1969 Texarkana Titans (COFL) |
| 1st place • Texas Division • West 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Tom Collins (4-2-0); Jimmy Cobb (3-3-0) |
| Eddie Buzzell | Assistant Coach |
| Jimmy Cobb | Assistant Coach |
| Henry Duke | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Lyles | Assistant Coach |
| Travis Mauldin | Assistant Coach |
| Tommy Pierce | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 8/2/1969 | H | Lake Charles Pelicans | 44 | 0 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | H | San Antonio Toros | 7 | 14 | L | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 7256 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | H | Lake Charles Pelicans | 47 | 0 | W | Texarkana, TX | Liberty-Elyau Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | A | Tri-Cities Apollos | 7 | 14 | L | Midland, MI | Midland Stadium | 6360 | |
| Sun | 8/31/1969 | A | Dallas Rockets | 40 | 13 | W | Dallas, TX | Roffino Stadium | 2798 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | A | West Texas Rufneks | 13 | 24 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 4197 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1969 | H | Mexico Golden Aztecs | 20 | 7 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1969 | H | Arkansas Diamonds | 2 | 16 | L | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 4216 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1969 | H | Dallas Rockets | 30 | 0 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 4981 | |
| Sat | 10/11/1969 | A | San Antonio Toros | 14 | 52 | L | San Antonio, TX | Harlandale Memorial Stadium | 5080 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1969 | H | West Texas Rufneks | 35 | 37 | L | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 5608 | |
| Sat | 10/25/1969 | H | Fort Worth Braves | 7 | 3 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 6288 | |
| Sat | 11/1/1969 | A | Oklahoma Thunderbirds | 14 | 44 | L | Bartlesville, OK | Custer Stadium | ||
| Sat | 11/8/1969 | H | Dallas Rockets | 27 | 14 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 4030 | |
| Sat | 11/15/1969 | A | Arkansas Diamonds | 42 | 38 | W | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 1489 | |
| Texas Division Playoff | ||||||||||
| Sat | 11/29/1969 | H | San Antonio Toros | 7 | 20 | L | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 1750 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Roy Allison | LB | 6-4 | 219 | 24 | Phoenix JC | |||
| Henry Anderson | RB | 185 | Grambling State | |||||
| Ben Anthony | 78 | DT-DE | 6-4 | 272 | 26 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||
| John Bailey | 76 | RDT | 6-7 | 280 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| Jim Battle | 80 | DE | 6-4 | 235 | 28 | Southern University | ||
| Burgin Beale | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Elon | |||
| Elmo Birdow | TE-DE-LB | 6-5 | 222 | 30 | Texas Southern | |||
| John Birmingham | 42 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | none | ||
| Tom Black | SE | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | East Texas A&M | |||
| Billy Brockhouse | MLB | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Western Illinois | |||
| Chad Brown | OT | 6-5 | 245 | 22 | East Texas A&M | |||
| Eddie Buzzell | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Ottawa (Kansas) | ||
| Granville Chandler | 11 | LCB | 5-10 | 177 | 28 | Southeastern Oklahoma State | ||
| Sammie Clifton | 41 | S-QB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | ||
| Jim Collins | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | Tyler JC | |||
| Mike Connors | G | 5-10 | 210 | Tennessee State | ||||
| Bobby Crenshaw | 77 | ROT-LLB | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | New Mexico State | ||
| John Davis | OG-LB | 5-11 | 215 | Guilford; Henderson State | ||||
| Ron Dupree | 24 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Highland CC; South Dakota; Emporia State | ||
| Al Gonzales | 60 | ROG | 6-0 | 235 | 23 | New Mexico State | ||
| Jim Greer | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Baylor; Stephen F. Austin State | |||
| Faubus Griffin | 75 | RDE | 6-4 | 229 | 22 | none | ||
| Ray Hecht | DB | 160 | ||||||
| Mark Henderson | 64 | OG | 5-11 | 217 | Henderson State | |||
| Randy Hicks | 10 | RCB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Southern University | ||
| Jimmy Hopkins | 20 | DB | 5-8 | 166 | 27 | Texarkana JC | ||
| Paul Hyche | 83 | RS | 6-0 | 177 | none | |||
| Johnnie Johnson | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 23 | Ouachita Baptist | ||
| S.W. Jones | 56 | OT | 6-2 | 257 | 27 | Jarvis Christian | ||
| Benny Kirkland | S-QB | 6-2 | 180 | East Texas A&M | ||||
| Bryan Levinsky | WR | 5-8 | 170 | 26 | Villanova | |||
| Bill Liles | LOT | 230 | East Texas A&M | |||||
| Gene Lott | 22 | RB | 5-10 | 167 | Arkansas | |||
| D.H. Martin | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 21 | Texas | |||
| Travis Mauldin | 51 | OG | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Arkansas | ||
| Ron McDonald | 41 | WR | 5-10 | 165 | Texarkana JC | |||
| Ed Mindenhall | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||
| Gary Owen | 73 | OT-DT-K | 6-2 | 248 | 22 | Tyler JC | ||
| Sonny Payne | 26 | FL | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Tennessee | ||
| Jim Pettit | DT | 6-2 | 255 | Southern University | ||||
| Chuck Pickens | 85 | TE | 215 | Los Angeles CC | ||||
| Ward Richardson | 50 | LOG | 6-0 | 224 | Texarkana JC; East Texas A&M | |||
| Rich Ridings | 53 | C | 6-0 | 235 | 22 | New Mexico State | ||
| Glenn Spigner | 23 | LS | 6-0 | 182 | 23 | Southern Arkansas | ||
| Roger Stansbury | 81 | TE | 220 | 23 | Texarkana JC; McMurry | |||
| Ronnie Steiger | 55 | OG | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | none | ||
| Paul Storie | 62 | LDE | 220 | Eastern Oklahoma State JC; North Texas | ||||
| Don Underwood | 30 | RLB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Cameron JC; Tulsa | ||
| Doyle Underwood | 40 | LB | 210 | none | ||||
| Don Vallery | DB | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Oregon; Grays Harbor JC; Central Washington | |||
| Ronnie Voltz | 65 | LB | 195 | 21 | Texas Tech | |||
| Leon Warren | 22 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | New Mexico State | ||
| Charley Washington | 43 | HB | 6-3 | 218 | 24 | Grambling State | ||
| Wes Williams | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Texas Southern | |||
| Bob Wilmoth | 82 | WR | 220 | 29 | Murray State JC; Southeastern Oklahoma State | |||
| Pat Winchester | 61 | OG | 190 | none | ||||
| Paul Wyche | DB | 174 | ||||||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29 | 94 | 58 | 62 | 243 |
| Opponents Totals | 248 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | |||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Johnson | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Gary Owen | 0 | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0 | 42 |
| Tom Black | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ed Buzzell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ron Dupree | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Wilmoth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Elmo Birdow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Brockhouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roger Stansbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Vallery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wes Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Hicks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 25 | 33 | 75.0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 | 243 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 28 | 33 | 84.8 | 6 | 2 | 248 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Johnson | 146 | 619 | 4.2 | 65 | 12 |
| Eddie Buzzell | 39 | 172 | 4.4 | 25 | 4 |
| Ron Dupree | 22 | 135 | 6.1 | 58 | 1 |
| Charley Washington | 16 | 78 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Lott | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Sonny Payne | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Benny Kirkland | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
| John Birmingham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wes Williams | 65 | 253 | 3.9 | 29 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 316 | 1314 | 4.2 | 65 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Buzzell | 244 | 82 | 33.6 | 147 | 1281 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 90 | 11 | 4.5 | 15 | 6.1 | 41.4 | |||
| Benny Kirkland | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 5 | 93 | 5.8 | 10.3 | 17 | 1 | 6.3 | 2 | 12.5 | 54.4 | |||
| Charley Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 261 | 91 | 34.9 | 153 | 1374 | 5.3 | 15.1 | 90 | 12 | 4.6 | 17 | 6.5 | 10 | 133 | 1441 | 41.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Black | 29 | 770 | 26.6 | 90 | 6 |
| Ron Dupree | 11 | 123 | 11.2 | 22 | 1 |
| Wes Williams | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Roger Stansbury | 10 | 177 | 17.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Johnnie Johnson | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Soony Payne | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 56 | 0 |
| Bob Wilmoth | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 27 | 2 |
| Elmo Birdow | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Billy Brockhouse | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charley Washington | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 91 | 1574 | 17.3 | 90 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Spigner | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 166 | 13.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Payne | 44 | 1528 | 34.7 | 49 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 47 | 33.0 | 49 | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Anderson | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 5 | ||
| Jimmy Hopkins | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Randy Hicks | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ron Dupree | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 16 | 10 | 36 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Hopkins | 12 | 213 | 17.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Tom Black | 9 | 136 | 15.1 | 25 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Johnson | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 34 | 0 | |
| Henry Anderson | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ron Dupree | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Gene Lott | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ward Richardson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Charley Washington | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Rich Ridings | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 35 | 593 | 16.9 | 34 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Brockhouse | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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