1964 New York Jets season

1964 season of AFL team New York Jets

1964 New York Jets season

Owner| Sonny Werblin
Head coach| Weeb Ewbank
Home stadium| Shea Stadium
Results
Record| 5–8–1
Division place| 3rd AFL East
Playoffs| Did not qualify

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The 1964 New York Jets season was the fifth season for the team in the American Football League (AFL). The season marked their first in Shea Stadium, after four seasons in the Polo Grounds. The season began with the team trying to improve on their 5–8–1 record from 1963 under head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets finished the season 5–8–1.

The Jets modified their helmet and logo design for 1964, switching from a single green stripe to two parallel green stripes down the center of the helmet crown. The jet-airplane logo decal was replaced by a white football shape outlined in green, with the word "JETS" in thick green sans-serif capitals over "NY" in green outline serif lettering, and a miniature football at bottom center.

Both the Jets and the baseball New York Mets moved to Shea in 1964. The team's original owner when it was the Titans, Harry Wismer, hoped the team could play in Shea beginning in 1961, but funding difficulties and legal problems delayed construction of the stadium. Wismer signed a memorandum of understanding in late 1961 to secure the Titans' new home. That memorandum recognized that the Mets would have exclusive use of the stadium until they had completed their season. As the Jets moved to Shea under new ownership, they were, in most years, required to open the season with several road games, a problem which would become worse in 1969 and 1973 when the Mets had long playoff runs.[1]

The Jets' popularity had reached a zenith at this point, in that the attendance at any one of their home games this season (except for the game against Houston, and even that one wasn't by much) outdrew the Titans' entire 1962 season attendance at the Polo Grounds.

## Schedule

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1  | September 12  | Denver Broncos | W 30–6  | 1–0  | Shea Stadium | 44,497  | Recap |
—  | Bye
2  | September 27  | at Boston Patriots | L 10–26  | 1–1  | Alumni Stadium | 22,716  | Recap |
3  | October 3  | San Diego Chargers | T 17–17  | 1–1–1  | Shea Stadium  | 50,222  | Recap |
4  | October 10  | Oakland Raiders | W 35–13  | 2–1–1  | Shea Stadium  | 36,499  | Recap |
5  | October 17  | Houston Oilers | W 24–21  | 3–1–1  | Shea Stadium  | 35,816  | Recap |
6  | October 24  | at Buffalo Bills | L 34–24  | 3–2–1  | War Memorial Stadium | 39,621  | Recap |
7  | October 31  | Boston Patriots | W 35–14  | 4–2–1  | Shea Stadium  | 45,033  | Recap |
8  | November 8  | Buffalo Bills | L 7–20  | 4–3–1  | Shea Stadium  | 61,929  | Recap |
9  | November 15  | at Denver Broncos | L 16–20  | 4–4–1  | Bears Stadium | 11,309  | Recap |
10  | November 22  | at Oakland Raiders | L 26–35  | 4–5–1  | Frank Youell Field | 15,589  | Recap |
11  | November 29  | Kansas City Chiefs | W 27–14  | 5–5–1  | Shea Stadium  | 46,597  | Recap |
12  | December 6  | at San Diego Chargers | L 3–38  | 5–6–1  | Balboa Stadium | 25,753  | Recap |
13  | December 13  | at Houston Oilers | L 17–33  | 5–7–1  | Jeppesen Stadium | 16,225  | Recap |
14  | December 20  | at Kansas City Chiefs | L 7–24  | 5–8–1  | Municipal Stadium | 14,316  | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

## Game summaries

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### Week 1

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Team | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Broncos | 3 | 0| 0| 3 | 6
• Jets | 7 | 6| 0| 17 | 30

* Date: September 12
* Location: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
* Game attendance: 44,497
* Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C); wind 15 mph

Scoring summary

Q1| | NYJ| Heeter 16 yard pass from Wood (Turner kick)| NYJ 7–0
Q1| | DEN| Mingo 32 yard field goal| NYJ 7–3
Q2| | NYJ| Turner 11 yard field goal| NYJ 10–3
Q2| | NYJ| Turner 27 yard field goal| NYJ 13–3
Q4| | DEN| Mingo 17 yard field goal| NYJ 13–6
Q4| | NYJ| Turner 21 yard field goal| NYU 16–6
Q4| | NYJ| Maynard 39 yard pass from Wood (Turner kick)| NYJ 23–6
Q4| | NYJ| Snell 5 yard run (Turner kick)| NYJ 30–6

* Don Maynard 4 Rec, 101 Yds

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## Standings

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Program for the October 3 home game against the San Diego Chargers. AFL Eastern Division

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| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK
Buffalo Bills | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 5–1 | 400 | 242 | W2
Boston Patriots | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 4–2 | 365 | 297 | L1
New York Jets | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 2–4 | 278 | 315 | L3
Houston Oilers | 4 | 10 | 0 | .286 | 1–5 | 310 | 355 | W2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings in the AFL.
AFL Western Division

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| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK
San Diego Chargers | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 4–2 | 341 | 300 | L2
Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 4–2 | 366 | 306 | W2
Oakland Raiders | 5 | 7 | 2 | .417 | 2–3–1 | 303 | 350 | W2
Denver Broncos | 2 | 11 | 1 | .154 | 1–4–1 | 240 | 438 | L2

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

## Roster

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1964 New York Jets roster Quarterbacks (QB)

* 18 Pete Liske
* 19 Dick Wood

Running backs (RB)

* 41 Matt Snell FB
* 37 Allen Smith HB
* 31 Bill Mathis
* 45 Earl Christy

Wide receivers (WR)

* 13 Don Maynard
* 89 Dee Mackey
* 83 Bill Rademacher
* 84 Al Lawson WR
* 80 Jim Evans
* 29 Bake Turner

Tight ends (TE)

* 87 Pete Lammons
* 30 Mark Smolinski
* 85 Gene Heeter

|  | Offensive linemen (OL)

* 56 John Schmitt C
* 52 Mike Hudock C
* 61 Dan Ficca G
* 64 Pete Perreault G/T
* 65 Sam DeLuca LG
* 67 Dave Herman  RG
* 70 Jim McCusker
* 75 Winston Hill LT
* 79 Sherman Plunkett RT

Defensive linemen (DL)

* 72 Paul Rochester
* 74 Gordy Holz
* 86 Bob Watters DE
* 78 Jim Harris DT
* 81 Gerry Philbin DE
* 82 Bert Wilder
* 87 LaVerne Torczon
* 88 Bob McAdams DT

|  | Linebackers (LB)

* 62 Ed Cummings
* 63 Bob Rowley
* 51 Ralph Baker

* 60 Larry Grantham
* 54 Wahoo McDaniel MLB

Defensive backs (DB)

* 42 Clyde Washington
* 25 Marshall Starks DB
* 43 Vincw Turner
* 40 Dainard Paulson DB
* 46 Bill Baird
* 26 Bill Pashe DB
* 22 Willie West
* 23 Mark Johnston DB

Special teams (ST)

* 33 Curley Johnson
* 11 Jim Turner K

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Rookies in italics

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## References

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1. ^ Ryczek, pp. 158–159
2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Nov-30.

## Further reading

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* Ryczek, William J. Crash of the Titans: The Early Years of the New York Jets and the AFL. Revised edition. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2009.

## External links

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* 1964 team stats

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