1966 New York Jets season

The 1966 New York Jets season was the seventh season for the team in the American Football League (AFL). The season began with the team trying to improve on their 5–8–1 record from 1965 under head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets finished the season 6–6–2.

1966 New York Jets season
Owner	Sonny Werblin
Head coach	Weeb Ewbank
Home stadium	Shea Stadium
Results
Record	6–6–2
Division place	3rd AFL East
Playoffs	Did not qualify
← 1965 Jets seasons 1967 →

Roster

1966 New York Jets NYJ roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Joe Namath 17 Mike Taliaferro Running backs (RB) 32 Emerson Boozer 41 Matt Snell FB 37 Allen Smith HB 31 Bill Mathis 45 Earl Christy Wide receivers (WR) 13 Don Maynard 23 Bill Rademacher 83 George Sauer, Jr. 84 Sammy Weir 29 Bake Turner Tight ends (TE) 87 Pete Lammons 30 Mark Smolinski

Offensive linemen (OL) 52 John Schmitt (American football) C 61 Dan Ficca G 64 Pete Perreault G/T 65 Sam DeLuca LG 67 Dave Herman RG 73 Mitch Dudek 75 Winston Hill LT 79 Sherman Plunkett RT Defensive linemen (DL) 72 Paul Rochester 74 Henry Schmidt 77 Steve Chomyszak 78 Jim Harris DT 80 Bob Werl 81 Gerry Philbin 86 Verlon Biggs 88 William Yearby

Linebackers (LB) 62 Al Atkinson 63 Jim O'Mahoney 51 Ralph Baker 56 Paul Crane 60 Larry Grantham 54 Jim Waskiewicz Defensive backs (DB) 22 Jim Hudson S 24 Johnny Sample DB 23 Bill Radenmacher 25 Ray Abruzzese S 40 Dainard Paulson DB 46 Bill Baird (American football) 48 Cornell Gordon DB 7 Sherman Lewis 28 Jim Gray 28 Pat Gucciardo Special teams (ST) 33 Curley Johnson 11 Jim Turner K

Rookies in italics

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Buffalo Bills	9	4	1	.692	6–2	358	255	W1
Boston Patriots	8	4	2	.667	5–1–1	315	283	L1
New York Jets	6	6	2	.500	4–3–1	322	312	W1
Houston Oilers	3	11	0	.214	1–7	335	396	L8
Miami Dolphins	3	11	0	.214	2–5	213	362	W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings in the AFL.^[1][2]

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	Bye
2	September 9	at Miami Dolphins	W 19–14	1–0	Miami Orange Bowl	34,402	Recap
3	September 18	Houston Oilers	W 52–13	2–0	Shea Stadium	54,681	Recap
4	September 25	at Denver Broncos	W 16–7	3–0	Bears Stadium	29,878	Recap
5	October 2	at Boston Patriots	T 24–24	3–0–1	Fenway Park	27,255	Recap
6	October 8	San Diego Chargers	W 17–16	4–0–1	Shea Stadium	63,497	Recap
7	October 16	at Houston Oilers	L 0–24	4–1–1	Rice Stadium	30,823	Recap
8	October 23	Oakland Raiders	L 21–24	4–2–1	Shea Stadium	58,135	Recap
9	October 30	Buffalo Bills	L 23–33	4–3–1	Shea Stadium	61,552	Recap
10	Bye
11	November 13	at Buffalo Bills	L 3–14	4–4–1	War Memorial Stadium	45,738	Recap
12	November 20	Miami Dolphins	W 30–13	5–4–1	Shea Stadium	58,664	Recap
13	November 27	Kansas City Chiefs	L 24–32	5–5–1	Shea Stadium	60,318	Recap
14	December 3	at Oakland Raiders	T 28–28	5–5–2	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	32,144	Recap
15	December 11	at San Diego Chargers	L 27–42	5–6–2	Balboa Stadium	25,712	Recap
16	December 17	Boston Patriots	W 38–28	6–6–2	Shea Stadium	58,921	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.