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1967 Odessa-Midland Comets (TFL) 3rd place Western Division 3-11-0 .214

Head Coach: Jim Daniel

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/12/1967	N	Tulsa Thunderbirds	20-26	L	Andrews, TX		1800
Sat	8/19/1967	A	Fort Worth Texans	16-13	W	North Richland Hills, TX	Birdville High School Stadium	3888
Sat	8/26/1967	H	Wichita Falls Kings	23-14	W	Odessa, TX	W.T. Barrett Stadium	2610
Sat	9/2/1967	A	Tulsa Thunderbirds	21-38	L	Tulsa, OK	Skelly Stadium
Sat	9/9/1967	H	Pasadena Pistols	14-21	L	Odessa, TX	W.T. Barrett Stadium	4000
Sat	9/16/1967	A	Dallas Rockets	14-22	L	Dallas, TX	Jesuit High School Stadium
Sat	9/23/1967	A	San Antonio Toros	13-48	L	San Antonio, TX	North East Stadium	6186
Sat	9/30/1967	H	Sherman-Denison Jets	46-35	W	Odessa, TX	W.T. Barrett Stadium	1200
Sun	10/8/1967	H	San Antonio Toros	10-42	L	Odessa, TX	W.T. Barrett Stadium	4000
Sat	10/14/1967	H	Dallas Rockets	20-28	L	Odessa, TX	W.T. Barrett Stadium	800
Sat	10/28/1967	A	Sherman-Denison Jets	20-34	L	Sherman, TX
Sun	11/5/1967	H	Tulsa Thunderbirds	7-12	L	Odessa, TX	W.T. Barrett Stadium	1209	Postponed from 11/4
Sat	11/11/1967	A	Wichita Falls Kings	13-14	L	Wichita Falls, TX	Midwestern University Stadium	388
Sat	11/18/1967	A	Pasadena Pistols	21-51	L	Pasadena, TX	Auxiliary Stadium
Sat	11/25/1967	H	Fort Worth Texans	10-38	L	Odessa, TX	W.T. Barrett Stadium

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
55	John Arrott	RLB-RDE	6-3	220	27	none
17	Don Bell	LS				New Mexico State
18	Martin Benavidez	RS	6-1	202	24	Texas A&M
	Floyd Boone			202	22
25	Billy Brooks	LCB-RCB	5-9	170	27	none
	John Carrell	LB	6-3	227	25	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Texas Tech	4
	Charles Collins	HB-LCB-RCB	5-10	175		East Central
15	Gary Crain	QB-RB	6-3	225	24	East Central	14	14
	Wesley Dalley	T	6-3	225		none
35	Eldon Ford	LB	5-11	210	30	Langston
	Jim Frasier	T	6-4	230	28	none
88	J.D. Gray	OE	6-1	185		none
63	Jimmy Harris	RDT	6-0	228	21	Houston
	Tommy Lee Hill	DB	5-9	162	23	none
74	Gary Hinds	DT
	Jack Jacobson	LS	6-2	200	26	Oklahoma State
	R.A. Johnson	WR	6-2	190	23	Bishop
37	Rich Keller	HB	5-8	192	23	West Texas A&M
31	Bill Lisenbee	MLB	6-2	227	35	none
	Johnny Loudd	FL	6-0	188	28	Weber JC
42	Leo Lowery	FB	6-1	210	23	Texas Tech
	Gayland Miles	DB	6-2	206	24	Trinity (Texas)
23	Mack Mills	LCB	6-0	217	24	Oklahoma State; Odessa JC
	Octavio Molinar	DB	5-11	180	23	none
	Les Obie	QB	5-11	184	27	Santa Rosa JC; Trinity (Texas)
	Bill Owens	LDE	6-2	239	24	Sul Ross State
77	Ronnie Pack	ROT	6-3	255	21	Texas Tech
73	Phil Paris	LDT	6-0	255		none
34	Mike Payte	SE-def	6-0	220	23	Houston
56	R.D. Pierce	C-K	6-1	242	30	none	14
	Art Powell	DE	6-4	265		none
	John Powell	RB	6-6	217		none
72	Dave Pursley	LOT	6-2	245	26	Hardin-Simmons; Cisco JC; McMurry
61	Wayne Roberts	LOG-RDE	6-3	220		Abilene Christian
84	Russ Rumbaugh	RLB-LDE	6-1	215		Corpus ChristI
	Roger Sanderson	FB	5-10	187		Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC
82	Warren Sheelar	LLB	6-0	210		Sul Ross State
	Mike Simon	DB	5-10	175		New Mexico Military Institute JC
76	David Sims	C		205		West Texas A&M
	Dale Smith	E	6-0	170	29	none
	Gary Smith	DE	6-3	280		Sul Ross State
80	Odell Smith	RDE		220
19	Dwayne Thompson	QB-RB	6-0	197	25	Ranger JC
	Frank Thompson	T	6-2	220	25	none
44	Jim Thurman	FL	6-0	200		Dillard
	Ernie Tubb	DB
43	Francey Tubb	FL-S	5-11	190	22	Texas-Arlington
32	Sammy Vaughn	RCB	5-11	192		Sul Ross State
	Buddy Walling	def	6-4	230	34	Texas-Arlington
62	Troy Webb	LOG	6-0	237		none
81	Gene Williams	TE	6-2	192	28	Texas-El Paso
	Bob Windham	LDT	6-4	275	25	Texas-El Paso
64	Billy Young	ROG	5-11	227	24	none
	Doug Young	DE

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	PTS
Leo Lowery	9	0			0	54
R.D. Pierce	0	26			6	44
Mike Patye	6	0			0	36
Rich Keller	5	0			0	30
Charles Collins	3	0			0	18
Gary Crain	3	0			0	18
Francey Tubb	3	0			0	18
Gene Williams	2	0			0	12
Eldon Ford	1	0			0	6
Roger Sanderson	1	0			0	6
Dwayne Thompson	1	0			0	6
Team Totals	34	26	34	76.5	6	248
Opponents Totals	58	47	58	81.0	5	410

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Leo Lowery	56	676	12.1	8
Rich Keller	53	609	11.5	5
Gary Crain				3
Charles Collins				2
Roger Sanderson				1
Francey Tubb				1
Team Totals				20
Opponents Totals				14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	INT	INT%	RTG
Dwayne Thompson	19	10	52.6	8	244	12.8	24.4	70	1	1	5.3	93.6
Gary Crain									13
Team Totals									14
Opponents Totals									39

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Patye					6
Francey Tubb					2
Gene Williams					2
Charles Collins					1
Eldon Ford					1
Leo Lowery					1
Dwayne Thompson					1
Team Totals					14
Opponents Totals					39

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						3

KICKOFF RETURNS	YDS	TD
Charles Collins	265	0
Team Totals		0
Opponents Totals		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							0