1976 New York Jets season

1976New York Jetsseason
1976New York Jetsseason
Owner	Leon Hess
Head coach	Lou Holtz(resigned following Week 13, 3–10 record; Mike Holovak(interim, 0–1 record)
Home field	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	3–11
Division place	4thAFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None
	←1975; Jets seasons; 1977→;

The1976 New York Jets seasonwas the seventeenth season for the team and the seventh in theNational Football League.It began with the team trying to improve upon its 3–11 record from 1975 under new head coachLou Holtz.The Jets again finished with a record of 3–11, which combined with the resignation of Holtz with one game left in the season to become coach at theUniversity of Arkansas,promptedJohn Facendato say about the Jets during theNFL Filmshighlight film for that season “Perhaps the best thing to say about the 1976 New York Jets season is that it’s over”.

The only teams that the Jets defeated in 1976 were the2–12 Buffalo Bills(twice) and the0–14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.The Jets were 0–9 vs. teams with a winning record.

The 1976 season was also the twelfth and final year with the Jets for quarterbackJoe Namath.^{[note 1]}

Offseason

1976 Expansion Draft

New York Jets selected during the Expansion Draft
Name	Position	Expansion Team
Anthony Davis	Running back	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jerry Davis	Defensive back	Seattle Seahawks
Larry Woods	Defensive tackle	Seattle Seahawks

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1976 New York Jets draft
1	6	Richard Todd	Quarterback	Alabama
2	33	Shafer Suggs	Safety	Ball State
3	67	Greg Buttle	Linebacker	Penn State
5	129	Steve King	Offensive tackle	Michigan
6	163	Bob Martin	Linebacker	Nebraska
7	188	Abdul Salaam	Defensive end	Kent State
7	199	James Richards	Running back	Florida
8	211	Joe Davis	Guard	USC
8	214	Louie Giammona	Running back	Utah State
9	244	Ronnie Moore	Wide receiver	VMI
11	296	Lawrence Pillers	Defensive end	Alcorn State
12	326	Don Buckey	Wide receiver	North Carolina State
12	327	Dave Buckey	Quarterback	North Carolina State
14	380	Al Gluchoski	Center	West Virginia
15	410	Rick Faulk	Punter	San Francisco State
16	437	James Godwin	Running back	Fayetteville
17	464	Darwin Willie	Tight end	Tulane
Made roster†Pro Football Hall of Fame*Made at least onePro Bowlduring career

Personnel

Staff

**1976 New York Jets staff**
	Front office Leon Hess– Owner Al Ward– General manager Mike Holovak– Director of player personnel Carroll Huntress– Scout Connie Nicholas– Scout Head coaches Lou Holtz– Head coach (first 13 games) Mike Holovak– Interim head coach (final game) Offensive coaches Dan Henning– Wide receivers Joe Gardi– Tight ends/special teams Bob Fry– Offensive line			Defensive coaches Walt Michaels– Defensive coordinator

Roster

**1976 New York Jets roster**
Quarterbacks(QB) 11Steve Joachim 12Joe Namath 14Richard Todd Running backs(RB) 35Steve Davis 21Clark GainesFB 45Louie Giammona 38Bob Gresham 49Ed Marinaro Wide receivers(WR) 84Don Buckey 82David Knight 89Lou Piccone 80Howard Satterwhite Tight ends(TE) 83Jerome Barkum 88Rich Caster 86Richard Osborne		Offensive linemen(OL) 67Darrell AustinG 65Joe FieldsC 75Winston HillT 71Al KrevisT 50Wayne MulliganC 78Garry PuetzT 66Randy RasmussenG 61John RomanG 72Robert WoodsT Defensive linemen(DL) 77Carl BarzilauskasDT 85Ed GaligherDT 81Richard NealDE 87Billy NewsomeDE 76Lawrence PillersDE 74Abdul SalaamDT		Linebackers(LB) 51Greg Buttle 55John Ebersole 52Mike Hennigan 59Bob Martin 56Larry Keller 54Steve Poole 53Carl Russ Defensive backs(DB) 39Harry HowardCB/S 47Tommy MarvasoFS 22Burgess OwensFS 46Rich SowellsCB 23Shafer SuggsCB 38Ed TaylorCB 27Phil WiseSS Special teams 3Duane CarrellP 5Pat LeahyK				Reserve --Steve KingT(IR) --Clarence SandersLB(PUP) 48Ken SchroySS(IR) Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 12	atCleveland Browns	L17–38	0–1	Cleveland Stadium	67,496
2	September 19	atDenver Broncos	L3–46	0–2	Mile High Stadium	62,669
3	September 29	atMiami Dolphins	L0–16	0–3	Miami Orange Bowl	49,754
4	October 3	atSan Francisco 49ers	L6–17	0–4	Candlestick Park	42,961
5	October 10	Buffalo Bills	W17–14	1–4	Shea Stadium	59,110
6	October 18	atNew England Patriots	L7–41	1–5	Schaefer Stadium	50,883
7	October 24	Baltimore Colts	L0–20	1–6	Shea Stadium	59,576
8	October 31	atBuffalo Bills	W19–14	2–6	Rich Stadium	41,285
9	November 7	Miami Dolphins	L7–27	2–7	Shea Stadium	53,344
10	November 14	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W34–0	3–7	Shea Stadium	46,426
11	November 21	New England Patriots	L24–38	3–8	Shea Stadium	49,983
12	November 28	atBaltimore Colts	L16–33	3–9	Memorial Stadium	44,023
13	December 5	Washington Redskins	L16–37	3–10	Shea Stadium	46,638
14	December 12	Cincinnati Bengals	L3–42	3–11	Shea Stadium	31,067
Note:Intra-division opponents are inboldtext.

Standings

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts⁽²⁾	11	3	0	.786	7–1	11–1	417	246	W1
New England Patriots⁽⁴⁾	11	3	0	.786	6–2	10–2	376	236	W6
Miami Dolphins	6	8	0	.429	5–3	6–6	263	264	L1
New York Jets	3	11	0	.214	2–6	3–9	169	383	L4
Buffalo Bills	2	12	0	.143	0–8	2–10	245	363	L10

In popular culture

The television seriesBarney Millerreferenced the game between the Buccaneers playing in New York versus the Jets, in the third-season episode “The Recluse”, in which Yemana (Jack Soo) had tickets to the Jets/Tampa Bay game. When asked “Why?’, his response, “They were on sale”. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished 0–14 the same season.

Notes

^Namath would play one final season with the1977 L.A. Rams

References

External links

1976 statistics

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[1] Namath would play one final season with the1977 L.A. Rams

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