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1972 New York Jets

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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 367 points (26.2/g), 2nd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 324 points (23.1/g), 19th.
 Differential of 43 points (3.1/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 12th.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (7-7-0)

1972 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 17 box W 1-0 @ Buffalo Bills 41 24 19 293 102 191 1 16 287 207 80 4
2 Sun September 24 box W 2-0 @ Baltimore Colts 44 34 19 573 490 83 2 28 412 332 80 2
3 Sun October 1 box L 2-1 @ Houston Oilers 20 26 19 398 301 97 4 19 412 262 150 1
4 Sun October 8 box L 2-2 Miami Dolphins 17 27 16 270 147 123 1 23 394 220 174 1
5 Sun October 15 box W 3-2 @ New England Patriots 41 13 24 396 63 333 1 18 311 175 136 2
6 Sun October 22 box W 4-2 Baltimore Colts 24 20 10 347 228 119 4 23 406 227 179 2
7 Sun October 29 box W 5-2 New England Patriots 34 10 21 392 201 191 2 14 194 128 66 3
8 Sun November 5 box L 5-3 Washington Redskins 17 35 19 222 116 106 4 7 311 222 89 2
9 Sun November 12 box W 6-3 Buffalo Bills 41 3 17 289 141 148 1 11 210 67 143 4
10 Sun November 19 box L 6-4 @ Miami Dolphins 24 28 14 283 175 108 3 20 346 132 214 3
11 Thu November 23 box L 6-5 @ Detroit Lions 20 37 19 394 165 229 1 19 385 125 260
12 Sun December 3 box W 7-5 New Orleans Saints 18 17 18 323 259 64 2 22 333 194 139 1
13 Mon December 11 box L 7-6 @ Oakland Raiders 16 24 20 401 365 36 2 19 366 197 169 3
14 Sun December 17 box L 7-7 Cleveland Browns 10 26 15 206 24 182 3 16 342 149 193 3

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 367 4787 825 5.8 250 172 347 2777 21 22 7.6 117 461 2010 18 4.4 106 31 9 27
Team Defense 324 4709 866 5.4 389 186 363 2637 18 19 6.8 118 476 2072 16 4.4 255 31 12 16
Lg Rank Offense 2 2 8 16 1 3 17 1 18 13 5 7 9 2
Lg Rank Defense 19 22 20 17 26 16 12 23 15 18 20 19 15 19

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%
Joe Namath* 29 QB 13 13 162 324 50.0 2816 19 5.9 21 6.5 83 8.7 6.4 17.4 216.6 72.5 11 101 8.1 5.9 3.3
Bob Davis 27 14 1 10 22 45.5 114 2 9.1 1 4.5 35 5.2 4.0 11.4 8.1 72.9 6 52 2.2 1.3 21.4
Cliff McClain 25 13 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 26.7 14 172 347 49.6 2930 21 6.1 22 6.3 83 8.4 6.2 17.0 209.3 72.3 17 153 7.6 5.5 4.7
Opp Total 14 186 363 51.2 2637 18 5.0 19 5.2 7.3 5.4 14.2 188.4 69.8 27 251 6.8 4.4

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
John Riggins 23 FB 12 8 207 944 7 40 4.6 78.7 17.3 21 230 11.0 1 67 1.8 19.2 1174 8 2
Emerson Boozer 29 RB 11 0 120 549 11 37 4.6 49.9 10.9 11 142 12.9 3 49 1.0 12.9 691 14 3
Cliff McClain 25 13 0 59 305 0 30 5.2 23.5 4.5 6 88 14.7 0 44 0.5 6.8 393 0 5
Steve Harkey 23 11 0 45 129 0 10 2.9 11.7 4.1 9 114 12.7 0 24 0.8 10.4 243 0 1
Hank Bjorklund 22 7 0 15 42 0 10 2.8 6.0 2.1 4 54 13.5 0 35 0.6 7.7 96 0 0
Bob Davis 27 14 1 6 32 0 20 5.3 2.3 0.4 32 0 0
Joe Namath* 29 QB 13 13 6 8 0 2 1.3 0.6 0.5 8 0 3
Rich Caster* 24 TE 14 0 2 6 0 6 3.0 0.4 0.1 39 833 21.4 10 80 2.8 59.5 839 10 0
Eddie Bell 26 WR 13 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.4 0.1 35 629 18.0 2 83 2.7 48.4 624 2 1
Don Maynard 37 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 510 17.6 2 41 2.1 36.4 510 2 0
Jerome Barkum 22 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 304 19.0 2 52 1.1 21.7 304 2 1
Wayne Stewart 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 26 13.0 1 22 0.1 1.9 26 1 0
Team Total 26.7 14 461 2010 18 40 4.4 143.6 32.9 172 2930 17.0 21 83 12.3 209.3 4940 39 21
Opp Total 14 476 2072 16 4.4 148.0 34.0 186 2637 14.2 18 13.3 188.4 4709 34 21

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 23 FS 13 0 17 179 1 65 10.5 26 627 0 51 24.1 806
Phil Wise 23 9 0 9 211 0 33 23.4 211
Rocky Turner 22 8 0 5 38 0 16 7.6 3 57 0 22 19.0 95
Hank Bjorklund 22 7 0 7 150 0 27 21.4 246
W.K. Hicks 30 14 0 3 25 0 20 8.3 4 73 0 23 18.3 98
Roy Kirksey 25 10 0 2 33 0 17 16.5 33
Cliff McClain 25 13 0 2 45 0 26 22.5 438
Jerome Barkum 22 14 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 304
Matt Snell 31 4 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Willie Zapalac 24 6 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Team Total 26.7 14 25 242 1 65 9.7 56 1218 0 51 21.8 6400
Opp Total 14 23 0 47 1386 1 29.5

Kicking & Punting

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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
Bobby Howfield 36 K 14 0 8 7 7 7 15 11 7 2 37 27 73.0% 41 40 97.6%
Steve O'Neal 26 P 14 0 51 2006 57 1 39.3
Team Total 26.7 14 8 7 7 7 15 11 7 2 37 27 73.0% 41 40 97.6% 51 2006 57 1 39.3
Opp Total 14 33 22 66.7% 37 36 97.3% 56 2206 39.4

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 29 MLB 13 0 1 7 0 7
Ralph Baker 30 LLB 10 0 2 0 0 0
Jerome Barkum 22 14 1 1 0 0 0
Eddie Bell 26 WR 13 0 1 1 10 0
Emerson Boozer 29 RB 11 0 3 0 0 0
Rich Caster* 24 TE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Crane 28 8 0 1 4 0 4
Chris Farasopoulos 23 FS 13 0 2 48 0 25 1 2 0 0
Roger Finnie 27 14 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Grantham 34 RLB 11 0 0 2 4 0
Steve Harkey 23 11 0 1 0 0 0
W.K. Hicks 30 14 0 1 43 0 43
Gus Hollomon 27 SS 14 0 1 25 0 25
Roy Kirksey 25 10 0 1 1 0 0
Mark Lomas 24 RDE 14 0 0 2 2 0
Cliff McClain 25 13 0 5 2 0 0
John Mooring 25 14 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Namath* 29 QB 13 13 3 1 0 0
Steve O'Neal 26 P 14 0 1 1 0 0
Gerry Philbin 31 LDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Randy Rasmussen 27 LG 14 14 0 2 0 1
John Riggins 23 FB 12 8 2 0 0 0
Rich Sowells 24 11 0 2 14 0 14
Wayne Stewart 25 14 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Tannen 24 LCB 13 0 7 125 0 32
Michael Taylor 23 14 0 1 2 0 2
Earlie Thomas 27 RCB 14 0 1 14 0 14 0 2 0 0
Rocky Turner 22 8 0 1 1 0 0
Phil Wise 23 9 0 1 1 0 0
Team Total 26.7 14 19 282 0 43 21 24 16 1
Opp Total 14 17 21 9

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 36 K 14 0 40 27 121
Emerson Boozer 29 RB 11 0 11 3 84
Rich Caster* 24 TE 14 0 10 60
John Riggins 23 FB 12 8 7 1 48
Jerome Barkum 22 14 1 2 12
Eddie Bell 26 WR 13 0 2 12
Don Maynard 37 WR 14 0 2 12
Chris Farasopoulos 23 FS 13 0 1 6
Randy Rasmussen 27 LG 14 14 1 6
Wayne Stewart 25 14 0 1 6
Team Total 26.7 14 18 21 1 1 40 27 367
Opp Total 14 16 18 1 36 22 324