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1972 New York Jets Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 2nd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Weeb Ewbank (7-7-0)

Points For: 367 (26.2/g) 2nd of 26

Points Against: 324 (23.1/g) 19th of 26

Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0

SRS: .50 (13th of 26), SOS: -2.57

Other Notable Asst.: Ed Biles (Defensive Backs), Ken Meyer (Receivers) and Buddy Ryan (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Shea Stadium

Principal Owner: Leon Hess

Head Coach/General Manager: Weeb Ewbank

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Hofstra University (Hempstead, 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	367	4787	825	5.8	31	9	250	172	347	2777	21	22	7.6	117	461	2010	18	4.4	106	74	719	27
Opp. Stats	324	4709	866	5.4	31	12	255	186	363	2637	18	19	6.8	118	476	2072	16	4.4	121	86	856	16
Lg Rank Offense	2	2			9	2	8		16	1	3	17	1		18	13	5	7
Lg Rank Defense	19	22			15	19	22		17	26	16	12	23		15	18	20	19

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
1	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	41	24	19	293	102	191	1	16	287	207	80	4
2	Sun	September 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Baltimore Colts	44	34	19	573	490	83	2	28	412	332	80	2
3	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Houston Oilers	20	26	19	398	301	97	4	19	412	262	150	1
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		Miami Dolphins	17	27	16	270	147	123	1	23	394	220	174	1
5	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	New England Patriots	41	13	24	396	63	333	1	18	311	175	136	2
6	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Baltimore Colts	24	20	10	347	228	119	4	23	406	227	179	2
7	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		New England Patriots	34	10	21	392	201	191	2	14	194	128	66	3
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3		Washington Redskins	17	35	19	222	116	106	4	7	311	222	89	2
9	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Buffalo Bills	41	3	17	289	141	148	1	11	210	67	143	4
10	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4	@	Miami Dolphins	24	28	14	283	175	108	3	20	346	132	214	3
11	Thu	November 23	12:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5	@	Detroit Lions	20	37	19	394	165	229	1	19	385	125	260
12	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5		New Orleans Saints	18	17	18	323	259	64	2	22	333	194	139	1
13	Mon	December 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6	@	Oakland Raiders	16	24	20	401	365	36	2	19	366	197	169	3
14	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7		Cleveland Browns	10	26	15	206	24	182	3	16	342	149	193	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	29	QB	13	13	7-6-0	162	324	50.0	2816	19	5.9	21	6.5	83	8.7	6.9	17.4	216.6	72.5	11	101	3.28	8.10	6.4	2	2	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-7
2	Bob Davis	27	QB	14	1	0-1-0	10	22	45.5	114	2	9.1	1	4.5	35	5.2	5.0	11.4	8.1	72.9	6	52	21.43	2.21	2.0	0	0
3	Cliff McClain	25	RB	13	4		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-7-0	172	347	49.6	2777	21	6.1	22	6.3	83	8.4	6.8	17.0	198.4	72.3	17	153	4.67	7.63	6.06	2	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	John Riggins	23	FB	12	11	207	944	7	40	4.6	78.7	17.3	21	230	11.0	1	67	1.8	19.2	228	5.1	1174	8	2
2	Rich Caster	24	TE	14	13	2	6	0	6	3.0	0.4	0.1	39	833	21.4	10	80	2.8	59.5	41	20.5	839	10	0	PB
3	Emerson Boozer	29	RB	11	10	120	549	11	37	4.6	49.9	10.9	11	142	12.9	3	49	1.0	12.9	131	5.3	691	14	3
4	Eddie Bell	26	WR	13	13	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.4	0.1	35	629	18.0	2	83	2.7	48.4	36	17.3	624	2	1
5	Don Maynard	37	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	510	17.6	2	41	2.1	36.4	29	17.6	510	2	0
6	Cliff McClain	25	RB	13	4	59	305	0	30	5.2	23.5	4.5	6	88	14.7	0	44	0.5	6.8	65	6.0	393	0	5
7	Jerome Barkum	22	WR	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	304	19.0	2	52	1.1	21.7	16	19.0	304	2	1
8	Steve Harkey	23	RB	11	3	45	129	0	10	2.9	11.7	4.1	9	114	12.7	0	24	0.8	10.4	54	4.5	243	0	1
9	Hank Bjorklund	22	RB	7	0	15	42	0	10	2.8	6.0	2.1	4	54	13.5	0	35	0.6	7.7	19	5.1	96	0	0
10	Bob Davis	27	QB	14	1	6	32	0	20	5.3	2.3	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	5.3	32	0	0
11	Wayne Stewart	25	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	26	13.0	1	22	0.1	1.9	2	13.0	26	1	0
12	Joe Namath	29	QB	13	13	6	8	0	2	1.3	0.6	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	1.3	8	0	3	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-7
	Team Totals			14	14	461	2010	18	40	4.4	143.6	32.9	172	2930	17.0	21	83	12.3	209.3	633	7.8	4940	39	16

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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	John Little	25	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
2	Gerry Philbin	31	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	0
3	Randy Rasmussen	27	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0	0
4	Earlie Thomas	27	RCB	14	14	1	14	0	14	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Al Atkinson	29	MLB	13	13	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
6	Eddie Bell	26	WR	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0	0.0	0
7	Rich Caster	24	TE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Joe Namath	29	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-7
9	John Elliott	28	RDT	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
10	Gus Hollomon	27	SS	14	12	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
11	Mark Lomas	24	RDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	7.0	0
12	Chris Farasopoulos	23	FS	13	11	2	48	0	25	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	John Riggins	23	FB	12	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Emerson Boozer	29	RB	11	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Larry Grantham	34	RLB	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0.5	0
16	Steve Tannen	24	LCB	13	10	7	125	0	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ralph Baker	30	LLB	10	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
18	Paul Crane	28	LLB	8	6	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Michael Taylor	23	LB	14	5	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Cliff McClain	25	RB	13	4	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Rich Sowells	24	DB	11	4	2	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Steve Harkey	23	RB	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	W.K. Hicks	30	DB	14	3	1	43	0	43	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Joey Jackson	23	DE	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
25	Phil Wise	23	DB	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.5	0
26	Jerome Barkum	22	WR	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Roger Finnie	27	G	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Ed Galigher	22	DT	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
29	Wayne Stewart	25	TE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Roy Kirksey	25	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	John Mooring	25	T	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Steve O'Neal	26	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Steve Thompson	27	DT	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
34	Rocky Turner	22	DB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	282	0	43	21	24	16	1	27.5	0

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