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1968 New York Jets

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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

1968 Super Bowl Champions

Scored 419 points (29.9/g), 2nd of 10 in the AFL.
 Allowed 280 points (20.0/g), 4th.
 Differential of 139 points (9.9/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 10.1-3.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.1/g), 2nd.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (11-3-0)

1968 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 15 box W 1-0 @ Kansas City Chiefs 20 19 18 397 296 101 2 11 201 83 118 1
2 Sun September 22 box W 2-0 @ Boston Patriots 47 31 14 268 189 79 3 15 359 304 55 6
3 Sun September 29 box L 2-1 @ Buffalo Bills 35 37 17 427 257 170 6 10 197 57 140 2
4 Sat October 5 box W 3-1 San Diego Chargers 23 20 19 302 220 82 15 347 319 28 4
5 Sun October 13 box L 3-2 Denver Broncos 13 21 18 460 331 129 5 12 222 174 48
6 Sun October 20 box W 4-2 @ Houston Oilers 20 14 15 231 137 94 16 141 62 79 2
7 Sun October 27 box W 5-2 Boston Patriots 48 14 24 356 182 174 3 8 226 182 44 8
8 Sun November 3 box W 6-2 Buffalo Bills 25 21 11 274 164 110 1 10 196 134 62 5
9 Sun November 10 box W 7-2 Houston Oilers 26 7 16 311 176 135 1 9 166 47 119 3
10 Sun November 17 box L 7-3 @ Oakland Raiders 32 43 18 413 345 68 1 21 437 291 146 4
11 Sun November 24 box W 8-3 @ San Diego Chargers 37 15 22 510 368 142 1 12 235 190 45 4
12 Sun December 1 box W 9-3 Miami Dolphins 35 17 19 380 267 113 21 341 178 163 1
13 Sun December 8 box W 10-3 Cincinnati Bengals 27 14 19 371 286 85 2 6 158 51 107 1
14 Sun December 15 box W 11-3 @ Miami Dolphins 31 7 19 347 221 126 3 12 137 96 41 2
Playoffs
ConfChamp December 29 box W 12-3 Oakland Raiders 27 23
SuperBowl January 12 box W 13-3 N Baltimore Colts 16 7

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 419 5047 921 5.5 249 217 436 3439 20 19 7.6 144 467 1608 22 3.4 80 28 9 25
Team Defense 280 3363 814 4.1 297 187 403 2168 17 28 4.9 104 368 1195 9 3.2 178 43 15 15
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 1 3 8 1 9 3 2
Lg Rank Defense 4 1 1 4 2 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Joe Namath*+ 25 QB 14 14 187 380 49.2 3147 15 3.9 17 4.5 87 8.3 6.7 16.8 224.8 72.1
Babe Parilli 38 14 0 29 55 52.7 401 5 9.1 2 3.6 40 7.3 6.6 13.8 28.6 91.6
Matt Snell 27 FB 14 0 1 1 100.0 26 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 26.0 26.0 26.0 1.9 118.7
Team Total 26.3 14 217 436 49.8 3574 20 4.6 19 4.4 87 8.2 6.7 16.5 255.3 74.8
Opp Total 14 187 403 46.4 2168 17 4.2 28 6.9 5.4 2.7 11.6 154.9 48.3 43 399 4.9 1.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Matt Snell 27 FB 14 0 179 747 6 60 4.2 53.4 12.8 16 105 6.6 1 39 1.1 7.5 852 7 2
Emerson Boozer* 25 HB 12 0 143 441 5 33 3.1 36.8 11.9 12 101 8.4 0 23 1.0 8.4 542 5 5
Bill Mathis 30 14 0 74 208 5 16 2.8 14.9 5.3 9 149 16.6 1 31 0.6 10.6 357 6 1
Billy Joe 28 10 0 42 186 3 32 4.4 18.6 4.2 2 11 5.5 0 11 0.2 1.1 197 3 1
Mark Smolinski 29 14 0 12 15 0 5 1.3 1.1 0.9 6 40 6.7 0 19 0.4 2.9 55 0 0
Babe Parilli 38 14 0 7 -2 1 10 -0.3 -0.1 0.5 -2 1 3
Joe Namath*+ 25 QB 14 14 5 11 2 4 2.2 0.8 0.4 11 2 1
George Sauer*+ 25 SE 14 0 2 21 0 15 10.5 1.5 0.1 66 1141 17.3 3 43 4.7 81.5 1162 3 1
Curley Johnson 33 P 14 0 2 -6 0 0 -3.0 -0.4 0.1 5 78 15.6 0 18 0.4 5.6 72 0 1
Bill Rademacher 26 14 0 1 -13 0 -13 -13.0 -0.9 0.1 2 11 5.5 0 6 0.1 0.8 -2 0 0
Don Maynard* 33 FL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 57 1297 22.8 10 87 4.4 99.8 1297 10 0
Pete Lammons 25 TE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 400 12.5 3 27 2.5 30.8 400 3 0
Bake Turner 28 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 241 24.1 2 71 0.8 18.5 241 2 0
Team Total 26.3 14 467 1608 22 60 3.4 114.9 33.4 217 3574 16.5 20 87 15.5 255.3 5182 42 19
Opp Total 14 368 1195 9 3.2 85.4 26.3 187 2168 11.6 17 13.4 154.9 3363 26 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Earl Christy 25 RET 14 0 13 116 0 39 8.9 25 599 0 87 24.0 715
Bill Baird 29 RS 14 0 18 111 0 20 6.2 111
Bake Turner 28 13 0 14 319 0 36 22.8 560
Jim Richards 22 12 0 4 57 0 37 14.3 57
Matt Snell 27 FB 14 0 3 28 0 15 9.3 880
Mike D'Amato 25 13 0 1 32 0 32 32.0 32
John Neidert 22 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Gerry Philbin*+ 27 LDE 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Bill Rademacher 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -2
Mark Smolinski 29 14 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 72
Team Total 26.3 14 36 286 0 39 7.9 46 995 0 87 21.6 6463
Opp Total 14 39 3 82 1664 0 20.3

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Jim Turner* 27 K 14 0 8 8 18 15 10 6 7 5 1 46 34 73.9% 43 43 100.0%
Curley Johnson 33 P 14 0 68 2977 65 1 43.8
Team Total 26.3 14 8 8 18 15 10 6 7 5 1 46 34 73.9% 43 43 100.0% 68 2977 65 1 43.8
Opp Total 14 17 9 52.9% 34 33 97.1% 98 3763 38.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Al Atkinson* 25 MLB 12 0 2 24 0 22
Bill Baird 29 RS 14 0 4 74 0 36
Ralph Baker 26 LLB 14 0 3 31 0 20 0 1 0 0
Randy Beverly 24 RCB 13 0 4 127 1 68
Emerson Boozer* 25 HB 12 0 5 4 0 0
Earl Christy 25 RET 14 0 1 16 0 16 2 0 0 0
Paul Crane 24 13 0 1 0 -38 0 1
Mike D'Amato 25 13 0 0 1 0 0
Cornell Gordon 27 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Winston Hill* 27 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Hudson 25 LS 14 0 5 96 0 45
Billy Joe 28 10 0 1 0 0 0
Curley Johnson 33 P 14 0 1 1 0 0
Bill Mathis 30 14 0 1 0 0 0
Carl McAdams 24 ldt 14 0 0 2 6 0
Joe Namath*+ 25 QB 14 14 1 0 0 0
Babe Parilli 38 14 0 3 1 0 0
Gerry Philbin*+ 27 LDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Bill Rademacher 26 14 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Richards 22 12 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Rochester 30 LDT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Johnny Sample 31 LCB 14 0 7 88 1 39 0 1 5 0
George Sauer*+ 25 SE 14 0 1 0 0 0
John Schmitt 26 C 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mark Smolinski 29 14 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Snell 27 FB 14 0 2 1 0 0
Bob Talamini 29 LG 14 0 0 2 0 0
Bake Turner 28 13 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 28 456 2 68 19 25 -27 0 1
Opp Total 14 18 29 14

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Turner* 27 K 14 0 43 34 145
Don Maynard* 33 FL 13 0 10 60
Matt Snell 27 FB 14 0 6 1 42
Bill Mathis 30 14 0 5 1 1 38
Emerson Boozer* 25 HB 12 0 5 30
Billy Joe 28 10 0 3 18
Pete Lammons 25 TE 13 0 3 18
George Sauer*+ 25 SE 14 0 3 18
Joe Namath*+ 25 QB 14 14 2 12
Bake Turner 28 13 0 2 12
Randy Beverly 24 RCB 13 0 1 6
Babe Parilli 38 14 0 1 6
Johnny Sample 31 LCB 14 0 1 6
Mark Smolinski 29 14 0 1 6
Paul Crane 24 13 0 1 2
Team Total 26.3 14 22 20 2 1 1 43 34 1 419
Opp Total 14 9 17 3 33 9 280