West Texas Rufneks

{{Short description|American football team}}

{{for|the indoor football team|West Texas Roughnecks}}

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| founded = 1966

| folded = 1970

| league = Texas Football League, Continental Football League

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| arena = Memorial Stadium (Midland, Texas)

| city = Midland, Texas

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The West Texas Rufneks were a professional American football team based in Midland, Texas. They began play as the Odessa-Midland Comets in the Texas Football League in 1966. In September 1968 the franchise was purchased by Dallas investor Alton Fairchild, who changed the team's name to the West Texas Rufneks.{{cite news|title=Comets Get New Owner|work=The Odessa American|date=September 25, 1968}} When the Texas Football League merged with the Continental Football League for its 1969 season, the Rufneks became a member of the COFL's new Texas Division East.{{cite news|title=TFL Aligns With Huge Continental|work=The Odessa American|agency=Associated Press|date=January 26, 1969}} The team announced plans to relocate after the 1969 season, but the move never happened and the Rufneks dissolved before the 1970 Texas Football League season.

==Season-by-season==

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! Year	League	W	L	T	Finish	Coach
Odessa-Midland Comets | 1966 || rowspan=3|Texas Football League || 1 || 8 || 1 || 6th || Byron Townsend
Odessa-Midland Comets | 1967 || 3 || 11 || 0 || 3rd, Western Division || Jim Daniel
Odessa-Midland Comets/West Texas Rufneks | 1968 || 5 || 7 || 0 || 3rd, Western Division || Jim Daniel/Ted Dawson
West Texas Rufneks | 1969 || Continental Football League || 7 || 4 || 0 || 2nd, Texas Division East || Lou Rymkus