1966 New York Jets (AFL)

3rd place Eastern Division 6-6-2 .500

Jack Donaldson	Defensive Backs
Chuck Knox	Offensive Line
Walt Michaels	Defensive Line
Clive Rush	Offense

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/13/1966	N	Houston Oilers	16-10	W	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	57205
Sat	8/20/1966	A	Miami Dolphins	31-14	W	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	11000
Sat	8/27/1966	N	Buffalo Bills	34-17	W	Allentown, PA	Cement Bowl	17000
Thu	9/1/1966	N	Boston Patriots	41-3	W	Mobile, AL	Ladd Stadium	22000
Fri	9/9/1966	A	Miami Dolphins	19-14	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	35402
Sun	9/18/1966	H	Houston Oilers	52-13	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	54681
Sun	9/25/1966	A	Denver Broncos	16-7	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	29878
Sun	10/2/1966	A	Boston Patriots	24-24	T	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	27255
Sat	10/8/1966	H	San Diego Chargers	17-16	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	63497
Sun	10/16/1966	A	Houston Oilers	0-24	L	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	30823
Sun	10/23/1966	H	Oakland Raiders	21-24	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	58135
Sun	10/30/1966	H	Buffalo Bills	23-33	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	61552
Sun	11/13/1966	A	Buffalo Bills	3-14	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	45738
Sun	11/20/1966	H	Miami Dolphins	30-13	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	58664
Sun	11/27/1966	H	Kansas City Chiefs	24-32	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	60318
Sat	12/3/1966	A	Oakland Raiders	28-28	T	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	31144
Sun	12/11/1966	A	San Diego Chargers	27-42	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	25712
Sat	12/17/1966	H	Boston Patriots	38-28	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	58921

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
25	Ray Abruzzese	LS	6-1	194	29	Hinds CC; Alabama	14	14
62	Al Atkinson	MLB	6-1	229	23	Villanova	14	14
46	Billy Baird	RCB	5-10	180	27	San Francisco State	14	14
51	Ralph Baker	LLB	6-3	232	24	Penn State	11	11
86	Verlon Biggs	RDE	6-4	267	23	Jackson State	14	14
32	Emerson Boozer	HB	5-11	209	23	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	5
77	Steve Chomyszak	C-OT	6-5	270	22	Syracuse	2	0
45	Earl Christy	DB	5-11	193	23	Maryland-Eastern Shore	6	0
56	Paul Crane	LLB	6-2	208	22	Alabama	14	0
65	Sam DeLuca	LOG	6-2	247	30	South Carolina	14	14
73	Mitch Dudek	OT	6-4	245	23	Xavier (Ohio)	14	0
61	Dan Ficca	OG	6-1	244	27	Southern California	14	0
48	Cornell Gordon	LCB	6-0	187	25	North Carolina A&T State	10	1
60	Larry Grantham	RLB	6-0	204	28	Mississippi	14	14
28	Jim Gray	DB	6-0	181	25	Toledo	6	0
28	Pat Gucciardo	DB	5-11	185	22	Kent State	1	0
78	Jim Harris	RDT	6-4	275	23	Utah State	14	14
67	Dave Herman	ROG	6-2	255	25	Michigan State	14	14
75	Winston Hill	LOT	6-4	278	25	Texas Southern	14	14
22	Jim Hudson	RS	6-2	210	23	Texas	14	7
33	Curley Johnson	P	5-11	215	31	Houston	14	0
87	Pete Lammons	TE	6-3	228	23	Texas	14	14
7	Sherman Lewis	S	5-9	159	24	Michigan State	5	0
31	Bill Mathis	HB	6-1	219	28	Clemson	14	9
13	Don Maynard	FL	6-0	180	31	Rice; Texas-El Paso	14	14
12	Joe Namath	QB	6-2	198	23	Alabama	14	14
63	Jim O'Mahoney	LLB	6-1	231	25	Miami (Florida)	12	0
40	Dainard Paulson	RS	5-11	190	29	El Camino JC; Oregon State	14	7
64	Pete Perreault	OG	6-3	246	27	Boston University	6	0
81	Gerry Philbin	LDE	6-2	244	25	Buffalo	14	14
79	Sherman Plunkett	ROT	6-4	290	33	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
23	Bill Rademacher	WR-CB	6-1	190	24	Northern Michigan	4	0
72	Paul Rochester	LDT	6-2	254	28	Michigan State	12	12
24	Johnny Sample	LCB	6-1	203	30	Maryland-Eastern Shore	13	13
83	George Sauer	SE	6-2	199	23	Texas	14	14
74	Hank Schmidt	DT	6-4	258	31	East Los Angeles JC; Southern California; Trinity (Texas)	11	0
52	John Schmitt	C	6-4	253	24	Hofstra	14	14
37	Allen Smith	HB	5-11	195	24	Findlay	1	0
30	Mark Smolinski	FB	6-0	218	27	Wyoming	14	2
41	Matt Snell	FB	6-2	220	25	Ohio State	12	12
17	Mike Taliaferro	QB	6-2	205	25	Illinois	14	0
29	Bake Turner	DB	6-1	180	26	Texas Tech	14	0
11	Jim Turner	K	6-2	206	25	Utah State	14	0
54	Jim Waskiewicz	LLB	6-4	237	22	Wichita State	14	0
84	Sammy Weir	FL	5-9	170	25	Arkansas State	11	0
80	Bob Werl	DE	6-3	248	23	Miami (Florida)	8	0
82	Bert Wilder	LDT	6-3	245	27	North Carolina State	14	2
88	Bill Yearby	DE	6-3	235	22	Michigan	9	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	13	Bill Yearby	T	Michigan
2	14	Sam Ball	T	Kentucky
3	22	Carl McAdams	LB	Oklahoma
4	29	Jim Waskiewicz	C-LB	Wichita State
4	33	Phil Sheridan	E	Notre Dame
5	38	Ben Hawkins	FL	Arizona State
6	46	Emerson Boozer	FB	Maryland-Eastern Shore
6	48	Dick LeMay	G	Vanderbilt
7	55	Joe Dobson	T	Idaho
8	68	Pete Lammons	E	Texas
9	78	Jim Jones	E	Nebraska-Omaha
11	92	Gerry Allen	HB	Nebraska-Omaha
11	95	Bobby Walton	T	Auburn
12	102	Steve Chomyszak	DT	Syracuse
12	104	Ken Hollister	T	Indiana
12C	105	Bill Wolski	HB	Notre Dame
13	114	Stas Maliszewski	LB	Princeton
14	123	Stan Quintana	DB	New Mexico
15	132	Bill Cody	LB	Auburn
16	141	Ron Acks	DB	Illinois
17	150	Tommy Tolleson	DB	Alabama
18	159	Jerry Mosher	E	California
19	168	Preston Ridlehuber	HB	Georgia
20	177	Randy Schultz	HB	Northern Iowa

DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Don Parker	E	Virginia
2	14	Austin Denney	E	Tennessee
3	23	Jerry Lovelace	HB	Texas Tech
4	32	Tommy Burnett	E	Arkansas
5	41	Ray Miller	T	Idaho
6	50	Allen Smith	HB	Findlay
7	59	Randy Smith	LB	Clemson
8	68	Joe Campbell	DB	Auburn
9	77	John Stipech	T	Utah
10	86	Dick Fitzgerald	T	Nebraska
11	95	Jim Kollman	G	Oregon

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	59	64	80	119
Opponents Totals	40	86	71	115

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		254	81	145	28	/ %	/ %	64	682
Opponents Totals		231	81	131	19	/ %	/ %	85	883

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Turner	0	34	35	97.1	0	0	18	35	51.4	0	88
Matt Snell	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	48
Emerson Boozer	6	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	36
George Sauer	5	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	32
Don Maynard	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Pete Lammons	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Bill Mathis	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Mark Smolinski	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Joe Namath	2	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	12
Billy Baird	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Curley Johnson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Verlon Biggs	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	2
Mike Taliaferro	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	2
Team Totals	38	34	35	97.1	2	3	18	35	51.4	1	322
Opponents Totals	37	34	36	94.4	1	1	18	28	64.3	0	312

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Turner	18	35	51.4	6/7	3/5	6/10	3/13	0/0
Team Totals	18	35	51.4	6/7	3/5	6/10	3/13	0/0
Opponents Totals	18	28	64.3	7/8	1/2	6/9	3/6	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Matt Snell	178	644	3.6	25t	4
Emerson Boozer	97	455	4.7	54	5
Bill Mathis	72	208	2.9	23	2
Mark Smolinski	21	69	3.3	21	2
Joe Namath	6	42	7.0	39	2
Curley Johnson	2	24	12.0	20	0
Team Totals	376	1442	3.8	54	15
Opponents Totals	388	1524	3.9	57	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Namath	471	232	49.3	212	3379	7.2	14.6	77t	19	4.0	27	5.7				62.6
Mike Taliaferro	41	19	46.3	20	177	4.3	9.3	21	2	4.9	2	4.9				54.6
Jim Hudson	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Matt Snell	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	514	251	48.8	234	3556	6.9	14.2	77t	21	4.1	29	5.6	9	92	3464	61.7
Opponents Totals	467	212	45.4	234	3064	6.6	14.5	67t	19	4.1	21	4.5	35	310	2754	62.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Sauer	63	1079	17.1	77t	5
Don Maynard	48	840	17.5	55t	5
Matt Snell	48	346	7.2	25t	4
Pete Lammons	41	565	13.8	60	4
Bill Mathis	22	379	17.2	70t	1
Mark Smolinski	11	74	6.7	24	1
Emerson Boozer	8	133	16.6	26	0
Bake Turner	7	115	16.4	42	0
Curley Johnson	1	18	18.0	18t	1
Sammy Weir	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bill Rademacher	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	251	3556	14.2	77t	21
Opponents Totals	212	3064	14.5	67t	19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Sample	6	32	5.3	21	0
Billy Baird	5	76	15.2	39t	1
Al Atkinson	4	48	12.0	26	0
Jim Hudson	3	39	13.0	18	0
Ray Abruzzese	2	9	4.5	9	0
Larry Grantham	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	21	218	10.4	39t	1
Opponents Totals	29	297	10.2	47	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Curley Johnson	62	2633	42.5	63	0	7	121	2372	38.3
Team Totals	62	2633	42.5	63	0	7	121	2372	38.3
Opponents Totals	81	3271	40.4	63	2	6	260	2891	36.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Bake Turner	10	10	60	6.0	16
Sammy Weir	8	0	48	6.0	24
Sherman Lewis	7	3	76	10.9	40
Billy Baird	5	4	35	7.0	18
Earl Christy	5	0	23	4.6	15
Jim Hudson	1	0	18	18.0	18
Team Totals	36	17	260	7.2	40
Opponents Totals	24	16	121	5.0	15

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Emerson Boozer	26	659	25.3	96t	1
Earl Christy	10	203	20.3	30	0
Sammy Weir	6	121	20.2	25	0
Mark Smolinski	6	59	9.8	15	0
Sherman Lewis	5	121	24.2	46	0
Jim Gray	5	77	15.4	22	0
Bake Turner	2	50	25.0	26	0
Bert Wilder	1	6	6.0	6	0
Curley Johnson	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	62	1300	21.0	96t	1
Opponents Totals	57	1368	24.0	95t	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC
Earl Christy	1
Paul Crane	1
Larry Grantham	1
Curley Johnson	2
Pete Lammons	2
Sherman Lewis	2
Bill Mathis	2
Joe Namath	1
George Sauer	1
Matt Snell	3
Bake Turner	2
Sammy Weir	2
Team Totals	19	9	10	8	18
Opponents Totals	15	8	7	9	16