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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 2nd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 285 points (20.4/g), 7th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 303 points (21.6/g), 6th.
Differential of -18 points (-1.3/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 6.5-7.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 4th.
Coached by Weeb Ewbank (5-8-1)
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1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 1 | NYJ | Joe Namath HOF | QB | 13 | 1965 | 1977 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 140 | 1886 | 3762 | 27663 | 173 | 220 | 71 | 140 | 7 | Alabama | |||
| 1 | 4 | NYJ | Tom Nowatzke | FB | 8 | 1965 | 1972 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 361 | 1249 | 13 | 100 | 605 | 4 | Indiana | |||||
| 2 | 12 | NYJ | John Huarte | QB | 6 | 1966 | 1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 48 | 230 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 0 | Notre Dame | |||
| 3 | 20 | NYJ | Verlon Biggs | DE | 10 | 1965 | 1974 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 135 | Jackson State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 28 | NYJ | Bob Schweickert | QB | 2 | 1965 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Virginia Tech | ||||||||
| 5 | 36 | NYJ | Glenn Sasser | DE | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina State | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 44 | NYJ | Don Hoovler | LB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ohio | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 51 | NYJ | Archie Roberts | QB | 1 | 1967 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | Columbia | ||||||
| 7 | 52 | NYJ | Jim Jr. Harris | DT | 3 | 1965 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | Utah State | |||||||||||
| 8 | 60 | NYJ | Rick McCurdy | DE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 68 | NYJ | Jimmy Sidle | RB | 1 | 1966 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | Auburn | |||||
| 10 | 76 | NYJ | Frank Lambert | P | 2 | 1965 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | Mississippi | |||||||||||
| 11 | 84 | NYJ | Jim Gray | DB | 2 | 1966 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Toledo | |||||||||||
| 12 | 92 | NYJ | John Berrington | LB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Iowa State | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 100 | NYJ | Sonny Utz | FB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Virginia Tech | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | 108 | NYJ | Gary Plumlee | DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | New Mexico | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 116 | NYJ | Jim Burt | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Western Kentucky | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 124 | NYJ | Seth Cartwright | DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prairie View | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 132 | NYJ | Charlie Browning | HB | 1 | 1965 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Washington | |||||||||||
| 19 | 148 | NYJ | Mitch Dudek | T | 1 | 1966 | 1966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Xavier (OH) | |||||||||||
| 20 | 156 | NYJ | Troy Allen | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Western Michigan | |||||||||||||||