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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 266 points (19.0/g), 8th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 316 points (22.6/g), 6th.
Differential of -50 points (-3.6/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 5.6-8.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 4th.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.0, Offense: -2.2, Defense: -1.8, SoS: -0.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Clive Rush
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 | 266 | 3419 | 729 | 4.7 | 166 | 162 | 338 | 1930 | 19 | 18 | 5.3 | 87 | 367 | 1489 | 11 | 4.1 | 64 | 28 | 10 | 15 |
| Team Defense | 316 | 4810 | 898 | 5.4 | 278 | 203 | 348 | 2451 | 18 | 20 | 6.6 | 115 | 528 | 2359 | 18 | 4.5 | 142 | 34 | 14 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 14 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 7 | 35 | 21 | 326 | 237 | 89 | 4 | 16 | 321 | 186 | 135 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 21 | boxscore | L | 0-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 31 | 6 | 82 | 39 | 43 | 1 | 25 | 395 | 163 | 232 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | boxscore | L | 0-3 | Oakland Raiders | 23 | 38 | 10 | 170 | 118 | 52 | 3 | 21 | 423 | 213 | 210 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 5 | boxscore | L | 0-4 | New York Jets | 14 | 23 | 11 | 203 | 168 | 35 | 3 | 20 | 309 | 145 | 164 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat | October 11 | boxscore | L | 0-5 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 23 | 14 | 248 | 148 | 100 | 2 | 20 | 364 | 160 | 204 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 19 | boxscore | L | 0-6 | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 13 | 11 | 217 | 90 | 127 | 2 | 24 | 334 | 163 | 171 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | boxscore | L | 0-7 | @ | New York Jets | 17 | 23 | 10 | 211 | 129 | 82 | 2 | 21 | 318 | 108 | 210 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | boxscore | W | 1-7 | Houston Oilers | 24 | 0 | 14 | 315 | 162 | 153 | 1 | 17 | 286 | 203 | 83 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | boxscore | L | 1-8 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 17 | 7 | 211 | 28 | 183 | 2 | 8 | 208 | 63 | 145 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | boxscore | W | 2-8 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 25 | 14 | 13 | 298 | 88 | 210 | 14 | 305 | 191 | 114 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | boxscore | W | 3-8 | Buffalo Bills | 35 | 21 | 16 | 373 | 234 | 139 | 1 | 24 | 425 | 248 | 177 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 30 | boxscore | W | 4-8 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 38 | 23 | 10 | 216 | 135 | 81 | 2 | 19 | 243 | 99 | 144 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 7 | boxscore | L | 4-9 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 18 | 28 | 16 | 293 | 183 | 110 | 4 | 24 | 430 | 240 | 190 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 14 | boxscore | L | 4-10 | @ | Houston Oilers | 23 | 27 | 7 | 256 | 171 | 85 | 1 | 25 | 449 | 269 | 180 | 3 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Mike Taliaferro* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 4-10-0 | 160 | 331 | 48.3 | 2160 | 19 | 5.7 | 18 | 5.4 | 77 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 13.5 | 154.3 | 66.0 | 24 | 261 | 5.35 | 4.14 | 6.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | Kim Hammond | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 15.5 | 10.3 | 51.4 | 0 | 0 | 5.17 | 5.17 | 0.0 | |||||
| 30 | Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB/KR/PR | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 4-10-0 | 162 | 338 | 47.9 | 2191 | 19 | 5.6 | 18 | 5.3 | 77 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 13.5 | 156.5 | 65.6 | 24 | 261 | 5.33 | 4.14 | 6.6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 203 | 348 | 58.3 | 2610 | 18 | 5.2 | 20 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 5.95 | 12.9 | 186.4 | 75.2 | 22 | 159 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 35 | Jim Nance | 27 | FB/hb | 14 | 14 | 193 | 750 | 6 | 43 | 3.9 | 53.6 | 13.8 | 29 | 168 | 5.8 | 0 | 27 | 2.1 | 12.0 | 918 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB/KR/PR | 14 | 6 | 137 | 691 | 5 | 80 | 5.0 | 49.4 | 9.8 | 29 | 267 | 9.2 | 2 | 34 | 2.1 | 19.1 | 958 | 7 | 6 |
| 13 | R.C. Gamble | 23 | hb | 13 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 109 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mike Taliaferro* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 12 | -16 | 0 | 4 | -1.3 | -1.1 | 0.9 | -16 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 22 | Sid Blanks | 29 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 13 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 46 | 0 | 1 | |
| 81 | Charley Frazier | 30 | WR | 14 | 12 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 9 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 19 | 306 | 16.1 | 7 | 50 | 1.4 | 21.9 | 305 | 7 | 2 |
| 34 | Ron Sellers* | 22 | WR | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27 | 705 | 26.1 | 6 | 77 | 2.3 | 58.8 | 705 | 6 | 0 | |
| 33 | Bill Rademacher | 27 | wr | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 217 | 12.8 | 3 | 40 | 1.3 | 16.7 | 217 | 3 | 0 | |
| 82 | Jim Whalen | 26 | TE | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 235 | 14.7 | 1 | 47 | 1.1 | 16.8 | 235 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29 | Aaron Marsh | 24 | wr | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 0 | 21 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 108 | 0 | 0 | |
| 66 | Barry Brown | 26 | te | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | 15 | 0.9 | 9.9 | 69 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti | 35 | K | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | Tom Richardson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 367 | 1489 | 11 | 80 | 4.1 | 106.4 | 26.2 | 162 | 2191 | 13.5 | 19 | 77 | 11.6 | 156.5 | 3680 | 30 | 15 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 528 | 2359 | 18 | 4.5 | 168.5 | 37.7 | 203 | 2451 | 12.1 | 18 | 14.5 | 175.1 | 4810 | 36 | 33 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB/KR/PR | 14 | 6 | 12 | 159 | 0 | 45 | 13.3 | 28 | 792 | 0 | 63 | 28.3 | 1909 |
| 22 | Sid Blanks | 29 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 25 | 21.8 | 187 | |
| 41 | Larry Carwell | 25 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 8.6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 71 |
| 29 | Aaron Marsh | 24 | wr | 14 | 4 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 41 | 22.7 | 244 | |||||
| 26 | Clarence Scott | 25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 7.2 | 43 | ||||||
| 24 | Bob Gladieux | 22 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 15.3 | 61 | ||||||
| 88 | Ron Berger | 26 | dt | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | |||||
| 13 | R.C. Gamble | 23 | hb | 13 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 132 | |||||
| 21 | Tom Janik | 29 | P | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 54 | Marty Schottenheimer | 26 | lb | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 23 | 212 | 0 | 45 | 9.2 | 54 | 1247 | 0 | 63 | 23.1 | 5139 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 19 | 0 | 56 | 1068 | 0 | 19.1 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 21 | Tom Janik | 29 | P | 14 | 1 | 70 | 2903 | 56 | 0 | 41.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti | 35 | K | 14 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 41.2% | 27 | 26 | 96.3% | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 41.2% | 27 | 26 | 96.3% | 70 | 2903 | 56 | 0 | 41.5 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 38 | 37 | 97.4% | 55 | 2123 | 38.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 30 | Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB/KR/PR | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 | John Charles | 25 | LS | 13 | 13 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 52 | Ed Philpott | 24 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | Larry Carwell | 25 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 4 | 114 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||||||||
| 50 | Jim Cheyunski | 24 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | Daryl Johnson | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 26 | Clarence Scott | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Mike Taliaferro* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Sid Blanks | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Charley Frazier | 30 | WR | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 87 | Ray Jacobs | 31 | lde | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Don Webb* | 30 | RS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||||||||
| 88 | Ron Berger | 26 | dt | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 57 | John Bramlett | 28 | RLB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | R.C. Gamble | 23 | hb | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 79 | Jim Hunt* | 31 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Tom Janik | 29 | P | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| 74 | Ezell Jones | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 76 | Charley Long | 31 | g | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Jim Nance | 27 | FB/hb | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 49 | Tom Richardson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 54 | Marty Schottenheimer | 26 | lb | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | J.R. Williamson | 28 | lb | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 20 | 326 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 66 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 24 | 33 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti | 35 | K | 14 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 68 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Charley Frazier | 30 | WR | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB/KR/PR | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 35 | Jim Nance | 27 | FB/hb | 14 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Ron Sellers* | 22 | WR | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Bill Rademacher | 27 | wr | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Daryl Johnson | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 25 | John Charles | 25 | LS | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 82 | Jim Whalen | 26 | TE | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Kim Hammond | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 74 | Ezell Jones | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 266 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 18 | 18 | 37 | 17 | 316 |