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1963 New York Jets

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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 4th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 249 points (17.8/g), 8th of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 399 points (28.5/g), 7th.
 Differential of -150 points (-10.7/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 3.5-10.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.6/g), 7th.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (5-8-1)

1963 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box L 0-1 @ Boston Patriots 14 38 15 272 155 117 5 24 388 268 120 1
2 Sun September 22 box W 1-1 Houston Oilers 24 17 17 251 191 60 4 18 393 308 85 3
3 Sat September 28 box W 2-1 Oakland Raiders 10 7 11 238 173 65 6 14 227 164 63 6
4 Sat October 5 box W 3-1 Boston Patriots 31 24 10 218 172 46 1 22 409 304 105 6
5 Sun October 13 box L 3-2 @ San Diego Chargers 20 24 16 266 203 63 22 510 223 287 3
6 Sun October 20 box L 3-3 @ Oakland Raiders 26 49 17 314 223 91 2 28 505 282 223 3
7 Sat October 26 box T 3-3-1 Denver Broncos 35 35 16 294 225 69 2 16 317 201 116 2
8 Sat November 2 box L 3-4-1 San Diego Chargers 7 53 15 235 196 39 4 25 528 371 157 1
9 Sun November 10 box L 3-5-1 @ Houston Oilers 27 31 21 354 282 72 5 23 309 189 120 2
10 Sun November 17 box W 4-5-1 @ Denver Broncos 14 9 16 347 238 109 14 215 52 163 1
11 Sun December 1 box W 5-5-1 Kansas City Chiefs 17 0 10 179 97 82 1 13 296 177 119 3
12 Sun December 8 box L 5-6-1 @ Buffalo Bills 14 45 14 168 130 38 4 22 370 85 285
13 Sat December 14 box L 5-7-1 Buffalo Bills 10 19 10 217 168 49 3 20 308 150 158 3
14 Sun December 22 box L 5-8-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 0 48 12 157 79 78 7 16 392 264 128 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 249 3510 823 4.3 200 209 480 2532 21 29 4.9 121 306 978 8 3.2 52 44 15 27
Team Defense 399 5167 899 5.7 436 223 417 3038 25 21 6.9 139 459 2129 26 4.6 280 36 15 17
Lg Rank Offense 8 8 8 2 7 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 6 3
Lg Rank Defense 7 8 8 2 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 6 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Dick Wood 27 QB 12 12 160 352 45.5 2204 18 5.1 19 5.4 60 6.3 4.3 13.8 183.7 60.6
Galen Hall 23 13 2 45 118 38.1 611 3 2.5 9 7.6 73 5.2 2.0 13.6 47.0 32.1
Johnny Green 26 1 0 2 6 33.3 10 0 0.0 1 16.7 6 1.7 -5.8 5.0 10.0 2.8
Ed Chlebek 23 2 0 2 4 50.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 1.3 1.3 2.5 2.5 56.2
Team Total 26.0 14 209 480 43.5 2830 21 4.4 29 6.0 73 5.9 3.6 13.5 202.1 52.3
Opp Total 14 223 417 53.5 3038 25 6.0 21 5.0 7.3 5.6 13.6 217.0 76.0 23 180 6.9 4.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Mark Smolinski 24 FB 14 0 150 561 4 56 3.7 40.1 10.7 34 278 8.2 1 49 2.4 19.9 839 5 2
Bill Mathis* 25 14 0 107 268 1 16 2.5 19.1 7.6 18 177 9.8 1 33 1.3 12.6 445 2 1
Dick Christy 28 HB 11 0 26 88 1 13 3.4 8.0 2.4 8 73 9.1 0 13 0.7 6.6 161 1 2
Galen Hall 23 13 2 9 24 1 11 2.7 1.8 0.7 24 1 4
Dick Wood 27 QB 12 12 7 17 1 11 2.4 1.4 0.6 17 1 6
Bill Perkins 22 4 0 3 8 0 8 2.7 2.0 0.8 8 0 1
Don Maynard 28 FL 12 0 2 6 0 8 3.0 0.5 0.2 38 780 20.5 9 73 3.2 65.0 786 9 0
Curley Johnson 28 P 14 0 2 6 0 5 3.0 0.4 0.1 6 0 1
Bake Turner* 23 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 71 1009 14.2 6 53 5.1 72.1 1009 6 1
Dee Mackey 29 te 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 263 11.4 3 31 1.6 18.8 263 3 1
Ken Gregory 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 90 10.0 0 16 0.6 6.4 90 0 0
Gene Heeter 22 TE 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 160 20.0 1 40 0.9 17.8 160 1 0
Team Total 26.0 14 306 978 8 56 3.2 69.9 21.9 209 2830 13.5 21 73 14.9 202.1 3808 29 22
Opp Total 14 459 2129 26 4.6 152.1 32.8 223 3038 13.6 25 15.9 217.0 5167 51 26

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Dick Christy 28 HB 11 0 9 46 0 13 5.1 24 585 0 71 24.4 792
Marshall Starks 24 rcb 14 0 3 7 0 3 2.3 19 336 0 30 17.7 343
Bake Turner* 23 WR 14 0 14 299 0 49 21.4 1308
Curley Johnson 28 P 14 0 6 77 0 17 12.8 83
Bill Baird 24 RS 14 0 4 143 1 93 35.8 143
Bill Perkins 22 4 0 4 55 0 18 13.8 63
Tony Stricker 23 LCB 12 0 4 90 0 31 22.5 90
Dee Mackey 29 te 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 263
Bill Mathis* 25 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 456
Don Maynard 28 FL 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 792
Mark Smolinski 24 FB 14 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 849
Team Total 26.0 14 17 202 1 93 11.9 74 1463 0 71 19.8 5473
Opp Total 14 31 0 50 1147 0 22.9

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Curley Johnson 28 P 14 0 72 3034 64 1 42.1
Dick Guesman 25 RDT 14 0 3 2 10 5 8 1 3 1 24 9 37.5% 30 30 100.0%
Team Total 26.0 14 3 2 10 5 8 1 3 1 24 9 37.5% 30 30 100.0% 72 3034 64 1 42.1
Opp Total 14 23 11 47.8% 50 48 96.0% 57 2405 42.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bill Baird 24 RS 14 0 6 31 0 26
Ed Chlebek 23 2 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Christy 28 HB 11 0 2 0 0 0
Larry Grantham*+ 25 RLB 14 0 3 89 0 41
Galen Hall 23 13 2 4 0 0 0
Chuck Janerette 25 LDT 14 0 1 6 0 6
Curley Johnson 28 P 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dee Mackey 29 te 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Mathis* 25 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dainard Paulson 26 LS 14 0 6 114 0 47
Bill Perkins 22 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Price 23 LLB 14 0 1 15 0 15
Mark Smolinski 24 FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Marshall Starks 24 rcb 14 0 1 0 0 0
Tony Stricker 23 LCB 12 0 1 6 0 6 1 0 0 0
LaVerne Torczon 27 RDE 14 0 1 2 0 2
Bake Turner* 23 WR 14 0 1 0 0 0
Clyde Washington 25 RCB 14 0 2 2 0 2
Dick Wood 27 QB 12 12 6 0 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 21 284 0 47 22 0 0 0
Opp Total 14 37 26 11 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Dick Guesman 25 RDT 14 0 30 9 57
Don Maynard 28 FL 12 0 9 54
Bake Turner* 23 WR 14 0 6 36
Mark Smolinski 24 FB 14 0 4 1 30
Dee Mackey 29 te 14 0 3 18
Bill Mathis* 25 14 0 1 1 12
Bill Baird 24 RS 14 0 1 6
Dick Christy 28 HB 11 0 1 6
Larry Grantham*+ 25 RLB 14 0 1 6
Galen Hall 23 13 2 1 6
Gene Heeter 22 TE 9 0 1 6
Marshall Starks 24 rcb 14 0 1 6
Dick Wood 27 QB 12 12 1 6
Team Total 26.0 14 8 21 1 2 30 9 249
Opp Total 14 26 25 48 11 1 399