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1974 Houston Oilers

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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 236 points (16.9/g), 17th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 282 points (20.1/g), 18th.
 Differential of -46 points (-3.3/g), 18th.
 Expected W-L: 5.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 9th.

Coached by Sid Gillman (7-7-0)

1974 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 15 box W 1-0 San Diego Chargers 21 14 19 349 193 156 1 23 411 195 216 5
2 Sun September 22 box L 1-1 @ Cleveland Browns 7 20 13 168 133 35 6 22 342 126 216
3 Sun September 29 box L 1-2 Kansas City Chiefs 7 17 17 206 151 55 4 13 172 152 20 1
4 Sun October 6 box L 1-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 13 10 240 121 119 3 18 386 202 184 3
5 Sun October 13 box L 1-4 @ Minnesota Vikings 10 51 11 185 129 56 4 25 502 357 145
6 Sun October 20 box L 1-5 St. Louis Cardinals 27 31 21 433 348 85 3 23 345 134 211 2
7 Sun October 27 box W 2-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 34 21 12 254 142 112 26 415 330 85 6
8 Sun November 3 box W 3-5 @ New York Jets 27 22 20 325 214 111 1 18 312 235 77 2
9 Sun November 10 box W 4-5 @ Buffalo Bills 21 9 10 174 59 115 4 16 224 91 133 6
10 Sun November 17 box W 5-5 Cincinnati Bengals 20 3 14 214 90 124 1 16 238 149 89 2
11 Sun November 24 box L 5-6 Dallas Cowboys 0 10 6 81 55 26 1 15 252 38 214 1
12 Sun December 1 box W 6-6 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 13 10 11 158 61 97 6 84 9 75 3
13 Sun December 8 box L 6-7 @ Denver Broncos 14 37 16 268 180 88 2 27 411 168 243 1
14 Sun December 15 box W 7-7 Cleveland Browns 28 24 20 283 101 182 3 20 331 189 142 4

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 236 3338 817 4.1 200 203 363 1977 12 19 5.0 103 421 1361 16 3.2 76 33 14 21
Team Defense 282 4425 919 4.8 412 231 405 2375 19 21 5.3 129 474 2050 15 4.3 268 36 15 15
Lg Rank Offense 17 24 25 16 20 15 13 19 23 26 7 25 14 14
Lg Rank Defense 18 22 21 20 20 23 11 10 13 19 12 22 8 8

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 25 QB 11 10 140 247 56.7 1571 10 4.0 10 4.0 65 6.4 4.9 11.2 142.8 72.4 23 225 5.0 3.7 8.5
Lynn Dickey 25 14 4 63 113 55.8 704 2 1.8 8 7.1 59 6.2 3.2 11.2 50.3 50.9 10 73 5.1 2.4 8.1
Ronnie Coleman 23 13 0 0 2 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
George Amundson 23 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Team Total 25.7 14 203 363 55.9 2275 12 3.3 19 5.2 65 6.3 4.2 11.2 162.5 64.0 33 298 5.0 3.1 8.3
Opp Total 14 231 405 57.0 2375 19 4.7 21 5.2 5.9 4.0 10.3 169.6 68.1 40 349 5.3 2.9

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
Willie Rodgers 25 FB 14 0 122 413 5 20 3.4 29.5 8.7 24 153 6.4 0 24 1.7 10.9 566 5 5
Fred Willis 27 10 0 74 239 3 18 3.2 23.9 7.4 25 130 5.2 1 21 2.5 13.0 369 4 0
Vic Washington 28 RB 12 0 74 281 2 23 3.8 23.4 6.2 13 92 7.1 0 15 1.1 7.7 373 2 4
George Amundson 23 14 0 59 138 4 11 2.3 9.9 4.2 18 152 8.4 1 29 1.3 10.9 290 5 1
Ronnie Coleman 23 13 0 52 193 1 37 3.7 14.8 4.0 4 9 2.3 0 7 0.3 0.7 202 1 1
Dan Pastorini 25 QB 11 10 24 -6 0 7 -0.3 -0.5 2.2 -6 0 8
Billy Johnson 22 RET 14 0 5 82 1 47 16.4 5.9 0.4 29 388 13.4 2 44 2.1 27.7 470 3 1
Bob Gresham 26 14 0 3 6 0 3 2.0 0.4 0.2 3 19 6.3 0 9 0.2 1.4 25 0 2
Lynn Dickey 25 14 4 3 7 0 7 2.3 0.5 0.2 7 0 2
Jeff Queen 28 11 0 2 7 0 4 3.5 0.6 0.2 1 4 4.0 1 4 0.1 0.4 11 1 0
Ken Burrough 26 WR 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 36 492 13.7 2 51 3.3 44.7 492 2 1
Mack Alston 27 TE 13 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 17 249 14.6 3 33 1.3 19.2 246 3 1
David Beverly 24 P 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 4 0 0
Billy Parks 26 WR 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 330 16.5 1 59 1.4 23.6 330 1 0
Mike Montgomery 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 179 19.9 1 65 1.8 35.8 179 1 0
Jerry Broadnax 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 69 23.0 0 42 0.4 8.6 69 0 0
Terry Wells 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.2 1.5 9 0 0
Team Total 25.7 14 421 1361 16 47 3.2 97.2 30.1 203 2275 11.2 12 65 14.5 162.5 3636 28 26
Opp Total 14 474 2050 15 4.3 146.4 33.9 231 2375 10.3 19 16.5 169.6 4425 34 26

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
Billy Johnson 22 RET 14 0 30 409 0 49 13.6 29 785 0 67 27.1 1664
Jeff Severson 25 14 0 11 86 0 24 7.8 6 108 0 28 18.0 194
Bob Gresham 26 14 0 9 180 0 40 20.0 205
Vic Washington 28 RB 12 0 7 177 0 40 25.3 550
Ronnie Coleman 23 13 0 3 91 0 39 30.3 293
C.L. Whittington 22 14 0 3 37 0 19 12.3 37
George Amundson 23 14 0 2 17 0 13 8.5 307
Al Johnson 24 SS 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Harris Jones 29 LG 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Ron Saul 26 lg 14 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Team Total 25.7 14 41 495 0 49 12.1 62 1419 0 67 22.9 5550
Opp Total 14 56 0 51 1111 0 21.8

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
David Beverly 24 P 14 0 79 3100 69 0 39.2
Skip Butler 27 K 14 0 7 4 4 2 7 3 1 19 9 47.4% 29 29 100.0%
Team Total 25.7 14 7 4 4 2 7 3 1 19 9 47.4% 29 29 100.0% 79 3100 69 0 39.2
Opp Total 14 23 16 69.6% 34 30 88.2% 70 2737 39.1

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
Willie Alexander 25 LCB 14 0 2 56 0 29
Mack Alston 27 TE 13 0 1 0 0 0
George Amundson 23 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Atkins 28 FS 14 0 6 85 0 36 0 2 0 0
Duane Benson 29 lolb 13 0 2 0 0 0
Elvin Bethea* 28 RDE 14 14 0 2 38 1
Gregg Bingham 23 LILB 14 14 4 36 0 18 0 1 0 0
Ken Burrough 26 WR 11 0 1 0 0 0
Ronnie Carroll 25 14 0 0 4 28 0
Ronnie Coleman 23 13 0 1 0 0 0
Lynn Dickey 25 14 4 2 0 -7 0
Bob Gresham 26 14 0 2 1 0 0
Billy Johnson 22 RET 14 0 1 0 0 0
Harris Jones 29 LG 11 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Kiner 27 RILB 14 0 1 34 0 34
Tommy Maxwell 27 13 0 2 30 0 15 0 1 0 0
Zeke Moore 31 RCB 14 0 2 38 1 22
Dan Pastorini 25 QB 11 10 8 4 -17 0
Guy Roberts 24 14 0 0 2 0 0
Willie Rodgers 25 FB 14 0 5 1 0 0
Jeff Severson 25 14 0 1 0 0 0
Tody Smith 26 LDE 14 0 1 34 0 34 0 1 0 0
Ted Washington 26 ROLB 14 0 0 2 0 0
Vic Washington 28 RB 12 0 4 2 0 0
C.L. Whittington 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.7 14 21 313 1 36 26 25 42 1
Opp Total 14 33 26 11

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 27 K 14 0 29 9 56
George Amundson 23 14 0 4 1 30
Willie Rodgers 25 FB 14 0 5 30
Fred Willis 27 10 0 3 1 24
Mack Alston 27 TE 13 0 3 18
Billy Johnson 22 RET 14 0 1 2 18
Ken Burrough 26 WR 11 0 2 12
Vic Washington 28 RB 12 0 2 12
Elvin Bethea* 28 RDE 14 14 1 6
Ronnie Coleman 23 13 0 1 6
Mike Montgomery 25 5 0 1 6
Zeke Moore 31 RCB 14 0 1 6
Billy Parks 26 WR 14 0 1 6
Jeff Queen 28 11 0 1 6
Team Total 25.7 14 16 12 1 1 29 9 236
Opp Total 14 15 19 30 16 282