1966 Houston Oilers season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Houston Oilers 1966 3–11 4th AFL Eastern Bud Adams Don Klosterman Wally Lemm Rice Stadium Did not qualify Oilers seasons The 1966 Houston Oilers season was the seventh season for the Houston Oilers as a professional AFL franchise; The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–10, winning only three games.1966 Houston Oilers The Oilers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season, and were swept by the expansion Miami Dolphins. With that, they became the first team in the Super Bowl era from either league to be swept by an expansion team. This wouldn't happen again until 1995 when the Cleveland Browns were swept by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Season schedule Two bye weeks were necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (9) of teams;one team was idle each week (three teams were idle in week one). The Oilers played each team twice, except for two from other division (Kansas City, San Diego) Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 September 3 Denver Broncos W 45–7 1–0 Rice Stadium 30,156 Recap 2 September 10 Oakland Raiders W 31–0 2–0 Rice Stadium 31,763 Recap 3 September 18 at New York Jets L 13–52 2–1 Shea Stadium 54,681 Recap 4 September 25 at Buffalo Bills L 20–27 2–2 War Memorial Stadium 42,526 Recap 5 October 2 at Denver Broncos L 38–40 2–3 Bears Stadium 27,203 Recap 6 Bye 7 October 16 New York Jets W 24–0 3–3 Rice Stadium 30,823 Recap 8 October 23 Miami Dolphins L 13–20 3–4 Rice Stadium 23,173 Recap 9 October 30 at Kansas City Chiefs L 23–48 3–5 Municipal Stadium 31,676 Recap 10 November 6 at Oakland Raiders L 23–38 3–6 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 34,102 Recap 11 November 13 at Boston Patriots L 21–27 3–7 Fenway Park 23,426 Recap 12 November 20 Buffalo Bills L 20–42 3–8 Rice Stadium 27,312 Recap 13 Bye 14 December 4 San Diego Chargers L 22–28 3–9 Rice Stadium 17,569 Recap 15 December 11 Boston Patriots L 14–38 3–10 Rice Stadium 17,100 Recap 16 December 18 at Miami Dolphins L 28–29 3–11 Miami Orange Bowl 20,045 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings Roster 1966 Houston Oilers 16 George Blanda K 10 Don Trull 11 Buddy Humphrey 42 Sid Blanks 25 Ode Burrell 32 Hoyle Granger y 35 John Henry Johnson 44 Charley Tolar 26 Larry Elkins 28 Charley Frazier 87 Charley Hennigan 89 Bob McLeod American football 88 Bob Poole American football 66 Sonny Bishop G 55 John Frongillo C 78 Glen Ray Hines y T 50 Bobby Maples C 77 Rich Michael T 76 Walter Suggs T 61 Bob Talamini G 67 John Wittenborn G 70 Scott Appleton DT 80 Gary Cutsinger DE 75 Don Floyd DE 62 Jim Hayes American football DE 79 Pat Holmes DT 99 Ernie Ladd DT 72 George Rice American football y DT 84 Johnny Baker linebacker OLB 52 Garland Boyette OLB 53 John Carrell y no MLB 51 Ronnie Caveness MLB 54 John Meyer American football y OLB 56 Olen Underwood OLB 33 W. K. Hicks CB 23 Bobby Jancik CB/FS 43 Jim Norton safety SS/P 30 Bernie Parrish CB 40 Mickey Sutton safety FS 34 Theo Viltz y CB 85 Danny Brabham LB IR 27 Fred Glick S IR 36 Donnie Stone RB IR 73 George Allen defensive tackle y T -- Bill Groman WR 86 Monte Ledbetter y WR 15 Jacky Lee QB 82 Ed Scrutchins y no DE 47 Allen Trammell y S References Category:Houston Oilers seasons Houston Oilers Houston