1976 New York Jets (NFL) |
| 4th place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 3-11-0 .214 |
| Head Coach: Lou Holtz (3-10-0); Mike Holovak (0-1-0) |
| Jim Champion | Defensive Line |
| Burley Crowe | Defensive Secondary |
| Bob Fry | Offensive Line |
| Joe Gardi | Special Teams |
| Dan Henning | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
| Jerry Kirk | Offensive Backs |
| Walt Michaels | Defensive Coordinator |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/31/1976 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 12-13 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 16168 | |
| Wed | 8/11/1976 | H | New York Giants | 14-16 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 35000 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1976 | H | Oakland Raiders | 17-41 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 10726 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1976 | A | Houston Oilers | 27-24 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 41929 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1976 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-38 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 13132 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1976 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-41 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 50246 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1976 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-38 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 67496 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1976 | A | Denver Broncos | 3-46 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 62519 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1976 | A | Miami Dolphins | 0-16 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 49754 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1976 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 6-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 42961 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1976 | H | Buffalo Bills | 17-14 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 52416 | |
| Mon | 10/18/1976 | A | New England Patriots | 7-41 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 50883 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1976 | H | Baltimore Colts | 0-20 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 49768 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1976 | A | Buffalo Bills | 19-14 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 41285 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1976 | H | Miami Dolphins | 7-27 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 53344 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1976 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 34-0 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 46427 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1976 | H | New England Patriots | 24-38 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 49983 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1976 | A | Baltimore Colts | 16-33 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 43823 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1976 | H | Washington Redskins | 16-37 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 46638 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1976 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-42 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 31067 | |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/11/1976 | New York Giants | Postponed from 8/9 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Darrell Austin | 67 | C-ROG | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | South Carolina | 11 | 11 |
| Jerome Barkum | 83 | WR | 6-3 | 218 | 26 | Jackson State | 4 | 3 |
| Carl Barzilauskas | 77 | LDT-LDE | 6-6 | 265 | 25 | Indiana | 12 | 11 |
| Cliff Brooks | 48 | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Tennessee State | 1 | 1 |
| Don Buckey | 84 | WR | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | North Carolina State | 4 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Duane Carrell | 3 | P | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Florida State | 14 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 88 | TE | 6-5 | 228 | 28 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Davis | 25 | RB | 6-1 | 216 | 28 | Delaware State | 12 | 8 |
| Keith Denson | 84 | WR | 5-8 | 185 | 24 | Santa Ana JC; San Diego State | 2 | 0 |
| John Ebersole | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Penn State | 13 | 10 |
| Joe Fields | 65 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 23 | Rutgers-Camden; Widener | 14 | 10 |
| Clark Gaines | 21 | FB | 6-1 | 213 | 22 | Lees-McRae JC; Wake Forest | 14 | 8 |
| Ed Galigher | 85 | RDT | 6-5 | 247 | 26 | Chabot JC; UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Louie Giammona | 45 | RB | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Utah State | 14 | 3 |
| Bob Gresham | 36 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | West Virginia | 11 | 4 |
| Clint Haslerig | 84 | WR | 6-0 | 191 | 24 | Michigan | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Hennigan | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Tennessee Tech | 12 | 0 |
| Winston Hill | 75 | ROT-LOT | 6-4 | 278 | 35 | Texas Southern | 14 | 10 |
| Harry Howard | 39 | S | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 43 | RB | 5-8 | 169 | 24 | Western Kentucky | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Joachim | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | Penn State; Temple | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Keller | 56 | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Houston | 14 | 2 |
| David Knight | 82 | WR | 6-1 | 177 | 25 | William & Mary | 14 | 13 |
| Al Krevis | 71 | OT | 6-5 | 263 | 24 | Boston College | 10 | 0 |
| Pat Leahy | 5 | K | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | St. Louis | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 49 | RB | 6-2 | 212 | 26 | Cornell | 6 | 5 |
| Bob Martin | 59 | RLB | 6-1 | 214 | 23 | Nebraska | 13 | 13 |
| Tommy Marvaso | 47 | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Cincinnati | 12 | 2 |
| Joe Namath | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 33 | Alabama | 11 | 8 |
| Richard Neal | 81 | RDE | 6-3 | 254 | 29 | Southern University | 13 | 13 |
| Billy Newsome | 87 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | Grambling State | 2 | 1 |
| Richard Osborne | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Texas A&M | 9 | 1 |
| Burgess Owens | 22 | RS-LCB | 6-2 | 199 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Lou Piccone | 89 | WR | 5-8 | 184 | 27 | West Liberty | 14 | 8 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 76 | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Alcorn State | 14 | 13 |
| Steve Poole | 54 | MLB | 6-1 | 232 | 24 | Tennessee | 9 | 1 |
| Garry Puetz | 78 | ROT | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Valparaiso | 14 | 14 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 31 | Nebraska-Kearney | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Rogers | 32 | RB | 6-2 | 203 | 23 | Louisiana State | 1 | 0 |
| John Roman | 61 | LOT | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Idaho State | 11 | 2 |
| Jim Rosecrans | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Penn State | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Russ | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 227 | 23 | Michigan | 3 | 2 |
| Abdul Salaam | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 23 | Kent State | 14 | 4 |
| Howard Satterwhite | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 3 |
| Rich Sowells | 46 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 179 | 28 | Alcorn State | 10 | 5 |
| Shafer Suggs | 23 | LCB-LS | 6-1 | 204 | 23 | Ball State | 11 | 10 |
| Ed Taylor | 38 | RCB | 6-0 | 175 | 21 | Memphis | 11 | 11 |
| Richard Todd | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Alabama | 13 | 6 |
| Phil Wise | 27 | LS-RS | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | South Dakota; Nebraska-Omaha | 12 | 12 |
| Robert Woods | 72 | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | Tennessee State | 10 | 10 |
| Roscoe Word | 47 | RCB | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | Jackson State | 2 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Richard Todd | QB | Alabama |
| 2 | 33 | Shafer Suggs | DB | Ball State |
| 3 | 67 | Greg Buttle | LB | Penn State |
| 5 | 129 | Steve King | T | Michigan |
| 6 | 163 | Bob Martin | LB | Nebraska |
| 7 | 188 | Abdul Salaam | DE | Kent State |
| 7 | 199 | James Richards | RB | Florida |
| 8 | 211 | Joe Davis | G | Southern California |
| 8 | 214 | Louie Giammona | RB | Utah State |
| 9 | 244 | Ronnie Moore | WR | Virginia Military Institute |
| 11 | 296 | Lawrence Pillers | LB | Alcorn State |
| 12 | 326 | Don Buckey | WR | North Carolina State |
| 12 | 327 | Dave Buckey | QB | North Carolina State |
| 14 | 380 | Al Gluchoski | C | West Virginia |
| 15 | 410 | Rick Faulk | P | San Francisco State |
| 16 | 437 | James Godwin | RB | Fayetteville State |
| 17 | 466 | Darwin Willie | TE | Tulane |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 46 | 53 | 20 | 50 | 169 |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 135 | 108 | 73 | 383 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 220 | 104 | 93 | 23 | 70/189 37.0% | / % | 71 | 627 | |
| Opponents Totals | 277 | 135 | 127 | 15 | 101/213 47.4% | / % | 87 | 796 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 0 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 0 | 49 |
| Clark Gaines | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Steve Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| David Knight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Marinaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rich Caster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Louie Giammona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Richard Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Richard Todd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 20 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 0 | 169 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 42 | 45 | 93.3 | 23 | 29 | 79.3 | 1 | 383 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 0 | 47 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 0 | 47 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 29 | 79.3 | 1/1 | 8/8 | 10/13 | 4/7 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Gaines | 157 | 724 | 4.6 | 33 | 3 |
| Steve Davis | 94 | 418 | 4.4 | 26 | 3 |
| Ed Marinaro | 77 | 312 | 4.1 | 17 | 2 |
| Louie Giammona | 39 | 150 | 3.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Richard Todd | 28 | 107 | 3.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Bob Gresham | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 60 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Duane Carrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 438 | 1924 | 4.4 | 60 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 582 | 2592 | 4.5 | 60 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Namath | 230 | 114 | 49.6 | 100 | 1090 | 4.7 | 9.6 | 35 | 4 | 1.7 | 16 | 7.0 | 16 | 150 | 940 | 39.9 |
| Richard Todd | 162 | 65 | 40.1 | 85 | 870 | 5.4 | 13.4 | 44t | 3 | 1.9 | 12 | 7.4 | 29 | 233 | 637 | 33.2 |
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 393 | 180 | 45.8 | 185 | 1989 | 5.1 | 11.1 | 44t | 7 | 1.8 | 28 | 7.1 | 45 | 383 | 1606 | 37.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 374 | 204 | 54.5 | 159 | 2468 | 6.6 | 12.1 | 85t | 25 | 6.7 | 11 | 2.9 | 16 | 144 | 2324 | 85.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Gaines | 41 | 400 | 9.8 | 27 | 2 |
| Rich Caster | 31 | 391 | 12.6 | 41 | 1 |
| Ed Marinaro | 21 | 168 | 8.0 | 35 | 0 |
| David Knight | 20 | 403 | 20.2 | 44t | 2 |
| Louie Giammona | 15 | 145 | 9.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 12 | 147 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Davis | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Howard Satterwhite | 7 | 110 | 15.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Don Buckey | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Richard Osborne | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Jazz Jackson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 180 | 1989 | 11.1 | 44t | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 2468 | 12.1 | 85t | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Sowells | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ed Taylor | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Martin | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Keller | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Shafer Suggs | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Ebersole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 430 | 15.4 | 63t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Carrell | 81 | 3218 | 39.7 | 72 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 458 | 2640 | 32.6 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 3218 | 39.7 | 72 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 458 | 2640 | 32.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2671 | 40.5 | 59 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 289 | 2142 | 32.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Piccone | 21 | 0 | 173 | 8.2 | 60t | 1 |
| Louie Giammona | 12 | 1 | 117 | 9.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 6 | 1 | -1 | -0.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Marvaso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 2 | 289 | 7.2 | 60t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 5 | 458 | 8.3 | 67t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louie Giammona | 23 | 527 | 22.9 | 34 | 0 | |
| Lou Piccone | 31 | 699 | 22.5 | 58 | 0 | |
| Jazz Jackson | 10 | 207 | 20.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Keith Denson | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Mike Hennigan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Richard Osborne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 73 | 1597 | 21.9 | 58 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 899 | 23.1 | 69 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Neal | 4.0 | |
| Greg Buttle | 2.5 | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 2.0 | |
| Abdul Salaam | 2.0 | |
| Phil Wise | 2.0 | |
| Carl Barzilauskas | 1.0 | |
| John Ebersole | 1.0 | |
| Ed Galigher | 1.0 | |
| Larry Keller | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 16.0 | 144.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 45.0 | 383.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Barzilauskas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | |
| Duane Carrell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -19 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Davis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Denson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ebersole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 |
| Joe Fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -14 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louie Giammona | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Haslerig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Keller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| David Knight | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Marvaso | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Joe Namath | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 | |
| Richard Osborne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burgess Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Poole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Russ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Satterwhite | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Sowells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -10 | 0 | |
| Phil Wise | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 28 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 17 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 2 |
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