1973 New York Jets roster and stats

1973 New York Jets: 4-10-0
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Home record: 2-4-0 (129 points scored, 156 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (111 points scored, 150 allowed) Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank 240 points scored (17th of 26 teams), 306 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 181 373 2,056 (11) 5.01 16 22 453 1,864 (16) 4.1 7 3,920 (16) 39 Defense: 150 296 1,950 (14) 6.06 18 19 538 2,228 (20) 4.1 12 4,178 (16) 38

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Mike Adamle RB 14 5'9 197 24 3 Northwestern 3 Bobby Howfield K 14 5'9 180 36 6 None 6 Bill Demory QB 6 6'2 195 22 R Arizona 7 Eddie Bell WR 13 5'10 160 27 4 Idaho State 10 Julian Fagan P 14 6'3 205 25 4 Mississippi 12 Joe Namath QB 6 6'2 200 30 9 Alabama 18 Al Woodall QB 9 6'5 194 27 4 Duke 19 Chris Farasopoulos DB 9 5'11 190 24 3 Brigham Young 20 Delles Howell DB 14 6'3 200 25 4 Grambling 21 Steve Tannen DB 9 6'1 194 25 4 Florida 22 Burgess Owens DB 14 6'2 200 22 R Miami 26 Margene Adkins WR 13 5'10 183 26 4 Wichita State 27 Phil Wise DB 8 6'0 190 24 3 Nebraska-Omaha 29 Rocky Turner DB 14 6'0 200 23 2 Tennessee-Chattanooga 30 Dennis Cambal TE 8 6'3 228 24 1 William & Mary 32 Emerson Boozer RB 13 5'11 205 30 8 Maryland Eastern Shore 35 Jim Nance RB 7 6'1 240 30 8 Syracuse 40 Hank Bjorklund RB 10 6'1 200 23 2 Princeton 42 Cliff McClain RB 12 6'0 217 25 4 South Carolina State 44 John Riggins RB 11 6'2 230 24 3 Kansas 45 Earlie Thomas DB 12 6'1 190 27 4 Colorado State 46 Rich Sowells DB 12 6'0 175 25 3 Alcorn State 50 Mike Taylor LB 8 6'1 230 24 2 Michigan 51 Ralph Baker LB 14 6'3 228 31 10 Penn State 52 John Schmitt C 14 6'4 250 30 10 Hofstra 53 Bill Zapalac LB 13 6'4 225 25 3 Texas 54 Rick Harrell C 4 6'3 238 22 R Clemson 55 John Ebersole LB 13 6'3 235 24 4 Penn State 57 John Little DT 14 6'3 250 26 4 Oklahoma State 58 Bill Ferguson LB 11 6'3 225 22 R San Diego State 59 Rob Spicer LB 13 6'4 227 22 R Indiana 62 Al Atkinson LB 5 6'1 230 30 9 Villanova 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 14 6'2 255 28 7 Nebraska-Kearney 67 Dave Herman OG 14 6'2 255 32 10 Michigan State 71 John Mooring OT 14 6'6 255 26 3 Tampa 72 Robert Woods OT 14 6'3 255 23 R Tennessee State 75 Winston Hill OT 14 6'4 280 32 11 Texas Southern 76 Bob Svihus OT 12 6'4 245 30 9 Southern California 78 Garry Puetz OG 7 6'3 255 21 R Valparaiso 80 John Elliott DT 13 6'4 244 29 7 Texas 81 Richard Neal DE 14 6'3 254 26 5 Southern 82 David Knight WR 14 6'1 182 22 R William & Mary 83 Jerome Barkum WR 14 6'3 215 23 2 Jackson State 84 Mark Lomas DE 14 6'4 250 25 4 Northern Arizona 85 Ed Galigher DE 7 6'4 255 23 2 UCLA 86 Joey Jackson DE 3 6'4 270 24 2 New Mexico State 87 Steve Thompson DT 8 6'5 250 28 5 Washington 88 Rich Caster TE 14 6'5 228 25 4 Jackson State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Al Woodall 201 101 50.2 1,228 6.11 12.2 9 4.5 8 4.0 19 127 67.8 Joe Namath 133 68 51.1 966 7.26 14.2 5 3.8 6 4.5 10 97 68.7 Bill Demory 39 12 30.8 159 4.08 13.2 2 5.1 8 20.5 8 73 22.2

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Jerome Barkum          44    810   18.4    6
Rich Caster            35    593   16.9    4
Eddie Bell             24    319   13.3    2
John Riggins           23    158    6.9    0
Emerson Boozer         22    130    5.9    3
Mike Adamle             9     63    7.0    0
Margene Adkins          6    109   18.2    0
David Knight            6     78   13.0    1
Cliff McClain           6     52    8.7    0
Jim Nance               4     26    6.5    0
Hank Bjorklund          2     15    7.5    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Emerson Boozer        182    831    4.6    3
John Riggins          134    482    3.6    4
Mike Adamle            67    264    3.9    0
Jim Nance              18     78    4.3    0
Hank Bjorklund         22     72    3.3    0
Al Woodall             13     68    5.2    0
Julian Fagan            2     47   23.5    0
Cliff McClain           8     32    4.0    0
Jerome Barkum           1      2    2.0    0
Bill Demory             4     -1   -0.2    0
Joe Namath              1     -2   -2.0    0
Rich Caster             1     -9   -9.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Margene Adkins         31    615   19.8    0
Hank Bjorklund          9    175   19.4    0
Cliff McClain           5     89   17.8    0
Mike Adamle             5     79   15.8    0
Burgess Owens           2    103   51.5    1

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Chris Farasopoulos     14    111    7.9   10    0
Rocky Turner           11     54    4.9    4    0
Steve Tannen            2      0    0.0    4    0
David Knight            0      0      ?    3    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Julian Fagan 74 2,744 37.1 0 0 2 0 0 36.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bobby Howfield 4/4 5/6 5/7 3/6 0/1 17/24 27/27 78 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Al Atkinson 1 11 0 Ralph Baker 1.0 4 51 1 John Ebersole 2.0 1 0 0 John Elliott 3.0 Julian Fagan 4.0 Chris Farasopoulos 0.5 1 1 0 Bill Ferguson 2.0 Ed Galigher 1.5 Delles Howell 4 76 0 Joey Jackson 1.0 John Little 2.5 Mark Lomas 7.5 Richard Neal 4.0 Burgess Owens 1 27 0 Rich Sowells 3 55 1 Rob Spicer 1 12 0 Steve Tannen 1.0 1 30 0 Earlie Thomas 2 25 0

1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 13 DB Burgess Owens 137 Miami 2 38 OT Robert Woods 99 Tennessee State 4 90 LB Bill Ferguson 24 San Diego State 5 116 LB Bruce Bannon 28 Penn State 6 144 OG Travis Roach 14 Texas 6 155 C Rick Harrell 4 Clemson [pick acquired from WAS] 7 169 WR Mike Haggard South Carolina 8 194 DB Rick Seifert Ohio State 9 222 LB Rob Spicer 13 Indiana 10 243 LB Joe Carbone Delaware [pick acquired from BAL] 10 247 OT James Krempin Texas A&I 11 272 WR David Knight 58 William & Mary 12 300 OT Garry Puetz 119 Valparaiso 13 325 DT Robert Parrish Duke 14 350 RB Joe Schwartz Toledo 15 378 TE Mahlon Williams North Carolina State 16 403 OT John Cerwinski Bowling Green 17 432 P Jim Foote Delaware Valley

Traded draft picks: #3 to NO (Pete Van Valkenburg)

Transactions:

01-29-1973	traded Washington's #2 pick and the Jets' #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Saints for Richard Neal and Delles Howell
02-16-1973	traded Gerry Philbin to Chiefs for Mike Adamle
04-25-1973	Saints claimed Richard Ciemny on waivers
05-07-1973	traded Roger Finnie to Cardinals for Vern Emerson
05-17-1973	traded Leroy Keyes and Ernie Calloway to Chiefs for Gerry Philbin and Kansas City's #8 pick in the 1974 draft
06-05-1973	traded Bob Davis, Steve O'Neal and the Jets' #4 pick in the 1974 draft to Saints for Julian Fagan, Margene Adkins and New Orleans' #8 pick in the 1974 draft
08-01-1973	traded Mike Haggard to Steelers for Roger Bernhardt
08-06-1973	traded Gary Arthur to Saints for an undisclosed draft pick
08-08-1973	placed Mike Dempsey on injured reserve
09-10-1973	traded Don Maynard to Cardinals for St. Louis' #6 pick in the 1974 draft

1973 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/73    at Green Bay Packers       L 7-23        0-1-0
09/23/73    at Baltimore Colts         W 34-10       1-1-0
09/30/73    at Buffalo Bills           L 7-9         1-2-0
10/07/73    at Miami Dolphins          L 3-31        1-3-0
10/14/73    at New England Patriots    W 9-7         2-3-0
10/21/73    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 14-26       2-4-0
10/28/73    vs Denver Broncos          L 28-40       2-5-0
11/04/73    vs Miami Dolphins          L 14-24       2-6-0
11/11/73    vs New England Patriots    W 33-13       3-6-0
11/18/73    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 14-20       3-7-0
11/25/73    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 20-28       3-8-0
12/02/73    vs Baltimore Colts         W 20-17       4-8-0
12/09/73    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 23-24       4-9-0
12/16/73    vs Buffalo Bills           L 14-34       4-10-0

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