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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.
Coached by Clive Rush (4-10-0)
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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 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 7 | 35 | 21 | 326 | 237 | 89 | 4 | 16 | 321 | 186 | 135 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 21 | box | L | 0-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 31 | 6 | 82 | 39 | 43 | 1 | 25 | 395 | 163 | 232 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 0-3 | Oakland Raiders | 23 | 38 | 10 | 170 | 118 | 52 | 3 | 21 | 423 | 213 | 210 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 5 | box | L | 0-4 | New York Jets | 14 | 23 | 11 | 203 | 168 | 35 | 3 | 20 | 309 | 145 | 164 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sat | October 11 | box | L | 0-5 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 23 | 14 | 248 | 148 | 100 | 2 | 20 | 364 | 160 | 204 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 19 | box | L | 0-6 | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 13 | 11 | 217 | 90 | 127 | 2 | 24 | 334 | 163 | 171 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | box | L | 0-7 | @ | New York Jets | 17 | 23 | 10 | 211 | 129 | 82 | 2 | 21 | 318 | 108 | 210 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 1-7 | Houston Oilers | 24 | 0 | 14 | 315 | 162 | 153 | 1 | 17 | 286 | 203 | 83 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | box | L | 1-8 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 17 | 7 | 211 | 28 | 183 | 2 | 8 | 208 | 63 | 145 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 2-8 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 25 | 14 | 13 | 298 | 88 | 210 | 14 | 305 | 191 | 114 | 5 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | 3-8 | Buffalo Bills | 35 | 21 | 16 | 373 | 234 | 139 | 1 | 24 | 425 | 248 | 177 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | 4-8 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 38 | 23 | 10 | 216 | 135 | 81 | 2 | 19 | 243 | 99 | 144 | 4 |
| 13 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 4-9 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 18 | 28 | 16 | 293 | 183 | 110 | 4 | 24 | 430 | 240 | 190 | 3 |
| 14 | Sun | December 14 | box | L | 4-10 | @ | Houston Oilers | 23 | 27 | 7 | 256 | 171 | 85 | 1 | 25 | 449 | 269 | 180 | 3 |
| 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 | 414 | 203 | 348 | 2451 | 18 | 20 | 6.6 | 115 | 528 | 2359 | 18 | 4.5 | 278 | 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 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Taliaferro* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 160 | 331 | 48.3 | 2160 | 19 | 5.7 | 18 | 5.4 | 77 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 13.5 | 154.3 | 66.0 | 24 | 261 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 6.8 |
| 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 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 0.0 | |
| Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 162 | 338 | 47.9 | 2191 | 19 | 5.6 | 18 | 5.3 | 77 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 13.5 | 156.5 | 65.6 | 24 | 261 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 6.6 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 203 | 348 | 58.3 | 2451 | 18 | 5.2 | 20 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 12.1 | 175.1 | 73.3 | 22 | 159 | 6.6 | 4.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 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 |
| Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB | 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 |
| 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 |
| Mike Taliaferro* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 12 | -16 | 0 | 4 | -1.3 | -1.1 | 0.9 | -16 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Bill Rademacher | 27 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 217 | 12.8 | 3 | 40 | 1.3 | 16.7 | 217 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 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 | |
| Aaron Marsh | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 0 | 21 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 108 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Brown | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | 15 | 0.9 | 9.9 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB | 14 | 6 | 12 | 159 | 0 | 45 | 13.3 | 28 | 792 | 0 | 63 | 28.3 | 1909 |
| Sid Blanks | 29 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 25 | 21.8 | 187 | |
| Larry Carwell | 25 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 8.6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 71 |
| Aaron Marsh | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 41 | 22.7 | 244 | ||||||
| Clarence Scott | 25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 7.2 | 43 | ||||||
| Bob Gladieux | 22 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 15.3 | 61 | ||||||
| Ron Berger | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||||||
| R.C. Gamble | 23 | hb | 13 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 132 | |||||
| Tom Janik | 29 | P | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Marty Schottenheimer | 26 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Tom Janik | 29 | P | 14 | 1 | 70 | 2903 | 56 | 0 | 41.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Ron Berger | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Sid Blanks | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Bramlett | 28 | RLB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Larry Carwell | 25 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 4 | 114 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| John Charles | 25 | LS | 13 | 13 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Cheyunski | 24 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Frazier | 30 | WR | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| R.C. Gamble | 23 | hb | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hunt* | 31 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ray Jacobs | 31 | lde | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Janik | 29 | P | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Daryl Johnson | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ezell Jones | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Charley Long | 31 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Nance | 27 | FB/hb | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Philpott | 24 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Richardson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marty Schottenheimer | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Scott | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro* | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Webb* | 30 | RS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| J.R. Williamson | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 20 | 326 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 66 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 24 | 33 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 35 | K | 14 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 68 | |||||||||
| Charley Frazier | 30 | WR | 14 | 12 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Carl Garrett* | 22 | HB | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 42 | |||||||||
| Jim Nance | 27 | FB/hb | 14 | 14 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Ron Sellers* | 22 | WR | 12 | 9 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Bill Rademacher | 27 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Daryl Johnson | 23 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| John Charles | 25 | LS | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jim Whalen | 26 | TE | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Kim Hammond | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ezell Jones | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.2 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 266 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 18 | 18 | 37 | 17 | 316 |