1974 New York Jets

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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 279 points (19.9/g), 11th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 300 points (21.4/g), 24th.
Differential of -21 points (-1.5/g), 17th.
Expected W-L: 6.4-7.6.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 22nd.

Coached by Charley Winner (7-7-0)

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1974 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	Sun	September 15	box	L	0-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	16	24	17	348	210	138	6	16	290	110	180	2
2	Sun	September 22	box	W	1-1	@	Chicago Bears	23	21	22	381	235	146	1	20	315	248	67
3	Sun	September 29	box	L	1-2	@	Buffalo Bills	12	16	7	139	33	106	3	17	223		223	2
4	Mon	October 7	box	L	1-3	@	Miami Dolphins	17	21	14	321	280	41	3	23	326	167	159
5	Sun	October 13	box	L	1-4		New England Patriots	0	24	11	173	34	139	4	18	321	115	206	2
6	Sun	October 20	box	L	1-5		Baltimore Colts	20	35	11	188	128	60	3	24	355	89	266
7	Sun	October 27	box	L	1-6		Los Angeles Rams	13	20	18	291	155	136	2	17	305	41	264	1
8	Sun	November 3	box	L	1-7		Houston Oilers	22	27	18	312	235	77	2	20	325	214	111	1
9	Sun	November 10	box	W	2-7	@	New York Giants	26	20	27	425	236	189		22	340	216	124
10	Sun	November 17	box	W	3-7	@	New England Patriots	21	16	15	222	99	123	2	18	283	120	163	4
11	Sun	November 24	box	W	4-7		Miami Dolphins	17	14	17	270	139	131	3	13	236	120	116	4
12	Sun	December 1	box	W	5-7		San Diego Chargers	27	14	21	375	261	114	2	14	303	150	153	3
13	Sun	December 8	box	W	6-7		Buffalo Bills	20	10	12	226	131	95	1	12	220	94	126	3
14	Sun	December 15	box	W	7-7	@	Baltimore Colts	45	38	24	390	260	130		33	455	373	82	4

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	279	4061	832	4.9	234	194	369	2436	20	24	6.3	119	444	1625	12	3.7	96	32	8	19
Team Defense	300	4297	911	4.7	402	186	347	2057	14	17	5.5	112	539	2240	20	4.2	267	26	9	23
Lg Rank Offense	11	13			15		14	5	4	20	5		20	18	16	19		13	1
Lg Rank Defense	24	19			20		8	10	13	16	18		24	24	24	20		20	24

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%
Joe Namath	31	QB	14	14	7-7-0	191	361	52.9	2616	20	5.5	22	6.1	89	7.2	5.1	13.7	186.9	69.4	19	195	6.4	4.3	5.0
Al Woodall	29		3	0		3	8	37.5	15	0	0.0	2	25.0	8	1.9	-9.4	5.0	5.0	6.2	0	0	1.9	-9.4	0.0
Team Total	26.0		14		7-7-0	194	369	52.6	2631	20	5.4	24	6.5	89	7.1	4.7	13.6	187.9	66.6	19	195	6.3	4.0	4.9
Opp Total			14			186	347	53.6	2057	14	4.0	17	4.9		5.9	4.1	11.1	146.9	64.5	25	192	5.5	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
John Riggins	25	FB	10	9	169	680	5	34	4.0	68.0	16.9	19	180	9.5	2	32	1.9	18.0	860	7	3
Emerson Boozer	31	RB	13	0	153	563	4	20	3.7	43.3	11.8	14	161	11.5	1	29	1.1	12.4	724	5	3
Robert Burns	22		14	0	40	158	0	12	4.0	11.3	2.9	11	83	7.5	1	18	0.8	5.9	241	1	2
Mike Adamle	25		12	0	28	93	2	21	3.3	7.8	2.3	9	84	9.3	0	16	0.8	7.0	177	2	0
Hank Bjorklund	24		13	0	23	57	0	12	2.5	4.4	1.8	2	15	7.5	0	8	0.2	1.2	72	0	2
Jazz Jackson	22		13	0	20	74	0	16	3.7	5.7	1.5	2	44	22.0	1	24	0.2	3.4	118	1	2
Joe Namath	31	QB	14	14	8	1	1	3	0.1	0.1	0.6								1	1	6
Al Woodall	29		3	0	2	-3	0	-1	-1.5	-1.0	0.7								-3	0	0
Jerome Barkum	24	WR	14	14	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	41	524	12.8	3	39	2.9	37.4	526	3	0
David Knight	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	40	579	14.5	4	42	2.9	41.4	579	4	0
Rich Caster*	26	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	38	745	19.6	7	89	2.9	57.3	745	7	2
Eddie Bell	28		13	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	126	9.7	1	22	1.0	9.7	126	1	0
Willie Brister	22		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	90	18.0	0	32	0.4	7.5	90	0	0
Team Total	26.0		14		444	1625	12	34	3.7	116.1	31.7	194	2631	13.6	20	89	13.9	187.9	4256	32	26
Opp Total			14		539	2240	20		4.2	160.0	38.5	186	2057	11.1	14		13.3	146.9	4297	34	18

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
Lou Piccone	25	RET	14	0	9	75	0	13	8.3	39	961	0	46	24.6	1036
Roscoe Word	22	RCB	14	0	38	301	0	34	7.9	4	69	0	24	17.3	370
Jazz Jackson	22		13	0	6	49	0	38	8.2	4	100	0	30	25.0	267
Hank Bjorklund	24		13	0						4	73	0	28	18.3	145
Robert Burns	22		14	0						3	52	0	21	17.3	293
Burgess Owens	23	SS	14	0						3	35	0	18	11.7	35
Mike Adamle	25		12	0						2	17	0	14	8.5	194
David Knight	23	WR	14	0						2	0	0	0	0.0	579
Team Total	26.0		14		53	425	0	38	8.0	61	1307	0	46	21.4	5988
Opp Total			14		27		0			57	1395	0		24.5

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
Greg Gantt	23	P	14	0														2	1	50.0%	75	2689	59	0	35.9
Pat Leahy	23	K	6	0			5	3	4	2	2	1			11	6	54.5%	19	18	94.7%
Bobby Howfield	38		7	0	1		1	1	3	3	2	2			7	6	85.7%	12	8	66.7%
Team Total	26.0		14		1		6	4	7	5	4	3			18	12	66.7%	33	27	81.8%	75	2689	59	0	35.9
Opp Total			14												24	12	50.0%	38	36	94.7%	71	2641			37.2

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
Al Atkinson	31		14	0								0	1	5	0
Ralph Baker	32	LLB	14	0		2	87	1	67
Hank Bjorklund	24		13	0								2	0	0	0
Emerson Boozer	31	RB	13	0								3	3	0	0
Robert Burns	22		14	0								2	1	0	0
Rich Caster*	26	TE	13	0								2	0	0	0
John Ebersole	26	RLB	14	0		3	48	0	41			0	1	0	0
Ed Galigher	24	LDE	13	0								0	1	0	0
Greg Gantt	23	P	14	0								1	1	0	0
Delles Howell	26		10	0		2	23	0	16
Jazz Jackson	22		13	0								2	1	24	1
Howard Kindig	33		8	0								1	0	-11	0
David Knight	23	WR	14	0								0	1	0	0
Wayne Mulligan	27	C	13	0								0	1	0	0
Joe Namath	31	QB	14	14								6	2	-11	0
Richard Neal	27	rde	14	0								0	2	0	0
Burgess Owens	23	SS	14	0		3	68	1	39			1	1	0	0
Lou Piccone	25	RET	14	0								2	1	0	0
Randy Rasmussen	29	LG	14	14								0	1	0	0
John Riggins	25	FB	10	9								3	2	0	0
Jamie Rivers	29	MLB	13	0		1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0
Rich Sowells	26	LCB	14	0		2	0	0	0
Steve Tannen	26	FS	14	8		2	33	0	19
Robert E. Woods	24	LT	14	0								0	1	0	0
Roscoe Word	22	RCB	14	0		2	19	0	19			1	3	0	0
Team Total	26.0		14			17	278	2	67			26	25	7	1
Opp Total			14		19							18	9

Scoring Summary

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

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Rich Caster*	26	TE	13	0		7						42
John Riggins	25	FB	10	9	5	2						42
Pat Leahy	23	K	6	0						18	6	36
Emerson Boozer	31	RB	13	0	4	1						30
Bobby Howfield	38		7	0						8	6	26
David Knight	23	WR	14	0		4						24
Jerome Barkum	24	WR	14	14		3						18
Mike Adamle	25		12	0	2							12
Jazz Jackson	22		13	0		1	1					12
Burgess Owens	23	SS	14	0				1	1			12
Ralph Baker	32	LLB	14	0				1				6
Eddie Bell	28		13	0		1						6
Robert Burns	22		14	0		1						6
Joe Namath	31	QB	14	14	1							6
Greg Gantt	23	P	14	0						1		1
Team Total	26.0		14		12	20	1	2	1	27	12	279
Opp Total			14		20	14				36	12	300

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