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1967 Houston Oilers
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Record: 9-4-1, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 258 points (18.4/g), 6th of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 199 points (14.2/g), 1st.
Differential of 59 points (4.2/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 9.1-4.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.6, Offense: -5.7, Defense: 8.3, SoS: -1.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Wally Lemm (9-4-1)
Training Camp: Schreiner Institute (Kerrville, Texas)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Pete Beathard | 25 | 3 | 9 | 94 for 229, 1,114 yards, 9 td, 14 int, & 32 rushes for 133 yards and 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 Detroit Lions / 1st / 5th pick / 1964 |
| HB | Woody Campbell* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 110 rushes for 511 yards, 4 td, & 17 catches for 136 yards and 2 td | Houston Oilers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1967 |
| FB | Hoyle Granger* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 236 rushes for 1,194 yards, 6 td, & 31 catches for 300 yards and 3 td | Houston Oilers / 5th / 37th pick / 1966 Baltimore Colts / 4th / 63rd pick / 1966 |
| WR | Ode Burrell | 28 | 3 | 0 | 12 catches for 193 yards, 0 td, & 3 rushes for -3 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 30th pick / 1964 Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 36th pick / 1964 |
| WR | Charley Frazier | 28 | 5 | 0 | 23 catches for 253 yards, 1 td | |
| TE | Alvin Reed | 23 | Rook | 0 | 11 catches for 144 yards, 1 td | |
| LT | Walt Suggs* | 28 | 5 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1961 | |
| LG | Bob Talamini*+ | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Bobby Maples | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 26th pick / 1965 Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 41st pick / 1965 |
| RG | Sonny Bishop | 28 | 5 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 88th pick / 1962 Cleveland Browns / 18th / 249th pick / 1962 |
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| RT | Glen Ray Hines | 24 | 1 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Pat Holmes*+ | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 40th pick / 1962 |
| LDT | Willie D. Parker | 22 | Rook | 10 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 118th pick / 1967 | |
| RDT | George Rice | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1966 Houston Oilers / 3rd / 21st pick / 1966 |
| RDE | Don Floyd | 29 | 7 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1960 | |
| LLB | George Webster*+ | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Garland Boyette | 27 | 5 | 0 | ||
| RLB | Olen Underwood | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 14th / 183rd pick / 1965 |
| LCB | Miller Farr*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 10 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RCB | W.K. Hicks | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LS | Ken Houston | 23 | Rook | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 214th pick / 1967 |
| RS | Jim Norton* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 7th / 75th pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | John Wittenborn | 31 | 9 | 0 | 14 of 28 field goals & 30 of 30 extra points | San Francisco 49ers / 17th / 203rd pick / 1958 |
| P | Jim Norton* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 71 punts for a 42.6 average, 1 blocked | Detroit Lions / 7th / 75th pick / 1960 |
| PR | Larry Carwell | 23 | Rook | 0 | 9 punt returns for a 17.1 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1967 |
| KR | Bobby Jancik | 27 | 5 | 0 | 16 kick returns for a 21.8 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 19th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Billy Guy Anderson | 26 | QB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 2/17/1941 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 261st pick / 1965 |
| 58 | Pete Barnes | 22 | LB | 8 | 0 | 239 | 6-1 | Southern | 8/31/1945 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 136th pick / 1967 |
| 27 | Glenn Bass | 28 | SE-WR | 7 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 4/12/1939 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 64th pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 23rd / 183rd pick / 1961 |
| 11 | Pete Beathard | 25 | QB | 10 | 9 | 200 | 6-1 | USC | 3/7/1942 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 Detroit Lions / 1st / 5th pick / 1964 |
| 66 | Sonny Bishop | 28 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Fresno St. | 10/1/1939 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 88th pick / 1962 Cleveland Browns / 18th / 249th pick / 1962 |
| 42 | Sid Blanks | 27 | RB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 4/29/1940 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 38th pick / 1964 Chicago Bears / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1964 |
| 52 | Garland Boyette | 27 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-1 | Grambling St. | 3/22/1940 | 5 | |
| 85 | Danny Brabham | 26 | LB | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 2/25/1941 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 30th pick / 1963 |
| 25 | Ode Burrell | 28 | RB-WR-P | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Mississippi St. | 9/15/1939 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 30th pick / 1964 Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 36th pick / 1964 |
| 35 | Woody Campbell* | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 204 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 9/26/1944 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1967 |
| 41 | Larry Carwell | 23 | DB | 9 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Iowa St. | 8/5/1944 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1967 |
| 51 | Ronnie Caveness | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 3/6/1943 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 16th pick / 1965 Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 121st pick / 1965 |
| 12 | Bob Davis | 22 | QB | 2 | 2 | 205 | 6-2 | Virginia | 9/15/1945 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1967 |
| 26 | Larry Elkins | 24 | WR | 4 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Baylor | 7/28/1943 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1965 Green Bay Packers / 1st / 10th pick / 1965 |
| 20 | Miller Farr*+ | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Wichita St. | 4/8/1943 | 2 | |
| 75 | Don Floyd | 29 | DE | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | TCU | 7/10/1938 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1960 |
| 28 | Charley Frazier | 28 | WR | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 8/12/1939 | 5 | |
| 32 | Hoyle Granger* | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Mississippi St. | 3/7/1944 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 37th pick / 1966 Baltimore Colts / 4th / 63rd pick / 1966 |
| 33 | W.K. Hicks | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 7/14/1942 | 3 | |
| 78 | Glen Ray Hines | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 10/26/1943 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 |
| 79 | Pat Holmes*+ | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas Tech | 8/3/1940 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 40th pick / 1962 |
| 36 | Roy Hopkins | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 2/18/1945 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1967 |
| 29 | Ken Houston | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 11/12/1944 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 9th / 214th pick / 1967 |
| 23 | Bobby Jancik | 27 | DB | 11 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Lamar | 2/9/1940 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 19th / 151st pick / 1962 |
| 21 | Pete Johns | 22 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Tulane | 8/14/1945 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 111th pick / 1967 |
| 71 | Willie Jones | 25 | DT-DE | 6 | 0 | 260 | 6-1 | Kansas St. | 5/28/1942 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 18th / 271st pick / 1966 |
| 99 | Ernie Ladd | 29 | DT | 4 | 0 | 290 | 6-9 | Grambling St. | 11/28/1938 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 48th pick / 1961 San Diego Chargers / 15th / 119th pick / 1961 |
| 86 | Monte Ledbetter | 24 | WR | 5 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | NW State (LA) | 8/13/1943 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 11th / 95th pick / 1966 Cleveland Browns / 10th / 153rd pick / 1966 |
| 15 | Jacky Lee | 28 | QB | 4 | 3 | 189 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 7/11/1939 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 61st pick / 1960 |
| 50 | Bobby Maples | 25 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Baylor | 12/28/1942 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 26th pick / 1965 Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 41st pick / 1965 |
| 62 | Ed Marcontell | 22 | G | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-0 | Lamar | 7/10/1945 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 279th pick / 1967 |
| 77 | Bud Marshall | 26 | DT-DE | 11 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Baylor,S.F. Austin | 9/12/1941 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 136th pick / 1965 |
| 22 | Zeke Moore | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-3 | Lincoln (MO) | 12/2/1943 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| 43 | Jim Norton* | 29 | DB-P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Idaho | 10/20/1938 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 75th pick / 1960 |
| 74 | Willie D. Parker | 22 | DT | 14 | 10 | 275 | 6-3 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 3/12/1945 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 118th pick / 1967 |
| 88 | Bob Poole | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Clemson | 10/5/1941 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 102nd pick / 1964 |
| 89 | Alvin Reed | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Prairie View | 8/1/1944 | Rook | |
| 60 | Tom Regner | 23 | G | 14 | 3 | 235 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/19/1944 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1967 |
| 80 | Andy Rice | 27 | DT | 7 | 0 | 268 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 9/6/1940 | 1 | |
| 72 | George Rice | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | LSU | 6/10/1944 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1966 Houston Oilers / 3rd / 21st pick / 1966 |
| 70 | Carel Stith | 22 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 5/24/1945 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 4th / 86th pick / 1967 |
| 76 | Walt Suggs* | 28 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Mississippi St. | 5/15/1939 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1961 |
| 61 | Bob Talamini*+ | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 1/8/1939 | 7 | |
| 87 | Lionel Taylor | 32 | E-WR-FL | 8 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | New Mex. Highlands | 8/15/1935 | 8 | |
| 10 | Don Trull | 26 | QB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Baylor | 10/20/1941 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 111th pick / 1963 Baltimore Colts / 9th / 117th pick / 1963 |
| 56 | Olen Underwood | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Texas | 5/25/1942 | 2 | New York Giants / 14th / 183rd pick / 1965 |
| 90 | George Webster*+ | 22 | LB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-4 | Michigan St. | 11/25/1945 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1967 |
| 67 | John Wittenborn | 31 | G-K | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | SE Missouri St. | 3/1/1936 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 17th / 203rd pick / 1958 |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 224.3 | 6-2.1 | 2.5 |