1972 New York(A) Jets 5-9 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 New York(A) 92 110 63 74 0 339 Opponent 69 148 69 85 0 371 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 339 371 0-1 20 @Buffalo 36 66ø 5-15 First Downs 268 299 0-2 21 @Baltimore 24 79ø 0-10 Light Ra Rush 110 141 1-2 13 @Houston 7 70ø Pass 141 147 1-3 21 Miami 28 82ø 5-15 Pen 17 11 2-3 50 @New England 27 63ø Light Rain Penalties 63 67 2-4 10 Baltimore 17 69ø 30-40 Light Rain Yards 528 542 3-4 35 New England 14 50ø 30-40 Heavy Rain 3-5 3 Washington 38 52ø 30-40 Rushing Att 478 548 4-5 45 Buffalo 17 56ø 30-40 Yards 2060 2375 4-6 10 @Miami 24 82ø 0-5 Ave 4.3 4.3 4-7 20 @Detroit 45 40ø 0-10 TD 17 18 4-8 33 New Orleans 42 56ø 20-30 4-9 24 @Oakland 35 60ø 0-10 Passing Att 338 354 5-9 34 Cleveland 17 43ø 20-30 Comp 172 192 % 50.9 54.2 Int 15 13 % 4.4 3.7 TD 22 31 % 6.5 8.8 Yards 2811 2663 Sacked 18 20 Punt Return 20 34 Yards 237 286 Ave 11.9 8.4 Kick Return 73 60 Yards 1523 1596 Ave 20.9 26.6 Punts 56 50 Yards 2327 1960 Ave 41.6 39.2 FG Att 24 27 Made 16 10 % 66.7 37.0 Third Downs 165 183 Made 67 93 % 40.6 50.8 Fourth Downs 10 9 Made 2 3 % 20.0 33.3 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 25 24 Lost 16 7 Turnovers 31 20 Net Offense 4766 4890 Per Play 5.7 5.3 1972 New York(A) Jets Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Riggins 197 835 4.2 17 46 30 6 Caster 41 2 758 18.5 7 37 60 6 Boozer 134 644 4.8 15 37 44 10 Bell 32 3 681 21.3 7 28 88 4 McClain 59 345 5.8 12 16 17 0 Maynard 31 2 539 17.4 6 23 35 5 Harkey 52 144 2.8 3 7 15 1 Riggins 26 5 314 12.1 2 20 67 2 Bjorklund 17 76 4.5 2 2 10 0 Barkum 15 0 239 15.9 3 14 29 2 Davis 8 21 2.6 1 1 17 0 Boozer 13 1 112 8.6 1 8 25 2 Caster 1 11 11.0 1 1 11 0 Harkey 8 0 101 12.6 0 7 22 1 Snell 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 McClain 4 2 57 14.3 0 4 23 0 Namath 7 -3 -0.4 0 0 3 0 Stewart 2 0 10 5.0 0 0 5 0 O'Neal 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 172 15 2811 16.3 26 141 88 22 Bell 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 0 0 478 2060 4.3 51 110 44 17 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Davis 28 14 50.0 195 13.9 36 4 2 0 0.0 1 1 3.6 84.7 Namath 310 158 51.0 2616 16.6 88 33 24 15 4.8 17 21 6.8 82.1 338 172 50.9 2811 16.3 88 37 26 15 4.4 18 22 6.5 82.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Howfield 42 39 92.9 24 16 66.7 54.5 0.0 49 87 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross O'Neal 56 2327 94 3 0 9 34 286 35.4 41.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Bjorklund 7 192 27.4 32 0 Turner,R 2 0 23 11.5 15 0 McClain 2 48 24.0 28 0 Farasopoul 15 20 199 13.3 63 1 Farasopoul 35 812 23.2 53 0 Hicks 3 0 15 5.0 11 0 Wise 11 211 19.2 32 0 20 20 237 11.9 63 1 Hicks 6 106 17.7 28 0 Snell 1 17 17.0 17 0 Turner,R 5 77 15.4 26 0 Kirksey 3 33 11.0 12 0 Barkum 3 27 9.0 12 0 73 1523 20.9 53 0 Fumbles McClain 7 Namath 4 Farasopo 2 Hicks 1 Riggins 1 Turner,R 1 Boozer 4 Kirksey 2 Davis 2 Little,J 1 Thomas,E 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Philbin 5 Philbin 10 Lomas 10 Atkinson 7 Little,J 4 Elliot 2 Little,J 4 Little,J 8 Little,J 9 Farasopo 7 Ebersole 2 Hill 2 Lomas 4 Lomas 7 Elliot 9 Tannen 6 Farasopo 2 Maynard 2 Elliot 4 Elliot 6 Atkinson 8 Thomas,E 5 Atkinson 2 Thomas,E 2 Crane 1 Grantham 5 Philbin 6 Hicks 4 Tannen 2 Turner,R 2 Baker 1 Baker 2 Grantham 4 Ebersole 3 Thomas,E 2 Little,J 1 Grantham 1 Galigher 2 Baker 4 Little,J 3 Grantham 1 Atkinson 1 Ebersole 1 Lomas 3 Elliot 1 McClain 1 Galigher 1 Sowells 3 Lomas 1 Namath 1 Thomas,E 1 Baker 3 Philbin 1 Philbin 1 Grantham 3 Crane 1 Tannen 1 Elliot 2 Taylor,M 1 Herman 1 Galigher 2 Galigher 1 Baker 1 Taylor,M 2 Thompson 1 Philbin 2 Crane 1 Wise 1 Tackles Atkinson 96 Elliot 59 Philbin 50 Sowells 21 Zapalac 12 Galigher 9 Thomas,E 78 Baker 57 Grantham 45 Hicks 20 Turner,R 11 Holloman 9 Farasopo 74 Tannen 52 Ebersole 25 Wise 18 Barkum 11 Jackson, 7 Little,J 67 Lomas 52 Crane 21 Taylor,M 16 Thompson 11 Schmitt 6 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Tannen 4 53 13.3 20 0 Farasopou 2 48 24.0 41 1 Thomas,Ea 2 2 1.0 1 0 Atkinson 1 5 5.0 5 0 Hicks 1 13 13.0 13 0 Sowells 1 30 30.0 30 0 Baker 1 0 0.0 0 0 Crane 1 0 0.0 0 0 13 151 11.6 41 1 1972 New York(A) Jets Coach: Weeb Ewbank Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Davis,Bob 5 O 2 1 QB Namath,Joe 4 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Riggins,John 2 1 4 207 944 40 4.6 4 21 230 67 11.0 RB Boozer,Emerson 2 1 4 120 549 37 4.6 3 11 142 49 12.9 RB McClain,Cliff 2 1 4 59 305 30 5.2 1 6 88 22 14.7 KR RB Harkey,Steve 2 1 4 45 129 10 2.9 2 9 114 24 12.7 RB Bjorklund,Hank 2 1 2 15 42 10 2.8 1 4 54 17 13.5 KR RB Snell,Matt 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR WR Bell,Eddie 0 0 4 1 -5 -5 -5.0 7 35 629 83 18.0 WR Maynard,Don 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 29 510 41 17.6 WR Barkum,Jerome 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 3 16 304 52 19.0 KR WR Turner,Rocky 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET TE Caster,Rich 4 2 5 2 6 4 3.0 6 39 833 80 21.4 TE Stewart,Wayne 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 26 22 13.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Schmitt,John 5 5 5 C Crane,Paul 3 3 3 G Rasmussen,Randy 8 8 5 G Herman,Dave 5 5 4 G Finnie,Roger 3 3 5 T Hill,Winston 9 9 5 T Svihus,Bob 4 4 5 C-T Mooring,John 3 3 5 G-T Kirksey,Roy 3 3 3 KR Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Elliot,John 6 5 0 3 4 7 0 DT Little,John 5 5 0 1 5 4 0 DT Thompson,Steve 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 DE Philbin,Gerry 4 4 0 2 5 3 0 DL Lomas,Mark 5 5 0 2 5 8 0 DL Galigher,Ed 4 4 0 1 4 1 0 DL Jackson,Joey 4 4 0 1 5 1 0 ILB Atkinson,Al 6 4 3 0 5 1 1 OLB Baker,Ralph 6 3 3 1 3 2 2 OLB Grantham,Larry 6 4 3 1 4 0 0 OLB Crane,Paul 4 3 1 0 3 0 1 OLB Taylor,Mike 3 2 1 0 5 0 1 LB Ebersole,John 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 CB Thomas,Earlie 4 0 4 0 5 0 1 CB Sowells,Rich 3 0 3 0 4 0 2 S Farasopoulos,Chris 5 2 3 0 5 0 2 RET S Wise,Phillip 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 KR S Holloman,Gus 3 1 2 0 5 0 1 S Hicks,WK 3 1 2 0 5 0 1 RET DB Tannen,Steve 5 1 4 0 4 0 7 DE-OL Zapalac,Willie 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 KR Special Teams K Howfield,Bobby P O'Neal,Steve