
1963 New York Jets Statistics
Team Record: 5-8-1
Finishing 4th in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (5-8-1)
Location: New York, New York
1963 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the American Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the AFL's East Division.
New York struggled to score 249 points, worst in the circuit, while the leaky defense gave up 399. Dick Wood passed for 2,204 yards. Bake Turner hauled in 71 balls for 1,009 yards, while Don Maynard was targeted regularly, too.
Mark Smolinski rushed for a team-leading 561 yards for the Jets.
Dainard Paulson and Bill Baird each picked off 6 opponent throws.
Weeb Ewbank coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Wood | 352 | 160 | 45.5 | 2204 | 6.3 | 18 | 5.1 | 19 | 5.4 | 60 | 60.6 |
Galen Hall | 118 | 45 | 38.1 | 611 | 5.2 | 3 | 2.5 | 9 | 7.6 | 73 | 32.1 |
Johnny Green | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 6 | 2.8 |
Ed Chlebek | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 56.3 |
Totals | 480 | 209 | 43.5 | 2830 | 5.9 | 21 | 4.4 | 29 | 6.0 | 73 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Smolinski | 150 | 561 | 3.7 | 56 | 4 |
Bill Mathis | 107 | 268 | 2.5 | 16 | 1 |
Dick Christy | 26 | 88 | 3.4 | 13 | 1 |
Galen Hall | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
Dick Wood | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 11 | 1 |
Bill Perkins | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
Curley Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
Don Maynard | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 306 | 978 | 3.2 | 56 | 8 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bake Turner | 71 | 1009 | 14.2 | 53 | 6 |
Don Maynard | 38 | 780 | 20.5 | 73 | 9 |
Mark Smolinski | 34 | 278 | 8.2 | 49 | 1 |
Dee Mackey | 23 | 263 | 11.4 | 31 | 3 |
Bill Mathis | 18 | 177 | 9.8 | 33 | 1 |
Ken Gregory | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
Gene Heeter | 8 | 160 | 20.0 | 40 | 1 |
Dick Christy | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 209 | 2830 | 13.5 | 73 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Curley Johnson | 72 | 3034 | 42.1 | 64 |
Totals | 72 | 3034 | 42.1 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Baird | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 93 | 1 |
Dick Christy | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
Marshall Starks | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
Don Maynard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 202 | 11.9 | 93 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Christy | 24 | 585 | 24.4 | 71 | 0 |
Marshall Starks | 19 | 336 | 17.7 | 30 | 0 |
Bake Turner | 14 | 299 | 21.4 | 49 | 0 |
Tony Stricker | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 31 | 0 |
Curley Johnson | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 17 | 0 |
Bill Perkins | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 18 | 0 |
Bill Mathis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Mark Smolinski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Dee Mackey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 74 | 1463 | 19.8 | 71 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dainard Paulson | 6 | 114 | 19.0 | 47 | 0 |
Bill Baird | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 26 | 0 |
Larry Grantham | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 41 | 0 |
Clyde Washington | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Jim Price | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Chuck Janerette | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Tony Stricker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
LaVerne Torczon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 21 | 265 | 12.6 | 47 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Wood | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bake Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tony Stricker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Smolinski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Chlebek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Galen Hall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Perkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Curley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dee Mackey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Mathis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Marshall Starks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dick Christy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
Dick Guesman | 9 | 30 | 0 | 57 | ||||||||||
Don Maynard | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
Bake Turner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Mark Smolinski | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Dee Mackey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Bill Mathis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Bill Baird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Galen Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dick Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dick Christy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Larry Grantham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Gene Heeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Marshall Starks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 |