1969 West Texas Rufneks (COFL) |
| 2nd place • Texas Division • East 7-4-0 .636 |
| Head Coach: Ted Dawson |
| Jim Cooper | Assistant Coach |
| Bob Cortez | Assistant Coach |
| Don Floyd | Assistant Coach |
| Jack Jacobson | Assistant Coach |
| Duncan McCauley | Assistant Coach |
| Gary Wisener | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 0-31 | L | Midland, TX | Memorial Stadium | 6000 | |
| Tue | 9/2/1969 | A | Sacramento Capitols | 13-17 | L | Sacramento, CA | Hughes Stadium | 6195 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | H | Texarkana Titans | 24-13 | W | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 4197 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1969 | H | San Antonio Toros | 12-14 | L | Midland, TX | Memorial Stadium | 5156 | |
| Sat | 9/27/1969 | H | Las Vegas Cowboys | 27-30 | L | Midland, TX | Memorial Stadium | 7182 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1969 | A | Oklahoma Thunderbirds | 49-21 | W | Bartlesville, OK | Custer Stadium | ||
| Sat | 10/11/1969 | H | Louisiana Hurricanes | 70-0 | W | Midland, TX | Memorial Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1969 | A | Texarkana Titans | 37-35 | W | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 5608 | |
| Sat | 10/25/1969 | H | Oklahoma Thunderbirds | 28-23 | W | Midland, TX | Memorial Stadium | 6052 | |
| Sat | 11/1/1969 | H | San Antonio Toros | 12-10 | W | Midland, TX | Memorial Stadium | 10207 | |
| Sat | 11/8/1969 | A | San Antonio Toros | 20-42 | L | San Antonio, TX | Harlandale Memorial Stadium | 9523 | |
| Sat | 11/15/1969 | A | Dallas Rockets | 21-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Roffino Stadium | ||
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mickey Aldridge | 31 | S | 6-5 | 220 | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Monroe Alexander | 27 | LCB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Jackson State | ||
| Larry Alford | 26 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Texas Tech | ||
| Bobby Allen | 83 | FL | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Texas Tech | ||
| Kenny Baker | 42 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Texas Tech | ||
| Burgin Beale | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Elon | |||
| Jeff Bearden | 80 | WR | 6-4 | 217 | 26 | Baylor | ||
| Tony Butler | RB | 23 | ||||||
| Jimmy Campbell | LDT | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | West Texas A&M | |||
| John Carrell | 61 | LLB | 6-3 | 227 | 27 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Texas Tech | ||
| Tom Casbeer | 76 | RDE | 6-1 | 260 | 26 | Nebraska; Hiram Scott | ||
| B.W. Cheeks | 41 | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Texas Southern | ||
| Sylvester Cooper | FL-DB | 6-1 | 185 | Alabama A&M | ||||
| Bob Cortez | 50 | MLB-RLB-LLB-K | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Texas A&M | ||
| Sonny Detmer | 32 | FL | 6-0 | 189 | 25 | Wharton County JC; Florida State; Texas State | ||
| Roger Edge | 21 | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | Ranger JC | |||
| Fred Ekmark | 76 | DT | 6-3 | 237 | 22 | Texas A&M-Kingsville; Louisiana College | ||
| Al Fierro | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 197 | 24 | Nebraska | ||
| Don Floyd | 75 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 242 | 31 | Texas Christian | ||
| Roger Freeman | 43 | RB | 6-1 | 194 | 22 | Texas Tech | ||
| Jim Gibson | 35 | LB | 6-1 | 207 | 23 | North Texas | ||
| Gary Golden | 24 | FS-SS | 6-0 | 179 | 22 | Texas Tech | ||
| Frank Goodish | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 251 | 23 | Iowa State; West Texas A&M | ||
| Guy Griffis | 21 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Texas Tech | ||
| Jimmy Harris | 65 | DT | 6-0 | 228 | 23 | Houston | ||
| Jim Henkel | 64 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Texas Tech | ||
| Fred Hernandez | 65 | C | 5-11 | 227 | 22 | New Mexico Highlands | ||
| Henry Herschel | 74 | DE | 6-6 | 260 | 26 | Wiley | ||
| Keith Hunt | 67 | OG | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Louisiana College | ||
| Jack Jacobson | 33 | FS-SS | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Oklahoma State | ||
| Marcellous Johnson | 44 | RB | 5-11 | 180 | Oklahoma | |||
| R.A. Johnson | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Bishop | |||
| Jerry Jones | 70 | OG | 6-1 | 255 | 23 | Tarleton State | ||
| Wayne Kennedy | 53 | C | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Rice | ||
| Fred Koontz | 30 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 20 | Abilene Christian | ||
| Cliff Larson | 66 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Houston | ||
| Gene Layton | 71 | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 253 | 23 | Mount San Antonio JC; Colorado State | ||
| Bill Lisenbee | 52 | MLB | 6-2 | 227 | 28 | none | ||
| Leon Lovelace | 74 | LOT-ROT | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Texas Tech | ||
| Hank Lumon | 80 | TE | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Texas A&M-Commerce | ||
| Lindy Lyles | 36 | LB | 6-1 | 228 | 27 | Texas; Texas State | ||
| Larry Marcum | 85 | SE | 6-0 | 210 | 21 | Tyler JC; Texas A&M | ||
| Jerry McDonald | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 232 | 23 | Angelo State | ||
| Jerry McLeod | 82 | WR | 6-5 | 225 | 29 | McMurry | ||
| Mack Mills | 63 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | Oklahoma State | ||
| Jim Moylan | 60 | ROG-DE | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Texas Tech | ||
| Eddie Nelson | 81 | WR | 6-3 | 195 | Howard Payne | |||
| Bill Owens | 73 | DE | 6-2 | 239 | 26 | Sul Ross State | ||
| Ronnie Pack | 77 | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Texas Tech | ||
| Mike Payte | 82 | RLB-S | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Houston | ||
| Dave Pursley | 72 | OT | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Hardin-Simmons; Cisco JC; McMurry | ||
| Mike Quinn | LOG | 235 | ||||||
| Thurman Randle | 70 | ROT | 6-6 | 266 | 25 | Coffeyville CC; Texas-El Paso | ||
| Andy Reed | 67 | LOG | 6-0 | 240 | 24 | Texas Tech | ||
| George Resley | 87 | RDE-LDE-DT | 6-5 | 260 | 22 | Texas A&M | ||
| Ronnie Rhoads | 40 | RCB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Texas Tech | ||
| Ron Skosnik | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 26 | North Carolina State | ||
| Bob Spinosa | 23 | CB | 5-11 | 187 | Memphis | |||
| Skippy Spruill | 51 | RLB-LLB-MLB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Houston | ||
| Harold Stephens | 12 | QB | 5-11 | 175 | 31 | Hardin-Simmons | ||
| Billy Stevens | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Phil Tucker | 62 | ROG-LOG-C | 6-1 | 232 | 23 | Texas Tech | ||
| Kenny Vinyard | 22 | K-P | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Texas Tech | ||
| Fred Warren | 61 | ROG | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Fullerton JC; Texas Tech | ||
| Curley Watters | 42 | HB | 5-10 | 184 | 22 | West Texas A&M | ||
| Tom Whittier | 20 | SE | 6-0 | 170 | 23 | Texas Southern | ||
| Gary Wisener | 84 | SE | 6-1 | 206 | 31 | Baylor | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 5 | 88 | 243 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 53 | 48 | 48 | 212 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Vinyard | 0 | 23 | 24 | 95.8 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 44 |
| Tom Whittier | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Curley Watters | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| B.W. Cheeks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Roger Freeman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Hank Lumon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Cortez | 1 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Monroe Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sylvester Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Payte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ronnie Rhoads | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Skosnik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Nelson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 25 | 31 | 80.6 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 1 | 243 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 8 | 1 | 212 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.W. Cheeks | 85 | 341 | 4.0 | 22 | 4 |
| Roger Freeman | 59 | 243 | 4.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Marcellous Johnson | 19 | 31 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Skosnik | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 9 | 1 |
| Billy Stevens | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Butler | 28 | 7 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Burgin Beale | 7 | -3 | -0.4 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Whittier | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Curley Watters | 69 | 319 | 4.6 | 42 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 271 | 992 | 3.7 | 42 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Skosnik | 255 | 125 | 49.0 | 119 | 1495 | 5.9 | 12.0 | 50 | 13 | 5.1 | 11 | 4.3 | 66.4 | |||
| Burgin Beale | 38 | 16 | 42.1 | 20 | 205 | 5.4 | 12.8 | 53 | 4 | 10.5 | 2 | 5.3 | 72.8 | |||
| Al Fierro | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 13 | 92 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56.2 | |||
| Billy Stevens | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 9 | 68 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 55 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 89.1 | |||
| Roger Freeman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Guy Griffis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 333 | 156 | 46.8 | 163 | 1860 | 5.6 | 11.9 | 55 | 19 | 5.7 | 14 | 4.2 | 17 | 179 | 1681 | 66.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Whittier | 59 | 733 | 12.4 | 53 | 7 |
| Curley Watters | 23 | 265 | 11.5 | 47 | 3 |
| B.W. Cheeks | 17 | 135 | 7.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Roger Freeman | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 50 | 3 |
| Hank Lumon | 11 | 164 | 14.9 | 4 | |
| Sonny Detmer | 8 | 145 | 18.1 | 53 | 0 |
| Bobby Allen | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Marcellous Johnson | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Sylvester Cooper | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 20 | 1 |
| Mickey Aldridge | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry McDonald | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Butler | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Gibson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 156 | 1860 | 11.9 | 19 | |
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Rhoads | 8 | 116 | 14.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Gary Golden | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 37 | 0 |
| Monroe Alexander | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 24 | 357 | 14.9 | 40 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Vinyard | 30 | 1181 | 39.4 | 56 | ||||||
| Ron Skosnik | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 51 | ||||||
| Jerry McDonald | 14 | 502 | 35.9 | 48 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 51 | 1912 | 37.5 | 56 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curley Watters | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Larry Alford | 9 | 95 | 10.6 | 25 | 0 | |
| Guy Griffis | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Allen | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 | |
| Marcellous Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tom Whittier | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 4 | 184 | 8.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Alford | 11 | 256 | 23.3 | 42 | 0 | |
| Curly Watters | 10 | 242 | 24.2 | 34 | 0 | |
| Guy Griffis | 8 | 160 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Bobby Allen | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| B.W. Cheeks | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Marcellous Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jim Gibson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tony Butler | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Tom Whittier | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Jerry McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 779 | 21.1 | 42 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cortez | 1 | ||||||
| Jim Gibson | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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