| Offensive Starters | | | | | |
QB | Joe Namath*+ | 25 | 3 | 14 | 187 for 380, 3,147 yards, 15 td, 17 int, & 5 rushes for 11 yards and 2 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1965, St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1965 |
RB | Emerson Boozer* | 25 | 2 | 9 | 143 rushes for 441 yards, 5 td, & 12 catches for 101 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 6th / 46th pick / 1966, Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 98th pick / 1966 |
RB | Matt Snell | 27 | 4 | 14 | 179 rushes for 747 yards, 6 td, & 16 catches for 105 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 1st / 3rd pick / 1964, New York Giants / 4th / 49th pick / 1964 |
FL | Don Maynard* | 33 | 10 | 13 | 57 catches for 1,297 yards, 10 td | New York Giants / 9th / 109th pick / 1957 |
TE | Pete Lammons | 25 | 2 | 13 | 32 catches for 400 yards, 3 td | New York Jets / 8th / 68th pick / 1966, Cleveland Browns / 14th / 213th pick / 1966 |
LE | George Sauer*+ | 25 | 3 | 14 | 66 catches for 1,141 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for 21 yards and 0 td | |
LT | Winston Hill * | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 145th pick / 1963 |
LG | Randy Rasmussen | 23 | 1 | 7 | | New York Jets / 12th / 302nd pick / 1967 |
C | John Schmitt | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
RG | Dave Herman* | 27 | 4 | 14 | | New York Giants / 8th / 110th pick / 1963, New York Jets / 27th / 211th pick / 1963 |
RT | Sam Walton | 25 | Rook | 14 | | New York Jets / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1968 |
| Defensive Starters | | | | | |
LDE | Gerry Philbin*+ | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 19th pick / 1964, Detroit Lions / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1964 |
LDT | Paul Rochester | 30 | 8 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
RDT | John Elliott* | 24 | 1 | 14 | | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1967 |
RDE | Verlon Biggs* | 25 | 3 | 12 | | New York Jets / 3rd / 20th pick / 1965 |
LLB | Ralph Baker | 26 | 4 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 38th pick / 1964, New York Jets / 6th / 43rd pick / 1964 |
MLB | Al Atkinson* | 25 | 3 | 12 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 24th pick / 1965, Baltimore Colts / 6th / 84th pick / 1965 |
RLB | Larry Grantham | 30 | 8 | 13 | | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 178th pick / 1960 |
LCB | Johnny Sample | 32 | 10 | 14 | 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 79th pick / 1958 |
RCB | Randy Beverly | 24 | 1 | 10 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
LS | Jim Hudson | 25 | 3 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
RS | Cornell Gordon | 27 | 3 | 10 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 23rd / 179th pick / 1964, San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 211th pick / 1964 |
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