1976 New York Jets: 3-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-5-0 (101 points scored, 178 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (68 points scored, 205 allowed) Head Coaches: Lou Holtz (3-10-0), Mike Holovak (0-1-0) 169 points scored (26th of 28 teams), 383 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 180 393 1,606 (24) 3.67 7 28 438 1,924 (20) 4.4 10 3,530 (25) 53 Defense: 204 374 2,324 (21) 5.96 25 11 582 2,592 (26) 4.5 14 4,916 (25) 32
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Duane Carrell P 14 5'10 185 27 3 Florida State 5 Pat Leahy K 14 6'0 200 25 3 St. Louis 11 Steve Joachim QB 1 6'3 215 24 1 Temple 12 Joe Namath QB 11 6'2 200 33 12 Alabama 14 Richard Todd QB 13 6'2 210 22 R Alabama 21 Clark Gaines RB 14 6'1 192 22 R Wake Forest 22 Burgess Owens DB 14 6'2 200 25 4 Miami 23 Shafer Suggs DB 11 6'1 194 23 R Ball State 25 Steve Rogers RB 1 6'2 205 23 2 Louisiana State 27 Phil Wise DB 12 6'0 202 27 6 Nebraska-Omaha 35 Steve Davis RB 12 6'1 210 27 5 Delaware State 36 Bob Gresham RB 11 5'11 200 28 6 West Virginia 38 Ed Taylor DB 11 6'0 172 23 2 Memphis 39 Harry Howard DB 1 6'0 189 27 1 Ohio State 43 Jazz Jackson RB 7 5'8 174 24 3 Western Kentucky 45 Louie Giammona RB 14 5'9 180 23 R Utah State 46 Rich Sowells DB 10 6'0 181 28 6 Alcorn State 47 Roscoe Word DB 2 5'11 169 24 3 Jackson State 47 Tommy Marvaso DB 12 6'1 190 23 R Cincinnati 48 Cliff Brooks DB 1 6'1 190 27 5 Tennessee State 49 Ed Marinaro RB 6 6'2 219 26 5 Cornell 51 Greg Buttle LB 14 6'3 235 22 R Penn State 52 James Rosecrans LB 1 6'1 230 23 1 Penn State 52 Mike Hennigan LB 12 6'2 225 25 4 Tennessee Tech 53 Carl Russ LB 3 6'2 227 23 2 Michigan 54 Steve Poole LB 9 6'1 232 24 1 Tennessee 55 John Ebersole LB 13 6'3 235 27 7 Penn State 56 Larry Keller LB 14 6'2 220 23 1 Houston 59 Bob Martin LB 13 6'1 217 22 R Nebraska 61 John Roman OT 11 6'4 248 24 1 Idaho State 65 Joe Fields C 14 6'2 245 22 2 Widener 66 Randy Rasmussen OG 14 6'2 255 31 10 Nebraska-Kearney 67 Darrell Austin OG 11 6'4 252 24 2 South Carolina 71 Al Krevis OT 10 6'6 263 24 2 Boston College 72 Robert Woods OT 10 6'3 259 26 4 Tennessee State 74 Abdul Salaam DT 14 6'3 249 23 R Kent State 75 Winston Hill OT 14 6'4 272 35 14 Texas Southern 76 Lawrence Pillers DE 14 6'3 250 23 R Alcorn State 77 Carl Barzilauskas DT 12 6'6 265 25 3 Indiana 78 Garry Puetz OT 14 6'4 267 24 4 Valparaiso 80 Howard Satterwhite WR 12 5'11 185 23 R Sam Houston State 81 Richard Neal DE 13 6'3 263 29 8 Southern 82 David Knight WR 14 6'1 175 25 4 William & Mary 83 Jerome Barkum WR 4 6'3 212 26 5 Jackson State 84 Keith Denson WR 2 5'8 165 24 1 San Diego State 84 Clint Haslerig WR 5 6'0 189 24 3 Michigan 85 Ed Galigher DT 14 6'4 253 26 5 UCLA 86 Richard Osborne TE 9 6'3 230 23 R Texas A&M 87 Billy Newsome DE 2 6'4 268 28 7 Grambling 88 Rich Caster TE 14 6'5 224 28 7 Jackson State 89 Lou Piccone WR 14 5'9 184 27 3 West Liberty State 91 Don Buckey WR 4 5'11 180 22 R North Carolina State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Namath 230 114 49.6 1,090 4.74 9.6 4 1.7 16 7.0 16 150 39.9 Richard Todd 162 65 40.1 870 5.37 13.4 3 1.9 12 7.4 29 233 33.2 Bob Gresham 1 1 100.0 29 29.00 29.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Clark Gaines 41 400 9.8 2 Rich Caster 31 391 12.6 1 Ed Marinaro 21 168 8.0 0 David Knight 20 403 20.1 2 Louie Giammona 15 145 9.7 0 Lou Piccone 12 147 12.2 0 Bob Gresham 11 66 6.0 0 Steve Davis 8 57 7.1 0 Howard Satterwhite 7 110 15.7 0 Jerome Barkum 5 54 10.8 1 Don Buckey 5 36 7.2 0 Richard Osborne 2 9 4.5 1 Jazz Jackson 2 3 1.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Clark Gaines 157 724 4.6 3 Steve Davis 94 418 4.4 3 Ed Marinaro 77 312 4.1 2 Louie Giammona 39 150 3.8 1 Richard Todd 28 107 3.8 1 Bob Gresham 30 92 3.1 0 Rich Caster 6 73 12.2 0 Greg Buttle 1 26 26.0 0 Lou Piccone 1 11 11.0 0 Jazz Jackson 1 6 6.0 0 Joe Namath 2 5 2.5 0 Duane Carrell 2 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Lou Piccone 31 699 22.5 0 Louie Giammona 23 527 22.9 0 Jazz Jackson 10 207 20.7 0 Keith Denson 6 129 21.5 0 Mike Hennigan 1 22 22.0 0 Richard Osborne 1 8 8.0 0 Clark Gaines 1 5 5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Lou Piccone 21 173 8.2 0 1 Louie Giammona 12 117 9.8 1 0 Jazz Jackson 6 -1 -0.2 1 0 Tommy Marvaso 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 QB Richard Todd 119 Alabama 2 33 DB Shafer Suggs 60 Ball State 3 67 LB Greg Buttle 110 Penn State 5 129 OT Steve King Michigan 6 163 LB Bob Martin 49 Nebraska 7 188 DE Abdul Salaam 97 Kent State 7 199 RB James Richards Florida [pick acquired from BUF] 8 211 OG Joe Davis USC [pick acquired from TB] 8 214 RB Louie Giammona 69 Utah State 9 244 WR Ronnie Moore VMI 11 296 DE Lawrence Pillers 139 Alcorn State 12 326 WR Don Buckey 4 North Carolina State 12 327 QB Dave Buckey North Carolina State [pick acquired from PHI] 14 380 C Al Gluchoski West Virginia 15 410 P Rick Faulk San Francisco State 16 437 RB James Godwin Fayetteville 17 464 TE Darwin Willie Tulane
Traded draft picks: #4 to MIA via CHI (Melvin Mitchell), #13 to PHI (Terry Tautolo)
Transactions:
| 01-1976 | traded Godwin Turk to Broncos for Denver's #5 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 01-1976 | traded Steve Reese to Buccaneers for Tampa's #8 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Anthony Davis in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Jerry Davis in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Larry Woods in expansion draft |
| 07-09-1976 | claimed Clarence Sanders on waivers from Chargers |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Mark Lomas on injured reserve |
| 09-08-1976 | traded Richard Wood to Buccaneers for Tampa's #7 pick in the 1977 draft |
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at Cleveland Browns L 17-38 0-1-0 09/19/76 at Denver Broncos L 3-46 0-2-0 09/26/76 at Miami Dolphins L 0-16 0-3-0 10/03/76 at San Francisco 49ers L 6-17 0-4-0 10/10/76 vs Buffalo Bills W 17-14 1-4-0 10/18/76 at New England Patriots L 7-41 1-5-0 10/24/76 vs Baltimore Colts L 0-20 1-6-0 10/31/76 at Buffalo Bills W 19-14 2-6-0 11/07/76 vs Miami Dolphins L 7-27 2-7-0 11/14/76 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 34-0 3-7-0 11/21/76 vs New England Patriots L 24-38 3-8-0 11/28/76 at Baltimore Colts L 16-33 3-9-0 12/05/76 vs Washington Redskins L 16-37 3-10-0 12/12/76 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 3-42 3-11-0