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1971 New York Jets

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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 212 points (15.1/g), 23rd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 299 points (21.4/g), 19th.
 Differential of -87 points (-6.2/g), 22nd.
 Expected W-L: 4.3-9.7.

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

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (6-8-0)

1971 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 19 box L 0-1 @ Baltimore Colts 0 22 7 118 75 43 16 319 66 253 1
2 Mon September 27 box L 0-2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 10 17 18 239 121 118 15 340 222 118 1
3 Sun October 3 box W 1-2 @ Miami Dolphins 14 10 13 221 87 134 1 14 297 134 163 3
4 Sun October 10 box L 1-3 @ New England Patriots 0 20 11 121 8 113 2 15 337 130 207 2
5 Sun October 17 box W 2-3 Buffalo Bills 28 17 20 331 140 191 14 271 188 83 2
6 Sun October 24 box L 2-4 Miami Dolphins 14 30 16 233 101 132 1 19 361 59 302
7 Sun October 31 box L 2-5 @ San Diego Chargers 21 49 19 263 94 169 4 20 523 358 165 2
8 Sun November 7 box W 3-5 Kansas City Chiefs 13 10 11 145 9 136 10 190 95 95 3
9 Sun November 14 box L 3-6 Baltimore Colts 13 14 9 188 113 75 3 15 189 70 119 3
10 Sun November 21 box W 4-6 @ Buffalo Bills 20 7 10 231 78 153 1 12 197 119 78 6
11 Sun November 28 box L 4-7 San Francisco 49ers 21 24 21 393 275 118 3 20 351 88 263 1
12 Sat December 4 box L 4-8 @ Dallas Cowboys 10 52 12 149 19 130 6 26 439 221 218 1
13 Sun December 12 box W 5-8 New England Patriots 13 6 17 261 95 166 4 16 250 150 100 2
14 Sun December 19 box W 6-8 Cincinnati Bengals 35 21 18 374 164 210 2 23 293 155 138

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 212 3267 786 4.2 202 119 278 1379 15 16 4.6 67 485 1888 12 3.9 115 26 10 20
Team Defense 299 4357 841 5.2 352 163 342 2055 17 13 5.6 101 472 2302 18 4.9 235 27 14 16
Lg Rank Offense 23 26 20 25 26 10 9 22 10 11 12 16 4 1
Lg Rank Defense 19 19 10 8 9 18 25 12 15 25 21 26 25 15

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%
Bob Davis 26 QB 13 7 49 121 40.5 624 10 8.3 8 6.6 44 5.2 3.0 12.7 48.0 57.3 14 92 3.9 2.0 10.4
Al Woodall 26 5 4 42 97 43.3 395 0 0.0 2 2.1 26 4.1 3.1 9.4 79.0 46.5 9 85 2.9 2.1 8.5
Joe Namath 28 4 3 28 59 47.5 537 5 8.5 6 10.2 74 9.1 5.4 19.2 134.3 68.2 0 0 9.1 5.4 0.0
Steve O'Neal 25 P 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.3 14 119 278 42.8 1556 15 5.4 16 5.8 74 5.6 3.5 13.1 111.1 55.1 23 177 4.6 2.7 7.6
Opp Total 14 163 342 47.7 2055 17 5.0 13 3.8 6.0 4.8 12.6 146.8 67.6 27 230 5.6 3.8

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 28 RB 14 0 188 618 5 19 3.3 44.1 13.4 11 120 10.9 1 36 0.8 8.6 738 6 6
John Riggins 22 FB 14 14 180 769 1 25 4.3 54.9 12.9 36 231 6.4 2 32 2.6 16.5 1000 3 6
George Nock 25 14 0 48 137 3 17 2.9 9.8 3.4 6 44 7.3 2 19 0.4 3.1 181 5 4
Steve Harkey 22 14 0 20 62 0 10 3.1 4.4 1.4 5 28 5.6 0 10 0.4 2.0 90 0 1
Bob Davis 26 QB 13 7 18 154 1 24 8.6 11.8 1.4 154 1 3
Al Woodall 26 5 4 13 26 0 7 2.0 5.2 2.6 26 0 3
Cliff McClain 24 11 0 12 108 2 63 9.0 9.8 1.1 108 2 1
Joe Namath 28 4 3 3 -1 0 1 -0.3 -0.3 0.8 -1 0 0
Rich Caster 23 WR 14 0 2 10 0 17 5.0 0.7 0.1 26 454 17.5 6 57 1.9 32.4 464 6 0
Don Maynard 36 WR 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 21 408 19.4 2 74 1.5 29.1 410 2 0
Pete Lammons 28 TE 14 0 0 3 0 3 0.2 0.0 8 149 18.6 1 27 0.6 10.6 152 1 1
Eddie Bell 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 110 22.0 1 31 0.4 7.9 110 1 1
Gary Arthur 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 12 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 485 1888 12 63 3.9 134.9 34.6 119 1556 13.1 15 74 8.5 111.1 3444 27 30
Opp Total 14 472 2302 18 4.9 164.4 33.7 163 2055 12.6 17 11.6 146.8 4357 35 35

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
Chris Farasopoulos 22 RET 14 0 19 155 0 19 8.2 25 545 0 30 21.8 700
Vern Studdard 23 8 0 4 3 0 3 0.8 15 329 0 37 21.9 332
Phil Wise 22 SS 14 0 8 210 0 41 26.3 210
George Nock 25 14 0 5 71 0 35 14.2 252
Eddie Bell 25 14 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 107
Steve Harkey 22 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 92
W.K. Hicks 29 FS 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Cliff McClain 24 11 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 119
Team Total 26.3 14 25 155 0 19 6.2 55 1168 0 41 21.2 4767
Opp Total 14 41 0 34 906 1 26.6

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 25 P 14 0 78 3026 58 0 38.8
Bobby Howfield 35 K 14 0 1 1 3 1 7 5 7 1 1 19 8 42.1% 26 25 96.2%
Ralph Baker 29 LLB 12 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 14 1 1 3 1 7 5 7 1 1 19 8 42.1% 27 26 96.3% 78 3026 58 0 38.8
Opp Total 14 25 14 56.0% 37 35 94.6% 65 2476 38.1

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 28 MLB 10 0 2 19 0 17
Eddie Bell 25 14 0 1 1 0 0
Emerson Boozer 28 RB 14 0 6 3 1 0
Rich Caster 23 WR 14 0 0 1 7 0
Paul Crane 27 14 0 1 23 0 23 0 3 0 0
Bob Davis 26 QB 13 7 3 1 -13 0
John Dockery 27 LCB 14 0 2 13 0 13
Chris Farasopoulos 22 RET 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Foley 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Grantham 33 RLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Steve Harkey 22 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Herman 30 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
W.K. Hicks 29 FS 13 0 4 46 0 26 1 1 9 0
Winston Hill* 30 RT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Gus Hollomon 26 11 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 4 0
Pete Lammons 28 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
John Little 24 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Cliff McClain 24 11 0 1 0 0 0
George Nock 25 14 0 4 2 0 0
Steve O'Neal 25 P 14 0 2 2 0 0
John Riggins 22 FB 14 14 6 2 -7 0
John Schmitt 29 C 14 0 0 1 1 0
Earlie Thomas 26 RCB 13 0 0 1 13 0
Phil Wise 22 SS 14 0 1 33 0 33 0 2 4 0
Al Woodall 26 5 4 3 2 -9 0
Team Total 26.3 14 13 136 0 33 30 30 10 0
Opp Total 14 23 35 21

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
Bobby Howfield 35 K 14 0 25 8 49
Emerson Boozer 28 RB 14 0 5 1 36
Rich Caster 23 WR 14 0 6 36
George Nock 25 14 0 3 2 30
John Riggins 22 FB 14 14 1 2 18
Don Maynard 36 WR 14 0 2 12
Cliff McClain 24 11 0 2 12
Eddie Bell 25 14 0 1 6
Bob Davis 26 QB 13 7 1 6
Pete Lammons 28 TE 14 0 1 6
Ralph Baker 29 LLB 12 0 1 1
Team Total 26.3 14 12 15 26 8 212
Opp Total 14 18 17 1 35 14 299