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1983 New York Jets Statistics
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Joe Walton (7-9)
Location: New York, New York
1983 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
New York scored 313 points, while the defense allowed 331. Richard Todd directed the offense, throwing for 3,478 yards. Wesley Walker topped pass catchers, hauling in 61 balls for 868 yards. Bruce Harper and Lam Jones were targeted regularly also.
Freeman McNeil rushed for a team-leading 654 yards for the Jets, while Dwayne Crutchfield additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Lance Mehl picked off 7 opponent throws. Mark Gastineau paced the defensive unit with 19 quarterback sacks.
Joe Walton 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 | 518 | 308 | 59.5 | 3478 | 6.7 | 18 | 3.5 | 26 | 5.0 | 64 | 42 | 314 | 70.3 |
Pat Ryan | 40 | 21 | 52.5 | 259 | 6.5 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 5.0 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 68.6 |
Freeman McNeil | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 127.1 |
Totals | 559 | 330 | 59.0 | 3742 | 6.7 | 21 | 3.8 | 28 | 5.0 | 64 | 43 | 317 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freeman McNeil | 160 | 654 | 4.1 | 19 | 1 |
Dwayne Crutchfield | 137 | 571 | 4.2 | 17 | 3 |
Bruce Harper | 51 | 354 | 6.9 | 78 | 1 |
Scott Dierking | 28 | 113 | 4.0 | 31 | 3 |
Richard Todd | 35 | 101 | 2.9 | 17 | 0 |
Johnny Hector | 16 | 85 | 5.3 | 42 | 0 |
Marion Barber | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 13 | 1 |
Mike Augustyniak | 18 | 50 | 2.8 | 6 | 2 |
Kenny Lewis | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
Pat Ryan | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 25 | 0 |
Lam Jones | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
Ron Crosby | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 474 | 2068 | 4.4 | 78 | 11 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wesley Walker | 61 | 868 | 14.2 | 64 | 7 |
Bruce Harper | 48 | 413 | 8.6 | 33 | 2 |
Lam Jones | 43 | 734 | 17.1 | 50 | 4 |
Scott Dierking | 33 | 275 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
Jerome Barkum | 32 | 385 | 12.0 | 34 | 1 |
Mickey Shuler | 26 | 272 | 10.5 | 28 | 1 |
Freeman McNeil | 21 | 172 | 8.2 | 21 | 3 |
Dwayne Crutchfield | 19 | 133 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
Derrick Gaffney | 17 | 243 | 14.3 | 35 | 0 |
Mike Augustyniak | 10 | 71 | 7.1 | 17 | 1 |
Marion Barber | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 12 | 1 |
Kenny Lewis | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 23 | 0 |
Johnny Hector | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 22 | 1 |
Mike Harmon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Tom Coombs | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 330 | 3742 | 11.3 | 64 | 21 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Leahy | 37 | 36 | 97.3 | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 84 |
Pat Ryan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 38 | 37 | 97.4 | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 85 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Ramsey | 81 | 3218 | 39.7 | 56 |
Totals | 81 | 3218 | 39.7 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kirk Springs | 23 | 287 | 12.5 | 76 | 1 |
Mike Harmon | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 21 | 0 |
Davlin Mullen | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
Ken Schroy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 420 | 11.1 | 76 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preston Brown | 29 | 645 | 22.2 | 46 | 0 |
Kirk Springs | 16 | 364 | 22.8 | 64 | 0 |
Johnny Hector | 14 | 274 | 19.6 | 45 | 0 |
Davlin Mullen | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
Bruce Harper | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Marion Barber | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Reggie McElroy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Mickey Shuler | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 66 | 1375 | 20.8 | 64 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lance Mehl | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 34 | 1 |
Jerry Holmes | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 43 | 1 |
Darrol Ray | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 42 | 0 |
Johnny Lynn | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 42 | 1 |
Bobby Jackson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Ken Schroy | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
Greg Buttle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Bob Crable | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 342 | 15.5 | 43 | 3 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Mark Gastineau | 19.0 | 0.0 | |
Joe Klecko | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
Kenny Neil | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Marty Lyons | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Lance Mehl | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Bob Crable | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Ben Rudolph | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Ken Schroy | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Greg Buttle | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
John Woodring | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Barry Bennett | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Rusty Guilbeau | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 48.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Woodring | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Harmon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Gastineau | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Marion Barber | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joseph Pellegrini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Ryan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ken Schroy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
Lance Mehl | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Preston Brown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Todd | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Darrol Ray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Crosby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Eliopulos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Klecko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kirk Springs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ben Rudolph | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Holmes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Freeman McNeil | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lam Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Davlin Mullen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerome Barkum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Johnny Hector | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dwayne Crutchfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 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 |
Pat Leahy | 16 | 36 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||||
Wesley Walker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
Freeman McNeil | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Lam Jones | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Dwayne Crutchfield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Scott Dierking | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Mike Augustyniak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Bruce Harper | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Marion Barber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Jerry Holmes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Mickey Shuler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Lance Mehl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mark Gastineau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Johnny Lynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Kirk Springs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Jerome Barkum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Johnny Hector | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Pat Ryan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Totals | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 313 |