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1973 New York Jets Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-10-0, 4th in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Weeb Ewbank (4-10-0)

Points For: 240 (17.1/g) 17th of 26

Points Against: 306 (21.9/g) 17th of 26

Expected W-L: 5.0-9.0

SRS: -3.43 (17th of 26), SOS: 1.29

Offensive Coordinator: Ken Shipp

Defensive Coordinator: Charley Winner

Other Notable Asst.: Ed Biles (Defensive Backs), Mike Holovak (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	240	3920	863	4.5	39	17	222	181	373	2056	16	22	5.0	109	453	1864	7	4.1	95	62	575	18
Opp. Stats	306	4178	860	4.9	38	19	226	150	296	1950	18	19	6.1	101	538	2228	12	4.1	116	86	783	9
Lg Rank Offense	17	16			19	16	15		8	11	9	20	17		21	16	25	12
Lg Rank Defense	17	16			5	3	12		3	14	21	10	20		21	20	13	16

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	Mon	September 17	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Green Bay Packers	7	23	16	269	200	69	3	14	253	98	155
2	Sun	September 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Baltimore Colts	34	10	16	276	168	108	1	14	277	188	89	8
3	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Buffalo Bills	7	9	17	250	148	102	1	15	272	64	208	3
4	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Miami Dolphins	3	31	12	198	42	156	5	18	370	219	151	2
5	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3	@	New England Patriots	9	7	13	232		232	1	9	172	58	114	2
6	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	26	9	118	46	72	3	19	360	146	214	2
7	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		Denver Broncos	28	40	17	315	229	86	3	20	432	235	197	1
8	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6		Miami Dolphins	14	24	16	281	168	113	2	21	346	193	153	2
9	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-6		New England Patriots	33	13	16	326	59	267	4	10	149	108	41	8
10	Sun	November 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7	@	Cincinnati Bengals	14	20	21	357	264	93	4	11	208	76	132	1
11	Sun	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8		Atlanta Falcons	20	28	15	290	173	117	6	15	288	141	147	3
12	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-8		Baltimore Colts	20	17	18	353	219	134	3	19	319	151	168	2
13	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-9	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	24	24	432	156	276	3	20	358	203	155	3
14	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-10		Buffalo Bills	14	34	12	223	184	39		21	374	70	304	1

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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	Al Woodall	28	QB	9	6	1-5-0	101	201	50.2	1228	9	4.5	8	4.0	56	6.1	5.21	12.2	136.4	67.8	19	127	8.64	5.00	4.19	0	0
2	Joe Namath	30	QB	6	5	2-3-0	68	133	51.1	966	5	3.8	6	4.5	63	7.3	5.98	14.2	161.0	68.7	10	97	6.99	6.08	4.89	0	0
3	Bill Demory	23	QB	6	3	1-2-0	12	39	30.8	159	2	5.1	8	20.5	31	4.1	-4.13	13.3	26.5	22.2	8	73	17.02	1.83	-4.98	1	1
	Team Totals			14	14	4-10-0	181	373	48.5	2056	16	4.3	22	5.9	63	6.3	3.72	13.0	146.9	58.5	37	297	9.02	5.01	3.38	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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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	Emerson Boozer	30	RB	13	12	182	831	3	52	4.6	63.9	14.0	22	130	5.9	3	15	1.7	10.0	204	4.7	961	6	6
2	Jerome Barkum	23	WR	14	14	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	44	810	18.4	6	63	3.1	57.9	45	18.0	812	6	0	PB
3	John Riggins	24	FB	11	9	134	482	4	15	3.6	43.8	12.2	23	158	6.9	0	19	2.1	14.4	157	4.1	640	4	6
4	Rich Caster	25	TE	14	14	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-0.6	0.1	35	593	16.9	4	49	2.5	42.4	36	16.2	584	4	1
5	Mike Adamle	24	RB	14	4	67	264	0	36	3.9	18.9	4.8	9	63	7.0	0	13	0.6	4.5	76	4.3	327	0	5
6	Eddie Bell	27	WR	13	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	319	13.3	2	38	1.8	24.5	24	13.3	319	2	0
7	Margene Adkins	26	WR	13	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	109	18.2	0	29	0.5	8.4	6	18.2	109	0	2
8	Jim Nance	31	RB	7	1	18	78	0	18	4.3	11.1	2.6	4	26	6.5	0	9	0.6	3.7	22	4.7	104	0	0
9	Hank Bjorklund	23	RB	10	1	22	72	0	14	3.3	7.2	2.2	2	15	7.5	0	11	0.2	1.5	24	3.6	87	0	1
10	Cliff McClain	26	RB	12	1	8	32	0	13	4.0	2.7	0.7	6	52	8.7	0	14	0.5	4.3	14	6.0	84	0	1
11	David Knight	22	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	78	13.0	1	19	0.4	5.6	6	13.0	78	1	0
12	Al Woodall	28	QB	9	6	13	68	0	17	5.2	7.6	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	5.2	68	0	1
13	Julian Fagan	25	P	14	0	2	47	0	26	23.5	3.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	23.5	47	0	0
14	Bill Demory	23	QB	6	3	4	-1	0		-0.3	-0.2	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	-0.3	-1	0	2
15	Joe Namath	30	QB	6	5	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.3	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	453	1864	7	52	4.1	133.1	32.4	181	2353	13.0	16	63	12.9	168.1	634	6.7	4217	23	32

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Defense & Fumbles

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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	31	LLB	14	14	4	51	1	22	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
2	Rich Caster	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Winston Hill	32	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Delles Howell	25	LCB	14	14	4	76	0	41	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Mark Lomas	25	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.5	0
6	Richard Neal	26	LDT/RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
7	Burgess Owens	22	SS	14	14	1	27	0	27	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Randy Rasmussen	28	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	John Schmitt	31	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Emerson Boozer	30	RB	13	12	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	John Ebersole	25	MLB/RLB	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.0	0
12	John Little	26	LDT/RDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	0
13	Earlie Thomas	28	RCB	12	11	2	25	0	25	0	1	9	0	0.0	0
14	Eddie Bell	27	WR	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	John Elliott	29	RDT/LDE	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
16	John Riggins	24	FB	11	9	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Chris Farasopoulos	24	FS	9	8	1	1	0	1	2	3	29	0	0.5	0
18	Ed Galigher	23	LDE	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
19	Al Woodall	28	QB	9	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Margene Adkins	26	WR	13	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Al Atkinson	30	MLB	5	5	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Joe Namath	30	QB	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Mike Adamle	24	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bill Ferguson	22	RLB	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
25	Rob Spicer	22	LB	13	4	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Phil Wise	24	DB	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	80	1	0.0	0
27	Bill Demory	23	QB	6	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	-7	0	0.0	0
28	Rich Sowells	25	DB	12	3	3	55	1	30	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Steve Tannen	25	DB	9	2	1	30	0	30	1	1	0	0	1.0	0
30	Hank Bjorklund	23	RB	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
31	Joey Jackson	24	DE	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
32	Cliff McClain	26	RB	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
33	Rocky Turner	23	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	0	2		32	15	109	1	26	0

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