1960 Houston Oilers (AFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Lou Rymkus |
| Wally Lemm | Defensive Backs |
| Walt Schlinkman | Offensive Backs |
| Mac Speedie | Ends |
| Fred Wallner | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1960 | N | Dallas Texans | 10-27 | L | Tulsa, OK | Skelly Field | 12000 | |
| Thu | 8/11/1960 | A | Los Angeles Chargers | 13-22 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 11500 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1960 | H | Denver Broncos | 42-3 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 19500 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1960 | N | New York Titans | 30-14 | W | Mobile, AL | Ladd Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1960 | A | Dallas Texans | 3-24 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 51000 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1960 | A | Oakland Raiders | 37-22 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 12703 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1960 | H | Los Angeles Chargers | 38-28 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 20156 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1960 | H | Oakland Raiders | 13-14 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 16421 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1960 | H | New York Titans | 27-21 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 16151 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1960 | H | Dallas Texans | 20-10 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 19026 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1960 | A | New York Titans | 42-28 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20000 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1960 | A | Buffalo Bills | 24-25 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 23001 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1960 | A | Denver Broncos | 45-25 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 14489 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1960 | A | Los Angeles Chargers | 21-24 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 21805 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1960 | H | Denver Broncos | 20-10 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 20778 | |
| Fri | 11/25/1960 | A | Boston Patriots | 24-10 | W | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 27123 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1960 | A | Dallas Texans | 0-24 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 20000 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1960 | H | Buffalo Bills | 31-23 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 25247 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1960 | H | Boston Patriots | 37-21 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 22352 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/1/1961 | H | Los Angeles Chargers | 24-16 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 32183 | |
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 |
| Dalva Allen | 76 | LDE | 6-5 | 224 | 25 | Houston | 14 | 11 |
| Jack Atchason | 84 | TE | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | Western Illinois | 2 | 1 |
| Tony Banfield | 40 | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 6 |
| George Belotti | 57 | C | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| George Blanda | 16 | QB-K | 6-1 | 210 | 33 | Kentucky | 14 | 11 |
| Don Brown | 47 | DB-FB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Houston | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 20 | HB | 6-1 | 216 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Carson | 82 | TE-SE | 6-2 | 202 | 30 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Cline | 31 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Clemson | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Davidson | 71 | DT | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | The Citadel | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Dukes | 30 | RLB | 6-3 | 231 | 24 | Clemson | 11 | 11 |
| Don Floyd | 75 | RDE-LDE-RDT | 6-4 | 242 | 22 | Texas Christian | 14 | 13 |
| Bobby Gordon | 47 | RS | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Tennessee | 13 | 13 |
| Gary Greaves | 65 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Groman | 89 | SE-FL | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Heidelberg | 14 | 13 |
| Ken Hall | 21 | HB-P | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Texas A&M | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Helluin | 72 | RDT-RDE | 6-2 | 272 | 31 | Tulane | 14 | 11 |
| Charley Hennigan | 37 | FL | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | Louisiana State; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 11 | 10 |
| Al Jamison | 70 | LOT | 6-5 | 245 | 23 | Colgate | 14 | 14 |
| Mark Johnston | 41 | RCB | 6-0 | 201 | 22 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Kendall | 34 | LCB | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA | 14 | 4 |
| Dan Lanphear | 73 | RDE-LDE-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 3 |
| Jacky Lee | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 22 | Cincinnati | 14 | 3 |
| Joe Majors | 22 | RS | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Florida State | 1 | 1 |
| Jim McCanless | 60 | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Clemson | 1 | 0 |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 62 | ROG | 6-0 | 235 | 22 | Oklahoma | 7 | 5 |
| Rich Michael | 77 | ROT | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Ohio State | 10 | 10 |
| Charley Milstead | 12 | P-QB | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Dennit Morris | 50 | MLB | 6-1 | 228 | 24 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Morrison | 78 | DT | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | New Mexico | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 43 | LCB | 6-3 | 187 | 22 | Idaho | 13 | 4 |
| Phil Perlo | 56 | LB | 5-11 | 220 | 25 | Maryland | 7 | 0 |
| Hugh Pitts | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 223 | 26 | Texas Christian | 12 | 3 |
| George Shirkey | 74 | RDT | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | Angelo State; Stephen F. Austin State | 14 | 4 |
| John Simerson | 51 | ROT-LOT-C | 6-3 | 257 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 4 |
| Dave Smith | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 209 | 23 | Ripon | 14 | 14 |
| Julian Spence | 24 | LS | 5-11 | 170 | 31 | Sam Houston State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Talamini | 61 | LOG | 6-1 | 249 | 21 | Kentucky | 14 | 10 |
| Charlie Tolar | 44 | HB | 5-6 | 199 | 23 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 0 |
| Orville Trask | 79 | LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| Fred Wallner | 64 | ROG-RLB | 6-2 | 231 | 32 | Notre Dame | 7 | 5 |
| Hogan Wharton | 63 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 25 | Southern Methodist; Houston | 14 | 9 |
| Bob White | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Ohio State | 6 | 0 |
| John White | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Texas Southern | 4 | 3 |
| Al Witcher | 88 | LLB-OE | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Yeats | 80 | OE | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | Florida | 1 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST - FIRST SELECTIONS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College | |
| Pete Arena | G | Northwestern | |
| Dick Bass | HB | Pacific | |
| Bill Bohler | E-T | St. Ambrose | |
| Larry Cadwell | G-T | Louisville | |
| Billy Cannon | HB | Louisiana State | |
| Doug Cline | FB | Clemson | |
| DeJustice Coleman | HB | Illinois | |
| Bob Crandall | HB | New Mexico | |
| Cleatus Drinnon | C | Hardin-Simmons | |
| John Gremer | G | Illinois | |
| George Herring | G-T | North Texas | |
| Don Hitt | C | Oklahoma State | |
| Steve Johnson | QB | Pepperdine | |
| John Lands | E | Montana | |
| Dan Lanphear | T | Wisconsin | |
| Bill Lapham | C | Iowa | |
| Jacky Lee | QB | Cincinnati | |
| Bruce Maher | HB | Detroit Mercy | |
| Don Mattson | T | Southern California | |
| Mike McGee | G | Duke | |
| Hugh McInnis | E | Southern Mississippi | |
| Max Messner | T | Cincinnati | |
| George Mulholland | E | New Mexico State | |
| Gary O'steen | HB | Alabama | |
| Gene Prebola | E | Boston University | |
| Palmer Pyle | T | Michigan State | |
| William Roach | T | Texas Christian | |
| Bob Simms | E | Rutgers | |
| Phil Snowden | QB | Missouri | |
| Dan Underwood | G-T | McNeese State | |
| Duane Whetstone | FB | George Washington | |
| Bob White | FB | Ohio State | |
| Maury Youmans | T | Syracuse | |
| DRAFT LIST - SECOND SELECTIONS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | College | |
| Clair Branch | HB | Texas | |
| Dale Chamberlain | HB | Miami (Ohio) | |
| Don Cochran | T-G | Alabama | |
| Stan Fanning | T-G | Idaho | |
| Jim Glasgow | T-G | Jacksonville State | |
| Dave Graham | E | Virginia | |
| Bob Haas | HB | Missouri | |
| Lowell Hughes | QB | Kentucky | |
| Dale Johannsen | T-G | Augustana (South Dakota) | |
| Jim Marshall | T-G | Ohio State | |
| Ron Morrison | T-G | New Mexico | |
| Jerry Muennink | C | Texas | |
| Paul Oglesby | T-G | UCLA | |
| John Peppercorn | E | Kansas | |
| Bob Peterson | C | Oregon | |
| Bob Talamini | T-G | Kentucky | |
| Bobby Towns | E | Georgia | |
| Bobby Wasden | E | Auburn | |
| Jim Welch | HB | Southern Methodist | |
| Jimmie Wolf | HB | Oklahoma Panhandle State | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 93 | 106 | 91 | 89 | 379 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 94 | 72 | 55 | 285 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 262 | 83 | 153 | 26 | / % | / % | 75 | 750 | |
| Opponents Totals | 282 | 90 | 164 | 28 | / % | / % | 74 | 664 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 4 | 46 | 47 | 97.9 | 0 | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 0 | 115 | |
| Bill Groman | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||
| Billy Cannon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
| Dave Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
| Charley Hennigan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Johnny Carson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Charlie Tolar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Doug Cline | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jack Atchason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ken Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Al Witcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 48 | 46 | 47 | 97.9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 0 | 379 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 29 | 32 | 90.6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 44.4 | 0 | 285 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 0 | 53 | 6/13 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 1/6 | 2/3 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 0 | 53 | 6/13 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 1/6 | 2/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 27 | 44.4 | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cannon | 152 | 644 | 4.2 | 39 | 1 |
| Dave Smith | 154 | 643 | 4.2 | 65 | 5 |
| Charlie Tolar | 54 | 179 | 3.3 | 40t | 3 |
| Ken Hall | 30 | 118 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Cline | 37 | 105 | 2.8 | 19 | 2 |
| George Blanda | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 9 | 4 |
| Bob Talamini | 0 | 14 | 14L | 0 | |
| Jacky Lee | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Charley Milstead | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 452 | 1733 | 3.8 | 65 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 438 | 1027 | 2.3 | 40 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 363 | 169 | 46.6 | 172 | 2413 | 6.6 | 14.3 | 75 | 24 | 6.6 | 22 | 6.1 | 9 | 76 | 2337 | 65.4 |
| Jacky Lee | 77 | 41 | 53.2 | 30 | 842 | 10.9 | 20.5 | 92t | 5 | 6.5 | 6 | 7.8 | 10 | 68 | 774 | 81.2 |
| Charley Milstead | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 3 | 43 | 6.1 | 10.8 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 75.3 |
| Dave Smith | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 70 | 14.0 | 23.3 | 31 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 143.8 |
| Bill Groman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 118.8 |
| Billy Cannon | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 456 | 218 | 47.8 | 210 | 3371 | 7.4 | 15.5 | 92t | 31 | 6.8 | 28 | 6.1 | 22 | 168 | 3203 | 69.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 557 | 271 | 48.7 | 261 | 3874 | 7.0 | 14.3 | 70 | 28 | 5.0 | 25 | 4.5 | 39 | 348 | 3526 | 69.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Groman | 72 | 1473 | 20.5 | 92t | 12 |
| Johnny Carson | 45 | 604 | 13.4 | 47 | 4 |
| Charley Hennigan | 44 | 722 | 16.4 | 73t | 6 |
| Dave Smith | 22 | 216 | 9.8 | 40t | 2 |
| Billy Cannon | 15 | 187 | 12.5 | 53t | 5 |
| Charlie Tolar | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Al Witcher | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Doug Cline | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Atchason | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 1 |
| John White | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 218 | 3371 | 15.5 | 92t | 31 |
| Opponents Totals | 271 | 3874 | 14.3 | 70 | 28 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Johnston | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Dennit Morris | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Julian Spence | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Bobby Gordon | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Mike Dukes | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Chuck Kendall | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dalva Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Witcher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 190 | 7.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 316 | 11.3 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Milstead | 66 | 2365 | 35.8 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Hall | 6 | 210 | 35.0 | 41 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 72 | 2575 | 35.8 | 54 | 0 | 258 | 32.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 2521 | 37.1 | 208 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hall | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 208 | 13.9 | 51 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 258 | 9.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hall | 19 | 594 | 31.3 | 104t | 1 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 13 | 249 | 19.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 8 | 266 | 33.3 | 88t | 1 | |
| Mike Dukes | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Doug Cline | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Al Jamison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| John White | 0 | 11 | 11L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 1225 | 25.5 | 104t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 1096 | 23.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalva Allen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tony Banfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Blanda | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Cannon | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Johnny Carson | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Doug Cline | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Dukes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Don Floyd | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Gordon | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Bill Groman | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Hall | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Jerry Helluin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Charley Hennigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Jamison | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jacky Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dennit Morris | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jim Norton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Shirkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dave Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Julian Spence | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Tolar | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Orville Trask | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Al Witcher | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 36 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 0 |
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