1977 New York Jets roster and stats

1977 New York Jets: 3-11-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (109 points scored, 143 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (82 points scored, 157 allowed) Head Coach: Walt Michaels 191 points scored (22nd of 28 teams), 300 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 170 360 2,002 (15) 5.07 14 26 437 1,618 (26) 3.7 6 3,620 (19) 40 Defense: 215 377 2,403 (28) 5.96 23 11 575 2,245 (23) 3.9 14 4,648 (26) 28

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Duane Carrell P 2 5'10 178 28 4 Florida State 5 Pat Leahy K 14 6'0 190 26 4 St. Louis 10 Marty Domres QB 12 6'4 220 30 9 Columbia 14 Richard Todd QB 12 6'2 205 23 2 Alabama 15 Chuck Ramsey P 12 6'2 195 25 1 Wake Forest 17 Matt Robinson QB 4 6'2 196 22 R Georgia 21 Clark Gaines RB 14 6'1 201 23 2 Wake Forest 22 Burgess Owens DB 14 6'2 195 26 5 Miami 23 Shafer Suggs DB 9 6'1 200 24 2 Ball State 24 Artimus Parker DB 11 6'3 200 25 4 Southern California 25 Scott Dierking RB 14 5'10 215 22 R Purdue 27 Ron Mabra DB 3 5'10 164 26 3 Howard 30 Charlie White RB 13 6'0 222 24 R Bethune-Cookman 33 Kevin Long RB 14 6'1 205 22 R South Carolina 37 Billy Hardee DB 14 6'0 185 23 2 Virginia Tech 38 Ed Taylor DB 14 6'0 176 24 3 Memphis 39 Maurice Tyler DB 14 6'0 190 27 6 Morgan State 42 Bruce Harper RB 14 5'8 174 22 R Kutztown 44 Tom Newton RB 14 6'0 205 23 R California 47 Tommy Marvaso DB 2 6'1 191 24 2 Cincinnati 48 Ken Schroy DB 14 6'3 191 25 1 Maryland 51 Greg Buttle LB 13 6'3 229 23 2 Penn State 52 Mike Hennigan LB 14 6'2 215 26 5 Tennessee Tech 53 Carl Russ LB 2 6'2 227 24 3 Michigan 53 Al Palewicz LB 14 6'1 217 27 4 Miami 55 John Ebersole LB 13 6'3 235 28 8 Penn State 56 Larry Keller LB 14 6'2 225 24 2 Houston 59 Bob Martin LB 5 6'1 223 23 2 Nebraska 60 Dan Alexander OG 14 6'4 245 22 R Louisiana State 61 John Roman OT 9 6'4 251 25 2 Idaho State 63 John Hennessy DE 14 6'3 246 22 R Michigan 65 Joe Fields C 14 6'2 245 23 3 Widener 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 14 6'2 255 32 11 Nebraska-Kearney 67 Darrell Austin OG 9 6'4 252 25 3 South Carolina 68 Tank Marshall DT 5 6'4 245 22 R Texas A&M 71 Jeff Bleamer OT 8 6'4 253 24 3 Penn State 72 Robert Woods OT 2 6'3 259 27 5 Tennessee State 73 Joe Klecko DT 13 6'3 256 24 R Temple 74 Abdul Salaam DT 14 6'3 260 24 2 Kent State 76 Lawrence Pillers DE 13 6'3 257 24 2 Alcorn State 77 Carl Barzilauskas DT 9 6'6 270 26 4 Indiana 78 Garry Puetz OT 14 6'4 265 25 5 Valparaiso 79 Marvin Powell OT 11 6'5 264 22 R Southern California 80 Shelton Diggs WR 7 6'1 190 22 R Southern California 81 Richard Neal DE 14 6'3 256 30 9 Southern 82 David Knight WR 10 6'1 170 26 5 William & Mary 83 Jerome Barkum TE 14 6'3 217 27 6 Jackson State 85 Wesley Walker WR 14 6'0 172 22 R California 86 Bob Raba TE 14 6'1 222 22 R Maryland 88 Rich Caster WR 10 6'5 230 29 8 Jackson State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Richard Todd 265 133 50.2 1,863 7.03 14.0 11 4.2 17 6.4 24 203 60.3 Matt Robinson 54 20 37.0 310 5.74 15.5 2 3.7 8 14.8 7 57 29.6 Marty Domres 40 17 42.5 113 2.83 6.6 1 2.5 1 2.5 4 24 47.9 Bruce Harper 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Clark Gaines           55    469    8.5    1
Wesley Walker          35    740   21.1    3
Jerome Barkum          26    450   17.3    6
Bruce Harper           21    209   10.0    1
Rich Caster            10    205   20.5    1
David Knight            7    129   18.4    0
Tom Newton              5     33    6.6    0
Kevin Long              5     17    3.4    0
Scott Dierking          4     29    7.2    1
Charlie White           2      5    2.5    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Clark Gaines          158    595    3.8    3
Scott Dierking         79    315    4.0    0
Bruce Harper           44    198    4.5    0
Kevin Long             56    170    3.0    0
Charlie White          50    151    3.0    1
Richard Todd           24     46    1.9    2
Matt Robinson           5     45    9.0    0
Tom Newton              8     39    4.9    0
Larry Keller            1     25   25.0    0
Wesley Walker           3     25    8.3    0
Marty Domres            4     23    5.8    0
Shelton Diggs           1     16   16.0    0
Rich Caster             2    -15   -7.5    0
Duane Carrell           2    -15   -7.5    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bruce Harper           42  1,035   24.6    0
Billy Hardee            7    148   21.1    0
Scott Dierking          6     91   15.2    0
Bob Raba                4     64   16.0    0
Tommy Marvaso           2     36   18.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bruce Harper           34    425   12.5    5    0
Ken Schroy              3     38   12.7    0    0
Billy Hardee            1     17   17.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Chuck Ramsey 62 2,298 37.1 8 8 0 35 301 29.6 Duane Carrell 14 557 39.8 1 2 0 11 147 27.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Pat Leahy 0/1 7/8 6/8 2/6 0/2 15/25 18/21 63 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Carl Barzilauskas 3.0 Greg Buttle 1.0 2 54 1 John Ebersole 0.5 1 0 0 Billy Hardee 1 0 0 John Hennessy 1.0 Larry Keller 1.0 1 36 0 Joe Klecko 8.0 Bob Martin 1 0 0 Richard Neal 2.5 Burgess Owens 3 18 0 Artimus Parker 1 45 0 Lawrence Pillers 5.0 Abdul Salaam 4.0 Ed Taylor 1 0 0

1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 OT Marvin Powell 133 USC 2 33 WR Wesley Walker 154 California 3 72 DE Tank Marshall 5 Texas A&M [pick acquired from SF] 4 89 RB Scott Dierking 110 Purdue 5 116 WR Perry Griggs 1 Troy State 5 129 OT Gary Gregory Baylor [pick acquired from DEN] 6 144 DT Joe Klecko 155 Temple 7 168 RB Charlie White 20 Bethune-Cookman [pick acquired from TB] 7 171 P Bob Grupp 41 Duke 7 195 RB Kevin Long 73 South Carolina [pick acquired from OAK] 8 200 DT Dan Alexander 192 LSU 8 210 LB Ed Thompson Ohio State [pick acquired from CHI] 9 227 QB Matt Robinson 69 Georgia 10 256 DE John Hennessy 46 Michigan 11 307 DB Dave Butterfield Nebraska [pick acquired from OAK] 12 312 RB Phil Gargis Auburn 12 313 OT Dave Conrad Maryland [pick acquired from PHI]

Traded draft picks: #3 to PIT (Tom Beasley), #11 to PHI (Rocco Moore)

Transactions:

05-03-1977	traded a player to be named later (Ed Galigher) to 49ers for San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1977 draft
06-23-1977	claimed Maurice Tyler on waivers from Lions
08-02-1977	traded Phil Wise to Vikings for Minnesota's #8 pick in the 1978 draft and #10 pick in the 1979 draft
08-10-1977	claimed Billy Hardee on waivers from Broncos
08-31-1977	traded Lou Piccone to Bills for Buffalo's #6 pick in the 1978 draft
09-11-1977	placed Greg Murphy on injured reserve
09-14-1977	placed Louie Giammona on injured reserve

1977 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    at Houston Oilers          L 0-20        0-1-0
09/25/77    vs Baltimore Colts         L 12-20       0-2-0
10/02/77    vs New England Patriots    W 30-27       1-2-0
10/09/77    at Buffalo Bills           W 24-19       2-2-0
10/16/77    at Miami Dolphins          L 17-21       2-3-0
10/23/77    vs Oakland Raiders         L 27-28       2-4-0
10/30/77    at New England Patriots    L 13-24       2-5-0
11/06/77    vs Miami Dolphins          L 10-14       2-6-0
11/13/77    vs Seattle Seahawks        L 0-17        2-7-0
11/20/77    at Baltimore Colts         L 12-33       2-8-0
11/27/77    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 20-23       2-9-0
12/04/77    at New Orleans Saints      W 16-13       3-9-0
12/11/77    vs Buffalo Bills           L 10-14       3-10-0
12/18/77    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 0-27        3-11-0

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