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1977 New York Jets Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-11-0, 5th in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Walt Michaels (3-11-0)

Points For: 191 (13.6/g) 22nd of 28

Points Against: 300 (21.4/g) 24th of 28

Expected W-L: 3.6-10.4

SRS: -5.85 (22nd of 28), SOS: 1.93

Offensive Coordinator: John Idzik

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Fry (Offensive Line), Joe Gardi (Special Teams), Dan Henning (QB/Receivers Coach) and John Mazur (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Shea Stadium

Principal Owner: Leon Hess

President/General Manager: Jim Kensil

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +10000

Training Camp: Hofstra University (Hempstead, New York)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	191	3620	832	4.4	40	14	195	170	360	2002	14	26	5.1	96	437	1618	6	3.7	83	62	508	16
Opp. Stats	300	4648	978	4.8	28	17	283	215	377	2403	23	11	6.0	131	575	2245	14	3.9	137	89	788	15
Lg Rank Offense	22	19			20	8	26		13	15	14	24	17		28	26	24	18
Lg Rank Defense	24	26			25	9	26		22	28	28	26	25		22	23	18	17

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Houston Oilers	0	20	11	179	77	102	2	19	239	130	109
2	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Baltimore Colts	12	20	14	212	132	80	2	15	214	62	152	1
3	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2		New England Patriots	30	27	10	251	144	107	3	20	356	231	125	5
4	Sun	October 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2	@	Buffalo Bills	24	19	17	366	194	172	3	21	371	199	172	2
5	Sun	October 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Miami Dolphins	17	21	14	314	191	123	2	23	340	128	212	2
6	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4		Oakland Raiders	27	28	17	442	375	67	3	29	423	213	210	2
7	Sun	October 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5	@	New England Patriots	13	24	15	292	158	134		19	375	228	147	2
8	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6		Miami Dolphins	10	14	18	247	117	130	1	15	214	105	109	1
9	Sun	November 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-7		Seattle Seahawks	0	17	8	124	25	99	3	26	445	213	232	1
10	Sun	November 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-8	@	Baltimore Colts	12	33	13	296	185	111	6	21	455	315	140	6
11	Sun	November 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-9		Pittsburgh Steelers	20	23	21	268	59	209	6	15	238	124	114	1
12	Sun	December 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-9	@	New Orleans Saints	16	13	16	282	141	141	1	18	303	115	188
13	Sun	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-10		Buffalo Bills	10	14	10	197	140	57	4	26	390	216	174	3
14	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-11	@	Philadelphia Eagles	0	27	11	150	64	86	4	16	285	124	161	2

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Richard Todd	24	QB	12	11	3-8-0	133	265	50.2	1863	11	4.2	17	6.4	87	7.0	4.97	14.0	155.3	60.3	24	203	8.30	5.74	3.86	1	3
2	Matt Robinson	22	QB	4	1	0-1-0	20	54	37.0	310	2	3.7	8	14.8	58	5.7	-0.19	15.5	77.5	29.6	7	57	11.48	4.15	-1.10	0	0
3	Marty Domres	30	QB	12	2	0-2-0	17	40	42.5	113	1	2.5	1	2.5	18	2.8	2.20	6.6	9.4	47.9	4	24	9.09	2.02	1.45	0	0
4	Bruce Harper	22	RB	14	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	3-11-0	170	360	47.2	2002	14	3.9	26	7.2	87	6.4	3.09	13.4	143.0	50.8	35	284	8.86	5.07	2.82	1	3

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Clark Gaines	23	FB	14	13	158	595	3	19	3.8	42.5	11.3	55	469	8.5	1	31	3.9	33.5	213	5.0	1064	4	3
2	Wesley Walker	22	WR	14	14	3	25	0	11	8.3	1.8	0.2	35	740	21.1	3	87	2.5	52.9	38	20.1	765	3	2	AP ORoY-2
3	Jerome Barkum	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	450	17.3	6	40	1.9	32.1	26	17.3	450	6	0
4	Bruce Harper	22	RB	14	1	44	198	0	18	4.5	14.1	3.1	21	209	10.0	1	55	1.5	14.9	65	6.3	407	1	7
5	Scott Dierking	22	RB	14	5	79	315	0	21	4.0	22.5	5.6	4	29	7.3	1	15	0.3	2.1	83	4.1	344	1	1
6	Rich Caster	29	WR	10	10	2	-15	0	-6	-7.5	-1.5	0.2	10	205	20.5	1	58	1.0	20.5	12	15.8	190	1	1
7	Kevin Long	22	RB	14	4	56	170	0	12	3.0	12.1	4.0	5	17	3.4	0	7	0.4	1.2	61	3.1	187	0	1
8	Charlie White	24	RB	13	4	50	151	1	27	3.0	11.6	3.8	2	5	2.5	1	3	0.2	0.4	52	3.0	156	2	2
9	David Knight	26	WR	10	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	129	18.4	0	49	0.7	12.9	7	18.4	129	0	0
10	Tom Newton	23	RB	14	1	8	39	0	8	4.9	2.8	0.6	5	33	6.6	0	9	0.4	2.4	13	5.5	72	0	0
11	Richard Todd	24	QB	12	11	24	46	2	13	1.9	3.8	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	24	1.9	46	2	4
12	Matt Robinson	22	QB	4	1	5	45	0	19	9.0	11.3	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	9.0	45	0	1
13	Larry Keller	24	RLB	14	9	1	25	0	25	25.0	1.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	25.0	25	0	0
14	Marty Domres	30	QB	12	2	4	23	0	11	5.8	1.9	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.8	23	0	0
15	Shelton Diggs	22	WR	7	0	1	16	0	16	16.0	2.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	16.0	16	0	0
16	Duane Carrell	28	P	2	0	2	-15	0		-7.5	-7.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-7.5	-15	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	437	1618	6	27	3.7	115.6	31.2	170	2286	13.4	14	87	12.1	163.3	607	6.4	3904	20	24

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jerome Barkum	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Joe Fields	24	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Burgess Owens	26	FS	14	14	3	18	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Ed Taylor	24	RCB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Wesley Walker	22	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP ORoY-2
6	Greg Buttle	23	LLB	13	13	2	54	1	44	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
7	Clark Gaines	23	FB	14	13	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Richard Neal	30	RDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.5	0
9	Lawrence Pillers	25	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
10	Abdul Salaam	24	RDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
11	John Ebersole	29	MLB	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.5	0
12	Richard Todd	24	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Rich Caster	29	WR	10	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Carl Barzilauskas	26	LDT	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
15	Billy Hardee	23	LCB	14	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Larry Keller	24	RLB	14	9	1	36	0	36	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
17	Shafer Suggs	24	SS	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Joe Klecko	24	LDT	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
19	Scott Dierking	22	RB	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bob Martin	24	RLB	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Kevin Long	22	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Artimus Parker	25	DB	11	4	1	45	0	45	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Charlie White	24	RB	13	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	John Hennessy	22	DE/DT	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
25	Ken Schroy	25	DB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0	0.0	0
26	Bruce Harper	22	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
27	Tom Newton	23	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	Al Palewicz	27	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
29	Matt Robinson	22	QB	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	0	0.0	0
30	Duane Carrell	28	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-17	0	0.0	0
31	Bob Raba	22	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	11	0	1		24	10	-10	0	26	1

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