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1979 New York Jets Season
The 1979 New York Jets season was the 20th season for the franchise and its tenth in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 8–8 record from 1978 under head coach Walt Michaels. The Jets again finished the season with a record of 8–8. Matt Robinson started the season at quarterback, but got hurt and Richard Todd took the bulk of the duties at Quarterback as the Jets played .500 football posting an 8–8 record for the second straight season, finishing in third place. With the 1979 season, the Jets became one of only three non-expansion teams to not make the playoffs in the 1970s (the others being the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints). Offseason Draft Personnel Staff Roster Regular season Schedule Standings Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns Matt Robinson was named starting quarterback for the Jets against the Cleveland Browns but hid a thumb injury on his throwing hand from three days before the ga ...
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American Football Conference East Division
The American Football Conference – Eastern Division or AFC East is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). There are currently four teams that reside in the division: the Buffalo Bills (based in Orchard Park, New York); the Miami Dolphins (based in Miami Gardens, Florida); the New England Patriots (based in Foxborough, Massachusetts); and the New York Jets (based in East Rutherford, New Jersey). All four members of the AFC East were previously members of the Eastern Division of the American Football League (AFL). Both perfect regular seasons in professional football since the adoption of a 14-game schedule in the inaugural AFL season and by the NFL in 1961 have been achieved by teams in this division – the 1972 Dolphins, who completed the only perfect season in professional football at 17–0, and the 2007 Patriots, who finished 18–1 after losing Super Bowl XLII. Since the division's enfranchisem ...
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East Central State Tigers Football
The East Central Tigers (also ECU Tigers) are the athletic teams that represent East Central University, located in Ada, Oklahoma, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Tigers compete as members of the Great American Conference for all 11 varsity sports. Varsity teams List of teams Men's sports * Baseball * Basketball * Cross Country * Football * Track and Field Women's sports * Basketball * Cross Country * Soccer * Softball * Track and Field * Volleyball In March 2016, the school announced that it was suspending golf and tennis due to budget cuts by the state of Oklahoma. Individual sports Football In 1993, the Tigers won the NAIA national football championship against Glenville State 4–35 at ECU's Norris Field. In 2011 won the inaugural GAC regular season championship and the Conference tournament championship. Basketball For three seasons — from 1928 through 1931, when the school was known as Ada Teachers College — the Tigers men's basketball tea ...
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John Idzik
John Joseph Idzik Sr. (June 25, 1928 – December 7, 2013) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach of the University of Detroit football team until the school discontinued its program in 1964. He held assistant coaching positions at the University of Tennessee, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland, Tulane University, in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins, History of the Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Ottawa Rough Riders. Idzik played college football at the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland. Early life and college Idzik, a native of Bridesburg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attended Northeast Catholic High School, where the ''Philadelphia Daily News'' described him as "one of this city's top high school football players". After the 1945 season he was selected as a 1st team All-Scholastic b ...
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Connie Carberg
Connie Carberg (' Nicholas; born 1950/1951) is a former American football executive. In 1976, she became the first female scout in the National Football League (NFL), working in the New York Jets' scouting department from 1976 to 1980. Early years Carberg's father, Calvin Nicholas, was the Jets' team doctor from 1962 to 1987, and her uncle, James A. Nicholas, was a team orthopedist credited with saving Joe Namath's career. Carberg grew up in Babylon, New York, and made mock drafts as a hobby. She played college basketball at Wheaton College for two years before transferring to Ohio State University. While at Ohio State, she received permission from head football coach Woody Hayes to attend team practices. She graduated in 1974 with a degree in home economics. Professional career Carberg intended to become a high school teacher after graduation, but Hayes recommended that she consider a career in sports. New York Jets head coach Charley Winner met her at a party hosted by ...
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Carroll Huntress
Carroll Paul Huntress (January 4, 1924 – February 11, 2015) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bucknell University from 1965 to 1968, compiling a record of 19–19. Huntress was born on January 4, 1924, in Saco, Maine. After serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he played football and lacrosse the University of New Hampshire. Huntress began his coaching career in 1949 at Mechanic Falls High School in Mechanic Falls, Maine Mechanic Falls is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,107 at the 2020 census. It is included in both the Lewiston- Auburn, Maine metropolitan statistical area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New ..., where he coached football, basketball, and baseball. Head coaching record College References {{DEFAULTSORT:Huntress, Carroll 1924 births 2015 deaths American football fullbacks American football halfbacks Bucknell Bison football c ...
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Jim Royer
Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * ''Jim'' (album), by soul artist Jamie Lidell * Jim (''Huckleberry Finn''), a character in Mark Twain's novel * Jim (TV channel), in Finland * JIM (Flemish TV channel) * JIM suit, for atmospheric diving * Jim River, in North and South Dakota, United States * Jim, the nickname of Yelkanum Seclamatan (died April 1911), Native American chief * ''Journal of Internal Medicine'' * Juan Ignacio Martínez (born 1964), Spanish footballer, commonly known as JIM * Jim (horse), milk wagon horse used to produce serum containing diphtheria antitoxin * "Jim" (song), a 1941 song. * JIM, Jiangxi Isuzu Motors, a joint venture between Isuzu and Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG). * Jim (Medal of Honor recipient) See also * * Gym * Jjim * Ǧīm * Ja ...
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Mike Hickey (American Football)
Michael Francis Hickey (December 25, 1871 – June 11, 1918) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League on September 14, 1899. He played college ball at the College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest ... and he had an extensive minor league career from 1893 through 1905. External links 1871 births 1918 deaths Boston Beaneaters players Baseball players from Massachusetts Major League Baseball second basemen 19th-century baseball players Brockton Shoemakers players Springfield Ponies players Springfield Maroons players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Amsterdam Carpet Tacks players Pittsfield Colts players Rochester Browns players Nashua Rainmakers ...
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Jim Kensil
Jim Kensil (August 19, 1930 – January 16, 1997) was an American football executive who served as the president and general manager of the New York Jets from 1977 to 1988 and as the executive director of the National Football League from 1968 to 1977, where he worked under NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle. Kensil was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Pennsylvania. After a short stint as a sportswriter for the Associated Press, he joined the NFL as a public relations director, and spent the rest of his career in professional football. He died of heart failure on January 16, 1997, in Massapequa, New York Massapequa (, ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Massapequa area. The p ... at age 66. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kensil, Jim 1930 births 1997 deaths National Football ...
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UCLA Bruins Football
The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles, in college football as members of the Pac-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. The Bruins play their home games at the Rose Bowl (stadium), Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history, having been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll at least once in every decade since the poll began in the 1930s. Their first major period of success came in the 1950s, under head coach Red Sanders. Sanders led the Bruins to the Coaches' Poll College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, national championship in 1954 UCLA Bruins football team, 1954, three conference championships, and an overall record of 66–19–1 in nine years. In the 1980s and 1990s, during the tenure of Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 151–74–8 record, including 13 bowl games and an NCAA record eight straight bowl wins ...
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Johnnie Lynn
Johnnie Ross Lynn (born December 19, 1956) is an American football coach and former player. He was a defensive back who played for the New York Jets for seven seasons from 1979 to 1986. He became a secondary coach after his playing career ended. He coached for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1994 to 1995, the San Francisco 49ers in 1996, the New York Giants from 1997 to 2003 (where he was defensive coordinator from 2002 to 2003), the Baltimore Ravens from 2004 to 2005, the 49ers again from 2006 to 2010, the Philadelphia Eagles in 2011, the Oakland Raiders from 2012 to 2014, and most recently for the Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquar ... in 2017. References 1956 births Living people John Muir High School alumni Players of American footbal ...
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Penn State Nittany Lions Football
The Penn State Nittany Lions team represents the Pennsylvania State University in college football. The Nittany Lions compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big Ten Conference, which they joined in 1993 after playing as an Independent from 1892 to 1992. Established in 1887, the Nittany Lions have achieved numerous on-field successes, the most notable of which include two consensus national championships (1982 and 1986), four Big Ten Conference Championships (in 1994, 2005, 2008, and 2016), 13 undefeated seasons (1887, 1894, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1947, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1986 and 1994) and 50 appearances in college bowl games, with a postseason bowl record of 30-19-2. The team is also #9 in all-time total wins. The Nittany Lions play their home games at Beaver Stadium, located on-campus in University Park, Pennsylvania. With an official seating capacity of 106,572, Beaver Stadium is the second-largest stadium in the western hemisphere, ...
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Tackle (gridiron Football Position)
Tackle is a playing position in gridiron football. Historically, in the one-platoon system prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a tackle played on both offense and defense. In the modern system of specialized units, offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions, and the stand-alone term "tackle" refers to the offensive tackle position only. The offensive tackle (OT, T) is a position on the offensive line, left and right. Like other offensive linemen, their job is to block: to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football and enable him to advance the football and eventually score a touchdown. The term "tackle" is a vestige of an earlier era of football in which the same players played both offense and defense. A tackle is the strong position on the offensive line. They power their blocks with quick steps and maneuverability. The tackles are mostly in charge of the outside protection. Usually they defend a ...
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