1965 Houston Oilers (AFL) |
| 4th place Eastern Division 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Hugh Taylor |
| Sammy Baugh | Offensive Backs |
| Lou Rymkus | Offensive Line |
| Walt Schlinkman | Defense |
| Joe Spencer | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | N | New York Jets | 21-16 | W | Alexandria, VA | George Washington High School Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1965 | A | Buffalo Bills | 29-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 14286 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | H | Boston Patriots | 27-6 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 30142 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | H | Denver Broncos | 25-3 | W | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 12666 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | N | San Diego Chargers | 13-10 | W | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | H | New York Jets | 27-21 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 52680 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | H | Boston Patriots | 31-10 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 32445 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | A | Oakland Raiders | 17-21 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 18116 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-31 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 28190 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | A | Denver Broncos | 17-28 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 32492 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 38-36 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 34670 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | A | Buffalo Bills | 19-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 44267 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | H | Oakland Raiders | 21-33 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 35729 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | H | Denver Broncos | 21-31 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 28126 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | A | New York Jets | 14-41 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 52888 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 21-52 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 16459 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | H | Buffalo Bills | 18-29 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 23087 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | H | San Diego Chargers | 26-37 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 24120 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1965 | A | Boston Patriots | 14-42 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 14508 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 70 | Scott Appleton | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 254 | 23 | Texas | 14 | 2 |
| 84 | Johnny Baker | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 24 | Mississippi State | 7 | 7 |
| 40 | Tony Banfield | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 11 |
| 66 | Sonny Bishop | ROG | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Riverside CC; Fresno State | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | George Blanda | QB-K | 6-1 | 210 | 38 | Kentucky | 14 | 12 |
| 85 | Danny Brabham | RLB | 6-4 | 236 | 24 | Arkansas | 14 | 12 |
| 25 | Ode Burrell | HB | 6-0 | 189 | 26 | Holmes CC; Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| 22 | B.W. Cheeks | HB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Texas Southern | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Doug Cline | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Clemson | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Dick Compton | SE-FL | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | McMurry | 3 | 2 |
| 80 | Gary Cutsinger | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Bobby Evans | DE | 6-3 | 237 | 23 | Texas A&M | 4 | 0 |
| 73 | Norm Evans | ROT | 6-5 | 248 | 23 | Texas Christian | 14 | 4 |
| 75 | Don Floyd | RDE | 6-4 | 242 | 27 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| 28 | Charley Frazier | SE | 6-0 | 177 | 26 | Texas Southern | 12 | 12 |
| 56 | Wayne Frazier | C | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Auburn | 14 | 11 |
| 83 | Willie Frazier | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | John Frongillo | C | 6-3 | 252 | 26 | Cerritos JC; Baylor | 9 | 3 |
| 27 | Freddy Glick | RS | 6-1 | 189 | 28 | Colorado State | 14 | 12 |
| 68 | Tom Goode | MLB | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Mississippi State | 14 | 0 |
| 62 | Jim Hayes | DT-LDE | 6-4 | 263 | 25 | Jackson State | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Charley Hennigan | FL | 6-0 | 187 | 30 | Louisiana State; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | W.K. Hicks | RCB | 6-1 | 191 | 23 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Dalton Hoffman | FB | 6-0 | 206 | 24 | Baylor | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Henry Holligan | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Bishop | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | Ed Husmann | RDT | 6-0 | 235 | 34 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 46 | Bobby Jackson | FB | 6-3 | 232 | 25 | Riverside CC; New Mexico State | 10 | 4 |
| 23 | Bobby Jancik | RS-CB | 5-11 | 178 | 25 | Wharton County JC; Lamar | 14 | 2 |
| 47 | Pete Jaquess | LCB | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Eastern New Mexico | 14 | 3 |
| 41 | Keith Kinderman | FB | 6-0 | 213 | 25 | Iowa; Florida State | 4 | 0 |
| 89 | George Kinney | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Wiley | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Bobby Maples | LLB-RLB | 6-3 | 247 | 23 | Baylor | 14 | 8 |
| 64 | Bud McFadin | LDT | 6-3 | 260 | 37 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 81 | Bob McLeod | TE | 6-5 | 231 | 27 | Abilene Christian | 14 | 10 |
| 77 | Rich Michael | ROT | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 43 | Jim Norton | LS-P | 6-3 | 187 | 27 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
| 45 | Larry Onesti | LS | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Charlie Rieves | RLB | 6-0 | 217 | 26 | Alabama; Houston | 7 | 2 |
| 32 | Jack Spikes | HB-FB-K | 6-2 | 221 | 27 | Texas Christian | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Art Strahan | DE | 6-5 | 265 | 22 | Texas Southern | 4 | 0 |
| 76 | Walt Suggs | LOT | 6-5 | 257 | 26 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Bob Talamini | LOG | 6-1 | 249 | 26 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Charlie Tolar | FB | 5-6 | 199 | 28 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 11 | 10 |
| 10 | Don Trull | QB | 6-1 | 189 | 24 | Baylor | 14 | 2 |
| 20 | Sammy Weir | SE | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | Arkansas State | 9 | 0 |
| 78 | Maxie Williams | LOT-ROG | 6-4 | 247 | 25 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | 0 |
| 67 | John Wittenborn | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 238 | 29 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 1 | Larry Elkins | E | Baylor | |
| 2 | 10 | Malcolm Walker | LB | Rice | |
| 2 | 15 | Ralph Neely | T | Oklahoma | |
| 3 | 17 | Ernie Koy | FB | Texas | |
| 4 | 26 | Bobby Maples | LB | Baylor | |
| 5 | 33 | Frank Molden | T | Jackson State | |
| 6 | 42 | Dennis Murphy | T | Florida | |
| 6 | 43 | Russ Wayt | LB | Rice | |
| 8 | 58 | Ray Ogden | FB | Alabama | |
| 8 | 59 | Roy Hilton | LB | Jackson State | |
| 9 | 65 | George Kinney | DE | Wiley | |
| 10 | 74 | Maxie Williams | T | Southeastern Louisiana | |
| 11 | 81 | Kent McCloughan | HB | Nebraska | |
| 12 | 90 | Bob Reed | G | Tennessee State | |
| 13 | 97 | Bobby Felts | DB | Florida A&M | |
| 14 | 106 | Norm Evans | T | Texas Christian | |
| 15 | 113 | Tony Guillory | T | Lamar | |
| 16 | 122 | Junior Coffey | HB | Washington | |
| 17 | 129 | Jim Grisham | FB | Oklahoma | |
| 18 | 138 | Russ Mundy | HB | West Texas A&M | |
| 19 | 145 | Frank Fox | T | Sam Houston State | |
| 20 | 154 | Gus Brezina | G | Houston | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 1 | Donny Anderson | HB | Texas Tech | |
| 2 | 10 | Glen Ray Hines | T | Arkansas | |
| 3 | 17 | Mike Shinn | DE | Kansas | |
| 4 | 26 | Olie Cordill | QB | Memphis | |
| 5 | 33 | Jerry Crumpler | T | Missouri | |
| 6 | 42 | Dave Daniels | T | Florida A&M | |
| 7 | 49 | Leo Lowery | HB | Texas Tech | |
| 8 | 58 | Len Sears | T | South Carolina | |
| 9 | 65 | Tom Bleick | HB | Georgia Tech | |
| 10 | 74 | George Haffner | QB | McNeese State | |
| 11 | 81 | Billy Guy Anderson | QB | Tulsa | |
| 12 | 90 | Harlan Lane | FL | Baylor | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 57 | 77 | 113 | |
| Opponents Totals | 98 | 115 | 58 | 158 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 227 | 63 | 140 | 24 | / % | / % | 76 | 856 | |
| Opponents Totals | 271 | 132 | 111 | 28 | / % | / % | 67 | 701 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 0 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 0 | 61 |
| Willie Frazier | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ode Burrell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | ||
| Charley Frazier | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jack Spikes | 3 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Charley Hennigan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dick Compton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Trull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Onesti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 1 | 298 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 48 | 48 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 43 | 58.1 | 1 | 429 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 3 | 45 | 4/4 | 0/1 | 4/7 | 3/7 | 0/2 |
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 15 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 3 | 45 | 5/6 | 0/1 | 4/7 | 3/7 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 43 | 58.1 | 9/ | 5/ | 8/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ode Burrell | 130 | 528 | 4.1 | 63t | 3 |
| Charlie Tolar | 73 | 230 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 47 | 173 | 3.7 | 20 | 3 |
| Don Trull | 29 | 145 | 5.0 | 18 | 2 |
| Bobby Jackson | 37 | 85 | 2.3 | 7 | 2 |
| Dalton Hoffman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charley Frazier | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 323 | 1178 | 3.6 | 63t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 508 | 2683 | 5.3 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 442 | 186 | 42.1 | 226 | 2542 | 5.8 | 13.7 | 95t | 20 | 4.5 | 30 | 6.8 | 47.9 | |||
| Don Trull | 107 | 38 | 35.5 | 64 | 528 | 4.9 | 13.9 | 57t | 5 | 4.7 | 5 | 4.7 | 48.3 | |||
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 550 | 224 | 40.7 | 291 | 3070 | 5.6 | 13.7 | 95t | 25 | 4.5 | 35 | 6.4 | 31 | 257 | 2813 | 47.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 416 | 177 | 42.5 | 212 | 2643 | 6.4 | 14.9 | 27 | 6.5 | 27 | 6.5 | 22 | 173 | 2470 | 58.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ode Burrell | 55 | 650 | 11.8 | 52t | 4 |
| Charley Hennigan | 41 | 578 | 14.1 | 53 | 4 |
| Charley Frazier | 38 | 717 | 18.9 | 64t | 6 |
| Willie Frazier | 37 | 521 | 14.1 | 57t | 8 |
| Charlie Tolar | 25 | 138 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 15 | 226 | 15.1 | 49 | 1 |
| Jack Spikes | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 95t | 2 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Sammy Weir | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 224 | 3070 | 13.7 | 95t | 25 |
| Opponents Totals | 177 | 2643 | 14.9 | 27 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.K. Hicks | 9 | 156 | 17.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Jancik | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Cutsinger | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 72 | 0 |
| Bobby Maples | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 416 | 15.4 | 72 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 471 | 13.5 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Norton | 84 | 3711 | 44.2 | 65 | 1 | 494 | ||||
| Team Totals | 85 | 3711 | 43.7 | 65 | 1 | 494 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 2510 | 42.5 | 2 | 189 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jancik | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 25 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Pete Jaquess | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| Ode Burrell | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| W.K. Hicks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Sammy Weir | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 189 | 6.8 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 494 | 10.3 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jancik | 18 | 430 | 23.9 | 43 | 0 | |
| Pete Jaquess | 13 | 280 | 21.5 | 69 | 0 | |
| Sammy Weir | 10 | 215 | 21.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Ode Burrell | 8 | 202 | 25.3 | 38 | 0 | |
| W.K. Hicks | 7 | 181 | 25.9 | 40 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Keith Kinderman | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Dick Compton | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Jack Spikes | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jackson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Maxie Williams | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| B.W. Cheeks | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bobby Maples | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 77 | 1669 | 21.7 | 69 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 995 | 20.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Blanda | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Danny Brabham | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ode Burrell | 6 | 0 | |||||
| B.W. Cheeks | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Doug Cline | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gary Cutsinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Don Floyd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charley Frazier | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Freddy Glick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Goode | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Charley Hennigan | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Bobby Maples | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Spikes | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Don Trull | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Sammy Weir | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 22 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 0 |
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