1960 Dallas Texans (AFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 8-6-0 .571 |
| Head Coach: Hank Stram |
| Tom Catlin | Defensive Line |
| Ed Hughes | Defensive Secondary |
| Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 7/31/1960 | A | Oakland Raiders | 20-13 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 8/6/1960 | N | Houston Oilers | 27-10 | W | Tulsa, OK | Skelly Field | 12000 | |
| Sun | 8/14/1960 | A | Boston Patriots | 24-14 | W | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1960 | H | New York Titans | 38-14 | W | Abilene, TX | Shrine Bowl | 8000 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1960 | N | Denver Broncos | 48-0 | W | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 5500 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1960 | H | Houston Oilers | 24-3 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 51000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1960 | A | Los Angeles Chargers | 20-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 17724 | |
| Fri | 9/16/1960 | A | Oakland Raiders | 34-16 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 8021 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1960 | H | Los Angeles Chargers | 17-0 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 42000 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1960 | H | New York Titans | 35-37 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 37500 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1960 | H | Oakland Raiders | 19-20 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 21000 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1960 | A | Houston Oilers | 10-20 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 19026 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1960 | A | Denver Broncos | 17-14 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 13102 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1960 | A | Buffalo Bills | 45-28 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 19610 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1960 | H | Denver Broncos | 34-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 21000 | |
| Fri | 11/18/1960 | A | Boston Patriots | 14-42 | L | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 14721 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1960 | A | New York Titans | 35-41 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 14344 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1960 | H | Houston Oilers | 24-0 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 20000 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1960 | H | Boston Patriots | 34-0 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 12000 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1960 | H | Buffalo Bills | 24-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 18000 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Barton | 50 | C | 6-5 | 250 | 26 | Marshall | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Bernet | 85 | SE-FL | 6-2 | 203 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 1 |
| Johnny Bookman | 22 | LS | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Max Boydston | 80 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Mel Branch | 87 | RDE | 6-2 | 231 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Bryant | 89/77 | SE-TE | 6-5 | 230 | 23 | Texas | 10 | 0 |
| Chris Burford | 88 | SE | 6-3 | 211 | 22 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Collins | 71 | RDT | 5-11 | 238 | 33 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Walt Corey | 56 | LLB | 6-0 | 229 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 13 |
| Jerry Cornelison | 74 | ROT-LOT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 12 |
| Clem Daniels | 36 | RCB-LCB | 6-1 | 219 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Cotton Davidson | 19 | QB-P-K | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | Baylor | 14 | 13 |
| Charlie Diamond | 79 | LOT-ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 4 |
| Bo Dickinson | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 2 |
| Tom Dimmick | 55 | C | 6-6 | 253 | 29 | Houston | 13 | 0 |
| Hunter Enis | 14 | QB | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | Texas Christian | 14 | 1 |
| Don Flynn | 18 | LCB-S | 6-0 | 203 | 26 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Sid Fournet | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 235 | 28 | Louisiana State | 14 | 8 |
| Dick Frey | 66 | LDE | 6-2 | 232 | 31 | Pasadena CC; Texas A&M | 14 | 2 |
| Rufus Granderson | 75 | RDT | 6-5 | 277 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 6 | 0 |
| Ted Greene | 54 | MLB-LLB-RLB | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Tampa | 14 | 6 |
| Jimmy Harris | 44 | RCB | 6-1 | 178 | 26 | Oklahoma | 14 | 5 |
| Abner Haynes | 26 | HB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | North Texas | 14 | 11 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 69 | MLB | 6-2 | 223 | 23 | Texas Christian | 14 | 9 |
| Bob Hudson | 61 | LLB | 6-4 | 225 | 30 | Clemson | 6 | 0 |
| Charlie Jackson | 40 | RS | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 3 | 1 |
| Curley Johnson | 33 | FL-HB-P | 5-11 | 215 | 25 | Houston | 14 | 1 |
| Billy Krisher | 64 | ROG | 6-1 | 233 | 25 | Oklahoma | 13 | 11 |
| Paul Miller | 86 | LDE | 6-2 | 226 | 30 | Louisiana State | 14 | 13 |
| Walt Napier | 76 | LDT | 6-4 | 275 | 27 | Paul Quinn | 14 | 8 |
| R.B. Nunnery | 68 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 275 | 27 | Louisiana State | 6 | 0 |
| Al Reynolds | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 238 | 22 | Tarkio | 6 | 3 |
| Johnny Robinson | 42 | FL | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Louisiana State | 14 | 12 |
| Paul Rochester | 72 | LDT | 6-2 | 254 | 22 | Michigan State | 8 | 6 |
| Jack Spikes | 30 | FB-K | 6-2 | 221 | 22 | Texas Christian | 13 | 12 |
| Jack Stone | 70 | LOT | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Oregon | 14 | 11 |
| Smokey Stover | 35 | RLB | 6-0 | 229 | 22 | Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Swink | 23 | HB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Texas Christian | 4 | 3 |
| Marv Terrell | 63 | LOG | 6-1 | 236 | 22 | Mississippi | 9 | 6 |
| Dave Webster | 21 | RS | 6-4 | 217 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 13 |
| Duane Wood | 48 | RCB | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 2 |
| Carroll Zaruba | 46 | RCB | 5-9 | 210 | 27 | Nebraska | 7 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST - FIRST SELECTIONS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College | |
| Jack Atchason | E | Western Illinois | |
| George Boone | T | Kentucky | |
| Chris Burford | E | Stanford | |
| Earl Butler | T | North Carolina | |
| Gail Cogdill | E | Washington State | |
| Jim Crotty | HB | Notre Dame | |
| Gary Ferguson | T | Southern Methodist | |
| Tom Glynn | C | Boston College | |
| Gene Gossage | T | Northwestern | |
| Jim Heineke | T | Wisconsin | |
| Bill Jerry | T-G | South Carolina | |
| John Kapele | T | Brigham Young | |
| Louis Kelley | FB | New Mexico State | |
| Gilmer Lewis | T-G | Oklahoma | |
| John Malmberg | T-G | Knox | |
| Arvie Martin | C | Texas Christian | |
| Don Meredith | QB | Southern Methodist | |
| Tom Moore | HB | Vanderbilt | |
| Lee Murchison | E | Pacific | |
| Bob Nelson | C | Wisconsin | |
| Jim Norton | E | Idaho | |
| Warren Rabb | QB | Louisiana State | |
| Howard Ringwood | HB | Brigham Young | |
| Johnny Robinson | HB | Louisiana State | |
| John Saunders | FB | South Carolina | |
| Jon Schnable | QB | Rice | |
| Glenn Shaw | FB | Kentucky | |
| Gordon Speer | HB | Rice | |
| Jack Stone | G | Oregon | |
| Marv Terrell | G | Mississippi | |
| Emory Turner | G | Purdue | |
| Joe Vader | E | Kansas State | |
| Carroll Zaruba | HB | Nebraska | |
| DRAFT LIST - SECOND SELECTIONS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College | |
| Grady Alderman | T-G | Detroit Mercy | |
| Herm Alexander | T-G | Findlay | |
| Taz Anderson | HB | Georgia Tech | |
| Jim Beaver | T-G | Florida | |
| Bill Beck | T-G | Gustavus Adolphus | |
| Doug Brown | T-G | Fresno State | |
| Gary Campbell | HB | Whittier | |
| Vernon Cole | QB | North Texas | |
| Toby Deese | T-G | Georgia Tech | |
| Bill Dumbald | T-G | West Virginia | |
| Charley Ellzey | C | Southern Mississippi | |
| Tom Gates | HB | Oregon State | |
| Goose Gonsoulin | HB | Baylor | |
| Clark Holden | HB | Southern California | |
| DeWitt Hoopes | T-G | Northwestern | |
| Don Leebern | T-G | Georgia | |
| Bill Thompson | C | Georgia | |
| Billy Tranum | E | Arkansas | |
| Jimmy Vickers | E | Georgia | |
| Larry Ward | E | Lamar | |
| Paul Winslow | HB | North Carolina Central | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 106 | 68 | 127 | 362 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 68 | 59 | 57 | 253 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 272 | 119 | 136 | 17 | / % | / % | 80 | 753 | |
| Opponents Totals | 253 | 76 | 148 | 29 | / % | / % | 59 | 579 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Spikes | 5 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 31 | 41.9 | 0 | 103 |
| Abner Haynes | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Johnny Robinson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Chris Burford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Max Boydston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hunter Enis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dave Webster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Cotton Davidson | 1 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Flynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Duane Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 42 | 44 | 95.5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 34 | 41.2 | 0 | 362 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 29 | 32 | 90.6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17.4 | 0 | 253 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Spikes | 13 | 31 | 41.9 | 2 | 46 | 6/7 | 4/9 | 1/4 | 2/9 | 0/2 |
| Cotton Davidson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Don Flynn | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Curley Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 34 | 41.2 | 2 | 46 | 7/8 | 4/9 | 1/5 | 2/10 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 23 | 17.4 | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 156 | 875 | 5.6 | 67t | 9 |
| Johnny Robinson | 98 | 458 | 4.7 | 49 | 4 |
| Jack Spikes | 115 | 457 | 4.0 | 36 | 5 |
| Bo Dickinson | 35 | 143 | 4.1 | 31 | 1 |
| Curley Johnson | 23 | 43 | 1.9 | 8 | 1 |
| Cotton Davidson | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Hunter Enis | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 11 | 3 |
| Jim Swink | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Clem Daniels | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 461 | 2048 | 4.4 | 67t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 422 | 980 | 2.3 | 33 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Davidson | 379 | 179 | 47.2 | 184 | 2474 | 6.5 | 13.8 | 74t | 15 | 4.0 | 16 | 4.2 | 17 | 158 | 2316 | 64.2 |
| Hunter Enis | 54 | 30 | 55.6 | 22 | 357 | 6.6 | 11.9 | 39 | 1 | 1.9 | 2 | 3.7 | 4 | 35 | 322 | 66.7 |
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Johnny Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 435 | 209 | 48.0 | 207 | 2831 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 74t | 16 | 3.7 | 19 | 4.4 | 21 | 197 | 2634 | 63.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 503 | 261 | 51.9 | 210 | 3002 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 46 | 19 | 3.8 | 32 | 6.4 | 41 | 349 | 2653 | 56.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 55 | 576 | 10.5 | 34 | 3 |
| Chris Burford | 46 | 789 | 17.2 | 57 | 5 |
| Johnny Robinson | 41 | 611 | 14.9 | 74t | 4 |
| Max Boydston | 29 | 357 | 12.3 | 25 | 3 |
| Jack Spikes | 11 | 158 | 14.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Curley Johnson | 10 | 174 | 17.4 | 36t | 1 |
| Bob Bryant | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Bernet | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Swink | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Cotton Davidson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 209 | 2831 | 13.5 | 74t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 261 | 3002 | 11.5 | 46 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Webster | 6 | 156 | 26.0 | 80t | 2 |
| Duane Wood | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 66t | 1 |
| Johnny Bookman | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Flynn | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Ted Greene | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Walt Corey | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Clem Daniels | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Jimmy Harris | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Smokey Stover | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 410 | 12.8 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 171 | 9.0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Davidson | 58 | 2287 | 39.4 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 58 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 2397 | 39.3 | 66 | 0 | 157 | 36.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 2912 | 37.3 | 0 | 496 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 14 | 215 | 15.4 | 46 | 0 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 14 | 207 | 14.8 | 62t | 1 | |
| Clem Daniels | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Harris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Paul Rochester | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 496 | 15.0 | 62t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 157 | 5.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 19 | 434 | 22.8 | 82 | 0 | |
| Clem Daniels | 9 | 162 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Harris | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 31 | 0 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bo Dickinson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jim Swink | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 845 | 21.1 | 82 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1347 | 23.6 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Branch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chris Burford | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Collins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Walt Corey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dick Chorovich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Clem Daniels | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Cotton Davidson | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bo Dickinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ted Greene | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Harris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Abner Haynes | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Curley Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Walt Napier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Robinson | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Rochester | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Smokey Stover | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dave Webster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Team Totals | 30 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 1 |
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