1979 New York Jets Statistics
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Walt Michaels (8-8)
Location: New York, New York
1979 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Jets racked up 337 points, but the leaky defense surrendered 383. Clark Gaines rushed for a team-leading 905 yards for New York, and Scott Dierking also contributed to the rushing attack.
Richard Todd tossed for 2,660 yards. Derrick Gaffney hauled in 32 balls, while Wesley Walker added 569 receiving yards, while Clark Gaines and Jerome Barkum provided receiving help, too.
Burgess Owens intercepted 6 opponent throws.
Walt Michaels coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Todd | 334 | 171 | 51.2 | 2660 | 8.0 | 16 | 4.8 | 22 | 6.6 | 72 | 25 | 222 | 66.5 |
Matt Robinson | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 191 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.5 | 33 | 5 | 30 | 46.6 |
Pat Ryan | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 17.7 |
Totals | 369 | 190 | 51.5 | 2864 | 7.8 | 16 | 4.3 | 25 | 6.8 | 72 | 32 | 266 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clark Gaines | 186 | 905 | 4.9 | 52 | 0 |
Scott Dierking | 186 | 767 | 4.1 | 40 | 3 |
Kevin Long | 116 | 442 | 3.8 | 25 | 7 |
Bruce Harper | 65 | 282 | 4.3 | 31 | 0 |
Tom Newton | 37 | 145 | 3.9 | 51 | 6 |
Richard Todd | 36 | 93 | 2.6 | 21 | 5 |
Bobby Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Woody Bennett | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
Matt Robinson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 10 | 1 |
Chuck Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 634 | 2646 | 4.2 | 52 | 23 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Derrick Gaffney | 32 | 534 | 16.7 | 43 | 1 |
Clark Gaines | 29 | 219 | 7.6 | 15 | 0 |
Jerome Barkum | 27 | 401 | 14.9 | 40 | 4 |
Wesley Walker | 23 | 569 | 24.7 | 71 | 5 |
Bobby Jones | 19 | 379 | 19.9 | 51 | 1 |
Bruce Harper | 17 | 250 | 14.7 | 72 | 2 |
Mickey Shuler | 16 | 225 | 14.1 | 46 | 3 |
Scott Dierking | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 27 | 0 |
Kevin Long | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 27 | 0 |
Tom Newton | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 11 | 0 |
Bob Raba | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
Woody Bennett | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 190 | 2864 | 15.1 | 72 | 16 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Leahy | 15 | 12 | 80.0 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 36 |
Dave Jacobs | 11 | 10 | 90.9 | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 25 |
Toni Linhart | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 20 |
Rich Szaro | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | |
Totals | 42 | 35 | 83.3 | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 83 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Ramsey | 73 | 2979 | 40.8 | 64 |
Totals | 73 | 2979 | 40.8 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Harper | 33 | 290 | 8.8 | 51 | 0 |
Ken Schroy | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
Paul Darby | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 314 | 8.7 | 51 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Harper | 55 | 1158 | 21.1 | 52 | 0 |
Ken Schroy | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 51 | 0 |
Bobby Jones | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 36 | 0 |
Clark Gaines | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
Bob Raba | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Mickey Shuler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
John Hennessy | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
Woody Bennett | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Tom Newton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 76 | 1561 | 20.5 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burgess Owens | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
Bobby Jackson | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 58 | 1 |
Shafer Suggs | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 32 | 1 |
Johnny Lynn | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 32 | 0 |
Greg Buttle | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
Stan Blinka | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
Mike McKibben | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Ken Schroy | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 21 | 239 | 11.4 | 58 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burgess Owens | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
Richard Todd | 7 | 4 | -10 | 0 | |||
Marty Lyons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Blinka | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bruce Harper | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Johnny Lynn | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerome Barkum | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mark Merrill | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Crosby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Sullivan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tim Moresco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Scott Dierking | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Shafer Suggs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Darby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Newton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Clark Gaines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Ramsey | 2 | 1 | -34 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lawrence Pillers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Woody Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bobby Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pat Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kevin Long | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mickey Shuler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 31 | -12 | 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 |
Kevin Long | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Pat Leahy | 8 | 12 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
Tom Newton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Richard Todd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Wesley Walker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Dave Jacobs | 5 | 10 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
Jerome Barkum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Toni Linhart | 3 | 11 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
Scott Dierking | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Mickey Shuler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Bruce Harper | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Matt Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Shafer Suggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bobby Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Woody Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Bobby Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Johnny Lynn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Rich Szaro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Tim Moresco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 337 |