
1966 New York Jets Statistics
Team Record: 6-6-2
Finishing 3rd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (6-6-2)
Location: New York, New York
1966 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the American Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses and 2 ties, finishing third in the AFL's East Division.
The Jets scored 322 points, and the defense allowed 312. Joe Namath directed the offense, throwing for 3,379 yards. George Sauer topped pass catchers, hauling in 63 balls for 1,079 yards. Don Maynard and Matt Snell contributed to the receiving game also.
Matt Snell rushed for a team-leading 644 yards for New York.
Johnny Sample intercepted 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Namath | 471 | 232 | 49.3 | 3379 | 7.2 | 19 | 4.0 | 27 | 5.7 | 77 | 62.6 |
Mike Taliaferro | 41 | 19 | 46.3 | 177 | 4.3 | 2 | 4.9 | 2 | 4.9 | 21 | 54.6 |
Jim Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Matt Snell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 514 | 251 | 48.8 | 3556 | 6.9 | 21 | 4.1 | 29 | 5.6 | 77 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Snell | 178 | 644 | 3.6 | 25 | 4 |
Emerson Boozer | 97 | 455 | 4.7 | 54 | 5 |
Bill Mathis | 72 | 208 | 2.9 | 23 | 2 |
Mark Smolinski | 21 | 69 | 3.3 | 21 | 2 |
Joe Namath | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 39 | 2 |
Curley Johnson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
Totals | 376 | 1442 | 3.8 | 54 | 15 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Sauer | 63 | 1079 | 17.1 | 77 | 5 |
Don Maynard | 48 | 840 | 17.5 | 55 | 5 |
Matt Snell | 48 | 346 | 7.2 | 25 | 4 |
Pete Lammons | 41 | 565 | 13.8 | 60 | 4 |
Bill Mathis | 22 | 379 | 17.2 | 70 | 1 |
Mark Smolinski | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 24 | 1 |
Emerson Boozer | 8 | 133 | 16.6 | 26 | 0 |
Bake Turner | 7 | 115 | 16.4 | 42 | 0 |
Curley Johnson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 1 |
Sammy Weir | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Bill Rademacher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 251 | 3556 | 14.2 | 77 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Curley Johnson | 62 | 2633 | 42.5 | 63 |
Totals | 62 | 2633 | 42.5 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sherman Lewis | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 40 | 0 |
Bake Turner | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
Sammy Weir | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 |
Bill Baird | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
Earl Christy | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
Jim Hudson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 260 | 7.2 | 40 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emerson Boozer | 26 | 659 | 25.3 | 96 | 1 |
Earl Christy | 10 | 203 | 20.3 | 30 | 0 |
Sherman Lewis | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 46 | 0 |
Sammy Weir | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 25 | 0 |
Jim Gray | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 22 | 0 |
Mark Smolinski | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 15 | 0 |
Bake Turner | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 |
Bert Wilder | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Curley Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 62 | 1300 | 21.0 | 96 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Sample | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 |
Bill Baird | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 39 | 1 |
Al Atkinson | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 |
Jim Hudson | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
Ray Abruzzese | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Larry Grantham | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 21 | 218 | 10.4 | 39 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bake Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Grantham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Paul Crane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sammy Weir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Christy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Sauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Matt Snell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sherman Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Curley Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Mathis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pete Lammons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 20 | 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 |
Jim Turner | 18 | 34 | 0 | 88 | ||||||||||
Matt Snell | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Emerson Boozer | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
George Sauer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||
Don Maynard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Pete Lammons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Mark Smolinski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Bill Mathis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Joe Namath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Bill Baird | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Curley Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Mike Taliaferro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Verlon Biggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 15 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 322 |