1968 Texarkana Titans (TFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Tom Collins |
| Morris Hodgson | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Lyles | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1968 | H | Oklahoma City | 65-0 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | ||
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | H | Tulsa Thunderbirds | 12-0 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 7322 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | A | Beaumont Golden Vikings | 27-26 | W | Beaumont, TX | Greenie Stadium | 5102 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1968 | A | Dallas Rockets | 21-36 | L | Dallas, TX | Jesuit High School Field | 2000 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1968 | H | Odessa Comets | 41-10 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 7119 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1968 | A | Tulsa Thunderbirds | 14-7 | W | Tulsa, OK | LaFortune Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | H | Fort Worth Braves | 21-23 | L | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 4681 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | A | El Paso Jets | 21-55 | L | El Paso, TX | Dudley Field | ||
| Sat | 10/19/1968 | H | Dallas Rockets | 28-24 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 4099 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | A | West Texas Rufneks | 23-28 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 1000 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1968 | H | El Paso Jets | 35-20 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 6278 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | A | Fort Worth Braves | 3-42 | L | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | ||
| Sat | 11/23/1968 | H | Beaumont Golden Vikings | 27-6 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 692 | |
| Sat | 11/30/1968 | H | Lake Charles Pelicans | - | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/7/1968 | A | San Antonio Toros | 16-21 | L | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 4661 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/1968 | Lake Charles Pelicans | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Truman Adair | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Grambling State | |||
| Paul Alonzo | OT-DT-DE | 6-6 | 270 | 22 | Louisiana State; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |||
| Dave Arnold | OT-DT | 6-3 | 280 | 22 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |||
| John Bailey | LDE | 6-7 | 280 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | |||
| John Birmingham | FL | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | none | |||
| James Brigham | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | none | |||
| Granville Chandler | S | 5-10 | 177 | 27 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | |||
| Sammie Clifton | S-QB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |||
| Dick Colbey | LDT-ROT | 6-1 | 260 | 28 | Trinity (Texas) | |||
| Fig Coleman | QB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | none | |||
| Linden Collinsworth | CB | |||||||
| Dave Cooper | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 21 | Arkansas | |||
| Bobby Crenshaw | RLB | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | New Mexico State | |||
| Gene Dunn | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Arkansas | |||
| Bill Gleason | RB | 6-2 | 225 | Oklahoma; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | ||||
| Al Gonzales | LDE-OT-K | 6-0 | 235 | 22 | New Mexico State | |||
| Lewis Hammons | DB | 5-9 | 175 | none | ||||
| John Harris | TE | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Wiley | |||
| Wendell Harris | K | 5-11 | 188 | 28 | Louisiana State | |||
| Ken Herring | HB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Eastern New Mexico | |||
| Randy Hicks | LCB-RCB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Southern University | |||
| Jimmy Hopkins | S | 5-8 | 166 | 26 | Texarkana JC | |||
| Johnnie Johnson | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 22 | Ouachita Baptist | |||
| S.W. Jones | RDT | 6-2 | 257 | 26 | Jarvis Christian | |||
| Rich Kyles | MLB-LLB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Wichita State | |||
| Stan Launland | CB | |||||||
| Bryan Levinsky | FL | 5-8 | 170 | 25 | Villanova | |||
| Deacon Lewis | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Texas; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |||
| Dave Lovich | RDE | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Mississippi State; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |||
| Travis Mauldin | ROG-LOG-LB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Arkansas | |||
| Harold McKinney | OE | 6-0 | 165 | none | ||||
| Jack Mills | SE | 6-0 | 197 | 24 | Ouachita Baptist | |||
| Ed Mindenhall | DB | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | |||
| Jim Mindenhall | RLB | 200 | ||||||
| Ray Oliver | DB | 5-11 | 175 | none | ||||
| Jim Pettit | LDT-LOT | 6-2 | 255 | Southern University | ||||
| Walt Ramsey | LOG-C | 6-0 | 240 | 23 | Ouachita Baptist | |||
| Dick Reding | FL | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |||
| Terry Rice | OT | 265 | ||||||
| Rich Ridings | C | 6-0 | 235 | 21 | New Mexico State | |||
| Glenn Spigner | S | 6-0 | 182 | 22 | Southern Arkansas | |||
| Ronnie Steiger | G | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | none | |||
| Bill Stevens | LB | 6-0 | 230 | Mississippi; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | ||||
| Floyd Turner | DE | 6-0 | 245 | 26 | none | |||
| Leon Warren | FL-RB | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | New Mexico State | |||
| Emmett Wilbanks | OLB-OG | 6-1 | 220 | 35 | Paris JC; Texarkana JC; East Texas A&M | |||
| Bob Wilmoth | TE | 220 | 28 | Murray State JC; Southeastern Oklahoma State | ||||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 64 | 93 | 41 | 75 | 273 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 93 | 72 | 55 | 277 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mills | 14+ | 0+ | 0 | - | 0 | 84+ | |||||||
| Sammy Clifton | 9+ | 0+ | 0 | - | 0 | 54+ | |||||||
| Johnnie Johnson | 7+ | 0+ | 0 | - | 0 | 42+ | |||||||
| Al Gonzales | 0+ | 25+ | 2 | - | 0 | 31+ | |||||||
| Kim Herring | 2+ | 0+ | 0 | - | 0 | 12+ | |||||||
| Brian Levinsky | 2+ | 0+ | 0 | - | 0 | 12+ | |||||||
| John Harris | 1+ | 0+ | 0 | - | 0 | 6+ | |||||||
| Dick Reding | 1+ | 0+ | 0 | - | 0 | 6+ | |||||||
| Deacon Lewis | 0+ | 2+ | 0 | - | 0 | 2+ | |||||||
| (Unidentified) | 3+ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 39 | 33 | 39 | 84.6 | 2 | - | 0 | 273 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 31 | 37 | 83.8 | 8 | - | 0 | 277 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Clifton | 9 | ||||
| Johnnie Johnson | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deacon Lewis | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Sammie Clifton | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 21 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mills | 14+ | ||||
| Kim Herring | 2+ | ||||
| Brian Levinsky | 2+ | ||||
| John Harris | 1+ | ||||
| Johnnie Johnson | 1+ | ||||
| Dick Reding | 1+ | ||||
| Team Totals | 23 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0+ | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| 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 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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