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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)
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1968 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*+ | 25 | 3 | 14 | 187 for 380, 3,147 yards, 15 td, 17 int, & 5 rushes for 11 yards and 2 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| HB | Emerson Boozer* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 143 rushes for 441 yards, 5 td, & 12 catches for 101 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Matt Snell | 27 | 4 | 0 | 179 rushes for 747 yards, 6 td, & 16 catches for 105 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| FL | Don Maynard* | 33 | 10 | 0 | 57 catches for 1,297 yards, 10 td | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| SE | George Sauer*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 66 catches for 1,141 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for 21 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Pete Lammons | 25 | 2 | 0 | 32 catches for 400 yards, 3 td | New York Jets / 8th / 68th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Winston Hill* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
| LG | Bob Talamini | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| LG | Randy Rasmussen | 23 | 1 | 7 | New York Jets / 12th / 302nd pick / 1967 |
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| C | John Schmitt | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Dave Herman* | 27 | 4 | 14 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Sam Walton | 25 | Rook | 14 | New York Jets / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1968 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gerry Philbin*+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
| LDT | Paul Rochester | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| LDT | Carl McAdams | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1966 |
| RDT | John Elliott* | 24 | 1 | 0 | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1967 |
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| RDE | Verlon Biggs* | 25 | 3 | 0 | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
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| LLB | Ralph Baker | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 |
| MLB | Al Atkinson* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Larry Grantham | 30 | 8 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
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| LCB | Johnny Sample | 31 | 10 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Randy Beverly | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Jim Hudson | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Bill Baird | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Turner* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 34 of 46 field goals & 43 of 43 extra points | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| P | Curley Johnson | 33 | 8 | 0 | 68 punts for a 43.8 average, 1 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| PR | Bill Baird | 29 | 5 | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 6.2 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Earl Christy | 25 | 2 | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 24.0 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Al Atkinson* | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Villanova | 7/28/1943 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Baird | 29 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Francisco State | 3/1/1939 | 5 | |
| Ralph Baker | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/25/1942 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 |
| Randy Beverly | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Colorado State | 4/3/1944 | 1 | |
| Verlon Biggs* | 25 | DE | 13 | 0 | 275 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 3/16/1943 | 3 | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| Emerson Boozer* | 25 | RB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Md-Eastern Shore | 7/4/1943 | 2 | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966 |
| Earl Christy | 25 | HB-DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Md-Eastern Shore | 3/19/1943 | 2 | |
| Paul Crane | 24 | LB-C | 13 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Alabama | 1/29/1944 | 2 | |
| Mike D'Amato | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Hofstra | 3/3/1943 | Rook | New York Jets / 10th / 264th pick / 1968 |
| John Dockery | 24 | DB | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Harvard | 9/6/1944 | Rook | |
| John Elliott* | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Texas | 10/26/1944 | 1 | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1967 |
| Cornell Gordon | 27 | DB | 14 | 4 | 187 | 6-0 | North Carolina A&T | 1/6/1941 | 3 | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Grantham | 30 | LB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| Raymond Hayes | 22 | DT | 6 | 0 | 248 | 6-5 | Toledo | 9/5/1946 | Rook | New York Jets / 12th / 318th pick / 1968 |
| Karl Henke | 23 | DE-DT | 6 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Tulsa | 3/8/1945 | Rook | New York Jets / 8th / 214th pick / 1968 |
| Dave Herman* | 27 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 9/3/1941 | 4 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
| Winston Hill* | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Texas Southern | 10/23/1941 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Hudson | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas | 3/31/1943 | 3 | |
| Billy Joe | 28 | RB | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Villanova | 10/14/1940 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 11th / 85th pick / 1963 |
| Curley Johnson | 33 | RB-P-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/2/1935 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 77th pick / 1957 |
| Pete Lammons | 25 | TE | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Texas | 10/20/1943 | 2 | New York Jets / 8th / 68th pick / 1966 |
| Bill Mathis | 30 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| Don Maynard* | 33 | E-FL-HB | 13 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 10 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| Carl McAdams | 24 | DT-LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 4/26/1944 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1966 |
| Joe Namath*+ | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-2 | Alabama | 5/31/1943 | 3 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| John Neidert | 22 | LB | 5 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Louisville | 6/18/1946 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 145th pick / 1968 |
| Babe Parilli | 38 | QB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | 16 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| Gerry Philbin*+ | 27 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Buffalo | 7/31/1941 | 4 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
| Bill Rademacher | 26 | WR-DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Northern Michigan | 5/13/1942 | 4 | |
| Randy Rasmussen | 23 | G | 14 | 7 | 255 | 6-2 | Nebraska-Kearney | 5/10/1945 | 1 | New York Jets / 12th / 302nd pick / 1967 |
| Jim Richards | 22 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Virginia Tech | 10/28/1946 | Rook | New York Jets / 8th / 210th pick / 1968 |
| Jeff Richardson | 24 | T-G-C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 9/1/1944 | 1 | New York Jets / 6th / 146th pick / 1967 |
| Paul Rochester | 30 | DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 7/15/1938 | 8 | |
| Johnny Sample | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-1 | Md-Eastern Shore | 6/15/1937 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
| George Sauer*+ | 25 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas | 11/10/1943 | 3 | |
| John Schmitt | 26 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Hofstra | 11/12/1942 | 4 | |
| Mark Smolinski | 29 | FB-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 5/9/1939 | 7 | |
| Matt Snell | 27 | RB | 14 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 8/18/1941 | 4 | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| Michael Stromberg | 23 | LB | 2 | 2 | 235 | 6-2 | Temple | 5/25/1945 | Rook | New York Jets / 14th / 352nd pick / 1967 |
| Bob Talamini | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 1/8/1939 | 8 | |
| Steve Thompson | 23 | DT-DE | 4 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Washington | 2/12/1945 | Rook | New York Jets / 2nd / 44th pick / 1968 |
| Bake Turner | 28 | WR-SE | 13 | 0 | 179 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 7/22/1940 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| Jim Turner* | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Utah State | 3/28/1941 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| Sam Walton | 25 | T | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 1/3/1943 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1968 |
| Lee White | 22 | RB | 1 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Weber State | 5/9/1946 | Rook | New York Jets / 1st / 17th pick / 1968 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 222.1 | 6-1.7 | 3.6 |