![]() | 1965 New York Jets RosterAmerican Football League (AFL) |
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (5-8-1)
1965 New York Jets Roster1965 New York Jets Game-by-Game Results
The New York Jets of the American Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the AFL's East Division. Weeb Ewbank coached the team.
Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
Joe Namath | 340 | 164 | 48.2 | 2220 | 6.5 | 18 | 5.3 | 15 | 4.4 | 62 | 68.8 | ||
Mike Taliaferro | 119 | 45 | 37.8 | 531 | 4.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 7 | 5.9 | 37 | 36.1 | ||
Totals | 459 | 209 | 45.5 | 2751 | 6.0 | 21 | 4.6 | 22 | 4.8 | 62 | 0 | 0 | |
Opponents | 472 | 220 | 46.6 | 2662 | 5.6 | 22 | 4.7 | 26 | 5.5 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
Matt Snell | 169 | 763 | 4.5 | 44 | 4 |
Bill Mathis | 147 | 604 | 4.1 | 79 | 5 |
Mark Smolinski | 24 | 59 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 |
Kern Carson | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 15 | 2 |
Joe Namath | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Mike Taliaferro | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 |
Curley Johnson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
Don Maynard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 366 | 1492 | 4.1 | 79 | 11 |
Opponents | 432 | 1551 | 3.6 | 10 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
Don Maynard | 68 | 1218 | 17.9 | 56 | 14 |
Matt Snell | 38 | 264 | 6.9 | 35 | 0 |
Bake Turner | 31 | 402 | 13.0 | 62 | 2 |
George Sauer | 29 | 301 | 10.4 | 33 | 2 |
Bill Mathis | 17 | 242 | 14.2 | 32 | 1 |
Dee Mackey | 16 | 255 | 15.9 | 47 | 1 |
Mark Smolinski | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
Jim Evans | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
Gene Heeter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Curley Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 |
Totals | 209 | 2751 | 13.2 | 62 | 21 |
Opponents | 220 | 2662 | 5.6 | 22 |
Kicking:
Player | XPA | XPM | XP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
Jim Turner | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 91 |
Totals | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 91 |
Opponents | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 93 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
Curley Johnson | 72 | 3260 | 45.3 | 73 |
Totals | 72 | 3260 | 45.3 | 73 |
Opponents | 78 | 3104 | 39.8 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
Bill Baird | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | 23 | 0 |
Willie West | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
Jerry Robinson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
Kern Carson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Bake Turner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 166 | 5.7 | 23 | 0 |
Opponents | 40 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
Bake Turner | 18 | 402 | 22.3 | 32 | 0 |
Kern Carson | 14 | 311 | 22.2 | 30 | 0 |
Jerry Robinson | 7 | 164 | 23.4 | 30 | 0 |
Mark Smolinski | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 22 | 0 |
Bill Baird | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 |
Charlie Browning | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
George Sauer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Ray Abruzzese | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Jim O'Mahoney | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Nick DeFelice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dainard Paulson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 54 | 1107 | 20.5 | 32 | 0 |
Opponents | 60 | 1421 | 23.7 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
Dainard Paulson | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
Willie West | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 28 | 0 |
Bill Baird | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
Ralph Baker | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
Ray Abruzzese | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
Cornell Gordon | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Verlon Biggs | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Al Atkinson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Larry Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 235 | 9.0 | 44 | 0 |
Opponents | 22 | nan |
Defense and Fumbles:
Tackles | Fumbles | Kicks | |||||||||||
Player | Tackle | Solo | Assist | TFL | TFL Yds | Brup | QBH | Fum | F Rec | F Rec Yds | FR TD | FF | K Blk |
Bill Baird | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Kern Carson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Dee Mackey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Bill Mathis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Don Maynard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Joe Namath | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Dainard Paulson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Jerry Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Mark Smolinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Matt Snell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Mike Taliaferro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Bake Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Opponents | 25 | 12 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | Int | Fum | Other | FG | XP | 2 Pt | Saf | Points |
Kern Carson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Curley Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Dee Mackey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
Bill Mathis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Don Maynard | 0 | 14 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
George Sauer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Matt Snell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Bake Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Jim Turner | 0 | 20 | 31 | 91 | ||||||||
Totals | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 285 |
Opponents | 10 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 33 | 303 |