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1970 New York Jets season

1970 New York Jets season
Leon Hess
Weeb Ewbank
Shea Stadium
4–10
3rd AFC East
Did not qualify

The 1970 New York Jets season was the 11th season for the team and the first in the National Football League, following the AFL–NFL merger. It began with the team trying to maintain or improve upon its 10–4 record from 1969 under head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets finished with a record of 4–10. One of the highlights of the season was the Jets' first game when they appeared on the first ever Monday Night Football game vs. the Cleveland Browns. The Jets lost the game 31–21. In the fifth game of the season, quarterback Joe Namath was lost for the season when he broke his wrist vs. the Baltimore Colts in Shea Stadium, the first meeting between the teams since Namath guaranteed victory in Super Bowl III. Namath's injury occurred when he hit his hand on the helmet of Colts defensive tackle Fred Miller. With Namath on the sidelines, the Jets were forced to play untested Al Woodall, who guided New York to upsets of NFC powerhouses Los Angeles and Minnesota, but only one other victory, over the lowly Boston Patriots.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
1970 New York Jets draft
1	20	Steve Tannen	Defensive back	Florida
2	46	Rich Caster *	Wide receiver	Jackson State
3	72	Dennis Onkotz	Linebacker	Penn State
4	98	John Ebersole	Linebacker	Penn State
5	108	Cliff McClain	Running back	South Carolina State
5	124	Gary Arthur	Tight end	Miami (OH)
6	150	Terry Stewart	Defensive back	Arkansas
7	176	James Williams	Defensive back	Virginia State
8	187	Jack Porter	Guard	Oklahoma
8	202	Mark Lomas	Defensive end	Northern Arizona
9	228	Eddie Bell	Wide receiver	Idaho State
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Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
Quarterbacks (QB)
15 Bob Davis
18 Al Woodall
Running backs (RB)

32 Emerson Boozer 42 Cliff McClain 30 Chuck Mercein 37 George Nock 34 Lee White Wide receivers (WR)

7 Eddie Bell 88 Rich Caster 13 Don Maynard 83 George Sauer Tight ends (TE)

82 Gary Arthur 87 Pete Lammons | | Offensive linemen (OL) 70 Dave Foley T 67 Dave Herman G 75 Winston Hill T 68 Dave Middendorf G 64 Pete Perreault T 66 Randy Rasmussen G 52 John Schmitt C Defensive linemen (DL)

86 Verlon Biggs DE 80 John Elliott DT 57 John Little DE 84 Mark Lomas DE/DT 81 Gerry Philbin DE 85 Steve Thompson DT | | Linebackers (LB) 62 Al Atkinson MLB 51 Ralph Baker OLB 56 Paul Crane OLB 55 John Ebersole MLB 60 Larry Grantham OLB Defensive backs (DB)

40 Mike Battle FS 43 John Dockery CB 33 W. K. Hicks FS 48 Gus Hollomon SS 28 Cecil Leonard CB 21 Steve Tannen CB 45 Earlie Thomas CB Special teams (ST)

20 Steve O'Neal P 11 Jim Turner K | | Practice squad 77 Tom Bayless G 22 Jim Hudson S 26 Frank Quayle RB 23 James Williams CB Reserve

61 Roger Finnie T (IR) 65 Jimmie Jones DE (IR) 12 Joe Namath QB (IR) 35 Dennis Onkotz LB (IR) 41 Matt Snell RB (IR) 89 Wayne Stewart TE (IR) Rookies in italics |

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}September 21	at Cleveland Browns	L 21–31	0–1	Cleveland Stadium	85,703	Recap
September 27	at Boston Patriots	W 31–21	1–1	Harvard Stadium	36,040	Recap
October 4	at Buffalo Bills	L 31–34	1–2	War Memorial Stadium	46,206	Recap
October 10	Miami Dolphins	L 6–20	1–3	Shea Stadium	62,712	Recap
October 18	Baltimore Colts	L 22–29	1–4	Shea Stadium	63,301	Recap
October 25	Buffalo Bills	L 6–10	1–5	Shea Stadium	62,712	Recap
November 1	New York Giants	L 10–22	1–6	Shea Stadium	63,903	Recap
November 8	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–21	1–7	Three Rivers Stadium	50,028	Recap
November 15	at Los Angeles Rams	W 31–20	2–7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	76,378	Recap
November 22	Boston Patriots	W 17–3	3–7	Shea Stadium	61,822	Recap
November 29	Minnesota Vikings	W 20–10	4–7	Shea Stadium	62,333	Recap
December 6	Oakland Raiders	L 13–14	4–8	Shea Stadium	62,905	Recap
December 13	at Miami Dolphins	L 10–16	4–9	Miami Orange Bowl	75,099	Recap
December 19	at Baltimore Colts	L 20–35	4–10	Memorial Stadium	60,240	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

AFC East
Baltimore Colts	11	2	1	.846	6–1–1	8–2–1	321	234	W4
Miami Dolphins	10	4	0	.714	6–2	8–3	297	228	W6
New York Jets	4	10	0	.286	2–6	2–9	255	286	L3
Buffalo Bills	3	10	1	.231	3–4–1	3–7–1	204	337	L5
Boston Patriots	2	12	0	.143	2–6	2–9	149	361	L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

1970 statistics

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