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1960 Houston Oilers
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)
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1960 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | George Blanda | 33 | 11 | 11 | 169 for 363, 2,413 yards, 24 td, 22 int, & 16 rushes for 16 yards and 4 td | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| HB | Billy Cannon | 23 | Rook | 0 | 152 rushes for 644 yards, 1 td, & 15 catches for 187 yards and 5 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1960 |
| FB | Dave Smith+ | 23 | Rook | 14 | 154 rushes for 643 yards, 5 td, & 22 catches for 216 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 21st / 241st pick / 1959 |
| WR | Bill Groman | 24 | Rook | 0 | 72 catches for 1,473 yards, 12 td | |
| WR | Charley Hennigan | 25 | Rook | 0 | 44 catches for 722 yards, 6 td | |
| TE | John Carson | 30 | 6 | 0 | 45 catches for 604 yards, 4 td | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 179th pick / 1953 |
| LT | Al Jamison+ | 23 | Rook | 0 | ||
| LG | Bob Talamini | 21 | Rook | 0 | ||
| C | George Belotti | 26 | Rook | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 87th pick / 1957 |
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| C | Hugh Pitts | 26 | 4 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1956 |
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| RG | Hogan Wharton | 25 | Rook | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 131st pick / 1958 |
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| RT | Rich Michael | 22 | Rook | 0 | ||
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Dalva Allen | 25 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 23rd / 267th pick / 1957 |
| LDT | Orville Trask | 26 | Rook | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 24th / 282nd pick / 1956 |
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| RDT | Jerry Helluin | 31 | 8 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 38th pick / 1951 |
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| RDT | George Shirkey | 24 | Rook | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 191st pick / 1958 |
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| RDE | Don Floyd | 22 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1960 |
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| LLB | Doug Cline | 22 | Rook | 0 | New York Giants / 14th / 168th pick / 1960 |
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| MLB | Dennit Morris | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 18th / 215th pick / 1958 |
| RLB | Mike Dukes | 24 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1959 |
| LCB | Jim Norton | 22 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 7th / 75th pick / 1960 |
| RCB | Mark Johnston+ | 22 | Rook | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Bobby Gordon | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 63rd pick / 1958 |
| LS | Charlie Kendall | 25 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Julian Spence | 31 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | George Blanda | 33 | 11 | 11 | 15 of 33 field goals & 46 of 47 extra points | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| P | Charlie Milstead | 23 | Rook | 0 | 66 punts for a 35.8 average, 0 blocked | Washington Redskins / 14th / 160th pick / 1960 |
| PR | Ken Hall | 25 | 1 | 0 | 6 punt returns for a 12.0 average and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 165th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Ken Hall | 25 | 1 | 0 | 19 kick returns for a 31.3 average and 1 td | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 165th pick / 1958 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dalva Allen | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Houston | 1/13/1935 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 23rd / 267th pick / 1957 |
| Jack Atchason | 24 | E | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Western Illinois | 11/16/1936 | Rook | |
| Tony Banfield | 23 | DB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 12/18/1937 | Rook | |
| George Belotti | 26 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | USC | 11/29/1934 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 87th pick / 1957 |
| George Blanda | 33 | QB | 14 | 11 | 215 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 9/17/1927 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| Don Brown | 23 | HB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Houston | 8/30/1937 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 20th pick / 1959 |
| Billy Cannon | 23 | TE-HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 207 | 6-1 | LSU | 8/2/1937 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1960 |
| John Carson | 30 | E | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-3 | Georgia | 1/31/1930 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 15th / 179th pick / 1953 |
| Doug Cline | 22 | LB-FB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Clemson | 3/22/1938 | Rook | New York Giants / 14th / 168th pick / 1960 |
| Pete Davidson | 23 | DT | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | The Citadel | 1/25/1937 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 14th / 165th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Dukes | 24 | LB | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Clemson | 3/16/1936 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1959 |
| Don Floyd | 22 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | TCU | 7/10/1938 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1960 |
| Bobby Gordon | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 12/7/1935 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 63rd pick / 1958 |
| Gary Greaves | 25 | T | 7 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 10/28/1935 | Rook | |
| Bill Groman | 24 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Heidelberg | 7/17/1936 | Rook | |
| Ken Hall | 25 | HB-P | 11 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 12/13/1935 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 14th / 165th pick / 1958 |
| Jerry Helluin | 31 | DT | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-2 | Tulane | 8/8/1929 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 38th pick / 1951 |
| Charley Hennigan | 25 | WR | 11 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | LSU,Northwest State (LA) | 3/19/1935 | Rook | |
| Al Jamison+ | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Colgate | 5/11/1937 | Rook | |
| Mark Johnston+ | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 3/4/1938 | Rook | |
| Charlie Kendall | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 165 | 6-2 | UCLA | 1/4/1935 | Rook | |
| Dan Lanphear | 22 | DE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 1/24/1938 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 90th pick / 1960 |
| Jacky Lee | 21 | QB | 14 | 3 | 189 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 7/11/1939 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 61st pick / 1960 |
| Joe Majors | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Florida State | 12/25/1936 | Rook | |
| Jim McCanless | 24 | G | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Clemson | 1/1/1936 | Rook | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 22 | LB | 7 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 6/19/1938 | Rook | |
| Rich Michael | 22 | T | 10 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/15/1938 | Rook | |
| Charlie Milstead | 23 | QB-DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 11/21/1937 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 14th / 160th pick / 1960 |
| Dennit Morris | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 4/15/1936 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 18th / 215th pick / 1958 |
| Ron Morrison | 22 | DT | 1 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | New Mexico | 9/10/1938 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 73rd pick / 1960 |
| Jim Norton | 22 | DB-P | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Idaho | 10/20/1938 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 75th pick / 1960 |
| Phil Perlo | 25 | LB | 7 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Maryland | 12/6/1935 | Rook | |
| Hugh Pitts | 26 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | TCU | 4/8/1934 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1956 |
| George Shirkey | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Stephen F. Austin | 8/20/1936 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 191st pick / 1958 |
| John Simerson | 25 | C-T | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Purdue | 4/20/1935 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 22nd / 254th pick / 1957 |
| Dave Smith+ | 23 | FB | 14 | 14 | 210 | 6-1 | Ripon | 3/23/1937 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 21st / 241st pick / 1959 |
| Julian Spence | 31 | DB-FL | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-11 | Sam Houston State | 5/5/1929 | 4 | |
| Bob Talamini | 21 | G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 1/8/1939 | Rook | |
| Charley Tolar | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 199 | 5-6 | Northwest State (LA) | 9/5/1937 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1959 |
| Orville Trask | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Rice | 12/3/1934 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 24th / 282nd pick / 1956 |
| Fred Wallner | 32 | LB-G | 7 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 4/28/1928 | 9 | Chicago Cardinals / 20th / 235th pick / 1951 |
| Hogan Wharton | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Houston | 12/13/1935 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 131st pick / 1958 |
| Bob L. White | 22 | FB | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 8/22/1938 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 91st pick / 1960 |
| John White | 25 | TE | 4 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 10/9/1935 | Rook | |
| Al Witcher | 24 | E | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Baylor | 9/28/1936 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 13th / 152nd pick / 1959 |
| James Yeats | 90 | TE | 1 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Florida | 0/0/0 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 14 | 221.9 | 6-1.9 | 1.1 |