You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Teams > Houston Oilers > 1973 Statistics & Players

1973 Houston Oilers

Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season

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

Scored 199 points (14.2/g), 23rd of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 447 points (31.9/g), 26th.
 Differential of -248 points (-17.7/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 1.8-12.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -25 (-1.8/g), 26th.

Coached by Bill Peterson (0-5-0) and Sid Gillman (1-8-0)

1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 16 box L 0-1 @ New York Giants 14 34 6 155 59 96 4 29 372 154 218 3
2 Sun September 23 box L 0-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 10 24 10 214 57 157 2 23 372 154 218
3 Sun September 30 box L 0-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 36 13 178 115 63 5 14 255 130 125 3
4 Sun October 7 box L 0-4 Los Angeles Rams 26 31 16 280 204 76 4 21 348 179 169 1
5 Sun October 14 box L 0-5 Denver Broncos 20 48 20 215 98 117 5 21 447 214 233
6 Sun October 21 box L 0-6 @ Cleveland Browns 13 42 4 106 83 23 1 26 366 102 264 1
7 Sun October 28 box L 0-7 @ Chicago Bears 14 35 19 211 54 157 4 19 269 154 115 2
8 Sun November 4 box W 1-7 @ Baltimore Colts 31 27 20 444 340 104 6 16 259 155 104 2
9 Sun November 11 box L 1-8 Cleveland Browns 13 23 16 309 203 106 1 13 299 119 180 1
10 Sun November 18 box L 1-9 @ Kansas City Chiefs 14 38 13 262 216 46 5 18 266 147 119 4
11 Sun November 25 box L 1-10 New England Patriots 0 32 11 184 83 101 3 22 317 176 141 1
12 Sun December 2 box L 1-11 Oakland Raiders 6 17 15 285 191 94 2 19 375 140 235 4
13 Sun December 9 box L 1-12 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 33 5 83 25 58 9 19 320 132 188 4
14 Sun December 16 box L 1-13 Cincinnati Bengals 24 27 25 381 191 190 1 14 382 281 101 1

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 199 3307 840 3.9 193 225 411 1919 11 27 4.2 93 386 1388 9 3.6 89 52 25 11
Team Defense 447 4647 929 5.0 410 178 326 2237 26 17 6.3 114 576 2410 19 4.2 274 27 10 22
Lg Rank Offense 23 24 24 4 16 18 24 23 26 26 20 22 26 24
Lg Rank Defense 26 24 23 9 20 26 13 23 26 23 22 17 24 24

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Dan Pastorini 24 QB 14 10 0-10-0 154 290 53.1 1482 5 1.7 17 5.9 50 5.1 2.6 9.6 105.9 49.0 30 313 3.7 1.4 9.4
Lynn Dickey 24 12 4 1-3-0 71 120 59.2 888 6 5.0 10 8.3 66 7.4 4.2 12.5 74.0 64.2 13 138 5.6 2.7 9.8
Fred Willis 26 FB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.9 14 1-13-0 225 411 54.7 2370 11 2.7 27 6.6 66 5.8 3.1 10.5 169.3 53.3 43 451 4.2 1.8 9.5
Opp Total 14 178 326 54.6 2237 26 8.0 17 5.2 6.9 5.3 12.6 159.8 81.0 27 229 6.3 4.3

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 26 FB 14 0 171 579 4 25 3.4 41.4 12.2 57 371 6.5 1 50 4.1 26.5 950 5 5
Bob Gresham 25 RB 13 0 104 400 2 52 3.8 30.8 8.0 28 244 8.7 1 62 2.2 18.8 644 3 5
Paul Robinson 29 11 0 34 151 2 22 4.4 13.7 3.1 7 46 6.6 0 19 0.6 4.2 197 2 0
Dan Pastorini 24 QB 14 10 31 102 0 17 3.3 7.3 2.2 102 0 17
George Amundson 22 9 0 15 56 0 10 3.7 6.2 1.7 7 60 8.6 0 18 0.8 6.7 116 0 1
Bill Thomas 24 6 0 10 39 0 17 3.9 6.5 1.7 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.2 0.7 43 0 0
Lewis Jolley 24 10 0 7 6 0 3 0.9 0.6 0.7 3 56 18.7 0 48 0.3 5.6 62 0 2
Lynn Dickey 24 12 4 6 9 0 6 1.5 0.8 0.5 9 0 5
Ken Burrough 25 WR 14 0 5 38 1 34 7.6 2.7 0.4 43 577 13.4 2 49 3.1 41.2 615 3 2
Mack Alston 26 TE 14 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 0.9 0.1 19 195 10.3 4 39 1.4 13.9 208 4 0
Eddie Hinton 26 11 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 0.1 13 202 15.5 1 34 1.2 18.4 200 1 1
Al Johnson 23 5 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.6 0.2 -3 0 0
Billy Parks 25 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 581 13.5 1 66 3.1 41.5 581 1 1
Dave Parks 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 31 10.3 1 12 0.6 6.2 31 1 0
Clifton McNeil 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.3 1.0 3 0 0
Team Total 25.9 14 386 1388 9 52 3.6 99.1 27.6 225 2370 10.5 11 66 16.1 169.3 3758 20 44
Opp Total 14 576 2410 19 4.2 172.1 41.1 178 2237 12.6 26 12.7 159.8 4647 45 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Alvin Haymond 31 RET 6 0 14 101 0 44 7.2 28 703 0 47 25.1 804
Bob Gresham 25 RB 13 0 27 723 1 103 26.8 1367
Jeff Severson 24 SS 14 0 16 126 0 74 7.9 1 17 0 17 17.0 143
Eddie Hinton 26 11 0 8 141 0 30 17.6 341
Larry Eaglin 25 11 0 3 76 0 39 25.3 76
Mike Fanucci 24 13 0 3 40 0 14 13.3 40
Joe Blahak 23 fs 12 0 2 41 0 23 20.5 41
Lewis Jolley 24 10 0 2 41 0 21 20.5 103
Floyd Rice 24 LLB 5 0 2 17 0 9 8.5 17
Team Total 25.9 14 30 227 0 74 7.6 76 1799 1 103 23.7 5784
Opp Total 14 44 0 37 811 1 21.9

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
Skip Butler 26 P 14 0 4 4 2 2 8 6 8 3 2 24 15 62.5% 21 21 100.0% 36 1344 55 0 37.3
Dan Pastorini 24 QB 14 10 27 1087 59 0 40.3
Dave Green 24 4 0 22 868 61 0 39.5
Lynn Dickey 24 12 4 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.9 14 4 4 2 2 8 6 8 3 2 24 15 62.5% 22 22 100.0% 85 3299 61 0 38.8
Opp Total 14 42 25 59.5% 53 52 98.1% 62 2455 39.6

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
Willie Alexander 24 RCB 11 0 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0
George Amundson 22 9 0 1 0 0 0
Elvin Bethea* 27 RDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Gregg Bingham 22 MLB 14 14 2 22 0 18
Joe Blahak 23 fs 12 0 2 120 0 87 0 1 0 0
Ken Burrough 25 WR 14 0 2 0 0 0
Levert Carr 29 rt 13 0 0 1 0 0
John Charles 29 4 0 2 74 0 39
Lynn Dickey 24 12 4 5 0 -11 0
Elbert Drungo 30 RT 14 0 0 3 7 0
Larry Eaglin 25 11 0 1 0 0 0
Solomon Freelon 22 LG 11 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Gresham 25 RB 13 0 5 2 0 0
Alvin Haymond 31 RET 6 0 2 1 0 0
Eddie Hinton 26 11 0 1 0 0 0
Al Jenkins 27 RG 13 0 0 1 0 0
Lewis Jolley 24 10 0 2 0 0 0
Ron Lou 22 9 0 0 1 0 0
Brian McConnell 23 7 0 0 1 0 0
Zeke Moore 30 LCB 13 0 0 1 0 0
Billy Parks 25 WR 14 0 1 1 0 0
Dan Pastorini 24 QB 14 10 17 3 -37 0
Floyd Rice 24 LLB 5 0 1 1 51 1
Guy Roberts 23 RLB 14 0 4 55 0 27 0 2 0 0
Jeff Severson 24 SS 14 0 4 24 0 19 0 1 0 0
Tody Smith 25 LDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Fred Willis 26 FB 14 0 5 2 0 0
Team Total 25.9 14 17 298 0 87 44 26 10 1
Opp Total 14 43 29 19 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 26 P 14 0 21 15 66
Fred Willis 26 FB 14 0 4 1 30
Mack Alston 26 TE 14 0 4 24
Bob Gresham 25 RB 13 0 2 1 1 24
Ken Burrough 25 WR 14 0 1 2 18
Paul Robinson 29 11 0 2 12
Larry Eaglin 25 11 0 1 6
Eddie Hinton 26 11 0 1 6
Billy Parks 25 WR 14 0 1 6
Dave Parks 32 5 0 1 6
Lynn Dickey 24 12 4 1 1
Team Total 25.9 14 9 11 1 1 22 15 199
Opp Total 14 19 26 1 52 25 1 447