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1973 Houston Oilers: 1-13-0
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Home record: 0-7-0 (96 points scored, 214 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (103 points scored, 233 allowed) Head Coaches: Bill Peterson (0-5-0), Sid Gillman (1-8-0)

199 points scored (23rd of 26 teams), 447 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   225   411   1,919   (16)   4.23   11   27    386   1,388   (26)    3.6    9    3,307    (24)      52
Defense:   178   326   2,237   (20)   6.34   26   17    576   2,410   (23)    4.2   19    4,647    (24)      27

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
00  Ken Burrough         WR    14   6'4   210   25    4   Texas Southern
 2  Skip Butler          K     14   6'2   200   26    3   Texas-Arlington
 7  Dan Pastorini        QB    14   6'3   215   24    3   Santa Clara
10  Lynn Dickey          QB    12   6'4   218   24    2   Kansas State
11  Dave Green           P      4   5'11  200   24    1   Ohio
12  George Amundson      RB     9   6'3   215   22    R   Iowa State
13  Alvin Haymond        DB     6   6'0   194   31   10   Southern
14  Edd Hargett          QB     5   5'11  190   26    5   Texas A&M
15  Al Johnson           RB     5   6'0   200   23    2   Cincinnati
18  Paul Robinson        RB    11   6'0   195   28    6   Arizona
19  Willie Alexander     DB    11   6'2   195   24    3   Alcorn State
22  Zeke Moore           DB    13   6'2   196   29    7   Lincoln (Mo.)
23  Jeff Severson        DB    14   6'1   180   24    2   Long Beach State
23  Billy Parks          WR    14   6'1   185   25    3   Long Beach State
25  John Charles         DB     4   6'1   200   29    7   Purdue
26  Larry Eaglin         DB    11   6'3   195   25    R   Stephen F. Austin
27  Joe Blahak           DB    12   5'9   182   23    R   Nebraska
28  Bill Thomas          RB     6   6'2   225   24    2   Boston College
33  Benny Johnson        DB    13   5'11  178   25    4   Johnson C. Smith
36  Bob Gresham          RB    13   5'11  195   25    3   West Virginia
40  Lewis Jolley         RB    10   6'0   210   23    2   North Carolina
41  Alvin Wyatt          DB     4   5'10  180   25    4   Bethune-Cookman
44  Fred Willis          RB    14   6'0   212   25    3   Boston College
46  Paul Guidry          LB    14   6'3   233   29    8   McNeese State
48  Bob Atkins           DB     5   6'3   210   27    6   Grambling
49  Dick Cunningham      LB     1   6'2   238   29    6   Arkansas
50  Bill Curry           C      4   6'2   236   31    9   Georgia Tech
51  Ron Lou              C      9   6'2   235   22    R   Arizona State
52  Calvin Hunt          C      4   6'3   245   25    3   Baylor
53  Ted Washington       LB     1   6'1   240   25    1   Mississippi Valley State
54  Gregg Bingham        LB    14   6'1   227   22    R   Purdue
55  Ralph Cindrich       LB    13   6'1   228   24    2   Pittsburgh
56  Guy Roberts          LB    14   6'1   215   23    2   Maryland
57  Sam Gruneisen        C     10   6'1   250   32   12   Villanova
59  Phil Croyle          LB     1   6'3   220   26    3   California
59  Brian McConnell      LB     7   6'4   207   23    R   Michigan State
60  Al Jenkins           OG    13   6'2   245   27    4   Tulsa
61  Harris Jones         OG     5   6'4   245   28    2   Johnson C. Smith
62  Ralph Miller         OG     1   6'4   260   25    2   Alabama State
63  Levert Carr          OT    13   6'5   260   29    5   North Central
64  Ron Saul             OG     3   6'2   255   25    4   Michigan State
65  Elvin Bethea         DE    14   6'3   262   27    6   North Carolina A&T
66  Tom Funchess         OT    14   6'5   270   29    6   Jackson State
67  Mike Fanucci         DE    13   6'4   240   24    2   Arizona State
68  Brian Goodman        OG     3   6'2   250   23    1   UCLA
69  Solomon Freelon      OG    11   6'2   250   22    2   Grambling
70  Tody Smith           DE    14   6'5   245   24    3   Southern California
71  Wes Grant            DE     3   6'3   245   27    3   UCLA
72  Kevin Hunt           OT     4   6'5   260   24    2   Doane
73  Vern Vanoy           DT     1   6'8   270   26    3   Kansas
75  Elbert Drungo        OT    14   6'5   265   30    4   Tennessee State
76  Al Cowlings          DT    14   6'5   255   26    4   Southern California
78  John Matuszak        DE    14   6'8   290   23    R   Tampa
80  Ron Mayo             TE    13   6'3   223   23    R   Morgan State
81  Jim Beirne           WR     1   6'2   196   27    6   Purdue
82  Mack Alston          TE    14   6'2   230   26    4   Maryland Eastern Shore
83  Dave Parks           TE     5   6'2   203   31   10   Texas Tech
85  Floyd Rice           LB     5   6'3   223   24    3   Alcorn State
86  Clifton McNeil       WR     3   6'2   187   33   10   Grambling
87  Eddie Hinton         WR    11   6'0   200   26    5   Oklahoma
91  Greg Sampson         DT    13   6'6   260   23    2   Stanford

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Dan Pastorini        290  154   53.1  1,482   5.11   9.6   5   1.7   17   5.9    30   313    49.0
Lynn Dickey          120   71   59.2    888   7.40  12.5   6   5.0   10   8.3    13   138    64.2
Fred Willis            1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Fred Willis            57    371    6.5    1
Billy Parks            43    581   13.5    1
Ken Burrough           43    577   13.4    2
Bob Gresham            28    244    8.7    1
Mack Alston            19    195   10.3    4
Eddie Hinton           13    202   15.5    1
George Amundson         7     60    8.6    0
Paul Robinson           7     46    6.6    0
Lewis Jolley            3     56   18.7    0
Dave Parks              3     31   10.3    1
Bill Thomas             1      4    4.0    0
Clifton McNeil          1      3    3.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Fred Willis           171    579    3.4    4
Bob Gresham           104    400    3.8    2
Paul Robinson          34    151    4.4    2
Dan Pastorini          31    102    3.3    0
George Amundson        15     56    3.7    0
Bill Thomas            10     39    3.9    0
Ken Burrough            5     38    7.6    1
Mack Alston             1     13   13.0    0
Lynn Dickey             6      9    1.5    0
Lewis Jolley            7      6    0.9    0
Eddie Hinton            1     -2   -2.0    0
Al Johnson              1     -3   -3.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Alvin Haymond          28    703   25.1    0
Bob Gresham            27    723   26.8    1
Eddie Hinton            8    141   17.6    0
Larry Eaglin            3     76   25.3    0
Mike Fanucci            3     40   13.3    0
Joe Blahak              2     41   20.5    0
Lewis Jolley            2     41   20.5    0
Floyd Rice              2     17    8.5    0
Jeff Severson           1     17   17.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Jeff Severson          16    126    7.9    2    0
Alvin Haymond          14    101    7.2    6    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Skip Butler 36 1,344 37.3 0 0 0 0 0 37.3 Dan Pastorini 27 1,087 40.3 0 0 0 0 0 40.3 Dave Green 22 868 39.5 0 0 0 0 0 39.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Skip Butler 4/4 2/2 6/8 3/8 0/2 15/24 21/21 66 Lynn Dickey 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Willie Alexander 3 3 0 Elvin Bethea 16.0 Gregg Bingham 2 22 0 Joe Blahak 2 120 0 John Charles 2 74 0 Al Cowlings 3.5 John Matuszak 4.0 Guy Roberts 4 55 0 Jeff Severson 4 24 0 Tody Smith 3.5

1973 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 DE John Matuszak 123 Tampa 1 14 RB George Amundson 29 Iowa State [pick acquired from ATL] 4 79 LB Gregg Bingham 173 Purdue 5 105 WR Edesel Garrison USC 6 131 TE Ron Mayo 22 Morgan State 7 157 OT Shelby Jordan 151 Washington (Mo.) 8 183 DB Joe Blahak 44 Nebraska 9 209 K Mark Williams Rice 10 235 DT Darrell Vaughn Northern Colorado 11 261 DB Larry Eaglin 11 Stephen F. Austin 12 287 WR Brad Lyman UCLA 13 313 OG Willie Martin N.E. Oklahoma 14 339 C Ron Lou 37 Arizona State 15 365 LB Roger Goree Baylor 16 391 WR Tim Dameron East Carolina 17 417 LB Randy Braband Texas

Traded draft picks: #2 to KC (Gary Butler), #3 to DAL via NO (Harvey Martin)


Transactions:

01-22-1973traded Mike Tilleman to Falcons for Atlanta's #1 pick in the 1973 draft
01-29-1973traded Tom Regner and Denver's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for Bill Curry
02-14-1973traded Allen Aldridge to Bills for Paul Guidry
03-15-1973traded a #14 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Tom Nowatzke
03-21-1973traded Kent Nix and Ron Billingsley to Saints for Edd Hargett, Dave Parks and Tom Stincic
04-17-1973traded Houston's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Redskins for Alvin Haymond
04-18-1973traded an undisclosed draft pick to Bears for L.D. Rowden
04-24-1973traded Jim Tolbert to Cardinals for Mike McGill and Jim Hargrove
04-30-1973traded Houston's #2 pick in the 1974 draft to Bills for Al Cowlings
05-09-1973traded Houston's #1 and #3 picks in the 1974 draft to Cowboys for Tody Smith and Billy Parks
05-15-1973traded Ken Houston and a draft pick to Redskins for Jim Snowden, Mack Alston, Clifton McNeil, Mike Fanucci and Jeff Severson
05-29-1973claimed Art McMahon on waivers from Patriots
05-29-1973claimed Hubie Bryant on waivers from Patriots
07-1973traded Bob Crum to Rams for Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1974 draft
07-02-1973traded a #7 pick in the 1974 draft to Broncos for Bill McKoy
07-05-1973traded an undisclosed draft pick to Bears for Rich Buzin
07-13-1973traded an undisclosed draft pick to Cowboys for Ralph Coleman
07-23-1973Tom Nowatzke retired
08-01-1973traded Houston's #6 and #10 picks in the 1974 draft to Saints for James Ford
08-02-1973traded a draft pick to Rams for Eddie Richardson
08-02-1973traded Edesel Garrison to Rams for an undisclosed 1974 draft pick
08-20-1973traded Leo Brooks to Saints for Bob Gresham
08-28-1973claimed Sid Smith on waivers from Chiefs
10-01-1973claimed Bill Thomas on waivers from Cowboys
11-09-1973claimed Kevin Hunt on waivers from Patriots


1973 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/16/73 at New York Giants L 14-34 0-1-0 09/23/73 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-24 0-2-0 09/30/73 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-36 0-3-0 10/07/73 vs Los Angeles Rams L 26-31 0-4-0 10/14/73 vs Denver Broncos L 20-48 0-5-0 10/21/73 at Cleveland Browns L 13-42 0-6-0 10/28/73 at Chicago Bears L 14-35 0-7-0 11/04/73 at Baltimore Colts W 31-27 1-7-0 11/11/73 vs Cleveland Browns L 13-23 1-8-0 11/18/73 at Kansas City Chiefs L 14-38 1-9-0 11/25/73 vs New England Patriots L 0-32 1-10-0 12/02/73 vs Oakland Raiders L 6-17 1-11-0 12/09/73 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-33 1-12-0 12/16/73 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 24-27 1-13-0

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