1963 New York Jets (AFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Division 5-8-1 .385 |
| Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank |
| Jack Donaldson | Defensive Backs |
| Chuck Knox | Offensive Line |
| Walt Michaels | Defensive Line |
| Clive Rush | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/9/1963 | N | Houston Oilers | 0-17 | L | Shreveport, LA | Independence Stadium | 18596 | |
| Fri | 8/16/1963 | A | Buffalo Bills | 8-23 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 19142 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 16-43 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 8317 | |
| Sun | 9/1/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 22-20 | W | New Brunswick, NJ | Rutgers Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1963 | A | Boston Patriots | 14-38 | L | Boston, MA | Boston College Alumni Stadium | 24120 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | H | Houston Oilers | 24-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 9336 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | H | Oakland Raiders | 10-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 18925 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 31-24 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 19135 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | A | San Diego Chargers | 20-24 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 27189 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 26-49 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 15557 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1963 | H | Denver Broncos | 35-35 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20377 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1963 | H | San Diego Chargers | 7-53 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 18336 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | A | Houston Oilers | 27-31 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23619 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | A | Denver Broncos | 14-9 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 14247 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 11615 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | A | Buffalo Bills | 14-45 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20222 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1963 | H | Buffalo Bills | 10-19 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 5826 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1963 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-48 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 12202 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 2 | Billy Atkins | S | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | Auburn | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | Billy Baird | RS | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | San Francisco State | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Ted Bates | LLB | 6-2 | 219 | 27 | Oregon State | 8 | 1 |
| 63 | Bob Butler | OG | 6-1 | 233 | 23 | Kentucky | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Ed Chlebek | QB | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Western Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Dick Christy | HB | 5-10 | 191 | 28 | North Carolina State | 11 | 1 |
| 82 | Ed Cooke | LDT-LLB-LDE | 6-4 | 248 | 28 | Maryland | 9 | 5 |
| 56 | Roger Ellis | C-OT | 6-3 | 233 | 25 | Maine | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Dan Ficca | LOG | 6-1 | 244 | 24 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | Sid Fournet | ROG | 6-0 | 235 | 31 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Larry Grantham | RLB | 6-0 | 204 | 25 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 18 | Johnny Green | QB | 6-3 | 203 | 26 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Ken Gregory | SE-FL | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Whittier | 14 | 3 |
| 77 | Dick Guesman | K | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | West Virginia | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | Galen Hall | QB | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | Penn State | 13 | 2 |
| 85 | Gene Heeter | TE | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | West Virginia | 9 | 9 |
| 75 | Winston Hill | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 278 | 22 | Texas Southern | 13 | 1 |
| 63 | Roy Hord | LOG | 6-4 | 244 | 29 | Duke | 13 | 0 |
| 52 | Mike Hudock | C | 6-1 | 245 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Charlie Janerette | RDT | 6-3 | 253 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Curley Johnson | P | 5-11 | 215 | 28 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| 78 | Jack Klotz | LOT | 6-5 | 256 | 31 | Widener | 13 | 13 |
| 89 | Dee Mackey | TE | 6-5 | 232 | 29 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 5 |
| 31 | Bill Mathis | HB | 6-1 | 219 | 25 | Clemson | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | Don Maynard | FL | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | Rice; Texas-El Paso | 12 | 12 |
| 88 | Bob McAdams | LDE-RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | North Carolina Central | 12 | 2 |
| 34 | Walt Michaels | LB | 6-0 | 231 | 34 | Washington & Lee | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Dainard Paulson | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | El Camino JC; Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Bill Perkins | HB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Iowa | 4 | 0 |
| 64 | Pete Perreault | LLB | 6-3 | 246 | 24 | Boston University | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Sherman Plunkett | ROT | 6-4 | 290 | 30 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| 67 | Jim Price | LLB-MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 23 | Auburn | 13 | 13 |
| 73 | Paul Rochester | LDT | 6-2 | 254 | 25 | Michigan State | 5 | 4 |
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | FB | 6-0 | 218 | 24 | Wyoming | 14 | 14 |
| 25 | Marshall Starks | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Illinois | 14 | 6 |
| 26 | Tony Stricker | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Cameron JC; Colorado | 12 | 8 |
| 73 | George Strugar | LDT | 6-5 | 259 | 29 | Washington | 8 | 8 |
| 87 | LaVerne Torczon | RDE | 6-2 | 243 | 27 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 29 | Bake Turner | SE | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | Texas Tech | 14 | 13 |
| 42 | Clyde Washington | RCB | 6-0 | 202 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Bob Watters | LDE | 6-4 | 247 | 28 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Dave West | RCB | 6-3 | 190 | 25 | Central State (Ohio) | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Wood | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 1 | 0 | |
| 19 | Dick Wood | QB | 6-5 | 202 | 27 | Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Dave Yohn | MLB-LLB | 6-0 | 224 | 26 | Gettysburg | 14 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Jerry Stovall | HB | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 19 | Willie Richardson | E | Jackson State |
| 4 | 27 | John Contoulis | T | Connecticut |
| 5 | 35 | John Mackey | E | Syracuse |
| 6 | 43 | Jim Price | LB | Auburn |
| 7 | 51 | Lou Guy | HB | Mississippi |
| 8 | 59 | Bill King | QB | Dartmouth |
| 9 | 67 | Stan Sanders | E | Whittier |
| 10 | 75 | Tony Liscio | T | Tulsa |
| 12 | 91 | Joe Craver | LB | North Carolina |
| 12 | 96 | Tommy Lucas | E | Texas |
| 13 | 99 | Olin Hill | T | Furman |
| 15 | 115 | Pete Liske | QB | Penn State |
| 16 | 123 | Nick Ryder | HB | Miami (Florida) |
| 17 | 131 | Charlie Johnson | G | Villanova |
| 18 | 139 | Bill Munsey | HB | Minnesota |
| 19 | 147 | Gary Kroner | HB | Wisconsin |
| 20 | 155 | John Johnson | T | Indiana |
| 21 | 163 | Ron Vander Kelen | QB | Wisconsin |
| 22 | 171 | Bill Thornton | FB | Nebraska |
| 23 | 179 | Lou Rettino | FB | Villanova |
| 24 | 187 | Lowell Caylor | HB | Miami (Ohio) |
| 25 | 195 | Joe Baughan | T | Auburn |
| 26 | 203 | Terry Monaghan | T | Penn State |
| 27 | 211 | Dave Herman | G | Michigan State |
| 28 | 219 | Mike Taliaferro | QB | Illinois |
| 29 | 227 | Paul Wicker | T | Fresno State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 84 | 61 | 37 | 67 | |
| Opponents Totals | 103 | 79 | 95 | 122 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 198 | 52 | 121 | 25 | / % | / % | 55 | 650 | |
| Opponents Totals | 280 | 124 | 139 | 17 | / % | / % | 96 | 994 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Guesman | 0 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 0 | 57 | |
| Don Maynard | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||
| Bake Turner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Mark Smolinski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Dee Mackey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Bill Mathis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Billy Baird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Christy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Galen Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gene Heeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Marshall Starks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 32 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 0 | 249 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 48 | 50 | 96.0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 1 | 399 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Guesman | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 0 | 51 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 5/10 | 1/7 | 1/4 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 0 | 51 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 5/10 | 1/7 | 1/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 3/ | 2/ | 5/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Smolinski | 150 | 561 | 3.7 | 56 | 4 |
| Bill Mathis | 107 | 268 | 2.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Dick Christy | 26 | 88 | 3.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Galen Hall | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Dick Wood | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Perkins | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 306 | 978 | 3.2 | 56 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 160 | 2129 | 13.3 | 74t | 26 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wood | 352 | 160 | 45.5 | 173 | 2204 | 6.3 | 13.8 | 60t | 18 | 5.1 | 19 | 5.4 | 60.6 | |||
| Galen Hall | 118 | 45 | 38.1 | 64 | 611 | 5.2 | 13.6 | 73t | 3 | 2.5 | 9 | 7.6 | 32.1 | |||
| Ed Chlebek | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56.3 | |||
| Johnny Green | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 10 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 2.8 | |||
| Team Totals | 480 | 209 | 43.5 | 242 | 2830 | 5.9 | 13.5 | 73 | 21 | 4.4 | 29 | 6.0 | 35 | 298 | 2532 | 52.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 223 | 53.5 | 173 | 3217 | 7.7 | 14.4 | 93t | 25 | 6.0 | 21 | 5.0 | 23 | 180 | 3037 | 77.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bake Turner | 71 | 1009 | 14.2 | 53t | 6 |
| Don Maynard | 38 | 780 | 20.5 | 73t | 9 |
| Mark Smolinski | 34 | 278 | 8.2 | 49t | 1 |
| Dee Mackey | 23 | 263 | 11.4 | 31 | 3 |
| Bill Mathis | 18 | 177 | 9.8 | 33 | 1 |
| Ken Gregory | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Heeter | 8 | 160 | 20.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Dick Christy | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 209 | 2830 | 13.5 | 73t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 223 | 3217 | 14.4 | 93t | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dainard Paulson | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 41 | 0 |
| Clyde Washington | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Price | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Charlie Janerette | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Stricker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| LaVerne Torczon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Marshall Starks | 0 | 19 | 19L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 284 | 13.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 359 | 12.4 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curley Johnson | 71 | 3033 | 42.7 | 64 | 1 | 357 | ||||
| Team Totals | 72 | 3033 | 42.1 | 64 | 1 | 357 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 2403 | 42.9 | 63 | 1 | 202 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 | |
| Billy Baird | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 93t | 1 | |
| Marshall Starks | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 17 | 202 | 11.9 | 93t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 357 | 11.5 | 47 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 24 | 585 | 24.4 | 71 | 0 | |
| Bake Turner | 14 | 299 | 21.4 | 49 | 0 | |
| Marshall Starks | 19 | 336 | 17.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Curley Johnson | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tony Stricker | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bill Perkins | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Mark Smolinski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Dee Mackey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 74 | 1463 | 19.8 | 71 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1147 | 22.9 | 52 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Baird | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ed Chlebek | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Christy | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Dan Ficca | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Grantham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Galen Hall | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Charlie Janerette | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Dee Mackey | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bob McAdams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dainard Paulson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill Perkins | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Mark Smolinski | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Marshall Starks | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Stricker | 1 | 0 | |||||
| LaVerne Torczon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bake Turner | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Wood | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Yohn | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 21 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 1 |
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