Joe Namath

JETS CAREER	G	QBREC	COMP%	PASS YDS	PASS TD	INT	RATE	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD
REG SEASON	136	60-61-4	50.2	27,057	170	215	65.8	135	7
PLAYOFFS	3	2-1	42.7	641	3	4	54.8	15	0

Player	Joe Namath
Team: Years Active	New York Jets: 1965-1976
Position	QB
Number	12
Height	6-foot-2
Weight	220 pounds
Throws	Right
DOB	May 31, 1943
Hometown	Beaver Falls, PA
High School	Beaver Falls (PA)
College	Alabama
NFL Entrance	1965 AFL Draft NYJ: No. 1 (Round 1)
Jets Acquisition	Drafted by NYJ (1965) GM Weeb Ewbank
X	@RealJoeNamath
IG	broadwayjoenamath

Not only is Joe Namath a huge chunk of New York Jets history, but he actually is New York Jets history in a variety of ways.

Taking it even further, the once-spry Alabama quarterback may just be the most significant individual in the history of the National Football League.

Namath’s Super Bowl 3 guarantee and shocking victory over the Baltimore Colts allowed the new AFL to gain prominence in a way few thought was previously possible. The 18-point underdogs coming away with the 16-7 victory set the stage for the Kansas City Chiefs’ stunning Super Bowl 4 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

Long story short, the modern NFL era was born, and the most powerful league in the world hasn’t looked back since the merger.

CAREER STATS

	GAMES	RECORD	COMP%	PASS YDS	PASS TD	INT	RATE	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD
Jets Regular Season	136	60-61-4	50.2	27,057	170	215	65.8	135	7
Regular Season	140	62-63-4	50.1	27,663	173	220	65.5	140	7
Playoffs	3	2-1	42.7	641	3	4	54.8	15	0

PASSING BY SEASON

Year	Tm	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1965		13	9	3-5-1	164	340	48.2	2220	18	5.3	15	4.4	62	6.5	5.6	13.5	170.8	68.7	13	130	3.7	5.92	5.03
1966		14	13	5-6-2	232	471	49.3	3379	19	4	27	5.7	77	7.2	5.4	14.6	241.4	62.6	7	66	1.5	6.93	5.18	4	2
1967		14	14	8-5-1	258	491	52.5	4007	26	5.3	28	5.7	75	8.2	6.7	15.5	286.2	73.8	26	261	5	7.25	5.81	1	2
1968		14	14	11-3-0	187	380	49.2	3147	15	3.9	17	4.5	87	8.3	7.1	16.8	224.8	72.1	15	112	3.8	7.68	6.51	3	3
1969		14	14	10-4-0	185	361	51.2	2734	19	5.3	17	4.7	60	7.6	6.5	14.8	195.3	74.3	13	117	3.5	7	5.97	2	3
1970		5	5	1-4-0	90	179	50.3	1259	5	2.8	12	6.7	72	7	4.6	14	251.8	54.7	6	63	3.2	6.46	4.09
1971		4	3	2-1-0	28	59	47.5	537	5	8.5	6	10.2	74	9.1	6.2	19.2	134.3	68.2	0	0	0	9.1	6.22
1972		13	13	7-6-0	162	324	50	2816	19	5.9	21	6.5	83	8.7	6.9	17.4	216.6	72.5	11	101	3.3	8.1	6.42	2	2
1973		6	5	2-3-0	68	133	51.1	966	5	3.8	6	4.5	63	7.3	6	14.2	161	68.7	10	97	7	6.08	4.89
1974		14	14	7-7-0	191	361	52.9	2616	20	5.5	22	6.1	89	7.2	5.6	13.7	186.9	69.4	19	195	5	6.37	4.82	3	3
1975		14	13	3-10-0	157	326	48.2	2286	15	4.6	28	8.6	91	7	4.1	14.6	163.3	51	27	253	7.6	5.76	3.04
1976		11	8	1-7-0	114	230	49.6	1090	4	1.7	16	7	35	4.7	2	9.6	99.1	39.9	16	150	6.5	3.82	1.22
1977		4	4	2-2-0	50	107	46.7	606	3	2.8	5	4.7	42	5.7	4.1	12.1	151.5	54.5	7	76	6.1	4.65	3.2

PLAYOFFS PASSING BY SEASON

Year	Tm	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1968		2	2	2-0	36	77	46.8	472	3	3.9	1	1.3	52	6.1	6.3	13.1	236	74.2	4	21	4.9	5.57	5.75	1	1
1969		1	1	0-1	14	40	35	169	0	0	3	7.5	18	4.2	0.9	12.1	169	17.6	2	16	4.8	3.64	0.43

Honors:

• 4-time AFL All-Star (1965, 1967-69)
• Pro Bowl (1972)
• First-Team All-AFL (1968)
• 3-time Second-Team All-AFL (1966-67, 1969)
• 3-time Passing Yards Leader (1966-67, 1972)
• Passing Touchdowns Leader (1972)
• Second-Team All-Pro (1972)
• NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1974)
• No. 12 retired by Jets, New York Jets Ring of Honor
• 1965 AFL Rookie of the Year, AFL All-Time Team
• Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1985, Super Bowl III MVP

Jets all-time regular season ranks:

• 1st in passing yards (27,057)
• 1st in passing touchdowns (170)
• 2nd in passes completed (1,836, trailing Ken O’Brien’s 2,039)
• 4th in Pro-Football-Reference’s Approximate Value (112)
• 32nd in games played (136)

Jets all-time playoff ranks:

• 5th in passing yards (636)
• 5th in completions (50)
• 6th in passing touchdowns (3)

Jets single-season ranks:

• Most passing yards (4,007, 1967)
• 10th-most passing yards (3,379, 1966)
• 3rd-most passing touchdowns (26, 1967)
• 3rd-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.9%, 1972)
• 6th-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.5%, 1974)
• T-7th-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.3%, 1969)
• T-7th-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.3%, 1967)
• T-7th-best passing touchdown rate, minimum 300 pass attempts (5.3%, 1965)
• Best Y/A, minimum 300 pass attempts (8.7, 1972)
• 2nd-best Y/A, minimum 300 pass attempts (8.3, 1968)
• 3rd-best Y/A, minimum 300 pass attempts (8.2, 1967)

Jets single-game (regular season or playoff) ranks:

• Most passing yards (496, Week 2 of 1972, W 44-34 @ BAL)
• Most yards per completion, minimum 15 completions (33.1, Week 2 of 1972, W 44-34 @ BAL)
• Best Y/A, minimum anywhere from 13 to 28 pass attempts (17.7, Week 2 of 1972, W 44-34 @ BAL)
• T-2nd-most passing touchdowns (5, Week 3 of 1966, W 52-12 vs. HOU)
• T-6th-most passing touchdowns (4, Week 4 of 1968, L 35-37 @ BUF)
• 9th-most passing yards (415, Week 5 of 1967, W 29-27 vs. MIA)
• 10th-most passing yards (403, Week 13 of 1972, L 16-24 @ OAK)
• 11th-most passing yards (399, Week 4 of 1967, W 38-24 @ DEN)
• 12th-most passing yards (397, Week 5 of 1970, L 22-29 vs. BAL)

Miscellaneous Jets records:

• Most regular season games played among QB (136)
• Most pick-sixes (28, which is 20 more than any other Jet)
• Most fourth-quarter comebacks (15)
• Most QB wins (60)
• Most QB losses (61)
• 2nd-most game-winning drives (15, trailing Ken O’Brien’s 16)
• 1st in career yards per pass attempt relative to league average, out of 17 quarterbacks with 500+ career attempts with Jets (110 – 100 is average)
• 3rd in career passer rating relative to league average, out of 17 quarterbacks with 500+ career attempts with Jets (102 – 100 is average). Trails Ken O’Brien (108) and Chad Pennington (112)