1979 New York Jets

1979 New York Jets Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Richard Todd	334	171	51.2	2660	7.96	72t	16	4.8	22	6.6	25	222	66.5
Matt Robinson	31	17	54.8	191	6.16	33	0	0.0	2	6.5	5	30	46.6
Pat Ryan	4	2	50.0	13	3.25	7	0	0.0	1	25.0	2	14	17.7
TOTALS	369	190	51.5	2864	7.76	72t	16	4.3	25	6.8	0	0	63.6

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Derrick Gaffney 32 534 16.7 1 43 Clark Gaines 29 219 7.6 0 15 Jerome Barkum 27 401 14.9 4 40 Wesley Walker 23 569 24.7 5 71t Bobby Jones 19 379 19.9 1 51 Bruce Harper 17 250 14.7 2 72t Mickey Shuler 16 225 14.1 3 46 Scott Dierking 10 121 12.1 0 27 Kevin Long 10 115 11.5 0 27 Tom Newton 4 33 8.3 0 11 Bob Raba 2 9 4.5 0 6 Woody Bennett 1 9 9.0 0 9 TOTALS 190 2864 15.1 16 72t

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Clark Gaines 186 905 4.9 0 52 Scott Dierking 186 767 4.1 3 40 Kevin Long 116 442 3.8 7 25 Bruce Harper 65 282 4.3 0 31 Tom Newton 37 145 3.9 6 51t Richard Todd 36 93 2.6 5 21 Bobby Jones 1 4 4.0 0 4 Woody Bennett 2 4 2.0 1 3 Matt Robinson 3 4 1.3 1 10 Chuck Ramsey 2 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 634 2646 4.2 23 52

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Bruce Harper 55 1158 21.1 0 52 Ken Schroy 6 179 29.8 0 51 Bobby Jones 7 140 20.0 0 36 Clark Gaines 2 29 14.5 0 20 Bob Raba 1 18 18.0 0 18 John Hennessy 2 15 7.5 0 12 Mickey Shuler 1 15 15.0 0 15 Woody Bennett 1 7 7.0 0 7 Tom Newton 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 76 1561 20.5 0 52

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Bruce Harper 33 290 8.8 9 0 51 Ken Schroy 2 24 12.0 0 0 19 Paul Darby 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Bobby Jones 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 TOTALS 36 314 8.7 10 0 51

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Chuck Ramsey	73	2979	40.8	64	10	22	0	33	260	34.5
TOTALS	73	2979	40.8	64	10	22	0	33	260	34.5

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Pat Leahy	1/1	2/2	5/8	0/2	0/0	8/13	34	12/15	36
Dave Jacobs	0/0	3/4	1/2	1/3	0/0	5/9	42	10/11	25
Toni Linhart	0/0	1/1	2/4	0/1	0/0	3/6	39	11/14	20
Richie Szaro	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/2	0	2/2	2
TOTALS	1/2	6/7	8/14	1/7	0/0	16/30	42	35/42	83

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Stan Blinka	--	--	2	12	6.0	0	8
Greg Buttle	--	--	2	27	13.5	0	27
Bobby Jackson	--	--	4	63	15.8	1	58t
Johnny Lynn	--	--	2	46	23.0	0	32
Mike McKibben	--	--	1	5	5.0	0	5
Burgess Owens	--	--	6	41	6.8	0	15
Ken Schroy	--	--	1	4	4.0	0	4
Shafer Suggs	--	--	3	41	13.7	1	32t
TOTALS	0.0	0.0	21	239	11.4	2	58t

If Jets beat Titans, top seed would be in sight
New York Newsday | November 19, 2008
One month ago today, Jets players trudged off the field with the noise from the home crowd at McAfee Stadium ringing in their ears and a mixture of shock and disgust settling in their stomachs.

It's been a mini pause that refreshes
New York Newsday | November 18, 2008
Call it a mini bye week.

Powell: Time for Super dreams?
New York Newsday | November 18, 2008
The Jets play in Tennessee against the unbeaten Titans and if they shake up the football world Sunday, then New York can start fantasizing about another shake-up Feb. 1. Sure, a few disclaimers are necessary before you lapse into a New York state of mind: Nothing is guaranteed. The season is far from over. Dreams can be shattered with the force of Brandon Jacobs running at you with a 5-yard head start. Yes, yes, all that.