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1960 Houston Oilers

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

1960 AFL Champions

Scored 379 points (27.1/g), 2nd of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 285 points (20.4/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 94 points (6.7/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 9.3-4.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 2nd.

Coached by Lou Rymkus (10-4-0)

1960 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 box W 1-0 @ Oakland Raiders 37 22 25 431 267 164 4 11 295 245 50 1
2 Sun September 18 box W 2-0 Los Angeles Chargers 38 28 22 377 93 284 2 22 357 329 28 4
3 Sun September 25 box L 2-1 Oakland Raiders 13 14 20 334 222 112 5 20 269 164 105 3
4 Sun October 9 box W 3-1 New York Titans 27 21 21 344 176 168 3 25 367 304 63 6
5 Sun October 16 box W 4-1 Dallas Texans 20 10 17 300 233 67 3 21 303 192 111 8
6 Sun October 23 box W 5-1 @ New York Titans 42 28 17 364 287 77 3 23 453 329 124 6
7 Sun October 30 box L 5-2 @ Buffalo Bills 24 25 13 287 116 171 5 17 352 293 59 3
8 Sun November 6 box W 6-2 @ Denver Broncos 45 25 24 467 276 191 26 492 371 121 3
9 Sun November 13 box L 6-3 @ Los Angeles Chargers 21 24 24 386 337 49 5 26 412 261 151 4
10 Sun November 20 box W 7-3 Denver Broncos 20 10 9 360 265 95 2 20 329 248 81 3
11 Fri November 25 box W 8-3 @ Boston Patriots 24 10 22 411 316 95 18 251 243 8 3
12 Sun December 4 box L 8-4 @ Dallas Texans 0 24 14 147 120 27 4 19 344 74 270
13 Sun December 11 box W 9-4 Buffalo Bills 31 23 16 318 206 112 3 20 340 181 159 4
14 Sun December 18 box W 10-4 Boston Patriots 37 21 18 410 289 121 6 14 337 283 54 3
Playoffs
Championship January 1 box W 11-4 Los Angeles Chargers 24 16

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 379 4936 930 5.3 262 218 456 3203 31 28 6.7 153 452 1733 15 3.8 83 45 17 26
Team Defense 285 4901 995 4.9 474 271 557 3517 28 25 5.9 164 397 1384 6 3.5 282 51 26 28
Lg Rank Offense 2 1 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 5 4 6 3 3
Lg Rank Defense 2 6 8 8 8 7 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
George Blanda 33 QB 14 11 8-3-0 169 363 46.6 2413 24 6.6 22 6.1 88 6.6 4.6 14.3 172.4 65.4
Jacky Lee 21 14 3 2-1-0 41 77 53.2 842 5 6.5 6 7.8 92 10.9 8.1 20.5 60.1 81.2
Charlie Milstead 23 P 14 0 4 7 57.1 43 0 0.0 0 0.0 30 6.1 6.1 10.8 3.1 75.3
Dave Smith+ 23 FB 14 14 3 5 60.0 70 1 20.0 0 0.0 31 14.0 16.0 23.3 5.0 143.7
Billy Cannon 23 HB 14 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Bill Groman 24 WR 14 0 1 1 100.0 3 1 100.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 13.0 3.0 0.2 118.7
Team Total 25.9 14 10-4-0 218 456 47.8 3371 31 6.8 28 6.1 92 7.4 5.3 15.5 240.8 69.8
Opp Total 14 271 557 48.7 3517 28 5.0 25 4.5 6.3 4.8 13.0 251.2 67.0 41 357 5.9 3.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Dave Smith+ 23 FB 14 14 154 643 5 65 4.2 45.9 11.0 22 216 9.8 2 40 1.6 15.4 859 7 4
Billy Cannon 23 HB 14 0 152 644 1 39 4.2 46.0 10.9 15 187 12.5 5 88 1.1 13.4 831 6 3
Charley Tolar 23 14 0 54 179 3 40 3.3 12.8 3.9 7 71 10.1 0 21 0.5 5.1 250 3 6
Doug Cline 22 LLB 14 0 37 105 2 19 2.8 7.5 2.6 4 15 3.8 0 10 0.3 1.1 120 2 2
Ken Hall 25 RET 11 0 30 118 0 16 3.9 10.7 2.7 118 0 3
George Blanda 33 QB 14 11 16 16 4 9 1.0 1.1 1.1 16 4 8
Jacky Lee 21 14 3 6 11 0 10 1.8 0.8 0.4 11 0 4
Charlie Milstead 23 P 14 0 3 3 0 7 1.0 0.2 0.2 3 0 0
Bill Groman 24 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 72 1473 20.5 12 92 5.1 105.2 1473 12 2
John Carson 30 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 604 13.4 4 47 3.2 43.1 604 4 1
Charley Hennigan 25 WR 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 722 16.4 6 73 4.0 65.6 722 6 1
Al Witcher 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 34 8.5 1 13 0.3 2.4 34 1 0
Jack Atchason 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 26 8.7 1 12 1.5 13.0 26 1 0
Jim Norton 22 LCB 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 5 0 0
John White 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 18 18.0 0 18 0.3 4.5 18 0 0
Team Total 25.9 14 452 1733 15 65 3.8 123.8 32.3 218 3371 15.5 31 92 15.6 240.8 5104 46 36
Opp Total 14 397 1384 6 3.5 98.9 28.4 271 3517 13.0 28 19.4 251.2 4901 34 42

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ken Hall 25 RET 11 0 6 72 0 26 12.0 19 594 1 104 31.3 784
Charley Tolar 23 14 0 5 40 0 15 8.0 13 249 0 35 19.2 539
Billy Cannon 23 HB 14 0 4 96 0 51 24.0 8 266 1 88 33.3 1193
Mike Dukes 24 RLB 11 0 4 58 0 20 14.5 58
Doug Cline 22 LLB 14 0 3 42 0 16 14.0 162
Al Jamison+ 23 LT 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Team Total 25.9 14 15 208 0 51 13.9 48 1225 2 104 25.5 6537
Opp Total 14 28 0 46 1096 0 23.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
George Blanda 33 QB 14 11 14 6 5 3 5 3 6 1 3 2 33 15 45.5% 47 46 97.9%
Charlie Milstead 23 P 14 0 66 2365 59 0 35.8
Ken Hall 25 RET 11 0 6 210 41 0 35.0
Team Total 25.9 14 14 6 5 3 5 3 6 1 3 2 33 15 45.5% 47 46 97.9% 72 2575 59 0 35.8
Opp Total 14 27 12 44.4% 32 29 90.6% 68 2523 37.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Dalva Allen 25 LDE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Tony Banfield 23 11 0 3 22 0 22
George Blanda 33 QB 14 11 8 0 0 0
Billy Cannon 23 HB 14 0 3 0 0 0
John Carson 30 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Cline 22 LLB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Dukes 24 RLB 11 0 2 34 0 29
Bobby Gordon 25 LS 13 0 3 45 0 27
Bill Groman 24 WR 14 0 2 0 0 0
Ken Hall 25 RET 11 0 3 0 0 0
Charley Hennigan 25 WR 11 0 1 0 0 0
Al Jamison+ 23 LT 14 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Johnston+ 22 RCB 14 0 4 42 0 33
Charlie Kendall 25 ls 14 0 2 10 0 10
Jacky Lee 21 14 3 4 0 0 0
Dennit Morris 24 MLB 14 0 4 32 0 26
Jim Norton 22 LCB 13 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Smith+ 23 FB 14 14 4 0 0 0
Julian Spence 31 RS 14 0 4 5 0 5 1 0 0 0
Charley Tolar 23 14 0 6 0 0 0
Al Witcher 24 14 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.9 14 25 190 0 33 36 0 0 0
Opp Total 14 22 42 16

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
George Blanda 33 QB 14 11 4 46 15 115
Bill Groman 24 WR 14 0 12 72
Billy Cannon 23 HB 14 0 1 5 1 42
Dave Smith+ 23 FB 14 14 5 2 42
Charley Hennigan 25 WR 11 0 6 36
John Carson 30 TE 14 0 4 24
Charley Tolar 23 14 0 3 18
Doug Cline 22 LLB 14 0 2 12
Jack Atchason 24 2 0 1 6
Ken Hall 25 RET 11 0 1 6
Al Witcher 24 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.9 14 15 31 2 46 15 379
Opp Total 14 6 28 29 12 285