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:
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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 |
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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