1980 New York Jets roster and stats

1980 New York Jets: 4-12-0
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Home record: 2-6-0 (161 points scored, 196 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (141 points scored, 199 allowed) Head Coach: Walt Michaels 302 points scored (18th of 28 teams), 395 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 265 481 3,009 (16) 5.75 17 30 470 1,873 (19) 4.0 17 4,882 (20) 41 Defense: 337 544 3,664 (26) 6.41 27 23 508 1,951 (13) 3.8 20 5,615 (22) 32

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 Pat Ryan QB 14 6'3 205 25 3 Tennessee 5 Pat Leahy K 16 6'0 195 29 7 St. Louis 14 Richard Todd QB 16 6'2 203 26 5 Alabama 15 Chuck Ramsey P 16 6'2 189 28 4 Wake Forest 21 Clark Gaines RB 5 6'1 215 26 5 Wake Forest 23 Shafer Suggs DB 4 6'1 204 27 5 Ball State 24 Kenny Lewis RB 7 6'0 190 23 R Virginia Tech 25 Scott Dierking RB 16 5'10 215 25 4 Purdue 26 Donald Dykes DB 16 5'11 180 25 2 Southeastern Louisiana 27 Jesse Johnson DB 16 6'3 185 22 R Colorado 28 Darrol Ray DB 16 6'1 200 22 R Oklahoma 30 Bobby Batton RB 8 5'11 185 23 R Nevada-Las Vegas 33 Kevin Long RB 15 6'1 218 25 4 South Carolina 37 Tim Moresco DB 11 5'11 180 26 4 Syracuse 39 Saladin Martin DB 3 6'0 179 24 1 San Diego State 40 Bobby Jackson DB 15 5'9 175 23 3 Florida State 42 Bruce Harper RB 15 5'8 177 25 4 Kutztown 44 Tom Newton RB 16 6'0 213 26 4 California 46 Woody Bennett RB 10 6'2 222 25 2 Miami 47 Jerry Holmes DB 12 6'2 175 22 R West Virginia 48 Ken Schroy DB 14 6'2 196 28 4 Maryland 49 Steve Carpenter DB 3 6'2 195 22 R Western Illinois 50 John Sullivan LB 16 6'1 225 24 2 Illinois 51 Greg Buttle LB 14 6'3 232 26 5 Penn State 53 Mike McKibben LB 9 6'3 228 24 2 Kent State 54 Stan Blinka LB 16 6'2 230 23 2 Sam Houston State 55 Ron Crosby LB 16 6'3 220 25 3 Penn State 56 Lance Mehl LB 14 6'3 230 22 R Penn State 60 Dan Alexander OG 16 6'4 255 25 4 Louisiana State 61 John Roman OT 16 6'4 260 28 5 Idaho State 64 Guy Bingham C 16 6'3 255 22 R Montana 65 Joe Fields C 13 6'2 253 26 6 Widener 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 8 6'2 255 35 14 Nebraska-Kearney 68 Eric Cunningham OG 6 6'3 257 23 2 Penn State 70 Stan Waldemore OG 16 6'4 250 25 3 Nebraska 71 Bob Winkel DT 16 6'4 255 25 2 Kentucky 72 Chris Ward OT 14 6'3 270 24 3 Ohio State 73 Joe Klecko DE 15 6'3 265 27 4 Temple 74 Abdul Salaam DT 16 6'3 265 27 5 Kent State 76 Lawrence Pillers DE 3 6'3 260 27 5 Alcorn State 79 Marvin Powell OT 15 6'5 268 25 4 Southern California 80 Lam Jones WR 16 5'11 180 22 R Texas 81 Derrick Gaffney WR 13 6'1 180 25 3 Florida 82 Mickey Shuler TE 16 6'3 235 24 3 Penn State 83 Jerome Barkum TE 16 6'3 225 30 9 Jackson State 84 Paul Darby WR 8 5'10 192 24 2 Southwest Texas State 85 Wesley Walker WR 10 6'0 175 25 4 California 87 Gerald Carter WR 3 6'1 185 23 R Texas A&M 89 Bobby Jones WR 15 5'11 180 25 3 Millikin 90 Chris Godfrey DE 6 6'3 250 22 R Michigan 92 Wes Roberts DE 6 6'6 253 23 R Texas Christian 93 Marty Lyons DT 16 6'5 260 23 2 Alabama 99 Mark Gastineau DE 16 6'5 280 23 2 East Central (OK)

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Richard Todd 479 264 55.1 3,329 6.95 12.6 17 3.5 30 6.3 42 326 62.7 Chuck Ramsey 2 1 50.0 6 3.00 6.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 56.3

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Bruce Harper           50    634   12.7    3
Clark Gaines           36    310    8.6    3
Lam Jones              25    482   19.3    3
Derrick Gaffney        24    397   16.5    2
Mickey Shuler          22    226   10.3    2
Tom Newton             20    144    7.2    0
Kevin Long             20    137    6.8    0
Scott Dierking         19    138    7.3    1
Wesley Walker          18    376   20.9    1
Bobby Jones            14    193   13.8    0
Jerome Barkum          13    244   18.8    1
Paul Darby              3     48   16.0    1
Kenny Lewis             1      6    6.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Scott Dierking        156    567    3.6    6
Kevin Long            115    355    3.1    6
Richard Todd           49    330    6.7    5
Tom Newton             59    299    5.1    0
Clark Gaines           36    174    4.8    0
Bruce Harper           45    126    2.8    0
Paul Darby              1     15   15.0    0
Woody Bennett           3     13    4.3    0
Lam Jones               2      5    2.5    0
Bobby Batton            3      4    1.3    0
Chuck Ramsey            1    -15  -15.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bruce Harper           49  1,070   21.8    0
Paul Darby              7    139   19.9    0
Woody Bennett           6     88   14.7    0
Lam Jones               4     67   16.8    0
Bobby Jones             2     50   25.0    0
Mickey Shuler           2     25   12.5    0
Guy Bingham             1     19   19.0    0
Ken Schroy              1     17   17.0    0
Gerald Carter           1     12   12.0    0
Bob Winkel              1      4    4.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bruce Harper           28    242    8.6    7    0
Ken Schroy              4     27    6.8    0    0
Bobby Jones             1      0    0.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Chuck Ramsey 73 3,096 42.4 10 15 1 46 369 34.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Pat Leahy 0/0 4/4 4/9 6/8 0/1 14/22 36/36 78 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Greg Buttle 1 15 0 Ron Crosby 2 47 0 Donald Dykes 5 1 0 Mark Gastineau 11.5 Bobby Jackson 1 7 0 Joe Klecko 10.5 Marty Lyons 4.5 Tim Moresco 1.0 Lawrence Pillers 0.5 Darrol Ray 6 132 1 Abdul Salaam 1.0 Ken Schroy 8 91 1

1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 WR Lam Jones 61 Texas [pick acquired from SF] 2 40 DB Darrol Ray 72 Oklahoma 2 47 WR Ralph Clayton 7 Michigan [pick acquired from DEN] 3 69 LB Lance Mehl 97 Penn State 4 95 DB Jesse Johnson 45 Colorado 5 123 LB Jim Zidd Kansas 6 149 DE George Visger 3 Colorado 6 152 DE Tom Schremp Wisconsin [pick acquired from OAK] 7 178 RB Bob Batton 8 Nevada-Las Vegas 7 190 RB Bennie Leverett Bethune-Cookman [pick acquired from HOU] 8 205 LB Jeff Dziama Boston College 9 234 DT Joe Peters Arizona State 10 260 C Guy Bingham 199 Montana 11 290 LB James Zachery Texas A&M 12 317 DB David Dumars N.W. Louisiana

Traded draft picks: #1 to SF (Earl Cooper)

Transactions:

01-28-1980	traded Marshall Harris to Browns for the Jets' #8 pick in the 1981 draft
02-01-1980	traded Matt Robinson to Broncos for Craig Penrose, Denver's #1 and #2 picks in the 1980 draft
04-29-1980	traded the Jets' #1 pick in the 1980 draft and Denver's #1 pick in the 1980 draft to 49ers for San Francisco's #1 pick in the 1980 draft
04-29-1980	traded Burgess Owens to Raiders for Oakland's #6 pick in the 1980 draft
07-27-1980	Carl Barzilauskas retired
11-18-1980	Dolphins claimed Woody Bennett on waivers
12-18-1980	Chiefs claimed Kelly Kirchbaum on waivers

1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/07/80    vs Baltimore Colts         L 14-17       0-1-0
09/14/80    at Buffalo Bills           L 10-20       0-2-0
09/21/80    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 27-37       0-3-0
09/28/80    at Baltimore Colts         L 21-35       0-4-0
10/05/80    vs New England Patriots    L 11-21       0-5-0
10/12/80    at Atlanta Falcons         W 14-7        1-5-0
10/19/80    vs Seattle Seahawks        L 17-27       1-6-0
10/27/80    vs Miami Dolphins          W 17-14       2-6-0
11/02/80    at New England Patriots    L 21-34       2-7-0
11/09/80    vs Buffalo Bills           L 24-31       2-8-0
11/16/80    at Denver Broncos          L 24-31       2-9-0
11/23/80    vs Houston Oilers          W 31-28 (OT)  3-9-0
11/30/80    at Los Angeles Rams        L 13-38       3-10-0
12/07/80    at Cleveland Browns        L 14-17       3-11-0
12/14/80    vs New Orleans Saints      L 20-21       3-12-0
12/20/80    at Miami Dolphins          W 24-17       4-12-0

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