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1977 New York Jets
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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 191 points (13.6/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 300 points (21.4/g), 24th.
Differential of -109 points (-7.8/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 3.6-10.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.9/g), 26th.
Coached by Walt Michaels (3-11-0)
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1977 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Richard Todd | 24 | 1 | 11 | 133 for 265, 1,863 yards, 11 td, 17 int, & 24 rushes for 46 yards and 2 td | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1976 |
| RB | Scott Dierking | 22 | Rook | 5 | 79 rushes for 315 yards, 0 td, & 4 catches for 29 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 4th / 90th pick / 1977 |
| FB | Clark Gaines | 23 | 1 | 13 | 158 rushes for 595 yards, 3 td, & 55 catches for 469 yards and 1 td | |
| WR | Rich Caster | 29 | 7 | 0 | 10 catches for 205 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for -15 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 2nd / 46th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Wesley Walker | 22 | Rook | 14 | 35 catches for 740 yards, 3 td, & 3 rushes for 25 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1977 |
| TE | Jerome Barkum | 27 | 5 | 14 | 26 catches for 450 yards, 6 td | New York Jets / 1st / 9th pick / 1972 |
| LT | Garry Puetz | 25 | 4 | 14 | New York Jets / 12th / 300th pick / 1973 |
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| LG | Randy Rasmussen | 32 | 10 | 14 | New York Jets / 12th / 302nd pick / 1967 |
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| C | Joe Fields | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 14th / 349th pick / 1975 |
| RG | Dan Alexander | 22 | Rook | 8 | New York Jets / 8th / 200th pick / 1977 |
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| RG | Darrell Austin | 26 | 2 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 16th / 404th pick / 1974 |
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| RT | Marvin Powell | 22 | Rook | 10 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1977 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Lawrence Pillers | 25 | 1 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 11th / 296th pick / 1976 |
| LDT | Carl Barzilauskas | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1974 |
| LDT | Joe Klecko | 24 | Rook | 6 | New York Jets / 6th / 144th pick / 1977 |
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| RDT | Abdul Salaam | 24 | 1 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 7th / 188th pick / 1976 |
| RDE | Richard Neal | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 45th pick / 1969 |
| LLB | Greg Buttle | 23 | 1 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 67th pick / 1976 |
| MLB | John Ebersole | 29 | 7 | 12 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 4th / 98th pick / 1970 |
| RLB | Larry Keller | 24 | 1 | 9 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 214th pick / 1975 |
| RLB | Bob Martin | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 6th / 163rd pick / 1976 |
| LCB | Billy Hardee | 23 | 1 | 9 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Ed Taylor | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 9th / 224th pick / 1975 |
| SS | Shafer Suggs | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1976 |
| FS | Burgess Owens | 26 | 4 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 1st / 13th pick / 1973 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pat Leahy | 26 | 3 | 0 | 15 of 25 field goals & 18 of 21 extra points | |
| P | Chuck Ramsey | 25 | Rook | 0 | 62 punts for a 37.1 average, 0 blocked | New England Patriots / 6th / 141st pick / 1974 |
| PR | Bruce Harper | 22 | Rook | 2 | 34 punt returns for a 12.5 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Bruce Harper | 22 | Rook | 2 | 42 kick returns for a 24.6 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dan Alexander | 22 | G-T | 14 | 8 | 260 | 6-4 | LSU | 6/17/1955 | Rook | New York Jets / 8th / 200th pick / 1977 |
| Darrell Austin | 26 | G-C-T | 9 | 7 | 250 | 6-4 | South Carolina | 11/6/1951 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 16th / 404th pick / 1974 |
| Jerome Barkum | 27 | TE-WR | 14 | 14 | 218 | 6-3 | Jackson State | 7/18/1950 | 5 | New York Jets / 1st / 9th pick / 1972 |
| Carl Barzilauskas | 26 | DT | 9 | 0 | 271 | 6-6 | Indiana | 3/19/1951 | 3 | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1974 |
| Jeff Bleamer | 24 | T-G | 8 | 0 | 253 | 6-4 | Penn State | 6/22/1953 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 198th pick / 1975 |
| Greg Buttle | 23 | LB | 13 | 13 | 235 | 6-3 | Penn State | 6/20/1954 | 1 | New York Jets / 3rd / 67th pick / 1976 |
| Duane Carrell | 28 | P | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida State | 10/3/1949 | 3 | |
| Rich Caster | 29 | TE-WR | 10 | 0 | 228 | 6-5 | Jackson State | 10/16/1948 | 7 | New York Jets / 2nd / 46th pick / 1970 |
| Scott Dierking | 22 | RB | 14 | 5 | 218 | 5-10 | Purdue | 5/24/1955 | Rook | New York Jets / 4th / 90th pick / 1977 |
| Shelton Diggs | 22 | WR | 7 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | USC | 4/22/1955 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 120th pick / 1977 |
| Marty Domres | 30 | QB | 12 | 2 | 220 | 6-4 | Columbia | 4/17/1947 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 9th pick / 1969 |
| John Ebersole | 29 | LB | 13 | 12 | 234 | 6-3 | Penn State | 11/5/1948 | 7 | New York Jets / 4th / 98th pick / 1970 |
| Joe Fields | 24 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Rutgers-Camden,Widener | 11/14/1953 | 2 | New York Jets / 14th / 349th pick / 1975 |
| Clark Gaines | 23 | RB | 14 | 13 | 206 | 6-1 | Wake Forest | 2/1/1954 | 1 | |
| Billy Hardee | 23 | DB | 14 | 9 | 184 | 6-0 | Virginia Tech | 8/12/1954 | 1 | |
| Bruce Harper | 22 | RB-WR | 14 | 2 | 174 | 5-8 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | 6/20/1955 | Rook | |
| John Hennessy | 22 | LB-DE | 14 | 2 | 243 | 6-3 | Michigan | 3/12/1955 | Rook | New York Jets / 10th / 256th pick / 1977 |
| Mike Hennigan | 26 | LB | 14 | 2 | 217 | 6-2 | Parsons,Tennessee Tech | 10/24/1951 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 81st pick / 1973 |
| Larry Keller | 24 | LB | 14 | 9 | 223 | 6-2 | Houston | 10/2/1953 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 214th pick / 1975 |
| Joe Klecko | 24 | DT-NT-DE | 13 | 6 | 263 | 6-3 | Temple | 10/15/1953 | Rook | New York Jets / 6th / 144th pick / 1977 |
| David Knight | 26 | WR | 10 | 0 | 182 | 6-1 | William & Mary | 2/1/1951 | 4 | New York Jets / 11th / 272nd pick / 1973 |
| Pat Leahy | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | St. Louis | 3/19/1951 | 3 | |
| Kevin Long | 22 | RB | 14 | 4 | 212 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 1/20/1955 | Rook | New York Jets / 7th / 195th pick / 1977 |
| Ron Mabra | 26 | DB | 3 | 1 | 166 | 5-10 | Howard | 6/4/1951 | 2 | |
| Tank Marshall | 22 | DT | 5 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 1/6/1955 | Rook | New York Jets / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1977 |
| Bob Martin | 24 | LB | 5 | 5 | 217 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 11/14/1953 | 1 | New York Jets / 6th / 163rd pick / 1976 |
| Tommy Marvaso | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 10/2/1953 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 179th pick / 1976 |
| Richard Neal | 30 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Southern | 9/27/1947 | 8 | New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 45th pick / 1969 |
| Tom Newton | 23 | RB | 14 | 1 | 212 | 6-0 | California | 3/8/1954 | Rook | |
| Burgess Owens | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 8/2/1951 | 4 | New York Jets / 1st / 13th pick / 1973 |
| Al Palewicz | 27 | LB | 14 | 1 | 215 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 3/23/1950 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 197th pick / 1973 |
| Artimus Parker | 25 | DB | 11 | 4 | 208 | 6-3 | USC | 1/16/1952 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 12th / 297th pick / 1974 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 25 | DE-DT-NT | 13 | 13 | 255 | 6-4 | Alcorn State | 11/4/1952 | 1 | New York Jets / 11th / 296th pick / 1976 |
| Marvin Powell | 22 | T | 11 | 10 | 268 | 6-5 | USC | 8/30/1955 | Rook | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1977 |
| Garry Puetz | 25 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 263 | 6-3 | Valparaiso | 3/14/1952 | 4 | New York Jets / 12th / 300th pick / 1973 |
| Bob Raba | 22 | TE | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-1 | Maryland | 4/23/1955 | Rook | |
| Chuck Ramsey | 25 | P | 12 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 2/24/1952 | Rook | New England Patriots / 6th / 141st pick / 1974 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 32 | G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-2 | Nebraska-Kearney | 5/10/1945 | 10 | New York Jets / 12th / 302nd pick / 1967 |
| Matt Robinson | 22 | QB | 4 | 1 | 196 | 6-2 | Georgia | 6/28/1955 | Rook | New York Jets / 9th / 227th pick / 1977 |
| John Roman | 25 | T-G | 9 | 2 | 255 | 6-4 | Idaho State | 8/31/1952 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 13th / 313th pick / 1975 |
| Carl Russ | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Michigan | 2/16/1953 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 13th / 315th pick / 1975 |
| Abdul Salaam | 24 | DT-NT-DE | 14 | 13 | 262 | 6-3 | Kent State | 2/12/1953 | 1 | New York Jets / 7th / 188th pick / 1976 |
| Ken Schroy | 25 | DB | 14 | 2 | 198 | 6-2 | Maryland | 9/22/1952 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 248th pick / 1975 |
| Shafer Suggs | 24 | DB | 9 | 8 | 200 | 6-1 | Ball State | 4/28/1953 | 1 | New York Jets / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1976 |
| Ed Taylor | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 174 | 6-0 | Memphis | 5/13/1953 | 2 | New York Jets / 9th / 224th pick / 1975 |
| Richard Todd | 24 | QB | 12 | 11 | 207 | 6-2 | Alabama | 11/19/1953 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1976 |
| Maurice Tyler | 27 | DB | 14 | 4 | 188 | 6-0 | Morgan State | 7/19/1950 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 235th pick / 1972 |
| Wesley Walker | 22 | WR | 14 | 14 | 179 | 6-0 | California | 5/26/1955 | Rook | New York Jets / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1977 |
| Charlie White | 24 | RB | 13 | 3 | 222 | 6-0 | Bethune-Cookman | 8/31/1953 | Rook | New York Jets / 7th / 168th pick / 1977 |
| Robert E. Woods | 27 | T-G | 2 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Tennessee State | 7/26/1950 | 4 | New York Jets / 2nd / 38th pick / 1973 |
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 220.8 | 6-1.9 | 2.2 |