1979 New York Jets

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1979 New York Jets

Head Coach: Walt Michaels

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
+ Primary starter
Starters are listed by position, beginning with primary starters and ending with non-starting depth. A player will be listed more than once if starting at mulitple positions during the season.

Pos	Player	GP	Exp	DOB	Ht	College
QB	Pat Ryan	1	2	09/16/1955	' "	Tennessee
QB	Matt Robinson	15	3	06/28/1955	' "	Georgia
QB	Richard Todd	15	4	11/19/1953	' "	Alabama
RB	Scott Dierking	16	3	05/24/1955	' "	Purdue
RB	Clark Gaines	16	4	02/01/1954	' "	Wake Forest
RB	Woody Bennett	15	1	03/24/1955	' "	Miami (FL)
RB	Tom Newton	16	3	03/08/1954	' "	California
RB/WR	Bruce Harper	16	3	06/20/1955	' "	Kutztown (PA)
RB	Kevin Long	12	3	01/20/1955	' "	South Carolina
TE	Mickey Shuler	16	2	08/21/1956	' "	Penn State
TE	Bob Raba	8	3	04/23/1955	' "	Maryland
TE/WR	Jerome Barkum	13	8	07/18/1950	' "	Jackson State
WR	Derrick Gaffney	16	2	05/24/1955	' "	Florida
WR	Paul Darby	15	R	10/22/1956	' "	Southwest Texas State
WR	Bobby Jones	10	2	07/12/1955	' "	Millikin (IL)
WR	Wesley Walker	9	3	05/26/1955	' "	California
WR	Roger Farmer	4	1	11/20/1955	' "	Baker
T	Chris Ward	16	2	12/16/1955	' "	Ohio State
C/G	Joe Fields	15	5	11/14/1953	' "	Widener
C	Ed McGlasson	7	R	07/11/1956	' "	Youngstown State
G/C/T	Stan Waldemore	16	2	02/20/1955	' "	Nebraska
G	Randy Rasmussen	16	13	05/10/1945	' "	Nebraska - Kearney
T/G	John Roman	16	4	08/31/1952	' "	Idaho State
G/T	Dan Alexander	16	3	06/17/1955	' "	Louisiana State
T	Marvin Powell	16	3	08/30/1955	' "	Southern California
G	Eric Cunningham	11	R	03/16/1957	' "	Penn State
DE/DT/NT	Joe Klecko	16	3	10/15/1953	' "	Temple
DT/DE	Bob Winkel	15	R	10/23/1955	' "	Kentucky
DE/DT/NT	Lawrence Pillers	16	4	11/04/1952	' "	Alcorn State
DT/DE	Abdul Salaam	12	4	02/12/1953	' "	Kent State
DE	Mark Gastineau	16	R	11/20/1956	' "	East Central (OK)
DT/DE/NT	Marty Lyons	16	R	01/05/1957	' "	Alabama
DT/NT	Joe Pellegrini	4	2	08/09/1956	' "	Idaho
LB	Mark Merrill	6	2	05/05/1955	' "	Minnesota
LB	Ron Crosby	12	2	03/02/1955	' "	Penn State
LB	John Sullivan	12	R	10/01/1956	' "	Illinois
LB/DE	John Hennessy	16	3	03/12/1944	' "	Michigan
LB	Mike McKibben	16	1	09/03/1956	' "	Kent State
LB	Stan Blinka	16	R	04/29/1957	' "	Sam Houston State
LB	Greg Buttle	16	4	06/20/1954	' "	Penn State
LB	Bob Martin	2	4	11/14/1953	' "	Nebraska
DB	Bobby Jackson	16	2	12/23/1956	' "	Florida State
DB	Ken Schroy	16	3	09/22/1952	' "	Maryland
DB	Burgess Owens	16	7	08/02/1951	' "	Miami (FL)
DB	Johnny Lynn	16	R	12/19/1956	' "	UCLA
DB	Shafer Suggs	16	4	04/28/1953	' "	Ball State
DB	Ed Taylor	4	5	05/13/1953	' "	Memphis
DB	Tim Moresco	16	3	10/03/1954	' "	Syracuse
DB	Donald Dykes	16	R	08/24/1955	' "	Southeastern Louisiana
K	Pat Leahy	6	6	03/19/1951	' "	St. Louis
P	Chuck Ramsey	16	3	02/24/1952	' "	Wake Forest
K	Dave Jacobs	4	R	07/01/1957	' "	Syracuse
K	Toni Linhart	5	7	07/24/1942	' "	Austria Tech School
K	Richie Szaro	1	5	03/07/1958	' "	Harvard

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