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1980 New York Jets

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 5th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 302 points (18.9/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 395 points (24.7/g), 24th.
 Differential of -93 points (-5.8/g), 23rd.
 Expected W-L: 5.5-10.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 23rd.

Coached by Walt Michaels (4-12-0)

1980 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 7 box L 0-1 Baltimore Colts 14 17 7 226 187 39 4 23 352 239 113 3
2 Sun September 14 box L 0-2 @ Buffalo Bills 10 20 17 303 166 137 1 22 362 207 155 1
3 Sun September 21 box L 0-3 San Francisco 49ers 27 37 30 460 413 47 2 24 376 232 144
4 Sun September 28 box L 0-4 @ Baltimore Colts 21 35 21 336 220 116 2 23 447 275 172 3
5 Sun October 5 box L 0-5 New England Patriots 11 21 20 303 211 92 2 16 254 174 80 1
6 Sun October 12 box W 1-5 @ Atlanta Falcons 14 7 19 279 89 190 18 240 143 97 4
7 Sun October 19 box L 1-6 Seattle Seahawks 17 27 19 338 189 149 2 17 329 244 85
8 Mon October 27 box W 2-6 Miami Dolphins 17 14 21 323 164 159 3 20 279 208 71 2
9 Sun November 2 box L 2-7 @ New England Patriots 21 34 18 335 222 113 4 16 273 185 88 2
10 Sun November 9 box L 2-8 Buffalo Bills 24 31 18 267 164 103 4 17 274 127 147
11 Sun November 16 box L 2-9 @ Denver Broncos 24 31 14 300 201 99 1 29 390 275 115 3
12 Sun November 23 box W 3-9 Houston Oilers 31 28 17 327 223 104 3 28 472 349 123 6
13 Sun November 30 box L 3-10 @ Los Angeles Rams 13 38 13 224 139 85 3 26 510 284 226 4
14 Sun December 7 box L 3-11 @ Cleveland Browns 14 17 17 298 205 93 2 27 398 319 79 1
15 Sun December 14 box L 3-12 New Orleans Saints 20 21 20 291 64 227 3 20 312 191 121
16 Sat December 20 box W 4-12 @ Miami Dolphins 24 17 18 272 152 120 5 22 347 212 135 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 302 4882 993 4.9 289 265 481 3009 17 30 5.8 146 470 1873 17 4.0 124 41 11 19
Team Defense 395 5615 1080 5.2 569 337 544 3664 27 23 6.4 198 508 1951 20 3.8 348 32 9 23
Lg Rank Offense 18 20 17 15 16 19 28 18 23 18 10 10 20 5
Lg Rank Defense 24 22 27 27 26 24 14 21 15 13 23 14 22 28

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 27 QB 16 16 264 479 55.1 3329 17 3.5 30 6.3 55 6.9 4.5 12.6 208.1 62.7 42 326 5.8 3.5 8.1
Chuck Ramsey 28 P 16 0 1 2 50.0 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 3.0 3.0 6.0 0.4 56.2 0 0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Team Total 25.0 16 265 481 55.1 3335 17 3.5 30 6.2 55 6.9 4.5 12.6 208.4 62.7 42 326 5.8 3.5 8.0
Opp Total 16 337 544 61.9 3664 27 5.0 23 4.2 6.7 5.3 10.9 229.0 80.7 28 235 6.4 4.7

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
Scott Dierking 25 RB 16 13 156 567 6 15 3.6 35.4 9.8 19 138 7.3 1 22 1.2 8.6 705 7 3
Kevin Long 25 fb 15 7 115 355 6 18 3.1 23.7 7.7 20 137 6.9 0 16 1.3 9.1 492 6 3
Tom Newton 26 16 4 59 299 0 23 5.1 18.7 3.7 20 144 7.2 0 18 1.3 9.0 443 0 0
Richard Todd 27 QB 16 16 49 330 5 31 6.7 20.6 3.1 330 5 10
Bruce Harper 25 RET 15 1 45 126 0 22 2.8 8.4 3.0 50 634 12.7 3 52 3.3 42.3 760 3 2
Clark Gaines 26 5 4 36 174 0 15 4.8 34.8 7.2 36 310 8.6 3 16 7.2 62.0 484 3 2
Bobby Batton 23 8 0 3 4 0 3 1.3 0.5 0.4 4 0 0
Woody Bennett 25 10 0 3 13 0 19 4.3 1.3 0.3 13 0 1
Lam Jones 22 WR 16 13 2 5 0 7 2.5 0.3 0.1 25 482 19.3 3 55 1.6 30.1 487 3 1
Paul Darby 24 8 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.9 0.1 3 48 16.0 1 20 0.4 6.0 63 1 1
Chuck Ramsey 28 P 16 0 1 -15 0 -15 -15.0 -0.9 0.1 -15 0 0
Derrick Gaffney 25 wr 13 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 397 16.5 2 36 1.8 30.5 397 2 0
Mickey Shuler 24 TE 16 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 226 10.3 2 26 1.4 14.1 226 2 1
Wesley Walker 25 WR 10 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 376 20.9 1 47 1.8 37.6 376 1 0
Bobby Jones 25 wr 15 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 193 13.8 0 25 0.9 12.9 193 0 0
Jerome Barkum 30 TE 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 244 18.8 1 28 0.8 15.3 244 1 0
Kenny Lewis 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.9 6 0 0
Team Total 25.0 16 470 1873 17 31 4.0 117.1 29.4 265 3335 12.6 17 55 16.6 208.4 5208 34 27
Opp Total 16 508 1951 20 3.8 121.9 31.8 337 3664 10.9 27 21.1 229.0 5615 47 26

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 25 RET 15 1 28 242 0 24 8.6 49 1070 0 35 21.8 2072
Paul Darby 24 8 0 7 139 0 30 19.9 202
Woody Bennett 25 10 0 6 88 0 26 14.7 101
Ken Schroy 28 SS 14 10 4 27 0 15 6.8 1 17 0 17 17.0 44
Lam Jones 22 WR 16 13 4 67 0 19 16.8 554
Bobby Jones 25 wr 15 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 50 0 29 25.0 243
Mickey Shuler 24 TE 16 9 2 25 0 25 12.5 251
Guy Bingham 22 16 3 1 19 0 19 19.0 19
Gerald Carter 23 3 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Bob Winkel 25 16 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Team Total 25.0 16 33 269 0 24 8.2 74 1491 0 35 20.1 6968
Opp Total 16 46 1 54 1207 0 22.4

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
Chuck Ramsey 28 P 16 0 73 3096 59 1 42.4
Pat Leahy 29 K 16 0 4 4 9 4 8 6 1 22 14 63.6% 36 36 100.0%
Team Total 25.0 16 4 4 9 4 8 6 1 22 14 63.6% 36 36 100.0% 73 3096 59 1 42.4
Opp Total 16 24 13 54.2% 51 50 98.0% 63 2514 39.9

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
Woody Bennett 25 10 0 1 1 0 0
Stan Blinka 23 MLB 16 16 0 1 0 0
Greg Buttle 26 LLB 14 14 1 15 0 15 0 1 0 0
Gerald Carter 23 3 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Crosby 25 RLB 16 16 2 47 0 42 0 1 0 0
Paul Darby 24 8 0 1 1 0 0
Scott Dierking 25 RB 16 13 3 2 0 0
Donald Dykes 25 RCB 16 16 5 1 0 1
Joe Fields 27 C 13 13 0 1 0 0
Clark Gaines 26 5 4 2 0 0 0
Bruce Harper 25 RET 15 1 2 3 0 0
Bobby Jackson 24 LCB 15 15 1 7 0 7
Lam Jones 22 WR 16 13 1 1 0 0
Kenny Lewis 23 7 0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Long 25 fb 15 7 3 3 0 0
Marvin Powell* 25 RT 15 15 0 1 0 0
Darrol Ray 22 FS 16 16 6 132 1 71 1 1 75 1
Abdul Salaam 27 LDT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Ken Schroy 28 SS 14 10 8 91 1 82 0 2 0 0
Mickey Shuler 24 TE 16 9 1 0 0 0
Shafer Suggs 27 4 4 0 1 1 0
Richard Todd 27 QB 16 16 10 3 -3 0
Stan Waldemore 25 lg 16 8 1 0 -3 0
Team Total 25.0 16 23 293 2 82 27 25 70 1
Opp Total 16 42 26 17

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 29 K 16 0 36 14 78
Scott Dierking 25 RB 16 13 6 1 42
Kevin Long 25 fb 15 7 6 36
Richard Todd 27 QB 16 16 5 30
Clark Gaines 26 5 4 3 18
Bruce Harper 25 RET 15 1 3 18
Lam Jones 22 WR 16 13 3 18
Derrick Gaffney 25 wr 13 5 2 12
Darrol Ray 22 FS 16 16 1 1 12
Mickey Shuler 24 TE 16 9 2 12
Jerome Barkum 30 TE 16 11 1 6
Paul Darby 24 8 0 1 6
Ken Schroy 28 SS 14 10 1 6
Wesley Walker 25 WR 10 7 1 6
Team Total 25.0 16 17 17 1 2 36 14 300
Opp Total 16 20 27 1 50 13 395