1966 Houston Oilers (AFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 3-11-0 .214 |
| Head Coach: Wally Lemm |
| Joe Childress | Offensive Backs |
| Hugh Devore | Receivers |
| F.A. Dry | Offensive Line |
| Bud McFadin | Defensive Line |
| Wayne Robinson | Linebackers |
| Walt Schlinkman | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Tue | 8/2/1966 | H | Oakland Raiders | 26 | 17 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 36935 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | N | New York Jets | 10 | 16 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 57205 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | N | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 28 | L | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 20 | 31 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 25270 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | H | Denver Broncos | 45 | 7 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 30156 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | H | Oakland Raiders | 31 | 0 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 31763 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | A | New York Jets | 13 | 52 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 54681 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | A | Buffalo Bills | 20 | 27 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 42526 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | A | Denver Broncos | 38 | 40 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 27203 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | H | New York Jets | 24 | 0 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 30823 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 20 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 23173 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 23 | 48 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 31676 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | Oakland Raiders | 23 | 38 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 34102 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | A | Boston Patriots | 21 | 27 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 23426 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | H | Buffalo Bills | 20 | 42 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 27312 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | H | San Diego Chargers | 22 | 28 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 17569 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | H | Boston Patriots | 14 | 38 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 17100 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1966 | A | Miami Dolphins | 28 | 29 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 20045 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| George Allen | 73 | OT | 6-7 | 270 | 22 | West Texas A&M | 9 | 0 |
| Scott Appleton | 70 | RDT | 6-3 | 254 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 6 |
| Johnny Baker | 84 | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 25 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Sonny Bishop | 66 | ROG | 6-2 | 243 | 27 | Riverside CC; Fresno State | 14 | 14 |
| George Blanda | 16 | QB-K | 6-1 | 210 | 39 | Kentucky | 14 | 8 |
| Sid Blanks | 42 | HB | 6-0 | 206 | 25 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 4 |
| Garland Boyette | 52 | RDE-LB | 6-1 | 237 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 1 |
| Danny Brabham | 85 | LB | 6-4 | 236 | 25 | Arkansas | 3 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 25 | HB | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Holmes CC; Mississippi State | 14 | 9 |
| John Carrell | 53 | MLB | 6-3 | 227 | 24 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Texas Tech | 8 | 2 |
| Ronnie Caveness | 51 | MLB | 6-1 | 223 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 3 |
| Doug Cline | 31 | MLB | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Clemson | 9 | 9 |
| Gary Cutsinger | 80 | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Elkins | 26 | FL-SE | 6-1 | 193 | 23 | Baylor | 14 | 5 |
| Don Floyd | 75 | RDE | 6-4 | 242 | 28 | Texas Christian | 6 | 2 |
| Charlie Frazier | 28 | SE | 6-0 | 177 | 27 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| John Frongillo | 55 | C | 6-3 | 252 | 27 | Cerritos JC; Baylor | 14 | 4 |
| Freddy Glick | 27 | RS | 6-1 | 189 | 29 | Colorado State | 10 | 10 |
| Hoyle Granger | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Mississippi State | 11 | 5 |
| Jim Hayes | 62 | RDE | 6-4 | 263 | 26 | Jackson State | 14 | 11 |
| Charley Hennigan | 87 | FL | 6-0 | 187 | 31 | Louisiana State; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 9 |
| W.K. Hicks | 33 | RCB | 6-1 | 191 | 24 | Texas Southern | 14 | 12 |
| Glen Ray Hines | 78 | ROT | 6-5 | 258 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 9 |
| Pat Holmes | 79 | LDT | 6-5 | 254 | 26 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Buddy Humphrey | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 198 | 31 | Baylor | 6 | 1 |
| Bobby Jancik | 23 | LCB-RS-LS | 5-11 | 178 | 26 | Wharton County JC; Lamar | 14 | 8 |
| John Henry Johnson | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 37 | St. Mary's (California); Arizona State | 14 | 4 |
| Ernie Ladd | 99 | RDT | 6-9 | 302 | 28 | Grambling State | 14 | 8 |
| Jacky Lee | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 28 | Cincinnati | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Maples | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | Baylor | 13 | 10 |
| Bob McLeod | 81 | TE | 6-5 | 231 | 28 | Abilene Christian | 14 | 9 |
| John Meyer | 54 | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 7 |
| Rich Michael | 77 | OT | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 5 |
| Jim Norton | 43 | LS-P | 6-3 | 187 | 28 | Idaho | 14 | 12 |
| Bernie Parrish | 30 | LCB-LS | 5-11 | 194 | 30 | Florida | 11 | 8 |
| Bob Poole | 88 | TE | 6-4 | 216 | 25 | Clemson | 14 | 5 |
| George Rice | 72 | DT | 6-3 | 262 | 22 | Louisiana State | 5 | 0 |
| Ed Scrutchins | 82 | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Toledo | 4 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 36 | FB | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | Arkansas | 5 | 0 |
| Walt Suggs | 76 | LOT | 6-5 | 257 | 27 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Mickey Sutton | 40 | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Auburn | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Talamini | 61 | LOG | 6-1 | 249 | 27 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Tolar | 44 | FB-HB | 5-6 | 199 | 29 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 14 | 6 |
| Allen Trammell | 47 | S | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Florida | 3 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 189 | 25 | Baylor | 14 | 5 |
| Olen Underwood | 56 | RLB | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | Texas | 11 | 7 |
| Theo Viltz | 34 | LCB-RCB | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Southern California | 14 | 5 |
| John Wittenborn | 67 | OG | 6-2 | 238 | 30 | Southeast Missouri State | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 5 | Tommy Nobis | LB | Texas | |
| 2 | 12 | Stan Hindman | G | Mississippi | |
| 3 | 21 | George Rice | T | Louisiana State | |
| 4 | 28 | George Allen | T | West Texas A&M | |
| 5 | 37 | Hoyle Granger | FB | Mississippi State | |
| 6 | 45 | Dave Long | DE | Iowa | |
| 7 | 54 | Hartwell Menefee | DB | New Mexico State | |
| 8 | 67 | Dan Bland | HB | Mississippi State | |
| 9 | 77 | Dick Suffel | DB | Texas State | |
| 10 | 86 | Wilbur Aylor | DT | Texas State | |
| 11 | 94 | Monte Ledbetter | E | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |
| 12 | 103 | Harry Day | DE | Memphis | |
| 13 | 113 | Fred Zimmerman | LB | Toledo | |
| 14 | 122 | Dave Lince | DT | North Dakota | |
| 16 | 131 | Tommy Dillard | T | Austin Peay State | |
| 16 | 140 | Steve Smith | DE | Michigan | |
| 17 | 149 | Lyle Loebach | T | Simpson | |
| 18 | 158 | Eddie Buzzell | QB | Ottawa (Kansas) | |
| 19 | 167 | Frank Fuller | DT | Drake | |
| 20 | 176 | Dave Odegaard | C | Bemidji State | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 4 | Tom Fisher | LB | Tennessee | |
| 2 | 13 | Tim Van Galder | QB | Iowa State | |
| 3 | 22 | Ralph Dunlap | DT | Baylor | |
| 4 | 31 | Bill Davis | QB | Lamar | |
| 5 | 40 | Dick Glover | T | Virginia State | |
| 6 | 49 | John Gary | DT | Grambling State | |
| 7 | 58 | Clyde Pettaway | T | North Carolina A&T State | |
| 8 | 67 | Roger Marshall | QB | Baylor | |
| 9 | 76 | Lee Garner | LB | Mississippi | |
| 10 | 85 | Dan Goich | T | California | |
| 11 | 94 | Chuck Arkwright | T | Georgia | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 107 | 56 | 121 | 335 |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 156 | 93 | 93 | 396 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 246 | 76 | 144 | 26 | / % | / % | 71 | 682 | |
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 88 | 131 | 25 | / % | / % | 69 | 725 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 0 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 0 | 87 |
| Charley Frazier | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Don Trull | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Ode Burrell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Larry Elkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Charley Hennigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Henry Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob McLeod | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Doug Cline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 41 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 1 | 335 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 49 | 49 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 0 | 396 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 1 | 51 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 3/7 | 8/12 | 2/6 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 1 | 51 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 3/7 | 8/12 | 2/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 1/1 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 7/13 | 0/4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ode Burrell | 122 | 406 | 3.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 56 | 388 | 6.9 | 69t | 1 |
| Sid Blanks | 71 | 235 | 3.3 | 30 | 0 |
| John Henry Johnson | 70 | 226 | 3.2 | 28t | 3 |
| Don Trull | 38 | 139 | 3.7 | 23t | 7 |
| Charlie Tolar | 46 | 105 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 413 | 1515 | 3.7 | 69t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 422 | 1833 | 4.3 | 77t | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Trull | 172 | 84 | 48.8 | 83 | 1200 | 7.0 | 14.3 | 62 | 10 | 5.8 | 5 | 2.9 | 79.1 | |||
| George Blanda | 271 | 122 | 45.0 | 128 | 1764 | 6.5 | 14.5 | 79t | 17 | 6.3 | 21 | 7.7 | 55.3 | |||
| Buddy Humphrey | 32 | 15 | 46.9 | 16 | 168 | 5.3 | 11.2 | 32t | 2 | 6.3 | 1 | 3.1 | 70.8 | |||
| Jacky Lee | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 27 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 18.2 | |||
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 104.2 | |||
| Charlie Tolar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 485 | 226 | 46.6 | 231 | 3168 | 6.5 | 14.0 | 79t | 29 | 6.0 | 28 | 5.8 | 28 | 271 | 2897 | 64.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 438 | 209 | 47.7 | 211 | 3390 | 7.7 | 16.2 | 80t | 35 | 8.0 | 18 | 4.1 | 21 | 228 | 3162 | 83.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Frazier | 57 | 1129 | 19.8 | 79t | 12 |
| Ode Burrell | 33 | 400 | 12.1 | 34 | 5 |
| Charley Hennigan | 27 | 313 | 11.6 | 23 | 3 |
| Bob McLeod | 23 | 339 | 14.7 | 41 | 3 |
| Larry Elkins | 21 | 283 | 13.5 | 62 | 3 |
| Sid Blanks | 19 | 234 | 12.3 | 42t | 2 |
| Charlie Tolar | 13 | 68 | 5.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Poole | 12 | 131 | 10.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 12 | 104 | 8.7 | 27t | 1 |
| John Henry Johnson | 8 | 150 | 18.8 | 53 | 0 |
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 226 | 3168 | 14.0 | 79t | 29 |
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 3390 | 16.2 | 80t | 35 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Norton | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 56 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 41 | 0 |
| W.K. Hicks | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Jancik | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Bernie Parrish | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Cline | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ronnie Caveness | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 259 | 14.4 | 56 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 448 | 16.0 | 66t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Norton | 69 | 2908 | 42.1 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 269 | 2579 | 37.4 | |
| Team Totals | 69 | 2908 | 42.1 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 269 | 2579 | 37.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 2720 | 40.0 | 65 | 0 | 8 | 159 | 2401 | 35.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jancik | 10 | 6 | 62 | 6.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 8 | 7 | 78 | 9.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Allen Trammell | 5 | 3 | 19 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 16 | 159 | 6.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 10 | 269 | 7.3 | 42 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jancik | 34 | 875 | 25.7 | 53 | 0 | |
| Sid Blanks | 21 | 487 | 23.2 | 37 | 0 | |
| Allen Trammell | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Garland Boyette | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jim Hayes | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 64 | 1514 | 23.7 | 53 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 1385 | 23.1 | 100t | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Appleton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Blanda | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Garland Boyette | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ode Burrell | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ronnie Caveness | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Doug Cline | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Gary Cutsinger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Don Floyd | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Freddy Glick | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Hayes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jacky Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Norton | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bernie Parrish | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Donnie Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Tolar | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Trull | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 |
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