1970 Houston Oilers (NFL) |
| 4th place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 3-10-1 .231 |
| Head Coach: Wally Lemm |
| Joe Childress | Offensive Backs |
| Hugh Devore | Linebackers |
| F.A. Dry | Offensive Line |
| Bud McFadin | Defensive Line |
| Fran Polsfoot | Receivers |
| Walt Schlinkman | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-23 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 40259 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | H | New Orleans Saints | 10-19 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46223 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 7-14 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 44563 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1970 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 37-21 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46548 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 3-20 | L | Pasadena, CA | Rose Bowl | 30666 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1970 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 26-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 36327 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1970 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 19-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 45538 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | H | Miami Dolphins | 10-20 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 39840 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1970 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-13 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55094 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | H | Baltimore Colts | 20-24 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 48050 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-7 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 42799 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | A | San Diego Chargers | 31-31 | T | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 41427 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 0-44 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47911 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 9-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 49810 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 20-30 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 43040 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1970 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-28 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 74723 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1970 | H | Denver Broncos | 31-21 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 35733 | |
| Mon | 12/7/1970 | H | Cleveland Browns | 10-21 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 50582 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1970 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-30 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 34435 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 10-52 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 50504 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Atkins | 48 | LCB-LS | 6-3 | 211 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 2 |
| Hank Autry | 61 | C | 6-3 | 233 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 81 | WR-TE | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | 7 |
| Elvin Bethea | 65 | RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| Garland Boyette | 52 | MLB | 6-1 | 237 | 30 | Grambling State | 13 | 13 |
| Leo Brooks | 73 | LDT | 6-5 | 256 | 23 | Texas | 13 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 35 | RB | 5-11 | 201 | 26 | Northwestern | 6 | 6 |
| Donnie Davis | 84 | TE | 6-4 | 220 | 30 | Southern University | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 34 | RB | 6-2 | 223 | 22 | Los Angeles CC; Wisconsin | 14 | 7 |
| Tom Domres | 71 | RDT | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Elbert Drungo | 75 | ROG | 6-5 | 265 | 27 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Roy Gerela | 3 | K | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | New Mexico State | 14 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 32 | RB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Mississippi State | 5 | 5 |
| Ken Gray | 62 | LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 34 | Howard Payne | 11 | 10 |
| Mac Haik | 86 | WR | 6-1 | 199 | 24 | Mississippi | 13 | 0 |
| Claude Harvey | 88 | LLB | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | Prairie View A&M | 5 | 0 |
| Glen Ray Hines | 78 | ROT | 6-5 | 258 | 27 | Arkansas | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Holmes | 79 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 30 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Roy Hopkins | 36 | RB | 6-1 | 233 | 25 | Texas Southern | 12 | 3 |
| Ken Houston | 29 | LS | 6-3 | 196 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Benny Johnson | 33 | LCB | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Johnson C. Smith | 14 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 32 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 10 | 10 |
| Charlie Joiner | 18 | WR | 5-11 | 186 | 23 | Grambling State | 9 | 8 |
| Spike Jones | 11 | P | 6-2 | 193 | 23 | Middle Georgia JC; Georgia | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | 23 | WR | 5-10 | 177 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| Jess Lewis | 55 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Oregon State | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Maples | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 41 | LCB | 6-2 | 192 | 26 | Texas Southern | 14 | 12 |
| Zeke Moore | 22 | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 14 |
| Spain Musgrove | 77 | OT | 6-4 | 275 | 25 | Bakersfield CC; Utah State | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Naponic | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Illinois | 2 | 0 |
| Willie Parker | 74 | LDT | 6-2 | 266 | 25 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Peacock | 44 | RS | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Pritchard | 58 | RLB | 6-1 | 236 | 23 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| Alvin Reed | 89 | TE | 6-5 | 232 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 13 | 13 |
| Tom Regner | 60 | LOG | 6-1 | 255 | 26 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 |
| Jerry Rhome | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 186 | 28 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 13 | 4 |
| Mike Richardson | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 196 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 7 |
| Ron Saul | 64 | LOG | 6-2 | 254 | 22 | Michigan State | 14 | 1 |
| Tommie Smiley | 39 | RB | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Arizona; Lamar | 7 | 0 |
| Terry Stoepel | 69 | LOT | 6-4 | 235 | 25 | Tulsa | 14 | 0 |
| Walt Suggs | 76 | LOT | 6-5 | 257 | 31 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Olen Underwood | 56 | LLB | 6-1 | 224 | 28 | Texas | 12 | 7 |
| Loyd Wainscott | 53 | MLB | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Texas | 11 | 1 |
| George Webster | 90 | LLB | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | Michigan State | 7 | 7 |
| Doug Wilkerson | 63 | LDE | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | North Carolina Central | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Zaeske | 87 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | North Park | 5 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Doug Wilkerson | G | North Carolina Central |
| 2 | 31 | Leo Brooks | DT | Texas |
| 2 | 40 | Bill Dusenbery | RB | Johnson C. Smith |
| 4 | 92 | Spike Jones | P | Georgia |
| 5 | 110 | Ron Saul | G | Michigan State |
| 5 | 118 | Ed Duley | DT | Northern Arizona |
| 6 | 144 | Benny Johnson | DB | Johnson C. Smith |
| 7 | 170 | Charlie Olson | DB | Concordia (Moorhead) |
| 8 | 196 | Mike McClish | T | Wisconsin |
| 9 | 222 | Charley Blossom | DE | Texas Southern |
| 10 | 249 | Joe Dawkins | RB | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 274 | Bob Morris | C | Duke |
| 12 | 299 | Richard Dawkins | TE | Johnson C. Smith |
| 13 | 326 | Jess Lewis | LB | Oregon State |
| 14 | 352 | Clair Rasmussen | G | Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
| 15 | 378 | Dave Sharp | T | Stanford |
| 16 | 404 | Chris Myers | WR | Kenyon |
| 17 | 430 | Julian Fagan | P | Mississippi |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 57 | 50 | 61 | 217 |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 92 | 89 | 120 | 352 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38:34 | 232 | 88 | 126 | 18 | 91/225 40.4% | 2/6 33.3% | 78 | 833 |
| Opponents Totals | 21:26 | 227 | 85 | 115 | 27 | 78/200 39.0% | 2/3 66.7% | 76 | 833 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Gerela | 0 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 0 | 77 |
| Jerry Levias | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Roy Hopkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mike Richardson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Woody Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Peacock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Rhome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Pritchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 1 | 217 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 44 | 44 | 100.0 | 14 | 30 | 46.7 | 1 | 352 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Gerela | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 3 | 48 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 6/8 | 3/14 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 32 | 56.3 | 3 | 48 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 6/8 | 3/14 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 30 | 46.7 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 7/9 | 3/10 | 1/4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Dawkins | 124 | 517 | 4.2 | 49 | 2 |
| Mike Richardson | 103 | 368 | 3.6 | 34 | 2 |
| Roy Hopkins | 57 | 207 | 3.6 | 12 | 3 |
| Woody Campbell | 59 | 189 | 3.2 | 28 | 1 |
| Hoyle Granger | 51 | 169 | 3.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Jerry Rhome | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Jerry Levias | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Naponic | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommie Smiley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 419 | 1556 | 3.7 | 49 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 466 | 1793 | 3.8 | 35 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Johnson | 281 | 144 | 51.2 | 125 | 1652 | 5.9 | 11.5 | 63t | 7 | 2.5 | 12 | 4.3 | 15 | 124 | 1528 | 59.8 |
| Jerry Rhome | 168 | 88 | 52.4 | 72 | 1031 | 6.1 | 11.7 | 87t | 5 | 3.0 | 8 | 4.8 | 10 | 85 | 946 | 61.4 |
| Bob Naponic | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 12 | 85 | 4.3 | 14.2 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 8 | 53 | 32 | 5.2 |
| Jerry Levias | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 470 | 238 | 50.6 | 209 | 2768 | 5.9 | 11.6 | 87t | 12 | 2.6 | 23 | 4.9 | 33 | 262 | 2506 | 56.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 344 | 164 | 47.7 | 162 | 2851 | 8.3 | 17.4 | 80t | 25 | 7.3 | 18 | 5.2 | 30 | 246 | 2605 | 78.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Reed | 47 | 604 | 12.9 | 34 | 2 |
| Jerry Levias | 41 | 529 | 12.9 | 63t | 5 |
| Mike Richardson | 34 | 381 | 11.2 | 67 | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 28 | 416 | 14.9 | 87t | 3 |
| Mac Haik | 17 | 190 | 11.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 16 | 216 | 13.5 | 25 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 15 | 94 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 14 | 142 | 10.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 238 | 2768 | 11.6 | 87t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 164 | 2851 | 17.4 | 80t | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Moore | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Peacock | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 35 | 0 |
| Ron Pritchard | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Garland Boyette | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Domres | 0 | 13 | 13L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 242 | 13.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 334 | 14.5 | 45t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike Jones | 84 | 3559 | 42.4 | 73 | 1 | 6 | 441 | 2998 | 35.7 | |
| Team Totals | 84 | 3559 | 42.4 | 73 | 1 | 6 | 441 | 2998 | 36.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 3419 | 44.4 | 71 | 0 | 6 | 257 | 3042 | 39.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry LeVias | 25 | 8 | 213 | 8.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 10 | 7 | 30 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 16 | 257 | 6.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 16 | 441 | 8.5 | 38 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Levias | 26 | 598 | 23.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Benny Johnson | 15 | 320 | 21.3 | 40 | 0 | |
| Zeke Moore | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 45 | 0 | |
| Donnie Davis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elbert Drungo | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jess Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1168 | 21.2 | 45 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 741 | 23.2 | 35 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Elvin Bethea | 10.5 | |
| Ron Pritchard | 7.5 | |
| Willie Parker | 4.0 | |
| Pat Holmes | 3.0 | |
| George Webster | 2.5 | |
| Tom Domres | 1.5 | |
| Johnny Peacock | 1.0 | |
| Olen Underwood | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals IND=31 | 30.0 | 246.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33.0 | 262.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin Bethea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Davis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elbert Drungo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mac Haik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Harvey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Ray Hines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jess Lewis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Maples | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 | 0 | |
| Leroy Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Naponic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Peacock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Rhome | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 1 |
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