1968 Houston Oilers Roster
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 StatisticsTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Wally Lemm (7-7)
Location: Houston, Texas
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.
The Oilers scored 303 points, and 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 contributed to the receiving game as well.
Hoyle Granger ran for a team-leading 848 yards for Houston.
Ken Houston picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Wally Lemm coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Pete Barnes | LB | August 31, 1945 | 6'1" | 239 | Southern | Keatchie, LA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | Glenn Bass | SE-WR | April 12, 1939 | 6'2" | 202 | East Carolina | Wilson, NC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Pete Beathard | QB | March 7, 1942 | 6'1" | 200 | USC | Hermosa Beach, CA USA | 9 | 7 |
| 81 | Jim Beirne | WR | October 15, 1946 | 6'2" | 206 | Purdue | McKeesport, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea | RDE | March 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Trenton, NJ USA | 14 | 3 |
| 66 | Sonny Bishop | RG | October 1, 1939 | 6'2" | 245 | Fresno St. | Winner, SD USA | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Sid Blanks | HB | April 29, 1940 | 6'1" | 200 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Del Rio, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 52 | Garland Boyette | MLB | March 22, 1940 | 6'1" | 238 | Grambling St. | Rayville, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Ode Burrell | RB-WR-P | September 15, 1939 | 6'0" | 190 | Mississippi St. | Goodman, MS USA | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Woody Campbell | RB | September 26, 1944 | 5'10" | 204 | Northwestern | Mount Pleasant, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | Ed Carrington | TE | September 1, 1944 | 6'4" | 225 | Virginia | Beaumont, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Larry Carwell | PR | August 5, 1944 | 6'1" | 188 | Iowa St. | Vada, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 51 | Ronnie Caveness | LB | March 6, 1943 | 6'1" | 225 | Arkansas | Houston, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
| 80 | Gary Cutsinger | DE | February 4, 1940 | 6'5" | 245 | Oklahoma St. | Perry, OK USA | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Bob Davis | QB | September 15, 1945 | 6'2" | 205 | Virginia | Neptune, NJ USA | 6 | 3 |
| 59 | Tom Domres | DT | October 19, 1946 | 6'3" | 260 | Wisconsin | Marshfield, WI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | Miller Farr | LCB | April 8, 1943 | 6'1" | 190 | Wichita St. | Beaumont, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Charley Frazier | WR | August 12, 1939 | 6'0" | 190 | Texas Southern | Houston, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 32 | Hoyle Granger | FB | March 7, 1944 | 6'1" | 225 | Mississippi St. | Oberlin, LA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 86 | Mac Haik | WR | January 19, 1946 | 6'1" | 195 | Mississippi | Meridian, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | W.K. Hicks | RS | July 14, 1942 | 6'1" | 195 | Texas Southern | Texarkana, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 78 | Glen Hines | RT | October 26, 1943 | 6'5" | 265 | Arkansas | El Dorado, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 79 | Pat Holmes | LDE | August 3, 1940 | 6'5" | 255 | Texas Tech | Durant, OK USA | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Roy Hopkins | RB | February 18, 1945 | 6'1" | 235 | Texas Southern | Gilmer, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 29 | Ken Houston | LS | November 12, 1944 | 6'3" | 197 | Prairie View | Lufkin, TX USA | 14 | 9 |
| 21 | Pete Johns | DB | August 14, 1945 | 6'2" | 190 | Tulane | Cleveland, OH USA | 9 | 0 |
| 82 | Jim LeMoine | TE-G | April 29, 1945 | 6'2" | 250 | Utah St. | Alameda, CA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 50 | Bobby Maples | C | December 28, 1942 | 6'3" | 250 | Baylor | Mount Vernon, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Bud Marshall | DT-DE | September 12, 1941 | 6'4" | 270 | Baylor | Carthage, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
| 75 | Dudley Meredith | DT | January 16, 1935 | 6'4" | 280 | Florida | Smithwick, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Zeke Moore | KR | December 2, 1943 | 6'3" | 198 | Lincoln (MO) | Tuskegee, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Jim Norton | P | October 20, 1938 | 6'3" | 190 | Idaho | Glendale, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Willie Parker | LDT | March 12, 1945 | 6'3" | 275 | Ark-Pine Bluff | Bastrop, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 54 | Steve Quinn | C | February 11, 1946 | 6'1" | 225 | Notre Dame | Pittsburg, KS USA | 9 | 0 |
| 89 | Alvin Reed | TE | August 1, 1944 | 6'5" | 235 | Prairie View | Kilgore, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 60 | Tom Regner | LG | April 19, 1944 | 6'1" | 235 | Notre Dame | Kenosha, WI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 72 | George Rice | RDT | June 10, 1944 | 6'3" | 260 | LSU | Liberty, MO USA | 11 | 0 |
| 73 | Bob Robertson | T | December 24, 1946 | 6'4" | 246 | Illinois | Pittsfield, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Marion Rushing | LB | September 3, 1936 | 6'2" | 223 | Southern Illinois | Pinckneyville, IL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | Bob Smith | DB | December 28, 1945 | 6'0" | 181 | Miami (OH) | Williamson, WV USA | 6 | 0 |
| 70 | Carel Stith | DT-DE | May 24, 1945 | 6'5" | 270 | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE USA | 3 | 0 |
| 68 | Richard Stotter | LB | April 5, 1945 | 6'0" | 225 | Houston | Cleveland, OH USA | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | Walt Suggs | LT | May 15, 1939 | 6'5" | 260 | Mississippi St. | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Richard Swatland | G | October 8, 1945 | 6'3" | 245 | Notre Dame | Stamford, CT USA | 4 | 0 |
| 87 | Lionel Taylor | E-WR-FL | August 15, 1935 | 6'2" | 215 | New Mex. Highlands | Kansas City, MO USA | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Don Trull | QB | October 20, 1941 | 6'1" | 195 | Baylor | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 11 | 4 |
| 56 | Olen Underwood | RLB | May 25, 1942 | 6'1" | 220 | Texas | Holly Grove, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Wayne Walker | K | October 14, 1944 | 6'3" | 230 | NW State (LA) | Shreveport, LA USA | 8 | 0 |
| 90 | George Webster | LLB | November 25, 1945 | 6'4" | 220 | Michigan St. | Anderson, SC USA | 14 | 0 |
| 67 | John Wittenborn | G-K | March 1, 1936 | 6'2" | 238 | SE Missouri St. | Sparta, IL USA | 6 | 0 |
