1965 Houston Oilers season

The 1965 Houston Oilers season was the sixth season for the Houston Oilers as a professional AFL franchise; The team matched their previous output of 4–10^[1] and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Oilers moved their home games from Jeppensen Stadium to Rice Stadium.

1965 Houston Oilers season
Owner	Bud Adams
General manager	Carroll Martin
Head coach	Hugh Taylor
Home field	Rice Stadium
Results
Record	4–10
Division place	4th AFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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The 1965 Oilers surrendered 5.29 rushing yards per carry, the most in American Football League history, and 8th-most in the history of professional football.^[2]

Roster

1965 Houston Oilers roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 10 Don Trull 16 George Blanda Running backs (RB) 44 Charlie Tolar FB 25 Ode Burrell 30 Jack Spikes Wide receivers (WR) 20 Sammy Weir 28 Charley Frazier 87 Charlie Hennigan 20 Dick Compton Tight ends (TE) 83 Willie Frazier 81 Bob McLeod

Offensive linemen (OL) 61 Bob Talamini G 73 Norm Evans T 66 Sonny Bishop G 76 Walter Suggs T Defensive linemen (DL) 75 Don Floyd DE 80 Gary Cutsinger DE 70 Scott Appleton DT 62 Jim Hayes DT

Linebackers (LB) 84 Johnny Baker 31 Doug Cline 50 Bobby Maples 85 Danny Brabham Defensive backs (DB) 27 Fred Glick S 43 Jim Norton 33 W.K. Hicks CB 40 Tony Banfield CB 47 Pete Jaquess Special teams 23 Bobby Jancik

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 12	New York Jets	W 27–21	1–0	Rice Stadium	52,680	Recap
2	September 19	Boston Patriots	W 31–10	2–0	Rice Stadium	32,445	Recap
3	September 26	at Oakland Raiders	L 17–21	2–1	Frank Youell Field	18,166	Recap
4	October 3	at San Diego Chargers	L 14–31	2–2	Balboa Stadium	28,190	Recap
5	Bye
6	October 17	at Denver Broncos	L 17–28	2–3	Bears Stadium	32,492	Recap
7	October 24	Kansas City Chiefs	W 38–36	3–3	Rice Stadium	34,670	Recap
8	October 31	at Buffalo Bills	W 19–17	4–3	War Memorial Stadium	44,267	Recap
9	November 7	Oakland Raiders	L 21–33	4–4	Rice Stadium	35,729	Recap
10	November 14	Denver Broncos	L 21–31	4–5	Rice Stadium	28,126	Recap
11	November 21	at New York Jets	L 14–41	4–6	Shea Stadium	55,312	Recap
12	November 28	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 21–52	4–7	Municipal Stadium	16,459	Recap
13	December 5	Buffalo Bills	L 18–29	4–8	Rice Stadium	23,087	Recap
14	December 12	San Diego Chargers	L 26–37	4–9	Rice Stadium	24,120	Recap
15	December 18	at Boston Patriots	L 14–42	4–10	Fenway Park	14,508	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Buffalo Bills	10	3	1	.769	4–2	313	226	L1
New York Jets	5	8	1	.385	3–3	285	303	W1
Boston Patriots	4	8	2	.333	2–4	244	302	W3
Houston Oilers	4	10	0	.286	3–3	298	429	L7

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings in the AFL.

References

1. 1965 Houston Oilers
2. "Cold Hard Football Facts: The 5.0 Club: run defense in '11 lit up like hippies in '69". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.