1977 New York Jets Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Walt Michaels (3-11)
Location: New York, New York
1977 New York Jets RosterTeam Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Walt Michaels (3-11)
Location: New York, New York
1977 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
New York scored 191 points, while the defensive squad allowed 300. Clark Gaines rushed for a team-leading 595 yards for the Jets.
Richard Todd passed for 1,863 yards. Clark Gaines topped pass catchers, hauling in 55 balls, while Wesley Walker added 740 receiving yards.
Burgess Owens intercepted 3 opponent throws.
Walt Michaels coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Richard Todd | 265 | 133 | 50.2 | 1863 | 7.0 | 11 | 4.2 | 17 | 6.4 | 87 | 24 | 203 | 60.3 | Matt Robinson | 54 | 20 | 37.0 | 310 | 5.7 | 2 | 3.7 | 8 | 14.8 | 58 | 7 | 57 | 29.6 | Marty Domres | 40 | 17 | 42.5 | 113 | 2.8 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 47.9 | Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 360 | 170 | 47.2 | 2286 | 6.4 | 14 | 3.9 | 26 | 7.2 | 87 | 35 | 284 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Clark Gaines | 158 | 595 | 3.8 | 19 | 3 | Scott Dierking | 79 | 315 | 4.0 | 21 | 0 | Bruce Harper | 44 | 198 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 | Kevin Long | 56 | 170 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | Charlie White | 50 | 151 | 3.0 | 27 | 1 | Richard Todd | 24 | 46 | 1.9 | 13 | 2 | Matt Robinson | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 | Tom Newton | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 8 | 0 | Larry Keller | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Wesley Walker | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 | Marty Domres | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 | Shelton Diggs | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Rich Caster | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | -6 | 0 | Duane Carrell | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 437 | 1618 | 3.7 | 27 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Clark Gaines | 55 | 469 | 8.5 | 31 | 1 | Wesley Walker | 35 | 740 | 21.1 | 87 | 3 | Jerome Barkum | 26 | 450 | 17.3 | 40 | 6 | Bruce Harper | 21 | 209 | 10.0 | 55 | 1 | Rich Caster | 10 | 205 | 20.5 | 58 | 1 | David Knight | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 49 | 0 | Tom Newton | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 9 | 0 | Kevin Long | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 | Scott Dierking | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 15 | 1 | Charlie White | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 170 | 2286 | 13.4 | 87 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Chuck Ramsey | 62 | 2298 | 37.1 | 61 | Duane Carrell | 14 | 557 | 39.8 | 56 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 76 | 2855 | 37.6 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bruce Harper | 34 | 425 | 12.5 | 49 | 0 | Ken Schroy | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 17 | 0 | Billy Hardee | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 480 | 12.6 | 49 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bruce Harper | 42 | 1035 | 24.6 | 60 | 0 | Billy Hardee | 7 | 148 | 21.1 | 36 | 0 | Scott Dierking | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 20 | 0 | Bob Raba | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | Tommy Marvaso | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 61 | 1374 | 22.5 | 60 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Burgess Owens | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | Greg Buttle | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 44 | 1 | Artimus Parker | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | Larry Keller | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | Bob Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | John Ebersole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Hardee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 11 | 153 | 13.9 | 45 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Al Palewicz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Ebersole | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Neal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Newton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Harper | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Schroy | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Clark Gaines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Raba | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Keller | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerome Barkum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rich Caster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shafer Suggs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Barzilauskas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Abdul Salaam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Hennessy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Duane Carrell | 1 | 1 | -17 | 0 | 0 | Joe Fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lawrence Pillers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Robinson | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | Charlie White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Dierking | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Todd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wesley Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 27 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Pat Leahy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 63 | Jerome Barkum | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Clark Gaines | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Wesley Walker | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Charlie White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Richard Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Greg Buttle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rich Caster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Scott Dierking | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bruce Harper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 |
