Statistics Summary for 1968 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
09/21/1968 at Abilene Christian W 29-22 -
09/28/1968 SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE W 52-0 -
10/05/1968 at Texas-Arlington L 30-41 -
* 10/12/1968 MCMURRY W 20-0 -
* 10/19/1968 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE W 35-27 -
* 10/26/1968 at Sul Ross State T 28-28 -
* 11/02/1968 HOWARD PAYNE W 24-14 -
* 11/09/1968 at Sam Houston State L 21-24 -
* 11/16/1968 SOUTHWEST TEXAS W 51-14 -
* 11/23/1968 at Stephen F. Austin W 28-20 -
 
Head Coach Ernest Hawkins (Fifth Season, 22-23-3 Overall, 15-15-3 Conf)

Southwest Missouri State --> Missouri State
Southwest Texas --> Texas State

Overall: 7-2-1
Conference: 5-1-1
Home: 5-0
Away: 2-2-1
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Arthur James 10 281 1575 37 1538 5.5 12 0 153.8
Bill Allison 10 141 684 21 663 4.7 2 0 66.3
Richard Houston 10 27 230 15 215 8.0 1 0 21.5
Chuck King 9 13 47 1 46 3.5 1 0 5.1
Mike Fields 10 8 39 0 39 4.9 1 0 3.9
Jerry Rose 10 8 32 0 32 4.0 0 0 3.2
Benny Kirkland 9 79 234 207 27 0.3 4 0 3.0
Tom Black 10 2 21 0 21 10.5 0 0 2.1
Willie Williams 10 1 4 0 4 4.0 1 4 0.4
Mike Kingcaid 10 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1
Hank Luman 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
John Gibbons 1 2 3 11 -8 -4.0 0 3 -8.0
Bill Fore 10 3 0 9 -9 -3.0 0 0 -0.9
Team 10 2 0 37 -37 -18.5 0 0 -3.7
Team totals 10 569 2870 338 2532 4.4 22 0 253.2
Opp totals 10 400 1645 350 1295 3.2 13 0 129.5
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Benny Kirkland 9 89-163-16 54.6 1509 14 0 167.7 141.08
Jim Dietz 10 20-43-3 46.5 322 3 0 32.2 118.48
Arthur James 10 3-6-0 50.0 158 2 0 15.8 381.20
Richard Houston 10 1-1-0 100.0 24 1 24 2.4 631.60
John Gibbons 1 1-3-0 33.3 20 0 20 20.0 89.33
Bill Fore 10 1-2-0 50.0 12 0 12 1.2 100.40
Hank Luman 10 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 10 115-219-19 52.5 2045 20 0 204.5 143.74
Opp totals 10 109-261-21 41.8 1623 10 0 162.3 90.55
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Tom Black 10 41 849 20.7 10 0 84.9
Richard Houston 10 34 666 19.6 7 0 66.6
Arthur James 10 23 270 11.7 1 0 27.0
Hank Luman 10 10 192 19.2 2 0 19.2
Bill Allison 10 4 32 8.0 0 0 3.2
Jerry Rose 10 2 16 8.0 0 0 1.6
Steve Wood 7 1 20 20.0 0 20 2.9
Team totals 10 115 2045 17.8 20 0 204.5
Opp totals 10 109 1623 14.9 10 0 162.3
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Arthur James 10 13 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 80
Tom Black 10 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 60
Mark Regian 10 0 5-13 35-41 0 0 0 50
Richard Houston 10 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 48
Benny Kirkland 9 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 26
Willie Williams 10 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Bill Allison 10 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Hank Luman 10 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Ron Humphrey 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Chuck King 9 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Mike Fields 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 10 44 5-13 35-41 2 0 0 318
Opp totals 10 24 8-16 18-22 1 0 1 190
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Arthur James 10 1538 158 1696 169.6
Benny Kirkland 9 27 1509 1536 170.7
Bill Allison 10 663 0 663 66.3
Jim Dietz 10 0 322 322 32.2
Richard Houston 10 215 24 239 23.9
Chuck King 9 46 0 46 5.1
Mike Fields 10 39 0 39 3.9
Jerry Rose 10 32 0 32 3.2
Tom Black 10 21 0 21 2.1
John Gibbons 1 -8 20 12 12.0
Willie Williams 10 4 0 4 0.4
Bill Fore 10 -9 12 3 0.3
Mike Kingcaid 10 1 0 1 0.1
Team 10 -37 0 -37 -3.7
Team totals 10 2532 2045 4577 457.7
Opp totals 10 1295 1623 2918 291.8
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Mike Myers 20 127 0 0 6.3
Willie Williams 6 72 0 0 12.0
Mike Kingcaid 1 11 0 11 11.0
Bill Fore 1 7 0 7 7.0
Tom Black 1 7 0 7 7.0
Ronnie Ward 1 4 0 4 4.0
Ron Humphrey 2 3 0 0 1.5
Team totals 32 231 0 0 7.2
Opp totals 15 89 0 0 5.9
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Richard Houston 11 258 0 0 23.5
Mike Myers 13 225 0 0 17.3
Arthur James 7 204 0 0 29.1
Willie Williams 5 174 1 0 34.8
Grady Ivy 1 29 0 29 29.0
Hank Luman 1 7 0 7 7.0
Jay Johnson 1 4 0 4 4.0
Ralph Weaver 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 33 697 1 0 21.1
Opp totals 42 730 0 0 17.4
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Ron Humphrey 8 86 1 0 0.1
James Thrower 5 35 0 0 0.1
Bruce Butler 3 28 0 0 0.1
Mike Myers 2 22 0 0 0.1
Don Hynds 2 20 0 0 0.1
Grady Ivy 1 4 0 4 0.2
Team totals 21 195 1 0 0.1
Opp totals 19 247 1 0 0.1
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Team totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
Arthur James 10 1538 270 0 204 0 2012 201.2
Richard Houston 10 215 666 0 258 0 1139 113.9
Tom Black 10 21 849 7 0 0 877 87.7
Bill Allison 10 663 32 0 0 0 695 69.5
Mike Myers 10 0 0 127 225 22 374 37.4
Willie Williams 10 4 0 72 174 0 250 25.0
Hank Luman 10 0 192 0 7 0 199 19.9
Ron Humphrey 10 0 0 3 0 86 89 8.9
Jerry Rose 10 32 16 0 0 0 48 4.8
Chuck King 9 46 0 0 0 0 46 5.1
Mike Fields 10 39 0 0 0 0 39 3.9
James Thrower 10 0 0 0 0 35 35 3.5
Grady Ivy 10 0 0 0 29 4 33 3.3
Bruce Butler 10 0 0 0 0 28 28 2.8
Benny Kirkland 9 27 0 0 0 0 27 3.0
Steve Wood 7 0 20 0 0 0 20 2.9
Don Hynds 10 0 0 0 0 20 20 2.0
Mike Kingcaid 10 1 0 11 0 0 12 1.2
Ronnie Ward 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.0
Jay Johnson 10 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.4
Bill Fore 10 -9 0 7 0 0 -2 -0.2
John Gibbons 1 -8 0 0 0 0 -8 -8.0
Team 10 -37 0 0 0 0 -37 -3.7
Team totals 10 2532 2045 231 697 195 5700 570.0
Opp totals 10 1295 1623 89 730 247 3984 398.4
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Jim Dietz 29 1023 35.3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Wood 13 410 31.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Myers 6 156 26.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Team totals 50 1589 31.8 0 0 0 0 0 2
Opp totals 77 2825 36.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Mark Regian 5 13 38.5 0 2
Team totals 5 13 38.5 0 2
Opp totals 8 16 50.0 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Mike Myers 10 0 0 0 - - 2 - 22 - - - - - -
Ron Humphrey 10 0 0 0 - - 8 - 86 - - - - - -
James Thrower 10 0 0 0 - - 5 - 35 - - - - - -
Grady Ivy 10 0 0 0 - - 1 - 4 - - - - - -
Bruce Butler 10 0 0 0 - - 3 - 28 - - - - - -
Don Hynds 10 0 0 0 - - 2 - 20 - - - - - -
Team totals 10 0 0 0 - - 21 - 195 - - - - - -
Opp totals 10 0 0 0 - - 19 - 247 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 126 63
1st downs passing 77 62
1st downs penalty 15 14
1st downs total 218 139
Penalties against 61 58
Penalty yards 687 488
Fumbles 27 26
Fumbles lost 16 11
3rd-down convert 0-0 0-0
4th-down convert 0-0 0-0
Time of possession 0:00 0:00
Misc yards 0 0