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1978 New York Jets Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 3rd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Walt Michaels (8-8-0)

Points For: 359 (22.4/g) 3rd of 28

Points Against: 364 (22.8/g) 27th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.9-8.1

SRS: 1.08 (10th of 28), SOS: 1.39

Offensive Coordinator: John Idzik

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Fry (Offensive Line), Joe Gardi (Special Teams), Dan Henning (QB/Receivers Coach) and John Mazur (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Shea Stadium

Principal Owner: Leon Hess

President/General Manager: Jim Kensil

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +50000

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	359	4857	993	4.9	37	9	277	193	388	2607	19	28	6.0	128	562	2250	21	4.0	131	102	854	18
Opp. Stats	364	5524	1069	5.2	40	17	324	260	447	2823	21	23	6.0	146	600	2701	20	4.5	157	98	855	21
Lg Rank Offense	3	12			10	2	14		18	13	8	21	8		14	15	4	13
Lg Rank Defense	27	27			16	14	26		24	23	23	11	22		20	26	21	25

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 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Miami Dolphins	33	20	23	380	227	153	1	16	329	175	154	2
2	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Buffalo Bills	21	20	18	288	171	117	2	17	314	213	101	1
3	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Seattle Seahawks	17	24	17	378	201	177	3	28	334	181	153	2
4	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Washington Redskins	3	23	11	215	113	102	3	26	427	171	256	1
5	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	28	18	297	142	155	1	20	327	189	138	2
6	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3		Buffalo Bills	45	14	18	278	47	231	1	16	322	185	137	4
7	Sun	October 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	Baltimore Colts	33	10	17	403	199	204		23	360	211	149	5
8	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3		St. Louis Cardinals	23	10	21	293	123	170		13	304	144	160	3
9	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	New England Patriots	21	55	20	276	172	104	2	26	529	289	240	1
10	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4	@	Denver Broncos	31	28	19	403	201	202	3	15	306	173	133	3
11	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5	@	Philadelphia Eagles	9	17	15	248	140	108	4	19	283	129	154	2
12	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6		New England Patriots	17	19	12	208	139	69	3	18	324	99	225	2
13	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6	@	Miami Dolphins	24	13	18	307	222	85	1	18	256	150	106	4
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6		Baltimore Colts	24	16	19	377	175	202	4	17	244	75	169	2
15	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	8-7	@	Cleveland Browns	34	37	20	369	266	103	5	29	519	283	236	5
16	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-8		Dallas Cowboys	7	30	11	137	69	68	4	23	346	156	190	1

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	Matt Robinson	23	QB	16	11	6-5-0	124	266	46.6	2002	13	4.9	16	6.0	77	7.5	5.80	16.1	125.1	63.5	28	228	9.52	6.03	4.47	1	1
2	Richard Todd	25	QB	5	5	2-3-0	60	107	56.1	849	6	5.6	10	9.3	49	7.9	4.85	14.2	169.8	61.6	15	122	12.30	5.96	3.25	1	1
3	Pat Ryan	23	QB	2	0		9	14	64.3	106	0	0.0	2	14.3	18	7.6	1.14	11.8	53.0	47.6	0	0	0.00	7.57	1.14	0	0
4	Scott Dierking	23	RB	15	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	193	388	49.7	2607	19	4.9	28	7.2	77	7.6	5.35	15.3	162.9	61.5	43	350	9.98	6.05	4.01	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	Wesley Walker	23	WR	16	16	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	48	1169	24.4	8	77	3.0	73.1	49	23.8	1166	8	2	PB,AP-1
2	Kevin Long	23	FB	16	16	214	954	10	27	4.5	59.6	13.4	26	204	7.8	0	17	1.6	12.8	240	4.8	1158	10	4
3	Scott Dierking	23	RB	15	13	170	681	4	26	4.0	45.4	11.3	19	152	8.0	0	17	1.3	10.1	189	4.4	833	4	2
4	Derrick Gaffney	23	WR	16	16	2	-2	0	1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	38	691	18.2	3	50	2.4	43.2	40	17.2	689	3	0
5	Bruce Harper	23	RB	16	0	58	303	2	32	5.2	18.9	3.6	13	196	15.1	2	44	0.8	12.3	71	7.0	499	4	3
6	Jerome Barkum	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	391	14.0	3	27	1.8	24.4	28	14.0	391	3	0
7	Clark Gaines	24	RB	16	1	44	154	2	33	3.5	9.6	2.8	3	23	7.7	0	13	0.2	1.4	47	3.8	177	2	1
8	Tom Newton	24	RB	16	0	11	45	2	7	4.1	2.8	0.7	5	48	9.6	0	14	0.3	3.0	16	5.8	93	2	1
9	Darnell Powell	24	RB	14	1	20	77	1	17	3.9	5.5	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	20	3.9	77	1	0
10	Mickey Shuler	22	TE	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	67	6.1	3	15	0.7	4.2	11	6.1	67	3	1
11	Matt Robinson	23	QB	16	11	28	23	0	15	0.8	1.4	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	28	0.8	23	0	6
12	Bobby Jones	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.1	1.1	1	18.0	18	0	0
13	Richard Todd	25	QB	5	5	14	18	0	10	1.3	3.6	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	1.3	18	0	1
14	John Roman	26	T	16	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0.1	-0.1	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	562	2250	21	33	4.0	140.6	35.1	193	2957	15.3	19	77	12.1	184.8	755	6.9	5207	40	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	Dan Alexander	23	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Jerome Barkum	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0.0	0
3	John Hennessy	23	LILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
4	Bobby Jackson	22	LCB	16	16	5	26	0	13	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Joe Klecko	25	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0
6	Kevin Long	23	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Bob Martin	25	ROLB	16	16	2	32	0	26	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
8	Lawrence Pillers	26	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.5	0
9	Shafer Suggs	25	SS	16	16	3	61	0	32	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
10	Ed Taylor	25	RCB	16	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Wesley Walker	23	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Abdul Salaam	25	NT	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
13	Burgess Owens	27	FS	14	14	5	156	1	49	0	2	2	0	0.0	0
14	Marvin Powell	23	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Scott Dierking	23	RB	15	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Mike Hennigan	27	RILB	12	12	3	76	0	53	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
17	Matt Robinson	23	QB	16	11	0	0	0	0	6	4	-5	0	0.0	0
18	Greg Buttle	24	LOLB	8	8	2	34	0	29	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
19	Larry Keller	25	LOLB	16	8	1	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
20	Richard Todd	25	QB	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	0	0.0	0
21	Ken Schroy	26	DB	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Clark Gaines	24	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Joe Pellegrini	22	NT	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
24	Darnell Powell	24	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	0	0.0	0
25	Mickey Shuler	22	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Bruce Harper	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Bobby Jones	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Tim Moresco	24	DB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Tom Newton	24	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Larry Riley	24	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	389	1	53	22	30	19	0	22.0	0

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