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1963 Houston Oilers
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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 302 points (21.6/g), 6th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 372 points (26.6/g), 6th.
Differential of -70 points (-5.0/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 5.3-8.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 5th.
Coached by Pop Ivy (6-8-0)
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1963 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* | 36 | 14 | 13 | 224 for 423, 3,003 yards, 24 td, 25 int, & 4 rushes for 1 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| HB | Bill Tobin | 22 | Rook | 0 | 75 rushes for 271 yards, 4 td, & 13 catches for 173 yards and 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 189th pick / 1963 |
| FB | Charley Tolar | 26 | 3 | 0 | 194 rushes for 659 yards, 3 td, & 41 catches for 275 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1959 |
| WR | Willard Dewveall | 27 | 4 | 0 | 58 catches for 752 yards, 7 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 18th pick / 1958 |
| WR | Charley Hennigan* | 28 | 3 | 0 | 61 catches for 1,051 yards, 10 td | |
| TE | Bob McLeod | 25 | 2 | 0 | 33 catches for 530 yards, 5 td | Houston Oilers / 12th / 96th pick / 1961 |
| LT | Walt Suggs | 24 | 1 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Bob Talamini*+ | 24 | 3 | 0 | ||
| C | Bob Schmidt* | 27 | 4 | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 14th / 159th pick / 1958 |
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| RG | Hogan Wharton | 28 | 3 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 131st pick / 1958 |
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| RT | Rich Michael* | 25 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gary Cutsinger | 23 | 1 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 30th pick / 1962 |
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| LDT | Dudley Meredith | 28 | Rook | 0 | Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957 |
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| RDT | Ed Husmann* | 32 | 10 | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 9th / 99th pick / 1953 |
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| RDE | Don Floyd | 25 | 3 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1960 |
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| LLB | Doug Cline | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 14th / 168th pick / 1960 |
| MLB | Gene Babb | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 19th / 224th pick / 1957 |
| RLB | Mike Dukes | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1959 |
| LCB | Tony Banfield*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Bobby Jancik | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 19th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| LS | Jim Norton* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 7th / 75th pick / 1960 |
| RS | Fred Glick*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 12 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 23rd / 266th pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | George Blanda* | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 of 24 field goals & 39 of 39 extra points | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| P | Jim Norton* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 65 punts for a 43.0 average, 0 blocked | Detroit Lions / 7th / 75th pick / 1960 |
| PR | Fred Glick*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 19 punt returns for a 9.0 average and 0 td | Chicago Cardinals / 23rd / 266th pick / 1959 |
| KR | Bobby Jancik | 23 | 1 | 0 | 45 kick returns for a 29.3 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 19th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Gene Babb | 29 | LB-FB | 14 | 0 | 216 | 6-3 | Austin | 12/27/1934 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 19th / 224th pick / 1957 |
| Johnny Baker | 22 | LB-DE | 6 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 3/15/1941 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 37th pick / 1963 |
| Tony Banfield*+ | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 12/18/1937 | 3 | |
| George Blanda* | 36 | QB | 14 | 13 | 215 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 9/17/1927 | 14 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 119th pick / 1949 |
| Danny Brabham | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 2/25/1941 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 |
| Bobby Brezina | 22 | HB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Houston | 4/28/1941 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 20th / 280th pick / 1963 |
| Billy Cannon | 26 | TE-HB-FB | 6 | 0 | 207 | 6-1 | LSU | 8/2/1937 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1960 |
| Doug Cline | 25 | LB-FB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Clemson | 3/22/1938 | 3 | New York Giants / 14th / 168th pick / 1960 |
| Ed Culpepper | 29 | DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/21/1934 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 101st pick / 1955 |
| Gary Cutsinger | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-5 | Oklahoma State | 2/4/1940 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 30th pick / 1962 |
| Willard Dewveall | 27 | E | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-4 | SMU | 4/29/1936 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 18th pick / 1958 |
| Bo Dickinson | 28 | FB | 5 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 7/18/1935 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 72nd pick / 1957 |
| Mike Dukes | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Clemson | 3/16/1936 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1959 |
| Don Floyd | 25 | DE | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | TCU | 7/10/1938 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1960 |
| Charley Frazier | 24 | WR | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 8/12/1939 | 1 | |
| John Frongillo | 24 | C-G | 3 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Baylor | 10/12/1939 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 111th pick / 1961 |
| Fred Glick*+ | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Colorado State | 2/25/1937 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 23rd / 266th pick / 1959 |
| Tom Goode | 25 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 12/1/1938 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1961 |
| Charley Hennigan* | 28 | WR | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | LSU,Northwest State (LA) | 3/19/1935 | 3 | |
| Ed Husmann* | 32 | DT-G-DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 8/6/1931 | 10 | Chicago Cardinals / 9th / 99th pick / 1953 |
| Bobby Jancik | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Lamar | 2/9/1940 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 19th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| Mark Johnston | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 3/4/1938 | 3 | |
| Bob Kelly | 23 | T-DT | 11 | 0 | 270 | 6-2 | New Mexico State | 8/18/1940 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 22nd / 176th pick / 1961 |
| Randy Kerbow | 23 | WR | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Rice | 12/19/1940 | Rook | |
| Jacky Lee | 24 | QB | 14 | 1 | 189 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 7/11/1939 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 61st pick / 1960 |
| Bob McLeod | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Abilene Christian | 11/10/1938 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 96th pick / 1961 |
| Dudley Meredith | 28 | DT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Florida,Lamar,Midwestern State | 1/16/1935 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957 |
| Rich Michael* | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 11/15/1938 | 3 | |
| Ron Nery | 29 | DE | 4 | 0 | 247 | 6-6 | Kansas State | 12/30/1934 | 3 | New York Giants / 7th / 81st pick / 1956 |
| Jim Norton* | 25 | DB-P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Idaho | 10/20/1938 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 75th pick / 1960 |
| Larry Onesti | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 11/12/1938 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 71st pick / 1962 |
| Willis Perkins | 29 | DE-G | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 2/14/1934 | 2 | |
| Bob Schmidt* | 27 | C-T-G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 7/9/1936 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 14th / 159th pick / 1958 |
| Dave Smith | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Ripon | 3/23/1937 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 21st / 241st pick / 1959 |
| Walt Suggs | 24 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Mississippi State | 5/15/1939 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1961 |
| Bob Talamini*+ | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 1/8/1939 | 3 | |
| Bill Tobin | 22 | HB | 10 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Missouri | 2/16/1941 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 189th pick / 1963 |
| Charley Tolar | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 199 | 5-6 | Northwest State (LA) | 9/5/1937 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1959 |
| Bucky Wegener | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 5-10 | Missouri | 10/31/1939 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 215th pick / 1962 |
| Hogan Wharton | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Houston | 12/13/1935 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 131st pick / 1958 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 225.5 | 6-1.8 | 2.7 |