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1972 Houston Oilers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 1-13-0, 4th in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Peterson (1-13-0)

Points For: 164 (11.7/g) 25th of 26

Points Against: 380 (27.1/g) 25th of 26

Expected W-L: 1.7-12.3

SRS: -12.98 (24th of 26), SOS: 2.45

Other Notable Asst.: Dan Henning (QB/Receivers Coach), King Hill (Assistant), Larry Peccatiello (Linebackers), Jackie Simpson (Defensive Backs) and Jerry Smith (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Houston Astrodome

Founder/Owner/Chairman/President/CEO: Bud Adams

General Manager: John Breen

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Schreiner Institute (Kerrville, Texas)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	164	3191	817	3.9	33	10	183	181	375	1673	10	23	4.0	88	397	1518	7	3.8	80	66	581	15
Opp. Stats	380	4734	894	5.3	24	18	263	174	324	2143	12	6	6.2	100	546	2591	23	4.7	147	79	741	16
Lg Rank Offense	25	26			14	5	25		10	23	21	19	26		23	23	23	21
Lg Rank Defense	25	23			24	5	23		7	11	6	26	20		24	25	24	25

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Denver Broncos	17	30	12	196	142	54	2	18	478	239	239	3
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Miami Dolphins	13	34	7	167	104	63	3	30	435	161	274	4
3	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2		New York Jets	26	20	19	412	262	150	1	19	398	301	97	4
4	Mon	October 9	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		Oakland Raiders	0	34	7	89	-1	90	5	19	302	138	164	4
5	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	24	7	108		108	1	18	295	46	249
6	Sun	October 22	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5		Cleveland Browns	17	23	17	364	221	143	2	13	254	119	135
7	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6	@	Cincinnati Bengals	7	30	10	145	47	98	2	29	496	252	244	2
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7	@	Cleveland Browns	0	20	11	212	93	119	1	15	298	146	152
9	Sun	November 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8		Philadelphia Eagles	17	18	18	348	112	236	3	12	237	84	153	1
10	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-9		Green Bay Packers	10	23	16	240	126	114		14	310	100	210
11	Sun	November 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-10	@	San Diego Chargers	20	34	18	213	162	51	1	23	367	137	230	1
12	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-11	@	Atlanta Falcons	10	20	13	242	154	88	6	17	328	167	161	3
13	Sun	December 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-12		Pittsburgh Steelers	3	9	11	159	87	72	1	12	193	63	130	1
14	Sun	December 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-13		Cincinnati Bengals	17	61	17	296	164	132	5	24	343	190	153	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	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	11.01	4.17	3.0	0	0
2	Kent Nix	28	QB	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	8.70	3.51	0.5	0	0
3	Ed Baker	24	QB	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	16.67	2.50	-12.5	0	0
4	Fred Willis	25	FB	8	7		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	33.3		0.0	-15.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-15.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	1-13-0	181	375	48.3	1673	10	2.7	23	6.1	82	5.5	3.2	11.3	119.5	48.4	45	372	10.71	3.98	2.00	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Fred Willis	25	FB	8	7	92	334	0	43	3.6	41.8	11.5	36	251	7.0	2	27	4.5	31.4	128	4.6	585	2	2
2	Ken Burrough	24	WR	14	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	521	20.0	4	80	1.9	37.2	26	20.0	521	4	0
3	Paul Robinson	28	RB	8	7	86	355	3	30	4.1	44.4	10.8	14	112	8.0	0	24	1.8	14.0	100	4.7	467	3	0
4	Charlie Joiner	25	WR	6	6	2	12	0	9	6.0	2.0	0.3	16	306	19.1	2	82	2.7	51.0	18	17.7	318	2	1
5	Willie Rodgers	23	RB	14	3	71	204	2	14	2.9	14.6	5.1	6	61	10.2	0	15	0.4	4.4	77	3.4	265	2	5
6	Alvin Reed	28	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	251	13.2	0	29	1.4	17.9	19	13.2	251	0	2
7	Hoyle Granger	28	FB	13	5	42	175	0	14	4.2	13.5	3.2	15	74	4.9	0	20	1.2	5.7	57	4.4	249	0	2
8	Dave Smith	25	WR	8	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	218	10.9	0	24	2.5	27.3	20	10.9	218	0	0
9	Dan Pastorini	23	QB	14	12	38	205	2	17	5.4	14.6	2.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	38	5.4	205	2	6
10	Robert Holmes	27	RB	6	2	43	172	0	18	4.0	28.7	7.2	6	32	5.3	0	13	1.0	5.3	49	4.2	204	0	0
11	Jim Beirne	26	WR	10	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	95	13.6	1	19	0.7	9.5	7	13.6	95	1	0
12	Rhett Dawson	24	WR	14	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	78	13.0	1	20	0.4	5.6	6	13.0	78	1	0
13	Ward Walsh	24	RB	6	1	8	36	0	14	4.5	6.0	1.3	4	22	5.5	0	16	0.7	3.7	12	4.8	58	0	0
14	Al Johnson	22	RB	14	3	11	13	0	7	1.2	0.9	0.8	6	24	4.0	0	16	0.4	1.7	17	2.2	37	0	2
15	Ed Baker	24	QB	1	0	1	9	0	9	9.0	9.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
16	Kent Nix	28	QB	12	2	3	3	0	5	1.0	0.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.0	3	0	3
	Team Totals			14	14	397	1518	7	43	3.8	108.4	28.4	181	2045	11.3	10	82	12.9	146.1	578	6.2	3563	17	23

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Elvin Bethea	26	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	7.0	0	PB
2	Ken Houston	28	SS	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	4	24	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Alvin Reed	28	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Mike Tilleman	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	0
5	Pat Holmes	32	LDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
6	Floyd Rice	23	LLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
7	Dan Pastorini	23	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	6	2	-10	0	0.0	0
8	Tom Regner	28	LG	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Willie Alexander	23	LCB	14	11	1	16	0	16	0	2	27	0	0.0	0
10	John Charles	28	FS	13	11	2	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Lee Brooks	25	RDT	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
12	Calvin Hunt	25	C	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	Benny Johnson	24	RCB	14	10	1	34	0	34	1	2	16	0	0.0	0
14	Garland Boyette	32	MLB	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Dave Smith	25	WR	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Fred Willis	25	FB	8	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Charlie Joiner	25	WR	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Hoyle Granger	28	FB	13	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Zeke Moore	29	DB	8	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Guy Murdock	22	C	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	George Webster	27	RLB	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bob Atkins	26	DB	14	3	2	37	0	34	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ron Billingsley	27	DT	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Al Johnson	22	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0.0	0
25	Willie Rodgers	23	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0.0	0
26	Robert Holmes	27	RB	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Kent Nix	28	QB	12	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	Rich Lewis	22	LB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Allen Aldridge	27	DE	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-25	0	1.0	0
30	Skip Butler	25	K	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6	93	0	34	30	38	36	0	23.0	0

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