1968 Houston Oilers Statistics

American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Wally Lemm (7-7)
Location: Houston, Texas

1968 Houston Oilers Roster
1968 Houston Oilers Results

The Houston Oilers of the American Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the AFL's East Division.

Houston scored 303 points, while the defense conceded 248. Pete Beathard threw for 1,559 yards. Alvin Reed topped the receiving corps, hauling in 46 passes for 747 yards. Mac Haik was targeted regularly as well.

Hoyle Granger ran for a team-leading 848 yards for the Oilers.

Ken Houston picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.

Wally Lemm coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Pete Beathard	223	105	47.1	1559	7.0	7	3.1	16	7.2	66	51.0
Don Trull	105	53	50.5	864	8.2	10	9.5	3	2.9	60	98.3
Bob Davis	86	33	38.4	441	5.1	0	0.0	6	7.0	53	26.4
Totals	414	191	46.1	2864	6.9	17	4.1	25	6.0	66

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Hoyle Granger	202	848	4.2	47	7
Woody Campbell	115	436	3.8	37	6
Sid Blanks	63	169	2.7	10	0
Roy Hopkins	31	104	3.4	18	0
Bob Davis	15	91	6.1	20	1
Pete Beathard	18	79	4.4	20	2
Don Trull	14	47	3.4	15	0
Jim Norton	1	20	20.0	20	0
Mac Haik	2	7	3.5	5	0
Jim Beirne	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	462	1804	3.9	47	16

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Alvin Reed	46	747	16.2	60	5
Mac Haik	32	584	18.2	59	8
Jim Beirne	31	474	15.3	66	4
Hoyle Granger	26	361	13.9	55	0
Woody Campbell	21	234	11.1	39	0
Sid Blanks	13	184	14.2	61	0
Charley Frazier	9	123	13.7	19	0
Lionel Taylor	6	90	15.0	35	0
Roy Hopkins	4	40	10.0	26	0
Ode Burrell	2	35	17.5	33	0
John Wittenborn	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Totals	191	2864	15.0	66	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Wayne Walker	26	26	100.0	16	8	50.0	50
John Wittenborn	11	11	100.0	13	4	30.8	23
Totals	37	37	100.0	29	12	41.4	73

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jim Norton	73	3008	41.2	64
Totals	73	3008	41.2	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Larry Carwell	27	227	8.4	32
Sid Blanks	22	179	8.1	39
Ode Burrell	2	26	13.0	15
Zeke Moore	1	11	11.0	11
Totals	52	443	8.5	39

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Zeke Moore	32	787	24.6	45
Larry Carwell	15	335	22.3	38
Ode Burrell	2	70	35.0	40
Roy Hopkins	1	21	21.0	21
Ken Houston	1	13	13.0	13
Bob Robertson	2	9	4.5	9
Totals	53	1235	23.3	45

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ken Houston	5	160	32.0	66	2
Larry Carwell	4	81	20.2	41	1
Miller Farr	3	104	34.7	52	2
W.K. Hicks	3	42	14.0	28	0
Jim Norton	2	0	0.0	0	0
George Webster	1	9	9.0	9	0
Garland Boyette	1	0	0.0	0	0
Olen Underwood	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	20	396	19.8	66	5

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Olen Underwood		0	0	3	0
Glen Hines			0	2	0	0
Larry Carwell		0	4	2	0
Pat Holmes			0	2	0	0
Alvin Reed			2	2	0
Sid Blanks			3	2	0	0
Pete Beathard			2	2	2
Don Trull			4	2	0	0
Woody Campbell			4	1	0
Roy Hopkins			0	1	0	0
Gary Cutsinger			0	1	0	0
Ken Houston		0	0	1	0
Bob Davis			5	1	0
Hoyle Granger			3	1	0
George Rice			0	1	0	0
Bobby Maples			0	1	0	0
Zeke Moore			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	28	25	2	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Wayne Walker									8	26	0			50
Mac Haik	0	8							0	0	0			48
Hoyle Granger	7	0							0	0	0			42
Woody Campbell	6	0							0	0	0			36
Alvin Reed		5							0	0	0			30
Jim Beirne	0	4							0	0	0			24
John Wittenborn		0							4	11	0			23
Pete Beathard	2								0	0	0			12
Ken Houston				0		2			0	0	0			12
Miller Farr						2			0	0	0			12
Larry Carwell			0	0		1			0	0	0			6
Bob Davis	1								0	0	0			6
Olen Underwood						0			0	0	0		1	2
Totals	16	17	0	0	0	5	0	0	12	37	0	0	1	303