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1973 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 (0-5-0) and Sid Gillman (1-8-0)

Points For: 199 (14.2/g) 23rd of 26

Points Against: 447 (31.9/g) 26th of 26

Expected W-L: 1.8-12.2

SRS: -16.76 (26th of 26), SOS: .95

Defensive Coordinator: Burnie Miller

Other Notable Asst.: Lew Carpenter (Receivers), King Hill (Quarterbacks) and Larry Peccatiello (Linebackers)

Stadium: Houston Astrodome

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

Executive VP/General Manager: Sid Gillman

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	199	3307	840	3.9	52	25	193	225	411	1919	11	27	4.2	93	386	1388	9	3.6	89	95	900	11
Opp. Stats	447	4647	929	5.0	27	10	274	178	326	2237	26	17	6.3	114	576	2410	19	4.2	138	90	811	22
Lg Rank Offense	23	24			26	24	24		4	16	18	24	23		26	26	20	22
Lg Rank Defense	26	24			24	24	24		9	20	26	13	22		26	23	22	17

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 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	New York Giants	14	34	6	155	59	96	4	29	372	154	218	3
2	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	24	10	214	57	157	2	23	372	154	218
3	Sun	September 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	7	36	13	178	115	63	5	14	255	130	125	3
4	Sun	October 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4		Los Angeles Rams	26	31	16	280	204	76	4	21	348	179	169	1
5	Sun	October 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5		Denver Broncos	20	48	20	215	98	117	5	21	447	214	233
6	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-6	@	Cleveland Browns	13	42	4	106	83	23	1	26	366	102	264	1
7	Sun	October 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-7	@	Chicago Bears	14	35	19	211	54	157	4	19	269	154	115	2
8	Sun	November 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-7	@	Baltimore Colts	31	27	20	444	340	104	6	16	259	155	104	2
9	Sun	November 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-8		Cleveland Browns	13	23	16	309	203	106	1	13	299	119	180	1
10	Sun	November 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-9	@	Kansas City Chiefs	14	38	13	262	216	46	5	18	266	147	119	4
11	Sun	November 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-10		New England Patriots	0	32	11	184	83	101	3	22	317	176	141	1
12	Sun	December 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-11		Oakland Raiders	6	17	15	285	191	94	2	19	375	140	235	4
13	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-12	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	33	5	83	25	58	9	19	320	132	188	4
14	Sun	December 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-13		Cincinnati Bengals	24	27	25	381	191	190	1	14	382	281	101	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	24	QB	14	10	0-10-0	154	290	53.1	1482	5	1.7	17	5.9	50	5.1	2.8	9.6	105.9	49.0	30	313	9.38	3.65	1.6	0	0
2	Lynn Dickey	24	QB	12	4	1-3-0	71	120	59.2	888	6	5.0	10	8.3	66	7.4	4.7	12.5	74.0	64.2	13	138	9.77	5.64	3.2	1	1
3	Fred Willis	26	FB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	1-13-0	225	411	54.7	1919	11	2.7	27	6.6	66	4.7	2.25	8.5	137.1	48.7	43	451	9.47	4.23	2.04	1	1

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	26	FB	14	14	171	579	4	25	3.4	41.4	12.2	57	371	6.5	1	50	4.1	26.5	228	4.2	950	5	5
2	Bob Gresham	25	RB	13	10	104	400	2	52	3.8	30.8	8.0	28	244	8.7	1	62	2.2	18.8	132	4.9	644	3	5
3	Ken Burrough	25	WR	14	12	5	38	1	34	7.6	2.7	0.4	43	577	13.4	2	49	3.1	41.2	48	12.8	615	3	2
4	Billy Parks	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	43	581	13.5	1	66	3.1	41.5	43	13.5	581	1	1
5	Mack Alston	26	TE	14	14	1	13	0	13	13.0	0.9	0.1	19	195	10.3	4	39	1.4	13.9	20	10.4	208	4	0
6	Eddie Hinton	26	WR	11	1	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0.1	13	202	15.5	1	34	1.2	18.4	14	14.3	200	1	1
7	Paul Robinson	29	RB	11	1	34	151	2	22	4.4	13.7	3.1	7	46	6.6	0	19	0.6	4.2	41	4.8	197	2	0
8	George Amundson	22	RB	9	2	15	56	0	10	3.7	6.2	1.7	7	60	8.6	0	18	0.8	6.7	22	5.3	116	0	1
9	Dan Pastorini	24	QB	14	10	31	102	0	17	3.3	7.3	2.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	31	3.3	102	0	17
10	Lewis Jolley	24	RB	10	0	7	6	0	3	0.9	0.6	0.7	3	56	18.7	0	48	0.3	5.6	10	6.2	62	0	2
11	Bill Thomas	24	RB	6	1	10	39	0	17	3.9	6.5	1.7	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.2	0.7	11	3.9	43	0	0
12	Dave Parks	32	WR	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	31	10.3	1	12	0.6	6.2	3	10.3	31	1	0
13	Lynn Dickey	24	QB	12	4	6	9	0	6	1.5	0.8	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	1.5	9	0	5
14	Clifton McNeil	33	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.3	1.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
15	Al Johnson	23	RB	5	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.6	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-3.0	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	386	1388	9	52	3.6	99.1	27.6	225	2370	10.5	11	66	16.1	169.3	611	6.2	3758	20	39

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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	27	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.0	0	PB
2	Gregg Bingham	22	MLB	14	14	2	22	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	John Matuszak	23	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
4	Billy Parks	25	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Jeff Severson	24	SS	14	14	4	24	0	19	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Tody Smith	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.5	0
7	Fred Willis	26	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Al Cowlings	26	LDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
9	Ken Burrough	25	WR	14	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Guy Roberts	23	RLB	14	12	4	55	0	27	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Zeke Moore	30	LCB	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Willie Alexander	24	RCB/LCB	11	10	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bob Gresham	25	RB	13	10	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dan Pastorini	24	QB	14	10	0	0	0	0	17	3	-37	0	0.0	0
15	Elbert Drungo	30	RT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0.0	0
16	Solomon Freelon	22	LG	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Levert Carr	29	RT	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Al Jenkins	27	RG	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Joe Blahak	23	DB	12	4	2	120	0	87	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	John Charles	29	SS	4	4	2	74	0	39	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Lynn Dickey	24	QB	12	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	-11	0	0.0	0
22	George Amundson	22	RB	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Larry Eaglin	25	DB	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Eddie Hinton	26	WR	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ron Lou	22	C	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Alvin Haymond	31	DB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Lewis Jolley	24	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Brian McConnell	23	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	17	298	0	87	43	25	-41	0	27.0	0

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