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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.

Simple Rating System: Total 7.9, Offense: 7.0, Defense: 0.8, SoS: -2.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank

Training Camp: Hofstra University (Hempstead, New York)


Super Bowl Champ

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 4.1 178 187 403 2168 17 28 4.9 104 368 1195 9 3.2 59 43 15 15
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 8 1 9 3 2
Lg Rank Defense 4 1 1 4 2 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 3

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
2 Sun September 15 boxscore W 1-0 @ Kansas City Chiefs 20 19 18 397 296 101 2 11 201 83 118 1
2 Sun September 22 boxscore W 2-0 @ Boston Patriots 47 31 14 268 189 79 3 15 359 304 55 6
4 Sun September 29 boxscore L 2-1 @ Buffalo Bills 35 37 17 427 257 170 6 10 197 57 140 2
4 Sat October 5 boxscore W 3-1 San Diego Chargers 23 20 19 302 220 82 15 347 319 28 4
5 Sun October 13 boxscore L 3-2 Denver Broncos 13 21 18 460 331 129 5 12 222 174 48
7 Sun October 20 boxscore W 4-2 @ Houston Oilers 20 14 15 231 137 94 16 141 62 79 2
7 Sun October 27 boxscore W 5-2 Boston Patriots 48 14 24 356 182 174 3 8 226 182 44 8
8 Sun November 3 boxscore W 6-2 Buffalo Bills 25 21 11 274 164 110 1 10 196 134 62 5
9 Sun November 10 boxscore W 7-2 Houston Oilers 26 7 16 311 176 135 1 9 166 47 119 3
10 Sun November 17 boxscore L 7-3 @ Oakland Raiders 32 43 18 413 345 68 1 21 437 291 146 4
11 Sun November 24 boxscore W 8-3 @ San Diego Chargers 37 15 22 510 368 142 1 12 235 190 45 4
12 Sun December 1 boxscore W 9-3 Miami Dolphins 35 17 19 380 267 113 21 341 178 163 1
13 Sun December 8 boxscore W 10-3 Cincinnati Bengals 27 14 19 371 286 85 2 6 158 51 107 1
14 Sun December 15 boxscore W 11-3 @ Miami Dolphins 31 7 19 347 221 126 3 12 137 96 41 2
Playoffs
ConfChamp Sun December 29 boxscore W 12-3 Oakland Raiders 27 23 25 400 256 144 2 18 443 393 50
SuperBowl Sun January 12 boxscore W 13-3 N Baltimore Colts 16 7 21 337 195 142 1 18 324 181 143 5

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
12 Joe Namath*+ 25 QB 14 14 11-3-0 187 380 49.2 3147 15 3.9 17 4.5 87 8.3 7.1 16.8 224.8 72.1 4 4
15 Babe Parilli 38 14 0 29 55 52.7 401 5 9.1 2 3.6 40 7.3 7.5 13.8 28.6 91.6 1 1
41 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 11-3-0 217 436 49.8 3574 20 4.6 19 4.4 87 8.2 7.2 16.5 255.3 74.8 5 5
Opp Total 14 187 403 46.4 2567 17 4.2 28 6.9 6.4 4.09 13.7 183.4 52.4 43 399 4.9 2.8 9.6

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
41 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
32 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
31 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
35 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
30 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
15 Babe Parilli 38 14 0 7 -2 1 10 -0.3 -0.1 0.5 -2 1 3
12 Joe Namath*+ 25 QB 14 14 5 11 2 4 2.2 0.8 0.4 11 2 1
83 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
33 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
23 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
13 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
87 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
29 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
45 Earl Christy 25 KR 14 0 13 116 0 39 8.9 25 599 0 87 24.0 715
46 Bill Baird 29 PR/RS 14 0 18 111 0 20 6.2 111
29 Bake Turner 28 13 0 14 319 0 36 22.8 560
26 Jim Richards 22 12 0 4 57 0 37 14.3 57
41 Matt Snell 27 FB 14 0 3 28 0 15 9.3 880
47 Mike D'Amato 25 13 0 1 32 0 32 32.0 32
63 John Neidert 22 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
81 Gerry Philbin*+ 27 LDE 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
23 Bill Rademacher 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -2
30 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
11 Jim Turner* 27 K 14 0 8 8 18 15 10 6 7 5 1 46 34 73.9% 43 43 100.0%
33 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
32 Emerson Boozer* 25 HB 12 0 0 5 4 0 0
24 Johnny Sample 31 LCB 14 0 7 88 1 39 0 0 0 1 5 0
22 Jim Hudson 25 LS 14 0 5 96 0 45 0
46 Bill Baird 29 PR/RS 14 0 4 74 0 36 0
51 Ralph Baker 26 LLB 14 0 3 31 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0
42 Randy Beverly 24 RCB 13 0 4 127 1 68 0
15 Babe Parilli 38 14 0 0 3 1 0 0
45 Earl Christy 25 KR 14 0 1 16 0 16 0 0 2 0 0 0
48 Cornell Gordon 27 db 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
41 Matt Snell 27 FB 14 0 0 2 1 0 0
62 Al Atkinson* 25 MLB 12 0 2 24 0 22 0
33 Curley Johnson 33 P 14 0 0 1 1 0 0
50 Carl McAdams 24 14 0 0 0 2 6 0
81 Gerry Philbin*+ 27 LDE 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 Bill Rademacher 26 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
72 Paul Rochester 30 LDT 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
61 Bob Talamini 29 LG 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
56 Paul Crane 24 13 0 0 1 0 -38 0 1
47 Mike D'Amato 25 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
75 Winston Hill* 27 LT 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 Billy Joe 28 10 0 0 1 0 0 0
31 Bill Mathis 30 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
12 Joe Namath*+ 25 QB 14 14 0 1 0 0 0
26 Jim Richards 22 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
83 George Sauer*+ 25 SE 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
52 John Schmitt 26 C 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 Mark Smolinski 29 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 Bake Turner 28 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 28 456 2 68 0 0 19 25 -27 0 1
Opp Total 14 18 29 14

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
11 Jim Turner* 27 K 14 0 43 34 145
13 Don Maynard* 33 FL 13 0 10 10 60
41 Matt Snell 27 FB 14 0 6 1 7 42
31 Bill Mathis 30 14 0 5 1 6 1 38
32 Emerson Boozer* 25 HB 12 0 5 5 30
35 Billy Joe 28 10 0 3 3 18
87 Pete Lammons 25 TE 13 0 3 3 18
83 George Sauer*+ 25 SE 14 0 3 3 18
12 Joe Namath*+ 25 QB 14 14 2 2 12
29 Bake Turner 28 13 0 2 2 12
42 Randy Beverly 24 RCB 13 0 1 1 6
15 Babe Parilli 38 14 0 1 1 6
24 Johnny Sample 31 LCB 14 0 1 1 6
30 Mark Smolinski 29 14 0 1 1 6
56 Paul Crane 24 13 0 1 2
Team Total 26.3 14 22 20 2 1 45 1 43 34 1 419
Opp Total 14 9 17 3 33 9 280