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Record: 5-7-2, Finished 3rd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 347 points (24.8/g), 3rd of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 263 points (18.8/g), 3rd.
Differential of 84 points (6.0/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 3rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 5.2, Offense: 1.0, Defense: 4.2, SoS: -0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Hank Stram (5-7-2)
Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)
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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 | 347 | 4348 | 875 | 5.0 | 250 | 231 | 439 | 2651 | 30 | 22 | 5.6 | 141 | 400 | 1697 | 12 | 4.2 | 94 | 38 | 16 | 15 |
| Team Defense | 263 | 4173 | 849 | 4.9 | 228 | 218 | 429 | 2627 | 18 | 26 | 5.7 | 130 | 386 | 1546 | 12 | 4.0 | 83 | 45 | 19 | 15 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sat | September 7 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Denver Broncos | 59 | 7 | 20 | 478 | 358 | 120 | 2 | 12 | 181 | 95 | 86 | 7 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | T | 1-0-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 27 | 27 | 20 | 290 | 241 | 49 | 3 | 17 | 356 | 242 | 114 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | boxscore | L | 1-1-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 24 | 12 | 164 | 137 | 27 | 4 | 17 | 294 | 140 | 154 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | boxscore | W | 2-1-1 | Houston Oilers | 28 | 7 | 21 | 337 | 212 | 125 | 2 | 12 | 287 | 241 | 46 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | boxscore | L | 2-2-1 | Buffalo Bills | 26 | 35 | 21 | 299 | 176 | 123 | 2 | 16 | 397 | 300 | 97 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | L | 2-3-1 | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 38 | 17 | 325 | 247 | 78 | 3 | 18 | 402 | 255 | 147 | |||
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | L | 2-4-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 7 | 28 | 20 | 352 | 129 | 223 | 7 | 19 | 310 | 218 | 92 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | L | 2-5-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 7 | 10 | 16 | 255 | 112 | 143 | 1 | 20 | 332 | 243 | 89 | 2 | |
| 9 | Fri | November 8 | boxscore | L | 2-6-1 | Oakland Raiders | 7 | 22 | 9 | 61 | -22 | 83 | 3 | 16 | 286 | 123 | 163 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | T | 2-6-2 | @ | Boston Patriots | 24 | 24 | 20 | 330 | 234 | 96 | 1 | 25 | 474 | 366 | 108 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | December 1 | boxscore | L | 2-7-2 | @ | New York Jets | 0 | 17 | 13 | 296 | 177 | 119 | 3 | 10 | 179 | 97 | 82 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | W | 3-7-2 | Denver Broncos | 52 | 21 | 23 | 371 | 212 | 159 | 2 | 27 | 413 | 197 | 216 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Sat | December 14 | boxscore | W | 4-7-2 | Boston Patriots | 35 | 3 | 22 | 398 | 174 | 224 | 3 | 7 | 105 | 31 | 74 | 6 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 22 | boxscore | W | 5-7-2 | New York Jets | 48 | 0 | 16 | 392 | 264 | 128 | 2 | 12 | 157 | 79 | 78 | 7 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Len Dawson | 28 | QB | 14 | 13 | 5-7-1 | 190 | 352 | 54.0 | 2389 | 26 | 7.4 | 19 | 5.4 | 82 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 12.6 | 170.6 | 77.5 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Eddie Wilson | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0-0-1 | 39 | 82 | 47.6 | 537 | 3 | 3.7 | 2 | 2.4 | 48 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 13.8 | 38.4 | 71.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 33 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 11.0 | 17.7 | 33.0 | 2.4 | 115.3 | ||||||||
| 28 | Abner Haynes | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 1.7 | 118.7 | ||||||||
| 30 | Jack Spikes | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 23.7 | 14 | 5-7-2 | 231 | 439 | 52.6 | 2983 | 30 | 6.8 | 22 | 5.0 | 82 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 12.9 | 213.1 | 76.1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 218 | 429 | 50.8 | 2929 | 18 | 4.2 | 26 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 13.4 | 209.2 | 61.6 | 34 | 302 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 7.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 142 | 568 | 3 | 36 | 4.0 | 40.6 | 10.1 | 27 | 301 | 11.1 | 3 | 46 | 1.9 | 21.5 | 869 | 6 | 4 |
| 28 | Abner Haynes | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 99 | 352 | 4 | 46 | 3.6 | 25.1 | 7.1 | 33 | 470 | 14.2 | 2 | 73 | 2.4 | 33.6 | 822 | 6 | 6 |
| 30 | Jack Spikes | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 84 | 257 | 2 | 15 | 3.1 | 18.4 | 6.0 | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 1 | 30 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 382 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Len Dawson | 28 | QB | 14 | 13 | 37 | 272 | 2 | 43 | 7.4 | 19.4 | 2.6 | 272 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 23 | Bert Coan | 23 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 100 | 0 | 51 | 5.6 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 31 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 135 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 12 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 15 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 62 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Eddie Wilson | 23 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 21 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 26 | Frank Jackson | 24 | PR/FL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 25 | 17.3 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 50 | 785 | 15.7 | 8 | 82 | 3.6 | 56.1 | 837 | 9 | 3 |
| 88 | Chris Burford | 25 | SE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 68 | 824 | 12.1 | 9 | 69 | 4.9 | 58.9 | 834 | 9 | 0 |
| 84 | Fred Arbanas*+ | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 373 | 11.0 | 6 | 40 | 2.4 | 26.6 | 373 | 6 | 2 | |
| 81 | Tommy Brooker | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Dick Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 11 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 23.7 | 14 | 401 | 1697 | 12 | 51 | 4.2 | 121.2 | 28.6 | 231 | 2983 | 12.9 | 30 | 82 | 16.5 | 213.1 | 4680 | 42 | 28 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 386 | 1546 | 12 | 4.0 | 110.4 | 27.6 | 218 | 2627 | 12.1 | 18 | 15.6 | 187.6 | 4173 | 30 | 29 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 45 | Dave Grayson* | 24 | RCB/KR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 20 | 564 | 1 | 99 | 28.2 | 566 |
| 28 | Abner Haynes | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 20 | 9.5 | 12 | 317 | 0 | 45 | 26.4 | 1196 |
| 25 | Charley Warner | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 6.3 | 9 | 215 | 0 | 33 | 23.9 | 240 | |
| 26 | Frank Jackson | 24 | PR/FL | 14 | 0 | 11 | 95 | 0 | 39 | 8.6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 952 |
| 30 | Jack Spikes | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 | 394 | |||||
| 35 | Smokey Stover | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | ||||||
| 42 | Johnny Robinson* | 25 | RS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 82 | |||||
| Team Total | 23.7 | 14 | 23 | 195 | 0 | 39 | 8.5 | 47 | 1166 | 1 | 99 | 24.8 | 6041 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 31 | 1 | 62 | 1338 | 0 | 21.6 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 61 | 2628 | 72 | 1 | 43.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Jack Spikes | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | 24 | 23 | 95.8% | |||||||||
| 81 | Tommy Brooker | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 42.9% | 20 | 20 | 100.0% | ||||||||||
| 12 | Eddie Wilson | 23 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 43.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 23.7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 29.6% | 44 | 43 | 97.7% | 62 | 2671 | 72 | 1 | 43.1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 24 | 10 | 41.7% | 30 | 27 | 90.0% | 70 | 2814 | 40.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 45 | Dave Grayson* | 24 | RCB/KR | 14 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | Abner Haynes | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Bobby Hunt | 23 | LS | 14 | 0 | 6 | 228 | 0 | 66 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | E.J. Holub+ | 25 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Len Dawson | 28 | QB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Jack Spikes | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Frank Jackson | 24 | PR/FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Johnny Robinson* | 25 | RS | 14 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| 48 | Duane Wood* | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
| 84 | Fred Arbanas*+ | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 69 | Sherrill Headrick | 26 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 38 | 0 | |||||||||
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 78 | Bobby Bell | 23 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Bert Coan | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Charley Warner | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 23.7 | 14 | 26 | 450 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Chris Burford | 25 | SE | 14 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 56 | |||||||||
| 26 | Frank Jackson | 24 | PR/FL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 54 | |||||||||
| 30 | Jack Spikes | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 47 | |||||||
| 81 | Tommy Brooker | 24 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 38 | |||||||||||
| 84 | Fred Arbanas*+ | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Abner Haynes | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 16 | Len Dawson | 28 | QB | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Dave Grayson* | 24 | RCB/KR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 69 | Sherrill Headrick | 26 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Dick Johnson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 75 | Jerry Mays | 24 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Duane Wood* | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 23.7 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 345 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 263 |