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Record: 12-1-1, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 377 points (26.9/g), 1st of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 242 points (17.3/g), 2nd.
Differential of 135 points (9.6/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 10.4-3.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 9.0, Offense: 5.6, Defense: 3.4, SoS: -0.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
John Madden
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 | 377 | 5036 | 910 | 5.5 | 261 | 227 | 439 | 3271 | 36 | 26 | 7.3 | 153 | 459 | 1765 | 4 | 3.8 | 84 | 33 | 7 | 24 |
| Team Defense | 242 | 3770 | 907 | 4.2 | 232 | 164 | 422 | 2109 | 15 | 26 | 4.5 | 107 | 438 | 1661 | 13 | 3.8 | 90 | 42 | 16 | 35 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 14 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Houston Oilers | 21 | 17 | 17 | 285 | 148 | 137 | 3 | 17 | 278 | 176 | 102 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sat | September 20 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | Miami Dolphins | 20 | 17 | 19 | 373 | 258 | 115 | 6 | 17 | 305 | 186 | 119 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 28 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | @ | Boston Patriots | 38 | 23 | 21 | 423 | 213 | 210 | 1 | 10 | 170 | 118 | 52 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sat | October 4 | boxscore | T | 3-0-1 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 20 | 20 | 15 | 280 | 206 | 74 | 2 | 17 | 214 | 104 | 110 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 12 | boxscore | W | 4-0-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 24 | 14 | 20 | 323 | 244 | 79 | 18 | 234 | 113 | 121 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 19 | boxscore | W | 5-0-1 | Buffalo Bills | 50 | 21 | 20 | 404 | 320 | 84 | 2 | 19 | 392 | 246 | 146 | 7 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 26 | boxscore | W | 6-0-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 12 | 19 | 399 | 228 | 171 | 3 | 20 | 253 | 182 | 71 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 2 | boxscore | L | 6-1-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 31 | 24 | 394 | 275 | 119 | 6 | 15 | 320 | 186 | 134 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 9 | boxscore | W | 7-1-1 | Denver Broncos | 41 | 10 | 20 | 359 | 270 | 89 | 21 | 302 | 177 | 125 | 1 | |||
| 10 | Sun | November 16 | boxscore | W | 8-1-1 | San Diego Chargers | 21 | 16 | 13 | 309 | 235 | 74 | 4 | 17 | 224 | 107 | 117 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 23 | boxscore | W | 9-1-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 24 | 15 | 262 | 142 | 120 | 26 | 436 | 238 | 198 | 7 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 30 | boxscore | W | 10-1-1 | @ | New York Jets | 27 | 14 | 18 | 404 | 322 | 82 | 1 | 13 | 238 | 139 | 99 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 7 | boxscore | W | 11-1-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 37 | 17 | 26 | 544 | 235 | 309 | 3 | 10 | 210 | 108 | 102 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Sat | December 13 | boxscore | W | 12-1-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 6 | 14 | 277 | 175 | 102 | 2 | 12 | 194 | 29 | 165 | |||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 21 | boxscore | W | 13-1-1 | Houston Oilers | 56 | 7 | 17 | 412 | 302 | 110 | 4 | 14 | 197 | 169 | 28 | 5 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 4 | boxscore | L | 13-2-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 17 | 18 | 233 | 154 | 79 | 4 | 13 | 207 | 121 | 86 | 4 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Daryle Lamonica*+ | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 12-1-1 | 221 | 426 | 51.9 | 3302 | 34 | 8.0 | 25 | 5.9 | 80 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 14.9 | 235.9 | 79.8 | 11 | 100 | 7.33 | 6.31 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | |
| 16 | George Blanda | 42 | K | 14 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 73 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 7.7 | 20 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 71.5 | 1 | 4 | 4.93 | 4.57 | 7.1 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 12-1-1 | 227 | 439 | 51.7 | 3375 | 36 | 8.2 | 26 | 5.9 | 80 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 14.9 | 241.1 | 79.9 | 12 | 104 | 7.25 | 6.25 | 2.7 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 164 | 422 | 38.9 | 2511 | 15 | 3.6 | 26 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 3.89 | 15.3 | 179.4 | 45.4 | 47 | 402 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 10.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 23 | Charlie H. Smith | 23 | HB | 14 | 14 | 177 | 600 | 2 | 26 | 3.4 | 42.9 | 12.6 | 30 | 322 | 10.7 | 2 | 32 | 2.1 | 23.0 | 922 | 4 | 3 |
| 35 | Hewritt Dixon | 29 | FB | 11 | 10 | 107 | 398 | 0 | 19 | 3.7 | 36.2 | 9.7 | 33 | 275 | 8.3 | 1 | 37 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 673 | 1 | 4 |
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 25 | rb | 12 | 4 | 88 | 377 | 0 | 40 | 4.3 | 31.4 | 7.3 | 17 | 119 | 7.0 | 3 | 19 | 1.4 | 9.9 | 496 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Larry Todd | 27 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 198 | 1 | 51 | 4.2 | 18.0 | 4.3 | 16 | 149 | 9.3 | 1 | 48 | 1.5 | 13.5 | 347 | 2 | 1 | |
| 39 | Marv Hubbard | 23 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 119 | 0 | 18 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 20 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 149 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Daryle Lamonica*+ | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 12 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 36 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 81 | Warren Wells | 27 | SE | 14 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 47 | 1260 | 26.8 | 14 | 80 | 3.4 | 90.0 | 1284 | 14 | 3 |
| 30 | Roger Hagberg | 30 | fb | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 1 | 20 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 87 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | George Blanda | 42 | K | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 11 | Mike Eischeid | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 25 | Fred Biletnikoff*+ | 26 | FL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54 | 837 | 15.5 | 12 | 53 | 3.9 | 59.8 | 837 | 12 | 1 | |
| 33 | Billy Cannon* | 32 | TE | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 262 | 12.5 | 2 | 53 | 1.6 | 20.2 | 262 | 2 | 0 | |
| 89 | Drew Buie | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | 37 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 459 | 1765 | 4 | 51 | 3.8 | 126.1 | 32.8 | 227 | 3375 | 14.9 | 36 | 80 | 16.2 | 241.1 | 5140 | 40 | 17 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 438 | 1661 | 13 | 3.8 | 118.6 | 31.3 | 164 | 2109 | 12.9 | 15 | 11.7 | 150.6 | 3770 | 28 | 25 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 43 | George Atkinson* | 22 | KR/LS/PR | 14 | 12 | 25 | 153 | 0 | 30 | 6.1 | 16 | 382 | 0 | 39 | 23.9 | 535 |
| 13 | Rod Sherman | 25 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 14 | 5.1 | 12 | 300 | 0 | 31 | 25.0 | 346 | |
| 23 | Charlie H. Smith | 23 | HB | 14 | 14 | 10 | 247 | 0 | 41 | 24.7 | 1169 | |||||
| 20 | Jackie Allen | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 38 | 22.3 | 65 | |
| 45 | Dave Grayson*+ | 30 | RS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 7.0 | 28 | |||||
| 50 | Duane Benson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 39 | 225 | 0 | 30 | 5.8 | 42 | 996 | 0 | 41 | 23.7 | 6361 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 37 | 0 | 64 | 1518 | 0 | 23.7 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 16 | George Blanda | 42 | K | 14 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 54.1% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | |||||||
| 11 | Mike Eischeid | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 69 | 2944 | 58 | 0 | 42.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 54.1% | 45 | 45 | 100.0% | 69 | 2944 | 58 | 0 | 42.7 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 30 | 14 | 46.7% | 27 | 26 | 96.3% | 87 | 3637 | 41.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 45 | Dave Grayson*+ | 30 | RS | 14 | 14 | 8 | 132 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | Hewritt Dixon | 29 | FB | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Willie Brown*+ | 29 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 111 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | Dan Conners | 28 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 81 | Warren Wells | 27 | SE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Bill Laskey | 26 | LLB | 12 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||||||||
| 56 | Chip Oliver | 25 | llb | 14 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | Charlie H. Smith | 23 | HB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Howie Williams | 33 | db | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Nemiah Wilson | 26 | LCB | 14 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 43 | George Atkinson* | 22 | KR/LS/PR | 14 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | George Blanda | 42 | K | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 36 | Lloyd Edwards | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Marv Hubbard | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 77 | Ike Lassiter | 29 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Gus Otto* | 26 | RLB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Rod Sherman | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Larry Todd | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Jackie Allen | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 25 | rb | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 50 | Duane Benson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Fred Biletnikoff*+ | 26 | FL | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Mike Eischeid | 29 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 74 | Tom Keating | 27 | RDT | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | Daryle Lamonica*+ | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Carleton Oats | 27 | LDT | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 76 | Bob Svihus | 26 | LT | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 63 | Gene Upshaw+ | 24 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 26 | 484 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 40 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 12 | 25 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | George Blanda | 42 | K | 14 | 0 | 45 | 20 | 105 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Warren Wells | 27 | SE | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 84 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Fred Biletnikoff*+ | 26 | FL | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Charlie H. Smith | 23 | HB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 40 | Pete Banaszak | 25 | rb | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Billy Cannon* | 32 | TE | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 55 | Dan Conners | 28 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 22 | Larry Todd | 27 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 43 | George Atkinson* | 22 | KR/LS/PR | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Hewritt Dixon | 29 | FB | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Dave Grayson*+ | 30 | RS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Roger Hagberg | 30 | fb | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Daryle Lamonica*+ | 28 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 56 | Chip Oliver | 25 | llb | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 71 | Al Dotson | 26 | dt | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 45 | 20 | 1 | 377 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 13 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 242 |