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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 366 points (26.1/g), 2nd of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 306 points (21.9/g), 4th.
Differential of 60 points (4.3/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 3rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.8, Offense: 2.8, Defense: 1.0, SoS: -0.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Hank Stram
Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 366 | 4700 | 871 | 5.4 | 250 | 228 | 412 | 2875 | 32 | 21 | 6.3 | 148 | 415 | 1825 | 14 | 4.4 | 90 | 41 | 20 | 12 |
| Team Defense | 306 | 3946 | 858 | 4.6 | 211 | 218 | 440 | 2631 | 25 | 28 | 5.6 | 124 | 390 | 1315 | 9 | 3.4 | 77 | 46 | 18 | 10 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 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 | Sun | September 13 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 17 | 34 | 11 | 304 | 234 | 70 | 5 | 18 | 331 | 208 | 123 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 27 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 21 | 9 | 15 | 335 | 153 | 182 | 11 | 256 | 160 | 96 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Sun | October 4 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | Houston Oilers | 28 | 7 | 12 | 413 | 309 | 104 | 3 | 12 | 254 | 182 | 72 | 7 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 11 | boxscore | L | 2-2 | @ | Denver Broncos | 27 | 33 | 20 | 293 | 191 | 102 | 4 | 17 | 282 | 165 | 117 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 18 | boxscore | L | 2-3 | Buffalo Bills | 22 | 35 | 15 | 298 | 168 | 130 | 2 | 20 | 395 | 274 | 121 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Fri | October 23 | boxscore | L | 2-4 | @ | Boston Patriots | 7 | 24 | 7 | 170 | 118 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 259 | 153 | 106 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 1 | boxscore | W | 3-4 | Denver Broncos | 49 | 39 | 24 | 520 | 383 | 137 | 6 | 14 | 347 | 269 | 78 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 8 | boxscore | W | 4-4 | Oakland Raiders | 42 | 7 | 20 | 350 | 186 | 164 | 3 | 12 | 169 | 119 | 50 | 5 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 15 | boxscore | L | 4-5 | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 28 | 19 | 221 | 149 | 72 | 5 | 12 | 333 | 238 | 95 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 22 | boxscore | W | 5-5 | @ | Houston Oilers | 28 | 19 | 20 | 372 | 188 | 184 | 1 | 20 | 311 | 266 | 45 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 29 | boxscore | L | 5-6 | @ | New York Jets | 14 | 27 | 18 | 419 | 211 | 208 | 4 | 11 | 217 | 119 | 98 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 6 | boxscore | L | 5-7 | Boston Patriots | 24 | 31 | 17 | 317 | 202 | 115 | 1 | 17 | 375 | 292 | 83 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 13 | boxscore | W | 6-7 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 49 | 6 | 22 | 391 | 213 | 178 | 1 | 13 | 184 | 110 | 74 | 6 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 20 | boxscore | W | 7-7 | New York Jets | 24 | 7 | 17 | 306 | 176 | 130 | 2 | 10 | 229 | 72 | 157 | 3 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 7-7-0 | 199 | 354 | 56.2 | 2879 | 30 | 8.5 | 18 | 5.1 | 72 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 14.5 | 205.6 | 89.9 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 12 | Eddie Wilson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 47 | 53.2 | 392 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 55 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 15.7 | 28.0 | 79.4 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Pete Beathard | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 50 | 1 | 11.1 | 2 | 22.2 | 22 | 5.6 | -2.2 | 12.5 | 3.6 | 59.7 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Abner Haynes* | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Jack Spikes | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 14 | 7-7-0 | 228 | 412 | 55.3 | 3321 | 32 | 7.8 | 21 | 5.1 | 72 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 14.6 | 237.2 | 86.4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 218 | 440 | 49.5 | 2910 | 25 | 5.7 | 28 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 4.89 | 13.3 | 207.9 | 63.4 | 28 | 279 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 28 | Abner Haynes* | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 139 | 697 | 4 | 80 | 5.0 | 49.8 | 9.9 | 38 | 562 | 14.8 | 3 | 68 | 2.7 | 40.1 | 1259 | 7 | 0 |
| 36 | Mack Lee Hill* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 105 | 576 | 4 | 71 | 5.5 | 41.1 | 7.5 | 19 | 144 | 7.6 | 2 | 34 | 1.4 | 10.3 | 720 | 6 | 3 |
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | 25 | 14 | 0 | 73 | 252 | 1 | 30 | 3.5 | 18.0 | 5.2 | 13 | 221 | 17.0 | 2 | 66 | 0.9 | 15.8 | 473 | 3 | 5 | |
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 40 | 89 | 2 | 18 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 89 | 2 | 15 | |||||||
| 30 | Jack Spikes | 27 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 112 | 0 | 13 | 3.3 | 16.0 | 4.9 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 12 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 129 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Bert Coan | 24 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 56 | 2 | 37 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 64 | 2 | 0 | |
| 12 | Eddie Wilson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 10 | Pete Beathard | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 41 | 10.8 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 43 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 26 | Frank Jackson | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 62 | 943 | 15.2 | 9 | 72 | 4.4 | 67.4 | 948 | 9 | 2 |
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | -10.0 | -0.7 | 0.1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 | Chris Burford | 26 | SE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 51 | 675 | 13.2 | 7 | 55 | 4.3 | 56.3 | 675 | 7 | 0 | |
| 84 | Fred Arbanas*+ | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 686 | 20.2 | 8 | 59 | 2.4 | 49.0 | 686 | 8 | 0 | |
| 80 | Reggie Carolan | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 1 | 25 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 14 | 415 | 1825 | 14 | 80 | 4.4 | 130.4 | 29.6 | 228 | 3321 | 14.6 | 32 | 72 | 16.3 | 237.2 | 5146 | 46 | 36 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 390 | 1315 | 9 | 3.4 | 93.9 | 27.9 | 218 | 2631 | 12.1 | 25 | 15.6 | 187.9 | 3946 | 34 | 29 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 45 | Dave Grayson*+ | 25 | KR/RCB | 14 | 0 | 30 | 679 | 0 | 80 | 22.6 | 679 | |||||
| 22 | Willie Mitchell | 24 | PR | 9 | 0 | 18 | 160 | 0 | 36 | 8.9 | 160 | |||||
| 25 | Charley Warner | 24 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 110 | 0 | 22 | 12.2 | 7 | 180 | 0 | 44 | 25.7 | 290 | |
| 28 | Abner Haynes* | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 278 | 0 | 45 | 23.2 | 1548 |
| 26 | Frank Jackson | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 11 | 103 | 0 | 24 | 9.4 | 1051 | |||||
| 33 | Bert Coan | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 124 | 0 | 25 | 24.8 | 188 | ||||||
| 82 | Ed Lothamer | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 42 | Johnny Robinson* | 26 | RS | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 76 | Hatch Rosdahl | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 35 | Smokey Stover | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 14 | 40 | 400 | 0 | 36 | 10.0 | 57 | 1261 | 0 | 80 | 22.1 | 6807 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 36 | 0 | 64 | 1459 | 0 | 22.8 | |||||||||
| 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 | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 78 | 3326 | 70 | 0 | 42.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 81 | Tommy Brooker* | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% | 46 | 46 | 100.0% | |||||||
| 12 | Eddie Wilson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 32.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% | 46 | 46 | 100.0% | 79 | 3358 | 70 | 0 | 42.5 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 20 | 14 | 70.0% | 36 | 34 | 94.4% | 78 | 3175 | 40.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 45 | Dave Grayson*+ | 25 | KR/RCB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 187 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Bobby Hunt* | 24 | LS | 14 | 0 | 7 | 133 | 1 | 59 | 0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Duane Wood | 27 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Eddie Wilson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Mack Lee Hill* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Frank Jackson | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Willie Mitchell | 24 | PR | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | Johnny Robinson* | 26 | RS | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Smokey Stover | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Pete Beathard | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 78 | Bobby Bell* | 24 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 56 | Walt Corey | 26 | RLB | 13 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| 69 | Sherrill Headrick | 27 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Bobby Ply | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 76 | Hatch Rosdahl | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Charley Warner | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 14 | 28 | 408 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 44 | 29 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Tommy Brooker* | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 70 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Frank Jackson | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Fred Arbanas*+ | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Abner Haynes* | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||
| 88 | Chris Burford | 26 | SE | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Mack Lee Hill* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||
| 33 | Bert Coan | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 78 | Bobby Bell* | 24 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Reggie Carolan | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Bobby Hunt* | 24 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Eddie Wilson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 366 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 306 |