1968 New York Jets Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (11-3)
Location: New York, New York
1968 New York Jets RosterTeam Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (11-3)
Location: New York, New York
1968 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the American Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the AFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-0.
New York moved the ball well, scoring 419 points, while the defensive squad allowed 280. Joe Namath threw for 3,147 yards. George Sauer hauled in 66 balls, while Don Maynard added 1,297 receiving yards.
Matt Snell rushed for a team-leading 747 yards for the Jets.
The opportunistic defense created 43 turnovers. Johnny Sample intercepted 7 opponent throws.
Weeb Ewbank coached the team. The 1968 New York Jets won the Super Bowl.
Click on column headings to sort.
Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Namath | 380 | 187 | 49.2 | 3147 | 8.3 | 15 | 3.9 | 17 | 4.5 | 87 | 72.1 |
| Babe Parilli | 55 | 29 | 52.7 | 401 | 7.3 | 5 | 9.1 | 2 | 3.6 | 40 | 91.6 |
| Matt Snell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 436 | 217 | 49.8 | 3574 | 8.2 | 20 | 4.6 | 19 | 4.4 | 87 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Snell | 179 | 747 | 4.2 | 60 | 6 |
| Emerson Boozer | 143 | 441 | 3.1 | 33 | 5 |
| Bill Mathis | 74 | 208 | 2.8 | 16 | 5 |
| Billy Joe | 42 | 186 | 4.4 | 32 | 3 |
| George Sauer | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 12 | 15 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 4 | 2 |
| Babe Parilli | 7 | -2 | -0.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Curley Johnson | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Rademacher | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Totals | 467 | 1608 | 3.4 | 60 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sauer | 66 | 1141 | 17.3 | 43 | 3 |
| Don Maynard | 57 | 1297 | 22.8 | 87 | 10 |
| Pete Lammons | 32 | 400 | 12.5 | 27 | 3 |
| Matt Snell | 16 | 105 | 6.6 | 39 | 1 |
| Emerson Boozer | 12 | 101 | 8.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 10 | 241 | 24.1 | 71 | 2 |
| Bill Mathis | 9 | 149 | 16.6 | 31 | 1 |
| Mark Smolinski | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Joe | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Rademacher | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 217 | 3574 | 16.5 | 87 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curley Johnson | 68 | 2977 | 43.8 | 65 |
| Totals | 68 | 2977 | 43.8 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Christy | 13 | 116 | 8.9 | 39 | 0 |
| Bill Baird | 18 | 111 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Richards | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 37 | 0 |
| Gerry Philbin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 286 | 7.9 | 39 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Christy | 25 | 599 | 24.0 | 87 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 14 | 319 | 22.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Mike D'Amato | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Matt Snell | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Mark Smolinski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| John Neidert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Rademacher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 995 | 21.6 | 87 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Sample | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 39 | 1 |
| Jim Hudson | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 45 | 0 |
| Randy Beverly | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 68 | 1 |
| Bill Baird | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Ralph Baker | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Al Atkinson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Cornell Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Christy | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 456 | 16.3 | 68 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Boozer | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Talamini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Philbin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Rademacher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Rochester | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl McAdams | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schmitt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike D'Amato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Sample | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bake Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Winston Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Smolinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Babe Parilli | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cornell Gordon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Snell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Crane | 1 | 0 | -38 | 0 | |||
| George Sauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Earl Christy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 25 | -27 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jim Turner | 34 | 43 | 0 | 145 | ||||||||||
| Don Maynard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||||
| Matt Snell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Bill Mathis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | |||||||
| Emerson Boozer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| George Sauer | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Billy Joe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Pete Lammons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Joe Namath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bake Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Babe Parilli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Randy Beverly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Johnny Sample | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mark Smolinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Paul Crane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 419 |
