1978 New York Jets: 8-8-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-4-0 (183 points scored, 161 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (176 points scored, 203 allowed) Head Coach: Walt Michaels 359 points scored (3rd of 28 teams), 364 points allowed (27th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 193 388 2,607 (13) 6.05 19 28 562 2,250 (15) 4.0 21 4,857 (12) 37 Defense: 260 447 2,823 (23) 6.02 21 23 600 2,701 (26) 4.5 20 5,524 (27) 40
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 Pat Ryan QB 2 6'3 205 23 R Tennessee 5 Pat Leahy K 16 6'0 190 27 5 St. Louis 14 Richard Todd QB 5 6'2 205 24 3 Alabama 15 Chuck Ramsey P 16 6'2 195 26 2 Wake Forest 17 Matt Robinson QB 16 6'2 196 23 2 Georgia 20 Darnell Powell RB 14 5'11 200 24 2 Tennessee-Chattanooga 21 Clark Gaines RB 16 6'1 201 24 3 Wake Forest 22 Burgess Owens DB 14 6'2 195 27 6 Miami 23 Shafer Suggs DB 16 6'1 200 25 3 Ball State 25 Scott Dierking RB 15 5'10 215 23 2 Purdue 33 Kevin Long RB 16 6'1 205 23 2 South Carolina 34 Larry Riley DB 4 5'10 195 23 2 Salem (NC) 37 Tim Moresco DB 11 5'11 176 24 2 Syracuse 38 Ed Taylor DB 16 6'0 176 25 4 Memphis 40 Bobby Jackson DB 16 5'9 175 21 R Florida State 42 Bruce Harper RB 16 5'8 174 23 2 Kutztown 44 Tom Newton RB 16 6'0 205 24 2 California 47 Jim Earley RB 2 6'1 230 22 R Michigan State 48 Ken Schroy DB 16 6'2 191 26 2 Maryland 49 Reggie Grant DB 14 5'9 185 23 R Oregon 50 Mike Mock LB 15 6'1 225 23 R Texas Tech 51 Greg Buttle LB 8 6'3 229 24 3 Penn State 52 Mike Hennigan LB 12 6'2 215 27 6 Tennessee Tech 56 Larry Keller LB 16 6'2 225 25 3 Houston 57 Blake Whitlatch LB 4 6'1 233 23 R Louisiana State 58 Mark Merrill LB 16 6'4 237 23 R Minnesota 59 Bob Martin LB 16 6'1 223 24 3 Nebraska 60 Dan Alexander OG 16 6'4 245 23 2 Louisiana State 61 John Roman OT 16 6'4 251 26 3 Idaho State 63 John Hennessy LB 16 6'3 246 23 2 Michigan 64 Gregg Robinson DE 16 6'6 255 22 R Dartmouth 65 Joe Fields C 16 6'2 245 24 4 Widener 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 16 6'2 255 33 12 Nebraska-Kearney 67 Darrell Austin OG 13 6'4 252 26 4 South Carolina 70 Stan Waldemore OG 4 6'4 257 23 R Nebraska 71 Joe Moreino DT 1 6'6 246 23 1 Idaho State 72 Chris Ward OT 16 6'3 269 22 R Ohio State 73 Joe Klecko DE 16 6'3 256 25 2 Temple 74 Abdul Salaam DT 15 6'3 260 25 3 Kent State 76 Lawrence Pillers DE 16 6'3 257 25 3 Alcorn State 77 Joe Pellegrini DT 9 6'2 270 22 R Idaho 78 Garry Puetz OG 6 6'4 265 26 6 Valparaiso 79 Marvin Powell OT 14 6'5 264 23 2 Southern California 80 Kevin Bell WR 9 5'10 180 23 R Lamar 81 Derrick Gaffney WR 16 6'1 175 23 R Florida 82 Mickey Shuler TE 16 6'3 229 22 R Penn State 83 Jerome Barkum TE 16 6'3 217 28 7 Jackson State 85 Wesley Walker WR 16 6'0 172 23 2 California 86 Bob Raba TE 4 6'1 222 23 2 Maryland 87 Bruce Stephens WR 6 5'9 170 21 R Columbia 88 Mark Iwanowski TE 5 6'4 230 23 R Pennsylvania 89 Bobby Jones WR 16 5'11 180 23 R Millikin
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Matt Robinson 266 124 46.6 2,002 7.53 16.1 13 4.9 16 6.0 28 228 63.5 Richard Todd 107 60 56.1 849 7.93 14.2 6 5.6 10 9.3 15 122 61.6 Pat Ryan 14 9 64.3 106 7.57 11.8 0 0.0 2 14.3 0 0 47.6 Scott Dierking 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Wesley Walker 48 1,169 24.4 8 Derrick Gaffney 38 691 18.2 3 Jerome Barkum 28 391 14.0 3 Kevin Long 26 204 7.8 0 Scott Dierking 19 152 8.0 0 Bruce Harper 13 196 15.1 2 Mickey Shuler 11 67 6.1 3 Tom Newton 5 48 9.6 0 Clark Gaines 3 23 7.7 0 Bobby Jones 1 18 18.0 0 John Roman 1 -2 -2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Kevin Long 214 954 4.5 10 Scott Dierking 170 681 4.0 4 Bruce Harper 58 303 5.2 2 Clark Gaines 44 154 3.5 2 Darnell Powell 20 77 3.9 1 Tom Newton 11 45 4.1 2 Matt Robinson 28 23 0.8 0 Richard Todd 14 18 1.3 0 Derrick Gaffney 2 -2 -1.0 0 Wesley Walker 1 -3 -3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Bruce Harper 55 1,280 23.3 0 Darnell Powell 3 50 16.7 0 Bruce Stephens 3 42 14.0 0 Clark Gaines 3 33 11.0 0 Kevin Bell 2 66 33.0 0 Mickey Shuler 1 12 12.0 0 Ken Schroy 0 26 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bruce Harper 30 378 12.6 4 1 Ken Schroy 3 35 11.7 0 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 OT Chris Ward 100 Ohio State 2 31 LB Mark Merrill 68 Minnesota 3 61 TE Mickey Shuler 180 Penn State 4 88 RB Dodie Donnell Nebraska 5 113 LB Randy Sidler Penn State 6 141 DB Bobby Jackson 95 Florida State [pick acquired from BUF] 6 143 DT Gregg Robinson 16 Dartmouth 7 169 DB Levi Armstrong UCLA [pick acquired from NO] 7 170 RB Jim Earley 2 Michigan State 8 197 WR Derrick Gaffney 100 Florida 8 203 LB Mike Mock 15 Texas Tech [pick acquired from PHI] 8 213 DB Roy Eppes Clemson [pick acquired from MIN] 9 225 DB Reggie Grant 14 Oregon [pick acquired from BUF] 9 227 DB Neil Hutton Penn State 10 254 DE Louis Richardson Florida State 11 281 QB Pat Ryan 145 Tennessee 12 311 P Alan Williams Florida
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 05-11-1978 | claimed Anthony Terry on waivers from 49ers |
| 05-11-1978 | claimed Brian Nemeth on waivers from ? |
| 05-17-1978 | Jim Jerome retired |
| 06-07-1978 | claimed Bill Chambers on waivers from ? |
| 06-07-1978 | traded Carl Barzilauskas to Packers for Green Bay's #4 and #5 picks in the 1979 draft |
| 06-19-1978 | claimed Blane Smith on waivers from Packers |
| 07-06-1978 | claimed Ben Lazaro on waivers from Colts |
| 07-17-1978 | claimed Steve Jackson on waivers from Raiders |
| 07-29-1978 | placed Randy Sidler on injured reserve |
| 08-16-1978 | traded an undisclosed 1979 draft pick to Rams for Andre Anderson |
| 08-17-1978 | traded Richard Caster to Oilers for Houston's #7 picks in the 1979 and 1980 drafts |
| 08-18-1978 | claimed Joe Pellegrini on waivers from Raiders |
| 08-21-1978 | traded Mike Hughes to Redskins for a #10 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-30-1978 | placed Greg Murphy on injured reserve |
| 09-27-1978 | placed Bob Raba on injured reserve |
| 10-04-1978 | placed Jim Earley on injured reserve |
| 10-21-1978 | placed Bruce Stephens on injured reserve |
| 10-21-1978 | placed Larry Riley on injured reserve |
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 vs Miami Dolphins W 33-20 1-0-0 09/10/78 at Buffalo Bills W 21-20 2-0-0 09/17/78 vs Seattle Seahawks L 17-24 2-1-0 09/24/78 at Washington Redskins L 3-23 2-2-0 10/01/78 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 17-28 2-3-0 10/08/78 vs Buffalo Bills W 45-14 3-3-0 10/15/78 at Baltimore Colts W 33-10 4-3-0 10/22/78 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 23-10 5-3-0 10/29/78 at New England Patriots L 21-55 5-4-0 11/05/78 at Denver Broncos W 31-28 6-4-0 11/12/78 at Philadelphia Eagles L 9-17 6-5-0 11/19/78 vs New England Patriots L 17-19 6-6-0 11/26/78 at Miami Dolphins W 24-13 7-6-0 12/03/78 vs Baltimore Colts W 24-16 8-6-0 12/10/78 at Cleveland Browns L 34-37 (OT) 8-7-0 12/17/78 vs Dallas Cowboys L 7-30 8-8-0