12 6'5 264 32 8 North Carolina Central 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 14 6'2 255 26 5 Nebraska-Kearney 67 Dave Herman OG 14 6'2 255 30 8 Michigan State 70 Dave Foley OT 14 6'5 255 24 3 Ohio State 71 John Mooring OT 14 6'6 255 24 R Tampa 72 Scott Palmer DT 2 6'3 245 23 R Texas 75 Winston Hill OT 14 6'4 285 30 9 Texas Southern 76 Bob Svihus OT 14 6'4 245 28 7 Southern California 79 Clovis Swinney DT 4 6'3 240 26 2 Arkansas State 80 John Elliott DT 4 6'4 244 27 5 Texas 81 Gerry Philbin DE 10 6'2 245 30 8 Buffalo 82 Gary Arthur TE 14 6'5 230 23 2 Miami (Ohio) 84 Mark Lomas DE 14 6'4 230 23 2 Northern Arizona 87 Pete Lammons TE 14 6'3 230 28 6 Texas 88 Rich Caster WR 14 6'5 222 23 2 Jackson State 89 Wayne Stewart TE 3 6'7 213 24 3 California

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Davis 121 49 40.5 624 5.16 12.7 10 8.3 8 6.6 14 92 57.3 Al Woodall 97 42 43.3 395 4.07 9.4 0 0.0 2 2.1 9 85 46.5 Joe Namath 59 28 47.5 537 9.10 19.2 5 8.5 6 10.2 0 0 68.2 Steve O'Neal 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
John Riggins           36    231    6.4    2
Rich Caster            26    454   17.5    6
Don Maynard            21    408   19.4    2
Emerson Boozer         11    120   10.9    1
Pete Lammons            8    149   18.6    1
George Nock             6     44    7.3    2
Eddie Bell              5    110   22.0    1
Steve Harkey            5     28    5.6    0
Gary Arthur             1     12   12.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
John Riggins          180    769    4.3    1
Emerson Boozer        188    618    3.3    5
Bob Davis              18    154    8.6    1
George Nock            48    137    2.9    3
Cliff McClain          12    108    9.0    2
Steve Harkey           20     62    3.1    0
Al Woodall             13     26    2.0    0
Rich Caster             2     10    5.0    0
Pete Lammons            0      3      ?    0
Don Maynard             1      2    2.0    0
Joe Namath              3     -1   -0.3    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Chris Farasopoulos     25    545   21.8    0
Vern Studdard          15    329   21.9    0
Phil Wise               8    210   26.2    0
George Nock             5     71   14.2    0
Cliff McClain           1     11   11.0    0
Steve Harkey            1      2    2.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Chris Farasopoulos     19    155    8.2   11    0
Vern Studdard           4      3    0.8    1    0
W.K. Hicks              1      0    0.0    0    0
Eddie Bell              1     -3   -3.0    2    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Steve O'Neal 78 3,026 38.8 0 0 0 0 0 38.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bobby Howfield 1/1 1/3 5/7 1/7 0/1 8/19 25/26 49 Ralph Baker 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Al Atkinson 1.0 2 19 0 Paul Crane 1 23 0 John Dockery 2 13 0 John Elliott 1.0 Roger Finnie 1.0 Larry Grantham 2.0 1 0 0 W.K. Hicks 4 46 0 Chuck Hinton 5.0 Gus Hollomon 2 2 0 John Little 7.0 Mark Lomas 6.0 Gerry Philbin 2.0 Phil Wise 1.0 1 33 0 Bill Zapalac 1.0

1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 RB John Riggins 175 Kansas 2 32 OT John Mooring 53 Tampa 3 58 DB Chris Farasopoulos 42 Brigham Young 4 84 LB Bill Zapalac 33 Texas 6 136 TE Phil Wise 92 Nebraska-Omaha 7 162 DT Scott Palmer 7 Texas 8 188 OG Roy Kirksey 34 Maryland-Eastern Shore 9 214 TE John Curtis Springfield 10 240 DB Jim Bettis Michigan 11 266 WR Vern Studdard 8 Mississippi 12 292 DB Rich Sowells 78 Alcorn A&M 13 318 DE John Eggold Arizona 14 344 OG John Harpring Michigan 15 370 C Dan Dyches South Carolina 16 396 RB Steve Harkey 25 Georgia Tech 17 422 DE Greg Flaska Western Michigan

Traded draft picks: #5 to CIN (Art May)

Transactions:

01-1971	traded Jim Turner to Broncos for Bobby Howfield
05-06-1971	traded Jimmie Jones to Redskins for Washington's #6 pick in the 1973 draft
06-10-1971	Redskins signed Verlon Biggs as a free agent
06-10-1971	traded the Jets' #7 pick in the 1972 draft to Redskins for Washington's #1 pick in the 1972 draft and their #2 pick in the 1973 draft (as compensation for signing Verlon Biggs)
07-23-1971	claimed Fred Herring on waivers from Bengals
08-17-1971	traded an undisclosed draft pick to Broncos for Steve Alexakos
08-26-1971	placed Dennis Onkontz on injured reserve
08-26-1971	traded the Jets' #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Raiders for Bob Svihus
09-08-1971	Rams claimed Lee White on waivers
09-15-1971	Broncos claimed Carter Campbell on waivers

1971 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/71    at Baltimore Colts         L 0-22        0-1-0
09/27/71    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 10-17       0-2-0
10/03/71    at Miami Dolphins          W 14-10       1-2-0
10/10/71    at New England Patriots    L 0-20        1-3-0
10/17/71    vs Buffalo Bills           W 28-17       2-3-0
10/24/71    vs Miami Dolphins          L 14-30       2-4-0
10/31/71    at San Diego Chargers      L 21-49       2-5-0
11/07/71    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 13-10       3-5-0
11/14/71    vs Baltimore Colts         L 13-14       3-6-0
11/21/71    at Buffalo Bills           W 20-7        4-6-0
11/28/71    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 21-24       4-7-0
12/04/71    at Dallas Cowboys          L 10-52       4-8-0
12/12/71    vs New England Patriots    W 13-6        5-8-0
12/19/71    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 35-21       6-8-0

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