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1972 New York Jets: 7-7-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (161 points scored, 138 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (206 points scored, 186 allowed) Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank

367 points scored (2nd of 26 teams), 324 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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:   172   347   2,777   ( 1)   7.63   21   22    461   2,010   (13)    4.4   18    4,787    ( 2)      31
Defense:   186   363   2,637   (26)   6.76   18   19    476   2,072   (18)    4.4   16    4,709    (22)      31

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 3  Bobby Howfield       K     14   5'9   180   35    5   None
 7  Eddie Bell           WR    13   5'10  160   26    3   Idaho State
12  Joe Namath           QB    13   6'2   200   29    8   Alabama
13  Don Maynard          WR    14   6'0   180   37   14   Texas-El Paso
15  Bob Davis            QB    14   6'3   205   27    6   Virginia
19  Chris Farasopoulos   DB    13   5'11  190   23    2   Brigham Young
20  Steve O'Neal         P     14   6'3   185   26    4   Texas A&M
21  Steve Tannen         DB    13   6'1   194   24    3   Florida
27  Phil Wise            DB     9   6'0   190   23    2   Nebraska-Omaha
29  Rocky Turner         WR     8   6'0   190   22    R   Tennessee-Chattanooga
32  Emerson Boozer       RB    11   5'11  195   29    7   Maryland Eastern Shore
33  W.K. Hicks           DB    14   6'1   195   30    9   Texas Southern
36  Steve Harkey         RB    11   6'0   215   23    2   Georgia Tech
40  Hank Bjorklund       RB     7   6'1   200   22    R   Princeton
41  Matt Snell           RB     4   6'2   220   31    9   Ohio State
42  Cliff McClain        RB    13   6'0   217   24    3   South Carolina State
44  John Riggins         RB    12   6'2   233   23    2   Kansas
45  Earlie Thomas        DB    14   6'1   190   26    3   Colorado State
46  Rich Sowells         DB    11   6'0   175   24    2   Alcorn State
48  Gus Hollomon         DB    14   6'3   195   27    5   Houston
50  Mike Taylor          LB    14   6'1   230   23    R   Michigan
51  Ralph Baker          LB    10   6'3   228   30    9   Penn State
52  John Schmitt         C     14   6'4   250   29    9   Hofstra
53  Bill Zapalac         LB     6   6'4   225   24    2   Texas
55  John Ebersole        LB    14   6'3   227   23    3   Penn State
56  Paul Crane           LB     8   6'2   212   28    7   Alabama
57  John Little          DT    14   6'3   235   25    3   Oklahoma State
60  Larry Grantham       LB    11   6'0   210   34   13   Mississippi
61  Roger Finnie         OG    14   6'3   245   26    4   Florida A&M
62  Al Atkinson          LB    13   6'1   230   29    8   Villanova
63  Roy Kirksey          OG    10   6'1   265   25    2   Maryland Eastern Shore
66  Randy Rasmussen      OG    14   6'2   255   27    6   Nebraska-Kearney
67  Dave Herman          OG    13   6'2   255   31    9   Michigan State
71  John Mooring         OT    14   6'6   255   25    2   Tampa
75  Winston Hill         OT    14   6'4   270   31   10   Texas Southern
76  Bob Svihus           OT    14   6'4   245   29    8   Southern California
80  John Elliott         DT    13   6'4   244   28    6   Texas
81  Gerry Philbin        DE    14   6'2   245   31    9   Buffalo
83  Jerome Barkum        WR    14   6'3   215   22    R   Jackson State
84  Mark Lomas           DE    14   6'4   245   24    3   Northern Arizona
85  Ed Galigher          DE    13   6'4   255   22    R   UCLA
86  Joey Jackson         DE    14   6'4   257   23    R   New Mexico State
87  Steve Thompson       DT     5   6'5   237   27    4   Washington
88  Rich Caster          TE    14   6'5   228   24    3   Jackson State
89  Wayne Stewart        TE    14   6'7   213   25    4   California

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Joe Namath           324  162   50.0  2,816   8.69  17.4  19   5.9   21   6.5    11   101    72.5
Bob Davis             22   10   45.5    114   5.18  11.4   2   9.1    1   4.5     6    52    72.9
Cliff McClain          1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Rich Caster            39    833   21.4   10
Eddie Bell             35    629   18.0    2
Don Maynard            29    510   17.6    2
John Riggins           21    230   11.0    1
Jerome Barkum          16    304   19.0    2
Emerson Boozer         11    142   12.9    3
Steve Harkey            9    114   12.7    0
Cliff McClain           6     88   14.7    0
Hank Bjorklund          4     54   13.5    0
Wayne Stewart           2     26   13.0    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
John Riggins          207    944    4.6    7
Emerson Boozer        120    549    4.6   11
Cliff McClain          59    305    5.2    0
Steve Harkey           45    129    2.9    0
Hank Bjorklund         15     42    2.8    0
Bob Davis               6     32    5.3    0
Joe Namath              6      8    1.3    0
Rich Caster             2      6    3.0    0
Eddie Bell              1     -5   -5.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Chris Farasopoulos     26    627   24.1    0
Phil Wise               9    211   23.4    0
Hank Bjorklund          7    150   21.4    0
W.K. Hicks              4     73   18.2    0
Rocky Turner            3     57   19.0    0
Cliff McClain           2     45   22.5    0
Roy Kirksey             2     33   16.5    0
Matt Snell              1     14   14.0    0
Bill Zapalac            1      8    8.0    0
Jerome Barkum           1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Chris Farasopoulos     17    179   10.5   17    1
Rocky Turner            5     38    7.6    1    0
W.K. Hicks              3     25    8.3    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Steve O'Neal 51 2,006 39.3 0 0 1 0 0 38.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bobby Howfield 7/8 7/7 11/15 2/7 0/0 27/37 40/41 121 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Al Atkinson 2.0 1 7 0 Ralph Baker 1.0 2 0 0 Paul Crane 1.0 1 4 0 John Elliott 1.0 Chris Farasopoulos 2 48 0 Ed Galigher 1.0 Larry Grantham 0.5 W.K. Hicks 1 43 0 Gus Hollomon 0.5 1 25 0 Joey Jackson 4.0 John Little 4.5 Mark Lomas 7.0 Gerry Philbin 4.0 Rich Sowells 2 14 0 Steve Tannen 7 125 0 Mike Taylor 1 2 0 Earlie Thomas 1 14 0 Steve Thompson 0.5 Phil Wise 0.5

1972 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 WR Jerome Barkum 158 Jackson State 1 20 LB Mike Taylor 22 Michigan [pick acquired from WAS] 3 66 WR Gary Hammond 49 SMU 4 89 DE Ed Galigher 87 UCLA 5 114 DB Dick Harris South Carolina 6 139 DE Joe Jackson 20 New Mexico State 8 194 OG Marion Latimore Kansas State 9 218 DB Jeff Ford Georgia Tech 10 244 DB Harley Turner 22 Tennessee-Chattanooga 11 268 LB Robert Stevenson Tennessee State 12 299 RB Hank Bjorklund 30 Princeton 13 324 OT Steve Sullivan North Texas 14 349 OG Louis Age S.W. Louisiana 15 374 DB Phil Sullivan Georgia 16 399 C Gary Kipfmiller Nebraska-Omaha 17 429 P Ken Gamble Fayetteville

Traded draft picks: #2 to DAL via OAK, NO (John Babinecz), #7 to BAL via WAS (John Sykes)


Transactions:

01-19-1972traded George Nock to Redskins for Washington's #3 pick in the 1974 draft and an undisclosed draft pick
07-16-1972traded Pete Lammons to Eagles for future considerations
08-01-1972traded an undisclosed draft pick to Eagles for Dick Hart
08-04-1972traded Lloyd Edwards and Bill West to Colts for cash
09-07-1972traded Chuck Hinton to Colts for Baltimore's #10 pick in the 1973 draft
09-12-1972Bills claimed Dave Foley on waivers


1972 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/17/72 at Buffalo Bills W 41-24 1-0-0 09/24/72 at Baltimore Colts W 44-34 2-0-0 10/01/72 at Houston Oilers L 20-26 2-1-0 10/08/72 vs Miami Dolphins L 17-27 2-2-0 10/15/72 at New England Patriots W 41-13 3-2-0 10/22/72 vs Baltimore Colts W 24-20 4-2-0 10/29/72 vs New England Patriots W 34-10 5-2-0 11/05/72 vs Washington Redskins L 17-35 5-3-0 11/12/72 vs Buffalo Bills W 41-3 6-3-0 11/19/72 at Miami Dolphins L 24-28 6-4-0 11/23/72 at Detroit Lions L 20-37 6-5-0 12/03/72 vs New Orleans Saints W 18-17 7-5-0 12/11/72 at Oakland Raiders L 16-24 7-6-0 12/17/72 vs Cleveland Browns L 10-26 7-7-0

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