1969 Oklahoma Thunderbirds (COFL) |
2nd place Texas Division West 5-6-0 .455 |
Head Coach: Art Ramage |
John Bell | Assistant Coach |
Frank Hagedorn | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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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 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
33 | Charlie Barnhart | RB | 5-11 | 214 | 27 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | ||
68 | Larry Bohannon | LOG | 6-2 | 268 | 28 | College of the Ozarks; Northeastern A&M JC | ||
54 | Charlie Brown | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Tulsa | ||
44 | Larry Brown | FB | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Oklahoma | ||
40 | Mike Brown | LCB | 6-0 | 195 | Tulsa | |||
10 | Ron Cambiano | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Chaffey JC; Tulsa | ||
86 | Dwight Claxton | RLB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Tulsa | ||
60 | Larry Crutchmer | LB | 6-2 | 242 | 24 | Oklahoma | ||
76 | Nick Czubenko | RDT | 6-4 | 285 | 25 | Cameron JC; Tulsa | ||
17 | Leavie Davis | LS | 6-4 | 210 | 27 | Edward Waters | ||
11 | Glenn Dobbs | QB | 6-5 | 190 | 24 | Tulsa | ||
24 | Melvin Driver | RB | 5-8 | 178 | Langston | |||
72 | Gary Duffield | RDE | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Wichita State | ||
62 | Eddie Dukes | LDT | 5-11 | 234 | 31 | Eastern Oklahoma State JC; Tulsa | ||
62 | Smiley Elmore | MLB | 6-2 | 245 | Los Angeles CC; Tulsa | |||
82 | Ron Francis | WR | 6-5 | 226 | 26 | North Carolina A&T State | ||
30 | Larry Gosney | RB | 6-0 | 207 | 22 | Oklahoma State | ||
74 | Frank Grimm | LDT | 6-3 | 248 | 24 | Tulsa | ||
78 | Rich Guinn | DT | 6-7 | 292 | 32 | Wharton County JC; Henderson County JC; Tulsa | ||
27 | Warren Henderson | DB | 6-0 | 194 | 22 | Tulsa | ||
84 | Kent Hiner | WR | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | New Mexico Highlands | ||
63 | Zenus Jenkins | OG | 6-1 | 259 | 24 | Langston | ||
22 | Rufus Jones | RB | 6-1 | 197 | 30 | Central Oklahoma | ||
54 | Bob Junko | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | Tulsa | ||
73 | Harold Lathum | ROT | 6-4 | 233 | 28 | Murray State JC; Northeastern State | ||
30 | Charley Leach | DB | 6-2 | 202 | UCLA | |||
Ian MacDonald | DE | 6-5 | 235 | 24 | Tulsa | |||
85 | Mark Maddox | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Tulsa | ||
79 | Carl Martin | DT | 6-4 | 250 | Tulsa | |||
23 | Wes Mathews | RS | 5-9 | 160 | 26 | Oklahoma State; Northeastern State | ||
81 | Luther McBee | WR | 6-3 | 187 | 30 | Langston | ||
71 | Brendon Moriarty | OT | 6-4 | 245 | Tulsa | |||
11 | Bob Naponic | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Illinois | ||
56 | John Osmond | C | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Tulsa | ||
23 | Leon Parker | RB | 6-1 | 175 | Langston | |||
82 | Dan Pavlak | WR | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Tulsa | ||
85 | Pete Poweska | K | 6-0 | 210 | Tulsa | |||
35 | Ken Rader | RB-K | 6-0 | 210 | Oklahoma State; Eastern Oklahoma State JC; Tulsa | |||
31 | Wilbur Ross | WR | 5-8 | 183 | Langston | |||
50 | Leland Slack | C | 5-11 | 211 | Oklahoma State | |||
12 | Charlie Sledge | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Langston | ||
12 | Mike Stripling | QB | 6-3 | 217 | 21 | Tulsa | ||
66 | Bruce Taylor | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | New Mexico State | ||
80 | George Thomas | WR | 6-1 | 216 | 26 | Oklahoma State | ||
20 | Vertie Tomlin | RCB | 5-11 | 180 | EL Dorado JC; Pittsburg State | |||
75 | Marcellus Wade | LDE | 6-4 | 268 | 29 | Langston | ||
54 | Ed Watson | LB | 6-4 | 222 | 24 | Grambling State | ||
25 | Mickey Williams | RB | 5-10 | 172 | 23 | Oklahoma |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
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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 | 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 | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wes Mathews | 9 | 196 | 21.8 | 38 | 0 | |
Rufus Jones | 9 | 163 | 18.1 | 34 | 0 | |
Warren Henderson | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 30 | 0 | |
Mickey Williams | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 | |
Bruce Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Verrtie Tomlin | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 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 | |
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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