1967 Houston Oilers Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 9-4-1
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Wally Lemm (9-4-1)
Location: Houston, Texas
1967 Houston Oilers RosterTeam Record: 9-4-1
Finishing 1st in the AFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Wally Lemm (9-4-1)
Location: Houston, Texas
1967 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the American Football League ended the 1967 season with a record of 9 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the AFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Defensively, the Oilers gave up 199 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Houston netted 258 points. Hoyle Granger ran for a team-leading 1,194 yards.
Pete Beathard passed for 1,114 yards. Hoyle Granger hauled in 31 passes for 300 yards, while Charley Frazier contributed to the receiving game also.
Miller Farr picked off 10 errant tosses from the opposition.
Wally Lemm coached the team. The 1967 Houston Oilers lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Beathard | 229 | 94 | 41.0 | 1114 | 4.9 | 9 | 3.9 | 14 | 6.1 | 43 | 44.2 |
| Jacky Lee | 72 | 36 | 50.0 | 309 | 4.3 | 2 | 2.8 | 4 | 5.6 | 53 | 47.7 |
| Bob Davis | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 71 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.5 | 17 | 17.5 |
| Don Trull | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 38 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 46.8 |
| Woody Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 332 | 143 | 43.1 | 1532 | 4.6 | 11 | 3.3 | 20 | 6.0 | 53 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyle Granger | 236 | 1194 | 5.1 | 67 | 6 |
| Woody Campbell | 110 | 511 | 4.6 | 42 | 4 |
| Sid Blanks | 66 | 206 | 3.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Pete Beathard | 32 | 133 | 4.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Roy Hopkins | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Elkins | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ode Burrell | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Norton | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Totals | 476 | 2122 | 4.5 | 67 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyle Granger | 31 | 300 | 9.7 | 43 | 3 |
| Charley Frazier | 23 | 253 | 11.0 | 53 | 1 |
| Lionel Taylor | 18 | 233 | 12.9 | 23 | 1 |
| Woody Campbell | 17 | 136 | 8.0 | 32 | 2 |
| Ode Burrell | 12 | 193 | 16.1 | 39 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 11 | 144 | 13.1 | 20 | 1 |
| Sid Blanks | 11 | 93 | 8.5 | 39 | 1 |
| Glenn Bass | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Bob Poole | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Monte Ledbetter | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Larry Elkins | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 143 | 1532 | 10.7 | 53 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Wittenborn | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 72 |
| Totals | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 72 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Norton | 71 | 3025 | 42.6 | 58 |
| Totals | 71 | 3025 | 42.6 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Carwell | 9 | 154 | 17.1 | 54 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Bobby Jancik | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 255 | 12.8 | 54 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Moore | 14 | 405 | 28.9 | 92 | 1 |
| Bobby Jancik | 16 | 349 | 21.8 | 49 | 0 |
| Larry Carwell | 8 | 164 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Miller Farr | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 1020 | 23.2 | 92 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Farr | 10 | 264 | 26.4 | 67 | 3 |
| Jim Norton | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 26 | 1 |
| Ken Houston | 4 | 151 | 37.8 | 78 | 2 |
| W.K. Hicks | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 62 | 0 |
| George Webster | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Olen Underwood | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Jancik | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 645 | 24.8 | 78 | 6 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Norton | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Rice | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Jancik | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Houston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Webster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Holmes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody Campbell | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Zeke Moore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alvin Reed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| W.K. Hicks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Talamini | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Beathard | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miller Farr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ode Burrell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Caveness | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Maples | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| John Wittenborn | 14 | 30 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Granger | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Woody Campbell | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Ken Houston | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Miller Farr | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Sid Blanks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jim Norton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Zeke Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Charley Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Monte Ledbetter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
