1962 Houston Oilers season

1962 Houston Oilers season
Head coach Pop Ivy
Home field Jeppesen Stadium
Results
Record 11–3
Division place 1st AFL Eastern
Playoff finish Lost AFL Championship (Texans) (20–17)

The 1962 Houston Oilers season was their third. For the third consecutive season, the Oilers appeared in the AFL Championship Game, only to lose 20–17 in double overtime to the Dallas Texans.

Offseason

AFL Draft

RoundPlayerPositionCollege
1Ray JacobsDefensive TackleHoward Payne
2Earl GrosFullbackLouisiana State
3Pete CaseTackleGeorgia
4Gary CutsingerDefensive EndOklahoma State (from Boston)
5Bill RiceEndAlabama
6Ray PinionGuardTexas Christian
7Gus GonzalesGuardTulane
8Clyde BrockDefensive TackleUtah State
9Larry OnestiLinebackerNorthwestern
10Bob MosesEndTexas-Austin
11John ThomasGuardMcMurry
12Jack CollinsHalfbackTexas-Austin
13Royce CassellEndNew Mexico State
14Glynn GriffingQuarterbackMississippi
15Ken ShafferTackleMarquette
16Billy Ray AdamsFullbackMississippi
17Bill MillerDefensive TackleNew Mexico Highlands
18Art PerkinsHalfbackNorth Texas State
19Bobby JancikDefensive backLamar Tech
20Joe Bob IsbellGuardHouston
21Roland JacksonFullbackRice
22Ken BolinHalfbackHouston
23Bill Van BurenCenterIowa
24Boyd MelvinTackleNorthwestern
25Bob JohnsonTackleRice
26Harold HaysGuardMississippi Southern
27Roger McFarlandHalfbackKansas
28Gary HensonEndColorado
29Ron OsborneTackleClemson
30Bob ClemensHalfbackPittsburgh
31Al KimbroughHalfbackNorthwestern
32Al LerderleEndGeorgia Tech
33Don TalbertTackleTexas

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Houston Oilers 1130.7865–1387270W7
Boston Patriots 941.6924–1–1346295L1
Buffalo Bills 761.5381–4–1309272W2
New York Titans 590.3571–5278423L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Season schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 9, 1962 at Buffalo Bills W 28–23
31,236
2 September 16, 1962 at Boston Patriots L 34–21
32,276
3 September 29, 1962 at San Diego Chargers W 42–17
28,061
4 Bye
5 October 7, 1962 Buffalo Bills W 17–14
26,350
6 October 14, 1962 New York Titans W 56–17
20,650
7 October 21, 1962 at Denver Broncos L 20–10
29,017
8 October 28, 1962 Dallas Texans L 31–7
31,750
9 November 4, 1962 at Dallas Texans W 14–6
29,017
10 November 11, 1962 at Oakland Raiders W 28–20
11,000
11 November 18, 1962 Boston Patriots W 21–17
35,250
12 November 25, 1962 San Diego Chargers W 33–27
28,235
13 December 2, 1962 Denver Broncos W 34–17
30,650
14 December 9, 1962 Oakland Raiders W 32–17
27,400
15 December 15, 1962 at New York Titans W 44–10
8,167

Roster

Houston Oilers roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

 Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive Backs CB

Special Teams

 Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Postseason

AFL Championship Game

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Texans 3 14 0 003 20
Oilers 0 0 7 1000 17

Dallas Texans 20, Houston Oilers 17 (2OT)

December 23, 1962, at Jeppesen Stadium, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 37,981

Scoring

  • DAL – Field goal Brooker 16
  • DAL – Haynes 28 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick)
  • DAL – Haynes 2 run (Brooker kick)
  • HOU – Dewveall 15 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick)
  • HOU – Field goal Blanda 31
  • HOU – Tolar 1 run (Blanda kick)
  • DAL – Field goal Brooker 25

References

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