1965 New York Jets (AFL) |
| 2nd 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 | Offense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | N | Houston Oilers | 16-21 | L | Alexandria, VA | George Washington High School Stadium | 13000 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1965 | N | Boston Patriots | 26-16 | W | Allentown, PA | Cement Bowl | 18000 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-30 | L | New Brunswick, NJ | Rutgers Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | N | Boston Patriots | 17-0 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 18000 | |
| Thu | 9/2/1965 | A | Buffalo Bills | 10-31 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | A | Houston Oilers | 21-27 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 52680 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-14 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 53658 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | A | Buffalo Bills | 21-33 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45056 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Denver Broncos | 13-16 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 34988 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | H | Oakland Raiders | 24-24 | T | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 53122 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | H | San Diego Chargers | 9-34 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 59001 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Denver Broncos | 45-10 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 53717 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 13-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 25523 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | A | Boston Patriots | 30-20 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18589 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | H | Houston Oilers | 41-14 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 52888 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | H | Boston Patriots | 23-27 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 56511 | |
| Sat | 12/4/1965 | A | San Diego Chargers | 7-38 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 32169 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | A | Oakland Raiders | 14-24 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 19013 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-12 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 55427 | |
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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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 25 | Ray Abruzzese | RS | 6-1 | 194 | 28 | Hinds CC; Alabama | 12 | 1 |
| 88 | Al Atkinson | MLB | 6-1 | 229 | 22 | Villanova | 14 | 1 |
| 46 | Billy Baird | RS-LCB | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | San Francisco State | 14 | 14 |
| 51 | Ralph Baker | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Verlon Biggs | RDE-DT | 6-4 | 267 | 22 | Jackson State | 14 | 10 |
| 32 | Charlie Browning | HB | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Washington | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Kern Carson | HB | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | San Diego State | 10 | 0 |
| 71 | Nick DeFelice | LOT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Southern Connecticut State | 14 | 0 |
| 65 | Sam DeLuca | LOG | 6-2 | 247 | 29 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Mike Dukes | RLB | 6-3 | 231 | 29 | Clemson | 3 | 1 |
| 80 | Jimmy Evans | SE-FL | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Howard JC; Texas-El Paso | 9 | 1 |
| 61 | Dan Ficca | OG | 6-1 | 244 | 26 | Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| 48 | Cornell Gordon | RCB-S | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 4 |
| 60 | Larry Grantham | RLB | 6-0 | 204 | 27 | Mississippi | 14 | 13 |
| 78 | Jim Harris | RDT | 6-4 | 275 | 22 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Gene Heeter | TE | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | West Virginia | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | Dave Herman | ROG | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Winston Hill | LOT | 6-4 | 278 | 24 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Mike Hudock | C | 6-1 | 245 | 31 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Jim Hudson | S | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Texas | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Cosmo Iacavazzi | LB-FB | 5-11 | 209 | 22 | Princeton | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Curley Johnson | P | 5-11 | 215 | 30 | Houston | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Dee Mackey | TE | 6-5 | 232 | 31 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 10 | 9 |
| 31 | Bill Mathis | HB | 6-1 | 219 | 27 | Clemson | 14 | 13 |
| 13 | Don Maynard | FL | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | Rice; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Wahoo McDaniel | MLB | 6-0 | 235 | 27 | Oklahoma | 14 | 13 |
| 12 | Joe Namath | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 22 | Alabama | 13 | 9 |
| 63 | Jim O'Mahoney | LB | 6-1 | 231 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 0 |
| 40 | Dainard Paulson | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | El Camino JC; Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Pete Perreault | OG | 6-3 | 246 | 26 | Boston University | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | Gerry Philbin | LDE | 6-2 | 244 | 24 | Buffalo | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | Sherman Plunkett | ROT | 6-4 | 290 | 32 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| 23 | Bill Rademacher | OE | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Northern Michigan | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Jerry Robinson | FL-S | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Grambling State | 4 | 0 |
| 72 | Paul Rochester | LDT | 6-2 | 254 | 27 | Michigan State | 13 | 13 |
| 83 | George Sauer | TE-SE | 6-2 | 199 | 22 | Texas | 14 | 11 |
| 56 | John Schmitt | C | 6-4 | 253 | 23 | Hofstra | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Bob Schweickert | FL | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | Arnie Simkus | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | FB-HB | 6-0 | 218 | 26 | Wyoming | 12 | 1 |
| 41 | Matt Snell | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 13 |
| 17 | Mike Taliaferro | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Illinois | 14 | 5 |
| 87 | LaVerne Torczon | RDE | 6-2 | 243 | 29 | Nebraska | 14 | 3 |
| 29 | Bake Turner | SE | 6-1 | 180 | 25 | Texas Tech | 13 | 5 |
| 11 | Jim Turner | K | 6-2 | 206 | 24 | Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Clyde Washington | RCB | 6-0 | 202 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 10 |
| 22 | Willie West | LCB | 5-10 | 188 | 27 | Oregon | 14 | 13 |
| 82 | Bert Wilder | LDT-LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | North Carolina State | 14 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 2 | Joe Namath | QB | Alabama | |
| 1 | 4 | Tom Nowatzke | FB | Indiana | |
| 2 | 12 | John Huarte | QB | Notre Dame | |
| 3 | 20 | Verlon Biggs | T | Jackson State | |
| 4 | 28 | Bob Schweickert | HB | Virginia Tech | |
| 5 | 36 | Glenn Sasser | DE | North Carolina State | |
| 6 | 44 | Skip Hoovler | LB | Ohio University | |
| 7 | 51 | Archie Roberts | QB | Columbia | |
| 7 | 52 | Jim Harris | DT | Utah State | |
| 8 | 60 | Rick McCurdy | DE | Oklahoma | |
| 9 | 68 | Jimmy Sidle | HB | Auburn | |
| 10 | 76 | Frank Lambert | K-OE | Mississippi | |
| 11 | 84 | Jim Gray | DB | Toledo | |
| 12 | 92 | John Berrington | LB-C | Iowa State | |
| 13 | 100 | Sonny Utz | FB | Virginia Tech | |
| 14 | 108 | Gary Plumlee | DT-DE | New Mexico | |
| 15 | 116 | Jim Burt | DB | Western Kentucky | |
| 16 | 124 | Seth Cartwright | DT | Prairie View A&M | |
| 17 | 132 | Charlie Browning | B | Washington | |
| 19 | 148 | Mitch Dudek | G | Xavier (Ohio) | |
| 20 | 156 | Troy Allen | DB | Western Michigan | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 4 | Johnny Roland | HB | Missouri | |
| 2 | 12 | John McGuire | TE-DE | Syracuse | |
| 3 | 20 | Jimmy Heidel | DB | Mississippi | |
| 4 | 28 | Bob Werl | DE | Miami (Florida) | |
| 5 | 36 | George Sauer | FL | Texas | |
| 6 | 44 | Dale Lindsey | LB | Western Kentucky | |
| 7 | 52 | Ron Barlow | FB | Kansas State | |
| 8 | 60 | Bob Mallendick | T | Hillsdale | |
| 9 | 68 | Rich Kotite | E | Wagner | |
| 10 | 76 | Dave Austin | E | Georgia Tech | |
| 11 | 84 | Rich Marshall | T | Stephen F. Austin State | |
| 12 | 92 | Pat Screen | QB | Louisiana State | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 43 | 104 | 52 | 86 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 105 | 71 | 101 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 213 | 77 | 121 | 15 | / % | / % | 58 | 684 | |
| Opponents Totals | 235 | 85 | 136 | 14 | / % | / % | 77 | 865 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 0 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 0 | 91 |
| Don Maynard | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
| Bill Mathis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Matt Snell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Kern Carson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Sauer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bake Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dee Mackey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 0 | 285 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 0 | 303 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 4 | 49 | 9/9 | 5/7 | 2/4 | 4/13 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 4 | 49 | 9/9 | 5/7 | 2/4 | 4/13 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 4/7 | 7/10 | 8/10 | 0/5 | 1/3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Snell | 169 | 763 | 4.5 | 44 | 4 |
| Bill Mathis | 147 | 604 | 4.1 | 79 | 5 |
| Mark Smolinski | 24 | 59 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Kern Carson | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 15 | 2 |
| Joe Namath | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 366 | 1492 | 4.1 | 79 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 432 | 1551 | 3.6 | 59t | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Namath | 340 | 164 | 48.2 | 161 | 2220 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 62t | 18 | 5.3 | 15 | 4.4 | 68.8 | |||
| Mike Taliaferro | 119 | 45 | 37.8 | 67 | 531 | 4.5 | 11.8 | 37 | 3 | 2.5 | 7 | 5.9 | 36.1 | |||
| Team Totals | 459 | 209 | 45.5 | 228 | 2751 | 6.0 | 13.2 | 62 | 21 | 4.6 | 22 | 4.8 | 17 | 162 | 2589 | 60.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 472 | 220 | 46.6 | 226 | 2900 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 66 | 22 | 4.7 | 26 | 5.5 | 22 | 238 | 2662 | 59.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Maynard | 68 | 1218 | 17.9 | 56t | 14 |
| Matt Snell | 38 | 264 | 6.9 | 35 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 31 | 402 | 13.0 | 62t | 2 |
| George Sauer | 29 | 301 | 10.4 | 33 | 2 |
| Bill Mathis | 17 | 242 | 14.2 | 32 | 1 |
| Dee Mackey | 16 | 255 | 15.9 | 47 | 1 |
| Mark Smolinski | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmy Evans | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Heeter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 209 | 2751 | 13.2 | 62t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 220 | 2900 | 13.2 | 66 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dainard Paulson | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Willie West | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Billy Baird | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ralph Baker | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Abruzzese | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Cornell Gordon | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Verlon Biggs | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Al Atkinson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 235 | 9.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 339 | 15.4 | 79t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curley Johnson | 72 | 3260 | 45.3 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 352 | 2848 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 72 | 3260 | 45.3 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 352 | 2848 | 39.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 3103 | 39.8 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 2937 | 37.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Baird | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Willie West | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 | |
| Jerry Robinson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Kern Carson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bake Turner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 166 | 5.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 352 | 8.8 | 54 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bake Turner | 18 | 402 | 22.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Kern Carson | 14 | 311 | 22.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Jerry Robinson | 7 | 164 | 23.4 | 30 | 0 | |
| Mark Smolinski | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Billy Baird | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Charlie Browning | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| George Sauer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ray Abruzzese | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Mahoney | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Nick DeFelice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dainard Paulson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 1107 | 20.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 1421 | 23.7 | 87t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Abruzzese | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Billy Baird | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Verlon Biggs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Kern Carson | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dee Mackey | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Mathis | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Don Maynard | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Joe Namath | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dainard Paulson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Smolinski | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Matt Snell | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bake Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bert Wilder | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 27 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0 |
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