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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)
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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| 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 |
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| LG | Harris Jones | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Ron Saul | 26 | 4 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 110th pick / 1970 |
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| C | Sid Smith | 26 | 4 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 26th pick / 1970 |
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| C | Fred Hoaglin | 30 | 8 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 93rd pick / 1966 |
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| RG | Brian Goodman | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RT | Elbert Drungo | 31 | 5 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| LOLB | Duane Benson | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 280th pick / 1967 |
| 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 | |
| PR | Billy Johnson | 22 | Rook | 0 | 30 punt returns for a 13.6 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 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Willie Alexander | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Alcorn State | 9/21/1949 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 134th pick / 1971 |
| Mack Alston | 27 | TE | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 4/27/1947 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 277th pick / 1970 |
| George Amundson | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 3/31/1951 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 14th pick / 1973 |
| Bob Atkins | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 4/2/1946 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1968 |
| Duane Benson | 29 | LB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Hamline | 8/5/1945 | 7 | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 280th pick / 1967 |
| Elvin Bethea* | 28 | DE | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 3/1/1946 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 77th pick / 1968 |
| David Beverly | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-2 | Auburn | 8/19/1950 | Rook | |
| Gregg Bingham | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 227 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/13/1951 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 79th pick / 1973 |
| Jerry Broadnax | 23 | TE | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Southern | 8/19/1951 | Rook | |
| Ken Burrough | 26 | WR | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Texas Southern | 7/14/1948 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 10th pick / 1970 |
| Skip Butler | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Texas-Arlington | 10/21/1947 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 96th pick / 1970 |
| Ronnie Carroll | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arkansas,Sam Houston State | 4/11/1949 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 294th pick / 1973 |
| John Charles | 30 | DB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Purdue | 5/9/1944 | 7 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 1967 |
| Ralph Cindrich | 25 | LB | 6 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Pittsburgh | 10/29/1949 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 119th pick / 1972 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Alabama A&M | 7/9/1951 | Rook | |
| Al Cowlings | 27 | DE-DT-LB | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | USC | 6/16/1947 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1970 |
| Curley Culp | 28 | DT-NT-G | 8 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 3/10/1946 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| Marvin Davis | 22 | LB | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Southern | 5/25/1952 | Rook | |
| Lynn Dickey | 25 | QB | 14 | 4 | 214 | 6-3 | Kansas State | 10/19/1949 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1971 |
| Elbert Drungo | 31 | T-G | 13 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 4/30/1943 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1969 |
| Leonard Fairley | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Alcorn State | 1/2/1951 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 7th / 157th pick / 1974 |
| Ed Fisher | 25 | G-C-DE | 11 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 5/31/1949 | Rook | |
| Solomon Freelon | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 2/19/1951 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 75th pick / 1972 |
| Brian Goodman | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | UCLA | 12/7/1949 | 1 | |
| Bob Gresham | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | West Virginia | 7/9/1948 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 201st pick / 1971 |
| Fred Hoaglin | 30 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 1/28/1944 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 93rd pick / 1966 |
| Kevin Hunt | 26 | T-G | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Doane | 11/29/1948 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 246th pick / 1971 |
| Al Johnson | 24 | DB-RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Cincinnati | 6/17/1950 | 2 | |
| Billy Johnson | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Widener | 1/21/1952 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 15th / 365th pick / 1974 |
| Harris Jones | 29 | G | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Johnson C. Smith | 10/3/1945 | 3 | |
| Steve Kiner | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 6/12/1947 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1970 |
| Tommy Maxwell | 27 | DB | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 5/5/1947 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 51st pick / 1969 |
| Bubba McCollum | 22 | DT | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 9/13/1952 | Rook | |
| Mike Montgomery | 25 | RB-WR | 5 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 7/10/1949 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1971 |
| Zeke Moore | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-3 | Lincoln (MO) | 12/2/1943 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 127th pick / 1967 |
| Billy Parks | 26 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Long Beach State | 1/1/1948 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1970 |
| Dan Pastorini | 25 | QB | 11 | 10 | 208 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 5/26/1949 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 3rd pick / 1971 |
| Jeff Queen | 28 | RB-TE | 11 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | Morgan State | 8/15/1946 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 12th / 317th pick / 1968 |
| Guy Roberts | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | Maryland | 6/12/1950 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 8th / 187th pick / 1972 |
| Willie Rodgers | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Kentucky State | 2/8/1949 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 12th / 290th pick / 1972 |
| Greg Sampson | 24 | T-DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Stanford | 10/25/1950 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 6th pick / 1972 |
| Ron Saul | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 2/5/1948 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 110th pick / 1970 |
| Jeff Severson | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-1 | Long Beach State | 9/16/1949 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 297th pick / 1971 |
| Sid Smith | 26 | C-T | 11 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | USC | 7/6/1948 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 26th pick / 1970 |
| Tody Smith | 26 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Michigan State,USC | 12/24/1948 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1971 |
| Ted Washington | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-1 | Miss. Valley State | 2/16/1948 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 17th / 439th pick / 1972 |
| Vic Washington | 28 | RB-DB-WR | 12 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 3/23/1946 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 87th pick / 1970 |
| Terry Wells | 23 | RB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Southern Miss | 4/20/1951 | Rook | |
| Jim White | 26 | DE | 12 | 0 | 256 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 9/5/1948 | 2 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1972 |
| C.L. Whittington | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Prairie View | 8/1/1952 | Rook | |
| Fred Willis | 27 | RB | 10 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Boston College | 12/9/1947 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 93rd pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 223.7 | 6-1.8 | 2.8 |