| 1962 Houston Oilers (AFL) | 
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 11-3-0 .786 | 
| Playoff Statistics | 
| Head Coach: Pop Ivy | 
| Neill Armstrong | Defense | 
| Walt Schlinkman | Offense | 
| Joe Spencer | Line | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/4/1962 | H | New York Titans | 33-27 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 18942 | |
| Fri | 8/10/1962 | N | Denver Broncos | 33-17 | W | Atlanta, GA | American Field | 11500 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1962 | N | Boston Patriots | 20-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | City Park Stadium | 29100 | |
| Thu | 8/23/1962 | N | Buffalo Bills | 14-21 | L | Mobile, AL | Ladd Memorial Stadium | 17257 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1962 | N | Dallas Texans | 34-31 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 27530 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1962 | A | Buffalo Bills | 28-23 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 31236 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1962 | A | Boston Patriots | 21-34 | L | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Stadium | 32276 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1962 | A | San Diego Chargers | 42-17 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 28061 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1962 | H | Buffalo Bills | 17-14 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 26350 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1962 | H | New York Titans | 56-17 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 20650 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1962 | A | Denver Broncos | 10-20 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 34496 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1962 | H | Dallas Texans | 7-31 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 31750 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1962 | A | Dallas Texans | 14-6 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 29017 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1962 | A | Oakland Raiders | 28-20 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 11500 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1962 | H | Boston Patriots | 21-17 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 25250 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1962 | H | San Diego Chargers | 33-27 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 28235 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1962 | H | Denver Broncos | 34-17 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 30650 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1962 | H | Oakland Raiders | 32-17 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 27400 | |
| Sat | 12/15/1962 | A | New York Titans | 44-10 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 8167 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/23/1962 | H | Dallas Texans | 17-20 | L | OT2 | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 37981 | 
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Gene Babb | 33 | MLB-FB | 6-3 | 216 | 28 | Austin | 14 | 10 | 
| Tony Banfield | 40 | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 | 
| George Blanda | 15 | QB-K | 6-1 | 210 | 35 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 | 
| Billy Cannon | 20 | HB | 6-1 | 216 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | 11 | 
| Doug Cline | 31 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Clemson | 14 | 14 | 
| Ed Culpepper | 78 | LDT | 6-1 | 255 | 28 | Alabama | 14 | 11 | 
| Gary Cutsinger | 80 | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 | 
| Willard Dewveall | 88 | SE-TE | 6-4 | 224 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 5 | 
| Mike Dukes | 30 | RLB | 6-3 | 231 | 26 | Clemson | 14 | 13 | 
| Don Floyd | 75 | RDE-LOT | 6-4 | 242 | 24 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 | 
| Charlie Frazier | 28 | SE-FL | 6-0 | 177 | 23 | Texas Southern | 14 | 3 | 
| John Frongillo | 55 | ROG-LOG-C | 6-3 | 252 | 23 | Cerritos JC; Baylor | 14 | 0 | 
| Freddy Glick | 27 | RS | 6-1 | 189 | 25 | Colorado State | 14 | 14 | 
| Tom Goode | 35 | RLB-LLB-C | 6-3 | 244 | 24 | Mississippi State | 14 | 1 | 
| Bill Groman | 89 | SE | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Heidelberg | 14 | 5 | 
| Charley Hennigan | 87 | FL | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | Louisiana State; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 | 
| Bill Herchman | 73 | LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 246 | 29 | Tyler JC; Texas Tech | 12 | 1 | 
| Ed Husmann | 82 | RDT | 6-0 | 235 | 31 | Nebraska | 14 | 13 | 
| Al Jamison | 70 | LOT | 6-5 | 245 | 25 | Colgate | 14 | 14 | 
| Bobby Jancik | 23 | RCB-LS-RS-LCB | 5-11 | 178 | 22 | Wharton County JC; Lamar | 14 | 7 | 
| Mark Johnston | 41 | RCB | 6-0 | 201 | 24 | Northwestern | 14 | 9 | 
| Bobby Kelly | 72 | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 261 | 22 | New Mexico State | 6 | 3 | 
| Dan Lanphear | 72 | DE | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 
| Jacky Lee | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 24 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 | 
| Ron McDole | 84 | RDE | 6-3 | 266 | 23 | Nebraska | 4 | 0 | 
| Bob McLeod | 81 | TE | 6-5 | 231 | 24 | Abilene Christian | 14 | 14 | 
| Rich Michael | 77 | ROT | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 | 
| Bill Miller | 84 | RDE | 6-4 | 270 | 26 | New Mexico Highlands | 4 | 0 | 
| Jim Norton | 43 | LS-P | 6-3 | 187 | 24 | Idaho | 14 | 12 | 
| Larry Onesti | 45 | MLB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Northwestern | 4 | 4 | 
| Bob Schmidt | 52 | C | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 | 
| Dave Smith | 32 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 209 | 25 | Ripon | 14 | 3 | 
| Bob Suci | 22 | LS | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | Michigan State | 6 | 0 | 
| Walt Suggs | 76 | ROT-LOT | 6-5 | 257 | 23 | Mississippi State | 14 | 0 | 
| Bob Talamini | 61 | LOG | 6-1 | 249 | 23 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 | 
| Charlie Tolar | 44 | FB | 5-6 | 199 | 25 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 | 
| Bill Wegener | 86 | LDE | 5-10 | 240 | 23 | Missouri | 4 | 0 | 
| Hogan Wharton | 53 | ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 27 | Southern Methodist; Houston | 14 | 14 | 
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | 
| 1 | 7 | Ray Jacobs | T | Howard Payne | 
| 2 | 15 | Earl Gros | FB | Louisiana State | 
| 3 | 23 | Pete Case | T | Georgia | 
| 4 | 30 | Gary Cutsinger | T | Oklahoma State | 
| 5 | 39 | Bill Rice | E | Alabama | 
| 6 | 47 | Ray Pinion | G | Texas Christian | 
| 7 | 55 | Gus Gonzales | G | Tulane | 
| 8 | 63 | Clyde Brock | T | Utah State | 
| 9 | 71 | Larry Onesti | C | Northwestern | 
| 10 | 79 | Bob Moses | E | Texas | 
| 11 | 87 | John Thomas | G | McMurry | 
| 12 | 95 | Jack Collins | HB | Texas | 
| 13 | 103 | Royce Cassell | E | New Mexico State | 
| 14 | 111 | Glynn Griffing | QB | Mississippi | 
| 15 | 119 | Ken Shaffer | T | Marquette | 
| 16 | 127 | Billy Ray Adams | FB | Mississippi | 
| 17 | 135 | Bill Miller | T | New Mexico Highlands | 
| 18 | 143 | Art Perkins | FB | North Texas | 
| 19 | 151 | Bobby Jancik | HB | Lamar | 
| 20 | 159 | Joe Bob Isbell | G | Houston | 
| 21 | 167 | Roland Jackson | FB | Rice | 
| 22 | 175 | Kenny Bolin | HB | Houston | 
| 23 | 183 | Bill Van Buren | C | Iowa | 
| 24 | 191 | Boyd Melvin | T | Northwestern | 
| 25 | 199 | Bob Johnston | T | Rice | 
| 26 | 207 | Harold Hays | G | Southern Mississippi | 
| 27 | 215 | Rodger McFarland | HB | Kansas | 
| 28 | 223 | Gary Henson | E | Colorado | 
| 29 | 231 | Ronnie Osborne | T | Clemson | 
| 30 | 239 | Bob Clemens | HB | Pittsburgh | 
| 31 | 247 | Al Kimbrough | HB | Northwestern | 
| 32 | 255 | Bernie Wyatt | HB | Iowa | 
| 33 | 263 | Al Lederle | E | Georgia Tech | 
| 34 | 271 | Don Talbert | T | Texas | 
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 93 | 119 | 98 | 77 | 387 | 
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 87 | 47 | 57 | 270 | 
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 266 | 95 | 157 | 14 | / % | / % | 63 | 633 | |
| Opponents Totals | 217 | 75 | 126 | 16 | / % | / % | 65 | 559 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 0 | 48 | 49 | 98.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 0 | 81 | 
| Billy Cannon | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | ||
| Charley Hennigan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Charlie Tolar | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bob McLeod | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Willard Dewveall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bill Groman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dave Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gene Babb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Banfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Floyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mark Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 50 | 48 | 49 | 98.0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 2 | 387 | 
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 45.2 | 0 | 270 | 
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 1 | 54 | 5/7 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 1/7 | 1/4 | 
| Team Totals | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 1 | 54 | 5/7 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 1/7 | 1/4 | 
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 31 | 45.2 | 2/ | 7/ | 1/ | 4/ | 0/ | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Tolar | 244 | 1012 | 4.1 | 25 | 7 | 
| Billy Cannon | 147 | 474 | 3.2 | 64t | 7 | 
| Dave Smith | 56 | 249 | 4.4 | 41 | 1 | 
| George Blanda | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| Jacky Lee | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 
| Gene Babb | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 457 | 1742 | 3.8 | 64t | 15 | 
| Opponents Totals | 362 | 1569 | 4.3 | 10 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 418 | 197 | 47.1 | 179 | 2810 | 6.7 | 14.3 | 78t | 27 | 6.5 | 42 | 10.0 | 51.3 | |||
| Jacky Lee | 50 | 26 | 52.0 | 19 | 433 | 8.7 | 16.7 | 98t | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 68.6 | |||
| Billy Cannon | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 46 | 15.3 | 23.0 | 40t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 149.3 | |||
| Dave Smith | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 34 | 11.3 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 104.9 | |||
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 475 | 227 | 47.8 | 200 | 3323 | 7.0 | 14.6 | 98t | 32 | 6.7 | 48 | 10.1 | 11 | 94 | 3229 | 53.9 | 
| Opponents Totals | 486 | 213 | 43.8 | 238 | 2865 | 5.9 | 13.5 | 18 | 3.7 | 35 | 7.2 | 32 | 304 | 2561 | 45.5 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Hennigan | 54 | 867 | 16.1 | 78t | 8 | 0 | |||
| Bob McLeod | 33 | 578 | 17.5 | 55t | 6 | 0 | |||
| Willard Dewveall | 33 | 576 | 17.5 | 98t | 5 | 0 | |||
| Billy Cannon | 32 | 451 | 14.1 | 60t | 6 | ||||
| Charlie Tolar | 30 | 251 | 8.4 | 35t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill Groman | 21 | 328 | 15.6 | 54t | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dave Smith | 17 | 117 | 6.9 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charley Frazier | 7 | 155 | 22.1 | 73t | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 227 | 3323 | 14.6 | 98t | 32 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 2865 | 13.5 | 18 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Norton | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 36 | 0 | 
| Tony Banfield | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 | 
| Don Floyd | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 28t | 1 | 
| Mark Johnston | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 27 | 0 | 
| Freddy Glick | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 31 | 0 | 
| Bobby Jancik | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 | 
| Gene Babb | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31t | 1 | 
| Doug Cline | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Mike Dukes | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | 
| Bob Suci | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| Gary Cutsinger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Team Totals | 35 | 340 | 9.7 | 36 | 2 | 
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 725 | 15.1 | 2 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Norton | 55 | 2298 | 41.8 | 64 | 1 | 259 | ||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 2298 | 41.0 | 64 | 1 | 259 | 36.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 2804 | 38.9 | 314 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jancik | 14 | 164 | 11.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 12 | 79 | 6.6 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tony Banfield | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 50t | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 314 | 11.2 | 50 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 259 | 9.3 | 2 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jancik | 24 | 726 | 30.3 | 61 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 18 | 442 | 24.6 | 38 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bob McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 1245 | 25.9 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1155 | 21.0 | 1 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Babb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tony Banfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Blanda | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Cannon | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Doug Cline | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gary Cutsinger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mike Dukes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Freddy Glick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Goode | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Mark Johnston | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Jacky Lee | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Ron McDole | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jim Norton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Tolar | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Wegener | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hogan Wharton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 17 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 
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