1971 New York Jets (NFL) |
| 3rd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank |
| C.W. Hewgley | Offensive Line |
| Ken Meyer | Receivers |
| Walt Michaels | Linebackers/Defensive Backs |
| Buddy Ryan | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1971 | N | Detroit Lions | 24-28 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 51214 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | A | Oakland Raiders | 20-41 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53693 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1971 | N | New York Giants | 27-14 | W | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 70874 | |
| Mon | 8/30/1971 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 16-21 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 37650 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82710 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1971 | N | New England Patriots | 38-9 | W | Memphis, TN | Memorial Stadium | 28082 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | A | Baltimore Colts | 0-22 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56458 | |
| Mon | 9/27/1971 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 10-17 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50358 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | A | Miami Dolphins | 14-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 70670 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | A | New England Patriots | 0-20 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 61357 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | H | Buffalo Bills | 28-17 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 61948 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | H | Miami Dolphins | 14-30 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62130 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | A | San Diego Chargers | 21-49 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 44786 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 13-10 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62812 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | H | Baltimore Colts | 13-14 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63947 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | A | Buffalo Bills | 20-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 41577 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 21-24 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63936 | |
| Sat | 12/4/1971 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 10-52 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 66689 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | H | New England Patriots | 13-6 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63175 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 35-21 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63151 | |
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 |
| 82 | Gary Arthur | TE | 6-5 | 230 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 0 |
| 62 | Al Atkinson | MLB | 6-1 | 229 | 28 | Villanova | 10 | 7 |
| 51 | Ralph Baker | LLB-MLB | 6-3 | 232 | 29 | Penn State | 12 | 11 |
| 7 | Eddie Bell | WR | 5-10 | 160 | 24 | Compton JC; Idaho State | 14 | 0 |
| 32 | Emerson Boozer | RB | 5-11 | 209 | 28 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Rich Caster | WR | 6-5 | 228 | 23 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Paul Crane | LLB-LS-RCB | 6-2 | 208 | 27 | Alabama | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | Bob Davis | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 26 | Virginia | 13 | 7 |
| 43 | John Dockery | LCB | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | Harvard | 14 | 6 |
| 55 | John Ebersole | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 6 |
| 80 | John Elliott | RDT | 6-4 | 244 | 27 | Texas | 4 | 4 |
| 19 | Chris Farasopoulos | RS | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Brigham Young | 14 | 2 |
| 61 | Roger Finnie | LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Florida A&M | 7 | 7 |
| 70 | Dave Foley | OT | 6-5 | 252 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| 60 | Larry Grantham | RLB | 6-0 | 204 | 33 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 36 | Steve Harkey | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
| 67 | Dave Herman | ROG | 6-2 | 255 | 30 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | W.K. Hicks | RS | 6-1 | 191 | 29 | Texas Southern | 13 | 12 |
| 75 | Winston Hill | ROT | 6-4 | 278 | 30 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Chuck Hinton | RDT | 6-5 | 257 | 32 | North Carolina Central | 12 | 10 |
| 48 | Gus Hollomon | LS-LLB | 6-3 | 195 | 26 | Houston | 11 | 7 |
| 3 | Bobby Howfield | K | 5-9 | 181 | 35 | none | 14 | 0 |
| 63 | Roy Kirksey | DT | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 4 | 0 |
| 87 | Pete Lammons | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 28 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| 57 | John Little | LDT-LDE | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 10 |
| 84 | Mark Lomas | RDE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Golden West JC; Northern Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| 13 | Don Maynard | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 36 | Rice; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Cliff McClain | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | South Carolina State | 11 | 0 |
| 71 | John Mooring | OT | 6-6 | 255 | 24 | Tampa | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Joe Namath | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 28 | Alabama | 4 | 3 |
| 37 | George Nock | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | Morgan State | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | Steve O'Neal | P-WR | 6-3 | 185 | 25 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| 72 | Scott Palmer | DT | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Texas | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | Gerry Philbin | LDE | 6-2 | 244 | 30 | Buffalo | 10 | 10 |
| 66 | Randy Rasmussen | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 26 | Nebraska-Kearney | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | John Riggins | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | John Schmitt | C | 6-4 | 253 | 29 | Hofstra | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Matt Snell | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 30 | Ohio State | 5 | 0 |
| 46 | Rich Sowells | LCB | 6-0 | 179 | 23 | Alcorn State | 8 | 6 |
| 89 | Wayne Stewart | TE | 6-7 | 202 | 24 | California | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Vern Studdard | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Mississippi | 8 | 0 |
| 76 | Bob Svihus | LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | Clovis Swinney | LDT | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Arkansas; Arkansas State | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | Steve Tannen | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Florida | 11 | 3 |
| 45 | Earlie Thomas | RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Colorado State | 13 | 13 |
| 27 | Phil Wise | LS | 6-0 | 193 | 22 | South Dakota; Nebraska-Omaha | 14 | 7 |
| 18 | Al Woodall | QB | 6-5 | 210 | 26 | Duke | 5 | 4 |
| 53 | Bill Zapalac | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Texas | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | John Riggins | RB | Kansas |
| 2 | 32 | John Mooring | T | Tampa |
| 3 | 58 | Chris Farasopoulos | DB | Brigham Young |
| 4 | 84 | Bill Zapalac | LB | Texas |
| 6 | 136 | Phil Wise | TE | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 7 | 162 | Scott Palmer | DT | Texas |
| 8 | 188 | Roy Kirksey | G | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 9 | 214 | John Curtis | TE | Springfield |
| 10 | 240 | Jim Betts | DB | Michigan |
| 11 | 266 | Vern Studdard | WR | Mississippi |
| 12 | 292 | Rich Sowells | DB | Alcorn State |
| 13 | 318 | John Eggold | DE | Arizona |
| 14 | 344 | Jack Harpring | G | Michigan |
| 15 | 370 | Danny Dyches | C | South Carolina |
| 16 | 396 | Steve Harkey | RB | Georgia Tech |
| 17 | 422 | Greg Flaska | DE | Western Michigan |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 45 | 65 | 45 | 57 | |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 84 | 81 | 65 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34:17 | 202 | 115 | 67 | 20 | 70/188 37.2% | 0/3 0.0% | 70 | 672 |
| Opponents Totals | 25:43 | 235 | 118 | 101 | 16 | 79/194 40.7% | / % | 81 | 814 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Howfield | 0 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 49 |
| Emerson Boozer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Rich Caster | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| George Nock | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| John Riggins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Don Maynard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Cliff McClain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ralph Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 212 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 35 | 37 | 94.6 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 0 | 299 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Howfield | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 42 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 5/7 | 1/7 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1 | 42 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 5/7 | 1/7 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 3/3 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 1/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Riggins | 180 | 769 | 4.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Emerson Boozer | 188 | 618 | 3.3 | 19 | 5 |
| Bob Davis | 18 | 154 | 8.6 | 24 | 1 |
| George Nock | 48 | 137 | 2.9 | 17 | 3 |
| Cliff McClain | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 63t | 2 |
| Steve Harkey | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Woodall | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 485 | 1888 | 3.9 | 63t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 472 | 2302 | 4.9 | 67t | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Davis | 121 | 49 | 49 | 64 | 624 | 5.2 | 12.7 | 44 | 10 | 8.3 | 8 | 6.6 | 14 | 92 | 532 | 57.3 |
| Al Woodall | 97 | 42 | 42 | 53 | 395 | 4.1 | 9.4 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 9 | 85 | 310 | 46.5 |
| Joe Namath | 59 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 537 | 9.1 | 19.2 | 74t | 5 | 8.5 | 6 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 537 | 68.2 |
| Steve O'Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 278 | 119 | 119 | 143 | 1556 | 5.6 | 13.1 | 74t | 15 | 5.4 | 16 | 5.8 | 23 | 177 | 1379 | 55.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 342 | 163 | 163 | 166 | 2285 | 6.7 | 14.0 | 51 | 17 | 5.0 | 13 | 3.8 | 27 | 230 | 2055 | 70.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Riggins | 36 | 231 | 6.4 | 32t | 2 |
| Rich Caster | 26 | 454 | 17.5 | 57t | 6 |
| Don Maynard | 21 | 408 | 19.4 | 74t | 2 |
| Emerson Boozer | 11 | 120 | 10.9 | 36 | 1 |
| Pete Lammons | 8 | 149 | 18.6 | 27 | 1 |
| George Nock | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 19t | 2 |
| Eddie Bell | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Steve Harkey | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Gary Arthur | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 119 | 1556 | 13.1 | 74t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 163 | 2285 | 14.0 | 51 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.K. Hicks | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Atkinson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| John Dockery | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Phil Wise | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Paul Crane | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 136 | 10.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 279 | 17.4 | 57 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve O'Neal | 78 | 3026 | 38.8 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 359 | 2607 | 33.4 | |
| Team Totals | 78 | 3026 | 38.8 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 359 | 2607 | 33.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2477 | 38.1 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 155 | 2242 | 36.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Farasopoulos | 19 | 11 | 155 | 8.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Vern Studdard | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 2 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 14 | 155 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 21 | 359 | 8.8 | 65 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vern Studdard | 15 | 329 | 21.9 | 37 | 0 | |
| Chris Farasopoulos | 25 | 545 | 21.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Phil Wise | 8 | 210 | 26.3 | 41 | 0 | |
| George Nock | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Steve Harkey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1168 | 21.2 | 41 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 906 | 26.6 | 101t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| John Little | 7.0 | |
| Mark Lomas | 6.0 | |
| Chuck Hinton | 5.0 | |
| Larry Grantham | 2.0 | |
| Gerry Philbin | 2.0 | |
| Al Atkinson | 1.0 | |
| John Elliott | 1.0 | |
| Roger Finnie | 1.0 | |
| Phil Wise | 1.0 | |
| Bill Zapalac | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 27.0 | 230.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23.0 | 177.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul Crane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 0 | |
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Foley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Harkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Herman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Winston Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Little | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Nock | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Neal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 0 | |
| John Schmitt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Earlie Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Phil Wise | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Woodall | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 0 |
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