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1969 Houston Oilers
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Record: 6-6-2, Finished 2nd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 278 points (19.9/g), 7th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 279 points (19.9/g), 5th.
Differential of -1 points (-0.1/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 7.0-7.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.6/g), 8th.
Coached by Wally Lemm (6-6-2)
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1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Pete Beathard | 27 | 5 | 10 | 180 for 370, 2,455 yards, 10 td, 21 int, & 19 rushes for 89 yards and 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 |
| HB | Roy Hopkins | 24 | 2 | 0 | 131 rushes for 473 yards, 4 td, & 29 catches for 338 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1967 |
| FB | Hoyle Granger | 25 | 3 | 0 | 186 rushes for 740 yards, 3 td, & 27 catches for 330 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 5th / 37th pick / 1966 |
| WR | Jim Beirne* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 42 catches for 540 yards, 4 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 105th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Mac Haik | 23 | 1 | 0 | 27 catches for 375 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for 21 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Jerry LeVias* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 42 catches for 696 yards, 5 td, & 6 rushes for 18 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| TE | Alvin Reed* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 51 catches for 664 yards, 2 td | |
| LT | Walt Suggs | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1961 |
| LG | Tom Regner | 25 | 2 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1967 |
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| C | Bobby Maples | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 26th pick / 1965 |
| RG | Sonny Bishop | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| RT | Glen Ray Hines* | 26 | 3 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Pat Holmes | 29 | 3 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 40th pick / 1962 |
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| LDT | Carel Stith | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 86th pick / 1967 |
| RDT | Tom Domres | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 10th / 268th pick / 1968 |
| RDE | Elvin Bethea* | 23 | 1 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
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| LLB | George Webster*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Garland Boyette* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RLB | Olen Underwood | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 14th / 183rd pick / 1965 |
| LCB | Miller Farr* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Zeke Moore* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| LS | Ken Houston* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 214th pick / 1967 |
| RS | W.K. Hicks | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Johnny Peacock | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 118th pick / 1969 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Roy Gerela | 21 | Rook | 0 | 19 of 40 field goals & 29 of 29 extra points | Houston Oilers / 4th / 96th pick / 1969 |
| P | Roy Gerela | 21 | Rook | 0 | 41 punts for a 40.4 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 4th / 96th pick / 1969 |
| PR | Jerry LeVias* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 35 punt returns for a 8.3 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| KR | Jerry LeVias* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 38 kick returns for a 24.7 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Hank Autry | 22 | C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 5/2/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 17th / 430th pick / 1969 |
| Pete Beathard | 27 | QB | 12 | 10 | 200 | 6-1 | USC | 3/7/1942 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 |
| Jim Beirne* | 23 | WR-TE | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/15/1946 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 105th pick / 1968 |
| Elvin Bethea* | 23 | DE | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 3/1/1946 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| Sonny Bishop | 30 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Fresno State | 10/1/1939 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 11th / 88th pick / 1962 |
| Garland Boyette* | 29 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 3/22/1940 | 7 | |
| Ode Burrell | 30 | RB-WR-P | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Mississippi State | 9/15/1939 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 30th pick / 1964 |
| Woody Campbell | 25 | RB | 4 | 0 | 204 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 9/26/1944 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1967 |
| Ed Carrington | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Virginia | 9/1/1944 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 7th / 164th pick / 1967 |
| Bob Davis | 24 | QB | 2 | 1 | 205 | 6-2 | Virginia | 9/15/1945 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1967 |
| Tom Domres | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 10/19/1946 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 268th pick / 1968 |
| John H. Douglas | 24 | DB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 1/12/1945 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 5th / 133rd pick / 1967 |
| Elbert Drungo | 26 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 4/30/1943 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
| Miller Farr* | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Wichita State | 4/8/1943 | 4 | |
| Roy Gerela | 21 | K | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | New Mexico State | 4/2/1948 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 4th / 96th pick / 1969 |
| Hoyle Granger | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 3/7/1944 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 37th pick / 1966 |
| Mac Haik | 23 | WR | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 1/19/1946 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1968 |
| W.K. Hicks | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 7/14/1942 | 5 | |
| Glen Ray Hines* | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 10/26/1943 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 |
| Pat Holmes | 29 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas Tech | 8/3/1940 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 40th pick / 1962 |
| Roy Hopkins | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 2/18/1945 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1967 |
| Ken Houston* | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 11/12/1944 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 214th pick / 1967 |
| Rich Johnson | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Illinois | 5/13/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 78th pick / 1969 |
| Charlie Joiner | 22 | WR | 7 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 10/14/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| Jim LeMoine | 24 | TE-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah State | 4/29/1945 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1967 |
| Jerry LeVias* | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 177 | 5-9 | SMU | 9/5/1946 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| Bobby Maples | 27 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Baylor | 12/28/1942 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 26th pick / 1965 |
| Ben Mayes | 24 | DE-DT | 5 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Drake | 3/16/1945 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 105th pick / 1969 |
| Zeke Moore* | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 198 | 6-3 | Lincoln (MO) | 12/2/1943 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| Willie D. Parker | 24 | DT | 12 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 3/12/1945 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 118th pick / 1967 |
| Johnny Peacock | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Houston | 3/2/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 118th pick / 1969 |
| Ron Pritchard | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 4/9/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1969 |
| Alvin Reed* | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Prairie View | 8/1/1944 | 2 | |
| Tom Regner | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/19/1944 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1967 |
| George Rice | 25 | DT | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | LSU | 6/10/1944 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1966 |
| Mike Richardson | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 5-11 | SMU | 12/8/1946 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 7th / 171st pick / 1969 |
| Carel Stith | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 5/24/1945 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 86th pick / 1967 |
| Walt Suggs | 30 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Mississippi State | 5/15/1939 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1961 |
| Don Trull | 28 | QB | 14 | 3 | 195 | 6-1 | Baylor | 10/20/1941 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 111th pick / 1963 |
| Olen Underwood | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Texas | 5/25/1942 | 4 | New York Giants / 14th / 183rd pick / 1965 |
| Loyd Wainscott | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Texas | 10/26/1946 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 16th / 405th pick / 1969 |
| Ed Watson | 24 | LB | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 5/8/1945 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 9th / 221st pick / 1969 |
| George Webster*+ | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 11/25/1945 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1967 |
| Glenn Woods | 23 | DE | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Prairie View | 1/7/1946 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 8th / 196th pick / 1969 |
| Paul Zaeske | 24 | WR | 6 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | North Park | 12/4/1945 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 225.2 | 6-2.0 | 2.1 |