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1969 New York Jets
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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 353 points (25.2/g), 3rd of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 269 points (19.2/g), 3rd.
Differential of 84 points (6.0/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 1st.
Coached by Weeb Ewbank (10-4-0)
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1969 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* | 26 | 4 | 14 | 185 for 361, 2,734 yards, 19 td, 17 int, & 11 rushes for 33 yards and 2 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| HB | Emerson Boozer | 26 | 3 | 0 | 130 rushes for 604 yards, 4 td, & 20 catches for 222 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Matt Snell*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 191 rushes for 695 yards, 4 td, & 22 catches for 187 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| FL | Don Maynard*+ | 34 | 11 | 0 | 47 catches for 938 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for -6 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| SE | George Sauer* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 45 catches for 745 yards, 8 td, & 1 rush for 5 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Pete Lammons | 26 | 3 | 0 | 33 catches for 400 yards, 2 td | New York Jets / 8th / 68th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Winston Hill* | 28 | 6 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
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| LG | Randy Rasmussen | 24 | 2 | 13 | New York Jets / 12th / 302nd pick / 1967 |
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| C | John Schmitt | 27 | 5 | 0 | ||
| RG | Dave Herman* | 28 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Roger Finnie | 24 | Rook | 0 | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gerry Philbin*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
| LDT | Steve Thompson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 2nd / 44th pick / 1968 |
| RDT | John Elliott*+ | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Verlon Biggs | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| LLB | Ralph Baker | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 |
| LLB | Paul Crane | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Al Atkinson | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Larry Grantham* | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| LCB | John Dockery | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Cornell Gordon | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964 |
| RCB | Randy Beverly | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Jim Richards | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 8th / 210th pick / 1968 |
| RS | Bill Baird | 30 | 6 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Turner* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 32 of 47 field goals & 33 of 33 extra points | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| P | Steve O'Neal | 23 | Rook | 0 | 54 punts for a 44.3 average, 0 blocked | New York Jets / 13th / 338th pick / 1969 |
| PR | Mike Battle | 23 | Rook | 0 | 34 punt returns for a 6.9 average and 0 td | New York Jets / 12th / 311th pick / 1969 |
| KR | Mike Battle | 23 | Rook | 0 | 31 kick returns for a 24.2 average and 0 td | New York Jets / 12th / 311th pick / 1969 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Al Atkinson | 26 | LB | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Villanova | 7/28/1943 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Baird | 30 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Francisco State | 3/1/1939 | 6 | |
| Ralph Baker | 27 | LB | 11 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/25/1942 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964 |
| Mike Battle | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | USC | 7/9/1946 | Rook | New York Jets / 12th / 311th pick / 1969 |
| Randy Beverly | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Colorado State | 4/3/1944 | 2 | |
| Verlon Biggs | 26 | DE | 12 | 0 | 275 | 6-4 | Jackson State | 3/16/1943 | 4 | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
| Emerson Boozer | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Md-Eastern Shore | 7/4/1943 | 3 | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966 |
| Jim Carroll | 26 | LB | 6 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 5/6/1943 | 4 | New York Giants / 12th / 155th pick / 1965 |
| Paul Crane | 25 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Alabama | 1/29/1944 | 3 | |
| John Dockery | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Harvard | 9/6/1944 | 1 | |
| John Elliott*+ | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Texas | 10/26/1944 | 2 | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1967 |
| Roger Finnie | 24 | T-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 11/6/1945 | Rook | New York Jets / 14th / 364th pick / 1969 |
| Dave Foley | 22 | T-C | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 10/28/1947 | Rook | New York Jets / 1st / 26th pick / 1969 |
| Cornell Gordon | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-0 | North Carolina A&T | 1/6/1941 | 4 | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Grantham* | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 9/16/1938 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
| Dave Herman* | 28 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 9/3/1941 | 5 | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963 |
| Winston Hill* | 28 | T | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Texas Southern | 10/23/1941 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Hudson | 26 | DB | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas | 3/31/1943 | 4 | |
| Billy Joe | 29 | RB | 1 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Villanova | 10/14/1940 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 11th / 85th pick / 1963 |
| Jimmie L. Jones | 22 | DE | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | Wichita State | 1/17/1947 | Rook | New York Jets / 6th / 156th pick / 1969 |
| Pete Lammons | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Texas | 10/20/1943 | 3 | New York Jets / 8th / 68th pick / 1966 |
| Cecil Leonard | 23 | DB | 8 | 0 | 160 | 5-11 | Tuskegee | 7/20/1946 | Rook | New York Jets / 8th / 208th pick / 1969 |
| Bill Mathis | 31 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Clemson | 12/10/1938 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 88th pick / 1960 |
| Don Maynard*+ | 34 | E-FL-HB | 11 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Rice,Texas-El Paso | 1/25/1935 | 11 | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
| Carl McAdams | 25 | DT-LB-DE | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 4/26/1944 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 8th pick / 1966 |
| Joe Namath* | 26 | QB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-2 | Alabama | 5/31/1943 | 4 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| John Neidert | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Louisville | 6/18/1946 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 145th pick / 1968 |
| George Nock | 23 | RB | 2 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Morgan State | 3/4/1946 | Rook | New York Jets / 16th / 416th pick / 1969 |
| Steve O'Neal | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 2/4/1946 | Rook | New York Jets / 13th / 338th pick / 1969 |
| Babe Parilli | 39 | QB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | 17 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| Pete Perreault | 30 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston University | 3/1/1939 | 6 | |
| Gerry Philbin*+ | 28 | DE | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Buffalo | 7/31/1941 | 5 | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 24 | G | 13 | 13 | 255 | 6-2 | Nebraska-Kearney | 5/10/1945 | 2 | New York Jets / 12th / 302nd pick / 1967 |
| Jim Richards | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Virginia Tech | 10/28/1946 | 1 | New York Jets / 8th / 210th pick / 1968 |
| Paul Rochester | 31 | DT | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 7/15/1938 | 9 | |
| George Sauer* | 26 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas | 11/10/1943 | 4 | |
| John Schmitt | 27 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Hofstra | 11/12/1942 | 5 | |
| Paul Seiler | 24 | C-T | 11 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 11/1/1945 | 2 | New York Jets / 1st / 12th pick / 1967 |
| Matt Snell*+ | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 8/18/1941 | 5 | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964 |
| Wayne Stewart | 22 | TE | 14 | 0 | 219 | 6-7 | California | 8/18/1947 | Rook | New York Jets / 15th / 390th pick / 1969 |
| Steve Thompson | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Washington | 2/12/1945 | 1 | New York Jets / 2nd / 44th pick / 1968 |
| Bake Turner | 29 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 179 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 7/22/1940 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 163rd pick / 1962 |
| Jim Turner* | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Utah State | 3/28/1941 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 259th pick / 1963 |
| Sam Walton | 26 | T | 6 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 1/3/1943 | 1 | New York Jets / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1968 |
| Lee White | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Weber State | 5/9/1946 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 17th pick / 1968 |
| Al Woodall | 24 | QB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-5 | Duke | 12/7/1945 | Rook | New York Jets / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1969 |
| Gordon Wright | 26 | G | 2 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Delaware State | 12/15/1943 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 221.0 | 6-2.1 | 3.6 |