You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Teams > New York Jets > 1966 Starters, Roster, & Players

1966 New York Jets

Franchise IndexPrevious Season / Next Season

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)

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)
 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
St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th 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
Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 98th 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
New York Giants / 4th / 49th 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
Cleveland Browns / 14th / 213th pick / 1966

LT Winston Hill 25 3 0

Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963

LG Sam DeLuca 30 6 0

New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1957

C John Schmitt 24 2 0
RG Dave Herman 25 2 14

New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963
New York Jets / 27th / 211th pick / 1963

RT Sherman Plunkett* 33 8 0

Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956

 Defensive Starters
LDE Gerry Philbin 25 2 0

New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964
Detroit Lions / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1964

LDT Paul Rochester 28 6 0
RDT Jim Harris Jr. 23 1 0

New York Jets / 7th / 52nd pick / 1965
Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 55th pick / 1965

RDE Verlon Biggs* 23 1 0

New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965

LLB Paul Crane 22 Rook 0
MLB Al Atkinson 23 1 14 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered

Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965
Baltimore Colts / 6th / 84th 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
Baltimore Colts / 16th / 219th 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
Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 98th pick / 1966

Roster

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Ray Abruzzese 29 B 14 0 194 6-1 Alabama 10/27/1937 4

Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 180th pick / 1962
Baltimore Colts / 16th / 219th pick / 1962

Al Atkinson 23 LB 14 14 230 6-2 Villanova 7/28/1943 1

Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965
Baltimore Colts / 6th / 84th 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
New York Jets / 6th / 43rd 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
Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 98th 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
San Diego Chargers / 29th / 231st 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
San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 211th 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
Philadelphia Eagles / 16th / 216th 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
Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 55th 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
New York Jets / 27th / 211th 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
Cleveland Browns / 14th / 213th pick / 1966

Sherman Lewis 24 DB 5 0 158 5-9 Michigan State 6/29/1942 Rook

New York Jets / 9th / 67th pick / 1964
Cleveland Browns / 18th / 250th 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
St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th 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
Detroit Lions / 3rd / 33rd 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
New York Giants / 4th / 49th pick / 1964

Mike Taliaferro 25 QB 14 0 202 6-2 Illinois 7/26/1941 2

New York Giants / 10th / 138th pick / 1963
New York Jets / 28th / 219th 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
Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 143rd 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