1975 New York Jets roster and stats

1975 New York Jets: 3-11-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (121 points scored, 207 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (137 points scored, 226 allowed) Head Coaches: Charley Winner (2-7-0), Ken Shipp (1-4-0) 258 points scored (15th of 26 teams), 433 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 174 384 2,151 (16) 5.15 16 33 501 2,079 (11) 4.1 15 4,230 (14) 41 Defense: 180 316 2,719 (25) 8.12 26 15 574 2,737 (26) 4.8 25 5,456 (26) 28

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Pat Leahy K 14 6'0 200 24 2 St. Louis 7 Eddie Bell WR 14 5'10 160 29 6 Idaho State 8 Greg Gantt P 14 5'11 188 24 2 Alabama 11 John Jones QB 7 6'1 180 23 1 Fisk 12 Joe Namath QB 14 6'2 200 32 11 Alabama 20 Delles Howell DB 10 6'3 200 27 6 Grambling 22 Burgess Owens DB 11 6'2 200 24 3 Miami 23 Jerry Davis DB 6 5'11 182 24 1 Morris Brown 25 Bob Prout DB 7 6'1 183 24 2 Knox 26 Carl Garrett RB 13 5'11 205 28 7 New Mexico Highlands 27 Phil Wise DB 5 6'0 190 26 5 Nebraska-Omaha 29 Carl Capria DB 1 6'3 185 23 2 Purdue 29 Donnie Walker DB 2 6'1 180 24 3 Central State 32 Emerson Boozer RB 9 5'11 205 32 10 Maryland Eastern Shore 35 Steve Davis RB 14 6'1 218 26 4 Delaware State 36 Bob Gresham RB 10 5'11 195 27 5 West Virginia 38 Ed Taylor DB 14 6'0 170 22 R Memphis 43 Jazz Jackson RB 13 5'8 167 23 2 Western Kentucky 44 John Riggins RB 14 6'2 225 26 5 Kansas 46 Rich Sowells DB 14 6'0 180 27 5 Alcorn State 47 Roscoe Word DB 14 5'11 170 23 2 Jackson State 49 George Hoey DB 5 5'10 180 28 5 Michigan 50 Wayne Mulligan C 14 6'2 250 28 7 Clemson 52 Steve Reese LB 12 6'2 232 23 2 Louisville 53 Kenneth Bernich LB 5 6'2 250 24 R Auburn 54 Jamie Rivers LB 6 6'2 245 30 8 Bowling Green 55 John Ebersole LB 13 6'3 227 26 6 Penn State 56 Godwin Turk LB 14 6'3 230 25 1 Southern 57 Rich Lewis LB 11 6'3 215 25 4 Portland State 58 Richard Wood LB 14 6'2 215 22 R Southern California 65 Joe Fields C 14 6'2 240 21 R Widener 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 14 6'2 267 30 9 Nebraska-Kearney 67 Darrell Austin OG 12 6'4 250 23 1 South Carolina 70 Larry Woods DT 12 6'6 270 27 5 Tennessee State 72 Robert Woods OT 14 6'3 255 25 3 Tennessee State 75 Winston Hill OT 14 6'4 280 34 13 Texas Southern 76 Jim Bailey DT 14 6'5 255 27 6 Kansas 77 Carl Barzilauskas DT 14 6'6 280 24 2 Indiana 78 Garry Puetz OG 14 6'4 265 23 3 Valparaiso 79 Gordie Browne OT 13 6'5 265 23 2 Boston College 81 Richard Neal DE 9 6'3 260 28 7 Southern 82 David Knight WR 6 6'1 175 24 3 William & Mary 83 Jerome Barkum WR 13 6'3 212 25 4 Jackson State 85 Ed Galigher DT 13 6'4 253 25 4 UCLA 86 Willie Brister TE 12 6'4 236 23 2 Southern 87 Billy Newsome DE 14 6'4 246 27 6 Grambling 88 Rich Caster TE 14 6'5 228 27 6 Jackson State 89 Lou Piccone WR 13 5'9 175 26 2 West Liberty State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Namath 326 157 48.2 2,286 7.01 14.6 15 4.6 28 8.6 27 253 51.0 John Jones 57 16 28.1 181 3.18 11.3 1 1.8 5 8.8 7 64 9.6 Greg Gantt 1 1 100.0 1 1.00 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 79.2

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Rich Caster            47    820   17.4    4
Jerome Barkum          36    549   15.2    5
John Riggins           30    363   12.1    1
Eddie Bell             20    344   17.2    4
Carl Garrett           19    180    9.5    1
Lou Piccone             7     79   11.3    0
Steve Davis             6     56    9.3    0
Jazz Jackson            5     54   10.8    0
Bob Gresham             2      4    2.0    0
Emerson Boozer          1     16   16.0    1
Willie Brister          1      3    3.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
John Riggins          238  1,005    4.2    8
Carl Garrett          122    566    4.6    5
Steve Davis            70    290    4.1    1
Bob Gresham            25     98    3.9    1
John Jones              9     59    6.6    0
Emerson Boozer         20     51    2.5    0
Jazz Jackson            6     11    1.8    0
Joe Namath             10      6    0.6    0
Jerome Barkum           1     -7   -7.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lou Piccone            26    637   24.5    0
Steve Davis            20    483   24.1    0
Carl Garrett            7    159   22.7    0
Bob Gresham             7    153   21.9    0
Ed Taylor               7    151   21.6    0
Richard Wood            3     27    9.0    0
Jazz Jackson            2     52   26.0    0
Roscoe Word             1     22   22.0    0
Phil Wise               1     20   20.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Lou Piccone            18     74    4.1    7    0
Eddie Bell              2     42   21.0    0    0
Jazz Jackson            1      0    0.0    0    0
Rich Sowells            1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Greg Gantt 59 2,156 36.5 0 0 3 0 0 34.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Pat Leahy 0/0 3/3 3/5 7/12 0/1 13/21 27/30 66 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jim Bailey 2.5 1 8 0 Carl Barzilauskas 2.0 John Ebersole 2 21 0 Ed Galigher 4.0 Delles Howell 2 19 0 Richard Neal 2.5 Billy Newsome 8.0 Burgess Owens 3 3 0 Bob Prout 1 10 0 Rich Sowells 1 0 0 Godwin Turk 2 20 0 Phil Wise 2 17 0 Roscoe Word 1 0 0

1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 37 RB Anthony Davis 15 USC 3 68 LB Richard Wood 146 USC 5 118 OG Joe Wysocki Miami 6 153 OG Tom Alward 14 Nebraska [pick acquired from MIA] 8 193 WR James Scott 71 Henderson J.C. 9 224 DB Ed Taylor 86 Memphis 10 249 DB Charles James Jackson State 11 274 RB Jon Bradford Central State (Oh.) 12 299 LB Bert Cooper 12 Florida State 13 324 DT Dan Spivey Georgia 14 349 C Joe Fields 186 Widener 15 380 DT Brison Manor 113 Arkansas 16 405 OG Greg Wells Albany State (Ga.) 17 430 TE Mike Bartoszek Ohio State

Traded draft picks: #1 to NO (Kurt Schumacher), #4 to BAL (Paul Linford), #6 to MIA (Steve Towle), #7 to BAL via CHI (Derrel Luce)

Transactions:

01-27-1975	traded the Jets' #4 pick in the 1975 draft to Colts for Jim Bailey
01-28-1975	traded the Jets' #1 pick in the 1975 draft to Saints for Billy Newsome
01-28-1975	traded a #6 pick in the 1975 draft to Raiders for Bob Prout
07-25-1975	Falcons claimed Steve Price on waivers
08-06-1975	traded cash to Bears for Fred Pagac
08-06-1975	traded cash to Bears for Joe Barnes
08-12-1975	traded the Jets' #3 pick in the 1977 draft to Steelers for Steve Davis
08-12-1975	Ralph Baker retired
09-03-1975	placed Al Woodall on injured reserve
09-03-1975	placed Bob Burns on injured reserve
09-09-1975	traded Mike Adamle and the Jets' #4 pick in the 1976 draft to Bears for Carl Garrett
11-11-1975	placed Phil Wise on injured reserve

1975 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/21/75    at Buffalo Bills           L 14-42       0-1-0
09/28/75    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 30-24       1-1-0
10/05/75    vs New England Patriots    W 36-7        2-1-0
10/12/75    at Minnesota Vikings       L 21-29       2-2-0
10/19/75    vs Miami Dolphins          L 0-43        2-3-0
10/26/75    vs Baltimore Colts         L 28-45       2-4-0
11/02/75    vs Buffalo Bills           L 23-24       2-5-0
11/09/75    at Miami Dolphins          L 7-27        2-6-0
11/16/75    at Baltimore Colts         L 19-52       2-7-0
11/23/75    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 6-37        2-8-0
11/30/75    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 7-20        2-9-0
12/07/75    at New England Patriots    W 30-28       3-9-0
12/15/75    at San Diego Chargers      L 16-24       3-10-0
12/21/75    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 21-31       3-11-0

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