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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.1, Offense: -1.1, Defense: -0.0, SoS: 0.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Weeb Ewbank
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 | 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 St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1965 |
| 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 New York Giants / 4th / 49th 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 | |
| LG | Sam DeLuca | 29 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1957 | |
| C | Mike Hudock | 31 | 5 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 | |
| RG | Dave Herman | 24 | 1 | 14 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 New York Jets / 27th / 211th pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Sherman Plunkett | 32 | 7 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gerry Philbin | 24 | 1 | 0 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 Detroit Lions / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1964 |
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| LDT | Paul Rochester | 27 | 5 | 0 | ||
| RDT | Jim Harris Jr. | 22 | Rook | 14 | New York Jets / 7th / 52nd pick / 1965 Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 55th 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 New York Jets / 6th / 43rd 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 | |
| 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 Baltimore Colts / 16th / 219th 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 |
| LCB | Bill Baird | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| KR | Bake Turner | 25 | 3 | 4 | 18 kick returns for a 22.3 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Ray Abruzzese | 28 | RS | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Alabama | 10/27/1937 | 3 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 Baltimore Colts / 16th / 219th pick / 1962 |
| 88 | Al Atkinson | 22 | lb | 14 | 2 | 230 | 6-2 | Villanova | 7/28/1943 | Rook | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 Baltimore Colts / 6th / 84th pick / 1965 |
| 46 | Bill Baird | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Francisco St. | 3/1/1939 | 2 | 9 | |
| 51 | Ralph Baker | 23 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 8/25/1942 | 1 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 New York Jets / 6th / 43rd pick / 1964 |
| 86 | Verlon Biggs | 22 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-4 | Jackson St. | 3/16/1943 | Rook | 8 | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| 32 | Charlie Browning | 22 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Washington | 7/28/1943 | Rook | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 87th pick / 1965 New York Jets / 17th / 132nd pick / 1965 |
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| 45 | Kern Carson | 24 | 10 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | San Diego St. | 1/29/1941 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 229th pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 29th / 229th pick / 1963 |
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| 71 | Nick DeFelice | 25 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Southern Connecticut St. | 2/4/1940 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 65 | Sam DeLuca | 29 | LG | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 5/2/1936 | 5 | 6 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1957 |
| 55 | Mike Dukes | 29 | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Clemson | 3/16/1936 | 5 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1959 | |
| 80 | Jim Evans | 26 | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas-El Paso | 10/24/1939 | 1 | 0 | New York Jets / 4th / 27th pick / 1964 Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 83rd pick / 1964 |
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| 61 | Dan Ficca | 26 | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | USC | 2/7/1939 | 3 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 53rd pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 29th / 231st pick / 1961 |
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| 48 | Cornell Gordon | 24 | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-0 | North Carolina A&T | 1/6/1941 | Rook | 2 | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964 San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 211th pick / 1964 |
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| 60 | Larry Grantham | 27 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 5 | 12 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| 78 | Jim Harris Jr. | 22 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 280 | 6-4 | Utah St. | 2/24/1943 | Rook | 9 | New York Jets / 7th / 52nd pick / 1965 Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 55th pick / 1965 |
| 85 | Gene Heeter | 24 | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 4/19/1941 | 2 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 58th pick / 1963 | |
| 67 | Dave Herman | 24 | RG | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 9/3/1941 | 1 | 6 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 New York Jets / 27th / 211th pick / 1963 |
| 75 | Winston Hill | 24 | LT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Texas Southern | 10/23/1941 | 2 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
| 52 | Mike Hudock | 31 | C | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 9/29/1934 | 5 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 128th pick / 1956 |
| 44 | Jim Hudson | 22 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas | 3/31/1943 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 45 | Cosmo Iacavazzi | 22 | 2 | 0 | 209 | 5-11 | Princeton | 8/18/1943 | Rook | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 20th / 275th pick / 1965 | |
| 33 | Curley Johnson* | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/2/1935 | 5 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| 89 | Dee Mackey | 31 | TE | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 10/16/1934 | 5 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 24th / 287th pick / 1958 |
| 31 | Bill Mathis | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 5 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| 13 | Don Maynard* | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 7 | 14 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| 54 | Wahoo McDaniel | 27 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 6/19/1938 | 5 | 8 | |
| 12 | Joe Namath* | 22 | QB | 13 | 9 | 200 | 6-2 | Alabama | 5/31/1943 | Rook | 9 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1965 |
| 63 | Jim O'Mahoney | 24 | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 3/29/1941 | Rook | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 100th pick / 1963 | |
| 40 | Dainard Paulson* | 28 | LS | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon St. | 5/15/1937 | 4 | 16 | |
| 64 | Pete Perreault | 26 | 3 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston Univ. | 3/1/1939 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 81 | Gerry Philbin | 24 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Buffalo | 7/31/1941 | 1 | 8 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 Detroit Lions / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1964 |
| 79 | Sherman Plunkett | 32 | RT | 14 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/17/1933 | 7 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
| 23 | Bill Rademacher | 23 | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Northern Michigan | 5/13/1942 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Jerry Robinson | 26 | 4 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Grambling St. | 3/9/1939 | 3 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 64th pick / 1962 Chicago Bears / 11th / 147th pick / 1962 |
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| 72 | Paul Rochester | 27 | LDT | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan St. | 7/15/1938 | 5 | 8 | |
| 83 | George Sauer | 22 | SE | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas | 11/10/1943 | Rook | 3 | |
| 56 | John Schmitt | 23 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Hofstra | 11/12/1942 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Bob Schweickert | 23 | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Virginia Tech | 9/17/1942 | Rook | 0 | New York Jets / 4th / 28th pick / 1965 San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1965 |
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| 76 | Arnie Simkus | 22 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Michigan | 3/25/1943 | Rook | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 72nd pick / 1965 | |
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 26 | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 5/9/1939 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 41 | Matt Snell | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 8/18/1941 | 1 | 9 | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 New York Giants / 4th / 49th pick / 1964 |
| 17 | Mike Taliaferro | 24 | qb | 14 | 5 | 202 | 6-2 | Illinois | 7/26/1941 | 1 | 2 | New York Giants / 10th / 138th pick / 1963 New York Jets / 28th / 219th pick / 1963 |
| 87 | LaVerne Torczon | 29 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 1/1/1936 | 5 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 18th / 211th pick / 1957 | |
| 29 | Bake Turner | 25 | KR | 13 | 4 | 179 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 7/22/1940 | 3 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| 11 | Jim Turner | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Utah St. | 3/28/1941 | 1 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| 42 | Clyde Washington | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/21/1938 | 5 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 116th pick / 1960 |
| 22 | Willie West | 27 | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Oregon | 5/1/1938 | 5 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 | |
| 82 | Bert Wilder | 26 | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | North Carolina St. | 4/14/1939 | 1 | 1 | New York Titans / 14th / 109th pick / 1962 Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 143rd pick / 1962 |
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| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 222.3 | 6-1.7 | 2.3 |
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