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1967 New York Jets
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Record: 8-5-1, Finished 2nd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 371 points (26.5/g), 3rd of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 329 points (23.5/g), 5th.
Differential of 42 points (3.0/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 5th.
Coached by Weeb Ewbank (8-5-1)
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1967 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* | 24 | 2 | 14 | 258 for 491, 4,007 yards, 26 td, 28 int, & 6 rushes for 14 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| HB | Emerson Boozer | 24 | 1 | 0 | 119 rushes for 442 yards, 10 td, & 12 catches for 205 yards and 3 td | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Matt Snell | 26 | 3 | 0 | 61 rushes for 207 yards, 0 td, & 11 catches for 54 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| FL | Don Maynard* | 32 | 9 | 0 | 71 catches for 1,434 yards, 10 td, & 4 rushes for 18 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| SE | George Sauer*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 75 catches for 1,189 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for -3 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Pete Lammons* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 45 catches for 515 yards, 2 td | New York Jets / 8th / 68th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Winston Hill* | 26 | 4 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
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| LG | Randy Rasmussen | 22 | Rook | 14 | New York Jets / 12th / 302nd pick / 1967 |
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| C | John Schmitt | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Dave Herman | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
| RT | Sherman Plunkett | 34 | 9 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gerry Philbin | 26 | 3 | 0 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
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| LDT | Paul Rochester | 29 | 7 | 0 | ||
| RDT | Jim Jr. Harris | 24 | 2 | 0 | New York Jets / 7th / 52nd pick / 1965 |
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| RDE | Verlon Biggs* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| LLB | Ralph Baker | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 |
| MLB | Al Atkinson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Larry Grantham | 29 | 7 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | Johnny Sample | 30 | 9 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Randy Beverly | 23 | Rook | 13 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Jim Hudson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Bill Baird | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Turner | 26 | 3 | 0 | 17 of 32 field goals & 36 of 39 extra points | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| P | Curley Johnson | 32 | 7 | 0 | 65 punts for a 42.1 average, 0 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| PR | Bill Baird | 28 | 4 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 8.8 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Earl Christy | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 kick returns for a 22.7 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Al Atkinson | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Villanova | 7/28/1943 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Baird | 28 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Francisco State | 3/1/1939 | 4 | |
| Ralph Baker | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/25/1942 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 |
| Randy Beverly | 23 | DB | 14 | 13 | 190 | 5-11 | Colorado State | 4/3/1944 | Rook | |
| Verlon Biggs* | 24 | DE | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 3/16/1943 | 2 | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| Emerson Boozer | 24 | RB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Md-Eastern Shore | 7/4/1943 | 1 | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966 |
| Solomon Brannan | 25 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Morris Brown | 9/5/1942 | 2 | |
| Earl Christy | 24 | HB-DB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Md-Eastern Shore | 3/19/1943 | 1 | |
| Paul Crane | 23 | LB-C | 11 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Alabama | 1/29/1944 | 1 | |
| John Elliott | 23 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Texas | 10/26/1944 | Rook | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1967 |
| Cornell Gordon | 26 | DB | 2 | 0 | 187 | 6-0 | North Carolina A&T | 1/6/1941 | 2 | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Grantham | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| Jim Jr. Harris | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Utah State | 2/24/1943 | 2 | New York Jets / 7th / 52nd pick / 1965 |
| Abner Haynes | 30 | HB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | North Texas | 9/19/1937 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 55th pick / 1960 |
| Dave Herman | 26 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 9/3/1941 | 3 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
| Winston Hill* | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Texas Southern | 10/23/1941 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Hudson | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas | 3/31/1943 | 2 | |
| Billy Joe | 27 | RB | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Villanova | 10/14/1940 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 11th / 85th pick / 1963 |
| Curley Johnson | 32 | RB-P-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/2/1935 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| Henry King | 22 | DB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-4 | Utah State | 1/25/1945 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 74th pick / 1967 |
| Pete Lammons* | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Texas | 10/20/1943 | 1 | New York Jets / 8th / 68th pick / 1966 |
| Sherman Lewis | 25 | DB | 5 | 0 | 158 | 5-9 | Michigan State | 6/29/1942 | 1 | New York Jets / 9th / 67th pick / 1964 |
| Bill Mathis | 29 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| John Matlock | 23 | C | 10 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 10/19/1944 | Rook | |
| Don Maynard* | 32 | E-FL-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 9 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| Carl McAdams | 23 | DT-LB-DE | 8 | 1 | 240 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 4/26/1944 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1966 |
| Joe Namath* | 24 | QB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-2 | Alabama | 5/31/1943 | 2 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| Pete Perreault | 28 | G-T | 9 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston University | 3/1/1939 | 4 | |
| Gerry Philbin | 26 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Buffalo | 7/31/1941 | 3 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
| Sherman Plunkett | 34 | T | 14 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/17/1933 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1956 |
| Bill Rademacher | 25 | WR-DB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Northern Michigan | 5/13/1942 | 3 | |
| Dennis Randall | 22 | DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-7 | Oklahoma State | 7/7/1945 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 66th pick / 1967 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 22 | G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-2 | Nebraska-Kearney | 5/10/1945 | Rook | New York Jets / 12th / 302nd pick / 1967 |
| Jeff Richardson | 23 | T-G-C | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 9/1/1944 | Rook | New York Jets / 6th / 146th pick / 1967 |
| Paul Rochester | 29 | DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 7/15/1938 | 7 | |
| Johnny Sample | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 6/15/1937 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| George Sauer*+ | 24 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas | 11/10/1943 | 2 | |
| John Schmitt | 25 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Hofstra | 11/12/1942 | 3 | |
| Bob Schweickert | 25 | QB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Virginia Tech | 9/17/1942 | 2 | New York Jets / 4th / 28th pick / 1965 |
| Paul Seiler | 22 | C-T | 2 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 11/1/1945 | Rook | New York Jets / 1st / 12th pick / 1967 |
| Mark Smolinski | 28 | FB-TE | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 5/9/1939 | 6 | |
| Matt Snell | 26 | RB | 7 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 8/18/1941 | 3 | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 26 | QB | 3 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Illinois | 7/26/1941 | 3 | New York Giants / 10th / 138th pick / 1963 |
| Bake Turner | 27 | WR-SE | 8 | 0 | 179 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 7/22/1940 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| Jim Turner | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Utah State | 3/28/1941 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Waskiewicz | 23 | C-LB-T | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Wichita State | 2/10/1944 | 1 | New York Jets / 4th / 29th pick / 1966 |
| Bert Wilder | 28 | DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/14/1939 | 3 | New York Titans / 14th / 109th pick / 1962 |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 222.4 | 6-1.9 | 3.0 |