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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 371 points (26.5/g), 4th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 170 points (12.1/g), 1st.
Differential of 201 points (14.4/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 12.1-1.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +22 (1.6/g), 1st.
Simple Rating System: Total 14.0, Offense: 3.8, Defense: 10.1, SoS: -0.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Hank Stram
Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Mon | September 9 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Houston Oilers | 26 | 21 | 17 | 265 | 61 | 204 | 19 | 440 | 385 | 55 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | New York Jets | 19 | 20 | 11 | 201 | 83 | 118 | 1 | 18 | 397 | 296 | 101 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | Denver Broncos | 34 | 2 | 17 | 341 | 196 | 145 | 2 | 13 | 245 | 194 | 51 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Sat | September 28 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 48 | 3 | 17 | 431 | 268 | 163 | 3 | 12 | 234 | 138 | 96 | 6 | |
| 5 | Sat | October 5 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 18 | 7 | 20 | 353 | 141 | 212 | 2 | 11 | 251 | 136 | 115 | 5 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 13 | boxscore | W | 5-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 3 | 15 | 265 | 129 | 136 | 2 | 7 | 116 | 17 | 99 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | W | 6-1 | Oakland Raiders | 24 | 10 | 19 | 310 | 16 | 294 | 10 | 222 | 169 | 53 | 2 | |||
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | W | 7-1 | San Diego Chargers | 27 | 20 | 15 | 374 | 180 | 194 | 1 | 22 | 395 | 297 | 98 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | L | 7-2 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 21 | 38 | 14 | 327 | 229 | 98 | 3 | 25 | 539 | 469 | 70 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 10 | boxscore | W | 8-2 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 9 | 16 | 304 | 49 | 255 | 1 | 15 | 283 | 126 | 157 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | W | 9-2 | Boston Patriots | 31 | 17 | 12 | 339 | 312 | 27 | 6 | 15 | 262 | 184 | 78 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Thu | November 28 | boxscore | W | 10-2 | Houston Oilers | 24 | 10 | 15 | 321 | 242 | 79 | 1 | 12 | 244 | 151 | 93 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | W | 11-2 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 40 | 3 | 20 | 371 | 188 | 183 | 4 | 17 | 211 | 136 | 75 | 7 | |
| 14 | Sat | December 14 | boxscore | W | 12-2 | @ | Denver Broncos | 30 | 7 | 15 | 302 | 183 | 119 | 1 | 19 | 249 | 124 | 125 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 22 | boxscore | L | 12-3 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 6 | 41 | 13 | 312 | 242 | 70 | 4 | 22 | 454 | 336 | 118 | ||