1966 Houston Oilers (AFL)

4th place Eastern Division 3-11-0 .214

Head Coach: Wally Lemm

Joe Childress	Offensive Backs
Hugh Devore	Receivers
F.A. Dry	Offensive Line
Bud McFadin	Defensive Line
Wayne Robinson	Linebackers
Walt Schlinkman	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Tue	8/2/1966	H	Oakland Raiders	26-17	W	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	36935
Sat	8/13/1966	N	New York Jets	10-16	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	57205
Sat	8/20/1966	N	Buffalo Bills	16-28	L	Little Rock, AR	War Memorial Stadium	14000
Sat	8/27/1966	A	Kansas City Chiefs	20-31	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	25270
Sat	9/3/1966	H	Denver Broncos	45-7	W	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	30156
Sat	9/10/1966	H	Oakland Raiders	31-0	W	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	31763
Sun	9/18/1966	A	New York Jets	13-52	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	54681
Sun	9/25/1966	A	Buffalo Bills	20-27	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	42526
Sun	10/2/1966	A	Denver Broncos	38-40	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	27203
Sun	10/16/1966	H	New York Jets	24-0	W	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	30823
Sun	10/23/1966	H	Miami Dolphins	13-20	L	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	23173
Sun	10/30/1966	A	Kansas City Chiefs	23-48	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	31676
Sun	11/6/1966	A	Oakland Raiders	23-38	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	34102
Sun	11/13/1966	A	Boston Patriots	21-27	L	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	23426
Sun	11/20/1966	H	Buffalo Bills	20-42	L	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	27312
Sun	12/4/1966	H	San Diego Chargers	22-28	L	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	17569
Sun	12/11/1966	H	Boston Patriots	14-38	L	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	17100
Sun	12/18/1966	A	Miami Dolphins	28-29	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	20045

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
73	George Allen	OT	6-7	270	22	West Texas A&M	9	0
70	Scott Appleton	RDT	6-3	254	24	Texas	14	6
84	Johnny Baker	LLB	6-3	229	25	Mississippi State	14	14
66	Sonny Bishop	ROG	6-2	243	27	Riverside CC; Fresno State	14	14
16	George Blanda	QB-K	6-1	210	39	Kentucky	14	8
42	Sid Blanks	HB	6-0	206	25	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	4
52	Garland Boyette	RDE-LB	6-1	237	26	Grambling State	14	1
85	Danny Brabham	LB	6-4	236	25	Arkansas	3	0
25	Ode Burrell	HB	6-0	189	27	Holmes CC; Mississippi State	14	9
53	John Carrell	MLB	6-3	227	24	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Texas Tech	8	2
51	Ronnie Caveness	MLB	6-1	223	23	Arkansas	14	3
31	Doug Cline	MLB	6-2	225	28	Clemson	9	9
80	Gary Cutsinger	LDE	6-4	244	26	Oklahoma State	14	14
26	Larry Elkins	FL-SE	6-1	193	23	Baylor	14	5
75	Don Floyd	RDE	6-4	242	28	Texas Christian	6	2
28	Charley Frazier	SE	6-0	177	27	Texas Southern	14	14
55	John Frongillo	C	6-3	252	27	Cerritos JC; Baylor	14	3
27	Freddy Glick	RS	6-1	189	29	Colorado State	10	10
32	Hoyle Granger	FB	6-1	225	22	Mississippi State	11	5
62	Jim Hayes	RDE	6-4	263	26	Jackson State	14	11
87	Charley Hennigan	FL	6-0	187	31	Louisiana State; Northwestern State (Louisiana)	14	9
33	W.K. Hicks	RCB	6-1	191	24	Texas Southern	14	12
78	Glen Ray Hines	ROT	6-5	258	23	Arkansas	14	9
79	Pat Holmes	LDT	6-5	254	26	Texas Tech	14	14
11	Buddy Humphrey	QB	6-1	198	31	Baylor	6	1
23	Bobby Jancik	LCB-RS-LS	5-11	178	26	Wharton County JC; Lamar	14	8
35	John Henry Johnson	FB	6-2	210	37	St. Mary's (California); Arizona State	14	4
99	Ernie Ladd	RDT	6-9	302	28	Grambling State	14	8
15	Jacky Lee	QB	6-1	186	28	Cincinnati	8	0
50	Bobby Maples	C	6-3	247	24	Baylor	13	10
81	Bob McLeod	TE	6-5	231	28	Abilene Christian	14	9
54	John Meyer	RLB	6-2	230	24	Notre Dame	14	7
77	Rich Michael	OT	6-3	230	28	Ohio State	14	5
43	Jim Norton	LS-P	6-3	187	28	Idaho	14	12
30	Bernie Parrish	LCB-LS	5-11	194	30	Florida	11	8
88	Bob Poole	TE	6-4	216	25	Clemson	14	5
72	George Rice	DT	6-3	262	22	Louisiana State	5	1
82	Ed Scrutchins	DE	6-4	255	25	Toledo	4	0
36	Donnie Stone	FB	6-2	205	29	Arkansas	5	0
76	Walt Suggs	LOT	6-5	257	27	Mississippi State	14	14
40	Mickey Sutton	RS	6-0	190	23	Auburn	5	0
61	Bob Talamini	LOG	6-1	249	27	Kentucky	14	14
44	Charlie Tolar	FB-HB	5-6	199	29	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	14	6
47	Allen Trammell	S	6-0	190	24	Florida	3	0
10	Don Trull	QB	6-1	189	25	Baylor	14	5
56	Olen Underwood	RLB	6-1	224	24	Texas	11	7
34	Theo Viltz	LCB-RCB	6-2	190	23	Southern California	14	5
67	John Wittenborn	OG	6-2	238	30	Southeast Missouri State	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Tommy Nobis	LB	Texas
2	12	Stan Hindman	G	Mississippi
3	21	George Rice	T	Louisiana State
4	28	George Allen	T	West Texas A&M
5	37	Hoyle Granger	FB	Mississippi State
6	45	Dave Long	DE	Iowa
7	54	Hartwell Menefee	DB	New Mexico State
8	67	Dan Bland	HB	Mississippi State
9	77	Dick Suffel	DB	Texas State
10	86	Wilbur Aylor	DT	Texas State
11	94	Monte Ledbetter	E	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
12	103	Harry Day	DE	Memphis
13	113	Fred Zimmerman	LB	Toledo
14	122	Dave Lince	DT	North Dakota
16	131	Tommy Dillard	T	Austin Peay State
16	140	Steve Smith	DE	Michigan
17	149	Lyle Loebach	T	Simpson
18	158	Eddie Buzzell	QB	Ottawa (Kansas)
19	167	Frank Fuller	DT	Drake
20	176	Dave Odegaard	C	Bemidji State

DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Tom Fisher	LB	Tennessee
2	13	Tim Van Galder	QB	Iowa State
3	22	Ralph Dunlap	DT	Baylor
4	31	Bill Davis	QB	Lamar
5	40	Dick Glover	T	Virginia State
6	49	John Gary	DT	Grambling State
7	58	Clyde Pettaway	T	North Carolina A&T State
8	67	Roger Marshall	QB	Baylor
9	76	Lee Garner	LB	Mississippi
10	85	Dan Goich	T	California
11	94	Chuck Arkwright	T	Georgia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	51	107	56	121
Opponents Totals	54	156	93	93

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		246	76	144	26	/ %	/ %	71	682
Opponents Totals		244	88	131	25	/ %	/ %	69	725

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
George Blanda	0	39	40	97.5	0	0	16	30	53.3	0	87
Charley Frazier	12	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	72
Don Trull	7	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	42
Ode Burrell	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	30
Larry Elkins	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Charley Hennigan	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
John Henry Johnson	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Bob McLeod	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Sid Blanks	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Hoyle Granger	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Doug Cline	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	41	39	40	97.5	0	1	16	30	53.3	1	335
Opponents Totals	50	49	49	100.0	1	1	15	30	50.0	0	396

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
George Blanda	16	30	53.3	3/4	0/1	3/7	8/12	2/6
Team Totals	16	30	53.3	3/4	0/1	3/7	8/12	2/6
Opponents Totals	15	30	50.0	1/1	3/6	4/6	7/13	0/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ode Burrell	122	406	3.3	45	0
Hoyle Granger	56	388	6.9	69t	1
Sid Blanks	71	235	3.3	30	0
John Henry Johnson	70	226	3.2	28t	3
Don Trull	38	139	3.7	23t	7
Charlie Tolar	46	105	2.3	17	0
Donnie Stone	6	18	3.0	12	0
George Blanda	3	1	0.3	1	0
Jacky Lee	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	413	1515	3.7	69t	11
Opponents Totals	422	1833	4.3	77t	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Don Trull	172	84	48.8	83	1200	7.0	14.3	62	10	5.8	5	2.9				79.1
George Blanda	271	122	45.0	128	1764	6.5	14.5	79t	17	6.3	21	7.7				55.3
Buddy Humphrey	32	15	46.9	16	168	5.3	11.2	32t	2	6.3	1	3.1				70.8
Jacky Lee	8	4	50.0	3	27	3.4	6.8	10	0	0.0	1	12.5				18.2
Ode Burrell	1	1	100.0	0	9	9.0	9.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0				104.2
Charlie Tolar	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	485	226	46.6	231	3168	6.5	14.0	79t	29	6.0	28	5.8	28	271	2897	64.0
Opponents Totals	438	209	47.7	211	3390	7.7	16.2	80t	35	8.0	18	4.1	21	228	3162	83.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charley Frazier	57	1129	19.8	79t	12
Ode Burrell	33	400	12.1	34	5
Charley Hennigan	27	313	11.6	23	3
Bob McLeod	23	339	14.7	41	3
Larry Elkins	21	283	13.5	62	3
Sid Blanks	19	234	12.3	42t	2
Charlie Tolar	13	68	5.2	14	0
Bob Poole	12	131	10.9	19	0
Hoyle Granger	12	104	8.7	27t	1
John Henry Johnson	8	150	18.8	53	0
Donnie Stone	1	17	17.0	17	0
Team Totals	226	3168	14.0	79t	29
Opponents Totals	209	3390	16.2	80t	35

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Norton	4	125	31.3	56	0
Freddy Glick	4	57	14.3	41	0
W.K. Hicks	3	12	4.0	12	0
Bobby Jancik	2	36	18.0	35	0
Bernie Parrish	2	0	0.0	0	0
Doug Cline	1	23	23.0	23	0
Ronnie Caveness	1	6	6.0	6	0
Johnny Baker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	259	14.4	56	0
Opponents Totals	28	448	16.0	66t	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Jim Norton	69	2908	42.1	65	3	269	2579	37.4
Team Totals	69	2908	42.1	65	3	269	2579	37.4
Opponents Totals	68	2720	40.0	65	8	159	2401	35.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Bobby Jancik	10	6	62	6.2	28
Ode Burrell	8	7	78	9.8	29
Allen Trammell	5	3	19	3.8	8
Team Totals	23	16	159	6.9	29
Opponents Totals	37	10	269	7.3	42

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Jancik	34	875	25.7	53	0
Sid Blanks	21	487	23.2	37	0
Allen Trammell	3	63	21.0	26	0
Garland Boyette	3	42	14.0	18	0
Jim Hayes	2	31	15.5	16	0
Ode Burrell	1	16	16.0	16	0
Team Totals	64	1514	23.7	53	0
Opponents Totals	60	1385	23.1	100t	2

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
George Blanda	3					0
Sid Blanks	2					0
Ode Burrell	3					0
Doug Cline	0	0				1
Freddy Glick	1					0
Bobby Jancik	1					0
Jacky Lee	1					0
Jim Norton	1					0
Donnie Stone	1					0
Charlie Tolar	3					0
Don Trull	3					0
Team Totals	19	12	7	13	20	1
Opponents Totals	25	13	12	12	24	0