1976 New York Jets Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lou Holtz (3-10)
Coach: Mike Holovak (0-1)
Location: New York, New York
1976 New York Jets RosterTeam Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Lou Holtz (3-10)
Coach: Mike Holovak (0-1)
Location: New York, New York
1976 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Jets stumbled, scoring only 169 points, and the leaky defense surrendered 383. Clark Gaines rushed for a team-leading 724 yards for New York.
Joe Namath tossed for 1,090 yards. Clark Gaines hauled in 41 balls, while David Knight added 403 receiving yards, while Rich Caster provided receiving help, too.
Bob Martin, Rich Sowells, Ed Taylor and Greg Buttle each picked off 2 opponent throws.
Lou Holtz and Mike Holovak coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Namath | 230 | 114 | 49.6 | 1090 | 4.7 | 4 | 1.7 | 16 | 7.0 | 35 | 16 | 150 | 39.9 |
| Richard Todd | 162 | 65 | 40.1 | 870 | 5.4 | 3 | 1.9 | 12 | 7.4 | 44 | 29 | 233 | 33.2 |
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 393 | 180 | 45.8 | 1989 | 5.1 | 7 | 1.8 | 28 | 7.1 | 44 | 45 | 383 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Gaines | 157 | 724 | 4.6 | 33 | 3 |
| Steve Davis | 94 | 418 | 4.4 | 26 | 3 |
| Ed Marinaro | 77 | 312 | 4.1 | 17 | 2 |
| Louie Giammona | 39 | 150 | 3.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Richard Todd | 28 | 107 | 3.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Bob Gresham | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 60 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Namath | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Duane Carrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 438 | 1924 | 4.4 | 60 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Gaines | 41 | 400 | 9.8 | 27 | 2 |
| Rich Caster | 31 | 391 | 12.6 | 41 | 1 |
| Ed Marinaro | 21 | 168 | 8.0 | 35 | 0 |
| David Knight | 20 | 403 | 20.2 | 44 | 2 |
| Louie Giammona | 15 | 145 | 9.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone | 12 | 147 | 12.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Davis | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Howard Satterwhite | 7 | 110 | 15.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Don Buckey | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Richard Osborne | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Jazz Jackson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 180 | 1989 | 11.0 | 44 | 7 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Carrell | 81 | 3218 | 39.7 | 72 |
| Totals | 81 | 3218 | 39.7 | 72 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Piccone | 21 | 173 | 8.2 | 60 | 1 |
| Louie Giammona | 12 | 117 | 9.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Tommy Marvaso | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 289 | 7.2 | 60 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Piccone | 31 | 699 | 22.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Louie Giammona | 23 | 527 | 22.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Jazz Jackson | 10 | 207 | 20.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Keith Denson | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike Hennigan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Richard Osborne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 73 | 1597 | 21.9 | 58 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Sowells | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ed Taylor | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Greg Buttle | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Martin | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Keller | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Shafer Suggs | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Ebersole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 31 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Piccone | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Keller | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ebersole | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Buttle | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Poole | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Pillers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Carrell | 2 | 2 | -19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louie Giammona | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Richard Todd | 5 | 2 | -10 | 0 | |||
| Carl Barzilauskas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burgess Owens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Russ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jazz Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Knight | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Namath | 3 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Rasmussen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Wise | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Satterwhite | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Osborne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Marvaso | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Haslerig | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Denson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Caster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Fields | 1 | 0 | -14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Sowells | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Davis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 44 | 37 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pat Leahy | 11 | 16 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Clark Gaines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Steve Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| David Knight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Richard Todd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lou Piccone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Rich Caster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Greg Buttle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Louie Giammona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Steve Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Richard Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
