1966A New York Jets Season Summary - Final Injuries
Record (11-3)
Wk Result Opponent
2 W 13-3 at Miami
3 W 37-9 Houston
4 W 23-13 at Denver
5 W 26-0 at Boston
6 W 27-17 San Diego
7 W 42-17 at Houston
8 W 24-21 Oakland
9 L 17-23 Buffalo
11 W 23-22 at Buffalo
12 W 21-14 Miami
13 L 24-27 Kansas City
14 L 20-42 at Oakland
15 W 31-28 at San Diego
16 W 42-14 Boston
Team Statistics
Jets Opp.
Total First Downs 257 241
Rushing 90 79
Passing 160 143
Penalty 7 19
Third Down: Made/Att 82-202 71-190
Third Down Pct. 40.6 37.4
Fourth Down: Made/Att 17-25 9-20
Fourth Down Pct. 68.0 45.0
Total Net Yards 5160 4154
Avg.Per Game 368.6 296.7
Total Plays 921 872
Avg.Per Play 5.6 4.8
Net Yards Rushing 1474 1553
Avg.Per Game 105.3 110.9
Total Rushes 418 379
Net Yards Passing 3686 2601
Avg.Per Game 263.3 185.8
Sacked-Yds Lost 9-58 36-248
Gross Yards 5218 4402
Att-Completions 494-266 457-229
Completion Pct. 53.8 50.1
Had Intercepted 15 20
Punts-Avg. 60-41.5 77-40.5
Net Punting Avg. 37.8 35.3
Penalties-Yards Lost 62-579 44-381
Fumbles-Ball Lost 13-5 13-6
Touchdowns 43 30
Rushing 12 11
Passing 28 17
Returns 3 2
Total Pts. 370 250
Avg. Time of Poss. 31:34 28:26
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
C.Johnson 1 1 100.0 26 26 0 0 0 0 118.8
J.Namath 446 242 54.3 3,419 70 25 14 9 58 84.8
M.Taliaferro 47 23 48.9 299 53 3 1 0 0 81.8
Jets 494 266 53.8 3,744 70 28 15 9 58 84.8
Opponents 457 229 50.1 2,849 53 17 20 36 248 64.0
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
J.Turner 0 0 0 41/41 23/33 0 110
E.Boozer 6 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 66
G.Sauer Jr. 0 7 0 0/0 0/0 0 42
M.Snell 3 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
P.Lammons 0 6 0 0/0 0/0 0 36
D.Maynard 0 4 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
J.Namath 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
B.Mathis 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
M.Smolinski 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
J.Sample 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
L.Grantham 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Jets 12 28 3 41/41 23/33 0 368
Opponents 11 17 2 28/29 14/23 0 250
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
J.Turner 8/10 10/10 5/9 0/4 0/0
Jets 8/10 10/10 5/9 0/4 0/0
Opponents 5/5 7/8 1/6 1/2 0/2
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
M.Snell 182 624 3.4 27 3
E.Boozer 112 531 4.7 36 6
B.Mathis 77 224 2.9 25 0
M.Smolinski 30 59 2.0 15 1
J.Namath 12 19 1.6 9 2
M.Taliaferro 5 17 3.4 9 0
Jets 418 1,474 3.5 36 12
Opponents 379 1,553 4.1 62 11
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
G.Sauer Jr. 67 1,176 17.6 58 7
D.Maynard 47 831 17.7 70 4
P.Lammons 42 613 14.6 64 6
M.Snell 41 257 6.3 30 3
E.Boozer 23 285 12.4 28 5
B.Mathis 20 236 11.8 39 2
M.Smolinski 14 162 11.6 29 1
B.Turner 12 184 15.3 34 0
Jets 266 3,744 14.1 70 28
Opponents 229 2,849 12.4 53 17
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
S.Lewis 8 3 85 10.6 19 0
S.Weir 15 6 102 6.8 26 0
B.Turner 25 3 157 6.3 17 0
Jets 48 12 344 7.2 26 0
Opponents 25 13 159 6.4 19 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
S.Lewis 1 28 28.0 28 0
E.Christy 6 137 22.8 29 0
E.Boozer 31 618 19.9 49 0
S.Weir 8 133 16.6 28 0
Jets 46 916 19.9 49 0
Opponents 59 1,394 23.6 57 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
C.Johnson 60 2,490 41.5 23 63
Jets 60 2,490 41.5 23 63
Opponents 77 3,121 40.5 12 61
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD
J.Sample 5 47 9.4 32 2
A.Atkinson 4 57 14.2 24 0
B.Baird 4 54 13.5 19 0
J.Hudson 4 75 18.8 25 0
R.Abruzzese 3 16 5.3 9 0
Jets 20 275 13.8 39 3
Opponents 15 183 12.2 38 2
SACKS No Yds Avg SAF
G.Philbin 10 73 7.3 0
V.Biggs 6 34 5.7 0
A.Atkinson 4 29 7.2 0
R.Baker 4 27 6.8 0
P.Rochester 3 27 9.0 0
L.Grantham 3 19 6.3 0
B.Wilder 2 14 7.0 0
J.Hudson 2 14 7.0 0
H.Schmidt 1 5 5.0 0
J.Harris Jr. 1 6 6.0 0
Jets 36 248 6.9 0
Opponents 9 58 6.4 0