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1970 Houston Oilers
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Record: 3-10-1, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 217 points (15.5/g), 20th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 352 points (25.1/g), 25th.
Differential of -135 points (-9.6/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 3.4-10.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.9/g), 24th.
Coached by Wally Lemm (3-10-1)
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1970 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 | Charley Johnson | 32 | 9 | 10 | 144 for 281, 1,652 yards, 7 td, 12 int, & 5 rushes for 3 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1961 |
| QB | Jerry Rhome | 28 | 5 | 4 | 88 for 168, 1,031 yards, 5 td, 8 int, & 9 rushes for 54 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 172nd pick / 1964 |
| RB | Mike Richardson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 103 rushes for 368 yards, 2 td, & 34 catches for 381 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 7th / 171st pick / 1969 |
| RB | Woody Campbell | 26 | 3 | 0 | 59 rushes for 189 yards, 1 td, & 15 catches for 78 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1967 |
| FB | Joe Dawkins | 22 | Rook | 0 | 124 rushes for 517 yards, 2 td, & 15 catches for 94 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 10th / 249th pick / 1970 |
| FB | Hoyle Granger | 26 | 4 | 0 | 51 rushes for 169 yards, 1 td, & 11 catches for 118 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 5th / 37th pick / 1966 |
| WR | Charlie Joiner | 23 | 1 | 8 | 28 catches for 416 yards, 3 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| WR | Jerry LeVias | 24 | 1 | 0 | 41 catches for 529 yards, 5 td, & 7 rushes for 37 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| WR | Jim Beirne | 24 | 2 | 0 | 16 catches for 216 yards, 1 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 105th pick / 1968 |
| TE | Alvin Reed | 26 | 3 | 0 | 47 catches for 604 yards, 2 td | |
| LT | Walt Suggs | 31 | 8 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Ken Gray | 34 | 12 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
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| C | Bobby Maples | 28 | 5 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 26th pick / 1965 |
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| RG | Elbert Drungo | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
| RT | Glen Ray Hines | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Pat Holmes | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 40th pick / 1962 |
| LDT | Willie D. Parker | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 118th pick / 1967 |
| RDT | Tom Domres | 24 | 2 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 268th pick / 1968 |
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| RDE | Elvin Bethea | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| LLB | Olen Underwood | 28 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 14th / 183rd pick / 1965 |
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| LLB | George Webster | 25 | 3 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1967 |
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| MLB | Garland Boyette | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Ron Pritchard | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1969 |
| LCB | Leroy Mitchell | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 11th / 283rd pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Zeke Moore* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| SS | Ken Houston* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 214th pick / 1967 |
| FS | Johnny Peacock | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 118th pick / 1969 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Roy Gerela | 22 | 1 | 0 | 18 of 32 field goals & 23 of 23 extra points | Houston Oilers / 4th / 96th pick / 1969 |
| P | Spike Jones | 23 | Rook | 0 | 84 punts for a 42.4 average, 1 blocked | Houston Oilers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1970 |
| PR | Jerry LeVias | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 8.5 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| KR | Jerry LeVias | 24 | 1 | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 23.0 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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| Bob Atkins | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 4/2/1946 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1968 |
| Hank Autry | 23 | C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 5/2/1947 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 17th / 430th pick / 1969 |
| Jim Beirne | 24 | WR-TE | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/15/1946 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 105th pick / 1968 |
| Elvin Bethea | 24 | DE | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 3/1/1946 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| Garland Boyette | 30 | LB-DE | 13 | 0 | 238 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 3/22/1940 | 8 | |
| Lee Brooks | 23 | DT | 13 | 0 | 261 | 6-5 | Texas | 12/7/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1970 |
| Woody Campbell | 26 | RB | 6 | 0 | 204 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 9/26/1944 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 242nd pick / 1967 |
| Donnie Davis | 30 | WR-TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Southern | 9/18/1940 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 74th pick / 1962 |
| Joe Dawkins | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 1/27/1948 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 10th / 249th pick / 1970 |
| Tom Domres | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 10/19/1946 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 268th pick / 1968 |
| Elbert Drungo | 27 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 4/30/1943 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
| Roy Gerela | 22 | K | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | New Mexico State | 4/2/1948 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 96th pick / 1969 |
| Hoyle Granger | 26 | RB | 5 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 3/7/1944 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 37th pick / 1966 |
| Ken Gray | 34 | G-LB | 11 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 3/10/1936 | 12 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 62nd pick / 1958 |
| Mac Haik | 24 | WR | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 1/19/1946 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1968 |
| Claude Harvey | 22 | LB | 5 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Prairie View | 3/27/1948 | Rook | |
| Glen Ray Hines | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 10/26/1943 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 82nd pick / 1965 |
| Pat Holmes | 30 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas Tech | 8/3/1940 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 40th pick / 1962 |
| Roy Hopkins | 25 | RB | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 2/18/1945 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1967 |
| Ken Houston* | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 11/12/1944 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 214th pick / 1967 |
| Benny Johnson | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Johnson C. Smith | 6/29/1948 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 6th / 144th pick / 1970 |
| Charley Johnson | 32 | QB | 10 | 10 | 200 | 6-1 | New Mexico State,Schreiner College | 11/22/1938 | 9 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 63rd pick / 1961 |
| Charlie Joiner | 23 | WR | 9 | 8 | 188 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 10/14/1947 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| Spike Jones | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-2 | Georgia | 7/9/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 4th / 92nd pick / 1970 |
| Jerry LeVias | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 177 | 5-9 | SMU | 9/5/1946 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1969 |
| Jess Lewis | 23 | LB | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Oregon State | 7/28/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 13th / 326th pick / 1970 |
| Bobby Maples | 28 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Baylor | 12/28/1942 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 26th pick / 1965 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 9/22/1944 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 11th / 283rd pick / 1967 |
| Zeke Moore* | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-3 | Lincoln (MO) | 12/2/1943 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| Spain Musgrove | 25 | DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 275 | 6-4 | Utah State | 7/30/1945 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 38th pick / 1967 |
| Bob Naponic | 23 | QB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Illinois | 3/9/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 10th / 256th pick / 1969 |
| Willie D. Parker | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-3 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 3/12/1945 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 118th pick / 1967 |
| Johnny Peacock | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Houston | 3/2/1947 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 118th pick / 1969 |
| Ron Pritchard | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 4/9/1947 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1969 |
| Alvin Reed | 26 | TE | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-5 | Prairie View | 8/1/1944 | 3 | |
| Tom Regner | 26 | G | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/19/1944 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 23rd pick / 1967 |
| Jerry Rhome | 28 | QB | 13 | 4 | 190 | 6-0 | SMU,Tulsa | 3/6/1942 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 172nd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Richardson | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 196 | 5-11 | SMU | 12/8/1946 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 7th / 171st pick / 1969 |
| Ron Saul | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 2/5/1948 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 5th / 110th pick / 1970 |
| Tommie Smiley | 26 | RB | 7 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Arizona,Lamar | 2/18/1944 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 55th pick / 1968 |
| Terry Stoepel | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Tulsa | 2/8/1945 | 3 | |
| Walt Suggs | 31 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Mississippi State | 5/15/1939 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1961 |
| Olen Underwood | 28 | LB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Texas | 5/25/1942 | 5 | New York Giants / 14th / 183rd pick / 1965 |
| Loyd Wainscott | 24 | LB | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Texas | 10/26/1946 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 16th / 405th pick / 1969 |
| George Webster | 25 | LB | 7 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 11/25/1945 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1967 |
| Doug Wilkerson | 23 | G | 9 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | North Carolina Central | 3/27/1947 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1970 |
| Paul Zaeske | 25 | WR | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | North Park | 12/4/1945 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 225.0 | 6-1.9 | 2.7 |