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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 258 points (18.4/g), 14th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 433 points (30.9/g), 26th.
Differential of -175 points (-12.5/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 3.2-10.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.9/g), 21st.
Coached by Ken Shipp (1-4-0) and Charley Winner (2-7-0)
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1975 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 21 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 42 | 17 | 261 | 150 | 111 | 5 | 26 | 361 | 52 | 309 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 30 | 24 | 24 | 418 | 127 | 291 | 2 | 25 | 339 | 208 | 131 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 2-1 | New England Patriots | 36 | 7 | 24 | 380 | 207 | 173 | 1 | 15 | 320 | 248 | 72 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 12 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 21 | 29 | 17 | 305 | 190 | 115 | 2 | 25 | 407 | 233 | 174 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 19 | box | L | 2-3 | Miami Dolphins | 0 | 43 | 12 | 176 | 60 | 116 | 8 | 22 | 437 | 176 | 261 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 26 | box | L | 2-4 | Baltimore Colts | 28 | 45 | 17 | 341 | 259 | 82 | 3 | 24 | 400 | 188 | 212 | ||
| 7 | Sun | November 2 | box | L | 2-5 | Buffalo Bills | 23 | 24 | 25 | 366 | 167 | 199 | 1 | 22 | 435 | 287 | 148 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 9 | box | L | 2-6 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 7 | 27 | 15 | 269 | 122 | 147 | 2 | 14 | 342 | 214 | 128 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | November 16 | box | L | 2-7 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 19 | 52 | 19 | 319 | 237 | 82 | 4 | 26 | 502 | 277 | 225 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 2-8 | St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 37 | 22 | 323 | 166 | 157 | 3 | 23 | 476 | 267 | 209 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 30 | box | L | 2-9 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 20 | 16 | 270 | 129 | 141 | 4 | 21 | 326 | 113 | 213 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | 3-9 | @ | New England Patriots | 30 | 28 | 21 | 361 | 156 | 205 | 1 | 21 | 424 | 261 | 163 | 5 |
| 13 | Mon | December 15 | box | L | 3-10 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 24 | 24 | 321 | 182 | 139 | 3 | 23 | 358 | 109 | 249 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 21 | box | L | 3-11 | Dallas Cowboys | 21 | 31 | 13 | 120 | -1 | 121 | 2 | 21 | 329 | 86 | 243 | 2 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 258 | 4230 | 919 | 4.6 | 266 | 174 | 384 | 2151 | 16 | 33 | 5.1 | 111 | 501 | 2079 | 15 | 4.1 | 126 | 41 | 8 | 29 |
| Team Defense | 433 | 5456 | 909 | 6.0 | 461 | 180 | 316 | 2719 | 26 | 15 | 8.1 | 133 | 574 | 2737 | 25 | 4.8 | 308 | 28 | 13 | 20 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 26 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 20 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Namath | 32 | QB | 14 | 13 | 157 | 326 | 48.2 | 2286 | 15 | 4.6 | 28 | 8.6 | 91 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 14.6 | 163.3 | 51.0 | 27 | 253 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 7.6 |
| J.J. Jones | 23 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 57 | 28.1 | 181 | 1 | 1.8 | 5 | 8.8 | 20 | 3.2 | -0.6 | 11.3 | 25.9 | 9.6 | 7 | 64 | 1.8 | -1.5 | 10.9 | |
| Greg Gantt | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 79.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 174 | 384 | 45.3 | 2468 | 16 | 4.2 | 33 | 8.6 | 91 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 14.2 | 176.3 | 44.7 | 34 | 317 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 8.1 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 180 | 316 | 57.0 | 2719 | 26 | 8.2 | 15 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 15.1 | 194.2 | 93.1 | 19 | 141 | 8.1 | 6.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| John Riggins* | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 238 | 1005 | 8 | 42 | 4.2 | 71.8 | 17.0 | 30 | 363 | 12.1 | 1 | 34 | 2.1 | 25.9 | 1368 | 9 | 5 |
| Carl Garrett | 28 | RB | 13 | 0 | 122 | 566 | 5 | 40 | 4.6 | 43.5 | 9.4 | 19 | 180 | 9.5 | 1 | 20 | 1.5 | 13.8 | 746 | 6 | 4 |
| Steve Davis | 27 | 14 | 1 | 70 | 290 | 1 | 24 | 4.1 | 20.7 | 5.0 | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | 18 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 346 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob Gresham | 27 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 98 | 1 | 16 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 2.5 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 102 | 1 | 2 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 32 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 16 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 67 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Namath | 32 | QB | 14 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| J.J. Jones | 23 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 19 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 59 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Jazz Jackson | 23 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 14 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Barkum | 25 | WR | 13 | 13 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -0.5 | 0.1 | 36 | 549 | 15.3 | 5 | 56 | 2.8 | 42.2 | 542 | 5 | 0 |
| Rich Caster* | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47 | 820 | 17.4 | 4 | 91 | 3.4 | 58.6 | 820 | 4 | 0 | |
| Eddie Bell | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 344 | 17.2 | 4 | 38 | 1.4 | 24.6 | 344 | 4 | 0 | |
| Lou Piccone | 26 | RET | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 0 | 21 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 79 | 0 | 3 | |
| Willie Brister | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 501 | 2079 | 15 | 42 | 4.1 | 148.5 | 35.8 | 174 | 2468 | 14.2 | 16 | 91 | 12.4 | 176.3 | 4547 | 31 | 24 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 574 | 2737 | 25 | 4.8 | 195.5 | 41.0 | 180 | 2719 | 15.1 | 26 | 12.9 | 194.2 | 5456 | 51 | 25 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Lou Piccone | 26 | RET | 13 | 0 | 18 | 74 | 0 | 9 | 4.1 | 26 | 637 | 0 | 53 | 24.5 | 790 |
| Steve Davis | 27 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 483 | 0 | 46 | 24.2 | 829 | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 28 | RB | 13 | 0 | 7 | 159 | 0 | 33 | 22.7 | 905 | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 27 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 153 | 0 | 34 | 21.9 | 255 | ||||||
| Ed Taylor | 22 | FS | 14 | 9 | 7 | 151 | 0 | 36 | 21.6 | 151 | |||||
| Jazz Jackson | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 28 | 26.0 | 117 | |
| Richard Wood | 22 | rlb | 14 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 9.0 | 27 | |||||
| Eddie Bell | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 34 | 21.0 | 386 | |||||
| Rich Sowells | 27 | LCB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Phil Wise | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||||||
| Roscoe Word | 23 | RCB | 14 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 22 | 116 | 0 | 34 | 5.3 | 74 | 1704 | 0 | 53 | 23.0 | 6367 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 22 | 1 | 52 | 1205 | 0 | 23.2 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Greg Gantt | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 59 | 2156 | 71 | 3 | 36.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pat Leahy | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 61.9% | 30 | 27 | 90.0% | ||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 61.9% | 30 | 27 | 90.0% | 59 | 2156 | 71 | 3 | 36.5 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 16 | 12 | 75.0% | 57 | 53 | 93.0% | 56 | 1887 | 33.7 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Jim Bailey | 27 | rde | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Carl Barzilauskas | 24 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Bell | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Bernich | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Willie Brister | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Ebersole | 27 | MLB | 13 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Fields | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -17 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed Galigher | 25 | RDT | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Gantt | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carl Garrett | 28 | RB | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | 27 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Winston Hill | 34 | RT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Delles Howell | 27 | fs | 10 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| J.J. Jones | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pat Leahy | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 32 | QB | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Richard Neal | 28 | RDE | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Burgess Owens | 24 | SS | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Lou Piccone | 26 | RET | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Prout | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Garry Puetz | 23 | RG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Rasmussen | 30 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Riggins* | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rich Sowells | 27 | LCB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Taylor | 22 | FS | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Godwin Turk | 25 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Phil Wise | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Roscoe Word | 23 | RCB | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 15 | 98 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 27 | -18 | 1 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 66 | |||||||||
| John Riggins* | 26 | FB | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 54 | |||||||||
| Carl Garrett | 28 | RB | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36 | |||||||||
| Jerome Barkum | 25 | WR | 13 | 13 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Bell | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster* | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Willie Brister | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | 27 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 258 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 25 | 26 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 433 |