1965 Houston Oilers Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 4th in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Hugh Taylor (4-10)
Location: Houston, Texas
1965 Houston Oilers RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 4th in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Hugh Taylor (4-10)
Location: Houston, Texas
1965 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the American Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the AFL's East Division.
Houston netted 298 points, while the leaky defense gave up 429, most in the league. George Blanda passed for 2,542 yards. Ode Burrell hauled in 55 passes, while Charley Frazier added 717 receiving yards. Charley Hennigan was targeted regularly also.
Ode Burrell ran for a team-leading 528 yards for the Oilers.
W.K. Hicks picked off 9 errant tosses from the opposition.
Hugh Taylor coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | George Blanda | 442 | 186 | 42.1 | 2542 | 5.8 | 20 | 4.5 | 30 | 6.8 | 95 | 47.9 | Don Trull | 107 | 38 | 35.5 | 528 | 4.9 | 5 | 4.7 | 5 | 4.7 | 57 | 48.3 | Charley Tolar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 550 | 224 | 40.7 | 3070 | 5.6 | 25 | 4.5 | 35 | 6.4 | 95 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ode Burrell | 130 | 528 | 4.1 | 63 | 3 | Charley Tolar | 73 | 230 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 | Jack Spikes | 47 | 173 | 3.7 | 20 | 3 | Don Trull | 29 | 145 | 5.0 | 18 | 2 | Bobby Jackson | 37 | 85 | 2.3 | 7 | 2 | Dalton Hoffman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Charley Frazier | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 8 | 0 | Dick Compton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | George Blanda | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 323 | 1178 | 3.6 | 63 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ode Burrell | 55 | 650 | 11.8 | 52 | 4 | Charley Hennigan | 41 | 578 | 14.1 | 53 | 4 | Charley Frazier | 38 | 717 | 18.9 | 64 | 6 | Willie Frazier | 37 | 521 | 14.1 | 57 | 8 | Charley Tolar | 25 | 138 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 | Bob McLeod | 15 | 226 | 15.1 | 49 | 1 | Jack Spikes | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 | Dick Compton | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 95 | 2 | Bobby Jackson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | Sammy Weir | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 224 | 3070 | 13.7 | 95 | 25 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | George Blanda | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 61 | Jack Spikes | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 70 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Jim Norton | 85 | 3711 | 43.7 | 65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 85 | 3711 | 43.7 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bobby Jancik | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 25 | 0 | Fred Glick | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 | Ode Burrell | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 33 | 0 | Pete Jaquess | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 | W.K. Hicks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Sammy Weir | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 28 | 189 | 6.8 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bobby Jancik | 18 | 430 | 23.9 | 43 | 0 | Pete Jaquess | 13 | 280 | 21.5 | 69 | 0 | Sammy Weir | 10 | 215 | 21.5 | 33 | 0 | Ode Burrell | 8 | 202 | 25.2 | 38 | 0 | W.K. Hicks | 7 | 181 | 25.9 | 40 | 0 | Fred Glick | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | Keith Kinderman | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 29 | 0 | Dick Compton | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 30 | 0 | Jack Spikes | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 15 | 0 | Bobby Jackson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 | Maxie Williams | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | B.W. Cheeks | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Bobby Maples | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 77 | 1669 | 21.7 | 69 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | W.K. Hicks | 9 | 156 | 17.3 | 31 | 0 | Jim Norton | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 18 | 0 | Bobby Jancik | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 36 | 0 | Tony Banfield | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 28 | 0 | Fred Glick | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | Gary Cutsinger | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 72 | 0 | Bobby Maples | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 27 | 416 | 15.4 | 72 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Charley Hennigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Blanda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B.W. Cheeks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charley Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sammy Weir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Jancik | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob McLeod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Trull | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Spikes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ode Burrell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | George Blanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 61 | Willie Frazier | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Ode Burrell | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | Charley Frazier | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Jack Spikes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 27 | Charley Hennigan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dick Compton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bobby Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Don Trull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bob McLeod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Norm Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Larry Onesti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 296 |
