1974 Houston Oilers: 7-7-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (110 points scored, 112 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (126 points scored, 170 allowed) Head Coach: Sid Gillman
236 points scored (17th of 26 teams), 282 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 18.2 points/game (254.5 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: 203 363 1,977 (20) 4.99 12 19 421 1,361 (26) 3.2 16 3,338 (24) 33
Defense: 231 405 2,375 (20) 5.34 19 21 474 2,050 (19) 4.3 15 4,425 (22) 36
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Ken Burrough WR 11 6'4 210 26 5 Texas Southern 2 Skip Butler K 14 6'2 200 27 4 Texas-Arlington 4 David Beverly P 14 6'2 180 24 1 Auburn 7 Dan Pastorini QB 11 6'3 205 25 4 Santa Clara 10 Lynn Dickey QB 14 6'4 210 25 3 Kansas State 12 George Amundson RB 14 6'3 215 23 2 Iowa State 15 Al Johnson DB 14 6'0 200 24 3 Cincinnati 19 Willie Alexander DB 14 6'2 190 25 4 Alcorn State 22 Zeke Moore DB 14 6'2 196 30 8 Lincoln (Mo.) 23 Vic Washington RB 12 5'10 196 28 4 Wyoming 24 Mike Montgomery WR 5 6'2 210 25 4 Kansas State 25 John Charles DB 1 6'1 200 30 8 Purdue 29 Leonard Fairley DB 2 5'11 200 23 R Alcorn State 32 Billy Parks WR 14 6'1 190 26 4 Long Beach State 34 Willie Rodgers RB 14 6'0 210 25 2 Kentucky State 36 Bob Gresham RB 14 5'11 195 26 4 West Virginia 37 Jeff Severson DB 14 6'1 185 25 3 Long Beach State 38 C.L. Whittington DB 14 6'1 200 22 R Prairie View A&M 41 Terry Wells RB 6 5'11 195 23 R Southern Mississippi 42 Tommy Maxwell DB 13 6'2 195 27 6 Texas A&M 44 Fred Willis RB 10 6'0 205 26 4 Boston College 46 Jeff Queen TE 11 6'1 217 28 6 Morgan State 47 Ronnie Coleman RB 13 5'10 195 23 R Alabama A&M 48 Bob Atkins DB 14 6'3 210 28 7 Grambling 50 Steve Kiner LB 14 6'0 220 27 4 Tennessee 52 Duane Benson LB 13 6'2 215 29 8 Hamline 53 Fred Hoaglin C 14 6'4 250 30 9 Pittsburgh 54 Gregg Bingham LB 14 6'1 230 23 2 Purdue 55 Ralph Cindrich LB 6 6'1 230 25 3 Pittsburgh 56 Guy Roberts LB 14 6'1 217 24 3 Maryland 58 Marvin Davis LB 13 6'4 235 22 R Southern 59 Ted Washington LB 14 6'1 240 26 2 Mississippi Valley State 61 Harris Jones OG 11 6'4 245 29 3 Johnson C. Smith 63 Ronnie Carroll OG 14 6'2 265 25 1 Sam Houston State 64 Ron Saul OG 14 6'2 255 26 5 Michigan State 65 Elvin Bethea DE 14 6'3 255 28 7 North Carolina A&T 68 Brian Goodman OG 14 6'2 250 24 2 UCLA 69 Solomon Freelon OG 14 6'2 250 23 3 Grambling 70 Ed Fisher DE 11 6'3 245 25 1 Arizona State 71 Bubba McCollum DT 11 6'0 250 22 R Kentucky 72 Kevin Hunt OT 13 6'5 260 25 3 Doane 73 Greg Sampson OT 14 6'6 260 24 3 Stanford 75 Elbert Drungo OT 13 6'5 265 31 5 Tennessee State 76 Al Cowlings DT 14 6'5 245 27 5 Southern California 77 Sid Smith OT 11 6'4 260 26 4 Southern California 78 Curley Culp DT 8 6'1 165 28 7 Arizona State 79 Jim White DE 12 6'3 255 26 2 Colorado State 82 Mack Alston TE 13 6'2 230 27 5 Maryland Eastern Shore 83 Jerry Broadnax TE 8 6'2 225 23 R Southern 84 Billy Johnson WR 14 5'9 170 22 R Widener 85 Tody Smith DE 14 6'5 250 25 4 Southern California
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Dan Pastorini 247 140 56.7 1,571 6.36 11.2 10 4.0 10 4.0 23 225 72.4
Lynn Dickey 113 63 55.8 704 6.23 11.2 2 1.8 8 7.1 10 73 50.9
Ronnie Coleman 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
George Amundson 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ken Burrough 36 492 13.7 2 Billy Johnson 29 388 13.4 2 Fred Willis 25 130 5.2 1 Willie Rodgers 24 153 6.4 0 Billy Parks 20 330 16.5 1 George Amundson 18 152 8.4 1 Mack Alston 17 249 14.6 3 Vic Washington 13 92 7.1 0 Mike Montgomery 9 179 19.9 1 Ronnie Coleman 4 9 2.2 0 Jerry Broadnax 3 69 23.0 0 Bob Gresham 3 19 6.3 0 Terry Wells 1 9 9.0 0 Jeff Queen 1 4 4.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Willie Rodgers 122 413 3.4 5 Vic Washington 74 281 3.8 2 Fred Willis 74 239 3.2 3 Ronnie Coleman 52 193 3.7 1 George Amundson 59 138 2.3 4 Billy Johnson 5 82 16.4 1 Jeff Queen 2 7 3.5 0 Lynn Dickey 3 7 2.3 0 Bob Gresham 3 6 2.0 0 David Beverly 1 4 4.0 0 Ken Burrough 1 0 0.0 0 Mack Alston 1 -3 -3.0 0 Dan Pastorini 24 -6 -0.2 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Billy Johnson 29 785 27.1 0 Bob Gresham 9 180 20.0 0 Vic Washington 7 177 25.3 0 Jeff Severson 6 108 18.0 0 Ronnie Coleman 3 91 30.3 0 C.L. Whittington 3 37 12.3 0 George Amundson 2 17 8.5 0 Al Johnson 1 14 14.0 0 Ron Saul 1 10 10.0 0 Harris Jones 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Billy Johnson 30 409 13.6 3 0 Jeff Severson 11 86 7.8 2 0 |
1974 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 4 79 LB Steve Manstedt Nebraska 6 154 OG Booker Brown 17 USC [pick acquired from LA] 7 157 DB Leonard Fairley 2 Alcorn State 8 183 DB Mike McCoy Western Kentucky 11 261 C Steve Taylor Auburn 12 287 LB Ricky Browne Florida 13 313 OG Dan Dixon Boise State 15 365 WR Billy Johnson 143 Widener 16 391 RB Matthew Williams N.E. Louisiana 17 417 OT Bill Hedge N.E. Missouri State
Traded draft picks: #1 to DAL (Ed 'Too Tall' Jones), #2 to BUF (Doug Allen), #3 to DAL (Danny White), #5 to SD via WAS (John Teerlinck), #6 to KC via NO (Jim Washington), #9 to NE (Ed McCartney), #10 to NO (Frosty Anderson), #14 to BUF (Phil Lamm)
Transactions:
| 01-30-1974 | traded Houston's #9 pick in the 1974 draft to Patriots for Steve Kiner |
| 04-24-1974 | Saints claimed Bronco Keser on waivers |
| 06-1974 | sent Houston's #5 pick in the 1975 draft and #4 pick in the 1976 draft to Raiders as compensation for free agent Tommy Maxwell |
| 06-01-1974 | signed Tommy Maxwell from Raiders as a free agent |
| 07-03-1974 | traded Houston's #3 pick in the 1975 draft to Falcons for Duane Benson |
| 07-05-1974 | traded Houston's #4 pick in the 1975 draft to Cowboys for Mike Montgomery |
| 08-07-1974 | traded Houston's #10 pick in the 1975 draft to Colts for Fred Hoaglin |
| 08-15-1974 | traded Houston's #1 pick in the 1976 draft and #3 pick in the 1977 draft to 49ers for Vic Washington |
| 08-16-1974 | Bears claimed Al Jenkins on waivers |
| 08-16-1974 | Bears claimed Levert Carr on waivers |
| 08-16-1974 | traded Bill Thomas to Chiefs for Kansas City's #7 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 08-16-1974 | traded Edd Hargett to Lions for a #15 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 08-17-1974 | Lions claimed Larry Carwell on waivers |
| 09-04-1974 | Eagles claimed Ralph Miller on waivers |
| 09-12-1974 | traded Ron Mayo to Colts for Houston's #10 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 10-22-1974 | traded John Matuszak and Houston's #3 pick in the 1976 draft to Chiefs for Curley Culp and Kansas City's #1 pick in the 1975 draft |
1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/15/74 vs San Diego Chargers W 21-14 1-0-0 09/22/74 at Cleveland Browns L 7-20 1-1-0 09/29/74 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 7-17 1-2-0 10/06/74 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-13 1-3-0 10/13/74 at Minnesota Vikings L 10-51 1-4-0 10/20/74 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 27-31 1-5-0 10/27/74 at Cincinnati Bengals W 34-21 2-5-0 11/03/74 at New York Jets W 27-22 3-5-0 11/10/74 at Buffalo Bills W 21-9 4-5-0 11/17/74 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 20-3 5-5-0 11/24/74 vs Dallas Cowboys L 0-10 5-6-0 12/01/74 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 13-10 6-6-0 12/08/74 at Denver Broncos L 14-37 6-7-0 12/15/74 vs Cleveland Browns W 28-24 7-7-0
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