Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season
Record: 5-8-1, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 278 points (19.9/g), 7th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 315 points (22.5/g), 5th.
Differential of -37 points (-2.6/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 6.0-8.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.3/g), 4th.
Simple Rating System: Total -2.3, Offense: -3.6, Defense: 1.2, SoS: 0.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Weeb Ewbank (5-8-1)
Training Camp: Peekskill Military Academy (Peekskill, New York)
Sponsor this page for $20 and help Pro-Football-Reference.com provide this service. Your message will replace this ad.
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 278 | 3889 | 862 | 4.5 | 209 | 201 | 451 | 2432 | 19 | 33 | 5.1 | 108 | 384 | 1457 | 11 | 3.8 | 79 | 40 | 7 | 22 |
| Team Defense | 315 | 4916 | 911 | 5.4 | 245 | 228 | 473 | 3241 | 22 | 34 | 6.5 | 152 | 410 | 1675 | 14 | 4.1 | 79 | 44 | 10 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sat | September 12 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Denver Broncos | 30 | 6 | 15 | 247 | 144 | 103 | 14 | 192 | 95 | 97 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Sun | September 27 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | @ | Boston Patriots | 10 | 26 | 13 | 215 | 169 | 46 | 7 | 14 | 278 | 220 | 58 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sat | October 3 | boxscore | T | 1-1-1 | San Diego Chargers | 17 | 17 | 14 | 320 | 273 | 47 | 2 | 17 | 293 | 205 | 88 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Sat | October 10 | boxscore | W | 2-1-1 | Oakland Raiders | 35 | 13 | 16 | 313 | 82 | 231 | 2 | 22 | 406 | 389 | 17 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Sat | October 17 | boxscore | W | 3-1-1 | Houston Oilers | 24 | 21 | 18 | 370 | 152 | 218 | 1 | 19 | 338 | 238 | 100 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sat | October 24 | boxscore | L | 3-2-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 24 | 34 | 15 | 245 | 179 | 66 | 20 | 527 | 347 | 180 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Sat | October 31 | boxscore | W | 4-2-1 | Boston Patriots | 35 | 14 | 22 | 464 | 316 | 148 | 3 | 13 | 318 | 284 | 34 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 8 | boxscore | L | 4-3-1 | Buffalo Bills | 7 | 20 | 15 | 369 | 338 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 394 | 254 | 140 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 15 | boxscore | L | 4-4-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 16 | 20 | 16 | 215 | 104 | 111 | 7 | 11 | 177 | 6 | 171 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 22 | boxscore | L | 4-5-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 26 | 35 | 14 | 312 | 229 | 83 | 2 | 16 | 430 | 353 | 77 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 29 | boxscore | W | 5-5-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 14 | 11 | 217 | 119 | 98 | 1 | 18 | 419 | 211 | 208 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 6 | boxscore | L | 5-6-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 3 | 38 | 9 | 113 | 77 | 36 | 4 | 23 | 466 | 322 | 144 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 13 | boxscore | L | 5-7-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 17 | 33 | 13 | 260 | 178 | 82 | 4 | 21 | 377 | 141 | 236 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 20 | boxscore | L | 5-8-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 24 | 10 | 229 | 72 | 157 | 3 | 17 | 306 | 176 | 130 | 2 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Dick Wood | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 5-7-1 | 169 | 358 | 47.2 | 2298 | 17 | 4.7 | 25 | 7.0 | 71 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 13.6 | 176.8 | 54.9 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Mike Taliaferro | 23 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 73 | 31.5 | 341 | 2 | 2.7 | 5 | 6.8 | 66 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 14.8 | 24.4 | 28.4 | |||||||||
| 18 | Pete Liske | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 27 | 3.1 | -1.9 | 6.1 | 27.5 | 16.9 | ||||||||
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||||
| 41 | Matt Snell* | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 5-8-1 | 201 | 451 | 44.6 | 2694 | 19 | 4.2 | 33 | 7.3 | 71 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 13.4 | 192.4 | 47.7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 228 | 473 | 48.2 | 3472 | 22 | 4.7 | 34 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 15.2 | 248.0 | 58.4 | 28 | 231 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 41 | Matt Snell* | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 948 | 5 | 42 | 4.4 | 67.7 | 15.4 | 56 | 393 | 7.0 | 1 | 41 | 4.0 | 28.1 | 1341 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | Bill Mathis | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 105 | 305 | 4 | 31 | 2.9 | 21.8 | 7.5 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 15 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 344 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 25 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 117 | 1 | 19 | 3.4 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 12 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 136 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | Mike Taliaferro | 23 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 14 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 45 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 19 | Dick Wood | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 13 | Don Maynard | 29 | FL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 46 | 847 | 18.4 | 8 | 68 | 3.3 | 60.5 | 850 | 8 | 1 |
| 46 | Bill Baird | 25 | RS/PR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 18 | Pete Liske | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | Jim Turner | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 29 | Bake Turner | 24 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 58 | 974 | 16.8 | 9 | 71 | 4.1 | 69.6 | 974 | 9 | 0 | |
| 89 | Dee Mackey | 30 | te | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 213 | 15.2 | 0 | 35 | 1.0 | 15.2 | 213 | 0 | 0 | |
| 85 | Gene Heeter | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 153 | 11.8 | 1 | 21 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 153 | 1 | 0 | |
| 80 | Jim Evans | 25 | KR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 56 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 384 | 1457 | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 104.1 | 27.4 | 201 | 2694 | 13.4 | 19 | 71 | 14.4 | 192.4 | 4151 | 30 | 14 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 410 | 1675 | 14 | 4.1 | 119.6 | 29.3 | 228 | 3241 | 14.2 | 22 | 16.3 | 231.5 | 4916 | 36 | 19 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 46 | Bill Baird | 25 | RS/PR | 14 | 0 | 18 | 170 | 0 | 27 | 9.4 | 11 | 240 | 0 | 33 | 21.8 | 418 |
| 80 | Jim Evans | 25 | KR | 12 | 1 | 13 | 259 | 0 | 30 | 19.9 | 315 | |||||
| 25 | Marshall Starks | 25 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 7.2 | 7 | 183 | 0 | 41 | 26.1 | 219 | |
| 40 | Dainard Paulson* | 27 | LS | 14 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 4.3 | 34 | |||||
| 41 | Matt Snell* | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 158 | 0 | 31 | 22.6 | 1499 | |||||
| 22 | Willie West | 26 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 0 | 64 | 28.4 | 142 | ||||||
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 19 | 15.5 | 84 | |||||
| 26 | Bill Pashe | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 7.0 | 28 | ||||||
| 43 | Vince Turner | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 27 | |
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 9.5 | 155 | ||||||
| 85 | Gene Heeter | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | |||||
| 31 | Bill Mathis | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 344 | |||||
| 70 | Jim McCusker | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 64 | Pete Perreault | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 83 | Bill Rademacher | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 38 | 283 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 | 54 | 1088 | 0 | 64 | 20.1 | 5522 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 43 | 1 | 53 | 1236 | 0 | 23.3 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 79 | 3261 | 61 | 2 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Jim Turner | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 48.1% | 33 | 33 | 100.0% | |||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 48.1% | 33 | 33 | 100.0% | 79 | 3261 | 61 | 2 | 41.3 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 27 | 15 | 55.6% | 38 | 36 | 94.7% | 71 | 2876 | 40.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 40 | Dainard Paulson* | 27 | LS | 14 | 0 | 12 | 157 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 46 | Bill Baird | 25 | RS/PR | 14 | 0 | 8 | 130 | 1 | 54 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Dick Wood | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 54 | Wahoo McDaniel | 26 | MLB | 12 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 38 | 0 | |||||||||
| 51 | Ralph Baker | 22 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 60 | Larry Grantham*+ | 26 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||||||||
| 83 | Bill Rademacher | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Mike Taliaferro | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 62 | Ed Cummings | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Jim Evans | 25 | KR | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Mark Johnston | 26 | LCB | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Don Maynard | 29 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Marshall Starks | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 87 | LaVerne Torczon | 28 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 40 | 0 | |||||||||
| 43 | Vince Turner | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Willie West | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 34 | 477 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 27 | 19 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Jim Turner | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Bake Turner | 24 | SE | 14 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Don Maynard | 29 | FL | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Matt Snell* | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 31 | Bill Mathis | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 46 | Bill Baird | 25 | RS/PR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Gene Heeter | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 54 | Wahoo McDaniel | 26 | MLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Dainard Paulson* | 27 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Mark Smolinski | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 87 | LaVerne Torczon | 28 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Dick Wood | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 51 | Ralph Baker | 22 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 34 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 278 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 315 |