1974 Houston Oilers (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Sid Gillman |
| Ed Biles | Defensive Assistant |
| Sam Boghosian | Special Teams |
| Andy Bourgeois | Offensive Backs |
| Lew Carpenter | Receivers |
| King Hill | Quarterbacks/Offensive Backfield |
| Joe Madro | Offensive Line |
| Larry Peccatiello | Linebackers |
| Richie Petitbon | Defensive Backs |
| Bum Phillips | Defensive Coordinator |
| Joe Woolley | Offensive Assistant |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1974 | H | New York Giants | 16-7 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 15501 | |
| Fri | 8/9/1974 | A | Washington Redskins | 48-3 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 14768 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1974 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 13-19 | L | OT | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 53148 |
| Mon | 8/26/1974 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 6-10 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 27116 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1974 | H | Chicago Bears | 37-20 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 25811 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1974 | H | New Orleans Saints | 16-24 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 35103 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1974 | H | San Diego Chargers | 21-14 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 25317 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1974 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-20 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 55242 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1974 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-17 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 28538 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1974 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-13 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 30049 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1974 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-51 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 48006 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1974 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-31 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 26371 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1974 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 34-21 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55434 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1974 | A | New York Jets | 27-22 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 47218 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1974 | A | Buffalo Bills | 21-9 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 79144 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1974 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-3 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 44054 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1974 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 0-10 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 49775 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1974 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 41195 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1974 | A | Denver Broncos | 14-37 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 46942 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1974 | H | Cleveland Browns | 28-24 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 33299 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Willie Alexander | 19 | LCB | 6-3 | 192 | 25 | Alcorn State | 14 | 14 |
| Mack Alston | 82 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 13 | 12 |
| George Amundson | 12 | RB | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | Iowa State | 14 | 3 |
| Bob Atkins | 48 | LS | 6-3 | 211 | 28 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Duane Benson | 52 | LOLB | 6-2 | 218 | 29 | Hamline | 13 | 3 |
| Elvin Bethea | 65 | RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| David Beverly | 4 | P | 6-2 | 180 | 24 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 54 | LILB | 6-1 | 227 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Broadnax | 83 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Southern University | 8 | 2 |
| Ken Burrough | 00 | WR | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Texas Southern | 11 | 11 |
| Skip Butler | 2 | K | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | 0 |
| Ronnie Carroll | 63 | MG | 6-2 | 265 | 25 | Arkansas; Sam Houston State | 14 | 5 |
| John Charles | 25 | RS | 6-1 | 199 | 30 | Purdue | 1 | 1 |
| Ralph Cindrich | 55 | MLB | 6-1 | 227 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 47 | RB | 5-10 | 197 | 23 | Alabama A&M | 13 | 4 |
| Al Cowlings | 76 | LOLB | 6-5 | 247 | 27 | San Francisco CC; Southern California | 14 | 11 |
| Curley Culp | 78 | MG | 6-1 | 265 | 28 | Arizona State | 8 | 8 |
| Marvin Davis | 58 | LOLB-ROLB | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | Southern University | 13 | 1 |
| Lynn Dickey | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 214 | 25 | Kansas State | 14 | 4 |
| Elbert Drungo | 75 | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | 31 | Tennessee State | 13 | 12 |
| Leonard Fairley | 29 | CB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Alcorn State | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Fisher | 70 | MG-RDE | 6-3 | 249 | 25 | Arizona State | 11 | 0 |
| Solomon Freelon | 69 | ROG | 6-1 | 250 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| Brian Goodman | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Gresham | 36 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | West Virginia | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Hoaglin | 53 | C | 6-4 | 247 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 7 |
| Kevin Hunt | 72 | ROT-LOT | 6-5 | 260 | 26 | Doane | 13 | 2 |
| Al Johnson | 25 | RS | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Cincinnati | 14 | 8 |
| Billy Johnson | 84 | WR | 5-9 | 170 | 22 | Widener | 14 | 5 |
| Harris Jones | 61 | LOG | 6-5 | 255 | 29 | Johnson C. Smith | 11 | 8 |
| Steve Kiner | 57 | RILB-LILB | 6-0 | 219 | 27 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Maxwell | 42 | RS-LS | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Texas A&M | 13 | 1 |
| Jim McCollum | 70 | MG | 6-0 | 250 | 22 | Kentucky | 11 | 1 |
| Mike Montgomery | 24 | WR | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Kansas State | 5 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 22 | RCB | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Parks | 20 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Santa Monica JC; Long Beach State | 14 | 12 |
| Dan Pastorini | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | Santa Clara | 11 | 10 |
| Jeff Queen | 46 | RB-TE | 6-1 | 221 | 28 | Morgan State | 11 | 0 |
| Guy Roberts | 56 | RILB-LILB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Rodgers | 34 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Kentucky State | 14 | 11 |
| Greg Sampson | 73 | LOT | 6-6 | 270 | 24 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Saul | 64 | LOG | 6-2 | 254 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 6 |
| Jeff Severson | 45 | RS | 6-1 | 183 | 25 | Long Beach State | 14 | 4 |
| Sid Smith | 77 | C | 6-4 | 260 | 26 | Southern California | 11 | 7 |
| Tody Smith | 85 | LDE | 6-5 | 248 | 26 | Michigan State; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Ted Washington | 59 | ROLB | 6-1 | 250 | 26 | Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| Vic Washington | 23 | RB | 5-10 | 194 | 28 | Wyoming | 12 | 5 |
| Terry Wells | 41 | WR | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 0 |
| Jim White | 79 | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | Northeastern JC; Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| C.L. Whittington | 38 | RCB-LCB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 44 | RB | 6-0 | 209 | 27 | Boston College | 10 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 4 | 79 | Steve Manstedt | LB | Nebraska |
| 6 | 154 | Booker Brown | G | Southern California |
| 7 | 157 | Leonard Fairley | DB | Alcorn State |
| 8 | 183 | Mike McCoy | DB | Western Kentucky |
| 11 | 261 | Steve Taylor | C | Auburn |
| 12 | 287 | Rickey Browne | LB | Florida |
| 13 | 313 | Dan Dixon | G | Boise State |
| 15 | 365 | Billy Johnson | WR | Widener |
| 16 | 391 | Matt Williams | RB | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 17 | 417 | Bill Hedge | T | Northwest Missouri State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 37 | 62 | 65 | 236 |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 81 | 55 | 80 | 282 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 36:26 | 200 | 76 | 103 | 21 | 61/192 31.8% | 1/1 100.0% | 90 | 749 |
| Opponents Totals | 23:34 | 268 | 124 | 129 | 15 | 61/186 32.8% | 1/2 50.0% | 94 | 872 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Butler | 0 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 0 | 56 |
| George Amundson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Willie Rodgers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Fred Willis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mack Alston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Vic Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Elvin Bethea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Parks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Queen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 0 | 236 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 30 | 34 | 88.2 | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 0 | 282 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Butler | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 1 | 46 | 0/0 | 4/7 | 2/4 | 3/7 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 1 | 46 | 0/0 | 4/7 | 2/4 | 3/7 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 0/0 | 7/7 | 5/7 | 4/9 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Rodgers | 122 | 413 | 3.4 | 20t | 5 |
| Vic Washington | 74 | 281 | 3.8 | 23 | 2 |
| Fred Willis | 74 | 239 | 3.2 | 18 | 3 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 52 | 193 | 3.7 | 37 | 1 |
| George Amundson | 59 | 138 | 2.3 | 11 | 4 |
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 47t | 1 |
| Jeff Queen | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| David Beverly | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Alston | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 24 | -6 | -0.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 421 | 1361 | 3.2 | 47t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 474 | 2050 | 4.3 | 53 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 247 | 140 | 56.7 | 97 | 1571 | 6.4 | 11.2 | 65 | 10 | 4.0 | 10 | 4.0 | 23 | 225 | 1346 | 72.4 |
| Lynn Dickey | 113 | 63 | 55.8 | 42 | 704 | 6.2 | 11.2 | 59 | 2 | 1.8 | 8 | 7.1 | 10 | 73 | 631 | 50.9 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| George Amundson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 363 | 203 | 55.9 | 141 | 2275 | 6.3 | 11.2 | 65 | 12 | 3.3 | 19 | 5.2 | 33 | 298 | 1977 | 64.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 405 | 231 | 57.0 | 153 | 2724 | 6.7 | 11.8 | 80t | 19 | 4.7 | 21 | 5.2 | 40 | 349 | 2375 | 71.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Burrough | 36 | 492 | 13.7 | 51 | 2 |
| Billy Johnson | 29 | 388 | 13.4 | 44 | 2 |
| Fred Willis | 25 | 130 | 5.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Willie Rodgers | 24 | 153 | 6.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Parks | 20 | 330 | 16.5 | 59 | 1 |
| George Amundson | 18 | 152 | 8.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Mack Alston | 17 | 249 | 14.6 | 33 | 3 |
| Vic Washington | 13 | 92 | 7.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 9 | 179 | 19.9 | 65 | 1 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Broadnax | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Wells | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Queen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 203 | 2275 | 11.2 | 65 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 231 | 2724 | 11.8 | 80t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Atkins | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Tommy Maxwell | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Duane Benson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Kiner | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Tody Smith | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 313 | 14.9 | 36 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 238 | 12.5 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Beverly | 79 | 3100 | 39.2 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 500 | 2560 | 32.4 | |
| Team Totals | 79 | 3100 | 39.2 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 500 | 2560 | 32.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2738 | 39.1 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 495 | 2103 | 30.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Johnson | 30 | 3 | 409 | 13.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 11 | 2 | 86 | 7.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 5 | 495 | 12.1 | 49 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 10 | 500 | 8.9 | 42 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Johnson | 29 | 785 | 27.1 | 67 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 9 | 180 | 20.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 7 | 177 | 25.3 | 40 | 0 | |
| Jeff Severson | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 39 | 0 | |
| C.L. Whittington | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| George Amundson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Al Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ron Saul | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Harris Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 62 | 1419 | 22.9 | 67 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 1111 | 21.8 | 61 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Ted Washington | 11.0 | |
| Tody Smith | 10.5 | |
| Elvin Bethea | 5.0 | |
| Curley Culp | 5.0 | |
| Duane Benson | 4.0 | |
| Steve Kiner | 2.5 | |
| Jim White | 2.0 | |
| Al Cowlings | 1.0 | |
| Jeff Severson | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals IND=42 | 40.0 | 349.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33.0 | 298.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Alston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Amundson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Atkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvin Bethea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 1 |
| Gregg Bingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Dickey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harris Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -17 | 0 | |
| Guy Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Rodgers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tody Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Washington | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.L. Whittington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 42 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 0 |
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