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Record: 8-5-1, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 341 points (24.4/g), 4th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 300 points (21.4/g), 3rd.
Differential of 41 points (2.9/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 8.1-5.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.6, Offense: 0.9, Defense: 1.7, SoS: -0.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Sid Gillman
Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Noll (Defensive Assistant)
Training Camp: TraveLodge (Escondido, 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 | 341 | 4664 | 859 | 5.4 | 254 | 224 | 445 | 3142 | 28 | 30 | 6.7 | 156 | 392 | 1522 | 14 | 3.9 | 85 | 46 | 16 | 13 |
| Team Defense | 300 | 4040 | 921 | 4.4 | 248 | 240 | 484 | 2518 | 22 | 30 | 4.8 | 147 | 399 | 1522 | 10 | 3.8 | 82 | 45 | 15 | 19 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sat | September 12 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Houston Oilers | 27 | 21 | 22 | 328 | 235 | 93 | 1 | 28 | 361 | 240 | 121 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 20 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | Boston Patriots | 28 | 33 | 13 | 278 | 194 | 84 | 5 | 18 | 213 | 97 | 116 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat | September 26 | boxscore | L | 1-2 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 3 | 30 | 15 | 248 | 120 | 128 | 3 | 14 | 272 | 163 | 109 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sat | October 3 | boxscore | T | 1-2-1 | @ | New York Jets | 17 | 17 | 17 | 293 | 205 | 88 | 4 | 14 | 320 | 273 | 47 | 2 | |
| 5 | Fri | October 9 | boxscore | W | 2-2-1 | @ | Boston Patriots | 26 | 17 | 21 | 375 | 252 | 123 | 3 | 18 | 261 | 156 | 105 | 5 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 18 | boxscore | W | 3-2-1 | Denver Broncos | 42 | 14 | 26 | 486 | 214 | 272 | 1 | 14 | 186 | 79 | 107 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 25 | boxscore | W | 4-2-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 20 | 17 | 20 | 345 | 243 | 102 | 2 | 22 | 398 | 304 | 94 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 1 | boxscore | W | 5-2-1 | Oakland Raiders | 31 | 17 | 20 | 430 | 331 | 99 | 4 | 18 | 331 | 270 | 61 | 7 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 8 | boxscore | W | 6-2-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 31 | 20 | 19 | 197 | 127 | 70 | 3 | 13 | 279 | 158 | 121 | 5 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 15 | boxscore | W | 7-2-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 28 | 14 | 12 | 333 | 238 | 95 | 1 | 19 | 221 | 149 | 72 | 5 | |
| 11 | Thu | November 26 | boxscore | L | 7-3-1 | Buffalo Bills | 24 | 27 | 11 | 334 | 282 | 52 | 7 | 18 | 273 | 133 | 140 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 6 | boxscore | W | 8-3-1 | New York Jets | 38 | 3 | 23 | 466 | 322 | 144 | 2 | 9 | 113 | 77 | 36 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 13 | boxscore | L | 8-4-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 6 | 49 | 13 | 184 | 110 | 74 | 6 | 22 | 391 | 213 | 178 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 20 | boxscore | L | 8-5-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 21 | 18 | 364 | 255 | 109 | 3 | 22 | 421 | 206 | 215 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship | Sat | December 26 | boxscore | L | 8-6-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 7 | 20 | 15 | 259 | 135 | 124 | 3 | 21 | 387 | 168 | 219 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | John Hadl* | 24 | P/QB | 14 | 9 | 6-3-0 | 147 | 274 | 53.6 | 2157 | 18 | 6.6 | 15 | 5.5 | 76 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 14.7 | 154.1 | 78.7 | ||||||||
| 18 | Tobin Rote | 36 | qb | 14 | 5 | 2-2-1 | 74 | 163 | 45.4 | 1156 | 9 | 5.5 | 15 | 9.2 | 82 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 15.6 | 82.6 | 49.5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 22 | Keith Lincoln*+ | 25 | FB/K | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 61 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 15.3 | 20.3 | 30.5 | 4.4 | 135.4 | |||||||||
| 23 | Paul Lowe | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Lance Alworth*+ | 24 | FL/PR | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | -11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -11 | -11.0 | -11.0 | -11.0 | -0.9 | 79.2 | |||||||||
| 24 | Keith Kinderman | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 8-5-1 | 224 | 445 | 50.3 | 3363 | 28 | 6.3 | 30 | 6.7 | 82 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 15.0 | 240.2 | 68.4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 240 | 484 | 49.6 | 2926 | 22 | 4.5 | 30 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 4.17 | 12.2 | 209.0 | 57.9 | 38 | 408 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 7.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 22 | Keith Lincoln*+ | 25 | FB/K | 14 | 0 | 155 | 632 | 4 | 25 | 4.1 | 45.1 | 11.1 | 34 | 302 | 8.9 | 2 | 37 | 2.4 | 21.6 | 934 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 | Paul Lowe | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 130 | 496 | 3 | 50 | 3.8 | 35.4 | 9.3 | 14 | 182 | 13.0 | 2 | 41 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 678 | 5 | 2 |
| 38 | Jacque MacKinnon | 26 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 124 | 2 | 48 | 5.2 | 8.9 | 1.7 | 10 | 177 | 17.7 | 0 | 37 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 301 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24 | Keith Kinderman | 24 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 111 | 0 | 22 | 4.6 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 18 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 132 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Gerry McDougall | 29 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 73 | 2 | 24 | 3.2 | 10.4 | 3.3 | 8 | 106 | 13.3 | 0 | 24 | 1.1 | 15.1 | 179 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 | John Hadl* | 24 | P/QB | 14 | 9 | 20 | 70 | 1 | 20 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 70 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| 18 | Tobin Rote | 36 | qb | 14 | 5 | 10 | -12 | 0 | 9 | -1.2 | -0.9 | 0.7 | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | -11 | 0.1 | -0.8 | -23 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Lance Alworth*+ | 24 | FL/PR | 12 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 35 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 61 | 1235 | 20.2 | 13 | 82 | 5.1 | 102.9 | 1295 | 15 | 3 |
| 29 | Jerry Robinson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 10 | 93 | 9.3 | 0 | 21 | 0.7 | 6.6 | 103 | 0 | 3 | |
| 88 | Don Norton | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49 | 669 | 13.7 | 6 | 58 | 3.5 | 47.8 | 669 | 6 | 1 | |
| 83 | Dave Kocourek* | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33 | 593 | 18.0 | 5 | 49 | 2.4 | 42.4 | 593 | 5 | 0 | |
| 47 | Bud Whitehead | 25 | RS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | -4 | 0.1 | -0.3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 390 | 1564 | 14 | 50 | 4.0 | 111.7 | 27.9 | 224 | 3363 | 15.0 | 28 | 82 | 16.0 | 240.2 | 4927 | 42 | 32 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 399 | 1522 | 10 | 3.8 | 108.7 | 28.5 | 240 | 2518 | 10.5 | 22 | 17.1 | 179.9 | 4040 | 32 | 32 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 25 | Dick Westmoreland | 23 | KR/LCB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5.0 | 18 | 360 | 0 | 43 | 20.0 | 370 |
| 19 | Lance Alworth*+ | 24 | FL/PR | 12 | 0 | 18 | 189 | 0 | 43 | 10.5 | 1484 | |||||
| 49 | Jimmy Warren | 25 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 353 | 0 | 54 | 27.2 | 353 |
| 45 | Speedy Duncan | 22 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 4.8 | 9 | 318 | 0 | 91 | 35.3 | 337 | |
| 29 | Jerry Robinson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 5.9 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 26 | 23.3 | 214 | |
| 33 | Kenny Graham | 23 | LS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 12.0 | 7 | 172 | 0 | 34 | 24.6 | 196 |
| 89 | Ron D. Carpenter | 23 | LLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | |||||
| 88 | Don Norton | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 669 | |||||
| 75 | Ernie Wright | 25 | LT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 34 | 283 | 0 | 43 | 8.3 | 53 | 1288 | 0 | 91 | 24.3 | 6498 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 32 | 1 | 66 | 1564 | 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 | ||||
| 21 | John Hadl* | 24 | P/QB | 14 | 9 | 62 | 2447 | 71 | 0 | 39.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Keith Lincoln*+ | 25 | FB/K | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 41.7% | 17 | 16 | 94.1% | |||||||
| 35 | Herb Travenio | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | 12 | 10 | 83.3% | |||||||||||
| 3 | Ben Agajanian | 45 | k | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | 8 | 8 | 100.0% | ||||||||||
| 39 | George Blair | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | |||||||||||
| 47 | Bud Whitehead | 25 | RS | 12 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 30.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 46.2% | 43 | 39 | 90.7% | 63 | 2477 | 71 | 0 | 39.3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 32 | 14 | 43.8% | 33 | 32 | 97.0% | 62 | 2666 | 43.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 25 | Dick Westmoreland | 23 | KR/LCB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | John Hadl* | 24 | P/QB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Tobin Rote | 36 | qb | 14 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 50 | Chuck Allen* | 25 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||||||||
| 45 | Speedy Duncan | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 33 | Kenny Graham | 23 | LS | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Lance Alworth*+ | 24 | FL/PR | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 36 | Dick Harris | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Jerry Robinson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 49 | Jimmy Warren | 25 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 47 | Bud Whitehead | 25 | RS | 12 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||||||||
| 65 | Sam Gruneisen | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Paul Lowe | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Gerry McDougall | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Charlie McNeil | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 55 | Frank Buncom* | 25 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| 89 | Ron D. Carpenter | 23 | LLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||||||||
| 86 | Earl Faison*+ | 25 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Keith Lincoln*+ | 25 | FB/K | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 88 | Don Norton | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Bob Petrich | 23 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| 76 | Henry Schmidt | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 58 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 30 | 487 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 22 | 32 | 17 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Lance Alworth*+ | 24 | FL/PR | 12 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 90 | |||||||||
| 22 | Keith Lincoln*+ | 25 | FB/K | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 67 | |||||||
| 88 | Don Norton | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Dave Kocourek* | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Paul Lowe | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 35 | Herb Travenio | 31 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Ben Agajanian | 45 | k | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 39 | George Blair | 26 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Gerry McDougall | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Jacque MacKinnon | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 86 | Earl Faison*+ | 25 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 21 | John Hadl* | 24 | P/QB | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 76 | Henry Schmidt | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 341 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 300 |