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1971 Houston Oilers
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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 251 points (17.9/g), 16th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 330 points (23.6/g), 22nd.
Differential of -79 points (-5.6/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 4.8-9.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 24th.
Simple Rating System: Total -6.7, Offense: -3.0, Defense: -3.8, SoS: -1.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Ed Hughes (4-9-1)
Training Camp: Schreiner Institute (Kerrville, Texas)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 19 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 0 | 31 | 11 | 243 | 208 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 377 | 269 | 108 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | boxscore | L | 0-2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 20 | 15 | 198 | 172 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 286 | 207 | 79 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | boxscore | T | 0-2-1 | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 13 | 13 | 263 | 156 | 107 | 3 | 16 | 263 | 79 | 184 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | boxscore | L | 0-3-1 | @ | Washington Redskins | 13 | 22 | 13 | 192 | 146 | 46 | 5 | 11 | 251 | 136 | 115 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 17 | boxscore | L | 0-4-1 | Detroit Lions | 7 | 31 | 13 | 295 | 209 | 86 | 5 | 20 | 385 | 155 | 230 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | boxscore | L | 0-5-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 23 | 19 | 272 | 180 | 92 | 2 | 26 | 419 | 254 | 165 | 5 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | boxscore | W | 1-5-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 6 | 9 | 177 | 83 | 94 | 5 | 9 | 83 | -52 | 135 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | boxscore | L | 1-6-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 20 | 28 | 16 | 331 | 260 | 71 | 3 | 21 | 253 | 154 | 99 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | boxscore | L | 1-7-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 21 | 41 | 16 | 189 | 130 | 59 | 6 | 12 | 245 | 163 | 82 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | L | 1-8-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 28 | 13 | 241 | 171 | 70 | 2 | 19 | 263 | 143 | 120 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 28 | boxscore | L | 1-9-1 | Cleveland Browns | 24 | 37 | 10 | 216 | 170 | 46 | 5 | 19 | 311 | 151 | 160 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 5 | boxscore | W | 2-9-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 29 | 3 | 15 | 275 | 128 | 147 | 10 | 132 | 59 | 73 | 3 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 12 | boxscore | W | 3-9-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 20 | 14 | 16 | 268 | 176 | 92 | 1 | 14 | 292 | 207 | 85 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 19 | boxscore | W | 4-9-1 | San Diego Chargers | 49 | 33 | 22 | 355 | 220 | 135 | 5 | 20 | 235 | 147 | 88 | 4 | ||