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1979 New York Jets

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 337 points (21.1/g), 13th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 383 points (23.9/g), 25th.
 Differential of -46 points (-2.9/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 6.8-9.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 11th.

Coached by Walt Michaels (8-8-0)

1979 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 2 box L 0-1 Cleveland Browns 22 25 24 390 161 229 2 24 423 292 131 4
2 Sun September 9 box L 0-2 @ New England Patriots 3 56 12 134 45 89 6 30 597 365 232 3
3 Sun September 16 box W 1-2 Detroit Lions 31 10 22 387 178 209 1 12 229 176 53 3
4 Sun September 23 box L 1-3 @ Buffalo Bills 31 46 22 416 151 265 4 25 497 348 149 1
5 Sun September 30 box W 2-3 Miami Dolphins 33 27 16 354 186 168 1 21 354 286 68 1
6 Sun October 7 box L 2-4 @ Baltimore Colts 8 10 19 358 174 184 3 14 276 232 44 2
7 Mon October 15 box W 3-4 Minnesota Vikings 14 7 16 245 62 183 20 310 256 54 7
8 Sun October 21 box W 4-4 Oakland Raiders 28 19 16 328 161 167 3 25 459 346 113 5
9 Sun October 28 box L 4-5 @ Houston Oilers 24 27 20 357 225 132 3 17 311 199 112 1
10 Sun November 4 box W 5-5 @ Green Bay Packers 27 22 20 382 136 246 2 22 395 287 108 4
11 Sun November 11 box L 5-6 Buffalo Bills 12 14 16 237 170 67 3 15 270 132 138
12 Sun November 18 box L 5-7 @ Chicago Bears 13 23 20 320 180 140 3 19 254 108 146
13 Mon November 26 box L 5-8 @ Seattle Seahawks 7 30 21 365 226 139 2 25 399 313 86 1
14 Sun December 2 box W 6-8 Baltimore Colts 30 17 21 368 190 178 1 21 343 240 103 3
15 Sun December 9 box W 7-8 New England Patriots 27 26 20 281 127 154 19 320 213 107 1
16 Sat December 15 box W 8-8 @ Miami Dolphins 27 24 14 322 226 96 4 22 384 322 62 4

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 337 5244 1035 5.1 299 190 369 2598 16 25 6.5 126 634 2646 23 4.2 153 38 13 20
Team Defense 383 5821 1094 5.3 555 339 570 4115 31 21 7.0 198 502 1706 13 3.4 331 40 19 26
Lg Rank Offense 13 9 14 27 21 20 22 6 1 1 7 8 13 4
Lg Rank Defense 25 26 28 28 28 28 15 28 5 3 5 3 12 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Richard Todd 26 QB 15 15 171 334 51.2 2660 16 4.8 22 6.6 72 8.0 5.5 15.6 177.3 66.5 25 222 6.8 4.5 7.0
Matt Robinson 24 15 1 17 31 54.8 191 0 0.0 2 6.5 33 6.2 3.3 11.2 12.7 46.6 5 30 4.5 2.0 13.9
Pat Ryan 24 1 0 2 4 50.0 13 0 0.0 1 25.0 7 3.3 -8.0 6.5 13.0 17.7 2 14 -0.2 -7.7 33.3
Team Total 25.0 16 190 369 51.5 2864 16 4.3 25 6.8 72 7.8 5.1 15.1 179.0 63.6 32 266 6.5 4.1 8.0
Opp Total 16 339 570 59.5 4115 31 5.4 21 3.7 7.2 6.1 12.1 257.2 84.5 22 173 7.0 5.6

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 25 FB 16 9 186 905 0 52 4.9 56.6 11.6 29 219 7.6 0 15 1.8 13.7 1124 0 1
Scott Dierking 24 RB 16 14 186 767 3 40 4.1 47.9 11.6 10 121 12.1 0 27 0.6 7.6 888 3 1
Kevin Long 24 fb 12 6 116 442 7 25 3.8 36.8 9.7 10 115 11.5 0 27 0.8 9.6 557 7 3
Bruce Harper 24 RET 16 0 65 282 0 31 4.3 17.6 4.1 17 250 14.7 2 72 1.1 15.6 532 2 6
Tom Newton 25 16 0 37 145 6 51 3.9 9.1 2.3 4 33 8.3 0 11 0.3 2.1 178 6 0
Richard Todd 26 QB 15 15 36 93 5 21 2.6 6.2 2.4 93 5 7
Matt Robinson 24 15 1 3 4 1 10 1.3 0.3 0.2 4 1 0
Woody Bennett 24 15 0 2 4 1 3 2.0 0.3 0.1 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 13 1 1
Chuck Ramsey 27 P 16 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 2
Bobby Jones 24 wr 10 7 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.4 0.1 19 379 19.9 1 51 1.9 37.9 383 1 2
Derrick Gaffney 24 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 534 16.7 1 43 2.0 33.4 534 1 0
Jerome Barkum 29 TE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 401 14.9 4 40 2.1 30.8 401 4 1
Wesley Walker 24 WR 9 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 569 24.7 5 71 2.6 63.2 569 5 0
Mickey Shuler 23 te 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 225 14.1 3 46 1.0 14.1 225 3 1
Bob Raba 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 9 4.5 0 6 0.3 1.1 9 0 0
Team Total 25.0 16 634 2646 23 52 4.2 165.4 39.6 190 2864 15.1 16 72 11.9 179.0 5510 39 26
Opp Total 16 502 1706 13 3.4 106.6 31.4 339 4115 12.1 31 21.2 257.2 5821 44 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bruce Harper 24 RET 16 0 33 290 0 51 8.8 55 1158 0 52 21.1 1980
Ken Schroy 27 16 1 2 24 0 19 12.0 6 179 0 51 29.8 203
Bobby Jones 24 wr 10 7 7 140 0 36 20.0 523
Clark Gaines 25 FB 16 9 2 29 0 20 14.5 1153
John Hennessy 24 16 0 2 15 0 12 7.5 15
Woody Bennett 24 15 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 20
Paul Darby 23 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Tom Newton 25 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 178
Bob Raba 24 8 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 27
Mickey Shuler 23 te 16 6 1 15 0 15 15.0 240
Team Total 25.0 16 36 314 0 51 8.7 76 1561 0 52 20.5 7385
Opp Total 16 33 0 70 1529 1 21.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Chuck Ramsey 27 P 16 0 73 2979 64 0 40.8
Pat Leahy 28 K 6 0 1 1 2 2 8 5 2 13 8 61.5% 15 12 80.0%
Dave Jacobs 22 4 0 4 3 2 1 3 1 9 5 55.6% 11 10 90.9%
Toni Linhart 37 5 0 1 1 4 2 1 6 3 50.0% 14 11 78.6%
Rich Szaro 31 1 0 1 1 2 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 25.0 16 2 1 7 6 14 8 7 1 30 16 53.3% 42 35 83.3% 73 2979 64 0 40.8
Opp Total 16 29 22 75.9% 46 39 84.8% 69 2525 36.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jerome Barkum 29 TE 13 13 1 2 0 0
Woody Bennett 24 15 0 1 0 0 0
Stan Blinka 22 MLB 16 16 2 12 0 8 0 2 0 0
Greg Buttle 25 LLB 16 16 2 27 0 27
Ron Crosby 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Darby 23 15 0 0 1 0 0
Scott Dierking 24 RB 16 14 1 1 0 0
Clark Gaines 25 FB 16 9 1 1 0 0
Bruce Harper 24 RET 16 0 6 2 0 0
Bobby Jackson 23 LCB 16 16 4 63 1 58
Bobby Jones 24 wr 10 7 2 0 0 0
Kevin Long 24 fb 12 6 3 0 0 0
Johnny Lynn 23 RCB 16 14 2 46 0 32 0 2 0 0
Marty Lyons 22 RDE 16 16 0 3 0 0
Mike McKibben 23 RLB 16 10 1 5 0 5
Mark Merrill 24 6 4 0 2 0 0
Tim Moresco 25 16 0 0 1 0 0 1
Tom Newton 25 16 0 0 1 0 0
Burgess Owens 28 FS 16 0 6 41 0 15 0 4 32 0
Lawrence Pillers 27 LDE 16 15 0 1 0 0
Chuck Ramsey 27 P 16 0 2 1 -34 0
Pat Ryan 24 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Schroy 27 16 1 1 4 0 4
Mickey Shuler 23 te 16 6 1 0 0 0
Shafer Suggs 26 SS 16 15 3 41 1 32 0 1 0 0
John Sullivan 23 12 0 0 1 0 0
Richard Todd 26 QB 15 15 7 4 -10 0
Team Total 25.0 16 21 239 2 58 26 31 -12 0 1
Opp Total 16 32 34 15 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Kevin Long 24 fb 12 6 7 42
Pat Leahy 28 K 6 0 12 8 36
Tom Newton 25 16 0 6 36
Richard Todd 26 QB 15 15 5 30
Wesley Walker 24 WR 9 9 5 30
Dave Jacobs 22 4 0 10 5 25
Jerome Barkum 29 TE 13 13 4 24
Toni Linhart 37 5 0 11 3 20
Scott Dierking 24 RB 16 14 3 18
Mickey Shuler 23 te 16 6 3 18
Bruce Harper 24 RET 16 0 2 12
Woody Bennett 24 15 0 1 6
Derrick Gaffney 24 WR 16 16 1 6
Bobby Jackson 23 LCB 16 16 1 6
Bobby Jones 24 wr 10 7 1 6
Johnny Lynn 23 RCB 16 14 1 6
Matt Robinson 24 15 1 1 6
Shafer Suggs 26 SS 16 15 1 6
Tim Moresco 25 16 0 1 2
Rich Szaro 31 1 0 2 2
Team Total 25.0 16 23 16 2 1 35 16 1 337
Opp Total 16 13 31 1 39 22 1 383