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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.

Simple Rating System: Total -13.0, Offense: -7.1, Defense: -5.9, SoS: 2.4, versus averages of 0.0.

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 Day 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 5.3 263 174 324 2143 12 6 6.2 100 546 2591 23 4.7 147 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 23 7 11 6 26 20 24 25 24 25 24 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
7 Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 1-11-0 144 299 48.2 1711 7 2.3 12 4.0 82 5.7 4.4 11.9 122.2 57.1 37 310 4.2 3.0 11.0
14 Kent Nix 28 12 2 0-2-0 33 63 52.4 287 3 4.8 6 9.5 19 4.6 1.2 8.7 23.9 41.0 6 45 3.5 0.5 8.7
18 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
44 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 1-13-0 181 375 48.3 2045 10 2.7 23 6.1 82 5.5 3.2 11.3 146.1 48.4 45 372 4.0 2.0 10.7
Opp Total 14 174 324 53.7 2315 12 3.7 6 1.9 7.1 7.1 13.3 165.4 81.2 24 172 6.2 6.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
44 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
18 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
34 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
39 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
30 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
7 Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 38 205 2 17 5.4 14.6 2.7 205 2 6
15 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
32 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
14 Kent Nix 28 12 2 3 3 0 5 1.0 0.3 0.3 3 0 3
18 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
18 Ed Baker 24 1 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9.0 1.0 9 0 0
00 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
87 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
89 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
81 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
20 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
29 Ken Houston* 28 SS 14 0 25 148 0 33 5.9 148
34 Willie Rodgers 23 RET 14 0 17 335 0 32 19.7 600
33 Benny Johnson 24 RCB 14 0 13 230 0 29 17.7 230
40 Lewis Jolley 23 7 0 11 267 0 43 24.3 267
15 Al Johnson 22 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 7 154 0 28 22.0 191
22 Zeke Moore 29 8 0 7 15 0 19 2.1 1 22 0 22 22.0 37
26 Linzy Cole 24 2 0 2 41 0 21 20.5 41
39 Robert Holmes 27 6 0 2 39 0 21 19.5 243
30 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
No. 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
7 Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 82 3381 63 1 41.2
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
11 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
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
88 Allen Aldridge 27 8 0 1 0 -25 0
19 Willie Alexander 23 LCB 14 0 1 16 0 16 0 2 27 0
48 Bob Atkins 26 14 0 2 37 0 34 0 1 0 0
65 Elvin Bethea* 26 RDE 14 14 0 5 0 0
82 Ron Billingsley 27 4 0 0 1 0 0
52 Garland Boyette 32 mlb 14 0 0 1 0 0
73 Lee Brooks 25 RDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
2 Skip Butler 25 K 13 0 0 1 0 0
25 John Charles 28 FS 13 0 2 6 0 6
30 Hoyle Granger 28 fb 13 0 2 0 0 0
79 Pat Holmes 32 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
39 Robert Holmes 27 6 0 0 1 0 0
29 Ken Houston* 28 SS 14 0 2 4 24 0
51 Calvin Hunt 25 C 10 0 0 2 0 0
15 Al Johnson 22 14 0 2 1 4 0
33 Benny Johnson 24 RCB 14 0 1 34 0 34 1 2 16 0
18 Charlie Joiner 25 WR 6 0 1 0 0 0
55 Rich Lewis 22 10 0 0 1 0 0
22 Zeke Moore 29 8 0 3 1 0 0
50 Guy Murdock 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
14 Kent Nix 28 12 2 3 2 0 0
7 Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 6 2 -10 0
89 Alvin Reed 28 TE 14 0 2 0 0 0
60 Tom Regner 28 LG 14 0 0 1 0 0
34 Willie Rodgers 23 RET 14 0 5 4 0 0
87 Dave L. Smith 25 wr 8 0 0 1 0 0
90 George Webster 27 rlb 5 0 0 2 0 0
44 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
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2 Skip Butler 25 K 13 0 15 12 51
00 Ken Burrough 24 WR 14 0 4 4 24
18 Paul Robinson 28 RB 8 0 3 3 18
18 Charlie Joiner 25 WR 6 0 2 2 12
7 Dan Pastorini 23 QB 14 12 2 2 12
34 Willie Rodgers 23 RET 14 0 2 2 12
44 Fred Willis 25 FB 8 0 2 2 12
81 Jim Beirne 26 10 0 1 1 6
20 Rhett Dawson 24 14 0 1 1 6
32 Ward Walsh 25 6 0 1 1 6
11 Mark Moseley 24 1 0 2 1 5
Team Total 25.5 14 7 10 1 18 17 13 164
Opp Total 14 23 12 1 39 33 1 380