1979 New York Jets roster and stats

1979 New York Jets: 8-8-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (197 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (140 points scored, 238 allowed) Head Coach: Walt Michaels 337 points scored (14th of 28 teams), 383 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 190 369 2,598 (21) 6.48 16 25 634 2,646 ( 1) 4.2 23 5,244 ( 9) 38 Defense: 339 570 4,115 (28) 6.95 31 21 502 1,706 ( 3) 3.4 13 5,821 (26) 40

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College ? Rich Szaro K 1 5'11 204 31 5 Harvard 1 Dave Jacobs K 4 5'7 151 22 R Syracuse 2 Toni Linhart K 5 6'0 179 37 7 Austria Tech School 4 Pat Ryan QB 1 6'3 205 24 2 Tennessee 5 Pat Leahy K 6 6'0 195 28 6 St. Louis 14 Richard Todd QB 15 6'2 203 25 4 Alabama 15 Chuck Ramsey P 16 6'2 189 27 3 Wake Forest 17 Matt Robinson QB 15 6'2 198 24 3 Georgia 21 Clark Gaines RB 16 6'1 209 25 4 Wake Forest 22 Burgess Owens DB 16 6'2 200 28 7 Miami 23 Shafer Suggs DB 16 6'1 204 26 4 Ball State 25 Scott Dierking RB 16 5'10 215 24 3 Purdue 26 Donald Dykes DB 16 5'11 188 24 R Southeastern Louisiana 29 Johnny Lynn DB 16 6'0 190 22 R UCLA 33 Kevin Long RB 12 6'1 214 24 3 South Carolina 37 Tim Moresco DB 16 5'11 180 25 3 Syracuse 38 Ed Taylor DB 4 6'0 175 26 5 Memphis 40 Bobby Jackson DB 16 5'9 175 22 2 Florida State 42 Bruce Harper RB 16 5'9 177 24 3 Kutztown 44 Tom Newton RB 16 6'0 213 25 3 California 46 Woody Bennett RB 15 6'2 217 24 1 Miami 48 Ken Schroy DB 16 6'2 196 27 3 Maryland 50 John Sullivan LB 12 6'1 221 23 R Illinois 51 Greg Buttle LB 16 6'3 232 25 4 Penn State 53 Mike McKibben LB 16 6'3 228 23 R Kent State 54 Stan Blinka LB 16 6'2 230 22 R Sam Houston State 55 Ron Crosby LB 12 6'3 225 24 2 Penn State 58 Mark Merrill LB 6 6'4 237 24 2 Minnesota 59 Bob Martin LB 2 6'1 214 25 4 Nebraska 60 Dan Alexander OG 16 6'4 255 24 3 Louisiana State 61 John Roman OT 16 6'4 251 27 4 Idaho State 63 John Hennessy LB 16 6'3 236 24 3 Michigan 65 Joe Fields C 15 6'2 253 25 5 Widener 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 16 6'2 255 34 13 Nebraska-Kearney 67 Ed McGlasson C 7 6'4 248 23 R Youngstown State 68 Eric Cunningham OG 11 6'3 257 22 R Penn State 70 Stan Waldemore OG 16 6'4 257 24 2 Nebraska 71 Bob Winkel DT 15 6'4 246 24 R Kentucky 72 Chris Ward OT 16 6'3 270 23 2 Ohio State 73 Joe Klecko DT 16 6'3 262 26 3 Temple 74 Abdul Salaam DT 12 6'3 260 26 4 Kent State 76 Lawrence Pillers DE 16 6'3 260 26 4 Alcorn State 77 Joe Pellegrini DT 4 6'2 266 23 2 Idaho 79 Marvin Powell OT 16 6'5 268 24 3 Southern California 80 Roger Farmer WR 4 6'3 195 23 4 Baker 81 Derrick Gaffney WR 16 6'1 180 24 2 Florida 82 Mickey Shuler TE 16 6'3 229 23 2 Penn State 83 Jerome Barkum TE 13 6'3 225 29 8 Jackson State 84 Paul Darby WR 15 5'10 192 23 R Southwest Texas State 85 Wesley Walker WR 9 6'0 175 24 3 California 86 Bob Raba TE 8 6'1 225 24 3 Maryland 89 Bobby Jones WR 10 5'11 180 24 2 Millikin 93 Marty Lyons DE 16 6'5 245 22 R Alabama 99 Mark Gastineau DE 16 6'5 257 22 R East Central (OK)

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Richard Todd 334 171 51.2 2,660 7.96 15.6 16 4.8 22 6.6 25 222 66.5 Matt Robinson 31 17 54.8 191 6.16 11.2 0 0.0 2 6.5 5 30 46.6 Pat Ryan 4 2 50.0 13 3.25 6.5 0 0.0 1 25.0 2 14 17.7

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Derrick Gaffney        32    534   16.7    1
Clark Gaines           29    219    7.6    0
Jerome Barkum          27    401   14.9    4
Wesley Walker          23    569   24.7    5
Bobby Jones            19    379   19.9    1
Bruce Harper           17    250   14.7    2
Mickey Shuler          16    225   14.1    3
Scott Dierking         10    121   12.1    0
Kevin Long             10    115   11.5    0
Tom Newton              4     33    8.2    0
Bob Raba                2      9    4.5    0
Woody Bennett           1      9    9.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Clark Gaines          186    905    4.9    0
Scott Dierking        186    767    4.1    3
Kevin Long            116    442    3.8    7
Bruce Harper           65    282    4.3    0
Tom Newton             37    145    3.9    6
Richard Todd           36     93    2.6    5
Bobby Jones             1      4    4.0    0
Woody Bennett           2      4    2.0    1
Matt Robinson           3      4    1.3    1
Chuck Ramsey            2      0    0.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bruce Harper           55  1,158   21.1    0
Bobby Jones             7    140   20.0    0
Ken Schroy              6    179   29.8    0
Clark Gaines            2     29   14.5    0
John Hennessy           2     15    7.5    0
Bob Raba                1     18   18.0    0
Mickey Shuler           1     15   15.0    0
Woody Bennett           1      7    7.0    0
Tom Newton              1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bruce Harper           33    290    8.8    9    0
Ken Schroy              2     24   12.0    0    0
Paul Darby              1      0    0.0    0    0
Bobby Jones             0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Chuck Ramsey 73 2,979 40.8 10 22 0 33 260 34.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Pat Leahy 1/1 2/2 5/8 0/2 0/0 8/13 12/15 36 Dave Jacobs 0/0 3/4 1/2 1/3 0/0 5/ 9 10/11 25 Toni Linhart 0/0 1/1 2/4 0/1 0/0 3/ 6 11/14 20 Rich Szaro 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/ 2 2/ 2 2 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Stan Blinka 2 12 0 Greg Buttle 1.0 2 27 0 Mark Gastineau 2.0 Bobby Jackson 4 63 1 Joe Klecko 7.0 Johnny Lynn 2 46 0 Marty Lyons 3.0 Mike McKibben 1 5 0 Mark Merrill 1.0 Burgess Owens 6 41 0 Lawrence Pillers 5.5 Abdul Salaam 2.5 Ken Schroy 1 4 0 Shafer Suggs 3 41 1

1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 DE Marty Lyons 147 Alabama 2 41 DE Mark Gastineau 137 East Central Oklahoma 3 68 DB Donald Dykes 47 S.E. Louisiana 4 96 OG Eric Cunningham 17 Penn State 4 98 DB Johnny Lynn 97 UCLA [pick acquired from GB] 5 123 LB Kelly Kirchbaum 4 Kentucky 5 125 LB Stan Blinka 72 Sam Houston State [pick acquired from GB] 6 149 OG Bill Dufek Michigan 7 179 RB Emmett King Houston 7 187 DB Keith Brown Minnesota [pick acquired from HOU] 8 198 DT Marshall Harris 46 Texas Christian [pick acquired from TB] 8 205 LB Willie Beamon Boise State 9 232 RB Gordy Sprattler North Dakota State 10 262 OT Steve Sybeldon North Dakota 10 263 C Ed McGlasson 24 Youngstown State [pick acquired from MIN] 11 288 QB Danny Sanders Carson-Newman 12 314 WR Paul Darby 23 S.W. Texas State

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

07-24-1979	Russ Cooke retired
08-14-1979	placed Barrett Paige on injured reserve
08-14-1979	placed Bill Dufek on injured reserve
08-14-1979	placed Larry Keller on injured reserve
08-21-1979	placed Kelly Kirchbaum on injured reserve
08-27-1979	placed Mike Hennigan on injured reserve
08-28-1979	placed Abdul Salaam on injured reserve
08-28-1979	placed Ed McGlasson on injured reserve
09-05-1979	placed Bobby Jones on injured reserve

1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    vs Cleveland Browns        L 22-25 (OT)  0-1-0
09/09/79    at New England Patriots    L 3-56        0-2-0
09/16/79    vs Detroit Lions           W 31-10       1-2-0
09/23/79    at Buffalo Bills           L 31-46       1-3-0
09/30/79    vs Miami Dolphins          W 33-27       2-3-0
10/07/79    at Baltimore Colts         L 8-10        2-4-0
10/15/79    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 14-7        3-4-0
10/21/79    vs Oakland Raiders         W 28-19       4-4-0
10/28/79    at Houston Oilers          L 24-27 (OT)  4-5-0
11/04/79    at Green Bay Packers       W 27-22       5-5-0
11/11/79    vs Buffalo Bills           L 12-14       5-6-0
11/18/79    at Chicago Bears           L 13-23       5-7-0
11/26/79    at Seattle Seahawks        L 7-30        5-8-0
12/02/79    vs Baltimore Colts         W 30-17       6-8-0
12/09/79    vs New England Patriots    W 27-26       7-8-0
12/15/79    at Miami Dolphins          W 27-24       8-8-0

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