1966 Odessa-Midland Comets (TFL) |
| 6th place • 1-8-1 .111 |
| Head Coach: Byron Townsend |
| Jim Daniel | Defense |
| Johnny Hatley | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | N | Burkburnett Kings | 0-26 | L | Uvalde, TX | |||
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | H | Sherman-Denison Jets | 0-5 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 3896 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | A | Pasadena Pistols | 0-25 | L | Pasadena, TX | Memorial Stadium | 1484 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1966 | A | Burkburnett Kings | 0-13 | L | Burkburnett, TX | Burkburnett High School Stadium | 5912 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1966 | A | Tulsa Oilers | 16-16 | T | Tulsa, OK | Skelly Stadium | 5792 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1966 | H | Dallas County Rockets | 0-14 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 2998 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | Pasadena Pistols | 13-34 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 480 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1966 | H | Burkburnett Kings | 19-27 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 250 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1966 | A | Sherman-Denison Jets | 12-40 | L | Denison, TX | Munson Stadium | 4191 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1966 | H | Tulsa Oilers | 14-10 | W | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 403 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1966 | A | Dallas County Rockets | 9-12 | L | DeSoto, TX | Eagle Stadium | 64 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Arrott | E-C | 6-3 | 220 | 26 | none | |||
| Martin Benavidez | 18 | FL-FB-RS | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | Texas A&M | ||
| Bill Bradley | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 4 | ||||
| Billy Brooks | RCB | 5-9 | 170 | 26 | none | |||
| Oscar Brown | HB | 6-0 | 230 | 33 | ||||
| Joe Broyles | P-K | 37 | Texas El-Paso; Texarkana JC | |||||
| Joe Burch | TE-DE | 6-2 | 215 | Texas Tech | 7 | |||
| Ernest Byrd | S | 5-11 | 174 | 29 | Howard County JC | 7 | ||
| Charles Collins | HB | 5-10 | 175 | East Central | ||||
| Gary Crain | FB-P | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | East Central | |||
| Jack Evans | ROG-RLB | 5-10 | 210 | 32 | none | |||
| Eldon Ford | LB | 5-11 | 210 | 29 | Langston | 6 | ||
| Jim Forge | DB | 5-8 | 176 | 23 | none | |||
| Jim Frasier | LOT | 6-4 | 230 | 27 | none | |||
| Tom Freeman | DB | 6-3 | 210 | 20 | Eastern Kentucky | 4 | ||
| Terry Funk | G | 6-1 | 247 | 22 | Cisco JC; West Texas A&M | 6 | ||
| Ray Garrett | ROG | 6-0 | 204 | 22 | Texas Tech | 7 | ||
| Phil Graham | DB | 5-10 | 165 | Cisco JC; McMurry | ||||
| Jimmy Harris | DT | 6-0 | 228 | 20 | Houston | |||
| Johnny Hatley | DT | 6-3 | 249 | 36 | Baylor; Southwest Texas JC; Sul Ross State | |||
| Tommy Lee Hill | DB-HB | 5-9 | 162 | 22 | none | |||
| Mike Hinojosa | QB | 5-9 | 167 | 23 | Trinity Valley CC | |||
| Rich Keller | HB | 5-8 | 192 | 22 | West Texas A&M | |||
| Bill Lisenbee | MLB | 6-2 | 227 | 25 | none | |||
| Johnny Loudd | FL | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | Weber JC | |||
| Jack Mayfield | G | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | West Texas A&M | |||
| Tim McCullorn | LB | 200 | ||||||
| Don McCullough | LB | 6-2 | 200 | 19 | none | |||
| Willie Meadows | HB | 5-10 | 163 | 21 | none | |||
| Bill Owens | DE | 6-2 | 239 | 23 | Sul Ross State | |||
| R.D. Pierce | FB-K-LB | 6-1 | 242 | 29 | none | 8 | ||
| John Powell | DB | 6-6 | 217 | none | ||||
| Dave Pursley | ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Hardin-Simmons; Cisco JC; McMurry | |||
| Alvin Roberts | OG-RDE | 6-3 | 205 | 29 | none | |||
| Warren Sheelar | LB | 6-0 | 210 | Ranger JC; Sul Ross State | ||||
| Dale Smith | TE | 6-0 | 170 | 28 | none | |||
| Gary Smith | DT | 6-3 | 280 | Sul Ross State | 4 | |||
| Dan Springer | DE-DT | 6-1 | 230 | 34 | none | |||
| Joe Tate | FB | 5-6 | 168 | 23 | none | |||
| Vince Tesone | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Colorado Mines | 4 | ||
| Bill Thompson | QB | |||||||
| Dwayne Thompson | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 24 | Tyler JC; Ranger JC | |||
| Frank Thompson | ROT | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | none | |||
| Byron Townsend | FL-QB | 6-0 | 190 | 37 | Texas | |||
| Tom Traylor | FB | 6-1 | 208 | 29 | Texas Southern | |||
| Francey Tubb | FL | 5-11 | 190 | 21 | Texas-Arlington | |||
| Bill Usselino | LB | |||||||
| Buddy Walling | DT | 6-4 | 230 | 33 | Texas-Arlington | |||
| Al Webb | G | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | ||||
| Clarence Williams | SE | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Gene Williams | SE-LS | 6-2 | 192 | 27 | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Gene Wilson | WR | 6-2 | 190 | |||||
| Bob Windham | C-ROT-LDT | 6-4 | 275 | 24 | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Billy Young | LOG | 5-11 | 227 | 23 | none | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 83 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 196 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Williams | 4 | 0 | 24+ | ||||||
| R.D. Pierce | 0 | 5+ | 4 | 17+ | |||||
| Ernest Byrd | 1 | 0 | 6+ | ||||||
| Tommy Hill | 1 | 0 | 6+ | ||||||
| Johnny Loudd | 1 | 0 | 6+ | ||||||
| Bill Owens | 1 | 0 | 6+ | ||||||
| Vince Tesone | 1 | 0 | 6+ | ||||||
| Byron Townsend | 1 | 0 | 6+ | ||||||
| Joe Broyles | 0 | 1+ | 0 | 1+ | |||||
| Joe Burch | 0 | 0 | 1+ | ||||||
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 1+ | 0 | 2 | 5+ | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 2 | 2 | 83 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 18 | 26 | 69.2 | 6 | 2 | 196 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Tesone | 1+ | ||||
| Team Totals | 1+ | ||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Tesone | 107 | 49 | 45.8 | 51 | 604 | 5.6 | 12.3 | 76t | 4 | 3.7 | 7 | 6.5 | 49.0 | |||
| Dwayne Thompson | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 6+ | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Williams | 33 | 480 | 14.5 | 45 | 4 |
| Tommy Hill | 1+ | ||||
| Johnny Loudd | 1+ | ||||
| Team Totals | 6+ | ||||
| Opponents Totals |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Byrd | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 60 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 1+ | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0+ |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0+ | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1+ |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0+ | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0+ |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Owens | 1+ | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1+ | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0+ |
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