1960 American Football League draft
Notable undrafted players
Table:
Original NFL team

Player

Pos.

College

Conf.

Notes

Boston Patriots

Gino Cappelletti †

WR/K

Minnesota

Big Ten

Boston Patriots

Larry Garron †

FB

Western Illinois

IIAC

Boston Patriots

Chuck Leo †

OG

Indiana

Big Ten

Boston Patriots

Ross O'Hanley †

S

Boston College

Ind. (Univ.)

Boston Patriots

Butch Songin

QB

Boston College

Ind. (Univ.)

Buffalo Bills

Elbert Dubenion †

WR

Bluffton

MOL

Buffalo Bills

Wray Carlton †

RB

Duke

ACC

Dallas Texans

Walt Corey †

LB

Miami

Ind.

Dallas Texans

Clem Daniels †

RB/CB

Prairie View A&M

SWAC

Dallas Texans

Sherrill Headrick †

LB

TCU

SWC

Dallas Texans

Al Reynolds

OG

Tarkio

MCAU

Dallas Texans

Paul Rochester †

DT

Michigan State

Big Ten

Dallas Texans

Stewart Stover

LB

Louisiana–Monroe

Gulf States

Dallas Texans

Duane Wood †

CB

Oklahoma State

Ind.

Denver Broncos

Ken Adamson †

TE

Notre Dame

Ind.

Denver Broncos

Eldon Danenhauer †

OT

Pittsburg State

CIAC

Denver Broncos

Gene Mingo

RB/K

He did not attend college

Houston Oilers

Tony Banfield †

S

Oklahoma State

Ind.

Houston Oilers

Bill Groman †

WR

Heidelberg

OAC

Houston Oilers

Charlie Hennigan †

WR

Northwestern State

Gulf States

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The 1960 Boston Patriots season was the franchise 's first season in the new American Football League . Led by head coach Lou Saban , the Patriots finished with five wins and nine losses , last in the AFL 's Eastern Division . The team played their home games at Boston University Field ( formerly the site of the Boston Braves ' home ballpark Braves Field ) , later named Nickerson Field .
Gino Cappelletti ( born March 26 , 1934 ) is an American former professional football player . He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and was a star in the American Football League ( AFL ) for the Boston Patriots , winning the 1964 American Football League Most Valuable Player award . Cappelletti is a member of the Patriots Hall of Fame , the Patriots ' All-1960s Team and the American Football League Hall of Fame . He served as the Patriots ' radio color commentator until July 2012 . His nicknames included The Duke and Mr. Patriot .
A wide receiver , also referred to as wideouts or simply receivers , is an offensive position in gridiron football , and is a key player . They get their name because they are split out wide ( near the sidelines ) , farthest away from the rest of the team . Wide receivers are among the fastest players on the field . The wide receiver functions as the pass-catching specialist .
Placekicker , or simply kicker ( PK or K ) , is the player in gridiron football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals and extra points . In many cases , the placekicker also serves as the team 's kickoff specialist or punter as well .
The 1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season . In their first year under head coach Murray Warmath , the Golden Gophers compiled a 7-2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 195 to 127 . The team finished the season ranked # 20 in the final Coaches poll . Halfback Bob McNamara received the team 's Most Valuable Player award , and was selected by the Football Writers Association of America ( for Look magazine ) as a first-team player on the 1954 College Football All-America Team . He was also selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on its 1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team . Fullback John Baumgartner was named Academic All-Big Ten . Total attendance for the season was 347,555 , which averaged to 57,925 . The season high for attendance was against Iowa .
The Big Ten Conference ( stylized B1G , formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference ) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States . It is based in Rosemont , Illinois . For decades the conference consisted of 10 universities , while the present conference has 14 member institutions . They compete in the NCAA Division I ; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , formerly known as Division I-A , the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport . The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska , as well as two additional public land-grant schools and a private university . The Big Ten Conference was established in 1895 when Purdue University president James H. Smart and representatives from the University of Chicago , University of Illinois , University of Michigan , University of Minnesota , Northwestern University , and University of Wisconsin gathered at Chicago 's Palmer House Hotel to set policies aimed at regulating intercollegiate athletics . In 1899 , Indiana University and the University of Iowa joined the conference to increase the membership to nine schools . In 1905 , the conference was officially incorporated as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives . The conference is one of the nation 's oldest , predating the founding of the NCAA by a decade , and was one of the first collegiate conferences to sponsor men 's basketball . Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large financial endowments and strong academic reputations . All institutions except full member University of Nebraska and associate member Notre Dame are members of the Association of American Universities . Large student enrollment is a hallmark of Big Ten Universities , as 12 of the 14 members feature enrollments of 30,000 or more students .
Lawrence Jr. Garron ( May 23 , 1937 - September 13 , 2019 ) was an American professional football player . A fullback , he played college football at Western Illinois University , then played professionally in the American Football League ( AFL ) for the Boston Patriots from 1960 through 1968 . He holds the team record run of 85 yards from scrimmage , set in a game against the Buffalo Bills on October 22 , 1961 . He averaged 5.9 yards per carry in 1962 and accounted for 1,168 total yards from scrimmage in 1963 . Garron was an American Football League All-Star in 1961 , 1963 , 1964 and 1967 , and a member of the Patriots ' All-1960s ( AFL ) Team . For one season , along with Bob Fourace , he served as a color commentator for New England Patriots preseason games . At the same time Larry Garron was on the Patriots he studied various forms of martial arts . He held ranks in Kenpō ( fist law ) , Hakkō-ryū Jujutsu , Gōjū-ryū ( hard soft system ) , Shintō Musō-ryū , Yoshitsune Jujitsu , and Taekwondo . Larry had some talented sporting sons and nephews , including nephew Donald Garron , who won the 1981 Massachusetts All State 220 yard championship in 22.37 , as well as Rufus Harris , who had a tryout with the Boston Celtics in 1980 . Two of his sons , Arnold and Andre , are in the Hall of Fame for American football at the University of New Hampshire .
A fullback ( FB ) is a position known as the best position in the game of football , in the offensive backfield in gridiron football , and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback . Typically , fullbacks are larger than halfback and in most offensive schemes their duties are split between power running , pass catching , and blocking for both the quarterback and the other running back . Many great runners in the history of American football have been fullbacks , including Jim Brown , Marion Motley , Jim Taylor , Franco Harris , Larry Csonka , John Riggins , Christian Okoye , and Levi Jackson . However , many of these runners would retroactively be labeled as halfbacks , due to their position as the primary ball carrier ; they were primarily listed as fullbacks due to their size and did not often perform the run-blocking duties expected of modern fullbacks . Examples of players who have excelled at the hybrid running-blocking-pass catching role include Mike Alstott , Daryl Johnston , and Lorenzo Neal .
Western Illinois University ( WIU ) is a public university located in Macomb , Illinois , United States . It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School . Like many similar institutions of the time , Western Illinois State Normal School focused on teacher training for its relatively small body of students . As the normal school grew , it became Western Illinois State Teachers College .
The Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ( IIAC ) was a college athletic conference that existed from 1908 to 1970 in the United States . At one time the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference , or IIAC , was a robust league that claimed most of the Illinois institutions of higher education . It was nicknamed the Little Nineteen , but in 1928 had a membership of 23 schools . Former Illinois State University track coach Joe Cogdal , associated with the IIAC for 43 years of its 62-year history , noted that the league had roots in the 1870s when a number of schools banded together for oratorical contests . Their first intercollegiate football game was played in 1881 between Illinois State University and Knox College , and by 1894 a football association was established .
Charles Chuck Leo ( August 29 , 1934 - October 7 , 2010 ) was an American football offensive lineman who played for the American Football League 's Boston Patriots from 1960 to 1962 , and the AFL 's Buffalo Bills in 1963 . He was an AFL All-Star in 1961 . He showed up to the training camp after being signed by a free agent in 1960 by the Boston Patriots . He was kept on the team by coach Lou Saban and started as a guard on the offensive line . In his rookie season as a Patriot , he was named second all-pro . Always striving to do better after being drafted for a short career in the United States Army , he was named first all-pro in 1961 . In 1962 , he played four games before he severely tore his hamstring in a non-football related accident . Unable to get the injury to heal so he could return to his prior playing level , he did not return to the Patriots offensive line and was let go by the team . In 1963 , his coach in Boston , Lou Saban , again invited him to try out for his team , only it was for the Buffalo Bills not the Boston Patriots . Even though coach Lou and he got along very well , he was cut by the coach before the season started officially ending his career . He went on to sell heavy-duty construction equipment in Rochester , New York , for 35 years .
In gridiron football , a guard ( G ) is a player who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage used primarily for blocking . Right guards ( RG ) is the term for the guards on the right of the offensive line , while left guards ( LG ) are on the left side . Guards are to the right or left of the center . The guard 's job is to protect the quarterback from the incoming linemen during pass plays , as well as creating openings ( holes ) for the running backs to head through . Guards are automatically considered ineligible receivers , so they can not intentionally touch a forward pass , unless it is to recover a fumble or is first touched by a defender or eligible receiver .
The 1959 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season . They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference . The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington , Indiana . The team was coached by Phil Dickens , in his second year as head coach of the Hoosiers .
Ross O'Hanley ( February 2 , 1939 - April 7 , 1972 ) was an American football safety with the Boston Patriots of the American Football League from 1960 to 1965 . He was an All-League AFL player in 1960 .
Safety , historically known as a safetyman , is a position in gridiron football played by a member of the defense . The safeties are defensive backs who line up from ten to fifteen yards from the line of scrimmage . There are two variations of the position in a typical American formation : the free safety ( FS ) and the strong safety ( SS ) . Their duties depend on the defensive scheme . The defensive responsibilities of the safety and cornerback usually involve pass coverage towards the middle and sidelines of the field , respectively . While American ( 11-player ) formations generally use two safeties , Canadian ( 12-player ) formations generally have one safety and two defensive halfbacks , a position not used in the American game . As professional and college football have become more focused on the passing game , safeties have become more involved in covering the eligible pass receivers . Safeties are the last line of defense ; they are expected to be reliable tacklers , and many safeties rank among the hardest hitters in football . Safety positions can also be converted cornerbacks , either by design ( Byron Jones ) or as a cornerback ages ( Charles Woodson , DeAngelo Hall , Lardarius Webb , Tramon Williams ) . Historically , in the era of the one-platoon system , the safety was known as the defensive fullback ( specifically the free safety ; the strong safety would be a defensive halfback , a term still in Canadian parlance ) or goaltender .
The 1959 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season . The Eagles were led by ninth-year head coach Mike Holovak and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill , Massachusetts . At the conclusion of a 5-4 season , Holovak was fired as head coach . He posted a record of 49-29-3 in his nine seasons at Boston College .
National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference . This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition like conference schools do . There are fewer independent schools than in years past ; many independent schools join , or attempt to join , established conferences . The main reasons to join a conference are to gain a share of television revenue and access to bowl games that agree to take teams from certain conferences , and to help deal with otherwise potentially difficult challenges in scheduling opponents to play throughout the season . All Division I FBS independents are eligible for the College Football Playoff ( CFP ) , or for the so-called access bowls associated with the CFP , if they are chosen by the CFP selection committee . Notre Dame has a potential tie-in with the Orange Bowl . Army has an agreement with the Military Bowl ( formerly the EagleBank Bowl ) , and Notre Dame , in addition to its CFP agreement , has other bowl agreements as part of its affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . ( Notre Dame had similar agreements with its previous conference , the Big East . ) BYU had an agreement with the Armed Forces Bowl for 2011 . The ranks of football independents increased by one starting with the 2011 season with the announcement that BYU would leave the Mountain West Conference ( MWC ) to become a football independent starting with that season . The ranks increased by two in 2013 when the Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) dropped football and New Mexico State and Idaho did not have a conference for football . The ranks of football independents decreased by two in 2014 with the return of Idaho and New Mexico State as football-only members of the Sun Belt Conference ( SBC ) and decreased by one more in 2015 with Navy joining the American Athletic Conference ( AAC ) as a football-only member .
Edward F. Butch Songin ( May 11 , 1924 - May 12 , 1976 ) was a quarterback for the Boston College Eagles , the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Rugby Union , and for the American Football League 's Boston Patriots and the New York Titans . He also was an All-American defenseman for the BC Eagles ice hockey team .
The quarterback ( commonly abbreviated QB ) , colloquially known as the signal caller , is a position in gridiron football . Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line . In modern American football , the quarterback is usually considered the leader of the offensive team , and is often responsible for calling the play in the huddle . The quarterback also touches the ball on almost every offensive play , and is the offensive player that almost always throws forward passes . When the QB is tackled behind the line of scrimmage , it is called a sack .
The 1960 Buffalo Bills season was the team 's first season in the American Football League ( AFL ) . Home games were played at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo , New York . Head Coach Buster Ramsey 's Bills compiled a 5-8-1 record , placing them third in the AFL Eastern Division . Unlike most of the offensive-minded AFL , the Bills focused on defense , allowing the third-fewest points in the league ( 303 ) . Their defensive line boasted Laverne Torczon and Chuck McMurtry ( both of whom were 1st Team All-AFL in 1960 ) , as well as a mobile , hard-hitting middle linebacker in Archie Matsos , who was AFL All-Star in each of the three seasons he spent in Buffalo . The Bills ' defense led the league in fewest passing yards allowed ( 2,130 ) and most passes intercepted ( 33 ) , with NFL veterans Richie McCabe and Jim Wagstaff in their secondary . The Bills ' offense , however , was not as competent . The 1960 Bills had the worst passing attack in the AFL , throwing for 2,346 yards . Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Tommy O'Connell started the season 1-3 before being replaced by Johnny Green . Green would go 3-3 as a starter , despite only completing 39% of his passes . Richie Lucas , the Bills ' first ever draft pick , was a bust , both at quarterback and at halfback , throwing only 49 passes all season . The Bills did show glimmers of hope on offense , however , by showcasing running back Wray Carlton and flanker Elbert Golden Wheels Dubenion , who would later go on to be AFL All-Stars for the Bills in the mid-1960s .
Elbert Dubenion ( February 16 , 1933 - December 26 , 2019 ) was an American football wide receiver and running back who spent his entire nine-season professional career with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League . He played college football for Bluffton College ( now Bluffton University ) in northwest Ohio . Dubenion , the longest-tenured member of the team 's inaugural roster despite being 27 years old at the start of his professional career , is considered one of the best players in the team 's history and was an archetype of the AFL 's emphasis on speed and the long bomb , both of which were two of Dubenion 's greatest strengths .
The Bluffton Beavers football program represents Bluffton University in college football as a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference ( HCAC ) , affiliated with the NCAA 's Division III . The Beavers ' colors are royal purple and white . The games are played at Dwight Salzman Stadium , which seats over 3,000 spectators . They have produced two professional football players , as Elbert Golden Wheels Dubenion played for the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League in the 1960s and Seth Burkholder a 2006 graduate , played for the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League in 2012 .
The Hoosier-Buckeye Conference , also known as the Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference and prior to 1971 as the Hoosier Conference or Hoosier College Conference , was an intercollegiate athletics conference that existed from 1948 to 1985 . As the name suggests , its member schools were located in the states of Indiana and Ohio . Many of its members are now in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference .
Linwood Wray Carlton ( born June 18 , 1937 ) is a former American gridiron football running back who played professionally in both Canada and the United States Unable to come to terms with the Philadelphia Eagles , who had selected him in the 1959 NFL Draft , Carlton , a Duke University running back , traveled to Toronto and the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) to play for the Argonauts . His Canadian career lasted only four games before he declined a trade to Vancouver , British Columbia , and went home . But another league and another opportunity was in his future . In his early years with the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League ( AFL ) , Carlton formed a virtually unstoppable backfield tandem , first with Elbert Golden Wheels Dubenion , then with Carlton Chester Cookie Gilchrist . On September 18 , 1960 , in Buffalo 's home opener , a 27-21 loss to the Denver Broncos , Carlton made history in the second quarter when he scored the team 's first touchdown on a one-yard run . Carlton gained 1,010 yards from scrimmage ( 533 rushing and 477 receiving ) and 11 touchdowns in the Bills first season . Later he helped the Bills win back-to-back league championships in 1964 and 1965 . Perennially among the AFL 's top rushers , he led the league in rushing touchdowns in 1965 and was voted to the American Football League Eastern Division All-Star team in 1965 and 1966 . Carlton was the Bills ' all-time leading rusher during their AFL years , with a 4.1 yards per carry average . He was cut from the team in the 1968 preseason ; he , along with Dubenion ( who finished the 1968 season then retired ) , were the last players from the Bills ' inaugural season still on the roster . Carlton was inducted into The Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2012 .
A running back ( RB ) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football . The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball , and block . There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a given play , depending on the offensive formation . A running back may be a halfback ( in certain contexts also referred to as a tailback ) , a wingback or a fullback . A running back will sometimes be called a feature back if he is the team 's starting running back .
The 1958 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season .
The Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States . Headquartered in Greensboro , North Carolina , the conference consists of fifteen member universities , each of whom compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) 's Division I , with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , the highest levels for athletic competition in US-based collegiate sports . The ACC sponsors competition in twenty-five sports with many of its member institutions ' athletic programs held in high regard nationally . Current members of the conference are Boston College , Clemson University , Duke University , Georgia Institute of Technology , Florida State University , North Carolina State University , Syracuse University , the University of Louisville , the University of Miami , the University of North Carolina , the University of Notre Dame , the University of Pittsburgh , the University of Virginia , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , and Wake Forest University . ACC teams and athletes have claimed dozens of national championships in multiple sports throughout the conference 's history . Generally , the ACC 's top athletes and teams in any particular sport in a given year are considered to be among the top collegiate competitors in the nation . Also , the conference enjoys extensive media coverage . The ACC was one of the five collegiate power conferences , which had automatic qualifying for their football champion into the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) . With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014 , the ACC is one of five conferences with a contractual tie-in to a New Year 's Six bowl game , the successors to the BCS . The ACC was founded on May 8 , 1953 , by seven universities located in the South Atlantic States , with the University of Virginia joining in early December 1953 to bring the membership to eight . The loss of South Carolina in 1971 dropped membership to seven , while the addition of Georgia Tech in 1979 for non-football sports and 1983 for football brought it back to eight , and Florida State 's arrival in 1991 for non-football sports and 1992 for football increased the membership to nine . Since 2000 , with the widespread reorganization of the NCAA , seven additional schools have joined , and one original member ( Maryland ) has left to bring it to the current membership of 15 schools .
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 . For the Texans ' inaugural season , team owner Lamar Hunt pursued both legendary University of Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson and New York Giants defensive assistant Tom Landry to lead his Texans franchise . Wilkinson opted to stay at Oklahoma , while Landry was destined to coach the NFL 's expansion franchise in Dallas . Hunt settled on a relatively unknown assistant coach from the University of Miami , Hank Stram . One of the biggest reasons I hired Hank was that he really wanted the job , Hunt explained . It turned out to be a very lucky selection on my part . The Texans set up offices in the Mercantile National Bank Building , while Jerry Foss headquartered the AFL offices out of Dallas , as well . Reserved seats were USD $ 4 , general admission USD $ 2 and high school students paid USD $ .90 that initial season . Don Rossi served as the team 's General Manager until November when he was succeeded by Jack Steadman . The Texans conducted their inaugural training camp at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell , New Mexico . The club embarked on a whirlwind pre-season barnstorming tour that featured road games in Oakland , Tulsa , Boston , Abilene , and Little Rock .
Walter Martin Corey ( born May 9 , 1938 ) is a former American football player and coach . He played college football for the University of Miami . In 1960 , Corey came to the American Football League 's Dallas Texans as an undrafted linebacker . He went on to star for the Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs , with whom he was an AFL All-Star in 1963 . Corey later held assistant coaching positions with several teams , including the Buffalo Bills from 1987 to 1994 under head coach Marv Levy . Corey was Buffalo 's defensive coordinator for Buffalo 's four consecutive AFC Championship teams from 1990 to 1993 . He was also the defensive line coach in New Orleans during the Mike Ditka era , from 1997 to 1999 . He was the defensive coordinator and Linebackers coach of the Memphis Maniax of the XFL .
A linebacker ( LB or backer ) is a playing position in gridiron football . Linebackers are members of the defensive team , and line up approximately three to five yards ( 4 m ) behind the line of scrimmage , behind the defensive linemen , and therefore back up the line . Linebackers generally align themselves before the ball is snapped by standing upright in a two-point stance ( as opposed to the defensive linemen , who put one or two hands on the ground for a three-point stance or four-point stance before the ball is snapped ) . The goal of the linebacker is to provide either extra run defense or extra pass defense based on the particular defensive play being executed . Another key play of the linebacker position is blitzing . A blitz occurs when a linebacker acts as an extra pass rusher running into any exposed gap . When a blitz is called by the defense , it is mainly to sack or hurry the opposing offense 's quarterback . Linebackers are often regarded as the most important position in defense , due to their versatility in providing hard hits on running plays or an additional layer of pass defense , when required . Similar to the free safety position , linebackers are required to use their judgment on every snap , to determine their role during that particular play .
The 1959 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1959 NCAA University Division football season . The Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami , Florida . The team was coached by Andy Gustafson , in his twelfth year as head coach for the Hurricanes .
Clemon C. Daniels Jr. ( October 3 , 1937 - March 23 , 2019 ) was an American professional football player who was a halfback in the American Football League ( AFL ) and the National Football League ( NFL ) .
A cornerback ( CB ) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football . Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time , but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses . They create turnovers through hard tackles , interceptions , and deflecting forward passes . Other members of the defensive backfield include strong and free safeties . The cornerback position requires speed , agility , and strength . A cornerback 's skill set typically requires proficiency in anticipating the quarterback , backpedaling , executing single and zone coverage , disrupting pass routes , block shedding , and tackling . Cornerbacks are among the fastest players on the field .
The Prairie View A & M Panthers football team is the college football team representing the Prairie View A & M University . The Panthers play in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference . From 1989 to 1998 , Prairie View A & M lost 80 straight games , the longest losing streak in NCAA history .
The Southwestern Athletic Conference ( SWAC ) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham , Alabama , which is made up of historically black colleges and universities ( HBCUs ) in the Southern United States . It participates in the NCAA 's Division I for all sports ; in football , it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) , formerly referred to as Division I-AA . The SWAC is widely considered the premier HBCU conference and ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni affiliated with professional sports teams , particularly in football . On the gridiron , the conference has been the biggest draw on the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) level of the NCAA , leading the nation in average home attendance every year except one since FCS has been in existence . In 1994 , the SWAC fell just 40,000 fans short of becoming the first non-Football Bowl Subdivision conference to attract one million fans to its home games .
Sherrill Headrick ( March 13 , 1937 - September 10 , 2008 ) was an American professional football player .
The 1959 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University ( TCU ) in the 1959 NCAA University Division football season . The Horned Frogs finished the season 8-3 overall and 5-1 in the Southwest Conference . The team was coached by Abe Martin in his seventh year as head coach . The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium , which is located on campus in Fort Worth , Texas . They were invited to the Bluebonnet Bowl , where they lost to Clemson by a score of 23-7 .
The Southwest Conference ( SWC ) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996 . Composed primarily of schools from Texas , at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma and Arkansas as well , but not from the actual Southwestern United States . For most of its history , the core members of the conference were Texas-based schools plus one in Arkansas : Rice University , Southern Methodist University , Texas A & M University , Texas Christian University , Baylor University , the University of Arkansas , and the University of Texas . After a long period of stability , the conference 's overall athletic prowess began to decline throughout the 1980s , due in part to numerous member schools violating NCAA recruiting rules , culminating in the suspension of the entire SMU football program ( death penalty ) for the 1987 and 1988 seasons . Arkansas , after years of feeling like an outsider in the conference , left after the 1990-91 school year to join the Southeastern Conference , although they did compete in the SWC in football for the 1991 season . Five years later , the conference precipitously broke up as Baylor , Texas , Texas A & M , and Texas Tech ( which had entered in 1956 ) combined with the members of the former Big Eight Conference to form a new league , the Big 12 Conference , while Rice , SMU , TCU , and Houston ( which entered the SWC in 1976 ) found homes in less prominent conferences ( although TCU later joined the Big 12 ) .
Allen F. Reynolds ( born February 15 , 1938 ) is a former American college and professional football guard who played eight seasons in the American Football League from 1960-1967 for the Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs .
Samuel C. Marshall was the first president and William E. Walker served as the last president . The Tarkio College mascot was the owl . The school colors were purple and white , and the college 's motto , often attributed to its founder , gentleman farmer David Rankin , was Set Fire , Tarkio ! Tarkio College won the first NAIA Division I Men 's basketball championship in 1940 , defeating San Diego State 52-31 . Tarkio College 's 's softball team appeared in one Women 's College World Series in 1976 . Brewer and Shipley named their most famous album Tarkio after this college in 1970 . One of the school 's most famous structures was the Mule Barn Theatre , an octagon-shaped structure used originally to house mules . It was on the National Register of Historic Places but was destroyed by fire in 1989 . After Tarkio College closed , the library books were purchased by and moved to Lancaster Bible College , Lancaster , Pennsylvania . There were also several attempts to find alternative uses for the property , including early discussions about the possible founding of a new institution , Tarkio Valley College . Initially , Youth Services International , Inc. operated Tarkio Academy , a residential and community-based educational program for juveniles between 1995-2004 . North Central Missouri College and Linn State College ( called State Technical College of Missouri since July 2014 ) in Linn , Missouri then announced an exploration of options for a new jointly operated technical college in early 2006 .
The Missouri College Athletic Union ( MCAU ) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1924 to 1970 . It consisted primarily of private universities from the state of Missouri that departed the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association after its 1924 reorganization . After folding in 1970 , the MCAU 's members formed the Heart of America Athletic Conference .
Paul Rocky Rochester ( born 1938 ) is a former American football defensive tackle . He played for the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs ( 1960-1963 ) and the New York Jets ( 1964-1969 ) in the American Football League . He played college football at Michigan State University . He was an American Football League All-Star in 1961 , and he earned an AFL Championship ring with the New York Jets in 1968 and had the only sack of the game ; as well as a World Championship with the Jets after the 1968 season , when he was team co-captain in the Jets ' destruction of the NFL Champion Baltimore Colts . Rochester is one of only twenty players who played the entire ten years of the AFL 's existence .
A defensive tackle ( DT ) is typically the largest and strongest of the defensive players in American football . The defensive tackle typically lines up opposite one of the offensive guards . Depending on a team 's individual defensive scheme , a defensive tackle may be called upon to fill several different roles . These roles may include merely holding the point of attack by refusing to be moved or penetrating a certain gap between offensive linemen to break up a play in the opponent 's backfield . If a defensive tackle reads a pass play , his primary responsibility is to pursue the quarterback , or simply knock the pass down at the line if it is within arm 's reach . Other responsibilities of the defensive tackle may be to pursue the screen pass or drop into coverage in a zone blitz scheme . In a traditional 4-3 defense , there is no nose tackle . Instead there is a left and right defensive tackle . Some teams , especially in the National Football League ( NFL ) , do have a nose tackle in this scheme , but most of them do not .
The 1959 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season . In their sixth season under head coach Duffy Daugherty , the Spartans compiled a 5-4 overall record ( 4-3 against Big Ten opponents ) , finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference , and were ranked # 16 in the final Coaches Poll . Quarterback Dean Look was selected by the Associated Press ( AP ) as a first-team player on the 1959 All-Big Ten Conference football team . Three other Spartans were selected for the third team : halfback Herb Adderly ; tackle Palmer Pyle ; and center Dave Manders . The 1959 Spartans won all three of their annual rivalry games . In the annual Indiana-Michigan State football rivalry game , the Spartans defeated the Hoosiers by a 14 to 6 score . In the Notre Dame rivalry game , the Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish by a 19 to 0 score . And , in the annual Michigan-Michigan State football rivalry game , the Spartans defeated the Wolverines by a 34 to 8 score . In non-conference play , the Spartans lost to Texas A & M , 9-7 , and the Miami Hurricanes , 18-13 .
Stewart Lynn Smokey Stover ( born August 24 , 1938 ) is an American former gridiron football player . He played College football at Northeast Louisiana State College - now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe - as a fullback and professionally in the American Football League ( AFL ) and the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) as a linebacker . Stover was raised in Oilton , Oklahoma and Vidaway , Oklahoma , and attended a military high school in Claremore , Oklahoma . He played football at Murray State College in Tishomingo , Oklahoma and at the University of Louisiana at Monroe , where he was later elected to first class of the school 's hall of fame in 1978 . When he was signed in 1960 as an original Dallas Texan in the American Football League , head coach Hank Stram converted him to a linebacker . He played for the Texans in their classic double-overtime victory over the two-time defending AFL Champion Houston Oilers in 1962 , and for the Kansas City Chiefs when they won the 1966 AFL title , once again over a two-time defending AFL Champion , this time the Buffalo Bills , and played in the first AFL-NFL World Championship game . After leaving the Chiefs following the 1966 AFL season , Stover played for the Canadian Football League 's Hamilton Tiger-Cats , winning the Grey Cup with them in 1967 . After his football career , he moved to Lafayette , Louisiana .
The Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks football ( also known as UL Monroe Warhawks or ULM Warhawks , formerly competing as the Northeast Louisiana Indians ) program is a college football team that represents the University of Louisiana at Monroe ( ULM ) . With a history dating back to 1931 , ULM currently competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , as a member of the Sun Belt Conference . The Warhawks currently play their home games at JPS Field at Malone Stadium , located on ULM 's campus in Monroe , Louisiana . The Warhawks played in their first ever FBS bowl game on December 28 , 2012 , in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport , Louisiana , losing 45-14 to the Ohio Bobcats .
The Gulf States Conference ( GSC ) was an intercollegiate athletic football conference that existed from 1948 to 1971 . The league had members in Alabama , Louisiana , and Mississippi . Many of the league 's members from Louisiana joined after the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference disbanded after the 1947 season .
Duane Wood ( September 20 , 1937 - July 23 , 2012 ) was a former college and professional American football cornerback .
The 1959 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University-Stillwater as an independent during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season . In their fifth season under head coach Cliff Speegle , the Cowboys compiled a 6-4 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 181 to 161 . On offense , the 1959 team averaged 18.1 points scored , 195.2 rushing yards , and 118.5 passing yards per game . On defense , the team allowed an average of 15.1 points scored , 195.2 rushing yards , and 83.1 passing yards per game The team 's statistical leaders included Jim Dillard with 582 rushing yards , Dick Soergel with 1,100 passing yards , Bill Dodson with 286 receiving yards , and Tony Banfield with 66 points scored . The team played its home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater , Oklahoma .
The 1960 Denver Broncos season was the team 's inaugural year in the American Football League . Led by head coach Frank Filchock , the Broncos recorded four wins , nine losses , and one tie , finishing last in the AFL 's Western Division .
Ken Adamson ( born December 10 , 1938 ) was an American college and professional football player . An offensive guard , he played college football at the University of Notre Dame , and played professionally in the American Football League for the Denver Broncos from 1960 through 1962 . He was an AFL All-Star in 1961 .
The tight end ( TE ) is a position in American football , arena football , and formerly Canadian football , on the offense . The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver . Like offensive linemen , they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be effective blockers . On the other hand , unlike offensive linemen , they are eligible receivers adept enough to warrant a defense 's attention when running pass patterns . Because of the hybrid nature of the position , the tight end 's role in any given offense depends on the tactical preferences and philosophy of the head coach . In some systems , the tight end will merely act as a sixth offensive lineman , rarely going out for passes . Other systems use the tight end primarily as a receiver , frequently taking advantage of the tight end 's size to create mismatches in the defensive secondary . Many coaches will often have one tight end who specializes in blocking on running plays while using a tight end with better pass-catching skills in obvious passing situations . Offensive formations may have as few as zero or as many as three tight ends at one time .
The 1959 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season .
National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference . This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition like conference schools do . There are fewer independent schools than in years past ; many independent schools join , or attempt to join , established conferences . The main reasons to join a conference are to gain a share of television revenue and access to bowl games that agree to take teams from certain conferences , and to help deal with otherwise potentially difficult challenges in scheduling opponents to play throughout the season . All Division I FBS independents are eligible for the College Football Playoff ( CFP ) , or for the so-called access bowls associated with the CFP , if they are chosen by the CFP selection committee . Notre Dame has a potential tie-in with the Orange Bowl . Army has an agreement with the Military Bowl ( formerly the EagleBank Bowl ) , and Notre Dame , in addition to its CFP agreement , has other bowl agreements as part of its affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) . ( Notre Dame had similar agreements with its previous conference , the Big East . ) BYU had an agreement with the Armed Forces Bowl for 2011 . The ranks of football independents increased by one starting with the 2011 season with the announcement that BYU would leave the Mountain West Conference ( MWC ) to become a football independent starting with that season . The ranks increased by two in 2013 when the Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) dropped football and New Mexico State and Idaho did not have a conference for football . The ranks of football independents decreased by two in 2014 with the return of Idaho and New Mexico State as football-only members of the Sun Belt Conference ( SBC ) and decreased by one more in 2015 with Navy joining the American Athletic Conference ( AAC ) as a football-only member .
Eldon Danenhauer ( born October 4 , 1935 ) was a college and professional American football offensive tackle . He played college football at the Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg , Kansas and professionally in the American Football League ( NFL ) with the Denver Broncos from 1960 through 1965 . He was an AFL All-Star in 1962 and 1965 .
Tackle is a playing position in gridiron football . Historically , in the one-platoon system prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , a tackle played on both offense and defense . In the modern system of specialized units , offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions , and the stand-alone term tackle refers to the offensive tackle position only . The offensive tackle ( OT , T ) is a position on the offensive line , left and right . Like other offensive linemen , their job is to block : to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football and enable him to advance the football and eventually score a touchdown . The term tackle is a vestige of an earlier era of football in which the same players played both offense and defense .
The Pittsburg State Gorillas football team represents Pittsburg State University in collegiate level football . The Pittsburg State football team was formed in 1908 , competes in NCAA Division II and is affiliated with the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association ( MIAA ) . The Gorillas play their home games at Carnie Smith Stadium , more commonly referred to as The Jungle , in Pittsburg , Kansas . Pittsburg State has won more games than any other program in NCAA Division II history . It has won four national championships ( 1957 , 1961 , 1991 and 2011 ) and 27 conference championships , including 13 conference titles in 20 seasons under former head coach Chuck Broyles .
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ( CIAC ) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1928 to 1968 . The league had members in Kansas and Missouri . Many of the league 's members went on to form the Central States Intercollegiate Conference in 1976 .
Eugene L. Mingo ( born September 22 , 1938 ) is a former professional American football player from Akron , Ohio , who played several positions including halfback , placekicker , and return specialist . He is widely recognized as the first African American placekicker in American football . He played youth football at the behest of a cousin , Dean Newby . After quitting , his cousin was angry . He called Gene a quitter , and tried to get him to come back . Shortly after , his cousin lost his life when mauled by a dog . When his aunt called him a quitter , too , he went back to football . After missing a couple of years to care for his terminally ill mother , he returned to school and found out that he excelled at football . He later dropped out of high school and joined the Navy where he played for a Navy team and was a star . After his discharge , he returned to Akron and worked at the Goodyear plant . Reading the paper in the lead up to the inaugural 1960 season , he read about a former opponent who had played for the Army who was signed by the Denver Broncos . He wrote them a letter and received a contract .
The 1960 Houston Oilers season was the first season for the Houston Oilers as a professional American football franchise ; Head Coach Lou Rymkus led the Oilers to the AFL Eastern Division title , with a 10-4 record . It was also the first American Football League season . It ended with a 24-16 victory in the AFL championship game at home over the Los Angeles Chargers ( 10-4 ) .
Tony Banfield ( December 18 , 1938 ) is a former an America football player . A defensive back , he played college football at Oklahoma State University and professionally in the American Football League ( AFL ) for the Houston Oilers from 1960 through 1963 and in 1965 . In 1962 , he returned a blocked punt 58 yards for a touchdown in the Oilers ' 32-17 defeat of the Oakland Raiders . He was All-AFL in 1961 and 1962 and an American Football League Eastern Division All-Star in 1963 . Banfield played in the first three AFL Championship games , winning the title in 1960 and 1961 .
The 1961 Houston Oilers season was the second season for the Houston Oilers as a professional American football franchise ; For the second consecutive season , the Oilers scored a triumph in the AFL championship game over the San Diego Chargers ( 12-2 ) , the Western Division champions . The Oilers started slowly in 1961 , with a 1-3-1 record . After a tie on October 13 with the Boston Patriots , head coach Lou Rymkus was fired by owner Bud Adams . Wally Lemm was hired , and the team went undefeated for the remainder of the season , including the championship game , a winning streak of ten games . The Oilers set the AFL record for points scored in 1961 , with 513 ( 36.6 points per game ) . They also set an American Football League record with a +271 point differential , by allowing only 242 points . The 1961 Oilers are the only team in AFL or NFL history to score 45 points or more six times in a single season .
William Frederick Groman ( born July 17 , 1936 ) is an American football player . A wide receiver , he played college football at Heidelberg College , and played professionally in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers from 1960 through 1962 and was on the first two AFL Championship teams . He played for the Denver Broncos in 1963 , and for the Buffalo Bills in 1964 and 1965 , playing on the Bills ' two American Football League Championship teams . In his six years of professional football , he played on four AFL championship teams , the only man ever to do so . Groman has more yards receiving in a rookie year than any other player ( 1,473 in 1960 , when the season was 14 games long rather than the current 16 ) . He was selected as one of the offensive ends on the first Sporting News AFL All-League Team in 1960 . He also has the most TDs by receptions in his first 2 years ( 29 : 12 in 1960 and 17 in 1961 ) . He played three more full seasons with the Oilers , winning another AFL title before going to the Buffalo Bills in 1964 . In two seasons where he played in five games in each season , he won two more AFL titles . In his six year career , he had 3,481 receiving yards ( 2,008 in the five years after his rookie season ) , 36 touchdowns and 174 receptions .
Heidelberg University is a private university in Tiffin , Ohio . Founded in 1850 , it was known as Heidelberg College until 1889 and from 1926 to 2009 . It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ .
The Ohio Athletic Conference ( OAC ) was formed in 1902 and is the third oldest athletic conference in the United States . Its current commissioner is Tim Gleason . Former commissioners include Mike Cleary , who was the first General Manager of a professional basketball team to hire an African American head coach , and would later run the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics ( NACDA ) . The Ohio Athletic Conference competes in the NCAA 's Division III . Through the years , 31 schools have been members of the OAC . The enrollments of the current ten member institutions range from around 1,000 to 4,500 . Member teams are located in Ohio .
Charley Hennigan ( Charles Taylor Hennigan , Sr. ) ( March 19 , 1935 - December 20 , 2017 ) was an American football player with the former Houston Oilers of the American Football League ( AFL ) .
The Northwestern State Demons football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Northwestern State University located in the U.S. state of Louisiana . The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and are members of the Southland Conference . Northwestern State 's first football team was fielded in 1907 . The team plays its home games at the 15,971 seat Harry Turpin Stadium in Natchitoches , Louisiana .