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1969 Oklahoma Thunderbirds (COFL) 2nd place Texas Division West 5-6-0 .455

Head Coach: Art Ramage

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/1969	A	Fort Worth Braves	28-46	L	Fort Worth, TX	Farrington Field	8216
Sat	8/16/1969	N	Arkansas Diamonds	14-48	L	Conway, AR	Estes Field	5500
Sun	8/24/1969	A	Omaha Mustangs	21-35	L	Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	6940
Sat	8/30/1969	A	Mexico Golden Aztecs	33-34	L	San Nicolas del los Garza, Mexico	Estadio Universitario	3000
Sat	9/6/1969	H	Dallas Rockets	35-21	W	Bartlesville, OK	Custer Stadium	2554
Sat	9/13/1969	H	Fort Worth Braves	42-38	W	Bartlesville, OK	Custer Stadium	2440
Sat	9/20/1969	A	San Antonio Toros	10-32	L	San Antonio, TX	Harlandale Memorial Stadium	9331
Sat	9/27/1969	H	Omaha Mustangs	14-30	L	Bartlesville, OK	Custer Stadium	2989
Sat	10/4/1969	H	West Texas Rufneks	21-49	L	Bartlesville, OK	Custer Stadium
Sat	10/18/1969	A	Dallas Rockets	27-19	W	Dallas, TX	Roffino Stadium	3997
Sat	10/25/1969	A	West Texas Rufneks	23-28	L	Midland, TX	Memorial Stadium	6052
Sat	11/1/1969	H	Texarkana Titans	44-14	W	Bartlesville, OK	Custer Stadium
Sun	11/9/1969	A	Fort Worth Braves	36-34	W	Fort Worth, TX	Farrington Field	9673

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

Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College
Charlie Barnhart	RB	5-11	214	27	Southeastern Oklahoma
Larry Bohannon	LOG	6-2	268	28	Ozarks; Northeastern A&M JC
Charlie Brown	OT	6-4	250	27	Tulsa
Larry Brown	FB	6-0	198	25	Oklahoma
Mike Brown	LCB	6-0	195		Tulsa
Ron Cambiano	DB	6-2	195	22	Chaffey JC; Tulsa
Dwight Claxton	RLB	6-1	215	25	Tulsa
Larry Crutchmer	LB	6-2	242	24	Oklahoma
Nick Czubenko	RDT	6-4	285	25	Cameron JC; Tulsa
Leavie Davis	LS	6-4	210	27	Edward Waters
Glenn Dobbs	QB	6-5	190		Tulsa
Melvin Driver	RB	5-8	178		Langston
Gary Duffield	RDE	6-2	245	24	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Wichita State
Eddie Dukes	LDT	5-11	234	31	Eastern Oklahoma State JC; Tulsa
Smiley Elmore	MLB	6-2	245		Los Anngeles JC; Tulsa
Ron Francis	WR	6-5	226	26	North Carolina A&T State
Larry Gosney	RB	6-0	207	22	Oklahoma State
Frank Grimm	LDT	6-3	248	24	Tulsa
Rich Guinn	DT	6-7	292	32	Wharton County JC; Henderson County JC; Tulsa
Warren Henderson	DB	6-0	194	22	Tulsa
Kent Hiner	WR	6-2	215	23	New Mexico Highlands
Zenus Jenkins	G	6-1	259	24	Langston
Rufus Jones	RB	6-1	197	30	Central Oklahoma
Bob Junko	LB	6-0	215	22	Tulsa
Harold Lathum	ROT	6-4	233	28	Murray State JC; Northeastern State
Charley Leach	DB	6-2	202		UCLA
Ian MacDonald	DE	6-5	235	24	Tulsa
Mark Maddox	LLB	6-3	225	26	Tulsa
Carl Martin	DT	6-4	250		Tulsa
Wes Mathews	RS	5-9	160	26	Oklahoma State; Northeastern State
Luther McBee	WR	6-3	187	30	Langston
Brendon Moriarty	OT	6-4	245		Tulsa
Bob Naponic	QB	6-0	190	22	Illinois
John Osmond	C	6-4	250	25	Tulsa
Leon Parker	RB	6-1	175		Langston
Dan Pavlak	WR	6-3	235	24	Tulsa
Pete Poweska	K	6-0	210		Tulsa
Ken Rader	RB-K	6-0	210		Eastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Tulsa
Wilbur Ross	RB	5-8	183		Langston
Leland Slack	C	5-11	211		Oklahoma State
Charlie Sledge	QB	6-0	190	23	Langston
Mike Stripling	QB	6-3	217	21	Tulsa
Bruce Taylor	ROG	6-2	240	24	New Mexico State
George Thomas	WR	6-1	216	26	Oklahoma State
Vertie Tomlin	RCB	5-11	180		Pittsburg State
Marcellus Wade	LDE	6-4	268	29	Langston
Ed Watson	LB	6-4	222	24	Grambling State
Mickey Williams	RB	5-10	172	23	Oklahoma

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

TEAM STATS	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	PEN	YDS
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Wes Matthews	10	3	5	60.0	1			0	66
Ron Francis	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Charlie Barnhart	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Larry Gosney	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Mike Stripling	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Kent Hiner	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Pete Poweska	0	17	19	89.5	0	3	0.0	0	17
Ken Rader	0	14	14	100.0	1	5	20.0	0	17
Bob Naponic	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Wilbur Ross	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Larry Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Nick Czubenko	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rufus Jones	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Luther McBee	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Connie Sledge	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mickey Williams	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	4
Staukes	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
George Thomas	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	43	35	43	86.5	3	9	22.2	2	306
Opponents Totals	42	40	42	95.2	13			1	333

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Gosney	59	228	3.9	38	2
Charlie Barnhart	83	227	2.7	18	1
Mike Stripling	32	204	6.4	24	4
Larry Brown	59	174	2.9	20	0
Wes Mathews	13	83	6.4	17	2
Bob Naponic	29	50	1.7	18	1
Mickey Williams	11	42	3.8	17	0
Charlie Sledge	4	26	6.5	15	1
Wilbur Ross	2	13	6.5	8	0
Ken Rader	7	10	1.4	3	0
George Thomas	2	2	1.0	2	0
Glenn Dobbs, Jr.	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	304	1060	3.5	38	11
Opponents Totals

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Mike Stripling	134	64	47.8	58	1091	8.1	17.0	50	10	7.5	12	9.0				63.4
Bob Naponic	111	53	47.7	58	693	6.2	13.1	55	10	9.0	0	0.0				97.9
Mickey Williams	52	21	40.4	26	236	4.5	11.2	30	2	3.8	5	9.6				27.9
Charlie Sledge	25	6	24.0	17	138	5.5	23.0	39	1	4.0	2	8.0				30.1
Wes Mathews	8	4	50.0	4	86	10.8	21.5	27	2	25.0	0	0.0				128.1
Glenn Dobbs, Jr.	26	8	30.8	16	80	3.1	10.0	33	0	0.0	2	7.7				8.5
Team Totals	356	156	43.8	179	2324	6.5	14.9	44	25	6.8	21	5.9	21	102	2222	62.8
Opponents Totals

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Francis	44	673	15.3	55	8
Wes Mathews	35	702	20.1	44	8
Kent Hiner	28	293	10.5	23	3
Charlie Barnhart	21	253	12.0	34	2
Luther McBee	17	283	16.6	29	1
Larry Gosney	7	62	8.9	22	2
Larry Brown	3	21	7.0	12	1
Ken Rader	1	27	27.0	27	0
Team Totals	156	2324	14.9	55	25
Opponents Totals

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Cambiano	2	6	3.0	6	0
Leavie Davis	1	41	41.0	41	0
Vertie Tomlin	1	39	39.0	39	0
Rufus Jones	1	22	22.0	22t	1
Larry Gosney	1	21	21.0	21	0
Mark Maddox	1	17	17.0	17	0
Connie Sledge	1	16	16.0	16	0
George Thomas	1	13	13.0	13	0
Mike Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Larry Crutchmer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	11	175	15.9	41	1
Opponents Totals

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Ken Rader	19	748	39.4	62
Pete Poweska	13	431	33.2	45
Mickey Williams	3	94	31.3	40
Charlie Sledge	7	179	25.6	35
Team Totals	44	1452	33.0	62	2
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Wilbur Ross	7		82	11.7	50	1
Mickey Williams	2		9	4.5	9	0
Ron Cambiano	1		0	0.0	0	0
Wes Mathews	1		-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	11	7	88	8.8	50	1
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Wes Mathews	9	196	21.8	38	0
Warren Henderson	3	64	21.3	30	0
Verrtie Tomlin	1	20	20.0	20	0
Rufus Jones	9	163	18.1	34	0
Mickey Williams	2	32	16.0	19	0
Frank Grimm	1	5	5.0	5	0
Larry Bohannon	1	4	4.0	4	0
Larry Gosney	1	1	1.0	1	0
Bruce Taylor	2	0	0.0	0	0
Wilbur Ross					0
Team Totals	48	837	17.4	43	0
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Nick Czubenko							1
Team Totals							1
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