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1981 New York Jets Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-5-1, 2nd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Walt Michaels (10-5-1)

Points For: 355 (22.2/g) 9th of 28

Points Against: 287 (17.9/g) 8th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.0-6.0

SRS: 1.84 (13th of 28), SOS: -2.41

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 27-31 vs. Buffalo Bills

Offensive Coordinator: Joe Walton

Defensive Coordinator: Joe Gardi

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Fry (Offensive Line) and Pete McCulley (Receivers)

Stadium: Shea Stadium

Principal Owner: Leon Hess

President/General Manager: Jim Kensil

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +5000

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	355	5396	1108	4.9	31	17	318	283	507	3055	26	14	5.7	170	571	2341	11	4.1	122	112	936	26
Opp. Stats	287	4871	1036	4.7	36	15	291	275	505	3004	15	21	5.3	155	465	1867	19	4.0	112	106	935	24
Lg Rank Offense	9	15			4	9	9		11	19	6	3	21		5	6	21	11
Lg Rank Defense	8	5			17	22	8		14	8	5	13	4		3	7	21	13

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Buffalo Bills	0	31	8	231	129	102	2	25	418	236	182	1	-26.83	-12.96	3.74
2	Sun	September 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Cincinnati Bengals	30	31	19	388	224	164	1	22	310	233	77	1	4.33	-2.00	2.48
3	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	38	16	258	174	84	2	33	566	223	343	1	-8.58	-29.05	4.40
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-3		Houston Oilers	33	17	25	478	307	171	2	16	221	105	116	6	0.92	21.84	-10.57
5	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	1-3-1	@	Miami Dolphins	28	28	32	546	304	242	3	17	399	301	98		14.58	-8.28	-7.91
6	Sun	October 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3-1		New England Patriots	28	24	18	297	156	141	3	25	454	368	86	4	-3.21	10.17	-3.30
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3-1		Buffalo Bills	33	14	21	374	174	200	1	14	288	242	46	3	9.12	6.50	0.51
8	Sun	October 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4-1		Seattle Seahawks	3	19	15	219	101	118	4	26	380	163	217	1	-13.07	-11.96	2.37
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4-1	@	New York Giants	26	7	13	299	185	114	1	10	166	111	55	3	-10.48	34.38	-3.94
10	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4-1	@	Baltimore Colts	41	14	28	393	271	122		21	332	218	114	2	22.05	1.33	4.72
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4-1	@	New England Patriots	17	6	17	226	60	166	1	15	197	105	92	2	-6.34	24.52	-3.83
12	Sun	November 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4-1		Miami Dolphins	16	15	21	285	165	120	2	13	187	41	146	2	-5.57	13.15	-2.63
13	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4-1		Baltimore Colts	25	0	22	300	139	161		11	152	103	49	1	4.85	19.06	-0.99
14	Sun	December 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5-1	@	Seattle Seahawks	23	27	23	395	276	119	3	18	383	256	127	4	-2.37	4.32	-3.61
15	Sat	December 12	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5-1	@	Cleveland Browns	14	13	18	314	150	164	2	17	334	260	74	2	-3.07	4.82	0.97
16	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5-1		Green Bay Packers	28	3	22	393	240	153	4	8	84	39	45	3	-5.25	34.43	-4.80
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 27	12:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6-1		Buffalo Bills	27	31	23	419	348	71	5	15	321	230	91	4	-4.25	8.80	-5.17

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Richard Todd	28	QB	16	16	10-5-1	279	497	56.1	3231	25	5.0	13	2.6	166	42.9	49	6.5	6.3	11.6	201.9	81.8	30	224	5.69	5.71	5.5	2	1
2	Pat Ryan	26	QB	15	0		4	10	40.0	48	1	10.0	1	10.0	3	30.0	18	4.8	2.3	12.0	3.2	49.2	0	0	0.00	4.80	2.3	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-5-1	283	507	55.8	3055	26	5.1	14	2.8	169	42.6	49	6.5	6.3	11.6	190.9	81.1	30	224	5.59	5.69	5.48	2	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Richard Todd	28	QB	1	1	0-1-0	28	51	54.9	377	2	3.9	4	7.8	18	46.4	37	7.4	4.6	13.5	377.0	59.0	5	29	8.93	6.21	3.7	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	28	51	54.9	348	2	3.9	4	7.8	18	46.4	37	7.5	4.6	13.5	348.0	60.2	5	29	8.93	6.33	3.78	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bruce Harper	26	RB	16	7	81	393	4	18	43.2	29	4.9	24.6	5.1	76	52	459	8.8	1	26	46.1	24	3.3	28.7	68.4	6.0	133	6.4	852	5	7
2	Freeman McNeil	22	RB	11	6	137	623	2	20	43.8	43	4.5	56.6	12.5	25	18	171	9.5	1	8	60.0	18	1.6	15.5	72.0	6.8	155	5.1	794	3	5
3	Wesley Walker	26	WR	13	13	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	103	47	770	16.4	9	35	41.7	49	3.6	59.2	45.6	7.5	47	16.4	770	9	0
4	Scott Dierking	26	RB	16	4	74	328	1	23	48.6	15	4.4	20.5	4.6	42	26	228	8.8	1	15	52.4	23	1.6	14.3	61.9	5.4	100	5.6	556	2	2
5	Jerome Barkum	31	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	66	39	495	12.7	7	25	53.0	40	2.4	30.9	59.1	7.5	39	12.7	495	7	0
6	Mike Augustyniak	25	FB	10	8	85	339	1	17	60.0	12	4.0	33.9	8.5	22	18	144	8.0	0	9	54.5	19	1.8	14.4	81.8	6.5	103	4.7	483	1	3
7	Tom Newton	27	FB	16	7	73	244	1	9	45.2	13	3.3	15.3	4.6	24	17	104	6.1	0	2	45.8	13	1.1	6.5	70.8	4.3	90	3.9	348	1	2
8	Lam Jones	23	WR	15	3	2	0	0	0	50.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	44	20	342	17.1	3	18	45.5	47	1.3	22.8	45.5	7.8	22	15.5	342	3	2
9	Kevin Long	26	RB	16	0	73	269	2	27	63.0	19	3.7	16.8	4.6	20	13	66	5.1	3	5	35.0	18	0.8	4.1	65.0	3.3	86	3.9	335	5	2
10	Derrick Gaffney	26	WR	16	13	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	32	14	246	17.6	0	12	43.8	39	0.9	15.4	43.8	7.7	14	17.6	246	0	0
11	Bobby Jones	26	WR	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	33	16	239	14.9	1	13	42.4	36	1.0	14.9	48.5	7.2	16	14.9	239	1	0
12	Richard Todd	28	QB	16	16	32	131	0	9	53.1	19	4.1	8.2	2.0	1	1	1	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0.1	0.1	100.0	1.0	33	4.0	132	0	5
13	Kenny Lewis	24	RB	5	0	6	18	0	0	33.3	7	3.0	3.6	1.2	5	2	14	7.0	0	1	20.0	8	0.4	2.8	40.0	2.8	8	4.0	32	0	0
14	Billy Taylor	25	RB	3	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	2	0.5	0.3	0.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	0.5	1	0	0
15	Chuck Ramsey	29	P	16	0	3	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	0.0	0	0	2
16	Pat Ryan	26	QB	15	0	3	-5	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.7	-0.3	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	-1.7	-5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	571	2341	11	123	49.2	43	4.1	146.3	35.7	493	283	3279	11.6	26	169	46.5	49	17.7	204.9	57.4	6.7	854	6.6	5620	37	30

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Mickey Shuler	25	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	6	116	19.3	1	5	54.5	30	6.0	116.0	54.5	10.5	6	19.3	116	1	0
2	Derrick Gaffney	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	4	64	16.0	0	3	57.1	26	4.0	64.0	57.1	9.1	4	16.0	64	0	0
3	Bobby Jones	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	4	64	16.0	1	3	80.0	30	4.0	64.0	80.0	12.8	4	16.0	64	1	0
4	Scott Dierking	26	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	7	52	7.4	0	3	66.7	16	7.0	52.0	77.8	5.8	7	7.4	52	0	0
5	Jerome Barkum	31	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	2	41	20.5	0	2	100.0	37	2.0	41.0	100.0	20.5	2	20.5	41	0	0
6	Freeman McNeil	22	RB	1	1	12	32	0	0	41.7	7	2.7	32.0	12.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12	2.7	32	0	0
7	Kevin Long	26	RB	1	0	8	28	1	2	62.5	8	3.5	28.0	8.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			8	3.5	28	1	0
8	Wesley Walker	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	3	24	8.0	0	1	25.0	11	3.0	24.0	25.0	2.0	3	8.0	24	0	0
9	Tom Newton	27	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	12	12.0	0	1	100.0	12	1.0	12.0	100.0	12.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
10	Richard Todd	28	QB	1	1	2	11	0	1	50.0	11	5.5	11.0	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	5.5	11	0	2
11	Bruce Harper	26	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	4	4.0	0	0	0.0	4	1.0	4.0	33.3	1.3	1	4.0	4	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	22	71	1	3	50.0	11	3.2	71.0	22.0	51	28	377	13.5	2	18	51.0	37	28.0	377.0	54.9	7.4	50	9.0	448	3	3

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Jerome Barkum	31	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Stan Blinka	24	MLB	16	16	1	15	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Joe Fields	28	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-15	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Mark Gastineau	25	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	20.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP DPoY-3
5	Joe Klecko	28	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	20.5	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-2
6	Darrol Ray	23	FS	16	16	7	227	2	64	0	1	2	4	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
7	Abdul Salaam	28	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0
8	Ken Schroy	29	SS	16	16	2	58	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
9	Richard Todd	28	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Lance Mehl	23	RLB	15	15	3	17	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
11	Greg Buttle	27	LLB	15	14	2	34	0	22	2	0	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	1
12	Jerry Holmes	24	RCB	16	13	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Marty Lyons	24	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6.5	0	0	0	0
14	Donald Dykes	26	RCB	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Mike Augustyniak	25	FB	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Bruce Harper	26	RB	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Tom Newton	27	FB	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Freeman McNeil	22	RB	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Scott Dierking	26	RB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Jesse Johnson	24	DB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Ben Rudolph	24	DT	15	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
22	Ron Crosby	26	LB	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
23	Bobby Jones	26	WR	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	61	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Lam Jones	23	WR	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Kevin Long	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Johnny Lynn	25	DB	13	0	3	76	0	67	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Kenny Neil	22	DT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
28	Chuck Ramsey	29	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-39	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Kurt Sohn	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Kirk Springs	23	DB	10	0	2	5	0	5	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	John Woodring	22	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	21	432	2	67	21	38	34	11	1	65.5	0	0	0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Greg Buttle	27	LLB	1	1	2	40	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Donald Dykes	26	RCB	1	1	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Joe Fields	28	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Mark Gastineau	25	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	Jerry Holmes	24	RCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Joe Klecko	28	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Richard Todd	28	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Bruce Harper	26	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	4	62	0	29	0	1	3	2	0	0	2.0	0	0

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