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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)
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1983 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 | 30 | 7 | 16 | 308 for 518, 3,478 yards, 18 td, 26 int, & 35 rushes for 101 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1976 |
| RB | Freeman McNeil | 24 | 2 | 9 | 160 rushes for 654 yards, 1 td, & 21 catches for 172 yards and 3 td | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1981 |
| FB | Dwayne Crutchfield | 24 | 1 | 8 | 137 rushes for 571 yards, 3 td, & 19 catches for 133 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 3rd / 79th pick / 1982 |
| WR | Derrick Gaffney | 28 | 5 | 9 | 17 catches for 243 yards, 0 td | New York Jets / 8th / 197th pick / 1978 |
| WR | Wesley Walker | 28 | 6 | 16 | 61 catches for 868 yards, 7 td | New York Jets / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1977 |
| WR | Lam Jones | 25 | 3 | 7 | 43 catches for 734 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 10 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 2nd pick / 1980 |
| TE | Jerome Barkum | 33 | 11 | 13 | 32 catches for 385 yards, 1 td | New York Jets / 1st / 9th pick / 1972 |
| TE | Mickey Shuler | 27 | 5 | 7 | 26 catches for 272 yards, 1 td | New York Jets / 3rd / 61st pick / 1978 |
| LT | Chris Ward | 28 | 5 | 16 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1978 |
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| LG | Joseph Pellegrini | 26 | 1 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Joe Fields | 30 | 8 | 12 | New York Jets / 14th / 349th pick / 1975 |
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| C | Guy Bingham | 25 | 3 | 6 | New York Jets / 10th / 260th pick / 1980 |
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| RG | Dan Alexander | 28 | 6 | 16 | New York Jets / 8th / 200th pick / 1977 |
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| RT | Marvin Powell* | 28 | 6 | 16 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1977 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Mark Gastineau*+ | 27 | 4 | 16 | 19.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 2nd / 41st pick / 1979 |
| LDT | Joe Klecko* | 30 | 6 | 16 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 6th / 144th pick / 1977 |
| RDT | Marty Lyons | 26 | 4 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 1st / 14th pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Kenny Neil | 24 | 2 | 16 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 7th / 169th pick / 1981 |
| LLB | Greg Buttle | 29 | 7 | 8 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 67th pick / 1976 |
| LLB | John Woodring | 24 | 2 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 6th / 142nd pick / 1981 |
| MLB | Bob Crable | 24 | 1 | 11 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 1st / 23rd pick / 1982 |
| RLB | Lance Mehl | 25 | 3 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 69th pick / 1980 |
| LCB | Bobby Jackson | 27 | 5 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 6th / 140th pick / 1978 |
| RCB | Jerry Holmes | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| SS | Ken Schroy | 31 | 6 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 248th pick / 1975 |
| FS | Darrol Ray | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 2nd / 40th pick / 1980 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pat Leahy | 32 | 9 | 0 | 16 of 24 field goals & 36 of 37 extra points | |
| P | Chuck Ramsey | 31 | 6 | 0 | 81 punts for a 39.7 average, 1 blocked | New England Patriots / 6th / 141st pick / 1974 |
| PR | Kirk Springs | 25 | 2 | 0 | 23 punt returns for a 12.5 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Preston Brown | 25 | 3 | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 22.2 average and 0 td | New England Patriots / 6th / 160th pick / 1980 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dan Alexander | 28 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-4 | LSU | 6/17/1955 | 6 | New York Jets / 8th / 200th pick / 1977 |
| Mike Augustyniak | 27 | RB | 8 | 2 | 225 | 5-11 | Purdue | 7/17/1956 | 2 | |
| Marion Barber | 24 | RB | 14 | 4 | 224 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 12/6/1959 | 1 | New York Jets / 2nd / 30th pick / 1981 |
| Jerome Barkum | 33 | TE-WR | 15 | 13 | 218 | 6-3 | Jackson State | 7/18/1950 | 11 | New York Jets / 1st / 9th pick / 1972 |
| Barry Bennett | 28 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 257 | 6-4 | Concordia (MN) | 12/10/1955 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 60th pick / 1978 |
| Guy Bingham | 25 | C-G-T | 16 | 6 | 255 | 6-3 | Montana | 2/25/1958 | 3 | New York Jets / 10th / 260th pick / 1980 |
| Stan Blinka | 26 | LB | 16 | 2 | 230 | 6-2 | Sam Houston State | 4/29/1957 | 4 | New York Jets / 5th / 125th pick / 1979 |
| Preston Brown | 25 | WR | 16 | 0 | 184 | 5-10 | Vanderbilt | 3/2/1958 | 3 | New England Patriots / 6th / 160th pick / 1980 |
| Nick Bruckner | 22 | WR | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Syracuse | 5/19/1961 | Rook | |
| Greg Buttle | 29 | LB | 9 | 8 | 235 | 6-3 | Penn State | 6/20/1954 | 7 | New York Jets / 3rd / 67th pick / 1976 |
| Tom Coombs | 24 | TE | 12 | 1 | 236 | 6-3 | Idaho,Puget Sound | 5/31/1959 | 1 | New York Jets / 7th / 191st pick / 1982 |
| Bob Crable | 24 | LB | 14 | 11 | 228 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 9/22/1959 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 23rd pick / 1982 |
| Ron Crosby | 28 | LB | 16 | 1 | 224 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/2/1955 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 114th pick / 1977 |
| Dwayne Crutchfield | 24 | RB | 11 | 8 | 235 | 6-0 | Iowa State | 9/30/1959 | 1 | New York Jets / 3rd / 79th pick / 1982 |
| Scott Dierking | 28 | RB | 16 | 1 | 218 | 5-10 | Purdue | 5/24/1955 | 6 | New York Jets / 4th / 90th pick / 1977 |
| Jim Eliopulos | 24 | LB | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Westminster (MO),Wyoming | 4/18/1959 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 81st pick / 1982 |
| Joe Fields | 30 | C-G | 12 | 12 | 250 | 6-2 | Rutgers-Camden,Widener | 11/14/1953 | 8 | New York Jets / 14th / 349th pick / 1975 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 28 | WR | 16 | 9 | 181 | 6-1 | Florida | 5/24/1955 | 5 | New York Jets / 8th / 197th pick / 1978 |
| Mark Gastineau*+ | 27 | DE | 16 | 16 | 266 | 6-5 | Arizona State,East Central (OK) | 11/20/1956 | 4 | New York Jets / 2nd / 41st pick / 1979 |
| Rusty Guilbeau | 25 | LB-DE | 16 | 0 | 242 | 6-4 | McNeese State | 11/20/1958 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1982 |
| Mike Harmon | 22 | WR | 9 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 7/24/1961 | Rook | New York Jets / 11th / 301st pick / 1983 |
| Bruce Harper | 28 | RB-WR | 9 | 2 | 174 | 5-8 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | 6/20/1955 | 6 | |
| Johnny Hector | 23 | RB | 10 | 1 | 204 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 11/26/1960 | Rook | New York Jets / 2nd / 51st pick / 1983 |
| Jerry Holmes | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 175 | 6-2 | Chowan,West Virginia | 12/22/1957 | 3 | |
| Bobby Jackson | 27 | DB | 15 | 15 | 178 | 5-9 | Florida State | 12/23/1956 | 5 | New York Jets / 6th / 140th pick / 1978 |
| Jesse Johnson | 25 | B | 4 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Colorado | 1/10/1958 | 3 | New York Jets / 4th / 95th pick / 1980 |
| Lam Jones | 25 | WR | 14 | 7 | 180 | 5-11 | Texas | 4/4/1958 | 3 | New York Jets / 1st / 2nd pick / 1980 |
| Joe Klecko* | 30 | DT-NT-DE | 16 | 16 | 263 | 6-3 | Temple | 10/15/1953 | 6 | New York Jets / 6th / 144th pick / 1977 |
| Rocky Klever | 24 | TE-RB | 5 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Montana | 7/10/1959 | Rook | New York Jets / 9th / 247th pick / 1982 |
| Pat Leahy | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | St. Louis | 3/19/1951 | 9 | |
| Kenny Lewis | 26 | RB | 7 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Virginia Tech | 10/2/1957 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 125th pick / 1980 |
| George Lilja | 25 | G-C-T | 1 | 0 | 264 | 6-4 | Michigan | 3/3/1958 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 104th pick / 1981 |
| Johnny Lynn | 27 | DB | 16 | 1 | 196 | 6-0 | UCLA | 12/19/1956 | 4 | New York Jets / 4th / 98th pick / 1979 |
| Marty Lyons | 26 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 16 | 269 | 6-5 | Alabama | 1/5/1957 | 4 | New York Jets / 1st / 14th pick / 1979 |
| Reggie McElroy | 23 | T-G | 16 | 1 | 290 | 6-6 | West Texas A&M | 3/4/1960 | Rook | New York Jets / 2nd / 51st pick / 1982 |
| Freeman McNeil | 24 | RB | 9 | 9 | 216 | 5-11 | UCLA | 4/22/1959 | 2 | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1981 |
| Lance Mehl | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-3 | Penn State | 2/14/1958 | 3 | New York Jets / 3rd / 69th pick / 1980 |
| Davlin Mullen | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 175 | 6-1 | Western Kentucky | 2/17/1960 | Rook | New York Jets / 8th / 217th pick / 1983 |
| Kenny Neil | 24 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 244 | 6-4 | Iowa State | 1/8/1959 | 2 | New York Jets / 7th / 169th pick / 1981 |
| Joseph Pellegrini | 26 | G-C | 16 | 9 | 265 | 6-4 | Harvard | 4/8/1957 | 1 | |
| Marvin Powell* | 28 | T | 16 | 16 | 268 | 6-5 | USC | 8/30/1955 | 6 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1977 |
| Chuck Ramsey | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 2/24/1952 | 6 | New England Patriots / 6th / 141st pick / 1974 |
| Darrol Ray | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 6/25/1958 | 3 | New York Jets / 2nd / 40th pick / 1980 |
| Ben Rudolph | 26 | DT-DE | 16 | 0 | 271 | 6-5 | Long Beach State | 8/29/1957 | 2 | New York Jets / 3rd / 60th pick / 1981 |
| Pat Ryan | 28 | QB | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 9/16/1955 | 5 | New York Jets / 11th / 281st pick / 1978 |
| Abdul Salaam | 30 | DT-NT-DE | 1 | 0 | 262 | 6-3 | Kent State | 2/12/1953 | 7 | New York Jets / 7th / 188th pick / 1976 |
| Ken Schroy | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 198 | 6-2 | Maryland | 9/22/1952 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 248th pick / 1975 |
| Mickey Shuler | 27 | TE | 16 | 7 | 232 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/21/1956 | 5 | New York Jets / 3rd / 61st pick / 1978 |
| Kirk Springs | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Miami (OH) | 8/16/1958 | 2 | |
| Richard Todd | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 207 | 6-2 | Alabama | 11/19/1953 | 7 | New York Jets / 1st / 6th pick / 1976 |
| Stan Waldemore | 28 | G-C-T | 4 | 4 | 263 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/20/1955 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 3rd / 70th pick / 1978 |
| Wesley Walker | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 179 | 6-0 | California | 5/26/1955 | 6 | New York Jets / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1977 |
| Chris Ward | 28 | T | 16 | 16 | 267 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 12/16/1955 | 5 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1978 |
| John Woodring | 24 | LB | 14 | 10 | 232 | 6-2 | Brown | 4/4/1959 | 2 | New York Jets / 6th / 142nd pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 223.4 | 6-1.9 | 3.6 |