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1983 New York Jets

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 313 points (19.6/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 331 points (20.7/g), 10th.
 Differential of -18 points (-1.1/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.7/g), 22nd.

Coached by Joe Walton (7-9-0)

1983 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 4 box W 1-0 @ San Diego Chargers 41 29 25 391 140 251 1 23 488 354 134 4
2 Sun September 11 box L 1-1 Seattle Seahawks 10 17 16 379 205 174 7 19 272 76 196 3
3 Sun September 18 box L 1-2 @ New England Patriots 13 23 19 266 177 89 22 398 70 328
4 Sun September 25 box W 2-2 Los Angeles Rams 27 24 25 484 403 81 3 19 425 222 203 4
5 Mon October 3 box W 3-2 @ Buffalo Bills 34 10 24 416 206 210 2 16 216 151 65 5
6 Sun October 9 box L 3-3 @ Cleveland Browns 7 10 19 312 188 124 2 18 333 267 66 2
7 Sun October 16 box L 3-4 Miami Dolphins 14 32 23 342 221 121 6 12 266 215 51 1
8 Sun October 23 box L 3-5 Atlanta Falcons 21 27 19 404 221 183 2 19 407 277 130 2
9 Sun October 30 box W 4-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 27 13 21 364 178 186 1 17 312 227 85 2
10 Sun November 6 box L 4-6 Baltimore Colts 14 17 18 298 196 102 4 15 231 99 132
11 Sun November 13 box L 4-7 Buffalo Bills 17 24 18 325 236 89 3 20 314 245 69 2
12 Mon November 21 box W 5-7 @ New Orleans Saints 31 28 18 289 205 84 2 20 401 162 239 2
13 Sun November 27 box W 6-7 New England Patriots 26 3 21 421 305 116 2 12 208 112 96 2
14 Sun December 4 box W 7-7 @ Baltimore Colts 10 6 20 283 132 151 3 19 324 164 160 4
15 Sat December 10 box L 7-8 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 34 13 251 215 36 5 22 380 138 242 1
16 Fri December 16 box L 7-9 @ Miami Dolphins 14 34 14 268 197 71 4 25 326 144 182 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 313 5493 1076 5.1 313 330 559 3425 21 28 5.7 171 474 2068 11 4.4 126 47 19 16
Team Defense 331 5301 1058 5.0 470 269 463 2923 22 22 5.7 151 547 2378 13 4.3 298 36 14 21
Lg Rank Offense 19 11 14 6 10 16 22 16 19 17 23 7 20 15
Lg Rank Defense 10 13 6 4 7 15 16 7 19 23 9 22 17 25

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 30 QB 16 16 308 518 59.5 3478 18 3.5 26 5.0 64 6.7 4.8 11.3 217.4 70.3 42 314 5.7 3.9 7.5
Pat Ryan 28 16 0 21 40 52.5 259 2 5.0 2 5.0 36 6.5 4.7 12.3 16.2 68.6 1 3 6.2 4.5 2.4
Freeman McNeil 24 RB 9 9 1 1 100.0 5 1 100.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 15.0 5.0 0.6 127.1 0 0 5.0 15.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 16 330 559 59.0 3742 21 3.8 28 5.0 64 6.7 4.8 11.3 233.9 70.8 43 317 5.7 3.9 7.1
Opp Total 16 269 463 58.1 2923 22 4.8 22 4.8 6.3 4.7 10.9 182.7 72.8 48 378 5.7 3.5

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
Freeman McNeil 24 RB 9 9 160 654 1 19 4.1 72.7 17.8 21 172 8.2 3 21 2.3 19.1 826 4 4
Dwayne Crutchfield 24 FB 11 8 137 571 3 17 4.2 51.9 12.5 19 133 7.0 0 15 1.7 12.1 704 3 2
Bruce Harper 28 9 2 51 354 1 78 6.9 39.3 5.7 48 413 8.6 2 33 5.3 45.9 767 3 1
Richard Todd 30 QB 16 16 35 101 0 17 2.9 6.3 2.2 101 0 5
Scott Dierking 28 16 1 28 113 3 31 4.0 7.1 1.8 33 275 8.3 0 19 2.1 17.2 388 3 0
Mike Augustyniak 27 8 2 18 50 2 6 2.8 6.3 2.3 10 71 7.1 1 17 1.3 8.9 121 3 0
Johnny Hector 23 10 1 16 85 0 42 5.3 8.5 1.6 5 61 12.2 1 22 0.5 6.1 146 1 2
Marion Barber 24 14 4 15 77 1 13 5.1 5.5 1.1 7 48 6.9 1 12 0.5 3.4 125 2 0
Kenny Lewis 26 7 0 5 25 0 7 5.0 3.6 0.7 6 62 10.3 0 23 0.9 8.9 87 0 0
Lam Jones 25 wr 14 7 4 10 0 9 2.5 0.7 0.3 43 734 17.1 4 50 3.1 52.4 744 4 2
Pat Ryan 28 16 0 4 23 0 25 5.8 1.4 0.3 23 0 2
Ron Crosby 28 16 1 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 5 0 0
Wesley Walker 28 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 61 868 14.2 7 64 3.8 54.3 868 7 0
Jerome Barkum 33 TE 15 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 385 12.0 1 34 2.1 25.7 385 1 2
Mickey Shuler 27 te 16 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 272 10.5 1 28 1.6 17.0 272 1 0
Derrick Gaffney 28 WR 16 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 243 14.3 0 35 1.1 15.2 243 0 0
Tom Coombs 24 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Mike Harmon 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.4 4 0 3
Team Total 26.5 16 474 2068 11 78 4.4 129.3 29.6 330 3742 11.3 21 64 20.6 233.9 5810 32 29
Opp Total 16 547 2378 13 4.3 148.6 34.2 269 2923 10.9 22 16.8 182.7 5301 35 29

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
Kirk Springs 25 RET 16 0 23 287 1 76 12.5 16 364 0 64 22.8 651
Preston Brown 25 RET 16 0 29 645 0 46 22.2 645
Johnny Hector 23 10 1 14 274 0 45 19.6 420
Mike Harmon 22 9 0 12 109 0 21 9.1 113
Davlin Mullen 23 11 0 2 13 0 9 6.5 3 57 0 26 19.0 70
Marion Barber 24 14 4 1 9 0 9 9.0 134
Bruce Harper 28 9 2 1 16 0 16 16.0 783
Reggie McElroy 23 16 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Ken Schroy 31 SS 16 16 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Mickey Shuler 27 te 16 7 1 3 0 3 3.0 275
Team Total 26.5 16 38 420 1 76 11.1 66 1375 0 64 20.8 7605
Opp Total 16 47 1 50 1063 0 21.3

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 31 P 16 0 81 3218 56 1 39.7
Pat Leahy 32 K 16 0 4 4 4 3 7 5 8 4 1 24 16 66.7% 37 36 97.3%
Pat Ryan 28 16 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.5 16 4 4 4 3 7 5 8 4 1 24 16 66.7% 38 37 97.4% 81 3218 56 1 39.7
Opp Total 16 28 20 71.4% 39 35 89.7% 85 3494 41.1

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
Mark Gastineau*+ 27 LDE 16 16 19.0 0 2 0 1
Lance Mehl 25 RLB 16 16 2.5 7 57 1 34 0 1 0 0
Joe Klecko* 30 LDT 16 16 6.5 0 1 0 0
Richard Todd 30 QB 16 16 5 1 0 0
Kenny Neil 24 RDE 16 16 5.5
Mike Harmon 22 9 0 3 2 0 0
Freeman McNeil 24 RB 9 9 4 1 0 0
Ken Schroy 31 SS 16 16 2.0 2 6 0 4 0 1 24 0
John Woodring 24 llb 14 10 1.0 0 4 0 0
Preston Brown 25 RET 16 0 3 1 0 0
Jerry Holmes 26 RCB 16 16 3 107 1 43 0 1 3 0
Marty Lyons 26 RDT 16 16 4.0
Darrol Ray 25 FS 16 16 3 77 0 42 0 1 0 0
Bob Crable 24 MLB 14 11 2.0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Lynn 27 16 1 3 70 1 42
Ben Rudolph 26 16 0 2.0 0 1 0 0
Pat Ryan 28 16 0 2 1 0 0
Kirk Springs 25 RET 16 0 2 1 0 0
Greg Buttle 29 LLB 9 8 1.5 1 17 0 17
Marion Barber 24 14 4 0 2 0 0
Jerome Barkum 33 TE 15 13 2 0 0 0
Dwayne Crutchfield 24 FB 11 8 2 0 0 0
Johnny Hector 23 10 1 2 0 0 0
Bobby Jackson 27 LCB 15 15 2 8 0 8
Lam Jones 25 wr 14 7 2 0 0 0
Barry Bennett 28 13 0 1.0
Ron Crosby 28 16 1 0 1 0 0
Jim Eliopulos 24 8 0 0 1 0 0
Rusty Guilbeau 25 16 0 1.0
Bruce Harper 28 9 2 1 0 0 0
Davlin Mullen 23 11 0 1 0 0 0
Joseph Pellegrini 26 LG 16 9 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 48.0 22 342 3 43 29 24 27 1
Opp Total 16 43 29 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
Pat Leahy 32 K 16 0 36 16 84
Wesley Walker 28 WR 16 16 7 42
Lam Jones 25 wr 14 7 4 24
Freeman McNeil 24 RB 9 9 1 3 24
Mike Augustyniak 27 8 2 2 1 18
Dwayne Crutchfield 24 FB 11 8 3 18
Scott Dierking 28 16 1 3 18
Bruce Harper 28 9 2 1 2 18
Marion Barber 24 14 4 1 1 12
Jerry Holmes 26 RCB 16 16 1 1 12
Jerome Barkum 33 TE 15 13 1 6
Mark Gastineau*+ 27 LDE 16 16 1 6
Johnny Hector 23 10 1 1 6
Johnny Lynn 27 16 1 1 6
Lance Mehl 25 RLB 16 16 1 6
Mickey Shuler 27 te 16 7 1 6
Kirk Springs 25 RET 16 0 1 6
Pat Ryan 28 16 0 1 1
Team Total 26.5 16 11 21 1 1 3 1 37 16 313
Opp Total 16 13 22 1 35 20 1 331