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1966 New York Jets Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-6-2, 3rd in AFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Weeb Ewbank (6-6-2)

Points For: 322 (23.0/g) 5th of 9

Points Against: 312 (22.3/g) 6th of 9

Expected W-L: 7.3-6.7

SRS: .69 (6th of 9), SOS: -0.02

Offensive Coordinator: Clive Rush

Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Knox (Offensive Line) and Walt Michaels (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Shea Stadium

Minority Owner: Leon Hess

Majority Owner: Sonny Werblin

Head Coach/General Manager: Weeb Ewbank

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Peekskill Military Academy (Peekskill, New York)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	322	4906	899	5.5	38	9	254	251	514	3464	21	29	6.6	145	376	1442	15	3.8	81	64	652	28
Opp. Stats	312	4278	890	4.8	29	8	231	212	467	2754	19	21	5.5	131	388	1524	14	3.9	81	85	913	19
Lg Rank Offense	5	2			5	2	3		1	1	5	7	2		6	6	4	6
Lg Rank Defense	6	4			9	7	4		7	5	4	7	4		4	5	5	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
2	Fri	September 9		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Miami Dolphins	19	14	14	247	151	96	3	9	111	61	50	3
3	Sun	September 18		boxscore	W		2-0		Houston Oilers	52	13	23	466	340	126		16	207	136	71	5
4	Sun	September 25		boxscore	W		3-0	@	Denver Broncos	16	7	20	359	206	153	3	7	182	105	77	2
5	Sun	October 2		boxscore	T		3-0-1	@	Boston Patriots	24	24	20	367	338	29	4	13	224	138	86	1
6	Sat	October 8		boxscore	W		4-0-1		San Diego Chargers	17	16	12	248	129	119	3	23	445	350	95	1
7	Sun	October 16		boxscore	L		4-1-1	@	Houston Oilers	0	24	11	216	163	53	5	17	339	198	141	3
8	Sun	October 23		boxscore	L		4-2-1		Oakland Raiders	21	24	27	397	260	137	3	17	334	205	129	2
9	Sun	October 30		boxscore	L		4-3-1		Buffalo Bills	23	33	17	328	323	5	6	17	268	134	134	5
11	Sun	November 13		boxscore	L		4-4-1	@	Buffalo Bills	3	14	15	329	274	55	1	10	224	132	92
12	Sun	November 20		boxscore	W		5-4-1		Miami Dolphins	30	13	18	314	236	78		12	204	141	63	1
13	Sun	November 27		boxscore	L		5-5-1		Kansas City Chiefs	24	32	15	283	252	31	1	27	439	311	128	1
14	Sat	December 3		boxscore	T		5-5-2	@	Oakland Raiders	28	28	16	489	316	173	5	17	415	261	154	1
15	Sun	December 11		boxscore	L		5-6-2	@	San Diego Chargers	27	42	20	335	189	146	4	25	425	203	222	1
16	Sat	December 17		boxscore	W		6-6-2		Boston Patriots	38	28	26	528	287	241		21	461	379	82	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Namath	23	QB	14	14	5-6-2	232	471	49.3	3379	19	4.0	27	5.7	77	7.2	5.4	14.6	241.4	62.6	7	66	1.46	6.93	5.2	4	2
2	Mike Taliaferro	25	QB	14	1	1-0-0	19	41	46.3	177	2	4.9	2	4.9	21	4.3	3.1	9.3	12.6	54.6	2	26	4.65	3.51	2.3	0	0
3	Jim Hudson	23	FS	14	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
4	Matt Snell	25	FB	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	6-6-2	251	514	48.8	3464	21	4.1	29	5.6	77	6.9	5.2	14.2	247.4	61.7	9	92	1.73	6.62	4.93	4	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	George Sauer	23	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	63	1079	17.1	5	77	4.5	77.1	63	17.1	1079	5	1	PB,AP-2
2	Matt Snell	25	FB	12	12	178	644	4	25	3.6	53.7	14.8	48	346	7.2	4	25	4.0	28.8	226	4.4	990	8	3	PB
3	Don Maynard	31	FL	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	48	840	17.5	5	55	3.4	60.0	48	17.5	840	5	0
4	Emerson Boozer	23	HB	14	5	97	455	5	54	4.7	32.5	6.9	8	133	16.6	0	26	0.6	9.5	105	5.6	588	5	0	PB
5	Bill Mathis	28	HB	14	9	72	208	2	23	2.9	14.9	5.1	22	379	17.2	1	70	1.6	27.1	94	6.2	587	3	2
6	Pete Lammons	23	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	41	565	13.8	4	60	2.9	40.4	41	13.8	565	4	2
7	Mark Smolinski	27	FB	14	2	21	69	2	21	3.3	4.9	1.5	11	74	6.7	1	24	0.8	5.3	32	4.5	143	3	0
8	Bake Turner	26	SE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	115	16.4	0	42	0.5	8.2	7	16.4	115	0	2
9	Curley Johnson	31	TE	14	0	2	24	0	20	12.0	1.7	0.1	1	18	18.0	1	18	0.1	1.3	3	14.0	42	1	2
10	Joe Namath	23	QB	14	14	6	42	2	39	7.0	3.0	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	7.0	42	2	1
11	Sammy Weir	25	WR	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.4	1	4.0	4	0	2
12	Bill Rademacher	24	FL	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.3	0.8	1	3.0	3	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	376	1442	15	54	3.8	103.0	26.9	251	3556	14.2	21	77	17.9	254.0	627	8.0	4998	36	15

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ray Abruzzese	29	SS/RCB	14	14	2	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Al Atkinson	23	MLB	14	14	4	48	0	26	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Bill Baird	27	RCB/FS	14	14	5	76	1	39	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Verlon Biggs	23	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	1	PB,AP-2
5	Larry Grantham	28	RLB	14	14	1	14	0	14	1	0	0	0	2.5	0	PB
6	Jim Harris	23	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
7	Pete Lammons	23	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Joe Namath	23	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Gerry Philbin	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	0
10	George Sauer	23	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
11	John Schmitt	24	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
12	Johnny Sample	30	LCB	13	13	6	32	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Paul Rochester	28	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
14	Matt Snell	25	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
15	Bill Mathis	28	HB	14	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Jim Hudson	23	FS	14	7	3	39	0	18	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
17	Dainard Paulson	29	FS/SS	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
18	Paul Crane	22	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.5	0
19	Mark Smolinski	27	FB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
20	Bert Wilder	27	DE	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Earl Christy	23	DB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Curley Johnson	31	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Sherman Lewis	24	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bake Turner	26	SE	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Sammy Weir	25	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	21	218	1	39	20	0	0	0	36.0	1

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