1977 New York Jets season

1977 New York Jets season
Head coach	Walt Michaels
Owner	Leon Hess
Home field	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	3–11
Division place	4th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1977 New York Jets season was the 18th season for the team and the 8th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 3–11 record from 1976 under new head coach Walt Michaels and beginning the post-Joe Namath era. Jets struggled with their third consecutive 3-11 season. They won a major off the field court decisions. The Jets, who were sharing Shea Stadium with New York Mets since 1964, always started the season on the road since the Mets who were the primary tenant of Shea and refused to allow the Jets to play any home games until their season was over. The ruling allowed the Jets to use Shea Stadium anytime the Mets were not playing. .

Offseason

Draft

1977 New York Jets draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	4	Marvin Powell	OT	USC
2	33	Wesley Walker	WR	California
3	72	Tank Marshall	DT	Texas A&M
4	90	Scott Dierking	RB	Purdue
5	116	Perry Griggs	WR	Troy State
5	129	Gary Gregory	OT	Baylor
6	144	Joe Klecko *	DT	Temple
7	168	Charlie White	RB	Bethune-Cookman
7	171	Bob Grupp	P	Duke
7	195	Kevin Long	RB	South Carolina
8	200	Dan Alexander	OG	LSU
8	210	Ed Thompson	LB	Ohio State
9	227	Matt Robinson	QB	Georgia
10	256	John Hennessy	LB	Michigan
11	307	Dave Butterfield	DB	Nebraska
12	312	Phil Gargis	QB	Auburn
12	313	Dave Conrad	OT	Maryland
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
1	1977-09-18	at Houston Oilers	L 20–0	The Astrodome	39,488
2	1977-09-25	Baltimore Colts	L 20–12	Giants Stadium	43,439
3	1977-10-02	New England Patriots	W 30–27	Shea Stadium	38,227
4	1977-10-09	at Buffalo Bills	W 24–19	Rich Stadium	32,046
5	1977-10-16	at Miami Dolphins	L 21–17	Miami Orange Bowl	43,446
6	1977-10-23	Oakland Raiders	L 28–27	Shea Stadium	56,734
7	1977-10-30	at New England Patriots	L 24–13	Schafer Stadium	61,042
8	1977-11-06	Miami Dolphins	L 14–10	Shea Stadium	51,582
9	1977-11-13	Seattle Seahawks	L 17–0	Shea Stadium	42,923
10	1977-11-20	at Baltimore Colts	L 33–12	Memorial Stadium	50,957
11	1977-11-27	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 23–20	Shea Stadium	47,385
12	1977-12-04	at New Orleans Saints	W 16–13	Louisiana Superdome	40,464
13	1977-12-11	Buffalo Bills	L 14–10	Shea Stadium	31,929
14	1977-12-18	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 27–0	Veterans Stadium	19,241

Game summaries

Week 1: at Houston Oilers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	0	0	0	0	0
Oilers	0	7	0	13	20

at Houston Astrodome, Houston, Texas

• Date: September 18
• Game time: 3:00 p.m.
• Game weather: dome
• Box Score

Game information

Second Quarter HOU – Don Hardeman 1 yard run (Skip Butler kick) Fourth Quarter HOU – Dan Pastorini 1 yard run (Skip Butler kick) HOU – Rob Carpenter 1 yard run (kick failed) Passing NYJ – Richard Todd 10/25, 115 yards, INT HOU – Dan Pastorini 20/32, 137 yards Rushing NYJ – Charlie White 13 att, 43 yards HOU – Don Hardeman 12 att, 55 yards, TD Receiving NYJ – David Knight 3 rec, 40 yards HOU – Ken Burrough 3 rec, 57 yards

Week 2: vs. Baltimore Colts

Week 3: vs. New England Patriots

Week 4: at Buffalo Bills

Week 5: at Miami Dolphins

Week 6: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 9: vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 11: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 12: at New Orleans Saints

Week 14: at Philadelphia Eagles

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Baltimore Colts^(2)	10	4	0	.714	6–2	9–3	295	221	W1
Miami Dolphins	10	4	0	.714	6–2	8–4	313	197	W1
New England Patriots	9	5	0	.643	4–4	7–5	278	217	L1
New York Jets	3	11	0	.214	2–6	2–10	191	300	L2
Buffalo Bills	3	11	0	.214	2–6	2–10	160	313	L1

External links

• 1977 statistics

References

1. The Football Database. Retrieved 2014-Jul-05.