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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -9.4, Offense: -4.7, Defense: -4.7, SoS: 1.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Weeb Ewbank (5-8-1)
Training Camp: Peekskill Military Academy (Peekskill, New York)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Dick Wood | 27 | 1 | 12 | 160 for 352, 2,204 yards, 18 td, 19 int, & 7 rushes for 17 yards and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 144th pick / 1959 |
| HB | Dick Christy | 28 | 5 | 0 | 26 rushes for 88 yards, 1 td, & 8 catches for 73 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| FB | Mark Smolinski | 24 | 2 | 0 | 150 rushes for 561 yards, 4 td, & 34 catches for 278 yards and 1 td | |
| WR | Bake Turner* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 71 catches for 1,009 yards, 6 td | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| FL | Don Maynard | 28 | 5 | 0 | 38 catches for 780 yards, 9 td, & 2 rushes for 6 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| TE | Gene Heeter | 22 | Rook | 0 | 8 catches for 160 yards, 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 58th pick / 1963 |
| TE | Dee Mackey | 29 | 3 | 0 | 23 catches for 263 yards, 3 td | San Francisco 49ers / 24th / 287th pick / 1958 |
| LT | Winston Hill | 22 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 | |
| LG | Dan Ficca | 24 | 1 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 53rd pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 29th / 231st pick / 1961 |
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| C | Mike Hudock | 29 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 | |
| RG | Sid Fournet | 31 | 8 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 20th pick / 1955 | |
| RT | Sherman Plunkett | 30 | 5 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 | |
| RT | Jack Klotz | 31 | 3 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 216th pick / 1956 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Watters | 28 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 28th / 334th pick / 1958 | |
| LDT | Chuck Janerette | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 49th pick / 1960 |
| RDT | Dick Guesman | 25 | 3 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 | |
| RDE | LaVerne Torczon | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 18th / 211th pick / 1957 |
| LLB | Jim Price | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 34th pick / 1963 New York Jets / 6th / 43rd pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Dave Yohn | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RLB | Larry Grantham*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Tony Stricker | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Clyde Washington | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 116th pick / 1960 |
| RCB | Marshall Starks | 24 | Rook | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 106th pick / 1961 | |
| LS | Dainard Paulson | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Bill Baird | 24 | Rook | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Dick Guesman | 25 | 3 | 0 | 9 of 24 field goals & 30 of 30 extra points | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 |
| P | Curley Johnson | 28 | 3 | 0 | 72 punts for a 42.1 average, 1 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| PR | Dick Christy | 28 | 5 | 0 | 9 punt returns for a 5.1 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Dick Christy | 28 | 5 | 0 | 24 kick returns for a 24.4 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Billy Atkins | 29 | DB-HB | 2 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Auburn | 11/19/1934 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick / 1958 |
| 46 | Bill Baird | 24 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Francisco St. | 3/1/1939 | Rook | |
| 56 | Ted Bates | 27 | LB | 8 | 0 | 219 | 6-3 | Oregon St. | 9/22/1936 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 52nd pick / 1959 |
| 63 | Bob Butler | 23 | G | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 10/27/1940 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 124th pick / 1962 |
| 2 | Ed Chlebek | 23 | QB | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | West. Michigan | 2/9/1940 | Rook | |
| 45 | Dick Christy | 28 | HB | 11 | 0 | 191 | 5-10 | North Carolina St. | 11/24/1935 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 27th pick / 1958 |
| 82 | Ed Cooke | 28 | DE-LB | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Maryland | 5/3/1935 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 29th pick / 1958 |
| 56 | Roger Ellis | 25 | LB-C | 1 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Maine | 2/1/1938 | 3 | New York Giants / 14th / 166th pick / 1959 |
| 61 | Dan Ficca | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | USC | 2/7/1939 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 53rd pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 29th / 231st pick / 1961 |
| 62 | Sid Fournet | 31 | G-LB-DB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | LSU | 8/27/1932 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 20th pick / 1955 |
| 60 | Larry Grantham*+ | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| 18 | Johnny Green | 26 | QB | 1 | 0 | 198 | 6-3 | Tenn-Chattanooga | 10/12/1937 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 21st / 247th pick / 1959 |
| 84 | Ken Gregory | 26 | E | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Whittier | 2/1/1937 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 49th pick / 1961 Houston Oilers / 24th / 192nd pick / 1961 |
| 77 | Dick Guesman | 25 | DT-K | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 1/22/1938 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 67th pick / 1959 |
| 17 | Galen Hall | 23 | QB | 13 | 2 | 216 | 5-10 | Penn St. | 8/14/1940 | 1 | |
| 85 | Gene Heeter | 22 | TE | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 4/19/1941 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 58th pick / 1963 |
| 75 | Winston Hill | 22 | T | 13 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Texas Southern | 10/23/1941 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
| 63 | Roy Hord | 29 | G | 13 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Duke | 12/25/1934 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 88th pick / 1957 |
| 52 | Mike Hudock | 29 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 9/29/1934 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 |
| 72 | Chuck Janerette | 25 | DT-T-G | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 12/1/1938 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 49th pick / 1960 |
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 28 | RB-P-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/2/1935 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| 78 | Jack Klotz | 31 | T | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Widener | 12/5/1932 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 216th pick / 1956 |
| 89 | Dee Mackey | 29 | E-TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 10/16/1934 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 24th / 287th pick / 1958 |
| 31 | Bill Mathis* | 25 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| 13 | Don Maynard | 28 | E-FL-HB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 5 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| 88 | Bob McAdams | 24 | DT | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 11/1/1939 | Rook | New York Giants / 17th / 237th pick / 1963 |
| 34 | Walt Michaels | 34 | LB | 1 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Washington & Lee | 10/16/1929 | 12 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 86th pick / 1951 |
| 40 | Dainard Paulson | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon St. | 5/15/1937 | 2 | |
| 20 | Bill Perkins | 22 | HB | 4 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Iowa | 1/12/1941 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 160th pick / 1963 |
| 64 | Pete Perreault | 24 | G-T | 3 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston Univ. | 3/1/1939 | Rook | |
| 79 | Sherman Plunkett | 30 | T | 14 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/17/1933 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
| 67 | Jim Price | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Auburn | 9/17/1940 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 34th pick / 1963 New York Jets / 6th / 43rd pick / 1963 |
| 73 | Paul Rochester | 25 | DT | 4 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan St. | 7/15/1938 | 3 | |
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 24 | FB-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 5/9/1939 | 2 | |
| 25 | Marshall Starks | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Illinois | 3/6/1939 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 8th / 106th pick / 1961 |
| 26 | Tony Stricker | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Cameron,Colorado | 9/2/1940 | Rook | |
| 73 | George Strugar | 29 | DT | 8 | 0 | 239 | 6-5 | Washington | 4/2/1934 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1957 |
| 87 | LaVerne Torczon | 27 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/1/1936 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 18th / 211th pick / 1957 |
| 29 | Bake Turner* | 23 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 179 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 7/22/1940 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| 42 | Clyde Washington | 25 | DB-P | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/21/1938 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 116th pick / 1960 |
| 86 | Bob Watters | 28 | DE | 12 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | Lincoln (MO) | 9/25/1935 | 1 | New York Giants / 28th / 334th pick / 1958 |
| 26 | Dave West | 25 | DB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Central State (OH) | 6/5/1938 | Rook | |
| 19 | Bill Wood | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 4/17/1939 | Rook | |
| 19 | Dick Wood | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 205 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/29/1936 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 144th pick / 1959 |
| 57 | Dave Yohn | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Gettysburg | 10/10/1937 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 222.2 | 6-1.8 | 2.4 |