1979 New York Jets (NFL) |
3rd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 8-8-0 .500 |
Head Coach: Walt Michaels |
Bob Fry | Offensive Line |
Joe Gardi | Linebackers/Special Teams |
Joe Haering | Special Teams |
John Idzik | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
Bob Ledbetter | Running Backs |
Johnny Mazur | Defensive Coordinator/Secondary |
Pete McCulley | Receivers |
Dan Sekanovich | Defensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/4/1979 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51716 | |
Sun | 8/12/1979 | A | Houston Oilers | 26-14 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 43350 | |
Fri | 8/17/1979 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-27 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 46159 | |
Sat | 8/25/1979 | A | New York Giants | 14-6 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 70243 | |
Sun | 9/2/1979 | H | Cleveland Browns | 22-25 | L | OT | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 48472 |
Sun | 9/9/1979 | A | New England Patriots | 3-56 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 53113 | |
Sun | 9/16/1979 | H | Detroit Lions | 31-10 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 49612 | |
Sun | 9/23/1979 | A | Buffalo Bills | 31-46 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 68731 | |
Sun | 9/30/1979 | H | Miami Dolphins | 33-27 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 51496 | |
Sun | 10/7/1979 | A | Baltimore Colts | 8-10 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 32142 | |
Mon | 10/15/1979 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 14-7 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 54479 | |
Sun | 10/21/1979 | H | Oakland Raiders | 28-19 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 55802 | |
Sun | 10/28/1979 | A | Houston Oilers | 24-27 | L | OT | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45825 |
Sun | 11/4/1979 | A | Green Bay Packers | 27-22 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 54201 | |
Sun | 11/11/1979 | H | Buffalo Bills | 12-14 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 50647 | |
Sun | 11/18/1979 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-23 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 53635 | |
Mon | 11/26/1979 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 7-30 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 59977 | |
Sun | 12/2/1979 | H | Baltimore Colts | 30-17 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 47744 | |
Sun | 12/9/1979 | H | New England Patriots | 27-26 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 45131 | |
Sat | 12/15/1979 | A | Miami Dolphins | 27-24 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 49915 |
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 | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Dan Alexander | 60 | ROG | 6-4 | 271 | 24 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
Jerome Barkum | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 218 | 29 | Jackson State | 13 | 13 |
Woody Bennett | 46 | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 15 | 0 |
Stan Blinka | 54 | MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Sam Houston State | 16 | 16 |
Greg Buttle | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 232 | 25 | Penn State | 16 | 16 |
Ron Crosby | 55 | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Penn State | 12 | 0 |
Eric Cunningham | 68 | ROG | 6-3 | 257 | 22 | Penn State | 11 | 0 |
Paul Darby | 84 | WR | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | Texas State | 15 | 0 |
Scott Dierking | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 225 | 24 | Purdue | 16 | 14 |
Donald Dykes | 26 | RCB | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Southeastern Louisiana | 16 | 2 |
Roger Farmer | 80 | WR | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Eastern Arizona JC; Baker | 4 | 0 |
Joe Fields | 65 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 26 | Rutgers-Camden; Widener | 15 | 15 |
Derrick Gaffney | 81 | WR | 6-1 | 179 | 24 | Florida | 16 | 16 |
Clark Gaines | 21 | FB | 6-1 | 213 | 25 | Lees-McRae JC; Wake Forest | 16 | 9 |
Mark Gastineau | 99 | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona State; East Central | 16 | 1 |
Bruce Harper | 42 | RB | 5-8 | 179 | 24 | Kutztown | 16 | 0 |
John Hennessy | 63 | LB | 6-3 | 236 | 24 | Michigan | 16 | 0 |
Bobby Jackson | 40 | LCB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Florida State | 16 | 16 |
Dave Jacobs | 1 | K | 5-7 | 153 | 22 | Syracuse | 4 | 0 |
Bobby Jones | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Youngstown State | 10 | 7 |
Joe Klecko | 73 | RDT | 6-3 | 263 | 26 | Temple | 16 | 16 |
Pat Leahy | 5 | K | 6-0 | 196 | 28 | St. Louis | 6 | 0 |
Toni Linhart | 2 | K | 5-11 | 183 | 37 | Austria Technical | 5 | 0 |
Kevin Long | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | South Carolina | 12 | 6 |
Johnny Lynn | 29 | RCB | 6-0 | 196 | 23 | UCLA | 16 | 14 |
Marty Lyons | 93 | RDE | 6-5 | 269 | 22 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
Bob Martin | 59 | RLB | 6-1 | 214 | 26 | Nebraska | 2 | 2 |
Ed McGlasson | 67 | C | 6-4 | 254 | 23 | Youngstown State | 7 | 0 |
Mike McKibben | 53 | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Kent State | 16 | 10 |
Mark Merrill | 58 | RLB | 6-4 | 238 | 24 | Minnesota | 6 | 4 |
Tim Moresco | 37 | S | 5-10 | 176 | 25 | Syracuse | 16 | 0 |
Tom Newton | 44 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | San Jose CC; California | 16 | 0 |
Burgess Owens | 22 | FS | 6-2 | 199 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
Joe Pellegrini | 77 | LDT | 6-2 | 268 | 23 | Idaho | 4 | 4 |
Lawrence Pillers | 76 | LDE | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Alcorn State | 16 | 15 |
Marvin Powell | 79 | ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
Bob Raba | 86 | TE | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Maryland | 8 | 0 |
Chuck Ramsey | 15 | P | 6-2 | 194 | 27 | Wake Forest | 16 | 0 |
Randy Rasmussen | 66 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 34 | Nebraska-Kearney | 16 | 16 |
Matt Robinson | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Georgia | 15 | 1 |
John Roman | 61 | OT | 6-4 | 265 | 27 | Idaho State | 16 | 0 |
Pat Ryan | 4 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
Abdul Salaam | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 26 | Kent State | 12 | 12 |
Ken Schroy | 48 | SS | 6-2 | 196 | 27 | Maryland | 16 | 1 |
Mickey Shuler | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 23 | Penn State | 16 | 6 |
Shafer Suggs | 23 | SS | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Ball State | 16 | 15 |
John Sullivan | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 23 | Illinois | 12 | 0 |
Rich Szaro | 10 | K | 5-11 | 204 | 31 | Harvard | 1 | 0 |
Ed Taylor | 38 | CB | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | Memphis | 4 | 0 |
Richard Todd | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Alabama | 15 | 15 |
Stan Waldemore | 70 | C | 6-3 | 268 | 24 | Nebraska | 16 | 1 |
Wesley Walker | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 24 | California | 9 | 9 |
Chris Ward | 72 | LOT | 6-3 | 269 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | 16 |
Bob Winkel | 71 | DT-DE | 6-4 | 253 | 24 | Kentucky | 15 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 14 | Marty Lyons | DE | Alabama |
2 | 41 | Mark Gastineau | DE | East Central |
3 | 68 | Donald Dykes | DB | Southeastern Louisiana |
4 | 96 | Eric Cunningham | G | Penn State |
4 | 98 | Johnny Lynn | DB | UCLA |
5 | 123 | Kelly Kirchbaum | LB | Kentucky |
5 | 125 | Stan Blinka | LB | Sam Houston State |
6 | 149 | Bill Dufek | G | Michigan |
7 | 179 | Emmett King | RB | Houston |
7 | 187 | Keith Brown | DB | Minnesota |
8 | 198 | Marshall Harris | DT | Texas Christian |
8 | 205 | Willie Beamon | LB | Boise State |
9 | 232 | Gordy Sprattler | RB | North Dakota State |
10 | 262 | Steve Sybeldon | T | North Dakota |
10 | 263 | Ed McGlasson | C | Youngstown State |
11 | 288 | Danny Sanders | QB | Carson-Newman |
12 | 314 | Paul Darby | WR | Texas State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 53 | 121 | 67 | 96 | 0 | 337 |
Opponents Totals | 73 | 126 | 98 | 80 | 6 | 383 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 28:55 | 299 | 153 | 126 | 20 | 99/221 44.8% | / % | 109 | 876 |
Opponents Totals | 31:05 | 331 | 107 | 198 | 26 | 115/237 48.5% | / % | 98 | 888 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Long | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Pat Leahy | 0 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 36 |
Tom Newton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Richard Todd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Wesley Walker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Dave Jacobs | 0 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 0 | 25 |
Jerome Barkum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Toni Linhart | 0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 20 |
Scott Dierking | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Mickey Shuler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Bruce Harper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Woody Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bobby Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bobby Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Johnny Lynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Matt Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Shafer Suggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Tim Moresco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Rich Szaro | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
Team Totals | 42 | 35 | 42 | 83.3 | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 1 | 337 |
Opponents Totals | 46 | 39 | 46 | 84.8 | 22 | 29 | 75.9 | 1 | 383 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Leahy | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 1 | 34 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 5/8 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
Dave Jacobs | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 0 | 42 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
Toni Linhart | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 39 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Rich Szaro | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
Team Totals | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 2 | 42 | 1/2 | 6/7 | 8/14 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 22 | 29 | 75.9 | 0/0 | 8/8 | 6/11 | 6/8 | 0/1 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clark Gaines | 186 | 905 | 4.9 | 52 | 0 |
Scott Dierking | 186 | 767 | 4.1 | 40 | 3 |
Kevin Long | 116 | 442 | 3.8 | 25 | 7 |
Bruce Harper | 65 | 282 | 4.3 | 31 | 0 |
Tom Newton | 37 | 145 | 3.9 | 51t | 6 |
Richard Todd | 36 | 93 | 2.6 | 21 | 5 |
Bobby Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Woody Bennett | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
Matt Robinson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 10 | 1 |
Chuck Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 634 | 2646 | 4.2 | 52 | 23 |
Opponents Totals | 502 | 1706 | 3.4 | 33 | 13 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Todd | 334 | 171 | 51.2 | 141 | 2660 | 8.0 | 15.6 | 72t | 16 | 4.8 | 22 | 6.6 | 25 | 222 | 2438 | 66.5 |
Matt Robinson | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 12 | 191 | 6.2 | 11.2 | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.5 | 5 | 30 | 161 | 46.6 |
Pat Ryan | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 13 | 3.3 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 14 | -1 | 17.7 |
Team Totals | 369 | 190 | 51.5 | 154 | 2864 | 7.8 | 15.1 | 72t | 16 | 4.3 | 25 | 6.8 | 32 | 266 | 2598 | 63.6 |
Opponents Totals | 570 | 339 | 59.5 | 210 | 4288 | 7.5 | 12.6 | 75t | 31 | 5.4 | 21 | 3.7 | 22 | 173 | 4115 | 85.8 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Derrick Gaffney | 32 | 534 | 16.7 | 43 | 1 |
Clark Gaines | 29 | 219 | 7.6 | 15 | 0 |
Jerome Barkum | 27 | 401 | 14.9 | 40 | 4 |
Wesley Walker | 23 | 569 | 24.7 | 71t | 5 |
Bobby Jones | 19 | 379 | 19.9 | 51 | 1 |
Bruce Harper | 17 | 250 | 14.7 | 72t | 2 |
Mickey Shuler | 16 | 225 | 14.1 | 46 | 3 |
Scott Dierking | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 27 | 0 |
Kevin Long | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 27 | 0 |
Tom Newton | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
Bob Raba | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
Woody Bennett | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 190 | 2864 | 15.1 | 72t | 16 |
Opponents Totals | 339 | 4288 | 12.6 | 75t | 31 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burgess Owens | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
Bobby Jackson | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 58t | 1 |
Shafer Suggs | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 32t | 1 |
Johnny Lynn | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 32 | 0 |
Greg Buttle | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
Stan Blinka | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
Mike McKibben | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Ken Schroy | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 21 | 239 | 11.4 | 58t | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 414 | 16.6 | 66 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Ramsey | 73 | 2979 | 40.8 | 64 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 260 | 2519 | 34.5 |
Team Totals | 73 | 2979 | 40.8 | 64 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 260 | 2519 | 34.5 |
Opponents Totals | 69 | 2523 | 36.6 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 314 | 2149 | 31.1 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Harper | 33 | 9 | 290 | 8.8 | 51 | 0 |
Ken Schroy | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
Paul Darby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 36 | 10 | 314 | 8.7 | 51 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 8 | 260 | 7.9 | 36 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Harper | 55 | 1158 | 21.1 | 52 | 0 | |
Bobby Jones | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 36 | 0 | |
Ken Schroy | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 51 | 0 | |
Clark Gaines | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 | |
John Hennessy | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 | |
Bob Raba | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
Mickey Shuler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Woody Bennett | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
Tom Newton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 76 | 1561 | 20.5 | 52 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 70 | 1529 | 21.8 | 100t | 1 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Joe Klecko | 7.5 | |
Lawrence Pillers | 6.5 | |
Mark Gastineau | 2.0 | |
Abdul Salaam | 2.0 | |
Greg Buttle | 1.0 | |
Mark Merrill | 1.0 | |
Marty Lyons | 1.0 | |
(Team) | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 22.0 | 173.0 |
Opponents Totals | 32.0 | 266.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerome Barkum | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Woody Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Stan Blinka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Crosby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Darby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Dierking | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Clark Gaines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Harper | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Long | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnny Lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Marty Lyons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Merrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Moresco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Newton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Burgess Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
Lawrence Pillers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Ramsey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -34 | 0 | |
Pat Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mickey Shuler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shafer Suggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Richard Todd | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -10 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 26 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 1 |
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