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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.9, Offense: -1.3, Defense: -0.6, SoS: 1.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Sid Gillman
Defensive Coordinator: Bum Phillips
Training Camp: Sam Houston State (Huntsville, Texas)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Dan Pastorini | 25 | 3 | 10 | 140 for 247, 1,571 yards, 10 td, 10 int, & 24 rushes for -6 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1971 |
| RB | Vic Washington | 28 | 3 | 0 | 74 rushes for 281 yards, 2 td, & 13 catches for 92 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 87th pick / 1970 |
| FB | Willie Rodgers | 25 | 2 | 0 | 122 rushes for 413 yards, 5 td, & 24 catches for 153 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 12th / 290th pick / 1972 |
| WR | Ken Burrough | 26 | 4 | 0 | 36 catches for 492 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Billy Parks | 26 | 3 | 0 | 20 catches for 330 yards, 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1970 |
| TE | Mack Alston | 27 | 4 | 0 | 17 catches for 249 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -3 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 11th / 277th pick / 1970 |
| LT | Greg Sampson | 24 | 2 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1972 | |
| LG | Harris Jones | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Sid Smith | 26 | 4 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 26th pick / 1970 | |
| RG | Brian Goodman | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RT | Elbert Drungo | 31 | 5 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Tody Smith | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1971 |
| LDT | Curley Culp | 28 | 6 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 | |
| RDE | Elvin Bethea* | 28 | 6 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| LOLB | Al Cowlings | 27 | 4 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1970 | |
| LILB | Gregg Bingham | 23 | 1 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| RILB | Steve Kiner | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1970 |
| ROLB | Ted Washington | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 439th pick / 1972 |
| LCB | Willie Alexander | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 134th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Zeke Moore | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| SS | Al Johnson | 24 | 2 | 0 | ||
| FS | Bob Atkins | 28 | 6 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1968 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Skip Butler | 27 | 3 | 0 | 9 of 19 field goals & 29 of 29 extra points | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 96th pick / 1970 |
| P | David Beverly | 24 | Rook | 0 | 79 punts for a 39.2 average, 0 blocked | |
| KR | Billy Johnson | 22 | Rook | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 27.1 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| KR | Billy Johnson | 22 | Rook | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 27.1 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Willie Alexander | 25 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Alcorn St. | 9/21/1949 | 3 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 134th pick / 1971 |
| 82 | Mack Alston | 27 | TE | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/27/1947 | 4 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 277th pick / 1970 |
| 12 | George Amundson | 23 | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Iowa St. | 3/31/1951 | 1 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1973 | |
| 48 | Bob Atkins | 28 | FS | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Grambling St. | 4/2/1946 | 6 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1968 |
| 52 | Duane Benson | 29 | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Hamline | 8/5/1945 | 7 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 280th pick / 1967 | |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea* | 28 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 3/1/1946 | 6 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| 4 | David Beverly | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-2 | Auburn | 8/19/1950 | Rook | 0 | |
| 54 | Gregg Bingham | 23 | LILB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/13/1951 | 1 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| 83 | Jerry Broadnax | 23 | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Southern | 8/19/1951 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 00 | Ken Burrough | 26 | WR | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 7/14/1948 | 4 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1970 |
| 2 | Skip Butler | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Texas-Arlington | 10/21/1947 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 96th pick / 1970 |
| 63 | Ronnie Carroll | 25 | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arkansas,Sam Houston St. | 4/11/1949 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 294th pick / 1973 | |
| 25 | John Charles | 30 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Purdue | 5/9/1944 | 7 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 1967 | |
| 55 | Ralph Cindrich | 25 | 6 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Pittsburgh | 10/29/1949 | 2 | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 119th pick / 1972 | |
| 47 | Ronnie Coleman | 23 | 13 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Alabama A&M | 7/9/1951 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 76 | Al Cowlings | 27 | LOLB | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | USC | 6/16/1947 | 4 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1970 |
| 78 | Curley Culp | 28 | LDT | 8 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona St. | 3/10/1946 | 6 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| 58 | Marvin Davis | 22 | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Southern | 5/25/1952 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 10 | Lynn Dickey | 25 | qb | 14 | 4 | 214 | 6-3 | Kansas St. | 10/19/1949 | 3 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1971 |
| 75 | Elbert Drungo | 31 | RT | 13 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Tennessee St. | 4/30/1943 | 5 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
| 29 | Leonard Fairley | 23 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Alcorn St. | 1/2/1951 | Rook | 0 | Houston Oilers / 7th / 157th pick / 1974 | |
| 70 | Ed Fisher | 25 | 11 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 5/31/1949 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 69 | Solomon Freelon | 23 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Grambling St. | 2/19/1951 | 2 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 75th pick / 1972 | |
| 68 | Brian Goodman | 25 | RG | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | UCLA | 12/7/1949 | 1 | 6 | |
| 36 | Bob Gresham | 26 | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | West Virginia | 7/9/1948 | 3 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 201st pick / 1971 | |
| 53 | Fred Hoaglin | 30 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 1/28/1944 | 8 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 93rd pick / 1966 | |
| 72 | Kevin Hunt | 26 | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Doane | 11/29/1948 | 2 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 246th pick / 1971 | |
| 15 | Al Johnson | 24 | SS | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 6/17/1950 | 2 | 5 | |
| 84 | Billy Johnson | 22 | KR | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Widener | 1/21/1952 | Rook | 6 | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| 61 | Harris Jones | 29 | LG | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Johnson C. Smith | 10/3/1945 | 3 | 5 | |
| 57 | Steve Kiner | 27 | RILB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 6/12/1947 | 4 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1970 |
| 42 | Tommy Maxwell | 27 | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 5/5/1947 | 5 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 51st pick / 1969 | |
| 71 | Bubba McCollum | 22 | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 9/13/1952 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 24 | Mike Montgomery | 25 | 5 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 7/10/1949 | 3 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1971 | |
| 22 | Zeke Moore | 31 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-3 | Lincoln (MO) | 12/2/1943 | 7 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| 20 | Billy Parks | 26 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Long Beach St. | 1/1/1948 | 3 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1970 |
| 7 | Dan Pastorini | 25 | QB | 11 | 10 | 208 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 5/26/1949 | 3 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1971 |
| 46 | Jeff Queen | 28 | 11 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | Morgan St. | 8/15/1946 | 5 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 317th pick / 1968 | |
| 56 | Guy Roberts | 24 | 14 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | Maryland | 6/12/1950 | 2 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 187th pick / 1972 | |
| 34 | Willie Rodgers | 25 | FB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Kentucky St. | 2/8/1949 | 2 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 290th pick / 1972 |
| 73 | Greg Sampson | 24 | LT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Stanford | 10/25/1950 | 2 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1972 |
| 64 | Ron Saul | 26 | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan St. | 2/5/1948 | 4 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 110th pick / 1970 | |
| 45 | Jeff Severson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-1 | Long Beach St. | 9/16/1949 | 2 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 297th pick / 1971 | |
| 77 | Sid Smith | 26 | C | 11 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | USC | 7/6/1948 | 4 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 26th pick / 1970 |
| 85 | Tody Smith | 26 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Michigan St.,USC | 12/24/1948 | 3 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1971 |
| 59 | Ted Washington | 26 | ROLB | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-1 | Miss. Valley St. | 2/16/1948 | 1 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 439th pick / 1972 |
| 23 | Vic Washington | 28 | RB | 12 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 3/23/1946 | 3 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 87th pick / 1970 |
| 41 | Terry Wells | 23 | 6 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Southern Miss | 4/20/1951 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 79 | Jim White | 26 | 12 | 0 | 256 | 6-4 | Colorado St. | 9/5/1948 | 2 | 1 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1972 | |
| 38 | C.L. Whittington | 22 | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Prairie View | 8/1/1952 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 44 | Fred Willis | 27 | 10 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Boston Col. | 12/9/1947 | 3 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 93rd pick / 1971 | |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 223.7 | 6-1.8 | 2.8 |
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