The 1976 New York Jets season was the seventeenth season for the team and the seventh in the

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. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 3–11 record from 1975 under new head coach Lou Holtz. The Jets again finished with a record of 3–11, which combined with the resignation of Holtz with one game left in the season to become coach at the

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, prompted John Facenda to say about the Jets during the

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highlight film for that season “Perhaps the best thing to say about the 1976 New York Jets season is that it’s over”. The only teams that the Jets defeated in 1976 were the 2–12 Buffalo Bills (twice) and the 0–14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Jets were 0–9 vs. teams with a winning record. The 1976 season was also the twelfth and final year with the Jets for quarterback

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.Namath would play one final season with the 1977 L.A. Rams

Offseason

1976 expansion draft

Draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Schedule

Standings

In popular culture

* The television series ''

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'' referenced the game between the Buccaneers playing in New York versus the Jets, in the third-season episode “The Recluse”, in which Yemana ( Jack Soo) had tickets to the Jets/Tampa Bay game. When asked “Why?’, his response, “They were on sale”. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished 0–14 the same season.

Notes

References

External links

1976 statistics

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