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1976 New York Jets

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 169 points (12.1/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 383 points (27.4/g), 26th.
 Differential of -214 points (-15.3/g), 27th.
 Expected W-L: 1.8-12.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -21 (-1.5/g), 27th.

Coached by Mike Holovak (0-1-0) and Lou Holtz (3-10-0)

1976 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 12 box L 0-1 @ Cleveland Browns 17 38 17 258 147 111 2 21 390 183 207 1
2 Sun September 19 box L 0-2 @ Denver Broncos 3 46 11 185 93 92 2 31 543 292 251 1
3 Sun September 26 box L 0-3 @ Miami Dolphins 0 16 10 224 159 65 5 23 334 123 211 1
4 Sun October 3 box L 0-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 6 17 19 261 91 170 2 16 247 121 126 2
5 Sun October 10 box W 1-4 Buffalo Bills 17 14 20 270 63 207 4 11 205 80 125 5
6 Mon October 18 box L 1-5 @ New England Patriots 7 41 20 309 193 116 2 29 475 145 330 1
7 Sun October 24 box L 1-6 Baltimore Colts 0 20 15 277 154 123 2 18 417 281 136 1
8 Sun October 31 box W 2-6 @ Buffalo Bills 19 14 16 234 79 155 4 17 311 87 224 5
9 Sun November 7 box L 2-7 Miami Dolphins 7 27 16 270 154 116 4 18 323 181 142
10 Sun November 14 box W 3-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 0 24 344 133 211 1 18 277 171 106 6
11 Sun November 21 box L 3-8 New England Patriots 24 38 20 287 184 103 10 13 237 83 154 3
12 Sun November 28 box L 3-9 @ Baltimore Colts 16 33 14 255 96 159 4 19 387 189 198 1
13 Sun December 5 box L 3-10 Washington Redskins 16 37 12 284 52 232 4 29 426 188 238 3
14 Sun December 12 box L 3-11 Cincinnati Bengals 3 42 6 72 8 64 7 14 344 200 144 2

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 169 3530 876 4.0 220 180 393 1606 7 28 3.7 93 438 1924 10 4.4 104 53 25 23
Team Defense 383 4916 972 5.1 419 204 374 2324 25 11 6.0 127 582 2592 14 4.5 277 32 21 15
Lg Rank Offense 26 25 21 6 24 28 27 25 24 20 21 4 28 27
Lg Rank Defense 26 25 23 17 21 26 22 21 26 26 13 23 15 6

Passing

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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 33 QB 11 8 1-7-0 114 230 49.6 1090 4 1.7 16 7.0 35 4.7 1.8 9.6 99.1 39.9 16 150 3.8 1.1 6.5
Richard Todd 23 qb 13 6 2-4-0 65 162 40.1 870 3 1.9 12 7.4 44 5.4 2.2 13.4 66.9 33.2 29 233 3.3 0.7 15.2
Bob Gresham 28 11 0 1 1 100.0 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 29 29.0 29.0 29.0 2.6 118.7 0 0 29.0 29.0 0.0
Team Total 25.3 14 3-11-0 180 393 45.8 1989 7 1.8 28 7.1 44 5.1 2.0 11.1 142.1 37.6 45 383 3.7 0.9 10.3
Opp Total 14 204 374 54.5 2324 25 6.7 11 2.9 6.2 5.6 11.4 166.0 83.5 16 144 6.0 5.0

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
Clark Gaines 22 FB 14 8 157 724 3 33 4.6 51.7 11.2 41 400 9.8 2 27 2.9 28.6 1124 5 4
Steve Davis 28 RB 12 0 94 418 3 26 4.4 34.8 7.8 8 57 7.1 0 21 0.7 4.8 475 3 6
Ed Marinaro 26 6 0 77 312 2 17 4.1 52.0 12.8 21 168 8.0 0 35 3.5 28.0 480 2 1
Louie Giammona 23 14 3 39 150 1 35 3.8 10.7 2.8 15 145 9.7 0 28 1.1 10.4 295 1 5
Bob Gresham 28 11 0 30 92 0 24 3.1 8.4 2.7 11 66 6.0 0 13 1.0 6.0 158 0 1
Richard Todd 23 qb 13 6 28 107 1 22 3.8 8.2 2.2 107 1 5
Rich Caster 28 TE 14 0 6 73 0 60 12.2 5.2 0.4 31 391 12.6 1 41 2.2 27.9 464 1 1
Duane Carrell 27 P 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 2
Joe Namath 33 QB 11 8 2 5 0 5 2.5 0.5 0.2 5 0 3
Lou Piccone 27 WR 14 7 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.8 0.1 12 147 12.3 0 23 0.9 10.5 158 0 5
Jazz Jackson 24 7 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.9 0.1 2 3 1.5 0 6 0.3 0.4 9 0 1
Greg Buttle 22 LLB 14 14 1 26 0 26 26.0 1.9 0.1 26 0 1
David Knight 25 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 403 20.2 2 44 1.4 28.8 403 2 0
Howard Satterwhite 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 110 15.7 0 31 0.6 9.2 110 0 1
Jerome Barkum 26 4 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 54 10.8 1 25 1.3 13.5 54 1 0
Don Buckey 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 36 7.2 0 14 1.3 9.0 36 0 0
Richard Osborne 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 9 4.5 1 7 0.2 1.0 9 1 1
Team Total 25.3 14 438 1924 10 60 4.4 137.4 31.3 180 1989 11.1 7 44 12.9 142.1 3913 17 44
Opp Total 14 582 2592 14 4.5 185.1 41.6 204 2324 11.4 25 14.6 166.0 4916 39 36

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Lou Piccone 27 WR 14 7 21 173 1 60 8.2 31 699 0 58 22.5 1030
Louie Giammona 23 14 3 12 117 0 25 9.8 23 527 0 34 22.9 939
Jazz Jackson 24 7 0 6 -1 0 8 -0.2 10 207 0 30 20.7 215
Keith Denson 24 2 0 6 129 0 29 21.5 129
Clark Gaines 22 FB 14 8 1 5 0 5 5.0 1129
Mike Hennigan 25 12 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
Tommy Marvaso 23 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Richard Osborne 23 9 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 17
Team Total 25.3 14 40 289 1 60 7.2 73 1597 0 58 21.9 5799
Opp Total 14 55 1 39 899 0 23.1

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
Duane Carrell 27 P 14 0 81 3218 72 0 39.7
Pat Leahy 25 K 14 0 1 1 5 5 5 3 5 2 16 11 68.8% 20 16 80.0%
Team Total 25.3 14 1 1 5 5 5 3 5 2 16 11 68.8% 20 16 80.0% 81 3218 72 0 39.7
Opp Total 14 29 23 79.3% 45 42 93.3% 66 2673 40.5

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Carl Barzilauskas 25 LDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Greg Buttle 22 LLB 14 14 2 20 0 14 1 2 23 1
Duane Carrell 27 P 14 0 2 2 -19 0
Rich Caster 28 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Davis 28 RB 12 0 6 0 0 0
Keith Denson 24 2 0 2 0 0 0
John Ebersole 28 MLB 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 29 0
Joe Fields 23 C 14 10 1 0 -14 0
Clark Gaines 22 FB 14 8 4 0 0 0
Louie Giammona 23 14 3 5 2 4 0
Bob Gresham 28 11 0 1 1 0 0
Clint Haslerig 24 5 0 0 1 0 0
Jazz Jackson 24 7 0 1 1 0 0
Larry Keller 23 14 0 1 31 0 31 0 3 0 0
David Knight 25 WR 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ed Marinaro 26 6 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Martin 23 RLB 13 0 2 15 0 12
Tommy Marvaso 23 12 0 2 1 6 0
Joe Namath 33 QB 11 8 3 1 -7 0
Richard Osborne 23 9 0 1 1 0 0
Burgess Owens 25 FS 14 0 0 2 0 0
Lou Piccone 27 WR 14 7 5 4 0 0
Lawrence Pillers 24 LDE 14 13 0 2 0 0
Steve Poole 24 9 0 0 2 0 0
Randy Rasmussen 31 LG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Carl Russ 23 3 0 0 1 0 0
Howard Satterwhite 23 12 0 1 1 0 0
Rich Sowells 28 10 0 2 46 0 27 1 0 0 0
Shafer Suggs 23 LCB 11 10 1 12 0 12
Ed Taylor 23 RCB 11 11 2 22 0 22
Richard Todd 23 qb 13 6 5 2 -10 0
Phil Wise 27 SS 12 0 1 1 5 0
Team Total 25.3 14 11 146 0 31 44 37 17 1
Opp Total 14 45 36 15 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Pat Leahy 25 K 14 0 16 11 49
Clark Gaines 22 FB 14 8 3 2 30
Steve Davis 28 RB 12 0 3 18
David Knight 25 WR 14 0 2 12
Ed Marinaro 26 6 0 2 12
Jerome Barkum 26 4 3 1 6
Greg Buttle 22 LLB 14 14 1 6
Rich Caster 28 TE 14 0 1 6
Louie Giammona 23 14 3 1 6
Richard Osborne 23 9 0 1 6
Lou Piccone 27 WR 14 7 1 6
Steve Poole 24 9 0 1 6
Richard Todd 23 qb 13 6 1 6
Team Total 25.3 14 10 7 1 1 1 16 11 169
Opp Total 14 14 25 1 42 23 1 383