1974 New York Jets season

Template:Short description Template:Infobox NFL team season The 1974 New York Jets season was the fifteenth season for the team and the fifth in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 4–10 record from 1973 under new head coach Charley Winner. After beginning the season 1–7, the Jets won six straight and finished with a record of 7–7. During the streak were home upsets of playoff-bound Miami and Buffalo.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 15	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 16–24	0–1	Arrowhead Stadium	74,854	Recap
2	September 22	at Chicago Bears	W 23–21	1–1	Soldier Field	50,213	Recap
3	September 29	at Buffalo Bills	L 12–16	1–2	Rich Stadium	76,978	Recap
4	Template:Dow tooltip	at Miami Dolphins	L 17–21	1–3	Miami Orange Bowl	60,727	Recap
5	October 13	New England Patriots	L 0–24	1–4	Shea Stadium	57,825	Recap
6	October 20	Baltimore Colts	L 20–35	1–5	Shea Stadium	51,745	Recap
7	October 27	Los Angeles Rams	L 13–20	1–6	Shea Stadium	56,110	Recap
8	November 3	Houston Oilers	L 22–27	1–7	Shea Stadium	47,218	Recap
9	November 10	at New York Giants	W 26–20 (OT)	2–7	Yale Bowl	64,327	Recap
10	November 17	at New England Patriots	W 21–16	3–7	Schaefer Stadium	57,115	Recap
11	November 24	Miami Dolphins	W 17–14	4–7	Shea Stadium	57,162	Recap
12	December 1	San Diego Chargers	W 27–14	5–7	Shea Stadium	44,888	Recap
13	December 8	Buffalo Bills	W 20–10	6–7	Shea Stadium	61,091	Recap
14	December 15	at Baltimore Colts	W 45–38	7–7	Memorial Stadium	31,651	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

Week 9 at Giants

Week Nine: New York Jets (1–7) at New York Giants (2–6)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Jets	7	3	3	7	6	26
Giants	3	10	7	0	0	20

at Yale Bowl, New Haven, Connecticut

• Date: November 10, 1974
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 64,327
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter NYJ – David Knight 19-yard pass from Joe Namath (Pat Leahy kick). Jets 7–0. Drive: NYG – Pete Gogolak 26-yard field goal. Jets 7–3. Drive: Second quarter NYG – Bob Tucker 2-yard pass from Craig Morton (Pete Gogolak kick). Giants 10–7. Drive: NYJ – Pat Leahy 34-yard field goal. Tie 10–10. Drive: NYG – Pete Gogolak 22-yard field goal. Giants 13–10. Drive: Third quarter NYJ – Pat Leahy 22-yard field goal. Tie 13–13. Drive: NYG – Bob Grim 12-yard pass from Craig Morton (Pete Gogolak kick). Giants 20–13. Drive: Fourth quarter NYJ – Joe Namath 3-yard run (Pat Leahy kick). Tie 20–20. Drive: Overtime NYJ – Emerson Boozer 5-yard pass from Joe Namath. Jets 26–20. Drive: Top passers NYJ – Joe Namath – 20/31, 236 yards, 2 TD NYG – Craig Morton – 21/32, 237 yards, 2 TD Top rushers NYJ – Robert Burns – 21 rushes, 101 yards NYG – Joe Dawkins – 11 rushes, 49 yards Top receivers NYJ – Rich Caster – 3 receptions, 68 yards NYG – Walker Gillette – 5 receptions, 83 yards

Awards and honors

• Joe Namath, NFL Comeback Player of the Year

External links

• 1974 statistics

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