1975 New York Jets (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 3-11-0 .214

Head Coach: Charley Winner (2-7-0); Ken Shipp (1-4-0)

Bob Fry	Offensive Line
Sam Rutigliano	Defensive Backs
Buddy Ryan	Linebackers
Ken Shipp	Offensive Coordinator
Jim Spavital	Offensive Backs
Dick Voris	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/1975	N	Minnesota Vikings	20-15	W	Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	51323
Sat	8/16/1975	A	St. Louis Cardinals	14-13	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	41265
Sun	8/24/1975	N	New York Giants	20-21	L	New Haven, CT	Yale Bowl	33779
Sat	8/30/1975	A	Atlanta Falcons	16-13	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	34387
Sun	9/7/1975	A	Washington Redskins	35-31	W	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	37015
Sun	9/14/1975	H	New England Patriots		-	New Haven, CT	Yale Bowl
Sun	9/21/1975	A	Buffalo Bills	14-42	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77837
Sun	9/28/1975	A	Kansas City Chiefs	30-24	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	73939
Sun	10/5/1975	H	New England Patriots	36-7	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	57365
Sun	10/12/1975	A	Minnesota Vikings	21-29	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47739
Sun	10/19/1975	H	Miami Dolphins	0-43	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	47191
Sun	10/26/1975	H	Baltimore Colts	28-45	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	55137
Sun	11/2/1975	H	Buffalo Bills	23-24	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	58343
Sun	11/9/1975	A	Miami Dolphins	7-27	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	72896
Sun	11/16/1975	A	Baltimore Colts	19-52	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	52097
Sun	11/23/1975	H	St. Louis Cardinals	6-37	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	53169
Sun	11/30/1975	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-20	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	52618
Sun	12/7/1975	A	New England Patriots	30-28	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	53989
Mon	12/15/1975	A	San Diego Chargers	16-24	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	49706
Sun	12/21/1975	H	Dallas Cowboys	21-31	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	37279

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

Game Score Notes
9/14/1975	New England Patriots	Canceled

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
67	Darrell Austin	OL	6-4	255	24	South Carolina	12	0
76	Jim Bailey	RDE-RDT	6-4	253	27	Kansas	14	8
83	Jerome Barkum	WR	6-3	218	25	Jackson State	13	13
77	Carl Barzilauskas	LDT	6-6	265	24	Indiana	14	14
7	Eddie Bell	WR	5-10	160	28	Compton JC; Idaho State	14	13
53	Ken Bernich	OG	6-2	250	24	Auburn	5	0
32	Emerson Boozer	RB	5-11	209	32	Maryland-Eastern Shore	9	4
86	Willie Brister	TE	6-4	236	23	Southern University	12	1
79	Gordie Browne	OT	6-5	265	24	Boston College	13	0
29	Carl Capria	S	6-3	185	23	Purdue	1	0
88	Rich Caster	TE	6-5	228	27	Jackson State	14	14
23	Jerry Davis	CB	5-11	182	24	Morris Brown	6	0
35	Steve Davis	RB	6-1	216	27	Delaware State	14	1
55	John Ebersole	MLB	6-3	235	27	Penn State	13	6
65	Joe Fields	C	6-2	253	22	Rutgers-Camden; Widener	14	0
85	Ed Galigher	RDT	6-5	247	25	Chabot JC; UCLA	13	11
8	Greg Gantt	P	5-11	188	24	Alabama	14	0
26	Carl Garrett	RB	5-11	210	28	New Mexico Highlands	13	8
36	Bob Gresham	RB	5-11	195	27	West Virginia	10	1
75	Winston Hill	ROT	6-4	278	34	Texas Southern	14	14
49	George Hoey	CB	5-10	174	29	Michigan	5	3
20	Delles Howell	RS	6-4	197	27	Grambling State	10	5
43	Jazz Jackson	RB	5-8	169	23	Western Kentucky	13	0
11	J.J. Jones	QB	6-1	180	23	Fisk	7	1
82	David Knight	WR	6-1	177	24	William & Mary	6	0
5	Pat Leahy	K	6-0	196	24	St. Louis	14	0
57	Rich Lewis	RLB	6-2	223	25	Portland State	11	8
50	Wayne Mulligan	C	6-2	246	28	Clemson	14	14
12	Joe Namath	QB	6-2	198	32	Alabama	14	13
81	Richard Neal	RDE	6-3	254	28	Southern University	9	9
87	Billy Newsome	LDE	6-4	250	27	Grambling State	14	14
22	Burgess Owens	LS-LCB	6-2	199	24	Miami (Florida)	11	11
89	Lou Piccone	WR	5-8	184	26	West Liberty	13	1
25	Bob Prout	RS	6-1	190	24	Knox	7	1
78	Garry Puetz	ROG	6-4	265	23	Valparaiso	14	14
66	Randy Rasmussen	LOG	6-2	255	30	Nebraska-Kearney	14	14
52	Steve Reese	MLB	6-2	229	23	Louisville	12	5
44	John Riggins	RB	6-2	230	26	Kansas	14	14
54	Jamie Rivers	MLB	6-2	238	30	Bowling Green State	6	2
46	Rich Sowells	LCB-RCB	6-0	179	27	Alcorn State	14	13
38	Ed Taylor	LS-RS-RCB	6-0	175	20	Memphis	14	9
56	Godwin Turk	LLB	6-3	230	25	California; Southern University	14	14
29	Donnie Walker	RS	6-2	195	25	Central State (Ohio)	2	1
27	Phil Wise	RS	6-0	193	26	South Dakota; Nebraska-Omaha	5	4
58	Richard Wood	RLB	6-2	230	22	Southern California	14	5
70	Larry Woods	DT	6-6	260	27	Tennessee State	12	0
72	Robert Woods	LOT	6-3	253	25	Tennessee State	14	14
47	Roscoe Word	RCB	5-11	170	23	Jackson State	14	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	37	Anthony Davis	RB	Southern California
3	68	Richard Wood	LB	Southern California
5	118	Joe Wysock	G	Miami (Florida)
6	153	Tom Alward	OG	Nebraska
8	193	James Scott	WR	Trinity Valley CC
9	224	Ed Taylor	DB	Memphis
10	249	Charles James	DB	Jackson State
11	274	Jon Bradford	RB	Central State (Ohio)
12	299	Bert Cooper	LB	Florida State
13	324	Dan Spivey	DT	Georgia
14	349	Joe Fields	C	Widener
15	380	Brison Manor	DT	Arkansas
16	405	Greg Wells	G	Albany State
17	430	Mike Bartoszek	TE	Ohio State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	64	72	58	64
Opponents Totals	92	119	120	102

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	38:34	266	126	111	29	80/194 41.2%	2/3 66.7%	99	799
Opponents Totals	21:26	308	155	133	20	92/178 51.7%	2/3 66.7%	93	800

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Pat Leahy	0	27	30	90.0	13	21	61.9	0	66
John Riggins	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Carl Garrett	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Jerome Barkum	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Eddie Bell	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Rich Caster	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Emerson Boozer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Willie Brister	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Davis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Gresham	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	32	27	32	84.4	13	21	61.9	0	258
Opponents Totals	57	53	57	93.0	12	16	75.0	1	433

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Pat Leahy	13	21	61.9	0/0	3/3	3/5	7/12	0/1
Team Totals	13	21	61.9	0/0	3/3	3/5	7/12	0/1
Opponents Totals	12	16	75.0	2/2	2/2	5/6	3/6	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Riggins	238	1005	4.2	42	8
Carl Garrett	122	566	4.6	40	5
Steve Davis	70	290	4.1	24	1
Bob Gresham	25	98	3.9	16	1
J.J. Jones	9	59	6.6	19	0
Emerson Boozer	20	51	2.6	8	0
Jazz Jackson	6	11	1.8	7	0
Joe Namath	10	6	0.6	6	0
Jerome Barkum	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Team Totals	501	2079	4.1	42	15
Opponents Totals	574	2737	4.8	52t	25

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Namath	326	157	48.2	141	2286	7.0	14.6	91	15	4.6	28	8.6	27	253	2033	51.0
J.J. Jones	57	16	28.1	36	181	3.2	11.3	20	1	1.8	5	8.8	7	64	117	9.6
Greg Gantt	1	1	100.0	0	1	1.0	1.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	79.2
Team Totals	384	174	45.3	177	2468	6.4	14.2	91	16	4.2	33	8.6	34	317	2151	44.7
Opponents Totals	316	180	57.0	121	2860	9.1	15.9	90t	26	8.2	15	4.7	19	141	2719	94.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rich Caster	47	820	17.4	91	4
Jerome Barkum	36	549	15.3	56	5
John Riggins	30	363	12.1	34	1
Eddie Bell	20	344	17.2	38	4
Carl Garrett	19	180	9.5	20	1
Lou Piccone	7	79	11.3	21	0
Steve Davis	6	56	9.3	18	0
Jazz Jackson	5	54	10.8	14	0
Bob Gresham	2	4	2.0	6	0
Emerson Boozer	1	16	16.0	16t	1
Willie Brister	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	174	2468	14.2	91	16
Opponents Totals	180	2860	15.9	90t	26

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Burgess Owens	3	3	1.0	3	0
John Ebersole	2	21	10.5	18	0
Godwin Turk	2	20	10.0	12	0
Delles Howell	2	19	9.5	10	0
Phil Wise	2	17	8.5	14	0
Bob Prout	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jim Bailey	1	8	8.0	8	0
Rich Sowells	1	0	0.0	0	0
Roscoe Word	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	15	98	6.5	18	0
Opponents Totals	33	538	16.3	61t	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Greg Gantt	59	2156	36.5	71	3	7	208	1808	30.6
Team Totals	59	2156	36.5	71	3	7	208	1808	30.6
Opponents Totals	56	1889	33.7	74	2	6	116	1653	30.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lou Piccone	18	7	74	4.1	9	0
Eddie Bell	2	0	42	21.0	34	0
Jazz Jackson	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Rich Sowells	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	7	116	5.3	34	0
Opponents Totals	22	12	208	9.5	50t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lou Piccone	26	637	24.5	53
Steve Davis	20	483	24.2	46
Carl Garrett	7	159	22.7	33
Bob Gresham	7	153	21.9	34
Ed Taylor	7	151	21.6	36
Richard Wood	3	27	9.0	14
Jazz Jackson	2	52	26.0	28
Roscoe Word	1	22	22.0	22
Phil Wise	1	20	20.0	20
Team Totals	74	1704	23.0	53
Opponents Totals	52	1205	23.2	65

SACKS	NO	YDS
Billy Newsome	8.0
Ed Galigher	4.0
Jim Bailey	2.5
Richard Neal	2.5
Carl Barzilauskas	2.0
Team Totals	19.0	141.0
Opponents Totals	34.0	317.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Carl Barzilauskas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eddie Bell	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ken Bernich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Brister	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Steve Davis	1		0	1	1	0	0
John Ebersole	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Fields	1		0	1	1	-17	0
Ed Galigher	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Greg Gantt	1		0	0	0	0	0
Carl Garrett	4		1	0	1	0	0
Bob Gresham	2		1	0	1	0	0
Winston Hill	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
J.J. Jones	2		0	0	0	0	0
Pat Leahy	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Namath	4		2	0	2	-1	0
Richard Neal	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Piccone	3		2	0	2	0	0
Bob Prout	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Garry Puetz	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Randy Rasmussen	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Riggins	5		1	0	1	0	0
Rich Sowells	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ed Taylor	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Godwin Turk	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	24	10	14	13	27	-18	1
Opponents Totals	25	13	11	8	19		1