1978 New York Jets Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Walt Michaels (8-8)
Location: New York, New York
1978 New York Jets RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Walt Michaels (8-8)
Location: New York, New York
1978 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Jets moved the ball well, scoring 359 points, but the shaky defensive squad surrendered 364. Kevin Long rushed for a team-leading 954 yards for New York.
Matt Robinson passed for 2,002 yards. Wesley Walker hauled in 48 balls for 1,169 yards. Derrick Gaffney contributed to the receiving game also.
Bobby Jackson and Burgess Owens each picked off 5 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 | Matt Robinson | 266 | 124 | 46.6 | 2002 | 7.5 | 13 | 4.9 | 16 | 6.0 | 77 | 28 | 228 | 63.5 | Richard Todd | 107 | 60 | 56.1 | 849 | 7.9 | 6 | 5.6 | 10 | 9.3 | 49 | 15 | 122 | 61.6 | Pat Ryan | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 106 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 47.6 | Scott Dierking | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 388 | 193 | 49.7 | 2957 | 7.6 | 19 | 4.9 | 28 | 7.2 | 77 | 43 | 350 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Kevin Long | 214 | 954 | 4.5 | 27 | 10 | Scott Dierking | 170 | 681 | 4.0 | 26 | 4 | Bruce Harper | 58 | 303 | 5.2 | 32 | 2 | Clark Gaines | 44 | 154 | 3.5 | 33 | 2 | Darnell Powell | 20 | 77 | 3.8 | 17 | 1 | Tom Newton | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 7 | 2 | Matt Robinson | 28 | 23 | 0.8 | 15 | 0 | Richard Todd | 14 | 18 | 1.3 | 10 | 0 | Derrick Gaffney | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 | Wesley Walker | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 562 | 2250 | 4.0 | 33 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Wesley Walker | 48 | 1169 | 24.4 | 77 | 8 | Derrick Gaffney | 38 | 691 | 18.2 | 50 | 3 | Jerome Barkum | 28 | 391 | 14.0 | 27 | 3 | Kevin Long | 26 | 204 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 | Scott Dierking | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 | Bruce Harper | 13 | 196 | 15.1 | 44 | 2 | Mickey Shuler | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 15 | 3 | Tom Newton | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 14 | 0 | Clark Gaines | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 13 | 0 | Bobby Jones | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | John Roman | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 193 | 2957 | 15.3 | 77 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Chuck Ramsey | 74 | 2964 | 40.1 | 79 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 74 | 2964 | 40.1 | 79 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bruce Harper | 30 | 378 | 12.6 | 82 | 1 | Ken Schroy | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 30 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 33 | 413 | 12.5 | 82 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bruce Harper | 55 | 1280 | 23.3 | 40 | 0 | Kevin Bell | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 29 | 0 | Darnell Powell | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 26 | 0 | Bruce Stephens | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 | Clark Gaines | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | Mickey Shuler | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 67 | 1483 | 22.1 | 40 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Burgess Owens | 5 | 156 | 31.2 | 49 | 1 | Bobby Jackson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 | Mike Hennigan | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 53 | 0 | Shafer Suggs | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 32 | 0 | Greg Buttle | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 29 | 0 | Bob Martin | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 | Ed Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Keller | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 389 | 16.9 | 53 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Matt Robinson | 6 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | Jerome Barkum | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Burgess Owens | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Ken Schroy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lawrence Pillers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Keller | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darnell Powell | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Harper | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Dierking | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Buttle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Pellegrini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wesley Walker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shafer Suggs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Klecko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Moresco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marvin Powell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Riley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Alexander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Abdul Salaam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clark Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Long | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mickey Shuler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Todd | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 30 | 19 | 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 | 22 | 41 | 0 | 107 | Kevin Long | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Wesley Walker | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Bruce Harper | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Scott Dierking | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Derrick Gaffney | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Mickey Shuler | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jerome Barkum | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tom Newton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Clark Gaines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Darnell Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Burgess Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 359 |
