1971 New York Jets Statistics
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (6-8)
Location: New York, New York
1971 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Jets labored to change the scoreboard with just 212 points, and the defensive squad gave up 299. John Riggins rushed for a team-leading 769 yards for New York, and Emerson Boozer also aided the ground game.
Bob Davis passed for 624 yards, while Al Woodall and Joe Namath spent time under center also. John Riggins topped the receiving corps, hauling in 36 balls, while Rich Caster added 454 receiving yards, while Don Maynard provided receiving help, too.
W.K. Hicks picked off 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Davis | 121 | 49 | 40.5 | 624 | 5.2 | 10 | 8.3 | 8 | 6.6 | 44 | 14 | 92 | 57.3 |
| Joe Namath | 59 | 28 | 47.5 | 537 | 9.1 | 5 | 8.5 | 6 | 10.2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 68.2 |
| Al Woodall | 97 | 42 | 43.3 | 395 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 26 | 9 | 85 | 46.5 |
| Steve O'Neal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 278 | 119 | 42.8 | 1556 | 5.6 | 15 | 5.4 | 16 | 5.8 | 74 | 23 | 177 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Riggins | 180 | 769 | 4.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Emerson Boozer | 188 | 618 | 3.3 | 19 | 5 |
| Bob Davis | 18 | 154 | 8.6 | 24 | 1 |
| George Nock | 48 | 137 | 2.9 | 17 | 3 |
| Cliff McClain | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 63 | 2 |
| Steve Harkey | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Woodall | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 485 | 1888 | 3.9 | 63 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Riggins | 36 | 231 | 6.4 | 32 | 2 |
| Rich Caster | 26 | 454 | 17.5 | 57 | 6 |
| Don Maynard | 21 | 408 | 19.4 | 74 | 2 |
| Emerson Boozer | 11 | 120 | 10.9 | 36 | 1 |
| Pete Lammons | 8 | 149 | 18.6 | 27 | 1 |
| George Nock | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 19 | 2 |
| Eddie Bell | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Steve Harkey | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Gary Arthur | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 119 | 1556 | 13.1 | 74 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Howfield | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 49 |
| Ralph Baker | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 26 | 96.3 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 50 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve O'Neal | 78 | 3026 | 38.8 | 58 |
| Totals | 78 | 3026 | 38.8 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Farasopoulos | 19 | 155 | 8.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Vern Studdard | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 155 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Farasopoulos | 25 | 545 | 21.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Vern Studdard | 15 | 329 | 21.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Phil Wise | 8 | 210 | 26.2 | 41 | 0 |
| George Nock | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Harkey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 1168 | 21.2 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.K. Hicks | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Atkinson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| John Dockery | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Gus Hollomon | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Phil Wise | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Paul Crane | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Larry Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 136 | 10.5 | 33 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Boozer | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Grantham | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Crane | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Woodall | 3 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Wise | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Neal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Nock | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Riggins | 6 | 2 | -7 | 0 | |||
| John Little | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Caster | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Dave Foley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Davis | 3 | 1 | -13 | 0 | |||
| Gus Hollomon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Winston Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earlie Thomas | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Schmitt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| W.K. Hicks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Herman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Harkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bobby Howfield | 8 | 25 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| George Nock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| John Riggins | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Cliff McClain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Don Maynard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Pete Lammons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bob Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ralph Baker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 |
