1981 New York Jets roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Chuck Ramsey 81 3,290 40.6 13 27 0 31 149 35.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Pat Leahy 0/0 11/13 6/8 8/12 0/3 25/36 38/39 113 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Stan Blinka 1 15 0 Greg Buttle 2.0 2 34 0 Ron Crosby 1.0 Mark Gastineau 20.0 Jerry Holmes 1 0 0 Joe Klecko 20.5 Johnny Lynn 3 76 0 Marty Lyons 6.5 Lance Mehl 1.0 3 17 0 Kenny Neil 0.5 Darrol Ray 1.0 7 227 2 Ben Rudolph 4.0 Abdul Salaam 7.0 Ken Schroy 2.0 2 58 0 Kirk Springs 2 5 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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