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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 2nd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 285 points (20.4/g), 7th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 303 points (21.6/g), 6th.
Differential of -18 points (-1.3/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 6.5-7.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 4th.
Coached by Weeb Ewbank (5-8-1)
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1965 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 12 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 21 | 27 | 12 | 228 | 49 | 179 | 5 | 14 | 292 | 120 | 172 | 5 |
| 2 | Sat | September 18 | box | L | 0-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 14 | 14 | 231 | 133 | 98 | 1 | 9 | 224 | 81 | 143 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 26 | box | L | 0-3 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 21 | 33 | 18 | 307 | 263 | 44 | 2 | 27 | 408 | 304 | 104 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | October 3 | box | L | 0-4 | @ | Denver Broncos | 13 | 16 | 12 | 204 | 140 | 64 | 3 | 21 | 345 | 170 | 175 | 1 |
| 5 | Sat | October 16 | box | T | 0-4-1 | Oakland Raiders | 24 | 24 | 14 | 293 | 191 | 102 | 2 | 18 | 266 | 191 | 75 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sat | October 23 | box | L | 0-5-1 | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 34 | 15 | 301 | 222 | 79 | 4 | 17 | 342 | 190 | 152 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | box | W | 1-5-1 | Denver Broncos | 45 | 10 | 13 | 203 | 80 | 123 | 3 | 10 | 205 | 148 | 57 | 6 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | box | W | 2-5-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 10 | 15 | 275 | 183 | 92 | 2 | 18 | 314 | 233 | 81 | 3 |
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | box | W | 3-5-1 | @ | Boston Patriots | 30 | 20 | 13 | 253 | 155 | 98 | 1 | 18 | 287 | 259 | 28 | 6 |
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | box | W | 4-5-1 | Houston Oilers | 41 | 14 | 23 | 522 | 238 | 284 | 3 | 17 | 275 | 213 | 62 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 28 | box | L | 4-6-1 | Boston Patriots | 23 | 27 | 18 | 382 | 251 | 131 | 3 | 16 | 251 | 168 | 83 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sat | December 4 | box | L | 4-7-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 38 | 12 | 197 | 156 | 41 | 4 | 23 | 403 | 229 | 174 | 3 |
| 13 | Sun | December 12 | box | L | 4-8-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 24 | 16 | 370 | 289 | 81 | 4 | 16 | 365 | 219 | 146 | 2 |
| 14 | Sun | December 19 | box | W | 5-8-1 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 12 | 14 | 299 | 239 | 60 | 3 | 11 | 236 | 137 | 99 | 3 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 285 | 4065 | 843 | 4.8 | 213 | 209 | 459 | 2589 | 21 | 22 | 5.4 | 121 | 367 | 1476 | 11 | 4.0 | 77 | 40 | 18 | 15 |
| Team Defense | 303 | 4213 | 926 | 4.5 | 385 | 220 | 472 | 2662 | 22 | 26 | 5.4 | 136 | 432 | 1551 | 10 | 3.6 | 235 | 38 | 12 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Namath* | 22 | QB | 13 | 9 | 3-5-1 | 164 | 340 | 48.2 | 2220 | 18 | 5.3 | 15 | 4.4 | 62 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 13.5 | 170.8 | 68.7 | |||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 24 | qb | 14 | 5 | 2-3-0 | 45 | 119 | 37.8 | 531 | 3 | 2.5 | 7 | 5.9 | 37 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 11.8 | 37.9 | 36.1 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 5-8-1 | 209 | 459 | 45.5 | 2751 | 21 | 4.6 | 22 | 4.8 | 62 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 13.2 | 196.5 | 60.3 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 220 | 472 | 46.6 | 2662 | 22 | 4.7 | 26 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 12.1 | 190.1 | 57.0 | 22 | 238 | 5.4 | 3.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Matt Snell | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 169 | 763 | 4 | 44 | 4.5 | 54.5 | 12.1 | 38 | 264 | 6.9 | 0 | 35 | 2.7 | 18.9 | 1027 | 4 | 3 |
| Bill Mathis | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 147 | 604 | 5 | 79 | 4.1 | 43.1 | 10.5 | 17 | 242 | 14.2 | 1 | 32 | 1.2 | 17.3 | 846 | 6 | 2 |
| Mark Smolinski | 26 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 59 | 0 | 14 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 12 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 84 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Namath* | 22 | QB | 13 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 19 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Kern Carson | 24 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 25 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 24 | qb | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Curley Johnson* | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Maynard* | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 68 | 1218 | 17.9 | 14 | 56 | 4.9 | 87.0 | 1220 | 14 | 1 |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 27 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Bake Turner | 25 | RET | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31 | 402 | 13.0 | 2 | 62 | 2.4 | 30.9 | 402 | 2 | 1 | |
| George Sauer | 22 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29 | 301 | 10.4 | 2 | 33 | 2.1 | 21.5 | 301 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dee Mackey | 31 | TE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 255 | 15.9 | 1 | 47 | 1.6 | 25.5 | 255 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jim Evans | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Heeter | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 366 | 1492 | 11 | 79 | 4.1 | 106.6 | 26.1 | 209 | 2751 | 13.2 | 21 | 62 | 14.9 | 196.5 | 4243 | 32 | 26 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 432 | 1551 | 10 | 3.6 | 110.8 | 30.9 | 220 | 2662 | 12.1 | 22 | 15.7 | 190.1 | 4213 | 32 | 25 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Bake Turner | 25 | RET | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 18 | 402 | 0 | 32 | 22.3 | 805 |
| Bill Baird | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 14 | 88 | 0 | 23 | 6.3 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 26 | 25.0 | 138 |
| Kern Carson | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 14 | 311 | 0 | 30 | 22.2 | 343 | |
| Jerry Robinson | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 17 | 12.0 | 7 | 164 | 0 | 30 | 23.4 | 200 | |
| Willie West | 27 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 3.4 | 34 | ||||||
| Mark Smolinski | 26 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 98 | 0 | 22 | 16.3 | 182 | ||||||
| Ray Abruzzese | 28 | RS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| Charlie Browning | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | ||||||
| Nick DeFelice | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Hudson | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim O'Mahoney | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | ||||||
| Dainard Paulson* | 28 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| George Sauer | 22 | SE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 321 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 29 | 166 | 0 | 23 | 5.7 | 54 | 1107 | 0 | 32 | 20.5 | 5516 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 40 | 0 | 60 | 1421 | 1 | 23.7 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Curley Johnson* | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 72 | 3260 | 73 | 0 | 45.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Turner | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 20 | 58.8% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 20 | 58.8% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 72 | 3260 | 73 | 0 | 45.3 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 34 | 20 | 58.8% | 33 | 33 | 100.0% | 78 | 3104 | 39.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Ray Abruzzese | 28 | RS | 12 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Al Atkinson | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Baird | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ralph Baker | 23 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Verlon Biggs | 22 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Kern Carson | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cornell Gordon | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Larry Grantham | 27 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dee Mackey | 31 | TE | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Mathis | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Maynard* | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wahoo McDaniel | 27 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Joe Namath* | 22 | QB | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dainard Paulson* | 28 | LS | 14 | 0 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Robinson | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mark Smolinski | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Matt Snell | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 24 | qb | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bake Turner | 25 | RET | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie West | 27 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 26 | 235 | 0 | 44 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 17 | 25 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Turner | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 31 | 20 | 91 | |||||||||
| Don Maynard* | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 14 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Bill Mathis | 27 | HB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36 | |||||||||
| Matt Snell | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Kern Carson | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| George Sauer | 22 | SE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bake Turner | 25 | RET | 13 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Dee Mackey | 31 | TE | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Curley Johnson* | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 20 | 285 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 33 | 20 | 303 |