1973 New York Jets

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

Scored 240 points (17.1/g), 17th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 306 points (21.9/g), 17th.
Differential of -66 points (-4.7/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 5.0-9.0.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 15th.

Coached by Weeb Ewbank (4-10-0)

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1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 17	box	L	0-1	@	Green Bay Packers	7	23	16	269	200	69	3	14	253	98	155
2	Sun	September 23	box	W	1-1	@	Baltimore Colts	34	10	16	276	168	108	1	14	277	188	89	8
3	Sun	September 30	box	L	1-2	@	Buffalo Bills	7	9	17	250	148	102	1	15	272	64	208	3
4	Sun	October 7	box	L	1-3	@	Miami Dolphins	3	31	12	198	42	156	5	18	370	219	151	2
5	Sun	October 14	box	W	2-3	@	New England Patriots	9	7	13	232		232	1	9	172	58	114	2
6	Sun	October 21	box	L	2-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	26	9	118	46	72	3	19	360	146	214	2
7	Sun	October 28	box	L	2-5		Denver Broncos	28	40	17	315	229	86	3	20	432	235	197	1
8	Sun	November 4	box	L	2-6		Miami Dolphins	14	24	16	281	168	113	2	21	346	193	153	2
9	Sun	November 11	box	W	3-6		New England Patriots	33	13	16	326	59	267	4	10	149	108	41	8
10	Sun	November 18	box	L	3-7	@	Cincinnati Bengals	14	20	21	357	264	93	4	11	208	76	132	1
11	Sun	November 25	box	L	3-8		Atlanta Falcons	20	28	15	290	173	117	6	15	288	141	147	3
12	Sun	December 2	box	W	4-8		Baltimore Colts	20	17	18	353	219	134	3	19	319	151	168	2
13	Sun	December 9	box	L	4-9	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	24	24	432	156	276	3	20	358	203	155	3
14	Sun	December 16	box	L	4-10		Buffalo Bills	14	34	12	223	184	39		21	374	70	304	1

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	240	3920	863	4.5	222	181	373	2056	16	22	5.0	109	453	1864	7	4.1	95	39	17	18
Team Defense	306	4178	860	4.9	336	150	296	1950	18	19	6.1	101	538	2228	12	4.1	226	38	19	9
Lg Rank Offense	17	16			15		8	11	9	20	17		21	16	25	12		19	16
Lg Rank Defense	17	16			12		3	14	21	10	19		21	20	13	16		5	3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	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	28	QB	9	6	1-5-0	101	201	50.2	1228	9	4.5	8	4.0	56	6.1	4.8	12.2	136.4	67.8	19	127	5.0	3.8	8.6
Joe Namath	30	qb	6	5	2-3-0	68	133	51.1	966	5	3.8	6	4.5	63	7.3	5.6	14.2	161.0	68.7	10	97	6.1	4.5	7.0
Bill Demory	23		6	1	1-2-0	12	39	30.8	159	2	5.1	8	20.5	31	4.1	-4.6	13.3	26.5	22.2	8	73	1.8	-5.4	17.0
Team Total	26.0		14		4-10-0	181	373	48.5	2353	16	4.3	22	5.9	63	6.3	4.1	13.0	168.1	58.5	37	297	5.0	3.0	9.0
Opp Total			14			150	296	50.7	1950	18	6.1	19	6.4		6.6	4.3	13.0	139.3	65.3	26	198	6.1	3.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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	30	RB	13	0	182	831	3	52	4.6	63.9	14.0	22	130	5.9	3	15	1.7	10.0	961	6	6
John Riggins	24	FB	11	11	134	482	4	15	3.6	43.8	12.2	23	158	6.9	0	19	2.1	14.4	640	4	6
Mike Adamle	24		14	0	67	264	0	36	3.9	18.9	4.8	9	63	7.0	0	13	0.6	4.5	327	0	5
Hank Bjorklund	23		10	0	22	72	0	14	3.3	7.2	2.2	2	15	7.5	0	11	0.2	1.5	87	0	1
Jim Nance	31		7	0	18	78	0	18	4.3	11.1	2.6	4	26	6.5	0	9	0.6	3.7	104	0	0
Al Woodall	28	QB	9	6	13	68	0	17	5.2	7.6	1.4								68	0	1
Cliff McClain	26		12	0	8	32	0	13	4.0	2.7	0.7	6	52	8.7	0	14	0.5	4.3	84	0	1
Bill Demory	23		6	1	4	-1	0	0	-0.3	-0.2	0.7								-1	0	2
Julian Fagan	25	P	14	0	2	47	0	26	23.5	3.4	0.1								47	0	0
Jerome Barkum*	23	WR	14	14	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	44	810	18.4	6	63	3.1	57.9	812	6	0
Rich Caster	25	TE	14	0	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-0.6	0.1	35	593	16.9	4	49	2.5	42.4	584	4	1
Joe Namath	30	qb	6	5	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.3	0.2								-2	0	1
Eddie Bell	27	WR	13	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	24	319	13.3	2	38	1.8	24.5	319	2	0
Margene Adkins	26	RET	13	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	109	18.2	0	29	0.5	8.4	109	0	2
David Knight	22		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	78	13.0	1	19	0.4	5.6	78	1	0
Team Total	26.0		14		453	1864	7	52	4.1	133.1	32.4	181	2353	13.0	16	63	12.9	168.1	4217	23	32
Opp Total			14		538	2228	12		4.1	159.1	38.4	150	1950	13.0	18		10.7	139.3	4178	30	30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Margene Adkins	26	RET	13	0						31	615	0	38	19.8	724
Chris Farasopoulos	24	FS	9	0	14	111	0	23	7.9						111
Rocky Turner	23		14	0	11	54	0	10	4.9						54
Hank Bjorklund	23		10	0						9	175	0	24	19.4	262
Mike Adamle	24		14	0						5	79	0	26	15.8	406
Cliff McClain	26		12	0						5	89	0	21	17.8	173
Burgess Owens	22	SS	14	0						2	103	1	82	51.5	103
Steve Tannen	25		9	0	2	0	0	0	0.0						0
Team Total	26.0		14		27	165	0	23	6.1	52	1061	1	82	20.4	5443
Opp Total			14		36		1			44	1021	0		23.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Julian Fagan	25	P	14	0																	74	2744	58	2	37.1
Bobby Howfield	37	K	14	0	4	4	6	5	7	5	6	3	1		24	17	70.8%	27	27	100.0%
Team Total	26.0		14		4	4	6	5	7	5	6	3	1		24	17	70.8%	27	27	100.0%	74	2744	58	2	37.1
Opp Total			14												34	23	67.6%	34	33	97.1%	67	2740			40.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Mike Adamle	24		14	0								5	1	0	0
Margene Adkins	26	RET	13	0								2	2	0	0
Al Atkinson	30		5	0		1	11	0	11
Ralph Baker	31	LLB	14	0		4	51	1	22
Eddie Bell	27	WR	13	0								0	1	0	0
Hank Bjorklund	23		10	0								1	0	0	0
Emerson Boozer	30	RB	13	0								6	2	0	0
Rich Caster	25	TE	14	0								1	1	0	0
Bill Demory	23		6	1								2	3	-7	0
John Ebersole	25	MLB	13	0		1	0	0	0			0	3	0	0
Chris Farasopoulos	24	FS	9	0		1	1	0	1			2	3	29	0
Winston Hill*	32	RT	14	0								0	1	0	0
Delles Howell	25	LCB	14	0		4	76	0	41			1	0	0	0
John Little	26	LDT	14	0								0	1	0	0
Mark Lomas	25	RDE	14	0								0	1	0	0
Cliff McClain	26		12	0								1	0	0	0
Joe Namath	30	qb	6	5								1	0	0	0
Richard Neal	26		14	0								0	1	0	0
Burgess Owens	22	SS	14	0		1	27	0	27			0	2	0	0
Randy Rasmussen	28	LG	14	14								0	1	0	0
John Riggins	24	FB	11	11								6	1	0	0
John Schmitt	31	C	14	0								0	1	0	0
Rich Sowells	25		12	0		3	55	1	30
Rob Spicer	22		13	0		1	12	0	12
Steve Tannen	25		9	0		1	30	0	30			1	1	0	0
Earlie Thomas	28	RCB	12	0		2	25	0	25			0	1	9	0
Rocky Turner	23		14	0								2	1	-2	0
Phil Wise	24		8	0								0	4	80	1
Al Woodall	28	QB	9	6								1	1	0	0
Team Total	26.0		14			19	288	2	41			32	33	109	1
Opp Total			14		37							30	11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Bobby Howfield	37	K	14	0							27	17	78
Jerome Barkum*	23	WR	14	14		6							36
Emerson Boozer	30	RB	13	0	3	3							36
Rich Caster	25	TE	14	0		4							24
John Riggins	24	FB	11	11	4								24
Eddie Bell	27	WR	13	0		2							12
Ralph Baker	31	LLB	14	0						1			6
David Knight	22		14	0		1							6
Burgess Owens	22	SS	14	0				1					6
Rich Sowells	25		12	0						1			6
Phil Wise	24		8	0					1				6
Team Total	26.0		14		7	16		1	1	2	27	17	240
Opp Total			14		12	18	1				33	23	306

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