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1970 New York Jets

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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 255 points (18.2/g), 17th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 286 points (20.4/g), 18th.
 Differential of -31 points (-2.2/g), 18th.
 Expected W-L: 6.1-7.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 12th.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (4-10-0)

1970 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 Mon September 21 box L 0-1 @ Cleveland Browns 21 31 31 454 286 168 4 20 221 145 76
2 Sun September 27 box W 1-1 @ Boston Patriots 31 21 18 283 96 187 2 12 209 139 70 3
3 Sun October 4 box L 1-2 @ Buffalo Bills 31 34 11 337 228 109 20 401 252 149 5
4 Sat October 10 box L 1-3 Miami Dolphins 6 20 14 263 224 39 3 20 312 195 117 1
5 Sun October 18 box L 1-4 Baltimore Colts 22 29 22 398 361 37 6 14 254 176 78 4
6 Sun October 25 box L 1-5 Buffalo Bills 6 10 10 119 33 86 2 15 193 104 89 2
7 Sun November 1 box L 1-6 New York Giants 10 22 16 237 135 102 4 15 240 140 100
8 Sun November 8 box L 1-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 21 20 246 142 104 3 14 277 123 154 2
9 Sun November 15 box W 2-7 @ Los Angeles Rams 31 20 15 386 233 153 2 12 325 274 51 4
10 Sun November 22 box W 3-7 Boston Patriots 17 3 19 293 141 152 2 5 80 57 23 1
11 Sun November 29 box W 4-7 Minnesota Vikings 20 10 15 261 74 187 11 167 108 59 4
12 Sun December 6 box L 4-8 Oakland Raiders 13 14 12 257 99 158 2 16 250 179 71 3
13 Sun December 13 box L 4-9 @ Miami Dolphins 10 16 14 214 86 128 3 19 269 125 144 3
14 Sat December 19 box L 4-10 @ Baltimore Colts 20 35 13 212 169 43 23 457 355 102 2

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 255 3960 884 4.5 230 193 386 2307 14 22 5.5 122 463 1653 11 3.6 90 33 11 18
Team Defense 286 3655 826 4.4 367 165 383 2372 20 23 5.7 122 408 1283 7 3.1 216 34 11 29
Lg Rank Offense 17 14 10 15 13 16 15 15 8 13 12 17 13 3
Lg Rank Defense 18 5 15 17 20 22 6 12 6 2 4 1 14 23

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%
Al Woodall 25 QB 10 9 96 188 51.1 1265 9 4.8 9 4.8 67 6.7 5.1 13.2 126.5 68.7 29 222 4.8 3.4 13.4
Joe Namath 27 qb 5 5 90 179 50.3 1259 5 2.8 12 6.7 72 7.0 4.3 14.0 251.8 54.7 6 63 6.5 3.8 3.2
Bob Davis 25 1 0 6 17 35.3 66 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 3.9 3.9 11.0 66.0 47.7 0 0 3.9 3.9 0.0
Eddie Bell 24 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Steve O'Neal 24 P 14 0 1 1 100.0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.1 79.2 0 0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Team Total 25.7 14 193 386 50.0 2592 14 3.6 22 5.7 72 6.7 4.5 13.4 185.1 60.1 35 285 5.5 3.5 8.3
Opp Total 14 165 383 43.1 2372 20 5.2 23 6.0 6.2 4.0 14.4 169.4 56.2 35 308 5.7 2.9

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
Emerson Boozer 27 FB 10 0 139 581 5 27 4.2 58.1 13.9 28 258 9.2 0 33 2.8 25.8 839 5 2
George Nock 24 RB 14 0 135 402 5 19 3.0 28.7 9.6 18 146 8.1 1 21 1.3 10.4 548 6 4
Lee White 24 14 0 70 215 0 16 3.1 15.4 5.0 12 125 10.4 1 19 0.9 8.9 340 1 3
Matt Snell 29 3 0 64 281 1 19 4.4 93.7 21.3 2 26 13.0 0 27 0.7 8.7 307 1 2
Al Woodall 25 QB 10 9 28 110 0 27 3.9 11.0 2.8 110 0 2
Chuck Mercein 27 9 0 20 44 0 10 2.2 4.9 2.2 3 27 9.0 1 15 0.3 3.0 71 1 1
Eddie Bell 24 14 0 2 -7 0 0 -3.5 -0.5 0.1 21 246 11.7 2 26 1.5 17.6 239 2 0
Bob Davis 25 1 0 2 11 0 10 5.5 11.0 2.0 11 0 0
Joe Namath 27 qb 5 5 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.2 0.2 -1 0 1
Steve O'Neal 24 P 14 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 1.1 0.1 16 0 0
Jim Turner 29 K 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Don Maynard 35 WR 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 525 16.9 0 47 3.1 52.5 525 0 1
George Sauer 27 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 510 16.5 4 67 2.2 36.4 510 4 0
Pete Lammons 27 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 316 12.6 2 30 1.8 22.6 316 2 1
Rich Caster 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 393 20.7 3 72 1.4 28.1 393 3 0
Mike Battle 24 RET 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.1 2 0 2
Cliff McClain 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 1.1 11 0 1
Wayne Stewart 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 1.0 7 0 0
Team Total 25.7 14 463 1653 11 27 3.6 118.1 33.1 193 2592 13.4 14 72 13.8 185.1 4245 25 20
Opp Total 14 408 1283 7 3.1 91.6 29.1 165 2372 14.4 20 11.8 169.4 3655 27 22

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
Mike Battle 24 RET 14 0 19 117 0 21 6.2 40 891 0 41 22.3 1010
Eddie Bell 24 14 0 7 33 0 12 4.7 3 61 0 28 20.3 333
Cliff McClain 23 10 0 4 70 0 27 17.5 81
Chuck Mercein 27 9 0 4 32 0 20 8.0 103
Rich Caster 22 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 393
Cecil Leonard 24 5 0 1 35 0 35 35.0 35
George Nock 24 RB 14 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 566
Dennis Onkotz 22 9 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Steve Tannen 22 LCB 14 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -1
Team Total 25.7 14 26 150 0 21 5.8 56 1106 0 41 19.8 5501
Opp Total 14 42 0 58 1210 2 20.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Steve O'Neal 24 P 14 0 73 2925 64 1 40.1
Jim Turner 29 K 14 0 2 2 9 8 11 7 10 2 3 35 19 54.3% 28 28 100.0%
Team Total 25.7 14 2 2 9 8 11 7 10 2 3 35 19 54.3% 28 28 100.0% 73 2925 64 1 40.1
Opp Total 14 32 18 56.3% 33 32 97.0% 68 2645 38.9

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 27 MLB 14 0 3 50 0 32
Ralph Baker 28 LLB 14 0 2 8 0 8 0 1 0 0
Mike Battle 24 RET 14 0 2 0 0 0
Verlon Biggs 27 RDE 13 0 0 1 0 0
Emerson Boozer 27 FB 10 0 2 1 0 0
John Ebersole 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
John Elliott* 26 RDT 14 0 0 2 0 0 1
Larry Grantham 32 RLB 14 0 3 51 1 41 0 3 0 0
W.K. Hicks 28 FS 14 0 8 99 0 35 0 1 0 0
Gus Hollomon 25 SS 14 0 3 11 0 8
Pete Lammons 27 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
John Little 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mark Lomas 22 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Don Maynard 35 WR 10 0 1 0 0 0
Cliff McClain 23 10 0 1 1 0 0
Chuck Mercein 27 9 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Namath 27 qb 5 5 1 0 0 0
George Nock 24 RB 14 0 4 0 0 0
Randy Rasmussen 25 LG 13 13 0 3 3 0
George Sauer 27 WR 14 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Snell 29 3 0 2 0 0 0
Steve Tannen 22 LCB 14 0 2 16 0 16 0 1 0 0
Earlie Thomas 25 RCB 14 0 2 46 1 36
Lee White 24 14 0 3 1 0 0
Al Woodall 25 QB 10 9 2 0 0 0
Team Total 25.7 14 23 281 2 41 20 19 3 0 1
Opp Total 14 35 22 11 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Turner 29 K 14 0 28 19 85
George Nock 24 RB 14 0 5 1 36
Emerson Boozer 27 FB 10 0 5 30
George Sauer 27 WR 14 0 4 24
Rich Caster 22 14 0 3 18
Eddie Bell 24 14 0 2 12
Pete Lammons 27 TE 14 0 2 12
Larry Grantham 32 RLB 14 0 1 6
Chuck Mercein 27 9 0 1 6
Matt Snell 29 3 0 1 6
Steve Tannen 22 LCB 14 0 1 6
Earlie Thomas 25 RCB 14 0 1 6
Lee White 24 14 0 1 6
John Elliott* 26 RDT 14 0 1 2
Team Total 25.7 14 11 14 2 1 28 19 1 255
Opp Total 14 7 20 2 32 18 1 286