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1965 New York Jets
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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
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Joe Namath* | 22 | Rook | 9 | 164 for 340, 2,220 yards, 18 td, 15 int, & 8 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| QB | Mike Taliaferro | 24 | 1 | 5 | 45 for 119, 531 yards, 3 td, 7 int, & 7 rushes for 4 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 10th / 138th pick / 1963 |
| HB | Bill Mathis | 27 | 5 | 0 | 147 rushes for 604 yards, 5 td, & 17 catches for 242 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| FB | Matt Snell | 24 | 1 | 0 | 169 rushes for 763 yards, 4 td, & 38 catches for 264 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| FL | Don Maynard* | 30 | 7 | 0 | 68 catches for 1,218 yards, 14 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| SE | George Sauer | 22 | Rook | 0 | 29 catches for 301 yards, 2 td | |
| TE | Dee Mackey | 31 | 5 | 0 | 16 catches for 255 yards, 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 24th / 287th pick / 1958 |
| LT | Winston Hill | 24 | 2 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
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| LG | Sam DeLuca | 29 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1957 |
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| C | Mike Hudock | 31 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 |
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| RG | Dave Herman | 24 | 1 | 14 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Sherman Plunkett | 32 | 7 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gerry Philbin | 24 | 1 | 0 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
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| LDT | Paul Rochester | 27 | 5 | 0 | ||
| RDT | Jim Jr. Harris | 22 | Rook | 14 | New York Jets / 7th / 52nd pick / 1965 |
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| RDE | Verlon Biggs | 22 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| LLB | Ralph Baker | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 |
| MLB | Wahoo McDaniel | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Larry Grantham | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Bill Baird | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Clyde Washington | 27 | 5 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 116th pick / 1960 |
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| LS | Dainard Paulson* | 28 | 4 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Ray Abruzzese | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Turner | 24 | 1 | 0 | 20 of 34 field goals & 31 of 31 extra points | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| P | Curley Johnson* | 30 | 5 | 0 | 72 punts for a 45.3 average, 0 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| PR | Bill Baird | 26 | 2 | 0 | 14 punt returns for a 6.3 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Bake Turner | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 kick returns for a 22.3 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ray Abruzzese | 28 | B | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Alabama | 10/27/1937 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 |
| Al Atkinson | 22 | LB | 14 | 2 | 230 | 6-2 | Villanova | 7/28/1943 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Baird | 26 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Francisco State | 3/1/1939 | 2 | |
| Ralph Baker | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/25/1942 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 |
| Verlon Biggs | 22 | DE | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 3/16/1943 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| Charlie Browning | 22 | HB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Washington | 7/28/1943 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 87th pick / 1965 |
| Kern Carson | 24 | HB | 10 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 1/29/1941 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 229th pick / 1963 |
| Nick DeFelice | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Southern Connecticut State | 2/4/1940 | Rook | |
| Sam DeLuca | 29 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 5/2/1936 | 5 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1957 |
| Mike Dukes | 29 | LB | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Clemson | 3/16/1936 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1959 |
| Jim Evans | 26 | WR | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas-El Paso | 10/24/1939 | 1 | New York Jets / 4th / 27th pick / 1964 |
| Dan Ficca | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | USC | 2/7/1939 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 53rd pick / 1961 |
| Cornell Gordon | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-0 | North Carolina A&T | 1/6/1941 | Rook | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Grantham | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| Jim Jr. Harris | 22 | DT | 14 | 14 | 280 | 6-4 | Utah State | 2/24/1943 | Rook | New York Jets / 7th / 52nd pick / 1965 |
| Gene Heeter | 24 | TE | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 4/19/1941 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 58th pick / 1963 |
| Dave Herman | 24 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 9/3/1941 | 1 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
| Winston Hill | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Texas Southern | 10/23/1941 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
| Mike Hudock | 31 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 9/29/1934 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Hudson | 22 | DB | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas | 3/31/1943 | Rook | |
| Cosmo Iacavazzi | 22 | HB | 2 | 0 | 209 | 5-11 | Princeton | 8/18/1943 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 20th / 275th pick / 1965 |
| Curley Johnson* | 30 | RB-P-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/2/1935 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| Dee Mackey | 31 | E-TE | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 10/16/1934 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 24th / 287th pick / 1958 |
| Bill Mathis | 27 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| Don Maynard* | 30 | E-FL-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 7 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 6/19/1938 | 5 | |
| Joe Namath* | 22 | QB | 13 | 9 | 200 | 6-2 | Alabama | 5/31/1943 | Rook | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| Jim O'Mahoney | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 3/29/1941 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 100th pick / 1963 |
| Dainard Paulson* | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 5/15/1937 | 4 | |
| Pete Perreault | 26 | G-T | 3 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston University | 3/1/1939 | 2 | |
| Gerry Philbin | 24 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Buffalo | 7/31/1941 | 1 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
| Sherman Plunkett | 32 | T | 14 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/17/1933 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
| Bill Rademacher | 23 | WR-DB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Northern Michigan | 5/13/1942 | 1 | |
| Jerry Robinson | 26 | FL-WR | 4 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 3/9/1939 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 64th pick / 1962 |
| Paul Rochester | 27 | DT | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 7/15/1938 | 5 | |
| George Sauer | 22 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas | 11/10/1943 | Rook | |
| John Schmitt | 23 | C | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Hofstra | 11/12/1942 | 1 | |
| Bob Schweickert | 23 | QB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Virginia Tech | 9/17/1942 | Rook | New York Jets / 4th / 28th pick / 1965 |
| Arnie Simkus | 22 | DE-DT | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Michigan | 3/25/1943 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 72nd pick / 1965 |
| Mark Smolinski | 26 | FB-TE | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 5/9/1939 | 4 | |
| Matt Snell | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 8/18/1941 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 24 | QB | 14 | 5 | 202 | 6-2 | Illinois | 7/26/1941 | 1 | New York Giants / 10th / 138th pick / 1963 |
| LaVerne Torczon | 29 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/1/1936 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 18th / 211th pick / 1957 |
| Bake Turner | 25 | WR-SE | 13 | 4 | 179 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 7/22/1940 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| Jim Turner | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Utah State | 3/28/1941 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| Clyde Washington | 27 | DB-P | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/21/1938 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 116th pick / 1960 |
| Willie West | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Oregon | 5/1/1938 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 |
| Bert Wilder | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/14/1939 | 1 | New York Titans / 14th / 109th pick / 1962 |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 222.3 | 6-1.7 | 2.3 |