1963 Houston Oilers (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Pop Ivy |
| Neill Armstrong | Defense |
| Bill Conkright | Ends |
| Walt Schlinkman | Offense |
| Joe Spencer | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1963 | A | Denver Broncos | 10-27 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 11445 | |
| Fri | 8/9/1963 | N | New York Jets | 17-0 | W | Shreveport, LA | Independence Stadium | 18596 | |
| Wed | 8/14/1963 | A | Boston Patriots | 21-20 | W | Lowell, MA | Cawley Memorial Stadium | 9387 | |
| Thu | 8/22/1963 | H | San Diego Chargers | 3-21 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23635 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-17 | W | Wichita, KS | Veterans Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | H | Oakland Raiders | 13-24 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 24749 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | H | Denver Broncos | 20-14 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23147 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | A | New York Jets | 17-24 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 9336 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | A | Buffalo Bills | 31-20 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 32340 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-28 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 27801 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | A | Denver Broncos | 33-24 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 24087 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | Buffalo Bills | 28-14 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23948 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 28-7 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 26331 | |
| Fri | 11/1/1963 | A | Boston Patriots | 3-45 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 31185 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | H | New York Jets | 31-27 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23619 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | A | San Diego Chargers | 0-27 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 31713 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 28-46 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23462 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1963 | H | San Diego Chargers | 14-20 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 18540 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 49-52 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 17401 | |
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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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12/22/1963 | Oakland Raiders | Postponed from 11/24 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Gene Babb | 33 | MLB-FB | 6-3 | 216 | 29 | Austin | 14 | 9 |
| Johnny Baker | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 229 | 22 | Mississippi State | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Banfield | 40 | LCB | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| George Blanda | 16 | QB-K | 6-1 | 210 | 36 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Danny Brabham | 85 | LB | 6-4 | 236 | 22 | Arkansas | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Brezina | 21 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Houston | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 20 | HB | 6-1 | 216 | 26 | Louisiana State | 6 | 1 |
| Doug Cline | 31 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Clemson | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Culpepper | 78 | DT | 6-1 | 255 | 29 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Cutsinger | 80 | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| Willard Dewveall | 88 | SE | 6-4 | 224 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| Bo Dickinson | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 28 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Dukes | 30 | RLB | 6-3 | 231 | 27 | Clemson | 14 | 14 |
| Don Floyd | 75 | RDE | 6-4 | 242 | 25 | Texas Christian | 9 | 9 |
| Charley Frazier | 28 | FL-OE | 6-0 | 177 | 24 | Texas Southern | 10 | 0 |
| John Frongillo | 55 | OT | 6-3 | 252 | 24 | Cerritos JC; Baylor | 3 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 27 | RS | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Colorado State | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Goode | 68 | OG | 6-3 | 244 | 25 | Mississippi State | 14 | 0 |
| Charley Hennigan | 87 | FL | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Louisiana State; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Husmann | 82 | RDT | 6-0 | 235 | 32 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Jancik | 23 | RCB | 5-11 | 178 | 23 | Wharton County JC; Lamar | 14 | 14 |
| Mark Johnston | 41 | CB | 6-0 | 201 | 25 | Northwestern | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Kelly | 73 | OT | 6-3 | 261 | 23 | New Mexico State | 11 | 0 |
| Randy Kerbow | 18 | SE | 6-1 | 188 | 23 | Rice | 11 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 25 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 81 | TE | 6-5 | 231 | 25 | Abilene Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Dudley Meredith | 74 | LDT | 6-4 | 280 | 28 | Del Mar JC; Midwestern State; Lamar | 14 | 14 |
| Rich Michael | 77 | ROT | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Nery | 83 | DE | 6-6 | 236 | 29 | Kansas State | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 43 | LS-P | 6-3 | 187 | 25 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Onesti | 45 | MLB | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Northwestern | 14 | 5 |
| Willis Perkins | 64 | DE | 6-0 | 240 | 29 | Texas Southern | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Schmidt | 52 | C | 6-4 | 248 | 27 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Smith | 32 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 209 | 26 | Ripon | 14 | 6 |
| Walt Suggs | 76 | LOT | 6-5 | 257 | 24 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Talamini | 61 | LOG | 6-1 | 249 | 24 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Tobin | 47 | HB | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | Missouri | 10 | 7 |
| Charlie Tolar | 44 | FB | 5-6 | 199 | 26 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Wegener | 86 | RDE | 5-10 | 240 | 24 | Missouri | 14 | 5 |
| Hogan Wharton | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 28 | Southern Methodist; Houston | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Danny Brabham | FB | Arkansas |
| 2 | 15 | Don Estes | T | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 22 | Jerry Cook | HB | Texas |
| 4 | 25 | Lee Roy Caffey | FB | Texas A&M |
| 4 | 31 | Jerry Hopkins | C | Texas A&M |
| 5 | 33 | Homer Jones | HB | Texas Southern |
| 5 | 38 | Don Chuy | T | Clemson |
| 6 | 47 | Lionel Aldridge | T | Utah State |
| 7 | 54 | Johnny Baker | E | Mississippi State |
| 8 | 63 | Jimmy Burson | HB | Auburn |
| 9 | 70 | Ed Burke | T | Notre Dame |
| 11 | 84 | Tom Brown | G | Pittsburgh |
| 14 | 111 | Don Trull | QB | Baylor |
| 15 | 118 | Joe Don Looney | HB | Oklahoma |
| 16 | 127 | Rex Benson | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 17 | 134 | Jerry Griffin | E | Louisiana Tech |
| 18 | 143 | Paul Lea | HB | Oklahoma |
| 19 | 150 | Bob Hoover | HB | Florida |
| 20 | 159 | Wayne Lee | C | Oklahoma |
| 21 | 166 | Staley Faulkner | T | Texas |
| 22 | 175 | Sam Byer | FB | Texas A&M |
| 23 | 182 | Gene Raesz | E | Rice |
| 24 | 191 | Bob Burton | T | Grambling State |
| 25 | 198 | Gary Kaltenbach | T | Pittsburgh |
| 26 | 207 | Dave Theisen | HB | Nebraska |
| 27 | 214 | Al Hildebrand | T | Stanford |
| 28 | 223 | Tim Stein | C | Miami (Ohio) |
| 29 | 230 | Ollie Ross | T | West Texas A&M |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 102 | 72 | 56 | 302 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 117 | 51 | 87 | 372 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 254 | 68 | 169 | 17 | / % | / % | 58 | 565 | |
| Opponents Totals | 256 | 107 | 121 | 18 | / % | / % | 73 | 704 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda 37/37xp! | 0 | 39 | 39 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 0 | 66 |
| Charley Hennigan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Willard Dewveall | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bob McLeod | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dave Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bill Tobin 2/2xp! | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Charlie Tolar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mark Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Culpepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 39 | 39 | 39 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 1 | 302 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 1 | 372 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 2 | 48 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 4/8 | 3/8 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 2 | 48 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 4/8 | 3/8 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 28 | 50.0 | 2/ | 3/ | 6/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Tolar | 194 | 659 | 3.4 | 33 | 3 |
| Bill Tobin | 75 | 271 | 3.6 | 32 | 4 |
| Dave Smith | 50 | 202 | 4.0 | 16 | 3 |
| Billy Cannon | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Babb | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| George Blanda | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 341 | 1210 | 3.5 | 33 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 446 | 1981 | 4.4 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 423 | 224 | 53.0 | 174 | 3003 | 7.1 | 13.4 | 80t | 24 | 5.7 | 25 | 5.9 | 70.1 | |||
| Jacky Lee | 75 | 37 | 49.3 | 30 | 475 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 38 | 2 | 2.7 | 8 | 10.7 | 38.9 | |||
| Billy Cannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Dave Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 501 | 261 | 52.1 | 207 | 3478 | 6.9 | 13.3 | 80t | 26 | 5.2 | 33 | 6.6 | 28 | 256 | 3222 | 64.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 424 | 190 | 44.8 | 198 | 2600 | 6.1 | 13.7 | 24 | 5.7 | 36 | 8.5 | 48.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Hennigan | 61 | 1051 | 17.2 | 68 | 10 |
| Willard Dewveall | 58 | 752 | 13.0 | 35 | 7 |
| Charlie Tolar | 41 | 275 | 6.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Bob McLeod | 33 | 530 | 16.1 | 38 | 5 |
| Dave Smith | 24 | 270 | 11.3 | 36 | 2 |
| Charley Frazier | 16 | 279 | 17.4 | 80t | 1 |
| Bill Tobin | 13 | 173 | 13.3 | 33t | 1 |
| Randy Kerbow | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Bo Dickinson | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Cannon | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 261 | 3478 | 13.3 | 80t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 190 | 2600 | 13.7 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddy Glick | 12 | 180 | 15.0 | 45 | 1 |
| Tony Banfield | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Doug Cline | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Gene Babb | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mark Johnston | 1 | 90 | 90.0 | 90t | 1 |
| Mike Dukes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Danny Brabham | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 453 | 12.6 | 90t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 615 | 18.6 | 98t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Norton | 65 | 2792 | 43.0 | 68 | 0 | 484 | ||||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2792 | 43.0 | 68 | 0 | 484 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 2878 | 42.3 | 339 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jancik | 13 | 145 | 11.2 | 56 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 19 | 171 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jim Norton | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 339 | 9.4 | 56 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 484 | 14.2 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jancik | 45 | 1317 | 29.3 | 53 | 0 | |
| Freddy Glick | 20 | 451 | 22.6 | 43 | 0 | |
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Tobin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 69 | 1821 | 26.4 | 53 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 983 | 19.7 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Babb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tony Banfield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Blanda | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Cannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Cline | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Gary Cutsinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Willard Dewveall | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Dukes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Freddy Glick | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Jancik | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Kerbow | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jacky Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob McLeod | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Norton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Onesti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dave Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Tobin | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Tolar | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Wegener | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Hogan Wharton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 35 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 4 |
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