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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 2nd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
1969 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 359 points (25.6/g), 2nd of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 177 points (12.6/g), 1st.
Differential of 182 points (13.0/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 11.8-2.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.6/g), 3rd.
Coached by Hank Stram (11-3-0)
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1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 14 | W | 1-0 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 27 | 9 | 14 | 273 | 206 | 67 | 3 | 16 | 295 | 250 | 45 | 5 |
| 2 | Sun | September 21 | W | 2-0 | @ | Boston Patriots | 31 | 0 | 25 | 395 | 163 | 232 | 2 | 6 | 82 | 39 | 43 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | L | 2-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 19 | 24 | 17 | 265 | 139 | 126 | 3 | 7 | 301 | 209 | 92 | 4 |
| 4 | Sun | October 5 | W | 3-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 26 | 13 | 19 | 350 | 182 | 168 | 15 | 212 | 132 | 80 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 12 | W | 4-1 | Houston Oilers | 24 | 0 | 14 | 244 | 81 | 163 | 7 | 7 | 101 | 70 | 31 | 9 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 19 | W | 5-1 | Miami Dolphins | 17 | 10 | 17 | 403 | 298 | 105 | 2 | 14 | 236 | 153 | 83 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | W | 6-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 42 | 22 | 26 | 508 | 195 | 313 | 3 | 7 | 196 | 131 | 65 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | W | 7-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 29 | 7 | 14 | 245 | 98 | 147 | 3 | 14 | 144 | 39 | 105 | 6 |
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | W | 8-1 | San Diego Chargers | 27 | 3 | 17 | 308 | 209 | 99 | 3 | 10 | 174 | 104 | 70 | 5 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | W | 9-1 | @ | New York Jets | 34 | 16 | 23 | 424 | 285 | 139 | 1 | 22 | 410 | 333 | 77 | 5 |
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | L | 9-2 | Oakland Raiders | 24 | 27 | 26 | 436 | 238 | 198 | 7 | 15 | 262 | 142 | 120 | ||
| 12 | Thu | November 27 | W | 10-2 | Denver Broncos | 31 | 17 | 17 | 285 | 133 | 152 | 2 | 17 | 236 | 151 | 85 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 7 | W | 11-2 | Buffalo Bills | 22 | 19 | 17 | 277 | 131 | 146 | 3 | 17 | 237 | 144 | 93 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sat | December 13 | L | 11-3 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 6 | 10 | 12 | 194 | 29 | 165 | 14 | 277 | 175 | 102 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Division | December 20 | W | 12-3 | @ | New York Jets | 13 | 6 | |||||||||||
| ConfChamp | January 4 | W | 13-3 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 17 | 7 | |||||||||||
| SuperBowl | January 11 | W | 14-3 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 23 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 359 | 4607 | 899 | 5.1 | 258 | 196 | 351 | 2387 | 16 | 20 | 6.3 | 125 | 522 | 2220 | 19 | 4.3 | 129 | 39 | 19 | 4 |
| Team Defense | 177 | 3163 | 788 | 4.0 | 309 | 200 | 426 | 2072 | 10 | 32 | 4.4 | 111 | 314 | 1091 | 6 | 3.5 | 181 | 47 | 15 | 17 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson* | 34 | QB | 9 | 7 | 98 | 166 | 59.0 | 1323 | 9 | 5.4 | 13 | 7.8 | 55 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 13.5 | 147.0 | 69.9 | 13 | 89 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 7.3 |
| Mike Livingston* | 24 | qb | 9 | 6 | 84 | 161 | 52.2 | 1123 | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.7 | 93 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 13.4 | 124.8 | 67.4 | 11 | 124 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 6.4 |
| Jacky Lee | 30 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 109 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 31 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 9.1 | 36.3 | 70.6 | 2 | 38 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 9.1 | |
| Warren McVea | 23 | hb | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 50 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 4.5 | 121.5 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 0.0 |
| Tom Flores | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 33 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 43.0 | 33.0 | 6.6 | 158.3 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 43.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 196 | 351 | 55.8 | 2638 | 16 | 4.6 | 20 | 5.7 | 93 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 13.5 | 188.4 | 71.4 | 26 | 251 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 6.9 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 200 | 426 | 46.9 | 2072 | 10 | 2.3 | 32 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 10.4 | 148.0 | 38.0 | 48 | 419 | 4.4 | 0.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Mike Garrett | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 168 | 732 | 6 | 34 | 4.4 | 52.3 | 12.0 | 43 | 432 | 10.0 | 2 | 41 | 3.1 | 30.9 | 1164 | 8 | 4 |
| Robert Holmes* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 150 | 612 | 2 | 25 | 4.1 | 43.7 | 10.7 | 26 | 266 | 10.2 | 3 | 33 | 1.9 | 19.0 | 878 | 5 | 9 |
| Warren McVea | 23 | hb | 11 | 0 | 106 | 500 | 7 | 80 | 4.7 | 45.5 | 9.6 | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | 22 | 0.6 | 6.5 | 571 | 7 | 1 |
| Wendell Hayes | 29 | 14 | 0 | 62 | 208 | 4 | 11 | 3.4 | 14.9 | 4.4 | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 0 | 17 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 272 | 4 | 2 | |
| Mike Livingston* | 24 | qb | 9 | 6 | 15 | 102 | 0 | 39 | 6.8 | 11.3 | 1.7 | 102 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Paul Lowe | 33 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 33 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Frank Pitts | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 31 | 470 | 15.2 | 2 | 51 | 2.2 | 33.6 | 498 | 2 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 27 | FL | 11 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 10 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 41 | 696 | 17.0 | 7 | 79 | 3.7 | 63.3 | 694 | 7 | 1 |
| Fred Arbanas | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 16 | 258 | 16.1 | 0 | 44 | 1.1 | 18.4 | 259 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Dawson* | 34 | QB | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Tom Flores | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jacky Lee | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gloster Richardson | 27 | fl | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 381 | 16.6 | 2 | 39 | 1.8 | 29.3 | 381 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 522 | 2220 | 19 | 80 | 4.3 | 158.6 | 37.3 | 196 | 2638 | 13.5 | 16 | 79 | 14.0 | 188.4 | 4858 | 35 | 34 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 314 | 1091 | 6 | 3.5 | 77.9 | 22.4 | 200 | 2072 | 10.4 | 10 | 14.3 | 148.0 | 3163 | 16 | 25 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Willie Mitchell | 29 | RET | 14 | 0 | 13 | 101 | 0 | 35 | 7.8 | 7 | 178 | 0 | 36 | 25.4 | 279 |
| Warren McVea | 23 | hb | 11 | 0 | 13 | 318 | 0 | 40 | 24.5 | 889 | |||||
| Noland Smith | 26 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 107 | 0 | 64 | 11.9 | 4 | 125 | 0 | 37 | 31.3 | 232 | |
| Mike Garrett | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 3.5 | 1192 | |||||
| Ed Podolak | 22 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 165 | 0 | 28 | 23.6 | 165 | ||||||
| Paul Lowe | 33 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 0 | 30 | 23.2 | 149 | ||||||
| Wendell Hayes | 29 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 45 | 40.5 | 353 | ||||||
| Robert Holmes* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 36 | 27.0 | 932 | |||||
| Goldie Sellers | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 7.5 | 15 | ||||||
| Bobby Bell*+ | 29 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 32 | 251 | 0 | 64 | 7.8 | 41 | 1090 | 1 | 53 | 26.6 | 6199 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 43 | 0 | 59 | 1431 | 0 | 24.3 | ||||||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Jan Stenerud* | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 35 | 27 | 77.1% | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | |||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 68 | 3022 | 62 | 0 | 44.4 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 35 | 27 | 77.1% | 38 | 38 | 100.0% | 68 | 3022 | 62 | 0 | 44.4 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 27 | 15 | 55.6% | 17 | 16 | 94.1% | 84 | 3612 | 43.0 | |||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Bobby Bell*+ | 29 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ceasar Belser | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Aaron Brown | 26 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Daney | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mike Garrett | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wendell Hayes | 29 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Holmes* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Kearney | 26 | LS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 143 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Lanier* | 24 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Livingston* | 24 | qb | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Lowe | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Lynch | 24 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Marsalis* | 24 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Warren McVea | 23 | hb | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Mitchell | 29 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Podolak | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Robinson+ | 31 | RS | 14 | 0 | 8 | 158 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Goldie Sellers | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Noland Smith | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Stein | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Otis Taylor | 27 | FL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Emmitt Thomas | 26 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 9 | 146 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 32 | 595 | 2 | 60 | 34 | 27 | 50 | 2 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud* | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 38 | 27 | 119 | |||||||||
| Mike Garrett | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 48 | |||||||||
| Warren McVea | 23 | hb | 11 | 0 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Otis Taylor | 27 | FL | 11 | 0 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Robert Holmes* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |||||||||
| Wendell Hayes | 29 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Frank Pitts | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Gloster Richardson | 27 | fl | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Bell*+ | 29 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| George Daney | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jim Kearney | 26 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Goldie Sellers | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Emmitt Thomas | 26 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 27 | 359 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 177 |