1960 Dallas Texans season

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1960 Dallas Texans season
Dallas Texans logo
Head Coach Hank Stram
Home Field Cotton Bowl
Results
Record 8-6
Place 2nd Western Conference
Playoff Finish Did not qualify
Timeline
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1959 1961

The 1960 Dallas Texans season was the inaugural season of Lamar Hunt’s American Football League franchise from Dallas, Texas. Head coach Hank Stram led the team to an 8-6 record and second place in the AFL’s Western Conference.

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[edit] 1960 AFL Draft

In the inaugural American Football League Draft, the Texans chose the following players to fill-up their squad:

  • Jack Atcheson, E, Western Illinois
  • George Boone, T, Kentucky
  • Chris Burford, E, Stanford
  • Earl Ray Butler, T, North Carolina
  • Gail Cogdill, E, Washington State
  • James Crotty, HB, Notre Dame
  • Gary Ferguson, T, SMU
  • Tom Glynn, C, Boston College
  • Gene Gossage, T, Northwestern
  • Jim Heineke, T, Wisconsin
  • William Jerry, G/T, South Carolina
  • John Kapele, T, BYU
  • Louis Kelley, FB, New Mexico State
  • Gilmer Lewis, T/G, Oklahoma
  • John Malmberg, T/G, Knox College
  • Arvle Martin, C, TCU
  • Don Meredith, QB, SMU
  • Tom Moore, HB, Vanderbilt
  • Ola Murchison, E, COP
  • Bob Nelson, C, Wisconsin
  • Jim Norton, E, Idaho
  • Warren Rabb, QB, LSU
  • Howard Ringwood, HB, BYU
  • Johnny Robinson, HB, LSU
  • John Saunders, FB, South Carolina
  • Glenn Shaw, FB, Kentucky
  • Gordon Speer, HB, Rice
  • Jack Stone, G, Oregon
  • Marvin Terrell, G, Mississippi
  • Emery Turner, G, Purdue
  • Joe Vader, E, Kansas State
  • Carroll Zaruba, HB, Nebraska
  • Grady Alderman, G/T, Detroit
  • Herman Alexander, T/G, Findlay (OH)
  • Taz Anderson, HB, Georgia Tech
  • Jim Beaver, T/G, Florida
  • Bill Beck, T/G, Gustavus Adolphus
  • Gary Campbell, HB, Whittier
  • Vernon Cole, QB, North Texas State
  • Toby Deese, T/G, Georgia Tech
  • Carl Dumbald, T/G, West Virginia
  • Charles Elizey, C, Mississippi State
  • Tom Gates, HB, San Bernardino
  • Austin (Goose) Gonsoulin, HB, Baylor
  • Clark Holden, HB, USC
  • Dewitt Hoopes, T/G, Northwestern
  • Don Leebern, T/G, Georgia
  • Bill Thompson, C, Georgia
  • Billy Tranum, E, Arkansas
  • Jim Vickers, E, Georgia
  • Larry Ward, E, Lamar Tech
  • Paul Winslow, HB, North Carolina College
  • Doug Pat Brown, T/G, Fresno State

[edit] Regular season

The Texans finished their inaugural season 8-6, with three wins coming by shut-out.

AFL Western Division
Team W L T PCT PF PA 1960 
Los Angeles Chargers 10 4 0 .714 373 336 Details
Dallas Texans 8 6 0 .571 362 253 Details
Oakland Raiders 6 8 0 .429 319 388 Details
Denver Broncos 4 9 1 .286 309 393 Details

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against


[edit] Schedule

Week Opponent Result Game site
1 Los Angeles Chargers L 20-21 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
2 Oakland Raiders W 34-16 Kezar Stadium
3 Los Angeles Chargers W 17-0 Cotton Bowl
4 New York Titans L 35-37 Cotton Bowl
5 Oakland Raiders L 19-20 Cotton Bowl
6 Houston Oilers L 10-20 Jeppesen Stadium
Bye Week
8 Denver Broncos W 17-14 Bears Stadium
9 Buffalo Bills W 45-28 War Memorial Stadium
10 Denver Broncos W 34-7 Cotton Bowl
11 Boston Patriots L 14-42 Nickerson Field
12 New York Titans L 35-41 Polo Grounds
13 Houston Oilers W 24-0 Cotton Bowl
14 Boston Patriots W 34-0 Cotton Bowl
15 Buffalo Bills W 24-7 Cotton Bowl

[edit] Postseason

The Texans did not participate in the AFL Championship by finishing the season in second place of the Western Conference.

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