1977 New York Jets (NFL) |
| 4th place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 3-11-0 .214 |
| Head Coach: Walt Michaels |
| Bob Fry | Offensive Line |
| Joe Gardi | Special Teams |
| Dan Henning | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
| John Idzik | Offensive Coordinator |
| Bob Ledbetter | Running Backs |
| Johnny Mazur | Defensive Backs |
| Dan Sekanovich | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/30/1977 | N | Chicago Bears | 6-20 | L | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 19057 | |
| Fri | 8/5/1977 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-21 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 20651 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1977 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 17-2 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 28954 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1977 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-26 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 33408 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1977 | A | New Orleans Saints | 20-14 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 49455 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1977 | A | New York Giants | 10-0 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 50482 | |
| Fri | 9/9/1977 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-14 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 33529 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1977 | A | Houston Oilers | 0-20 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 39488 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1977 | H | Baltimore Colts | 12-20 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 43439 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1977 | H | New England Patriots | 30-27 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 38277 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1977 | A | Buffalo Bills | 24-19 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 32046 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1977 | A | Miami Dolphins | 17-21 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 43446 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1977 | H | Oakland Raiders | 27-28 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 56734 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1977 | A | New England Patriots | 13-24 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 61042 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1977 | H | Miami Dolphins | 10-14 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 51582 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1977 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 0-17 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 42923 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1977 | A | Baltimore Colts | 12-33 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 50957 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1977 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-23 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 47385 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1977 | A | New Orleans Saints | 16-13 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 40464 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1977 | H | Buffalo Bills | 10-14 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 31929 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1977 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-27 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 19241 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dan Alexander | 60 | ROG-LOG | 6-4 | 271 | 22 | Louisiana State | 14 | 8 |
| Darrell Austin | 67 | ROG-ROT | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | South Carolina | 9 | 7 |
| Jerome Barkum | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 218 | 27 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Barzilauskas | 77 | LDT | 6-6 | 265 | 26 | Indiana | 9 | 9 |
| Jeff Bleamer | 71 | ROT | 6-4 | 253 | 24 | Penn State | 8 | 1 |
| Greg Buttle | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 23 | Penn State | 13 | 13 |
| Duane Carrell | 3 | P | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Florida State | 2 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 88 | WR | 6-5 | 228 | 29 | Jackson State | 10 | 10 |
| Scott Dierking | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 225 | 22 | Purdue | 14 | 5 |
| Shelton Diggs | 80 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Southern California | 7 | 0 |
| Marty Domres | 10 | QB | 6-4 | 219 | 30 | Columbia | 12 | 2 |
| John Ebersole | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Penn State | 13 | 12 |
| Joe Fields | 65 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 24 | Rutgers-Camden; Widener | 14 | 14 |
| Clark Gaines | 21 | RB | 6-1 | 213 | 23 | Lees-McRae JC; Wake Forest | 14 | 13 |
| Billy Hardee | 37 | LCB | 6-1 | 184 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 9 |
| Bruce Harper | 42 | RB | 5-8 | 179 | 22 | Kutztown | 14 | 1 |
| John Hennessy | 63 | LDE-RDE-DT | 6-3 | 236 | 22 | Michigan | 14 | 2 |
| Mike Hennigan | 52 | MLB-RLB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Tennessee Tech | 14 | 2 |
| Larry Keller | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Houston | 14 | 9 |
| Joe Klecko | 73 | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 263 | 24 | Temple | 13 | 6 |
| David Knight | 82 | WR | 6-1 | 177 | 26 | William & Mary | 10 | 4 |
| Pat Leahy | 5 | K | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | St. Louis | 14 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | South Carolina | 14 | 4 |
| Ron Mabra | 27 | CB | 5-10 | 169 | 26 | Howard | 3 | 1 |
| Charles Marshall | 68 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Texas A&M | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Martin | 59 | RLB | 6-1 | 214 | 24 | Nebraska | 5 | 5 |
| Tommy Marvaso | 47 | SS-FS | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Neal | 81 | RDE | 6-3 | 254 | 30 | Southern University | 14 | 13 |
| Tom Newton | 44 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | San Jose CC; California | 14 | 1 |
| Burgess Owens | 22 | FS | 6-2 | 199 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Al Palewicz | 53 | RLB-LLB | 6-1 | 216 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 1 |
| Artimus Parker | 24 | SS | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Southern California | 11 | 4 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 76 | LDE | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Alcorn State | 13 | 13 |
| Marvin Powell | 79 | ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 22 | Southern California | 11 | 10 |
| Garry Puetz | 78 | LOT | 6-4 | 265 | 25 | Valparaiso | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Raba | 86 | TE | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Ramsey | 15 | P | 6-2 | 194 | 25 | Wake Forest | 12 | 0 |
| Randy Rasmussen | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 32 | Nebraska-Kearney | 14 | 14 |
| Matt Robinson | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Georgia | 4 | 1 |
| John Roman | 61 | LOT-LOG-ROG | 6-4 | 265 | 25 | Idaho State | 9 | 2 |
| Carl Russ | 57 | MLB | 6-2 | 227 | 24 | Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| Abdul Salaam | 74 | RDT | 6-3 | 256 | 24 | Kent State | 14 | 13 |
| Ken Schroy | 48 | SS-FS-CB | 6-2 | 196 | 25 | Maryland | 14 | 2 |
| Shafer Suggs | 23 | SS | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | Ball State | 9 | 8 |
| Ed Taylor | 38 | RCB | 6-0 | 175 | 22 | Memphis | 14 | 14 |
| Richard Todd | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Alabama | 12 | 11 |
| Maurice Tyler | 39 | LCB | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | Baltimore JC; Morgan State | 14 | 4 |
| Wesley Walker | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 22 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie White | 30 | RB | 6-0 | 222 | 24 | Iowa Central CC; Bethune-Cookman | 13 | 4 |
| Robert Woods | 73 | OT | 6-3 | 253 | 27 | Tennessee State | 2 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Marvin Powell | T | Southern California |
| 2 | 33 | Wesley Walker | WR | California |
| 3 | 72 | Charles Marshall | DE | Texas A&M |
| 4 | 90 | Scott Dierking | RB | Purdue |
| 5 | 116 | Perry Griggs | WR | Troy |
| 5 | 129 | Gary Gregory | T | Baylor |
| 6 | 144 | Joe Klecko | DT | Temple |
| 7 | 168 | Charlie White | RB | Bethune-Cookman |
| 7 | 171 | Bob Grupp | DB | Duke |
| 7 | 195 | Kevin Long | RB | South Carolina |
| 8 | 200 | Dan Alexander | DT | Louisiana State |
| 8 | 210 | Ed Thompson | LB | Ohio State |
| 9 | 227 | Matt Robinson | QB | Georgia |
| 10 | 256 | John Hennessy | DE | Michigan |
| 11 | 307 | Dave Butterfield | DB | Nebraska |
| 12 | 312 | Phil Gargis | RB-DB | Auburn |
| 12 | 313 | Dave Conrad | T | Maryland |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 47 | 20 | 75 | 191 |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 89 | 44 | 79 | 300 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 195 | 83 | 96 | 16 | 62/182 34.1% | / % | 62 | 508 | |
| Opponents Totals | 283 | 137 | 131 | 15 | 97/206 47.1% | / % | 89 | 788 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 0 | 18 | 21 | 85.7 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 0 | 63 |
| Jerome Barkum | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Wesley Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Richard Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charlie White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rich Caster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 21 | 18 | 21 | 85.7 | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 1 | 191 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 34 | 39 | 87.2 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 1 | 300 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Leahy | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 5 | 48 | 0/1 | 7/8 | 6/6 | 2/8 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 25 | 60.0 | 5 | 48 | 0/1 | 7/8 | 6/6 | 2/6 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 2/8 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Gaines | 158 | 595 | 3.8 | 19 | 3 |
| Scott Dierking | 79 | 315 | 4.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 44 | 198 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 56 | 170 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie White | 50 | 151 | 3.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Richard Todd | 24 | 46 | 1.9 | 13 | 2 |
| Matt Robinson | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Keller | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Marty Domres | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Shelton Diggs | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Duane Carrell | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 437 | 1618 | 3.7 | 27 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 575 | 2245 | 3.9 | 39 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Todd | 265 | 133 | 50.2 | 115 | 1863 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 87t | 11 | 4.2 | 17 | 6.4 | 24 | 203 | 1660 | 60.3 |
| Marty Domres | 40 | 17 | 42.5 | 22 | 113 | 2.8 | 6.6 | 18 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 4 | 24 | 89 | 47.9 |
| Matt Robinson | 54 | 20 | 37.0 | 26 | 310 | 5.7 | 15.5 | 58 | 2 | 3.7 | 8 | 14.8 | 7 | 57 | 253 | 29.6 |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 360 | 170 | 47.2 | 164 | 2286 | 6.4 | 13.4 | 87t | 14 | 3.9 | 26 | 7.2 | 35 | 284 | 2002 | 50.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 377 | 215 | 57.0 | 151 | 2587 | 6.9 | 12.0 | 53t | 23 | 6.1 | 11 | 2.9 | 26 | 184 | 2403 | 86.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Gaines | 55 | 469 | 8.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Wesley Walker | 35 | 740 | 21.1 | 87t | 3 |
| Jerome Barkum | 26 | 450 | 17.3 | 40t | 6 |
| Bruce Harper | 21 | 209 | 10.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Rich Caster | 10 | 205 | 20.5 | 58 | 1 |
| David Knight | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Charlie White | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 170 | 2286 | 13.4 | 87t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 215 | 2587 | 12.0 | 53t | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgess Owens | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Artimus Parker | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Larry Keller | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| John Ebersole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hardee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 153 | 13.9 | 45 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 420 | 16.2 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Ramsey | 62 | 2298 | 37.1 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 301 | 1837 | 29.6 |
| Duane Carrell | 14 | 557 | 39.8 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 390 | 27.9 |
| Team Totals | 76 | 2855 | 37.6 | 61 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 448 | 2227 | 29.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 2785 | 38.2 | 57 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 480 | 2105 | 28.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 34 | 5 | 425 | 12.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Ken Schroy | 3 | 0 | 38 | 12.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Hardee | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 5 | 480 | 12.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 3 | 448 | 9.7 | 71 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Harper | 42 | 1035 | 24.6 | 60 | 0 | |
| Billy Hardee | 7 | 148 | 21.1 | 36 | 0 | |
| Scott Dierking | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bob Raba | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Tommy Marvaso | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 1374 | 22.5 | 60 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 946 | 21.0 | 100t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Klecko | 8.0 | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 5.0 | |
| Abdul Salaam | 4.0 | |
| Carl Barzilauskas | 3.0 | |
| Richard Neal | 2.5 | |
| Greg Buttle | 1.0 | |
| John Hennessy | 1.0 | |
| Larry Keller | 1.0 | |
| John Ebersole | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 26.0 | 184.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35.0 | 284.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Barkum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Barzilauskas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Carrell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -17 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ebersole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Fields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hennessy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Keller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Neal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Newton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Palewicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Raba | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |
| Abdul Salaam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Schroy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Shafer Suggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Todd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wesley Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 1 |
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