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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 2nd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 408 points (29.1/g), 2nd of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 254 points (18.1/g), 3rd.
Differential of 154 points (11.0/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 10.6-3.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +22 (1.6/g), 1st.
Simple Rating System: Total 10.3, Offense: 6.0, Defense: 4.2, SoS: -0.7, 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 | TO | FL | 1stPy | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | |||
| Team Offense | 408 | 4490 | 876 | 5.1 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 251 | 213 | 382 | 2472 | 26 | 19 | 6.0 | 117 | 462 | 2018 | 18 | 4.4 | 116 |
| Team Defense | 254 | 3944 | 843 | 4.7 | 49 | 18 | 16 | 221 | 229 | 462 | 2536 | 13 | 31 | 5.1 | 132 | 343 | 1408 | 10 | 4.1 | 73 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sat | September 9 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Houston Oilers | 25 | 20 | 20 | 312 | 171 | 141 | 1 | 17 | 336 | 158 | 178 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 24 | 0 | 20 | 349 | 97 | 252 | 1 | 8 | 124 | 101 | 23 | 5 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | L | 2-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 21 | 23 | 12 | 243 | 150 | 93 | 3 | 16 | 306 | 206 | 100 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Miami Dolphins | 41 | 0 | 15 | 335 | 220 | 115 | 17 | 206 | 113 | 93 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 31 | 45 | 20 | 445 | 324 | 121 | 4 | 24 | 452 | 307 | 145 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | L | 3-3 | Houston Oilers | 19 | 24 | 19 | 323 | 166 | 157 | 3 | 7 | 127 | 43 | 84 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | Denver Broncos | 52 | 9 | 22 | 444 | 268 | 176 | 1 | 10 | 268 | 215 | 53 | 6 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 5-3 | New York Jets | 42 | 18 | 24 | 392 | 178 | 214 | 1 | 22 | 340 | 274 | 66 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | W | 6-3 | @ | Boston Patriots | 33 | 10 | 20 | 297 | 186 | 111 | 3 | 12 | 318 | 226 | 92 | 5 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | L | 6-4 | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 17 | 16 | 297 | 222 | 75 | 20 | 327 | 139 | 188 | 3 | |||
| 11 | Thu | November 23 | boxscore | L | 6-5 | Oakland Raiders | 22 | 44 | 13 | 192 | 136 | 56 | 4 | 26 | 459 | 303 | 156 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | W | 7-5 | Buffalo Bills | 23 | 13 | 18 | 257 | 128 | 129 | 1 | 8 | 242 | 211 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | W | 8-5 | @ | New York Jets | 21 | 7 | 13 | 204 | 80 | 124 | 2 | 17 | 167 | 84 | 83 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | W | 9-5 | @ | Denver Broncos | 38 | 24 | 19 | 400 | 146 | 254 | 3 | 17 | 272 | 156 | 116 | 4 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 32 | QB | 14 | 14 | 9-5-0 | 206 | 357 | 57.7 | 2651 | 24 | 6.7 | 17 | 4.8 | 71 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 12.9 | 189.4 | 83.7 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | Jacky Lee | 28 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 31.6 | 105 | 1 | 5.3 | 2 | 10.5 | 29 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 17.5 | 21.0 | 29.4 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Mike Garrett*+ | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 17 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 4.3 | 9.3 | 17.0 | 1.2 | 84.4 | |||||||||
| 10 | Pete Beathard | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 9-5-0 | 213 | 382 | 55.8 | 2773 | 26 | 6.8 | 19 | 5.0 | 71 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 13.0 | 198.1 | 80.8 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 229 | 462 | 49.6 | 2890 | 13 | 2.8 | 31 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 3.80 | 12.6 | 206.4 | 50.9 | 38 | 354 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 7.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 21 | Mike Garrett*+ | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 236 | 1087 | 9 | 58 | 4.6 | 77.6 | 16.9 | 46 | 261 | 5.7 | 1 | 34 | 3.3 | 18.6 | 1348 | 10 | 6 |
| 32 | Curtis McClinton* | 28 | FB | 14 | 0 | 97 | 392 | 2 | 34 | 4.0 | 28.0 | 6.9 | 26 | 219 | 8.4 | 1 | 25 | 1.9 | 15.6 | 611 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | Bert Coan | 27 | 12 | 0 | 63 | 275 | 4 | 38 | 4.4 | 22.9 | 5.3 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 24 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 316 | 4 | 2 | |
| 45 | Gene Thomas | 25 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 133 | 1 | 19 | 3.8 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 2 | 27 | 0.9 | 7.1 | 232 | 3 | 0 | |
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 32 | QB | 14 | 14 | 20 | 68 | 0 | 24 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 68 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 89 | Otis Taylor | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 59 | 958 | 16.2 | 11 | 71 | 4.2 | 68.4 | 987 | 12 | 1 |
| 25 | Frank Pitts | 24 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 1 | 59 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 150 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1 | Noland Smith | 24 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 42 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 50 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Jacky Lee | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | 26 | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 88 | Chris Burford | 29 | SE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 389 | 15.6 | 3 | 55 | 1.9 | 29.9 | 389 | 3 | 0 | |
| 84 | Fred Arbanas* | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 295 | 14.8 | 5 | 43 | 1.4 | 21.1 | 295 | 5 | 0 | |
| 30 | Gloster Richardson | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 312 | 26.0 | 2 | 56 | 0.9 | 24.0 | 312 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 80 | Reggie Carolan | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 23 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 462 | 2018 | 18 | 58 | 4.4 | 144.1 | 33.0 | 213 | 2773 | 13.0 | 26 | 71 | 15.2 | 198.1 | 4791 | 44 | 28 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 343 | 1408 | 10 | 4.1 | 100.6 | 24.5 | 229 | 2536 | 11.1 | 13 | 16.4 | 181.1 | 3944 | 23 | 34 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Noland Smith | 24 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 26 | 212 | 0 | 59 | 8.2 | 41 | 1148 | 1 | 106 | 28.0 | 1410 |
| 45 | Gene Thomas | 25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 17 | 9.3 | 288 | ||||||
| 21 | Mike Garrett*+ | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 5.5 | 1370 | |||||
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas | 24 | lcb | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 8 | |||||
| 86 | Buck Buchanan*+ | 27 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 80 | Reggie Carolan | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 28 | ||||||
| 23 | Bert Coan | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 345 | ||||||
| 73 | Dave Hill | 26 | RT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 63 | Willie Lanier | 22 | RLB | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||
| 82 | Ed Lothamer | 25 | LDT | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 42 | Johnny Robinson*+ | 29 | RS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 33 | 245 | 0 | 59 | 7.4 | 53 | 1245 | 1 | 106 | 23.5 | 6281 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 31 | 0 | 55 | 1207 | 1 | 21.9 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 3 | Jan Stenerud | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 58.3% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | |||||
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | 26 | P | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1739 | 59 | 1 | 42.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 68 | Wayne Walker | 23 | p | 4 | 0 | 19 | 736 | 56 | 0 | 38.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 80 | Reggie Carolan | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 42.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 58.3% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | 61 | 2517 | 59 | 1 | 41.3 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 25 | 14 | 56.0% | 28 | 28 | 100.0% | 64 | 2752 | 43.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 1 | Noland Smith | 24 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -10 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 32 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Mike Garrett*+ | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Johnny Robinson*+ | 29 | RS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 78 | Bobby Bell*+ | 27 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Fletcher Smith | 24 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 150 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Bobby Hunt | 27 | LS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas | 24 | lcb | 11 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Willie Mitchell | 27 | RCB | 9 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 1 | 55 | 0 | |||||||||
| 52 | Bud Abell | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Frank Pitts | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Chris Burford | 29 | SE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Bert Coan | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 99 | Ernie Ladd | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 51 | Jim Lynch | 22 | lb | 14 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 75 | Jerry Mays* | 28 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Curtis McClinton* | 28 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 89 | Otis Taylor | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Pete Beathard | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 61 | Dennis Biodrowski | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 72 | Tony DiMidio | 25 | t | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 66 | Wayne Frazier | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 69 | Sherrill Headrick | 30 | MLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 73 | Dave Hill | 26 | RT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 70 | Bob Kelly | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 63 | Willie Lanier | 22 | RLB | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 15 | Jacky Lee | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Bobby Ply | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 77 | Jim Tyrer+ | 28 | LT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Fred Williamson | 30 | LCB | 11 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 77 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 31 | 578 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 38 | 35 | 0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jan Stenerud | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 45 | 21 | 108 | ||||||||||
| 89 | Otis Taylor | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 72 | |||||||||
| 21 | Mike Garrett*+ | 23 | HB | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 60 | |||||||||
| 84 | Fred Arbanas* | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Bert Coan | 27 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 32 | Curtis McClinton* | 28 | FB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
| 88 | Chris Burford | 29 | SE | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Gene Thomas | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Frank Pitts | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Gloster Richardson | 25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 78 | Bobby Bell*+ | 27 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Willie Mitchell | 27 | RCB | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Noland Smith | 24 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas | 24 | lcb | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Fred Williamson | 30 | LCB | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Reggie Carolan | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 45 | 21 | 406 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 254 |