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1977 New York Jets: 3-11-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (109 points scored, 143 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (82 points scored, 157 allowed) Head Coach: Walt Michaels

191 points scored (22nd of 28 teams), 300 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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:   170   360   2,002   (15)   5.07   14   26    437   1,618   (26)    3.7    6    3,620    (19)      40
Defense:   215   377   2,403   (28)   5.96   23   11    575   2,245   (23)    3.9   14    4,648    (26)      28

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 3  Duane Carrell        P      2   5'10  178   28    4   Florida State
 5  Pat Leahy            K     14   6'0   190   26    4   St. Louis
10  Marty Domres         QB    12   6'4   220   30    9   Columbia
14  Richard Todd         QB    12   6'2   205   23    2   Alabama
15  Chuck Ramsey         P     12   6'2   195   25    1   Wake Forest
17  Matt Robinson        QB     4   6'2   196   22    R   Georgia
21  Clark Gaines         RB    14   6'1   201   23    2   Wake Forest
22  Burgess Owens        DB    14   6'2   195   26    5   Miami
23  Shafer Suggs         DB     9   6'1   200   24    2   Ball State
24  Artimus Parker       DB    11   6'3   200   25    4   Southern California
25  Scott Dierking       RB    14   5'10  215   22    R   Purdue
27  Ron Mabra            DB     3   5'10  164   26    3   Howard
30  Charlie White        RB    13   6'0   222   24    R   Bethune-Cookman
33  Kevin Long           RB    14   6'1   205   22    R   South Carolina
37  Billy Hardee         DB    14   6'0   185   23    2   Virginia Tech
38  Ed Taylor            DB    14   6'0   176   24    3   Memphis
39  Maurice Tyler        DB    14   6'0   190   27    6   Morgan State
42  Bruce Harper         RB    14   5'8   174   22    R   Kutztown
44  Tom Newton           RB    14   6'0   205   23    R   California
47  Tommy Marvaso        DB     2   6'1   191   24    2   Cincinnati
48  Ken Schroy           DB    14   6'3   191   25    1   Maryland
51  Greg Buttle          LB    13   6'3   229   23    2   Penn State
52  Mike Hennigan        LB    14   6'2   215   26    5   Tennessee Tech
53  Carl Russ            LB     2   6'2   227   24    3   Michigan
53  Al Palewicz          LB    14   6'1   217   27    4   Miami
55  John Ebersole        LB    13   6'3   235   28    8   Penn State
56  Larry Keller         LB    14   6'2   225   24    2   Houston
59  Bob Martin           LB     5   6'1   223   23    2   Nebraska
60  Dan Alexander        OG    14   6'4   245   22    R   Louisiana State
61  John Roman           OT     9   6'4   251   25    2   Idaho State
63  John Hennessy        DE    14   6'3   246   22    R   Michigan
65  Joe Fields           C     14   6'2   245   23    3   Widener
66  Randy Rasmussen      OG    14   6'2   255   32   11   Nebraska-Kearney
67  Darrell Austin       OG     9   6'4   252   25    3   South Carolina
68  Tank Marshall        DT     5   6'4   245   22    R   Texas A&M
71  Jeff Bleamer         OT     8   6'4   253   24    3   Penn State
72  Robert Woods         OT     2   6'3   259   27    5   Tennessee State
73  Joe Klecko           DT    13   6'3   256   24    R   Temple
74  Abdul Salaam         DT    14   6'3   260   24    2   Kent State
76  Lawrence Pillers     DE    13   6'3   257   24    2   Alcorn State
77  Carl Barzilauskas    DT     9   6'6   270   26    4   Indiana
78  Garry Puetz          OT    14   6'4   265   25    5   Valparaiso
79  Marvin Powell        OT    11   6'5   264   22    R   Southern California
80  Shelton Diggs        WR     7   6'1   190   22    R   Southern California
81  Richard Neal         DE    14   6'3   256   30    9   Southern
82  David Knight         WR    10   6'1   170   26    5   William & Mary
83  Jerome Barkum        TE    14   6'3   217   27    6   Jackson State
85  Wesley Walker        WR    14   6'0   172   22    R   California
86  Bob Raba             TE    14   6'1   222   22    R   Maryland
88  Rich Caster          WR    10   6'5   230   29    8   Jackson State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Richard Todd         265  133   50.2  1,863   7.03  14.0  11   4.2   17   6.4    24   203    60.3
Matt Robinson         54   20   37.0    310   5.74  15.5   2   3.7    8  14.8     7    57    29.6
Marty Domres          40   17   42.5    113   2.83   6.6   1   2.5    1   2.5     4    24    47.9
Bruce Harper           1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Clark Gaines           55    469    8.5    1
Wesley Walker          35    740   21.1    3
Jerome Barkum          26    450   17.3    6
Bruce Harper           21    209   10.0    1
Rich Caster            10    205   20.5    1
David Knight            7    129   18.4    0
Tom Newton              5     33    6.6    0
Kevin Long              5     17    3.4    0
Scott Dierking          4     29    7.2    1
Charlie White           2      5    2.5    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Clark Gaines          158    595    3.8    3
Scott Dierking         79    315    4.0    0
Bruce Harper           44    198    4.5    0
Kevin Long             56    170    3.0    0
Charlie White          50    151    3.0    1
Richard Todd           24     46    1.9    2
Matt Robinson           5     45    9.0    0
Tom Newton              8     39    4.9    0
Larry Keller            1     25   25.0    0
Wesley Walker           3     25    8.3    0
Marty Domres            4     23    5.8    0
Shelton Diggs           1     16   16.0    0
Rich Caster             2    -15   -7.5    0
Duane Carrell           2    -15   -7.5    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bruce Harper           42  1,035   24.6    0
Billy Hardee            7    148   21.1    0
Scott Dierking          6     91   15.2    0
Bob Raba                4     64   16.0    0
Tommy Marvaso           2     36   18.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bruce Harper           34    425   12.5    5    0
Ken Schroy              3     38   12.7    0    0
Billy Hardee            1     17   17.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Chuck Ramsey 62 2,298 37.1 8 8 0 35 301 29.6 Duane Carrell 14 557 39.8 1 2 0 11 147 27.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Pat Leahy 0/1 7/8 6/8 2/6 0/2 15/25 18/21 63 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Carl Barzilauskas 3.0 Greg Buttle 1.0 2 54 1 John Ebersole 0.5 1 0 0 Billy Hardee 1 0 0 John Hennessy 1.0 Larry Keller 1.0 1 36 0 Joe Klecko 8.0 Bob Martin 1 0 0 Richard Neal 2.5 Burgess Owens 3 18 0 Artimus Parker 1 45 0 Lawrence Pillers 5.0 Abdul Salaam 4.0 Ed Taylor 1 0 0

1977 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 OT Marvin Powell 133 USC 2 33 WR Wesley Walker 154 California 3 72 DE Tank Marshall 5 Texas A&M [pick acquired from SF] 4 89 RB Scott Dierking 110 Purdue 5 116 WR Perry Griggs 1 Troy State 5 129 OT Gary Gregory Baylor [pick acquired from DEN] 6 144 DT Joe Klecko 155 Temple 7 168 RB Charlie White 20 Bethune-Cookman [pick acquired from TB] 7 171 P Bob Grupp 41 Duke 7 195 RB Kevin Long 73 South Carolina [pick acquired from OAK] 8 200 DT Dan Alexander 192 LSU 8 210 LB Ed Thompson Ohio State [pick acquired from CHI] 9 227 QB Matt Robinson 69 Georgia 10 256 DE John Hennessy 46 Michigan 11 307 DB Dave Butterfield Nebraska [pick acquired from OAK] 12 312 RB Phil Gargis Auburn 12 313 OT Dave Conrad Maryland [pick acquired from PHI]

Traded draft picks: #3 to PIT (Tom Beasley), #11 to PHI (Rocco Moore)


Transactions:

05-03-1977traded a player to be named later (Ed Galigher) to 49ers for San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1977 draft
06-23-1977claimed Maurice Tyler on waivers from Lions
08-02-1977traded Phil Wise to Vikings for Minnesota's #8 pick in the 1978 draft and #10 pick in the 1979 draft
08-10-1977claimed Billy Hardee on waivers from Broncos
08-31-1977traded Lou Piccone to Bills for Buffalo's #6 pick in the 1978 draft
09-11-1977placed Greg Murphy on injured reserve
09-14-1977placed Louie Giammona on injured reserve


1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/18/77 at Houston Oilers L 0-20 0-1-0 09/25/77 vs Baltimore Colts L 12-20 0-2-0 10/02/77 vs New England Patriots W 30-27 1-2-0 10/09/77 at Buffalo Bills W 24-19 2-2-0 10/16/77 at Miami Dolphins L 17-21 2-3-0 10/23/77 vs Oakland Raiders L 27-28 2-4-0 10/30/77 at New England Patriots L 13-24 2-5-0 11/06/77 vs Miami Dolphins L 10-14 2-6-0 11/13/77 vs Seattle Seahawks L 0-17 2-7-0 11/20/77 at Baltimore Colts L 12-33 2-8-0 11/27/77 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 20-23 2-9-0 12/04/77 at New Orleans Saints W 16-13 3-9-0 12/11/77 vs Buffalo Bills L 10-14 3-10-0 12/18/77 at Philadelphia Eagles L 0-27 3-11-0

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