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1966 New York Jets
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Record: 6-6-2, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 322 points (23.0/g), 5th of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 312 points (22.3/g), 6th.
Differential of 10 points (0.7/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 7.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 7th.
Coached by Weeb Ewbank (6-6-2)
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1966 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 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 232 for 471, 3,379 yards, 19 td, 27 int, & 6 rushes for 42 yards and 2 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| HB | Emerson Boozer* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 97 rushes for 455 yards, 5 td, & 8 catches for 133 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Matt Snell* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 178 rushes for 644 yards, 4 td, & 48 catches for 346 yards and 4 td | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| FL | Don Maynard | 31 | 8 | 0 | 48 catches for 840 yards, 5 td | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| SE | George Sauer* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 63 catches for 1,079 yards, 5 td | |
| TE | Pete Lammons | 23 | Rook | 0 | 41 catches for 565 yards, 4 td | New York Jets / 8th / 68th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Winston Hill | 25 | 3 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
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| LG | Sam DeLuca | 30 | 6 | 0 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1957 |
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| C | John Schmitt | 24 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RG | Dave Herman | 25 | 2 | 14 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Sherman Plunkett* | 33 | 8 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gerry Philbin | 25 | 2 | 0 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
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| LDT | Paul Rochester | 28 | 6 | 0 | ||
| RDT | Jim Harris Jr. | 23 | 1 | 0 | New York Jets / 7th / 52nd pick / 1965 |
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| RDE | Verlon Biggs* | 23 | 1 | 0 | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
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| LLB | Paul Crane | 22 | Rook | 0 | ||
| MLB | Al Atkinson | 23 | 1 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Larry Grantham* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Johnny Sample | 29 | 8 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Bill Baird | 27 | 3 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Ray Abruzzese | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 |
| RS | Jim Hudson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Turner | 25 | 2 | 0 | 18 of 35 field goals & 34 of 35 extra points | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| P | Curley Johnson | 31 | 6 | 0 | 62 punts for a 42.5 average, 0 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| PR | Bake Turner | 26 | 4 | 0 | 10 punt returns for a 6.0 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| KR | Emerson Boozer* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 25.3 average and 1 td | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ray Abruzzese | 29 | B | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Alabama | 10/27/1937 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962 |
| Al Atkinson | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-2 | Villanova | 7/28/1943 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Baird | 27 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Francisco State | 3/1/1939 | 3 | |
| Ralph Baker | 24 | LB | 11 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/25/1942 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 |
| Verlon Biggs* | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 3/16/1943 | 1 | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| Emerson Boozer* | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Md-Eastern Shore | 7/4/1943 | Rook | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966 |
| Steve Chomyszak | 22 | DT-DE | 2 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Syracuse | 2/27/1944 | Rook | New York Jets / 12th / 103rd pick / 1966 |
| Earl Christy | 23 | HB-DB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Md-Eastern Shore | 3/19/1943 | Rook | |
| Paul Crane | 22 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Alabama | 1/29/1944 | Rook | |
| Sam DeLuca | 30 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 5/2/1936 | 6 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1957 |
| Mitch Dudek | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Xavier (OH) | 11/9/1943 | Rook | New York Jets / 19th / 148th pick / 1965 |
| Dan Ficca | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | USC | 2/7/1939 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 53rd pick / 1961 |
| Cornell Gordon | 25 | DB | 10 | 1 | 187 | 6-0 | North Carolina A&T | 1/6/1941 | 1 | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Grantham* | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| Jim Gray | 25 | DB | 6 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Toledo | 8/23/1941 | Rook | New York Jets / 11th / 84th pick / 1965 |
| Pat Gucciardo | 22 | DB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Kent State | 4/21/1944 | Rook | |
| Jim Harris Jr. | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Utah State | 2/24/1943 | 1 | New York Jets / 7th / 52nd pick / 1965 |
| Dave Herman | 25 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 9/3/1941 | 2 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
| Winston Hill | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Texas Southern | 10/23/1941 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Hudson | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas | 3/31/1943 | 1 | |
| Curley Johnson | 31 | RB-P-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/2/1935 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| Pete Lammons | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Texas | 10/20/1943 | Rook | New York Jets / 8th / 68th pick / 1966 |
| Sherman Lewis | 24 | DB | 5 | 0 | 158 | 5-9 | Michigan State | 6/29/1942 | Rook | New York Jets / 9th / 67th pick / 1964 |
| Bill Mathis | 28 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| Don Maynard | 31 | E-FL-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 8 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| Joe Namath | 23 | QB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-2 | Alabama | 5/31/1943 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| Jim O'Mahoney | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 3/29/1941 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 100th pick / 1963 |
| Dainard Paulson | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 5/15/1937 | 5 | |
| Pete Perreault | 27 | G-T | 6 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston University | 3/1/1939 | 3 | |
| Gerry Philbin | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Buffalo | 7/31/1941 | 2 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
| Sherman Plunkett* | 33 | T | 14 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/17/1933 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
| Bill Rademacher | 24 | WR-DB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Northern Michigan | 5/13/1942 | 2 | |
| Paul Rochester | 28 | DT | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 7/15/1938 | 6 | |
| Johnny Sample | 29 | DB | 13 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 6/15/1937 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| George Sauer* | 23 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas | 11/10/1943 | 1 | |
| Henry Schmidt | 31 | DT-E | 11 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Trinity (TX),USC | 9/28/1935 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 71st pick / 1958 |
| John Schmitt | 24 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Hofstra | 11/12/1942 | 2 | |
| Allen T. Smith | 24 | HB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Findlay | 10/7/1942 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 20th / 300th pick / 1966 |
| Mark Smolinski | 27 | FB-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 5/9/1939 | 5 | |
| Matt Snell* | 25 | RB | 12 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 8/18/1941 | 2 | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 25 | QB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Illinois | 7/26/1941 | 2 | New York Giants / 10th / 138th pick / 1963 |
| Bake Turner | 26 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 179 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 7/22/1940 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| Jim Turner | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Utah State | 3/28/1941 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Waskiewicz | 22 | C-LB-T | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Wichita State | 2/10/1944 | Rook | New York Jets / 4th / 29th pick / 1966 |
| Sammy Weir | 25 | WR | 11 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Arkansas State | 3/18/1941 | 1 | |
| Bob Werl | 23 | DE-G | 8 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 1/7/1943 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 162nd pick / 1965 |
| Bert Wilder | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 2 | 245 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/14/1939 | 2 | New York Titans / 14th / 109th pick / 1962 |
| William Yearby | 22 | DE | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Michigan | 7/24/1944 | Rook | New York Jets / 1st / 13th pick / 1966 |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 220.6 | 6-1.6 | 2.5 |