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Record: 9-4-1, Finished 2nd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 413 points (29.5/g), 2nd of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 313 points (22.4/g), 3rd.
Differential of 100 points (7.1/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 6.2, Offense: 4.8, Defense: 1.4, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Lou Saban and Mike Holovak
Training Camp: University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)
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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 | 413 | 4214 | 842 | 5.0 | 238 | 206 | 420 | 2539 | 29 | 21 | 5.6 | 120 | 389 | 1675 | 14 | 4.3 | 93 | 30 | 9 | 25 |
| Team Defense | 313 | 4123 | 873 | 4.7 | 243 | 241 | 479 | 3082 | 27 | 22 | 5.9 | 151 | 350 | 1041 | 9 | 3.0 | 72 | 42 | 20 | 20 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 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 9 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | New York Titans | 20 | 21 | 14 | 217 | 86 | 131 | 2 | 15 | 276 | 183 | 93 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sat | September 16 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | Denver Broncos | 45 | 17 | 19 | 392 | 346 | 46 | 1 | 10 | 270 | 201 | 69 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Sat | September 23 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 23 | 21 | 15 | 329 | 163 | 166 | 2 | 14 | 175 | 112 | 63 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | L | 2-2 | @ | New York Titans | 30 | 37 | 11 | 239 | 159 | 80 | 2 | 26 | 353 | 196 | 157 | 3 | |
| 5 | Sat | October 7 | boxscore | L | 2-3 | San Diego Chargers | 27 | 38 | 17 | 253 | 148 | 105 | 3 | 19 | 399 | 315 | 84 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Fri | October 13 | boxscore | T | 2-3-1 | Houston Oilers | 31 | 31 | 20 | 383 | 254 | 129 | 2 | 25 | 540 | 448 | 92 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | W | 3-3-1 | Buffalo Bills | 52 | 21 | 18 | 437 | 202 | 235 | 2 | 23 | 275 | 224 | 51 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | W | 4-3-1 | @ | Dallas Texans | 18 | 17 | 17 | 312 | 168 | 144 | 2 | 16 | 236 | 169 | 67 | 1 | |
| 9 | Fri | November 3 | boxscore | W | 5-3-1 | Dallas Texans | 28 | 21 | 19 | 229 | 145 | 84 | 2 | 17 | 364 | 300 | 64 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | L | 5-4-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 15 | 27 | 16 | 252 | 208 | 44 | 3 | 19 | 346 | 177 | 169 | 2 | |
| 11 | Fri | November 17 | boxscore | W | 6-4-1 | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 17 | 14 | 225 | 131 | 94 | 2 | 15 | 203 | 164 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | W | 7-4-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 28 | 24 | 11 | 244 | 173 | 71 | 2 | 19 | 281 | 217 | 64 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sat | December 9 | boxscore | W | 8-4-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 35 | 21 | 29 | 407 | 200 | 207 | 2 | 14 | 213 | 186 | 27 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | W | 9-4-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 41 | 0 | 18 | 295 | 156 | 139 | 3 | 11 | 192 | 190 | 2 | 6 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Butch Songin | 37 | qb | 14 | 6 | 3-2-1 | 98 | 212 | 46.2 | 1429 | 14 | 6.6 | 9 | 4.2 | 58 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 14.6 | 102.1 | 73.0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | Babe Parilli | 31 | QB | 14 | 8 | 6-2-0 | 104 | 198 | 52.5 | 1314 | 13 | 6.6 | 9 | 4.5 | 53 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 12.6 | 93.9 | 76.5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 14 | Tom Yewcic | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 25 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 18 | 3.1 | -5.6 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 46.4 | |||||||||
| 22 | Ron Burton | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti* | 27 | K/SE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 47.0 | 27.0 | 1.9 | 158.3 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 9-4-1 | 206 | 420 | 49.0 | 2795 | 29 | 6.9 | 21 | 5.0 | 58 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 13.6 | 199.6 | 72.9 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 241 | 479 | 50.3 | 3490 | 27 | 5.6 | 22 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 6.35 | 14.5 | 249.3 | 74.0 | 44 | 408 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 8.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 32 | Billy Lott | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 100 | 461 | 5 | 38 | 4.6 | 32.9 | 7.1 | 32 | 333 | 10.4 | 6 | 47 | 2.3 | 23.8 | 794 | 11 | 3 |
| 22 | Ron Burton | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 82 | 260 | 2 | 43 | 3.2 | 18.6 | 5.9 | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 0 | 45 | 0.9 | 8.2 | 375 | 2 | 3 |
| 40 | Larry Garron* | 24 | KR | 14 | 0 | 69 | 389 | 2 | 85 | 5.6 | 27.8 | 4.9 | 24 | 341 | 14.2 | 3 | 51 | 1.7 | 24.4 | 730 | 5 | 5 |
| 30 | Jim Crawford | 26 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 148 | 0 | 34 | 3.6 | 14.8 | 4.1 | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 0 | 25 | 0.9 | 8.5 | 233 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Babe Parilli | 31 | QB | 14 | 8 | 38 | 183 | 4 | 24 | 4.8 | 13.1 | 2.7 | 183 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| 24 | Mel West | 22 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 90 | 0 | 31 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 18 | 1.3 | 10.5 | 132 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Tom Yewcic | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 11 | 51 | 1 | 13 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | 46 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 107 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Gerhard Schwedes | 23 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 35 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Butch Songin | 37 | qb | 14 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 11 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 39 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 81 | Jim Colclough | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 42 | 757 | 18.0 | 9 | 58 | 3.0 | 54.1 | 794 | 9 | 1 |
| 31 | Clyde Washington | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti* | 27 | K/SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 768 | 17.1 | 8 | 53 | 3.2 | 54.9 | 768 | 8 | 1 | |
| 45 | Thomas Stephens | 26 | TE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19 | 186 | 9.8 | 2 | 31 | 2.1 | 20.7 | 186 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24 | Joe Johnson | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 1 | 21 | 1.5 | 13.7 | 82 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Chuck Shonta | 24 | RCB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 389 | 1675 | 14 | 85 | 4.3 | 119.6 | 27.8 | 206 | 2795 | 13.6 | 29 | 58 | 14.7 | 199.6 | 4470 | 43 | 25 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 350 | 1041 | 9 | 3.0 | 74.4 | 25.0 | 241 | 3082 | 12.8 | 27 | 17.2 | 220.1 | 4123 | 36 | 36 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 33 | Fred Bruney* | 30 | PR/RS | 14 | 0 | 23 | 109 | 0 | 11 | 4.7 | 109 | |||||
| 22 | Ron Burton | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 8 | 128 | 0 | 62 | 16.0 | 15 | 401 | 1 | 91 | 26.7 | 904 |
| 40 | Larry Garron* | 24 | KR | 14 | 0 | 16 | 438 | 1 | 89 | 27.4 | 1168 | |||||
| 24 | Mel West | 22 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 191 | 0 | 37 | 27.3 | 323 | ||||||
| 76 | Charley Long | 23 | LT | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 6.0 | 24 | |||||
| 41 | Walter Beach | 26 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 19.0 | 38 | ||||||
| 54 | Walt Cudzik | 29 | C | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 32 | Billy Lott | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 802 | |||||
| 23 | Ray Ratkowski | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | ||||||
| 44 | Gerhard Schwedes | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | ||||||
| 45 | Thomas Stephens | 26 | TE | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 192 | |||||
| 48 | Don Webb | 22 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 32 | 245 | 0 | 62 | 7.7 | 49 | 1136 | 2 | 91 | 23.2 | 5851 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 13 | 1 | 53 | 1255 | 1 | 23.7 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti* | 27 | K/SE | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 53.1% | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | |||||||
| 14 | Tom Yewcic | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 64 | 2406 | 64 | 2 | 37.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 53.1% | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | 64 | 2406 | 64 | 2 | 37.6 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 23 | 9 | 39.1% | 40 | 40 | 100.0% | 71 | 2890 | 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 | |
| 89 | Bob Dee* | 28 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 40 | Larry Garron* | 24 | KR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Clyde Washington | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 48 | Don Webb | 22 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 153 | 2 | 59 | 0 | |||||||||
| 53 | Tom Addison*+ | 25 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Butch Songin | 37 | qb | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Ron Burton | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Billy Lott | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Fred Bruney* | 30 | PR/RS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Ron Hall | 24 | LS | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 15 | Babe Parilli | 31 | QB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 51 | Frank Robotti | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Gerhard Schwedes | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Walter Beach | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti* | 27 | K/SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | Jim Colclough | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Jim Crawford | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 60 | Rommie Loudd | 28 | RLB | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Ray Ratkowski | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Chuck Shonta | 24 | RCB | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Mel West | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 22 | 326 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 33 | 36 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti* | 27 | K/SE | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 17 | 147 | ||||||||
| 32 | Billy Lott | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 66 | |||||||||
| 81 | Jim Colclough | 25 | FL | 14 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Larry Garron* | 24 | KR | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||
| 15 | Babe Parilli | 31 | QB | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||
| 48 | Don Webb | 22 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||
| 22 | Ron Burton | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 45 | Thomas Stephens | 26 | TE | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 24 | Joe Johnson | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 61 | Leroy Moore | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Tom Yewcic | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 48 | 17 | 413 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 313 |