1981 New York Jets: 10-5-1
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Home record: 6-2-0 (196 points scored, 123 allowed) Road record: 4-3-1 (159 points scored, 164 allowed) Head Coach: Walt Michaels
355 points scored (9th of 28 teams), 287 points allowed (8th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 283 507 3,055 (19) 5.69 26 14 571 2,341 ( 6) 4.1 11 5,396 (15) 31
Defense: 275 505 3,004 ( 8) 5.26 15 21 465 1,867 ( 7) 4.0 19 4,871 ( 5) 36
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Pat Leahy K 16 6'0 195 30 8 St. Louis 10 Pat Ryan QB 15 6'3 205 26 4 Tennessee 14 Richard Todd QB 16 6'2 203 27 6 Alabama 15 Chuck Ramsey P 16 6'2 189 29 5 Wake Forest 20 Kenny Lewis RB 5 6'0 190 24 2 Virginia Tech 24 Freeman McNeil RB 11 5'11 225 22 R UCLA 25 Scott Dierking RB 16 5'10 215 26 5 Purdue 26 Donald Dykes DB 14 5'11 180 26 3 Southeastern Louisiana 27 Jesse Johnson DB 16 6'3 185 23 2 Colorado 28 Darrol Ray DB 16 6'1 200 23 2 Oklahoma 29 Johnny Lynn DB 13 6'0 190 24 2 UCLA 33 Kevin Long RB 16 6'1 218 26 5 South Carolina 35 Mike Augustyniak RB 10 5'11 220 25 1 Purdue 38 Billy Taylor RB 3 6'0 215 25 4 Texas Tech 40 Bobby Jackson DB 9 5'9 175 24 4 Florida State 42 Bruce Harper RB 16 5'8 177 26 5 Kutztown 44 Tom Newton RB 16 6'0 213 27 5 California 45 Kirk Springs DB 10 6'0 192 23 R Miami (Ohio) 47 Jerry Holmes DB 16 6'2 175 23 2 West Virginia 48 Ken Schroy DB 16 6'2 196 29 5 Maryland 51 Greg Buttle LB 15 6'3 232 27 6 Penn State 52 Al Washington LB 16 6'3 235 23 R Ohio State 54 Stan Blinka LB 16 6'2 230 24 3 Sam Houston State 55 Ron Crosby LB 16 6'3 222 26 4 Penn State 56 Lance Mehl LB 15 6'3 230 23 2 Penn State 57 John Woodring LB 12 6'2 230 22 R Brown 58 Marty Wetzel LB 5 6'3 235 23 1 Tulane 60 Dan Alexander OG 16 6'4 255 26 5 Louisiana State 61 John Roman OT 16 6'4 260 29 6 Idaho State 64 Guy Bingham C 16 6'3 255 23 2 Montana 65 Joe Fields C 16 6'2 253 27 7 Widener 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 15 6'2 255 36 15 Nebraska-Kearney 70 Stan Waldemore OG 16 6'4 269 26 4 Nebraska 72 Chris Ward OT 16 6'3 270 25 4 Ohio State 73 Joe Klecko DE 16 6'3 265 28 5 Temple 74 Abdul Salaam DT 16 6'3 265 28 6 Kent State 76 Ben Rudolph DT 15 6'5 271 24 R Long Beach State 77 Kenny Neil DE 16 6'4 244 22 R Iowa State 79 Marvin Powell OT 14 6'5 268 26 5 Southern California 80 Lam Jones WR 15 5'11 180 23 2 Texas 81 Derrick Gaffney WR 16 6'1 180 26 4 Florida 82 Mickey Shuler TE 6 6'3 235 25 4 Penn State 83 Jerome Barkum TE 16 6'3 225 31 10 Jackson State 85 Wesley Walker WR 13 6'0 175 26 5 California 86 Steve Stephens TE 16 6'3 227 24 1 Oklahoma State 87 Kurt Sohn WR 16 5'11 176 24 1 Fordham 89 Bobby Jones WR 16 5'11 180 26 4 Millikin 93 Marty Lyons DT 12 6'5 260 24 3 Alabama 94 Ralph DeLoach DE 1 6'5 254 24 1 California 99 Mark Gastineau DE 16 6'5 280 24 3 East Central (OK)
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Richard Todd 497 279 56.1 3,231 6.50 11.6 25 5.0 13 2.6 30 224 81.8
Pat Ryan 10 4 40.0 48 4.80 12.0 1 10.0 1 10.0 0 0 49.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bruce Harper 52 459 8.8 1 Wesley Walker 47 770 16.4 9 Jerome Barkum 39 495 12.7 7 Scott Dierking 26 228 8.8 1 Lam Jones 20 342 17.1 3 Freeman McNeil 18 171 9.5 1 Mike Augustyniak 18 144 8.0 0 Tom Newton 17 104 6.1 0 Bobby Jones 16 239 14.9 1 Derrick Gaffney 14 246 17.6 0 Kevin Long 13 66 5.1 3 Kenny Lewis 2 14 7.0 0 Richard Todd 1 1 1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Freeman McNeil 137 623 4.5 2 Bruce Harper 81 393 4.9 4 Mike Augustyniak 85 339 4.0 1 Scott Dierking 74 328 4.4 1 Kevin Long 73 269 3.7 2 Tom Newton 73 244 3.3 1 Richard Todd 32 131 4.1 0 Kenny Lewis 6 18 3.0 0 Billy Taylor 2 1 0.5 0 Lam Jones 2 0 0.0 0 Chuck Ramsey 3 0 0.0 0 Pat Ryan 3 -5 -1.7 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Kurt Sohn 26 528 20.3 0 Bruce Harper 23 480 20.9 0 Kenny Lewis 5 108 21.6 0 Steve Stephens 2 21 10.5 0 Ben Rudolph 1 8 8.0 0 Lam Jones 1 6 6.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bruce Harper 35 265 7.6 9 0 Kurt Sohn 13 66 5.1 3 0 Ken Schroy 1 5 5.0 1 0 Bobby Jones 1 1 1.0 0 0 |
1981 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 RB Freeman McNeil 144 UCLA 2 30 RB Marion Barber 85 Minnesota 3 60 DT Ben Rudolph 88 Long Beach State 4 86 LB Al Washington 16 Ohio State 5 113 DE Tyrone Keys 74 Mississippi State 6 142 LB John Woodring 52 Brown 7 169 DE Kenny Neil 42 Iowa State 8 195 WR Lloyd Jones Brigham Young 8 213 DB J.C. Watts Oklahoma [pick acquired from CLE] 9 225 DB Admiral Dewey Larry Nevada-Las Vegas 10 251 LB Marty Wetzel 5 Tulane 11 278 DT Ed Gall Maryland 12 308 OT Mike Moeller Drake
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 03-17-1981 | claimed Mickey Barilla on waivers from Bills |
| 05-1981 | claimed Kyle Grossart on waivers from Raiders |
| 05-15-1981 | claimed Tim Moon on waivers from Lions |
| 08-05-1981 | claimed Mike Maher on waivers from Cardinals |
| 10-08-1981 | claimed Billy Taylor on waivers from Giants |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/27/81 vs Buffalo Bills L 27-31
1981 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/06/81 at Buffalo Bills L 0-31 0-1-0 09/13/81 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 30-31 0-2-0 09/20/81 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10-38 0-3-0 09/27/81 vs Houston Oilers W 33-17 1-3-0 10/04/81 at Miami Dolphins T 28-28 (OT) 1-3-1 10/11/81 vs New England Patriots W 28-24 2-3-1 10/18/81 vs Buffalo Bills W 33-14 3-3-1 10/25/81 vs Seattle Seahawks L 3-19 3-4-1 11/01/81 at New York Giants W 26-7 4-4-1 11/08/81 at Baltimore Colts W 41-14 5-4-1 11/15/81 at New England Patriots W 17-6 6-4-1 11/22/81 vs Miami Dolphins W 16-15 7-4-1 11/29/81 vs Baltimore Colts W 25-0 8-4-1 12/06/81 at Seattle Seahawks L 23-27 8-5-1 12/12/81 at Cleveland Browns W 14-13 9-5-1 12/20/81 vs Green Bay Packers W 28-3 10-5-1
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