1968 Odessa Comets/West Texas Rufneks (TFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 5-7-0 .417 |
| Head Coach: Jim Daniel (1-4-0); Ted Dawson (4-3-0) |
| Jim Cooper | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Lisenbee | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | H | El Paso Jets | 32-0 | W | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | ||
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | H | San Antonio Toros | 0-35 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | H | Fort Worth Braves | 13-50 | L | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 300 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1968 | A | Texarkana Titans | 10-41 | L | Texarkana, TX | Grim Stadium | 7119 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | A | Dallas Rockets | 15-35 | L | Dallas, TX | Jesuit High School Field | ||
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | H | Beaumont Golden Vikings | 34-22 | W | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 1088 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | A | Fort Worth Braves | 6-48 | L | Fort Worth, TX | Farrington Field | 4682 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | H | Texarkana Titans | 28-23 | W | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 1000 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | A | San Antonio Toros | 17-40 | L | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 2858 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1968 | A | Beaumont Golden Vikings | 21-7 | W | Beaumont, TX | Greenie Stadium | 1315 | |
| Sat | 11/16/1968 | H | Dallas Rockets | 45-17 | W | Odessa, TX | W.T. Barrett Stadium | 1000 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | A | El Paso Jets | 14-20 | L | El Paso, TX | Dudley Field | 5180 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/24/1968 | El Paso Jets | Moved from El Paso, TX |
| 10/6/1968 | Beaumont Golden Vikings | Moved from 10/5 at Beaumont, TX |
| 11/24/1968 | El Paso Jets | Moved from 11/24 at El Paso, TX |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| LeRoy Allison | 26 | SS | 6-2 | 210 | ||||
| Kenny Baker | 21 | LCB-RCB-LS-FL | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Texas Tech | ||
| Jeff Bearden | 86 | FL | 6-4 | 217 | 25 | Baylor | ||
| Floyd Boone | HB-K | 202 | 23 | |||||
| Billy Brooks | 20 | RCB | 5-9 | 170 | 28 | none | ||
| John Carrell | 50 | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 227 | 26 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Texas Tech | ||
| Tom Casbeer | 76 | LDE-LDT-RDT | 6-1 | 260 | 25 | Nebraska; Hiram Scott | ||
| Tom Cleveland | CB | 5-11 | 165 | none | ||||
| Charles Coleman | TE | 6-2 | 210 | none | ||||
| Joe Cotton | OG | 6-0 | 215 | Jackson State | ||||
| Gary Crain | 44 | FB-QB-P | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | East Central | ||
| Mike Cropp | P | |||||||
| Gene Darr | 70 | RDE-DT | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Texas Tech | ||
| Billy Joe Davis | 79 | C-K | 6-3 | 280 | Sam Houston State | |||
| Phil Davis | DT | 260 | ||||||
| Howard Dawson | 23 | RB | 5-10 | 180 | Texas Southern | |||
| Roger Edge | LCB-RCB | 5-11 | 185 | Ranger JC | ||||
| Eldon Ford | TE | 5-11 | 210 | 31 | Langston | |||
| Larry Gilbert | FL | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Texas Tech | 5 | ||
| Roland Gladden | 61 | G-K | 26 | Peublo JC; East Central | ||||
| Sonny Gossett | 81 | SE | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | none | ||
| Jack Gray | RLB | 235 | Sul Ross State | |||||
| Guy Griffis | RS-LCB-LB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Texas Tech | |||
| Isadore Hannah | S-RB | 6-1 | 193 | 26 | none | |||
| Jimmy Harris | 65 | RDT-LDT | 6-0 | 228 | 22 | Houston | ||
| Wayne Haynie | C | 6-2 | 210 | none | ||||
| Jim Henkel | RLB | 6-0 | 220 | 23 | Texas Tech | |||
| Tommy Lee Hill | OE | 5-9 | 162 | 24 | none | |||
| Jack Jacobson | FS | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Oklahoma State | |||
| Joe Jaure | DB | 6-2 | 195 | Texas-El Paso | ||||
| R.A. Johnson | 14 | SE-FL-S | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Bishop | ||
| Norm Jones | LDT | 6-1 | 235 | none | ||||
| Rich Keller | RB | 5-8 | 192 | 24 | West Texas A&M | |||
| Bill Lisenbee | 52 | MLB | 6-2 | 227 | 27 | none | ||
| Rex Loftis | 53 | LB-K | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | West Texas A&M | ||
| Jerry Lovelace | 32 | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Texas Tech | ||
| Leo Lowery | 42 | FB-RLB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Texas Tech | ||
| Willy Mahone | DB | 6-0 | 190 | Central Oklahoma | ||||
| Jerry McDonald | HB-TE | 6-3 | 232 | 22 | Angelo State | 4 | 0 | |
| Jerry McLeod | LLB-TE | 6-5 | 225 | 28 | McMurry | |||
| Gayland Miles | SS | 6-2 | 206 | 25 | Trinity (Texas) | |||
| Mack Mills | 34 | LLB | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Oklahoma State | ||
| Les Obie | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 184 | 28 | Santa Rosa JC; Trinity (Texas) | 7 | 7 |
| Bill Owens | 83 | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 239 | 25 | Sul Ross State | ||
| Ronnie Pack | 73 | ROG-ROT | 6-3 | 255 | 22 | Texas Tech | ||
| Phil Paris | 63 | LDT | 6-0 | 255 | none | |||
| Mike Payte | 88 | TE-SE | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Houston | ||
| R.D. Pierce | OT | 6-1 | 242 | 31 | none | |||
| Don Polson | OT | 6-3 | 260 | 22 | ||||
| Jerry Polson | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Texas Tech | |||
| Jesse Pruitt | ROT | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Texas Tech | |||
| Dave Pursley | 75 | LOT | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | Hardin-Simmons; Cisco JC; McMurry | ||
| Joe Rafter | LB | 197 | Houston | |||||
| Mike Ralston | S | 5-11 | 165 | |||||
| Thurman Randle | 77 | DE | 6-6 | 266 | 24 | Coffeyville CC; Texas-El Paso | ||
| Ronnie Riddle | LB | 6-2 | 220 | West Texas A&M | ||||
| Roger Sanderson | 33 | RB | 5-10 | 187 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC | |||
| Jim Shillingford | OG | |||||||
| Lazslo Simon | K | 150 | 30 | Budapest | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Spinosa | 22 | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 187 | Memphis | |||
| Billy Stevens | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | |||
| Joe Stevens | 31 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | none | |||
| Bert Sullivan | 25 | FL | 5-10 | 165 | none | |||
| Dwayne Thompson | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 26 | Tyler JC; Ranger JC | |||
| Francey Tubb | 28 | FS-SS | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Texas-Arlington | ||
| Phil Tucker | 66 | LOG | 6-1 | 232 | 22 | Texas Tech | ||
| Sammy Vaughn | QB | 5-11 | 192 | Sul Ross State | ||||
| Sonny Walker | C | 240 | ||||||
| Troy Webb | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 237 | none | |||
| Gene White | WR | 6-0 | 215 | Houston | ||||
| Junior Wilkes | 55 | C | 225 | Sul Ross State | ||||
| Gene Williams | 80 | SE-LS-TE | 6-2 | 192 | 29 | Texas-El Paso | ||
| Billy Young | 64 | ROG | 5-11 | 227 | 25 | none | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 53 | 49 | 82 | 235 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 82 | 59 | 140 | 338 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Crain | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Leo Lowery | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| R.A. Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Laszlo Simon | 0 | 17 | 2 | - | 0 | 23 | |||||||
| Les Obie | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Larry Gilbert | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Rich Keller | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Larry Allison | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Kenny Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Floyd Boone | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Howard Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Mike Payte | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Billy Stevens | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Dwayne Thomspon | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Billy Joe Davis | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Rex Loftis | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 33 | 25 | 33 | 75.8 | 4 | - | 0 | 235 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 39 | 47 | 83.0 | 5 | - | 1 | 338 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Crain | 8 | ||||
| Leo Lowery | 6 | ||||
| Rich Keller | 2 | ||||
| Les Obie | 3 | ||||
| Kenny Baker | 1 | ||||
| Floyd Boone | 1 | ||||
| Howard Dawson | 1 | ||||
| Billy Stevens | 1 | ||||
| Dwayne Thomspon | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 24 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Obie | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 25 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.A. Johnson | 5 | ||||
| Larry Gilbert | 2 | ||||
| Mike Payte | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Allison | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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