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1965 New York Jets Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-8-1, 2nd in AFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Weeb Ewbank (5-8-1)

Points For: 285 (20.4/g) 7th of 8

Points Against: 303 (21.6/g) 6th of 8

Expected W-L: 6.5-7.5

SRS: -1.13 (5th of 8), SOS: .16

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	285	4065	843	4.8	40	18	213	209	459	2589	21	22	5.4	121	367	1476	11	4.0	77	58	684	15
Opp. Stats	303	4213	926	4.5	38	12	235	220	472	2662	22	26	5.4	136	432	1551	10	3.6	85	77	865	14
Lg Rank Offense	7	4			4	7	7		5	4	5	3	3		7	5	5	4
Lg Rank Defense	6	5			5	7	5		6	5	6	4	3		7	7	3	4

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 12		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Houston Oilers	21	27	12	244	49	195	5	14	292	120	172	5
2	Sat	September 18		boxscore	L		0-2		Kansas City Chiefs	10	14	14	231	133	98	1	9	224	81	143
3	Sun	September 26		boxscore	L		0-3	@	Buffalo Bills	21	33	18	307	263	44	2	27	408	304	104	1
4	Sun	October 3		boxscore	L		0-4	@	Denver Broncos	13	16	12	204	140	64	3	21	345	170	175	1
6	Sat	October 16		boxscore	T		0-4-1		Oakland Raiders	24	24	14	293	191	102	2	18	266	191	75	1
7	Sat	October 23		boxscore	L		0-5-1		San Diego Chargers	9	34	15	301	222	79	4	17	342	190	152	2
8	Sun	October 31		boxscore	W		1-5-1		Denver Broncos	45	10	13	203	80	123	3	10	205	148	57	6
9	Sun	November 7		boxscore	W		2-5-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	13	10	15	275	183	92	2	18	314	233	81	3
10	Sun	November 14		boxscore	W		3-5-1	@	Boston Patriots	30	20	13	253	155	98	1	18	287	259	28	6
11	Sun	November 21		boxscore	W		4-5-1		Houston Oilers	41	14	23	522	238	284	3	17	275	213	62	4
12	Sun	November 28		boxscore	L		4-6-1		Boston Patriots	23	27	18	382	251	131	3	16	251	168	83	1
13	Sat	December 4		boxscore	L		4-7-1	@	San Diego Chargers	7	38	12	197	156	41	4	23	403	229	174	3
14	Sun	December 12		boxscore	L		4-8-1	@	Oakland Raiders	14	24	16	370	289	81	4	16	365	219	146	2
15	Sun	December 19		boxscore	W		5-8-1		Buffalo Bills	14	12	14	299	239	60	3	11	236	137	99	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	22	QB	13	9	3-5-1	164	340	48.2	2220	18	5.3	15	4.4	62	6.5	5.60	13.5	170.8	68.7	13	130	3.68	5.92	5.03	0	0	PB
2	Mike Taliaferro	24	QB	14	5	2-3-0	45	119	37.8	531	3	2.5	7	5.9	37	4.5	2.32	11.8	37.9	36.1	4	32	3.25	4.06	1.98	1	0
	Team Totals			14	14	5-8-1	209	459	45.5	2589	21	4.6	22	4.8	62	6.0	4.75	13.2	184.9	60.3	17	162	3.57	5.44	4.24	1	0

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	Don Maynard	30	FL	14	14	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	68	1218	17.9	14	56	4.9	87.0	69	17.7	1220	14	1	PB,AP-2
2	Matt Snell	24	FB	13	13	169	763	4	44	4.5	58.7	13.0	38	264	6.9	0	35	2.9	20.3	207	5.0	1027	4	3	AP-2
3	Bill Mathis	27	HB	14	14	147	604	5	79	4.1	43.1	10.5	17	242	14.2	1	32	1.2	17.3	164	5.2	846	6	2
4	Bake Turner	25	LE	13	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	402	13.0	2	62	2.4	30.9	31	13.0	402	2	1
5	George Sauer	22	LE/TE	14	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	301	10.4	2	33	2.1	21.5	29	10.4	301	2	0
6	Dee Mackey	31	TE	10	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	255	15.9	1	47	1.6	25.5	16	15.9	255	1	2
7	Mark Smolinski	26	FB	12	1	24	59	0	14	2.5	4.9	2.0	6	25	4.2	0	12	0.5	2.1	30	2.8	84	0	1
8	Kern Carson	24	HB	10	0	7	25	2	15	3.6	2.5	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	3.6	25	2	3
9	Jim Evans	26	WR	9	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	24	12.0	0	17	0.2	2.7	2	12.0	24	0	0
10	Joe Namath	22	QB	13	9	8	19	0	14	2.4	1.5	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	2.4	19	0	6	PB
11	Gene Heeter	24	TE	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	0.5	7.0	1	14.0	14	0	0
12	Wahoo McDaniel	27	MLB	14	12	1	13	0	13	13.0	0.9	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	13.0	13	0	0
13	Curley Johnson	30	P	14	0	2	3	0	2	1.5	0.2	0.1	1	6	6.0	1	6	0.1	0.4	3	3.0	9	1	0	PB
14	Mike Taliaferro	24	QB	14	5	7	4	0	10	0.6	0.3	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	0.6	4	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	366	1492	11	79	4.1	105.4	26.2	209	2751	13.2	21	62	14.9	196.5	575	7.4	4243	32	21

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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	Ralph Baker	23	LLB	14	14	2	24	0	14	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
2	Jim Harris	22	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
3	Bill Mathis	27	HB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Don Maynard	30	FL	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Gerry Philbin	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	0
6	Larry Grantham	27	RLB	14	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
7	Dainard Paulson	28	SS/FS	14	13	7	72	0	22	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Paul Rochester	27	LDT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
9	Matt Snell	24	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
10	Wahoo McDaniel	27	MLB	14	12	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Willie West	27	LCB	14	12	6	57	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Verlon Biggs	22	RDE	14	11	1	44	0	44	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
13	Joe Namath	22	QB	13	9	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Bill Baird	26	FS	14	8	3	9	0	9	2	0	0	0	1.0	0
15	Dee Mackey	31	TE	10	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Cornell Gordon	24	RCB	14	7	2	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ray Abruzzese	28	DB	12	6	2	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bake Turner	25	LE	13	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Mike Taliaferro	24	QB	14	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	LaVerne Torczon	29	DE	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
21	Al Atkinson	22	LB	14	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jim Hudson	22	DB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
23	Mark Smolinski	26	FB	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Kern Carson	24	HB	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jerry Robinson	26	FL	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	26	235	0	44	26	0	0	0	25.0	0

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