1972 New York Jets: 7-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 01-19-1972 | traded George Nock to Redskins for Washington's #3 pick in the 1974 draft and an undisclosed draft pick |
| 07-16-1972 | traded Pete Lammons to Eagles for future considerations |
| 08-01-1972 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Eagles for Dick Hart |
| 08-04-1972 | traded Lloyd Edwards and Bill West to Colts for cash |
| 09-07-1972 | traded Chuck Hinton to Colts for Baltimore's #10 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-12-1972 | Bills 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