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Record: 11-1-2, Finished 1st in NFL Coastal Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 398 points (28.4/g), 1st of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 196 points (14.0/g), 1st.
Differential of 202 points (14.4/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 11.8-2.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.1/g), 1st.
Simple Rating System: Total 13.6, Offense: 6.6, Defense: 7.0, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
George Allen
Training Camp: Fullerton State (Fullerton, 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 | 398 | 4640 | 905 | 5.1 | 262 | 206 | 390 | 2734 | 28 | 16 | 6.6 | 133 | 490 | 1906 | 16 | 3.9 | 106 | 29 | 13 | 23 |
| Team Defense | 196 | 3526 | 849 | 4.2 | 200 | 212 | 445 | 2407 | 14 | 32 | 4.9 | 104 | 361 | 1119 | 6 | 3.1 | 75 | 45 | 13 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 27 | 13 | 23 | 462 | 292 | 170 | 1 | 17 | 299 | 174 | 125 | 3 | |
| 2 | Fri | September 22 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 39 | 3 | 16 | 237 | 121 | 116 | 2 | 13 | 224 | 176 | 48 | 6 | ||
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 35 | 13 | 25 | 356 | 135 | 221 | 1 | 20 | 272 | 221 | 51 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | L | 3-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 27 | 16 | 253 | 128 | 125 | 6 | 14 | 335 | 269 | 66 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | T | 3-1-1 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 24 | 19 | 410 | 282 | 128 | 1 | 20 | 368 | 270 | 98 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | T | 3-1-2 | Washington Redskins | 28 | 28 | 24 | 438 | 249 | 189 | 1 | 17 | 354 | 305 | 49 | |||
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | W | 4-1-2 | @ | Chicago Bears | 28 | 17 | 20 | 309 | 144 | 165 | 3 | 11 | 180 | 88 | 92 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 5-1-2 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 17 | 7 | 9 | 152 | 47 | 105 | 14 | 257 | 158 | 99 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | W | 6-1-2 | Philadelphia Eagles | 33 | 17 | 23 | 394 | 233 | 161 | 4 | 11 | 257 | 215 | 42 | 5 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | W | 7-1-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 31 | 3 | 15 | 405 | 284 | 121 | 2 | 13 | 238 | 140 | 98 | 5 | |
| 11 | Thu | November 23 | boxscore | W | 8-1-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 31 | 7 | 15 | 263 | 171 | 92 | 1 | 10 | 108 | 38 | 70 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | W | 9-1-2 | Atlanta Falcons | 20 | 3 | 21 | 309 | 169 | 140 | 3 | 10 | 154 | 75 | 79 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Sat | December 9 | boxscore | W | 10-1-2 | Green Bay Packers | 27 | 24 | 20 | 324 | 222 | 102 | 3 | 12 | 218 | 120 | 98 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | W | 11-1-2 | Baltimore Colts | 34 | 10 | 16 | 328 | 257 | 71 | 1 | 18 | 262 | 158 | 104 | 2 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 23 | boxscore | L | 11-2-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 28 | 12 | 217 | 142 | 75 | 1 | 20 | 374 | 211 | 163 | 4 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Roman Gabriel* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 11-1-2 | 196 | 371 | 52.8 | 2779 | 25 | 6.7 | 13 | 3.5 | 80 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 14.2 | 198.5 | 85.2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 19 | Bill Munson | 26 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 38 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 18 | 3.8 | -3.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 53.3 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Les Josephson* | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 24 | 9.4 | 0.4 | 23.5 | 3.4 | 35.0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Tommy Mason | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 65 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 21.7 | 28.3 | 32.5 | 5.0 | 149.3 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Eddie Meador* | 30 | PR/RS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 38.0 | 18.0 | 1.3 | 158.3 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 11-1-2 | 206 | 390 | 52.8 | 2947 | 28 | 7.2 | 16 | 4.1 | 80 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 210.5 | 84.4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 212 | 445 | 47.6 | 2694 | 14 | 3.1 | 32 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 3.45 | 12.7 | 192.4 | 47.5 | 43 | 287 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 8.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 22 | Dick Bass | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 627 | 6 | 27 | 3.4 | 44.8 | 13.4 | 27 | 212 | 7.9 | 1 | 30 | 1.9 | 15.1 | 839 | 7 | 6 |
| 34 | Les Josephson* | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 178 | 800 | 4 | 27 | 4.5 | 57.1 | 12.7 | 37 | 400 | 10.8 | 4 | 48 | 2.6 | 28.6 | 1200 | 8 | 4 |
| 20 | Tommy Mason | 28 | 13 | 0 | 63 | 213 | 0 | 16 | 3.4 | 16.4 | 4.8 | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 0 | 24 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 283 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 | Roman Gabriel* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 43 | 198 | 6 | 23 | 4.6 | 14.1 | 3.1 | 198 | 6 | 5 | |||||||
| 33 | Willie Ellison | 22 | KR | 14 | 0 | 14 | 84 | 0 | 42 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 102 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Jim Stiger | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 19 | Bill Munson | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | -22 | 0 | 0 | -11.0 | -4.4 | 0.4 | -22 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 25 | Bernie Casey* | 28 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53 | 871 | 16.4 | 8 | 57 | 3.8 | 62.2 | 871 | 8 | 0 | |
| 87 | Billy Truax | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37 | 487 | 13.2 | 4 | 41 | 2.6 | 34.8 | 487 | 4 | 1 | |
| 84 | Jack Snow* | 24 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 735 | 26.3 | 8 | 80 | 2.0 | 52.5 | 735 | 8 | 0 | |
| 80 | Bucky Pope | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 2 | 48 | 0.6 | 11.7 | 152 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 83 | Dave Pivec | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 490 | 1906 | 16 | 42 | 3.9 | 136.1 | 35.0 | 206 | 2947 | 14.3 | 28 | 80 | 14.7 | 210.5 | 4853 | 44 | 32 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 361 | 1119 | 6 | 3.1 | 79.9 | 25.8 | 212 | 2407 | 11.4 | 14 | 15.1 | 171.9 | 3526 | 20 | 18 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 27 | Irv Cross | 28 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 17 | 136 | 0 | 39 | 8.0 | 4 | 134 | 0 | 50 | 33.5 | 270 |
| 21 | Eddie Meador* | 30 | PR/RS | 14 | 0 | 21 | 131 | 0 | 22 | 6.2 | 131 | |||||
| 14 | Wendell Tucker | 24 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 11 | 6.7 | 11 | 242 | 0 | 37 | 22.0 | 282 | |
| 33 | Willie Ellison | 22 | KR | 14 | 0 | 13 | 340 | 0 | 58 | 26.2 | 442 | |||||
| 24 | Clancy Williams | 25 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 161 | 0 | 29 | 23.0 | 161 | |||||
| 34 | Les Josephson* | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 0 | 35 | 18.2 | 1291 | |||||
| 26 | Jim Stiger | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2.3 | 15 | ||||||
| 47 | Kelton Winston | 27 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 24 | 21.7 | 77 | |
| 49 | Claude Crabb | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 50 | 328 | 0 | 39 | 6.6 | 43 | 1033 | 0 | 58 | 24.0 | 6214 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 33 | 0 | 66 | 1414 | 2 | 21.4 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 30 | Bruce Gossett | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 46.5% | 48 | 48 | 100.0% | ||||||
| 13 | Jon Kilgore | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 68 | 2872 | 68 | 2 | 42.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 20 | 46.5% | 48 | 48 | 100.0% | 68 | 2872 | 68 | 2 | 42.2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 26 | 12 | 46.2% | 23 | 22 | 95.7% | 86 | 3509 | 40.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 21 | Eddie Meador* | 30 | PR/RS | 14 | 0 | 8 | 103 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Dick Bass | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Irv Cross | 28 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | Jack Pardee | 31 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 95 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | Clancy Williams | 25 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Roman Gabriel* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | Maxie Baughan* | 29 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | Les Josephson* | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 44 | Chuck Lamson | 28 | LS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Tommy Mason | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Wendell Tucker | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 46 | Willie Daniel | 30 | db | 14 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Willie Ellison | 22 | KR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Jon Kilgore | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Bill Munson | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 66 | Myron Pottios | 28 | MLB | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 87 | Billy Truax | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 57 | Doug Woodlief | 24 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 78 | Roger Brown* | 30 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 63 | Joe Carollo | 27 | LT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 49 | Claude Crabb | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Tony Guillory | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 50 | Ken Iman | 28 | C | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 75 | Deacon Jones*+ | 29 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 85 | Lamar Lundy | 32 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| 77 | Bob Nichols | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 74 | Merlin Olsen*+ | 27 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 83 | Dave Pivec | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 71 | Joe Scibelli | 28 | RG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 47 | Kelton Winston | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 32 | 476 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 25 | 18 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Bruce Gossett | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 48 | 20 | 108 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Bernie Casey* | 28 | FL | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Les Josephson* | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||
| 84 | Jack Snow* | 24 | SE | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Dick Bass | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 18 | Roman Gabriel* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Billy Truax | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Eddie Meador* | 30 | PR/RS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Jack Pardee | 31 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Bucky Pope | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 83 | Dave Pivec | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 75 | Deacon Jones*+ | 29 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 48 | 48 | 20 | 1 | 398 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 196 |