1969 New York Jets season

The 1969 New York Jets season was the tenth season for the team, and their final season in the American Football League (AFL). Attempting to defend their AFL championship and Super Bowl III title, they failed to improve on their 11-3 record from 1968, however, they won the AFL Eastern Division again with a 10–4 record. In the divisional playoffs, they fell to the eventual AFL and Super Bowl IV champion, the Kansas City Chiefs.

1969 New York Jets season
Head coach	Weeb Ewbank
Owner	Leon Hess
Home field	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	10–4
Division place	1st AFL East
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Chiefs) 13–6

Roster

1969 New York Jets final roster

	Quarterbacks 12 Joe Namath 15 Babe Parilli 18 Al Woodall Running backs 32 Emerson Boozer 35 Billy Joe 31 Bill Mathis 41 Matt Snell FB 34 Lee White Wide receivers 13 Don Maynard 83 George Sauer, Jr. 29 Bake Turner Tight ends 87 Pete Lammons 89 Wayne Stewart		Offensive linemen 61 Roger Finnie T 67 Dave Herman G 75 Winston Hill T 64 Pete Perreault T 66 Randy Rasmussen G 52 John Schmitt C 79 Paul Seiler C 71 Sam Walton T Defensive linemen 86 Verlon Biggs DE 80 John Elliott DT 50 Carl McAdams 81 Gerry Philbin DE 72 Paul Rochester 85 Steve Thompson DT		Linebackers 62 Al Atkinson 51 Ralph Baker 55 Jim Carroll 56 Paul Crane 60 Larry Grantham 63 John Neidert Defensive backs 46 Bill Baird 40 Mike Battle 42 Randy Beverly 43 John Dockery 48 Cornell Gordon 22 Jim Hudson 28 Cecil Leonard 26 Jim Richards Special teams 20 Steve O'Neal P 11 Jim Turner K		Reserve lists 70 Dave Foley T (IR) Practice squad Rookies in italics active, inactive, practice squad

Regular season

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
New York Jets	10	4	0	.714	8–0	353	269	W2
Houston Oilers	6	6	2	.500	5–3	278	279	W1
Boston Patriots	4	10	0	.286	3–5	266	316	L2
Buffalo Bills	4	10	0	.286	2–6	230	359	L2
Miami Dolphins	3	10	1	.231	2–6	233	332	L1

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

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
1	1969-09-14	at Buffalo Bills	W 33–19	War Memorial Stadium	46,165
2	1969-09-21	at Denver Broncos	L 21–19	Mile High Stadium	50,583
3	1969-09-28	at San Diego Chargers	L 34–27	San Diego Stadium	54,042
4	1969-10-05	at Boston Patriots	W 23–14	Alumni Stadium	25,584
5	1969-10-12	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 21–7	Nippert Stadium	27,927
6	1969-10-20	Houston Oilers	W 26–17	Shea Stadium	63,841
7	1969-10-26	Boston Patriots	W 23–17	Shea Stadium	62,298
8	1969-11-02	Miami Dolphins	W 34–31	Shea Stadium	61,761
9	1969-11-09	Buffalo Bills	W 16–6	Shea Stadium	62,680
10	1969-11-16	Kansas City Chiefs	L 34–16	Shea Stadium	63,849
11	1969-11-23	Cincinnati Bengals	W 40–7	Shea Stadium	62,128
12	1969-11-30	Oakland Raiders	L 27–14	Shea Stadium	63,865
13	1969-12-06	at Houston Oilers	W 34–26	Astrodome	51,923
14	1969-12-14	at Miami Dolphins	W 27–9	Miami Orange Bowl	48,108

Game summaries

Week 1

1 2 3 4 Total • Jets 6 10 3 14 33 Bills 3 0 6 10 19 Date: September 14 Location: War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo, New York Game weather: 70°F, wind 11 mph

Scoring summary 1 NYJ Jim Turner 9 yard field goal Jets 3–0 1 BUF Bruce Alford 35 yard field goal Tie 3–3 1 NYJ Jim Turner 26 yard field goal Jets 6–3 2 NYJ Jim Turner 41 yard field goal Jets 9–3 2 NYJ Don Maynard 60 yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) Jets 16–3 3 NYJ Jim Turner 21 yard field goal Jets 19–3 3 BUF Bill Enyart 5 yard pass from Jack Kemp (pass failed) Jets 19–9 4 BUF O.J. Simpson 8 yard run (Bruce Alford kick) Jets 19–16 4 BUF Bruce Alford 10 yard field goal Tie 19–19 4 NYJ Matt Snell 11 yard run (Jim Turner kick) Jets 26–19 4 NYJ Paul Crane 23 yard interception return (Jim Turner kick) Jets 33–19

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Postseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Attendance
AFL Divisional	1969-12-20	Kansas City Chiefs	L 13–6	Shea Stadium	62,977

Awards and honors

• Joe Namath, Co-AFL MVP
• Joe Namath, UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year

References

1. Pro-Football-Reference.com

External links

• 1969 team stats