1971 New York Jets: 6-8-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (137 points scored, 122 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (75 points scored, 177 allowed) Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank
212 points scored (23rd of 26 teams), 299 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 119 278 1,379 (26) 4.58 15 16 485 1,888 (11) 3.9 12 3,267 (26) 26
Defense: 163 342 2,055 ( 9) 5.57 17 13 472 2,302 (25) 4.9 18 4,357 (19) 27
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Bobby Howfield K 14 5'9 180 34 4 None 7 Eddie Bell WR 14 5'10 160 25 2 Idaho State 12 Joe Namath QB 4 6'2 200 28 7 Alabama 13 Don Maynard WR 14 6'0 180 36 13 Texas-El Paso 15 Bob Davis QB 13 6'3 205 26 5 Virginia 18 Al Woodall QB 5 6'5 205 25 3 Duke 19 Chris Farasopoulos DB 14 5'11 190 22 R Brigham Young 20 Steve O'Neal P 14 6'3 185 25 3 Texas A&M 21 Steve Tannen DB 11 6'1 194 23 2 Florida 22 Vern Studdard WR 8 5'11 175 23 R Mississippi 27 Phil Wise DB 14 6'0 190 22 R Nebraska-Omaha 32 Emerson Boozer RB 14 5'11 195 28 6 Maryland Eastern Shore 33 W.K. Hicks DB 13 6'1 195 29 8 Texas Southern 36 Steve Harkey RB 14 6'0 215 22 R Georgia Tech 37 George Nock RB 14 5'10 200 25 3 Morgan State 41 Matt Snell RB 5 6'2 220 30 8 Ohio State 42 Cliff McClain RB 11 6'0 217 23 2 South Carolina State 43 John Dockery DB 14 6'0 186 27 2 Harvard 44 John Riggins RB 14 6'2 237 22 R Kansas 45 Earlie Thomas DB 13 6'1 190 25 2 Colorado State 46 Rich Sowells DB 8 6'0 175 23 R Alcorn State 48 Gus Hollomon DB 11 6'3 195 26 4 Houston 51 Ralph Baker LB 12 6'3 235 29 8 Penn State 52 John Schmitt C 14 6'4 250 28 8 Hofstra 53 Bill Zapalac LB 14 6'4 225 23 R Texas 55 John Ebersole LB 14 6'3 240 22 2 Penn State 56 Paul Crane LB 14 6'2 212 27 6 Alabama 57 John Little DT 14 6'3 220 24 2 Oklahoma State 60 Larry Grantham LB 14 6'0 210 33 12 Mississippi 61 Roger Finnie DT 7 6'3 245 25 3 Florida A&M 62 Al Atkinson LB 10 6'1 230 28 7 Villanova 63 Roy Kirksey OG 4 6'1 265 24 R Maryland Eastern Shore 64 Chuck Hinton DT 12 6'5 264 32 8 North Carolina Central 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 14 6'2 255 26 5 Nebraska-Kearney 67 Dave Herman OG 14 6'2 255 30 8 Michigan State 70 Dave Foley OT 14 6'5 255 24 3 Ohio State 71 John Mooring OT 14 6'6 255 24 R Tampa 72 Scott Palmer DT 2 6'3 245 23 R Texas 75 Winston Hill OT 14 6'4 285 30 9 Texas Southern 76 Bob Svihus OT 14 6'4 245 28 7 Southern California 79 Clovis Swinney DT 4 6'3 240 26 2 Arkansas State 80 John Elliott DT 4 6'4 244 27 5 Texas 81 Gerry Philbin DE 10 6'2 245 30 8 Buffalo 82 Gary Arthur TE 14 6'5 230 23 2 Miami (Ohio) 84 Mark Lomas DE 14 6'4 230 23 2 Northern Arizona 87 Pete Lammons TE 14 6'3 230 28 6 Texas 88 Rich Caster WR 14 6'5 222 23 2 Jackson State 89 Wayne Stewart TE 3 6'7 213 24 3 California
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bob Davis 121 49 40.5 624 5.16 12.7 10 8.3 8 6.6 14 92 57.3
Al Woodall 97 42 43.3 395 4.07 9.4 0 0.0 2 2.1 9 85 46.5
Joe Namath 59 28 47.5 537 9.10 19.2 5 8.5 6 10.2 0 0 68.2
Steve O'Neal 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD John Riggins 36 231 6.4 2 Rich Caster 26 454 17.5 6 Don Maynard 21 408 19.4 2 Emerson Boozer 11 120 10.9 1 Pete Lammons 8 149 18.6 1 George Nock 6 44 7.3 2 Eddie Bell 5 110 22.0 1 Steve Harkey 5 28 5.6 0 Gary Arthur 1 12 12.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD John Riggins 180 769 4.3 1 Emerson Boozer 188 618 3.3 5 Bob Davis 18 154 8.6 1 George Nock 48 137 2.9 3 Cliff McClain 12 108 9.0 2 Steve Harkey 20 62 3.1 0 Al Woodall 13 26 2.0 0 Rich Caster 2 10 5.0 0 Pete Lammons 0 3 ? 0 Don Maynard 1 2 2.0 0 Joe Namath 3 -1 -0.3 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Chris Farasopoulos 25 545 21.8 0 Vern Studdard 15 329 21.9 0 Phil Wise 8 210 26.2 0 George Nock 5 71 14.2 0 Cliff McClain 1 11 11.0 0 Steve Harkey 1 2 2.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Chris Farasopoulos 19 155 8.2 11 0 Vern Studdard 4 3 0.8 1 0 W.K. Hicks 1 0 0.0 0 0 Eddie Bell 1 -3 -3.0 2 0 |
1971 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 RB John Riggins 175 Kansas 2 32 OT John Mooring 53 Tampa 3 58 DB Chris Farasopoulos 42 Brigham Young 4 84 LB Bill Zapalac 33 Texas 6 136 TE Phil Wise 92 Nebraska-Omaha 7 162 DT Scott Palmer 7 Texas 8 188 OG Roy Kirksey 34 Maryland-Eastern Shore 9 214 TE John Curtis Springfield 10 240 DB Jim Bettis Michigan 11 266 WR Vern Studdard 8 Mississippi 12 292 DB Rich Sowells 78 Alcorn A&M 13 318 DE John Eggold Arizona 14 344 OG John Harpring Michigan 15 370 C Dan Dyches South Carolina 16 396 RB Steve Harkey 25 Georgia Tech 17 422 DE Greg Flaska Western Michigan
Traded draft picks: #5 to CIN (Art May)
Transactions:
| 01-1971 | traded Jim Turner to Broncos for Bobby Howfield |
| 05-06-1971 | traded Jimmie Jones to Redskins for Washington's #6 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 06-10-1971 | Redskins signed Verlon Biggs as a free agent |
| 06-10-1971 | traded the Jets' #7 pick in the 1972 draft to Redskins for Washington's #1 pick in the 1972 draft and their #2 pick in the 1973 draft (as compensation for signing Verlon Biggs) |
| 07-23-1971 | claimed Fred Herring on waivers from Bengals |
| 08-17-1971 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Broncos for Steve Alexakos |
| 08-26-1971 | placed Dennis Onkontz on injured reserve |
| 08-26-1971 | traded the Jets' #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Raiders for Bob Svihus |
| 09-08-1971 | Rams claimed Lee White on waivers |
| 09-15-1971 | Broncos claimed Carter Campbell on waivers |
1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 at Baltimore Colts L 0-22 0-1-0 09/27/71 at St. Louis Cardinals L 10-17 0-2-0 10/03/71 at Miami Dolphins W 14-10 1-2-0 10/10/71 at New England Patriots L 0-20 1-3-0 10/17/71 vs Buffalo Bills W 28-17 2-3-0 10/24/71 vs Miami Dolphins L 14-30 2-4-0 10/31/71 at San Diego Chargers L 21-49 2-5-0 11/07/71 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 13-10 3-5-0 11/14/71 vs Baltimore Colts L 13-14 3-6-0 11/21/71 at Buffalo Bills W 20-7 4-6-0 11/28/71 vs San Francisco 49ers L 21-24 4-7-0 12/04/71 at Dallas Cowboys L 10-52 4-8-0 12/12/71 vs New England Patriots W 13-6 5-8-0 12/19/71 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 35-21 6-8-0
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