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1981 New York Jets

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Record: 10-5-1, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 355 points (22.2/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 287 points (17.9/g), 8th.
 Differential of 68 points (4.2/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 10.0-6.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 9th.

Coached by Walt Michaels (10-5-1)

1981 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 6 box L 0-1 @ Buffalo Bills 0 31 8 231 129 102 2 25 418 236 182 1
2 Sun September 13 box L 0-2 Cincinnati Bengals 30 31 19 388 224 164 1 22 310 233 77 1
3 Sun September 20 box L 0-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10 38 16 258 174 84 2 33 566 223 343 1
4 Sun September 27 box W 1-3 Houston Oilers 33 17 25 478 307 171 2 16 221 105 116 6
5 Sun October 4 box T 1-3-1 @ Miami Dolphins 28 28 32 546 304 242 3 17 399 301 98
6 Sun October 11 box W 2-3-1 New England Patriots 28 24 18 297 156 141 3 25 454 368 86 4
7 Sun October 18 box W 3-3-1 Buffalo Bills 33 14 21 374 174 200 1 14 288 242 46 3
8 Sun October 25 box L 3-4-1 Seattle Seahawks 3 19 15 219 101 118 4 26 380 163 217 1
9 Sun November 1 box W 4-4-1 @ New York Giants 26 7 13 299 185 114 1 10 166 111 55 3
10 Sun November 8 box W 5-4-1 @ Baltimore Colts 41 14 28 393 271 122 21 332 218 114 2
11 Sun November 15 box W 6-4-1 @ New England Patriots 17 6 17 226 60 166 1 15 197 105 92 2
12 Sun November 22 box W 7-4-1 Miami Dolphins 16 15 21 285 165 120 2 13 187 41 146 2
13 Sun November 29 box W 8-4-1 Baltimore Colts 25 0 22 300 139 161 11 152 103 49 1
14 Sun December 6 box L 8-5-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 23 27 23 395 276 119 3 18 383 256 127 4
15 Sat December 12 box W 9-5-1 @ Cleveland Browns 14 13 18 314 150 164 2 17 334 260 74 2
16 Sun December 20 box W 10-5-1 Green Bay Packers 28 3 22 393 240 153 4 8 84 39 45 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 27 box L 10-6-1 Buffalo Bills 27 31 23 419 348 71 5 15 321 230 91 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 355 5396 1108 4.9 318 283 507 3055 26 14 5.7 170 571 2341 11 4.1 122 31 17 26
Team Defense 287 4871 1036 4.7 291 275 505 3004 15 21 5.3 155 465 1867 19 4.0 112 36 15 24
Lg Rank Offense 9 15 9 11 19 6 3 21 5 6 21 11 4 9
Lg Rank Defense 8 5 8 14 8 5 13 4 3 7 21 13 17 22

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
14 Richard Todd 28 QB 16 16 10-5-1 279 497 56.1 3231 25 5.0 13 2.6 49 6.5 6.3 11.6 201.9 81.8 30 224 5.7 5.5 5.7
10 Pat Ryan 26 15 0 4 10 40.0 48 1 10.0 1 10.0 18 4.8 2.3 12.0 3.2 49.2 0 0 4.8 2.3 0.0
Team Total 25.6 16 10-5-1 283 507 55.8 3279 26 5.1 14 2.8 49 6.5 6.3 11.6 204.9 81.1 30 224 5.7 5.5 5.6
Opp Total 16 275 505 54.5 3522 15 3.0 21 4.2 7.0 5.7 12.8 220.1 69.1 66 518 5.3 4.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
24 Freeman McNeil 22 RB 11 6 137 623 2 43 4.5 56.6 12.5 18 171 9.5 1 18 1.6 15.5 794 3 5
35 Mike Augustyniak 25 FB 10 8 85 339 1 12 4.0 33.9 8.5 18 144 8.0 0 15 1.8 14.4 483 1 3
42 Bruce Harper 26 rb 16 7 81 393 4 29 4.9 24.6 5.1 52 459 8.8 1 24 3.3 28.7 852 5 7
25 Scott Dierking 26 16 4 74 328 1 15 4.4 20.5 4.6 26 228 8.8 1 23 1.6 14.3 556 2 2
44 Tom Newton 27 fb 16 7 73 244 1 13 3.3 15.3 4.6 17 104 6.1 0 13 1.1 6.5 348 1 2
33 Kevin Long 26 16 0 73 269 2 19 3.7 16.8 4.6 13 66 5.1 3 18 0.8 4.1 335 5 2
14 Richard Todd 28 QB 16 16 32 131 0 19 4.1 8.2 2.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 132 0 5
20 Kenny Lewis 24 5 0 6 18 0 7 3.0 3.6 1.2 2 14 7.0 0 8 0.4 2.8 32 0 0
15 Chuck Ramsey 29 P 16 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0 2
10 Pat Ryan 26 15 0 3 -5 0 -1 -1.7 -0.3 0.2 -5 0 0
80 Lam Jones 23 15 3 2 0 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.1 20 342 17.1 3 47 1.3 22.8 342 3 2
38 Billy Taylor 25 3 0 2 1 0 2 0.5 0.3 0.7 1 0 0
85 Wesley Walker 26 WR 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 47 770 16.4 9 49 3.6 59.2 770 9 0
83 Jerome Barkum 31 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 495 12.7 7 40 2.4 30.9 495 7 0
89 Bobby Jones 26 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 239 14.9 1 36 1.0 14.9 239 1 0
81 Derrick Gaffney 26 WR 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 246 17.6 0 39 0.9 15.4 246 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 571 2341 11 43 4.1 146.3 35.7 283 3279 11.6 26 49 17.7 204.9 5620 37 38
Opp Total 16 465 1867 19 4.0 116.7 29.1 275 3004 10.9 15 17.2 187.8 4871 34 35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
42 Bruce Harper 26 rb 16 7 35 265 0 46 7.6 23 480 0 42 20.9 1597
87 Kurt Sohn 24 RET 16 0 13 66 0 14 5.1 26 528 0 31 20.3 594
20 Kenny Lewis 24 5 0 5 108 0 30 21.6 140
86 Steve Stephens 24 16 0 2 21 0 14 10.5 21
89 Bobby Jones 26 16 3 1 1 0 1 1.0 240
80 Lam Jones 23 15 3 1 6 0 6 6.0 348
76 Ben Rudolph 24 15 4 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
48 Ken Schroy 29 SS 16 16 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Team Total 25.6 16 50 337 0 46 6.7 58 1151 0 42 19.8 7108
Opp Total 16 31 0 63 1415 0 22.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
15 Chuck Ramsey 29 P 16 0 81 3290 65 0 40.6
5 Pat Leahy 30 K 16 0 13 11 8 6 12 8 3 36 25 69.4% 39 38 97.4%
Team Total 25.6 16 13 11 8 6 12 8 3 36 25 69.4% 39 38 97.4% 81 3290 65 0 40.6
Opp Total 16 20 12 60.0% 36 33 91.7% 94 3798 40.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
35 Mike Augustyniak 25 FB 10 8 3 0 0 0
83 Jerome Barkum 31 TE 16 16 0 3 0 0
54 Stan Blinka 24 MLB 16 16 1 15 0 15
51 Greg Buttle 27 LLB 15 14 2 34 0 22 0 2 0 0 1
25 Scott Dierking 26 16 4 2 1 0 0
26 Donald Dykes 26 rcb 14 9 0 1 0 0
65 Joe Fields* 28 C 16 16 1 0 -15 0
99 Mark Gastineau* 25 LDE 16 16 0 2 0 0
42 Bruce Harper 26 rb 16 7 7 2 0 0
47 Jerry Holmes 24 RCB 16 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 Jesse Johnson 23 16 4 0 1 0 0
89 Bobby Jones 26 16 3 0 1 61 1
80 Lam Jones 23 15 3 2 2 0 0
73 Joe Klecko*+ 28 RDE 16 16 0 2 0 0
33 Kevin Long 26 16 0 2 1 0 0
29 Johnny Lynn 25 13 0 3 76 0 67
93 Marty Lyons 24 RDT 12 12 0 1 0 0
24 Freeman McNeil 22 RB 11 6 5 0 0 0
56 Lance Mehl 23 RLB 15 15 3 17 0 10 0 1 0 0
77 Kenny Neil 22 16 0 0 1 0 0
44 Tom Newton 27 fb 16 7 2 0 0 0
15 Chuck Ramsey 29 P 16 0 2 1 -39 0
28 Darrol Ray 23 FS 16 16 7 227 2 64 1 2 4 0
74 Abdul Salaam 28 LDT 16 16 0 1 0 0
48 Ken Schroy 29 SS 16 16 2 58 0 39
87 Kurt Sohn 24 RET 16 0 5 2 0 0
45 Kirk Springs 23 10 0 2 5 0 5 1 2 0 0
14 Richard Todd 28 QB 16 16 5 2 0 0
57 John Woodring 22 12 0 0 2 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 21 432 2 67 38 34 11 1 1
Opp Total 16 30 35 20 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
5 Pat Leahy 30 K 16 0 38 25 113
85 Wesley Walker 26 WR 13 13 9 9 54
83 Jerome Barkum 31 TE 16 16 7 7 42
42 Bruce Harper 26 rb 16 7 4 1 5 30
33 Kevin Long 26 16 0 2 3 5 30
80 Lam Jones 23 15 3 3 3 18
24 Freeman McNeil 22 RB 11 6 2 1 3 18
25 Scott Dierking 26 16 4 1 1 2 12
89 Bobby Jones 26 16 3 1 1 2 12
28 Darrol Ray 23 FS 16 16 2 2 12
35 Mike Augustyniak 25 FB 10 8 1 1 6
44 Tom Newton 27 fb 16 7 1 1 6
51 Greg Buttle 27 LLB 15 14 1 2
Team Total 25.6 16 11 26 1 2 40 38 25 1 355
Opp Total 16 19 15 33 12 1 287