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1972 Houston Oilers

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Record: 1-13-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 164 points (11.7/g), 25th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 380 points (27.1/g), 25th.
 Differential of -216 points (-15.4/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 1.7-12.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 20th.

Coached by Bill Peterson (1-13-0)

1972 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 17 box L 0-1 @ Denver Broncos 17 30 12 196 142 54 2 18 478 239 239 3
2 Sun September 24 box L 0-2 @ Miami Dolphins 13 34 7 167 104 63 3 30 435 161 274 4
3 Sun October 1 box W 1-2 New York Jets 26 20 19 412 262 150 1 19 398 301 97 4
4 Mon October 9 box L 1-3 Oakland Raiders 0 34 7 89 -1 90 5 19 302 138 164 4
5 Sun October 15 box L 1-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 24 7 108 108 1 18 295 46 249
6 Sun October 22 box L 1-5 Cleveland Browns 17 23 17 364 221 143 2 13 254 119 135
7 Sun October 29 box L 1-6 @ Cincinnati Bengals 7 30 10 145 47 98 2 29 496 252 244 2
8 Sun November 5 box L 1-7 @ Cleveland Browns 0 20 11 212 93 119 1 15 298 146 152
9 Sun November 12 box L 1-8 Philadelphia Eagles 17 18 18 348 112 236 3 12 237 84 153 1
10 Sun November 19 box L 1-9 Green Bay Packers 10 23 16 240 126 114 14 310 100 210
11 Sun November 26 box L 1-10 @ San Diego Chargers 20 34 18 213 162 51 1 23 367 137 230 1
12 Sun December 3 box L 1-11 @ Atlanta Falcons 10 20 13 242 154 88 6 17 328 167 161 3
13 Sun December 10 box L 1-12 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 9 11 159 87 72 1 12 193 63 130 1
14 Sun December 17 box L 1-13 Cincinnati Bengals 17 61 17 296 164 132 5 24 343 190 153 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 164 3191 817 3.9 183 181 375 1673 10 23 4.0 88 397 1518 7 3.8 80 33 10 15
Team Defense 380 4734 894 5.3 379 174 324 2143 12 6 6.2 100 546 2591 23 4.7 263 24 18 16
Lg Rank Offense 25 26 25 10 23 21 19 26 23 23 23 21 14 5
Lg Rank Defense 25 23 19 7 11 6 26 20 24 25 24 25 24 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 144 299 48.2 1711 7 2.3 12 4.0 82 5.7 4.2 11.9 122.2 57.1 37 310 4.2 2.8 11.0
Kent Nix 28 12 2 33 63 52.4 287 3 4.8 6 9.5 19 4.6 0.7 8.7 23.9 41.0 6 45 3.5 0.0 8.7
Ed Baker 24 1 0 4 10 40.0 47 0 0.0 4 40.0 18 4.7 -13.3 11.8 47.0 15.4 2 17 2.5 -12.5 16.7
Fred Willis 25 FB 8 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 -15.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -15.0 0.0
Team Total 25.5 14 181 375 48.3 2045 10 2.7 23 6.1 82 5.5 3.0 11.3 146.1 48.4 45 372 4.0 1.8 10.7
Opp Total 14 174 324 53.7 2143 12 3.7 6 1.9 6.6 6.2 12.3 153.1 79.0 24 172 6.2 5.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Fred Willis 25 FB 8 0 92 334 0 43 3.6 41.8 11.5 36 251 7.0 2 27 4.5 31.4 585 2 2
Paul Robinson 28 RB 8 0 86 355 3 30 4.1 44.4 10.8 14 112 8.0 0 24 1.8 14.0 467 3 0
Willie Rodgers 23 RET 14 0 71 204 2 14 2.9 14.6 5.1 6 61 10.2 0 15 0.4 4.4 265 2 5
Robert Holmes 27 6 0 43 172 0 18 4.0 28.7 7.2 6 32 5.3 0 13 1.0 5.3 204 0 0
Hoyle Granger 28 fb 13 0 42 175 0 14 4.2 13.5 3.2 15 74 4.9 0 20 1.2 5.7 249 0 2
Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 38 205 2 17 5.4 14.6 2.7 205 2 6
Al Johnson 22 14 0 11 13 0 7 1.2 0.9 0.8 6 24 4.0 0 16 0.4 1.7 37 0 2
Ward Walsh 25 6 0 8 36 0 14 4.5 6.0 1.3 4 22 5.5 0 16 0.7 3.7 58 0 0
Kent Nix 28 12 2 3 3 0 5 1.0 0.3 0.3 3 0 3
Charlie Joiner 25 WR 6 0 2 12 0 9 6.0 2.0 0.3 16 306 19.1 2 82 2.7 51.0 318 2 1
Ed Baker 24 1 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9.0 1.0 9 0 0
Ken Burrough 24 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 521 20.0 4 80 1.9 37.2 521 4 0
Dave L. Smith 25 wr 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 218 10.9 0 24 2.5 27.3 218 0 0
Alvin Reed 28 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 251 13.2 0 29 1.4 17.9 251 0 2
Jim Beirne 26 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 95 13.6 1 19 0.7 9.5 95 1 0
Rhett Dawson 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 78 13.0 1 20 0.4 5.6 78 1 0
Team Total 25.5 14 397 1518 7 43 3.8 108.4 28.4 181 2045 11.3 10 82 12.9 146.1 3563 17 30
Opp Total 14 546 2591 23 4.7 185.1 39.0 174 2143 12.3 12 12.4 153.1 4734 35 29

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ken Houston* 28 SS 14 0 25 148 0 33 5.9 148
Willie Rodgers 23 RET 14 0 17 335 0 32 19.7 600
Benny Johnson 24 RCB 14 0 13 230 0 29 17.7 230
Lewis Jolley 23 7 0 11 267 0 43 24.3 267
Al Johnson 22 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 7 154 0 28 22.0 191
Zeke Moore 29 8 0 7 15 0 19 2.1 1 22 0 22 22.0 37
Linzy Cole 24 2 0 2 41 0 21 20.5 41
Robert Holmes 27 6 0 2 39 0 21 19.5 243
Hoyle Granger 28 fb 13 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 254
Team Total 25.5 14 34 163 0 33 4.8 54 1093 0 43 20.2 4819
Opp Total 14 31 1 28 547 0 19.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 82 3381 63 1 41.2
Skip Butler 25 K 13 0 3 3 5 3 4 3 6 3 1 19 12 63.2% 16 15 93.8% 3 105 47 0 35.0
Mark Moseley 24 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 50.0% 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 25.5 14 3 3 6 4 4 3 7 3 1 21 13 61.9% 18 17 94.4% 85 3486 63 1 41.0
Opp Total 14 40 33 82.5% 40 39 97.5% 61 2568 42.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Allen Aldridge 27 8 0 1 0 -25 0
Willie Alexander 23 LCB 14 0 1 16 0 16 0 2 27 0
Bob Atkins 26 14 0 2 37 0 34 0 1 0 0
Elvin Bethea* 26 RDE 14 14 0 5 0 0
Ron Billingsley 27 4 0 0 1 0 0
Garland Boyette 32 mlb 14 0 0 1 0 0
Lee Brooks 25 RDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Skip Butler 25 K 13 0 0 1 0 0
John Charles 28 FS 13 0 2 6 0 6
Hoyle Granger 28 fb 13 0 2 0 0 0
Pat Holmes 32 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Robert Holmes 27 6 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Houston* 28 SS 14 0 2 4 24 0
Calvin Hunt 25 C 10 0 0 2 0 0
Al Johnson 22 14 0 2 1 4 0
Benny Johnson 24 RCB 14 0 1 34 0 34 1 2 16 0
Charlie Joiner 25 WR 6 0 1 0 0 0
Rich Lewis 22 10 0 0 1 0 0
Zeke Moore 29 8 0 3 1 0 0
Guy Murdock 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Kent Nix 28 12 2 3 2 0 0
Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 6 2 -10 0
Alvin Reed 28 TE 14 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Regner 28 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Willie Rodgers 23 RET 14 0 5 4 0 0
Dave L. Smith 25 wr 8 0 0 1 0 0
George Webster 27 rlb 5 0 0 2 0 0
Fred Willis 25 FB 8 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 6 93 0 34 30 38 36 0
Opp Total 14 45 29 11 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Skip Butler 25 K 13 0 15 12 51
Ken Burrough 24 WR 14 0 4 24
Paul Robinson 28 RB 8 0 3 18
Charlie Joiner 25 WR 6 0 2 12
Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 2 12
Willie Rodgers 23 RET 14 0 2 12
Fred Willis 25 FB 8 0 2 12
Jim Beirne 26 10 0 1 6
Rhett Dawson 24 14 0 1 6
Ward Walsh 25 6 0 1 6
Mark Moseley 24 1 0 2 1 5
Team Total 25.5 14 7 10 1 17 13 164
Opp Total 14 23 12 1 39 33 1 380