1967 New York Jets (AFL)

2nd place Eastern Division 8-5-1 .615

Jack Donaldson	Defensive Line
Walt Michaels	Defensive Backs
Clive Rush	Offense
Ernie Zwahlen	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/4/1967	N	Boston Patriots	55-13	W	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	16000
Sat	8/12/1967	N	Kansas City Chiefs	17-30	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	53109
Sat	8/19/1967	N	Philadelphia Eagles	19-34	L	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	22000
Sat	8/26/1967	N	Houston Oilers	13-7	W	Charlotte, NC	Memorial Stadium	15000
Thu	8/31/1967	N	Buffalo Bills	23-31	L	Mobile, AL	Ladd Memorial Stadium	19274
Sun	9/10/1967	A	Buffalo Bills	17-20	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	45748
Sun	9/24/1967	A	Denver Broncos	38-24	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	35565
Sun	10/1/1967	H	Miami Dolphins	29-7	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	61240
Sat	10/7/1967	H	Oakland Raiders	27-14	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	63106
Sun	10/15/1967	H	Houston Oilers	28-28	T	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62729
Sun	10/22/1967	A	Miami Dolphins	33-14	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	30049
Sun	10/29/1967	H	Boston Patriots	30-23	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62784
Sun	11/5/1967	A	Kansas City Chiefs	18-42	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	46642
Sun	11/12/1967	H	Buffalo Bills	20-10	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62671
Sun	11/19/1967	A	Boston Patriots	29-24	W	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	26790
Sun	12/3/1967	H	Denver Broncos	24-33	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	61615
Sun	12/10/1967	H	Kansas City Chiefs	7-21	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62891
Sun	12/17/1967	A	Oakland Raiders	29-38	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53011
Sun	12/24/1967	A	San Diego Chargers	42-31	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	34580

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
62	Al Atkinson	MLB	6-1	229	24	Villanova	14	14
46	Billy Baird	RS	5-10	180	28	San Francisco State	14	14
51	Ralph Baker	LLB	6-3	232	25	Penn State	14	13
42	Randy Beverly	RCB	5-11	189	23	Trinidad State JC; Colorado State	14	12
86	Verlon Biggs	RDE	6-4	267	24	Jackson State	14	14
32	Emerson Boozer	HB	5-11	209	24	Maryland-Eastern Shore	8	8
47	Solomon Brannan	RCB-LCB-LS	6-1	188	26	Morris Brown	12	1
45	Earl Christy	CB	5-11	193	24	Maryland-Eastern Shore	10	0
56	Paul Crane	LLB-C	6-2	208	23	Alabama	11	0
80	John Elliott	RDT-RLB-LDE	6-4	244	23	Texas	13	2
48	Cornell Gordon	RCB-S	6-0	187	26	North Carolina A&T State	2	2
60	Larry Grantham	RLB	6-0	204	29	Mississippi	14	14
78	Jim Harris	RDT	6-4	275	24	Utah State	14	12
28	Abner Haynes	RB	6-0	188	30	North Texas	3	0
67	Dave Herman	ROG	6-2	255	26	Michigan State	14	14
75	Winston Hill	LOT	6-4	278	26	Texas Southern	14	14
22	Jim Hudson	LS	6-2	210	24	Texas	13	13
35	Billy Joe	HB	6-2	243	27	Villanova	11	0
33	Curley Johnson	P	5-11	215	32	Houston	14	0
40	Henry King	LS	6-4	205	22	San Francisco CC; Utah State	13	0
87	Pete Lammons	TE	6-3	228	24	Texas	14	14
7	Sherman Lewis	S	5-9	159	25	Michigan State	5	0
31	Bill Mathis	HB-FB	6-1	219	29	Clemson	14	8
57	John Matlock	LOT-C-LB	6-4	250	23	Miami (Florida)	10	0
13	Don Maynard	FL	6-0	180	32	Rice; Texas-El Paso	14	14
50	Carl McAdams	MLB	6-3	240	23	Oklahoma	8	0
12	Joe Namath	QB	6-2	198	24	Alabama	14	14
64	Pete Perreault	ROG-OT	6-3	246	28	Boston University	9	0
81	Gerry Philbin	LDE	6-2	244	26	Buffalo	14	14
79	Sherman Plunkett	ROT	6-4	290	34	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
23	Bill Rademacher	DB	6-1	190	25	Northern Michigan	3	0
73	Dennis Randall	DT-DE	6-6	243	22	Oklahoma State	7	0
66	Randy Rasmussen	LOG	6-2	255	22	Nebraska-Kearney	14	14
74	Jeff Richardson	OG-LOT	6-3	253	23	Michigan State	11	0
72	Paul Rochester	LDT	6-2	254	29	Michigan State	14	14
24	Johnny Sample	LCB	6-1	203	31	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
83	George Sauer	SE	6-2	199	24	Texas	14	14
52	John Schmitt	C	6-4	253	25	Hofstra	14	14
20	Bob Schweickert	QB-FL	6-1	192	25	Virginia Tech	3	0
71	Paul Seiler	OT	6-4	258	22	Notre Dame	2	0
30	Mark Smolinski	FB	6-0	218	28	Wyoming	13	6
41	Matt Snell	FB	6-2	220	26	Ohio State	7	7
17	Mike Taliaferro	QB	6-2	205	26	Illinois	3	0
29	Bake Turner	SE-FL	6-1	180	27	Texas Tech	8	0
11	Jim Turner	K	6-2	206	26	Utah State	14	0
54	Jim Waskiewicz	MLB	6-4	237	23	Wichita State	13	0
82	Bert Wilder	RDT-DE	6-3	245	28	North Carolina State	13	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Bill Risio	T	Boston College
1	12	Paul Seiler	G	Notre Dame
2	37	Rich Sheron	TE	Washington State
3	66	Dennis Randall	DE	Oklahoma State
3	74	Henry King	DB	Utah State
4	92	Julian Gray	DB	Grambling State
5	117	Louis Jackson	DB	Grambling State
6	146	Jeff Richardson	DE	Michigan State
7	171	John Elliott	G	Texas
8	196	Gene Bledsoe	G	Texas
9	224	Ray Scott	DE	Prairie View A&M
10	249	Raymond Brown	DB	Alcorn State
11	274	Herb Slattery	G	Delaware
12	302	Randy Rasmussen	G	Nebraska-Kearney
13	327	Jack Emmer	FL	Rutgers
14	352	Mike Stromberg	LB	Temple
15	380	Jack Schweberger	FL	Vermont
16	405	Doug Archibald	DB	Tennessee
17	430	Bob Biletnikoff	QB	Miami (Florida)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	75	126	74	96
Opponents Totals	40	104	95	90

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		282	82	180	20	/ %	/ %	64	691
Opponents Totals		203	80	111	12	/ %	/ %	67	717

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Jim Turner	0	36	39	92.3	0		17	32	53.1	87
Emerson Boozer	13	0	0		0		0	0		78
Don Maynard	10	0	0		1		0	0		62
Bill Mathis	7	0	0		2		0	0		46
George Sauer	6	0	0		1		0	0		38
Mark Smolinski	4	0	0		0		0	0		24
Billy Joe	2	0	0		0		0	0		12
Pete Lammons	2	0	0		0		0	0		12
Joe Namath	1	0	0		0		0	0		6
Johnny Sample	1	0	0		0		0	0		6
Jim Hudson	Kansas City Chiefs	0	0	0		0	0		0
Team Totals	46	36	39	92.3	4	7	17	32	53.1	371
Opponents Totals	41	39	40	97.5	1	1	14	26	53.8	329

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Turner	17	32	53.1	6/9	6/11	3/5	2/7	0/0
Team Totals	17	32	53.1	6/9	6/11	3/5	2/7	0/0
Opponents Totals	14	26	53.8	4/4	2/2	3/5	4/10	1/5

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Emerson Boozer	119	442	3.7	48	10
Bill Mathis	78	243	3.1	18	4
Matt Snell	61	207	3.4	13	0
Billy Joe	37	154	4.2	26	2
Mark Smolinski	64	139	2.2	10	1
Abner Haynes	16	72	4.5	14	0
Mike Taliaferro	2	20	10.0	12	0
Don Maynard	4	18	4.5	7	0
Joe Namath	6	14	2.3	13	0
Bob Schweickert	1	1	1.0	1	0
George Sauer	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	389	1307	3.4	48	17
Opponents Totals	386	1633	4.2	80t	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Namath	491	258	52.5	205	4007	8.2	15.5	75t	26	5.3	28	5.7	26	261	3746	73.8
Mike Taliaferro	20	11	55.0	8	96	4.8	8.7	20t	1	5.0	1	5.0	2	22	74	63.8
Jim Turner	4	2	50.0	2	25	6.3	12.5	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	25	69.8
Team Totals	515	271	52.6	215	4128	8.0	15.2	75t	27	5.2	29	5.6	28	283	3845	73.3
Opponents Totals	424	195	46.0	202	2489	5.9	12.8	72t	20	4.7	27	6.4	39	347	2142	54.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Sauer	75	1189	15.9	61t	6
Don Maynard	71	1434	20.2	75t	10
Pete Lammons	45	515	11.4	61	2
Bill Mathis	25	429	17.2	38	3
Mark Smolinski	21	177	8.4	22	3
Emerson Boozer	12	205	17.1	49t	3
Matt Snell	11	54	4.9	21	0
Billy Joe	8	85	10.6	17	0
Bake Turner	3	40	13.3	22	0
Team Totals	271	4128	15.2	75t	27
Opponents Totals	195	2489	12.8	72t	20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Grantham	5	77	15.4	36	0
Al Atkinson	5	59	11.8	36	0
Randy Beverly	4	54	13.5	28	0
Johnny Sample	4	53	13.3	41t	1
Jim Hudson	4	38	9.5	18	0
Billy Baird	3	27	9.0	17	0
Cornell Gordon	1	14	14.0	14	0
Ralph Baker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	27	322	11.9	41t	1
Opponents Totals	29	711	24.5	77t	5

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Curley Johnson	65	2734	42.1	60	8	311	2263	34.8
Team Totals	65	2734	42.1	60	8	311	2263	34.8
Opponents Totals	79	3412	43.2	70	7	326	2946	37.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Baird	25	3	219	8.8	33	0
Earl Christy	16	0	83	5.2	16	0
Sherman Lewis	7	0	24	3.4	11	0
Team Totals	48	3	326	6.8	33	0
Opponents Totals	36	9	311	8.6	72t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Earl Christy	23	521	22.7	33
Emerson Boozer	11	213	19.4	28
Solomon Brannan	9	204	22.7	47
Abner Haynes	4	125	31.3	48
Bake Turner	4	40	10.0	21
Jim Waskiewicz	2	0	0.0	0
Sherman Lewis	1	22	22.0	22
Carl McAdams	1	16	16.0	16
Mark Smolinski	1	3	3.0	3
Bert Wilder	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	57	1144	20.1	48
Opponents Totals	64	1387	21.7	50

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Al Atkinson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Baird	3		0	0	0	-6	0
Verlon Biggs	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Emerson Boozer	1		0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Brannan	0	0	0	2	2	10	0
John Elliott	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Herman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Pete Lammons	1		1	0	1	0	0
Sherman Lewis	1		2	0	2	0	0
Bill Mathis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Don Maynard	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Namath	2		2	0	2	3	1
George Sauer	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Schmitt	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mark Smolinski	1		0	0	0	0	0
Matt Snell	2		0	0	0	0	0
Bert Wilder	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	15	8	7	6	13	7	1
Opponents Totals	24	6	18	8	26		0