1970 New York Jets Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (4-10)
Location: New York, New York
1970 New York Jets RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (4-10)
Location: New York, New York
1970 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Jets chalked up 255 points, but the defensive unit yielded 286. Al Woodall passed for 1,265 yards, and Joe Namath spent time under center, too. Don Maynard hauled in 31 balls for 525 yards. Pete Lammons and Emerson Boozer contributed to the receiving game also.
Emerson Boozer rushed for a team-leading 581 yards for New York.
W.K. Hicks picked off 8 opponent throws.
Weeb Ewbank coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Woodall | 188 | 96 | 51.1 | 1265 | 6.7 | 9 | 4.8 | 9 | 4.8 | 67 | 29 | 222 | 68.7 |
| Joe Namath | 179 | 90 | 50.3 | 1259 | 7.0 | 5 | 2.8 | 12 | 6.7 | 72 | 6 | 63 | 54.7 |
| Bob Davis | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 66 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 |
| Steve O'Neal | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 386 | 193 | 50.0 | 2592 | 6.7 | 14 | 3.6 | 22 | 5.7 | 72 | 35 | 285 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Boozer | 139 | 581 | 4.2 | 27 | 5 |
| George Nock | 135 | 402 | 3.0 | 19 | 5 |
| Matt Snell | 64 | 281 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Lee White | 70 | 215 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Al Woodall | 28 | 110 | 3.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Chuck Mercein | 20 | 44 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve O'Neal | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Turner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 463 | 1653 | 3.6 | 27 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Maynard | 31 | 525 | 16.9 | 47 | 0 |
| George Sauer | 31 | 510 | 16.5 | 67 | 4 |
| Emerson Boozer | 28 | 258 | 9.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 25 | 316 | 12.6 | 30 | 2 |
| Eddie Bell | 21 | 246 | 11.7 | 26 | 2 |
| Rich Caster | 19 | 393 | 20.7 | 72 | 3 |
| George Nock | 18 | 146 | 8.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Lee White | 12 | 125 | 10.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Chuck Mercein | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Matt Snell | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wayne Stewart | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Battle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 193 | 2592 | 13.4 | 72 | 14 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve O'Neal | 73 | 2925 | 40.1 | 64 |
| Totals | 73 | 2925 | 40.1 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Battle | 19 | 117 | 6.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 150 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Battle | 40 | 891 | 22.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Cecil Leonard | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Chuck Mercein | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| George Nock | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dennis Onkotz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Tannen | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1106 | 19.8 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.K. Hicks | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Al Atkinson | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Earlie Thomas | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Steve Tannen | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ralph Baker | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 281 | 12.2 | 41 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Rasmussen | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Grantham | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Elliott | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Little | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Ebersole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Lomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emerson Boozer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Sauer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| W.K. Hicks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Verlon Biggs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee White | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Tannen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Battle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Maynard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Snell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Mercein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Woodall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Nock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 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 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 85 | |||||||||
| George Nock | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Emerson Boozer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| George Sauer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Rich Caster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Eddie Bell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Pete Lammons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Earlie Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Steve Tannen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Lee White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Chuck Mercein | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Matt Snell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| John Elliott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 255 |
