1968 Oklahoma City Plainsmen (COFL) |
| 4th place • Central Division • 5-6-0 .455 |
| Head Coach: Cliff Speegle |
| Charles Murdock | Assistant Coach |
| Ken Northcutt | Assistant Coach |
| C.B. Speegle | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | H | Arkansas Diamonds | 14 | 6 | W | Enid, OK | Plainsmen Stadiun | 2500 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | A | Alabama Hawks | 13 | 35 | L | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | H | Arkansas Diamonds | 35 | 24 | W | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1968 | A | Michigan Arrows | 17 | 7 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1968 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 34 | 31 | W | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | A | Quad-City Raiders | - | ||||||
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | A | Las Vegas Cowboys | 35 | 13 | W | Las Vegas, NV | Cashman Field | 3700 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | H | Orange County Ramblers | 7 | 10 | L | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1968 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 7 | 17 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 4639 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | A | Ohio Valley Ironmen | 7 | 65 | L | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 4714 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1968 | H | Las Vegas Cowboys | 28 | 10 | W | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | 1500 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1968 | A | Arkansas Diamonds | 16 | 26 | L | Little Rock, AR | Quigley Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1968 | H | Alabama Hawks | 0 | 27 | L | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | 500 | |
| Sat | 11/16/1968 | H | Charleston Rockets | - | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | ||||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/28/1968 | Quad-City Raiders | Canceled |
| 11/16/1968 | Charleston Rockets | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Briggs | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 228 | 27 | Central Oklahoma | ||
| Ken Brown | 35 | HB | 5-10 | 204 | 23 | none | ||
| Carl Burdex | 85 | TE | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | Cameron | ||
| Gene Cagle | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Oklahoma | ||
| Ed Capps | 72 | OT | 6-6 | 250 | 25 | none | ||
| Jim Caughton | 55 | OG | 6-0 | 235 | 22 | Central Oklahoma | ||
| Fred Cheek | 30 | DB | 5-10 | 170 | 22 | New Mexico State; Cameron JC; Northeastern State | ||
| Tom Currie | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Lamar | ||
| Don Davis | 44 | FB-MLB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Oklahoma | ||
| Ron Dryden | 63 | OT | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | Oklahoma State | ||
| George Farmer | 86 | FL | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | Oklahoma | ||
| Tony Ferrell | 28 | RLB | 5-11 | 172 | 28 | Trinity Valley CC | ||
| Pete Francis | 62 | LOT | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Oklahoma State | ||
| Ron Francis | 80 | SE | 6-5 | 226 | 25 | North Carolina A&T State | ||
| Ron Greene | 20 | RB | 5-11 | 180 | 20 | Murray State JC | ||
| Ed Harmon | 61 | MLB | 6-4 | 230 | 22 | Louisville | ||
| Dee Herron | 76 | DE | 6-2 | 280 | 26 | Central Oklahoma | ||
| Bob Howard | LDE-MLB | 6-1 | 217 | 26 | Oklahoma State | |||
| Zenus Jenkins | RDT | 6-1 | 259 | 23 | Langston | |||
| Ken Kmiec | 27 | LS | 6-2 | 192 | 22 | Illinois | ||
| Hartwell Menefee | 40 | RCB-LS | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | New Mexico State | ||
| Dan Miller | 15 | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Central Oklahoma | ||
| Allen Mitchell | 27 | RB | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Philander Smith | ||
| Vern Moore | 45 | RRS | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Oklahoma State; Cameron JC; Central Oklahoma | ||
| Jerry Morrow | 50 | C | 6-0 | 240 | 24 | Oklahoma State | ||
| Brooks Mosier | 79 | RDE-RDT-K | 6-6 | 190 | 33 | Northeastern State; Central Oklahoma | ||
| Bill Mullin | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 23 | Langston | ||
| George Nordgren | 42 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Houston | ||
| Ken Northcutt | LDT | 6-0 | 232 | 33 | Oklahoma | |||
| Bill Overton | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 226 | 21 | McCook CC; Wake Forest | ||
| Nat Pentecost | 20 | DB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Langston | ||
| Bill Rickey | 77 | LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 21 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | ||
| Jack Schameshorn | 51 | DE | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Central Oklahoma | ||
| Dick Shaw | 25 | FL | 5-9 | 177 | 25 | Central Oklahoma | ||
| Charlie Sledge | 23 | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Langston | ||
| Bennie Smith | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 26 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | |||
| C.B. Speegle | 3 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Central Oklahoma | ||
| Wes Stark | ROT | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Central Oklahoma | |||
| Sims Stokes | 84 | FL | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Kansas; Northern Arizona | ||
| Willie Swan | 60 | LOG | 5-10 | 245 | 23 | Central Oklahoma | ||
| Bruce Taylor | 69 | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | New Mexico State | ||
| George Thomas | 54 | LLB | 6-1 | 216 | 25 | Oklahoma State | ||
| Roy Thurston | 52 | C | 5-11 | 218 | 25 | Langston | ||
| Don Trull | 18 | QB | 6-1 | 189 | 27 | Baylor | 1 | |
| Gordon Wheeler | 15 | P | 6-4 | 218 | 22 | Oklahoma | ||
| Mickey Williams | 84 | LS | 5-10 | 172 | 22 | Oklahoma | ||
| Tom Yeargan | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | none | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | 72 | 42 | 17 | 199 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 60 | 79 | 78 | 265 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 127 | 53 | 53 | 17 | 58 | 601 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Mosier | 0 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 7.1 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Ken Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| George Nordgren | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Bob Briggs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Ron Francis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Sims Stokes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Carl Burdex | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Vern Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bill Overton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Pete Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Charles Sledge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| C.B. Speegle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Mickey Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Wes Stark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 28 | 26 | 28 | 92.9 | 1 | 14 | 7.1 | 1 | 199 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 31 | 35 | 88.6 | 8 | 0 | 265 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Brown | 149 | 623 | 4.2 | 69 | 3 |
| Don Davis | 77 | 242 | 3.1 | 30 | 0 |
| George Nordgren | 31 | 164 | 5.3 | 25 | 3 |
| Bob Briggs | 36 | 76 | 2.1 | 21 | 3 |
| C.B. Speegle | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Ron Francis | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Allen Mitchell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gene Cagle | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Jerry Morrow | 0 | -18 | -18L | 0 | |
| Tom Currie | 7 | -19 | -2.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 320 | 1115 | 3.5 | 68 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 1428 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.B. Speegle | 121 | 46 | 38.0 | 65 | 589 | 4.9 | 12.8 | 79 | 2 | 1.7 | 10 | 8.3 | 25.1 | |||
| Tom Currie | 122 | 50 | 41.0 | 61 | 577 | 4.7 | 11.5 | 42 | 5 | 4.1 | 11 | 9.0 | 32.0 | |||
| Don Trull | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 11 | 160 | 7.0 | 14.5 | 72 | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 4.3 | 92.4 | |||
| Gene Cagle | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 269 | 107 | 39.8 | 140 | 1326 | 4.9 | 12.4 | 79 | 10 | 3.7 | 22 | 8.2 | 25 | 231 | 1095 | 34.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 1998 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Francis | 35 | 414 | 11.8 | 38 | 3 |
| Carl Burdex | 27 | 399 | 14.8 | 42 | 2 |
| Ken Brown | 25 | 120 | 4.8 | 31 | 1 |
| Sims Stokes | 7 | 175 | 25.0 | 79 | 3 |
| Dick Shaw | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 22 | 0 |
| George Farmer | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| George Nordgren | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 72 | 1 |
| Jerry Morrow | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 107 | 1326 | 12.4 | 79 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwell Menefee | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Mickey Williams | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 50 | 1 |
| Charlie Sledge | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 |
| George Thomas | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Vern Moore | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Bill Overton | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Dick Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 367 | 17.5 | 50 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Wheeler | 31 | 1260 | 40.6 | 58 | 0 | |||||
| C.B. Speegle | 30 | 920 | 30.7 | 56 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 2180 | 35.7 | 58 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vern Moore | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 83 | 2 | |
| Hartwell Menefee | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dick Shaw | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 16 | 313 | 19.6 | 83 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vern Moore | 12 | 204 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sledge | 10 | 295 | 29.5 | 98 | 1 | |
| Ken Brown | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 48 | 0 | |
| Hartwell Menefee | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 29 | 0 | |
| Sims Stokes | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Carl Burdex | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 858 | 23.2 | 98 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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