1971 Houston Oilers (NFL) |
| 3rd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 4-9-1 .308 |
| Head Coach: Ed Hughes |
| George Dickson | Special Teams/Linebackers |
| Burnie Miller | Defensive Backs |
| Fran Polsfoot | Receivers |
| Walt Schlinkman | Defensive Backs |
| Walt Yowarsky | Defensive Line |
| Ernie Zwahlen | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/31/1971 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 6-17 | L | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 19384 | |
| Mon | 8/9/1971 | H | New York Giants | 35-6 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45411 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-16 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 40993 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1971 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-17 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 43922 | |
| Thu | 8/26/1971 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 20-28 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 49078 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | H | Chicago Bears | 37-17 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 42223 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1971 | A | New Orleans Saints | 24-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 60971 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | A | Cleveland Browns | 0-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 73387 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 16-20 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46498 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | H | New Orleans Saints | 13-13 | T | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 47966 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | A | Washington Redskins | 13-22 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53041 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-31 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45885 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 45872 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-6 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 37947 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | A | New England Patriots | 20-28 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 53155 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | A | Oakland Raiders | 21-41 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54705 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 13-28 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59390 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-37 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 37921 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 29-3 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 37778 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | A | Buffalo Bills | 20-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 28107 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | H | San Diego Chargers | 49-33 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 35959 | |
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 |
| Allen Ray Aldridge | 88 | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 240 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 13 | 1 |
| Willie Alexander | 19 | RCB | 6-3 | 192 | 22 | Alcorn State | 14 | 10 |
| Bob Atkins | 48 | RS-LCB | 6-3 | 211 | 25 | Grambling State | 12 | 2 |
| Braden Beck | 17 | K | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Stanford | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 81 | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 13 |
| Bruce Bergey | 83 | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | Glendale CC; UCLA | 1 | 0 |
| Elvin Bethea | 65 | RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Billingsley | 82 | RDT-LDT | 6-8 | 278 | 26 | Wyoming | 13 | 10 |
| Garland Boyette | 52 | MLB | 6-1 | 237 | 31 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Leo Brooks | 73 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 256 | 24 | Texas | 11 | 4 |
| Ken Burrough | 00 | WR | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | Texas Southern | 13 | 0 |
| Woody Campbell | 35 | RB | 5-11 | 201 | 27 | Northwestern | 12 | 11 |
| John Charles | 25 | RS | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 13 |
| Linzy Cole | 87 | WR | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | Trinity Valley CC; Texas Christian | 14 | 1 |
| Phil Croyle | 59 | LLB-RLB | 6-3 | 223 | 24 | California | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 34 | RB | 6-2 | 223 | 23 | Los Angeles CC; Wisconsin | 6 | 5 |
| Lynn Dickey | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 214 | 22 | Kansas State | 7 | 2 |
| Tom Domres | 71 | DT | 6-3 | 247 | 25 | Wisconsin | 5 | 0 |
| Elbert Drungo | 75 | ROG | 6-5 | 265 | 28 | Tennessee State | 11 | 11 |
| Gene Ferguson | 74 | LOT-OG | 6-8 | 300 | 24 | Norfolk State | 14 | 12 |
| Willie Frazier | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 29 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | 4 |
| Tom Funchess | 66 | ROG-LOG | 6-5 | 264 | 27 | Jackson State | 12 | 2 |
| Mac Haik | 86 | WR | 6-1 | 199 | 25 | Mississippi | 4 | 1 |
| Pat Holmes | 79 | LDE | 6-5 | 254 | 31 | Texas Tech | 14 | 13 |
| Robert Holmes | 39 | RB | 5-9 | 221 | 26 | Southern University | 8 | 8 |
| Andy Hopkins | 28 | RB | 5-10 | 187 | 22 | Stephen F. Austin State | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 29 | LS | 6-3 | 196 | 27 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Leroy Howard | 45 | LCB-RCB | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Bishop | 7 | 0 |
| Benny Johnson | 33 | RCB | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Johnson C. Smith | 10 | 4 |
| Charley Johnson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 191 | 33 | Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 4 |
| Charlie Joiner | 18 | WR | 5-11 | 186 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 13 |
| Zeke Moore | 22 | LCB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 13 | 13 |
| Mark Moseley | 11 | K | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | Texas A&M; Stephen F. Austin State | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Olerich | 37 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | San Francisco | 14 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | Santa Clara | 14 | 8 |
| Dickie Post | 2 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | Houston | 7 | 2 |
| Ron Pritchard | 58 | RLB | 6-1 | 236 | 24 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| Alvin Reed | 89 | TE | 6-5 | 232 | 27 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 10 |
| Tom Regner | 60 | ROG-ROT | 6-1 | 255 | 27 | Notre Dame | 8 | 1 |
| Floyd Rice | 85 | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Alcorn State | 14 | 5 |
| Mike Richardson | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 196 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Saul | 64 | OG | 6-2 | 254 | 23 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 |
| Leroy Sledge | 41 | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Bakersfield CC | 6 | 1 |
| Jerry Sturm | 62 | C | 6-3 | 257 | 35 | Illinois | 14 | 7 |
| Walt Suggs | 76 | C-LOT | 6-5 | 257 | 32 | Mississippi State | 11 | 10 |
| Mike Tilleman | 78 | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 275 | 27 | Montana | 14 | 14 |
| Ward Walsh | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 213 | 23 | Colorado | 13 | 1 |
| Sam Walton | 77 | ROT | 6-5 | 270 | 28 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 13 |
| George Webster | 90 | LLB | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | Michigan State | 10 | 9 |
| Bob Young | 56 | LOG | 6-2 | 269 | 29 | Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Dan Pastorini | QB | Santa Clara |
| 3 | 56 | Lynn Dickey | QB | Kansas State |
| 4 | 81 | Larron Jackson | T | Missouri |
| 5 | 109 | Willie Armstrong | RB | Grambling State |
| 6 | 134 | Willie Alexander | DB | Alcorn State |
| 7 | 159 | Phil Croyle | LB | California |
| 7 | 174 | Larry Watson | T | Morgan State |
| 9 | 212 | Floyd Rice | TE-LB | Alcorn State |
| 10 | 237 | Russell Price | DE | North Carolina Central |
| 11 | 265 | Macon Hughes | WR | Rice |
| 12 | 290 | John Thompson | G | Minnesota |
| 13 | 315 | Joe Hoing | G | Arkansas Tech |
| 14 | 343 | Dickie Adams | DB | Miami (Ohio) |
| 15 | 368 | Andy Hopkins | RB | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 16 | 393 | Moses Denson | RB | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 17 | 421 | Calvin Fox | LB | Michigan State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29 | 72 | 64 | 86 | 251 |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 110 | 44 | 98 | 330 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:00 | 201 | 62 | 117 | 22 | 52/177 29.4% | 2/4 50.0% | 91 | 856 |
| Opponents Totals | 30:00 | 237 | 117 | 97 | 23 | 65/194 33.5% | 2/4 50.0% | 75 | 916 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Moseley | 0 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 73 |
| Charlie Joiner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Ken Houston | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Robert Holmes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Garland Boyette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Woody Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leroy Sledge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ward Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Braden Beck | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 26 | 29 | 89.7 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 0 | 251 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 24 | 35 | 68.6 | 0 | 330 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Moseley | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 1 | 44 | 0/0 | 8/9 | 2/4 | 6/10 | 0/3 |
| Braden Beck | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 15 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 1 | 44 | 1/1 | 8/9 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 35 | 68.6 | 9/9 | 4/7 | 6/9 | 4/8 | 1/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Holmes | 91 | 288 | 3.2 | 31 | 4 |
| Woody Campbell | 96 | 259 | 2.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Dan Pastorini | 26 | 140 | 5.4 | 27 | 3 |
| Joe Dawkins | 42 | 135 | 3.2 | 21 | 2 |
| Ward Walsh | 38 | 129 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Leroy Sledge | 24 | 74 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 22 | 42 | 1.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 17 | 33 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Andy Hopkins | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 361 | 1106 | 3.1 | 31 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 489 | 1723 | 3.5 | 30t | 22 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 270 | 127 | 47.0 | 122 | 1702 | 6.3 | 13.4 | 62t | 7 | 2.6 | 21 | 7.8 | 20 | 152 | 1550 | 43.8 |
| Charley Johnson | 94 | 46 | 48.9 | 41 | 592 | 6.3 | 12.9 | 70t | 3 | 3.2 | 7 | 7.4 | 8 | 61 | 531 | 48.7 |
| Lynn Dickey | 57 | 19 | 33.3 | 29 | 315 | 5.5 | 16.6 | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 15.8 | 3 | 21 | 294 | 13.3 |
| Woody Campbell | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 20t | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 423 | 194 | 45.9 | 192 | 2643 | 6.2 | 13.6 | 70t | 12 | 2.8 | 37 | 8.7 | 31 | 234 | 2409 | 39.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 354 | 180 | 50.8 | 151 | 2416 | 6.8 | 13.4 | 64 | 11 | 3.1 | 23 | 6.5 | 37 | 344 | 2072 | 56.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Beirne | 38 | 550 | 14.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 31 | 681 | 22.0 | 70t | 7 |
| Alvin Reed | 25 | 408 | 16.3 | 36 | 1 |
| Ken Burrough | 25 | 370 | 14.8 | 62t | 1 |
| Woody Campbell | 20 | 179 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 17 | 138 | 8.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 33 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Leroy Sledge | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Dickie Post | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 194 | 2643 | 13.6 | 70t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 180 | 2416 | 13.4 | 64 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Houston | 9 | 220 | 24.4 | 48t | 4 |
| John Charles | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Leo Brooks | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 456 | 19.8 | 51 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 505 | 13.6 | 59t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 75 | 3044 | 40.6 | 62 | 0 | 6 | 304 | 2620 | 34.9 | |
| Team Totals | 75 | 3044 | 40.6 | 62 | 0 | 6 | 304 | 2620 | 34.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 3210 | 42.2 | 63 | 0 | 10 | 198 | 2812 | 37.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linzy Cole | 14 | 15 | 107 | 7.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 16 | 4 | 91 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Floyd Rice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 21 | 198 | 6.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 12 | 304 | 7.8 | 34 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linzy Cole | 32 | 834 | 26.1 | 45 | 0 | |
| Zeke Moore | 10 | 214 | 21.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 8 | 157 | 19.6 | 30 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ward Walsh | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 59 | 1409 | 23.9 | 45 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 862 | 21.0 | 71 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Elvin Bethea | 10.5 | |
| Mike Tilleman | 8.0 | |
| Ron Pritchard | 4.0 | |
| Tom Domres | 3.0 | |
| Pat Holmes | 3.0 | |
| Ron Billingsley | 2.0 | |
| Garland Boyette | 1.5 | |
| Willie Alexander | 1.0 | |
| Floyd Rice | 1.0 | |
| George Webster | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 37.0 | 344.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31.0 | 234.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -30 | 0 | |
| Ron Billingsley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Garland Boyette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 1 |
| John Charles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Linzy Cole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Funchess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Houston | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 1 | |
| Benny Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Olerich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dickie Post | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Leroy Sledge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ward Walsh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 69 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 1 |
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