Record: 4-9-1, Finished 4th in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 309 points (22.1/g), 6th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 393 points (28.1/g), 7th.
Differential of -84 points (-6.0/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.6/g), 7th.
Simple Rating System: Total -5.2, Offense: -1.6, Defense: -3.7, SoS: 0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Frank Filchock (4-9-1)
Training Camp: Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado)
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| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 309 | 4442 | 948 | 4.7 | 248 | 259 | 508 | 2975 | 24 | 35 | 5.5 | 141 | 408 | 1467 | 10 | 3.6 | 84 | 52 | 17 | 23 |
| Team Defense | 393 | 5132 | 928 | 5.5 | 254 | 189 | 387 | 2726 | 25 | 27 | 6.5 | 123 | 506 | 2406 | 19 | 4.8 | 112 | 44 | 17 | 19 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Fri | September 9 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Boston Patriots | 13 | 10 | 15 | 323 | 174 | 149 | 2 | 13 | 219 | 140 | 79 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 18 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 27 | 21 | 17 | 264 | 147 | 117 | 2 | 14 | 279 | 211 | 68 | 6 | |
| 3 | Fri | September 23 | boxscore | L | 2-1 | @ | New York Titans | 24 | 28 | 25 | 413 | 204 | 209 | 2 | 17 | 274 | 90 | 184 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 2 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Oakland Raiders | 31 | 14 | 18 | 371 | 206 | 165 | 2 | 21 | 388 | 172 | 216 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 16 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | Los Angeles Chargers | 19 | 23 | 14 | 233 | 129 | 104 | 4 | 16 | 318 | 178 | 140 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 23 | boxscore | W | 4-2 | Boston Patriots | 31 | 24 | 19 | 326 | 261 | 65 | 6 | 16 | 434 | 223 | 211 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 30 | boxscore | L | 4-3 | Dallas Texans | 14 | 17 | 13 | 302 | 155 | 147 | 5 | 19 | 308 | 177 | 131 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 6 | boxscore | L | 4-4 | Houston Oilers | 25 | 45 | 26 | 492 | 371 | 121 | 3 | 24 | 467 | 276 | 191 | |||
| 9 | Sun | November 13 | boxscore | L | 4-5 | @ | Dallas Texans | 7 | 34 | 13 | 159 | 114 | 45 | 4 | 20 | 456 | 185 | 271 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 20 | boxscore | L | 4-6 | @ | Houston Oilers | 10 | 20 | 20 | 329 | 248 | 81 | 3 | 9 | 360 | 265 | 95 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 27 | boxscore | T | 4-6-1 | Buffalo Bills | 38 | 38 | 18 | 384 | 303 | 81 | 5 | 14 | 377 | 157 | 220 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 4 | boxscore | L | 4-7-1 | New York Titans | 27 | 30 | 20 | 249 | 209 | 40 | 5 | 20 | 373 | 187 | 186 | 5 | ||
| 13 | Sat | December 10 | boxscore | L | 4-8-1 | @ | Los Angeles Chargers | 33 | 41 | 20 | 391 | 281 | 110 | 4 | 22 | 347 | 166 | 181 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sat | December 17 | boxscore | L | 4-9-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 48 | 10 | 206 | 173 | 33 | 5 | 29 | 532 | 299 | 233 | 2 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Frank Tripucka | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 4-9-1 | 248 | 478 | 51.9 | 3038 | 24 | 5.0 | 34 | 7.1 | 80 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 12.3 | 217.0 | 58.9 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | George Herring | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.5 | 21 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 15.2 | 9.8 | 43.2 | ||||||||
| 21 | Gene Mingo | 22 | K/hb | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 46.0 | 3.3 | 54.5 | ||||||||
| 40 | Al Carmichael | 32 | PR/KR | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 2.6 | 118.7 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 4-9-1 | 259 | 508 | 51.0 | 3247 | 24 | 4.7 | 35 | 6.9 | 80 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 12.5 | 231.9 | 58.2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 189 | 387 | 48.8 | 2987 | 25 | 6.5 | 27 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 15.8 | 213.4 | 67.4 | 35 | 261 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 8.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 35 | Dave Rolle | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 130 | 501 | 2 | 57 | 3.9 | 35.8 | 9.3 | 21 | 122 | 5.8 | 1 | 33 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 623 | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | Gene Mingo | 22 | K/hb | 14 | 0 | 83 | 323 | 4 | 39 | 3.9 | 23.1 | 5.9 | 19 | 156 | 8.2 | 1 | 18 | 1.4 | 11.1 | 479 | 5 | 3 |
| 20 | Henry Bell | HB | 10 | 0 | 43 | 238 | 0 | 69 | 5.5 | 23.8 | 4.3 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 11 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 251 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | Al Carmichael | 32 | PR/KR | 10 | 0 | 41 | 211 | 2 | 47 | 5.1 | 21.1 | 4.1 | 32 | 616 | 19.3 | 5 | 59 | 3.2 | 61.6 | 827 | 7 | 3 |
| 24 | Don Allen | 21 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 17 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 52 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | Bob Stransky | 24 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 78 | 0 | 16 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 11 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 89 | 0 | 2 | |
| 41 | Bob McNamara | 29 | FL/ls | 14 | 0 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 7 | 143 | 20.4 | 1 | 55 | 0.5 | 10.2 | 176 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | J.W. Brodnax | 24 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 1 | 42 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 57 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18 | Frank Tripucka | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| 40 | Ted Wegert | 28 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 32 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 89 | Ken Carpenter | 34 | fl | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 29 | 350 | 12.1 | 1 | 36 | 4.8 | 58.3 | 363 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Lionel Taylor+ | 25 | SE | 12 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | -2 | -3.0 | -0.5 | 0.2 | 92 | 1235 | 13.4 | 12 | 80 | 7.7 | 102.9 | 1229 | 12 | 2 |
| 85 | Jim Greer | 29 | se | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 284 | 12.9 | 1 | 33 | 1.6 | 20.3 | 284 | 1 | 0 | |
| 88 | Pat Epperson | 25 | te | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 99 | 9.0 | 0 | 16 | 1.2 | 11.0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | |
| 81 | Bill Jessup | 31 | TE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 1 | 26 | 1.0 | 13.3 | 120 | 1 | 0 | |
| 86 | Don Carothers | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 20 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 408 | 1467 | 10 | 69 | 3.6 | 104.8 | 29.1 | 259 | 3247 | 12.5 | 24 | 80 | 18.5 | 231.9 | 4714 | 34 | 32 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 506 | 2406 | 19 | 4.8 | 171.9 | 36.1 | 189 | 2726 | 14.4 | 25 | 13.5 | 194.7 | 5132 | 44 | 26 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 40 | Al Carmichael | 32 | PR/KR | 10 | 0 | 15 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 22 | 581 | 0 | 68 | 26.4 | 1509 |
| 41 | Bob McNamara | 29 | FL/ls | 14 | 0 | 11 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 436 |
| 21 | Gene Mingo | 22 | K/hb | 14 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 1 | 76 | 30.7 | 9 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 780 |
| 22 | Bob Stransky | 24 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 21.9 | 242 | ||||||
| 40 | Ted Wegert | 28 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 | 180 | ||||||
| 24 | Don Allen | 21 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 14.4 | 124 | ||||||
| 36 | J.W. Brodnax | 24 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 0 | 34 | 23.4 | 174 | ||||||
| 20 | Henry Bell | HB | 10 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 311 | ||||||
| 85 | Jim Greer | 29 | se | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 295 | |||||
| 63 | Dave Strickland | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 29 | 261 | 1 | 76 | 9.0 | 67 | 1547 | 0 | 68 | 23.1 | 6522 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 18 | 0 | 54 | 1087 | 1 | 20.1 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 16 | George Herring | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 70 | 2610 | 70 | 2 | 37.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Gene Mingo | 22 | K/hb | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 18 | 64.3% | 36 | 33 | 91.7% | |||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 18 | 64.3% | 36 | 33 | 91.7% | 70 | 2610 | 70 | 2 | 37.3 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 47 | 44 | 93.6% | 67 | 2613 | 39.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 23 | Goose Gonsoulin+ | 22 | RS | 14 | 0 | 11 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Dave Rolle | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Frank Tripucka | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Bob McNamara | 29 | FL/ls | 14 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 83 | Johnny Pyeatt | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 40 | 0 | |||||||||
| 40 | Al Carmichael | 32 | PR/KR | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Gene Mingo | 22 | K/hb | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Al Romine | 28 | LS | 14 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Don Allen | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 70 | Don King | 31 | lde | 14 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Bob Stransky | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Lionel Taylor+ | 25 | SE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 62 | Buddy Alliston | 27 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Henry Bell | HB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Dick Doyle | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 16 | George Herring | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 76 | Bill Yelverton | 27 | rde | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 27 | 417 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 32 | 26 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Gene Mingo | 22 | K/hb | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 18 | 123 | ||||||
| 87 | Lionel Taylor+ | 25 | SE | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Al Carmichael | 32 | PR/KR | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 35 | Dave Rolle | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 41 | Bob McNamara | 29 | FL/ls | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 24 | Don Allen | 21 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 36 | J.W. Brodnax | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 89 | Ken Carpenter | 34 | fl | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Jim Greer | 29 | se | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Bill Jessup | 31 | TE | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Johnny Pyeatt | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 76 | Bill Yelverton | 27 | rde | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 33 | 18 | 309 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 19 | 25 | 1 | 44 | 17 | 393 |