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1966 Houston Oilers

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 4th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 335 points (23.9/g), 3rd of 9 in the AFL.
 Allowed 396 points (28.3/g), 9th.
 Differential of -61 points (-4.4/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 5.6-8.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 7th.

Simple Rating System: Total -4.8, Offense: 2.1, Defense: -6.9, SoS: -0.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Wally Lemm

Training Camp: Oilers' Training Facility (Houston, Texas)

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Drafted Players

Draft Index · Full 1966 Draft Results
Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St CarAV G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
1 5 HOU Tommy Nobis LB 11 1966 1976 1 5 9 64 133 Texas
2 12 HOU Stan Hindman DE 7 1966 1974 0 0 3 23 76 Mississippi
3 21 HOU George Rice DT 4 1966 1969 0 0 2 19 37 LSU
4 28 HOU George Allen T 1 1966 1966 0 0 0 1 9 West Texas A&M
5 37 HOU Hoyle Granger RB 7 1966 1972 0 2 3 39 83 805 3653 19 134 1339 5 Mississippi St.
6 45 HOU Dave Long DE 7 1966 1972 0 0 4 25 96 Iowa
7 54 HOU Pep Menefee WR 1 1966 1966 0 0 0 0 7 1 11 0 New Mexico St.
8 67 HOU Dan Bland HB 0 0 0 Mississippi St.
9 77 HOU Dick Suffel DB 0 0 0 Texas St.
10 86 HOU Wilbur Aylor DT 0 0 0 Texas St.
11 95 HOU Monte Ledbetter WR 3 1967 1969 0 0 0 5 21 18 314 3
12 104 HOU Harry Day DE 0 0 0 Memphis
13 113 HOU Fred Zimmerman LB 0 0 0 Toledo
14 122 HOU Dave Lince TE 2 1966 1967 0 0 0 1 18 North Dakota
15 131 HOU Tom Dillard T 0 0 0 Austin Peay St.
16 140 HOU Steve Smith T 8 1966 1974 0 0 4 24 100 Michigan
17 149 HOU Lyle Loebach T 0 0 0 Simpson
18 158 HOU Ed Buzzell QB 0 0 0
19 167 HOU Frank Fuller DT 0 0 0 Drake
20 176 HOU Dave Odegaard C 0 0 0 Bemidji St.