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1980 New York Jets: 4-12-0
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Home record: 2-6-0 (161 points scored, 196 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (141 points scored, 199 allowed) Head Coach: Walt Michaels

302 points scored (18th of 28 teams), 395 points allowed (24th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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:   265   481   3,009   (16)   5.75   17   30    470   1,873   (19)    4.0   17    4,882    (20)      41
Defense:   337   544   3,664   (26)   6.41   27   23    508   1,951   (13)    3.8   20    5,615    (22)      32

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 4  Pat Ryan             QB    14   6'3   205   25    3   Tennessee
 5  Pat Leahy            K     16   6'0   195   29    7   St. Louis
14  Richard Todd         QB    16   6'2   203   26    5   Alabama
15  Chuck Ramsey         P     16   6'2   189   28    4   Wake Forest
21  Clark Gaines         RB     5   6'1   215   26    5   Wake Forest
23  Shafer Suggs         DB     4   6'1   204   27    5   Ball State
24  Kenny Lewis          RB     7   6'0   190   23    R   Virginia Tech
25  Scott Dierking       RB    16   5'10  215   25    4   Purdue
26  Donald Dykes         DB    16   5'11  180   25    2   Southeastern Louisiana
27  Jesse Johnson        DB    16   6'3   185   22    R   Colorado
28  Darrol Ray           DB    16   6'1   200   22    R   Oklahoma
30  Bobby Batton         RB     8   5'11  185   23    R   Nevada-Las Vegas
33  Kevin Long           RB    15   6'1   218   25    4   South Carolina
37  Tim Moresco          DB    11   5'11  180   26    4   Syracuse
39  Saladin Martin       DB     3   6'0   179   24    1   San Diego State
40  Bobby Jackson        DB    15   5'9   175   23    3   Florida State
42  Bruce Harper         RB    15   5'8   177   25    4   Kutztown
44  Tom Newton           RB    16   6'0   213   26    4   California
46  Woody Bennett        RB    10   6'2   222   25    2   Miami
47  Jerry Holmes         DB    12   6'2   175   22    R   West Virginia
48  Ken Schroy           DB    14   6'2   196   28    4   Maryland
49  Steve Carpenter      DB     3   6'2   195   22    R   Western Illinois
50  John Sullivan        LB    16   6'1   225   24    2   Illinois
51  Greg Buttle          LB    14   6'3   232   26    5   Penn State
53  Mike McKibben        LB     9   6'3   228   24    2   Kent State
54  Stan Blinka          LB    16   6'2   230   23    2   Sam Houston State
55  Ron Crosby           LB    16   6'3   220   25    3   Penn State
56  Lance Mehl           LB    14   6'3   230   22    R   Penn State
60  Dan Alexander        OG    16   6'4   255   25    4   Louisiana State
61  John Roman           OT    16   6'4   260   28    5   Idaho State
64  Guy Bingham          C     16   6'3   255   22    R   Montana
65  Joe Fields           C     13   6'2   253   26    6   Widener
66  Randy Rasmussen      OG     8   6'2   255   35   14   Nebraska-Kearney
68  Eric Cunningham      OG     6   6'3   257   23    2   Penn State
70  Stan Waldemore       OG    16   6'4   250   25    3   Nebraska
71  Bob Winkel           DT    16   6'4   255   25    2   Kentucky
72  Chris Ward           OT    14   6'3   270   24    3   Ohio State
73  Joe Klecko           DE    15   6'3   265   27    4   Temple
74  Abdul Salaam         DT    16   6'3   265   27    5   Kent State
76  Lawrence Pillers     DE     3   6'3   260   27    5   Alcorn State
79  Marvin Powell        OT    15   6'5   268   25    4   Southern California
80  Lam Jones            WR    16   5'11  180   22    R   Texas
81  Derrick Gaffney      WR    13   6'1   180   25    3   Florida
82  Mickey Shuler        TE    16   6'3   235   24    3   Penn State
83  Jerome Barkum        TE    16   6'3   225   30    9   Jackson State
84  Paul Darby           WR     8   5'10  192   24    2   Southwest Texas State
85  Wesley Walker        WR    10   6'0   175   25    4   California
87  Gerald Carter        WR     3   6'1   185   23    R   Texas A&M
89  Bobby Jones          WR    15   5'11  180   25    3   Millikin
90  Chris Godfrey        DE     6   6'3   250   22    R   Michigan
92  Wes Roberts          DE     6   6'6   253   23    R   Texas Christian
93  Marty Lyons          DT    16   6'5   260   23    2   Alabama
99  Mark Gastineau       DE    16   6'5   280   23    2   East Central (OK)

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Richard Todd         479  264   55.1  3,329   6.95  12.6  17   3.5   30   6.3    42   326    62.7
Chuck Ramsey           2    1   50.0      6   3.00   6.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    56.3
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Bruce Harper           50    634   12.7    3
Clark Gaines           36    310    8.6    3
Lam Jones              25    482   19.3    3
Derrick Gaffney        24    397   16.5    2
Mickey Shuler          22    226   10.3    2
Tom Newton             20    144    7.2    0
Kevin Long             20    137    6.8    0
Scott Dierking         19    138    7.3    1
Wesley Walker          18    376   20.9    1
Bobby Jones            14    193   13.8    0
Jerome Barkum          13    244   18.8    1
Paul Darby              3     48   16.0    1
Kenny Lewis             1      6    6.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Scott Dierking        156    567    3.6    6
Kevin Long            115    355    3.1    6
Richard Todd           49    330    6.7    5
Tom Newton             59    299    5.1    0
Clark Gaines           36    174    4.8    0
Bruce Harper           45    126    2.8    0
Paul Darby              1     15   15.0    0
Woody Bennett           3     13    4.3    0
Lam Jones               2      5    2.5    0
Bobby Batton            3      4    1.3    0
Chuck Ramsey            1    -15  -15.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bruce Harper           49  1,070   21.8    0
Paul Darby              7    139   19.9    0
Woody Bennett           6     88   14.7    0
Lam Jones               4     67   16.8    0
Bobby Jones             2     50   25.0    0
Mickey Shuler           2     25   12.5    0
Guy Bingham             1     19   19.0    0
Ken Schroy              1     17   17.0    0
Gerald Carter           1     12   12.0    0
Bob Winkel              1      4    4.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bruce Harper           28    242    8.6    7    0
Ken Schroy              4     27    6.8    0    0
Bobby Jones             1      0    0.0    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Chuck Ramsey 73 3,096 42.4 10 15 1 46 369 34.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Pat Leahy 0/0 4/4 4/9 6/8 0/1 14/22 36/36 78 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Greg Buttle 1 15 0 Ron Crosby 2 47 0 Donald Dykes 5 1 0 Mark Gastineau 11.5 Bobby Jackson 1 7 0 Joe Klecko 10.5 Marty Lyons 4.5 Tim Moresco 1.0 Lawrence Pillers 0.5 Darrol Ray 6 132 1 Abdul Salaam 1.0 Ken Schroy 8 91 1

1980 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 WR Lam Jones 61 Texas [pick acquired from SF] 2 40 DB Darrol Ray 72 Oklahoma 2 47 WR Ralph Clayton 7 Michigan [pick acquired from DEN] 3 69 LB Lance Mehl 97 Penn State 4 95 DB Jesse Johnson 45 Colorado 5 123 LB Jim Zidd Kansas 6 149 DE George Visger 3 Colorado 6 152 DE Tom Schremp Wisconsin [pick acquired from OAK] 7 178 RB Bob Batton 8 Nevada-Las Vegas 7 190 RB Bennie Leverett Bethune-Cookman [pick acquired from HOU] 8 205 LB Jeff Dziama Boston College 9 234 DT Joe Peters Arizona State 10 260 C Guy Bingham 199 Montana 11 290 LB James Zachery Texas A&M 12 317 DB David Dumars N.W. Louisiana

Traded draft picks: #1 to SF (Earl Cooper)


Transactions:

01-28-1980traded Marshall Harris to Browns for the Jets' #8 pick in the 1981 draft
02-01-1980traded Matt Robinson to Broncos for Craig Penrose, Denver's #1 and #2 picks in the 1980 draft
04-29-1980traded the Jets' #1 pick in the 1980 draft and Denver's #1 pick in the 1980 draft to 49ers for San Francisco's #1 pick in the 1980 draft
04-29-1980traded Burgess Owens to Raiders for Oakland's #6 pick in the 1980 draft
07-27-1980Carl Barzilauskas retired
11-18-1980Dolphins claimed Woody Bennett on waivers
12-18-1980Chiefs claimed Kelly Kirchbaum on waivers


1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/07/80 vs Baltimore Colts L 14-17 0-1-0 09/14/80 at Buffalo Bills L 10-20 0-2-0 09/21/80 vs San Francisco 49ers L 27-37 0-3-0 09/28/80 at Baltimore Colts L 21-35 0-4-0 10/05/80 vs New England Patriots L 11-21 0-5-0 10/12/80 at Atlanta Falcons W 14-7 1-5-0 10/19/80 vs Seattle Seahawks L 17-27 1-6-0 10/27/80 vs Miami Dolphins W 17-14 2-6-0 11/02/80 at New England Patriots L 21-34 2-7-0 11/09/80 vs Buffalo Bills L 24-31 2-8-0 11/16/80 at Denver Broncos L 24-31 2-9-0 11/23/80 vs Houston Oilers W 31-28 (OT) 3-9-0 11/30/80 at Los Angeles Rams L 13-38 3-10-0 12/07/80 at Cleveland Browns L 14-17 3-11-0 12/14/80 vs New Orleans Saints L 20-21 3-12-0 12/20/80 at Miami Dolphins W 24-17 4-12-0

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