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Record: 8-5-1, Finished 2nd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 315 points (22.5/g), 6th of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 288 points (20.6/g), 5th.
Differential of 27 points (1.9/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 1.1, Offense: -0.8, Defense: 1.9, SoS: -0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
John Rauch
Training Camp: El Rancho Tropicana (Santa Rosa, California)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 315 | 4571 | 847 | 5.4 | 226 | 212 | 450 | 3144 | 26 | 26 | 6.5 | 144 | 363 | 1427 | 13 | 3.9 | 70 | 38 | 12 | 12 |
| Team Defense | 288 | 3910 | 859 | 4.6 | 211 | 183 | 405 | 2118 | 15 | 23 | 4.8 | 106 | 418 | 1792 | 16 | 4.3 | 84 | 40 | 17 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Fri | September 2 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 23 | 14 | 16 | 257 | 241 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 182 | 88 | 94 | 5 | |
| 2 | Sat | September 10 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 0 | 31 | 23 | 272 | 199 | 73 | 7 | 20 | 269 | 197 | 72 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 18 | boxscore | L | 1-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 32 | 17 | 341 | 245 | 96 | 3 | 11 | 224 | 85 | 139 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 25 | boxscore | L | 1-3 | San Diego Chargers | 20 | 29 | 18 | 262 | 153 | 109 | 4 | 12 | 276 | 143 | 133 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 9 | boxscore | W | 2-3 | Miami Dolphins | 21 | 10 | 19 | 357 | 251 | 106 | 3 | 12 | 192 | 115 | 77 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 16 | boxscore | W | 3-3 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 34 | 13 | 14 | 371 | 288 | 83 | 2 | 15 | 209 | 133 | 76 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 23 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | @ | New York Jets | 24 | 21 | 17 | 334 | 205 | 129 | 2 | 27 | 397 | 260 | 137 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 30 | boxscore | L | 4-4 | @ | Boston Patriots | 21 | 24 | 14 | 243 | 200 | 43 | 2 | 16 | 339 | 58 | 281 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 6 | boxscore | W | 5-4 | Houston Oilers | 38 | 23 | 14 | 390 | 249 | 141 | 3 | 8 | 246 | 126 | 120 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 13 | boxscore | W | 6-4 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 41 | 19 | 20 | 477 | 258 | 219 | 16 | 318 | 167 | 151 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 20 | boxscore | W | 7-4 | @ | Denver Broncos | 17 | 3 | 8 | 160 | 94 | 66 | 10 | 102 | 31 | 71 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Thu | November 24 | boxscore | L | 7-5 | Buffalo Bills | 10 | 31 | 11 | 315 | 257 | 58 | 4 | 25 | 465 | 239 | 226 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Sat | December 3 | boxscore | T | 7-5-1 | New York Jets | 28 | 28 | 17 | 415 | 261 | 154 | 1 | 16 | 489 | 316 | 173 | 5 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 11 | boxscore | W | 8-5-1 | Denver Broncos | 28 | 10 | 18 | 377 | 243 | 134 | 1 | 11 | 202 | 160 | 42 | 2 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Tom Flores* | 29 | QB | 14 | 10 | 7-2-1 | 151 | 306 | 49.3 | 2638 | 24 | 7.8 | 14 | 4.6 | 78 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 17.5 | 188.4 | 86.2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 19 | Cotton Davidson | 35 | qb | 14 | 4 | 1-3-0 | 59 | 139 | 42.4 | 770 | 2 | 1.4 | 11 | 7.9 | 51 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 13.1 | 55.0 | 32.4 | ||||||||
| 36 | Clem Daniels*+ | 29 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | -15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Charlie Green | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.2 | 102.1 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 8-5-1 | 212 | 450 | 47.1 | 3425 | 26 | 5.8 | 26 | 5.8 | 78 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 16.2 | 244.6 | 68.2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 183 | 405 | 45.2 | 2440 | 15 | 3.7 | 23 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 4.21 | 13.3 | 174.3 | 53.5 | 36 | 322 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 8.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 36 | Clem Daniels*+ | 29 | HB | 14 | 0 | 204 | 801 | 7 | 64 | 3.9 | 57.2 | 14.6 | 40 | 652 | 16.3 | 3 | 68 | 2.9 | 46.6 | 1453 | 10 | 7 |
| 35 | Hewritt Dixon* | 26 | 14 | 0 | 68 | 277 | 5 | 23 | 4.1 | 19.8 | 4.9 | 29 | 345 | 11.9 | 4 | 76 | 2.1 | 24.6 | 622 | 9 | 2 | |
| 30 | Roger Hagberg | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 62 | 282 | 0 | 30 | 4.5 | 20.1 | 4.4 | 21 | 248 | 11.8 | 1 | 37 | 1.5 | 17.7 | 530 | 1 | 3 |
| 39 | Pervis Atkins | 31 | KR | 14 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 19 | Cotton Davidson | 35 | qb | 14 | 4 | 6 | -11 | 0 | 5 | -1.8 | -0.8 | 0.4 | -11 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 15 | Tom Flores* | 29 | QB | 14 | 10 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 27 | 10.0 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 50 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| 84 | Art Powell* | 29 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53 | 1026 | 19.4 | 11 | 46 | 3.8 | 73.3 | 1026 | 11 | 0 | |
| 82 | Tom Mitchell | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 301 | 13.1 | 1 | 24 | 1.6 | 21.5 | 301 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Fred Biletnikoff | 23 | FL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 272 | 16.0 | 3 | 78 | 1.7 | 27.2 | 272 | 3 | 2 | |
| 33 | Billy Cannon | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 436 | 31.1 | 2 | 75 | 1.0 | 31.1 | 436 | 2 | 0 | |
| 22 | Larry Todd | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 134 | 9.6 | 1 | 17 | 1.0 | 9.6 | 134 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 363 | 1427 | 13 | 64 | 3.9 | 101.9 | 25.9 | 212 | 3425 | 16.2 | 26 | 78 | 15.1 | 244.6 | 4852 | 39 | 22 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 418 | 1792 | 16 | 4.3 | 128.0 | 29.9 | 183 | 2118 | 11.6 | 15 | 13.1 | 151.3 | 3910 | 31 | 28 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 21 | Rodger Bird | 23 | PR | 14 | 0 | 37 | 323 | 0 | 42 | 8.7 | 19 | 390 | 0 | 32 | 20.5 | 713 |
| 39 | Pervis Atkins | 31 | KR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 29 | 608 | 0 | 35 | 21.0 | 631 |
| 45 | Dave Grayson* | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 128 | 0 | 29 | 21.3 | 128 | |||||
| 27 | Joe Krakoski | 29 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 9.5 | 19 | ||||||
| 78 | Rex Mirich | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 49 | Willie Williams | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 52 | ||||||
| 33 | Billy Cannon | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 448 | |||||
| 30 | Roger Hagberg | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 543 | |||||
| 20 | Warren Powers | 25 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 41 | 367 | 0 | 42 | 9.0 | 60 | 1191 | 0 | 35 | 19.9 | 6410 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 35 | 0 | 56 | 1268 | 1 | 22.6 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 11 | Mike Eischeid | 26 | K/P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 42.3% | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | 65 | 2703 | 56 | 1 | 41.6 | |
| 10 | Mike Mercer | 31 | k | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 9 | 373 | 59 | 0 | 41.4 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 40.0% | 40 | 39 | 97.5% | 74 | 3076 | 59 | 1 | 41.6 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 30 | 16 | 53.3% | 31 | 30 | 96.8% | 73 | 3015 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 36 | Clem Daniels*+ | 29 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Warren Powers | 25 | LS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Rodger Bird | 23 | PR | 14 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
| 47 | Kent McCloughan*+ | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |||||||||
| 45 | Dave Grayson* | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Roger Hagberg | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Howie Williams | 30 | RS | 14 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||||||||
| 39 | Pervis Atkins | 31 | KR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Fred Biletnikoff | 23 | FL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | Dan Conners* | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Cotton Davidson | 35 | qb | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Hewritt Dixon* | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Tom Flores* | 29 | QB | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 53 | Dan Birdwell | 26 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Joe Krakoski | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 77 | Ike Lassiter* | 26 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Larry Todd | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 23 | 380 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Mike Eischeid | 26 | K/P | 12 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 70 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Art Powell* | 29 | SE | 14 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Clem Daniels*+ | 29 | HB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 60 | |||||||||
| 35 | Hewritt Dixon* | 26 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Fred Biletnikoff | 23 | FL | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Billy Cannon | 29 | TE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 55 | Dan Conners* | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Tom Flores* | 29 | QB | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Roger Hagberg | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 82 | Tom Mitchell | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Larry Todd | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Mike Mercer | 31 | k | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 40 | 39 | 12 | 315 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 288 |