1973 Houston Oilers (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Central Division 1-13-0 .071

Head Coach: Bill Peterson (0-5-0); Sid Gillman (1-8-0)

Bruce Beatty	Defensive Line
Andy Bourgeois	Special Teams
Garland Boyette	Special Assistant
Lew Carpenter	Receivers
Earnel Durden	Offensive Backs
King Hill	Quarterbacks
Joe Madro	Offensive Line
Burnie Miller	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
Larry Peccatiello	Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/3/1973	H	New York Jets	13-16	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	45775
Sat	8/11/1973	H	Chicago Bears	7-34	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	41514
Sat	8/18/1973	A	Green Bay Packers	14-33	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	47302
Thu	8/23/1973	H	Dallas Cowboys	27-24	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	46942
Sat	9/1/1973	H	Baltimore Colts	20-9	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	41571
Sat	9/8/1973	A	New Orleans Saints	10-16	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	62339
Sun	9/16/1973	A	New York Giants	14-34	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	57979
Sun	9/23/1973	A	Cincinnati Bengals	10-24	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	51823
Sun	9/30/1973	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-36	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	39331
Sun	10/7/1973	H	Los Angeles Rams	26-31	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	34875
Sun	10/14/1973	H	Denver Broncos	20-48	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	32801
Sun	10/21/1973	A	Cleveland Browns	13-42	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	61146
Sun	10/28/1973	A	Chicago Bears	14-35	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	43755
Sun	11/4/1973	A	Baltimore Colts	31-27	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	46207
Sun	11/11/1973	H	Cleveland Browns	13-23	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	37230
Sun	11/18/1973	A	Kansas City Chiefs	14-38	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	68444
Sun	11/25/1973	H	New England Patriots	0-32	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	27344
Sun	12/2/1973	H	Oakland Raiders	6-17	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	25801
Sun	12/9/1973	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-33	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	38004
Sun	12/16/1973	H	Cincinnati Bengals	24-27	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	21955

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
19	Willie Alexander	LCB-RCB	6-3	192	24	Alcorn State	11	10
82	Mack Alston	TE	6-2	230	26	Maryland-Eastern Shore	14	14
12	George Amundson	RB	6-3	215	22	Iowa State	9	2
48	Bob Atkins	RS	6-3	211	27	Grambling State	5	4
81	Jim Beirne	WR	6-2	200	27	Purdue	1	1
65	Elvin Bethea	RDE	6-3	255	27	North Carolina A&T State	14	14
54	Gregg Bingham	MLB	6-1	227	22	Purdue	14	14
27	Joe Blahak	RS	5-9	181	23	Nebraska	12	4
00	Ken Burrough	WR	6-3	215	25	Texas Southern	14	12
2	Skip Butler	K-P	6-1	200	26	Texas-Arlington	14	0
63	Levert Carr	ROG-ROT	6-5	258	29	Independence CC; North Central	13	8
25	John Charles	S	6-1	199	29	Purdue	4	4
55	Ralph Cindrich	LLB-MLB	6-1	227	24	Pittsburgh	13	4
76	Al Cowlings	LDT	6-5	247	26	San Francisco CC; Southern California	14	13
59	Phil Croyle	LB	6-3	223	26	California	1	0
49	Dick Cunningham	LB	6-2	239	29	Arkansas	1	0
50	Bill Curry	C	6-2	235	31	Georgia Tech	4	4
10	Lynn Dickey	QB	6-3	214	24	Kansas State	12	4
75	Elbert Drungo	ROT-LOT	6-5	265	30	Tennessee State	14	9
26	Larry Eaglin	RCB-LCB	6-3	195	25	Stephen F. Austin State	11	2
67	Mike Fanucci	LDE-RDE	6-4	236	24	Arizona State	13	0
68	Solomon Freelon	LOG	6-1	250	22	Grambling State	11	9
66	Tom Funchess	LOT	6-5	264	29	Jackson State	14	14
68	Brian Goodman	LOG	6-2	250	24	Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA	3	2
71	Wes Grant	DE	6-3	250	27	Santa Monica JC; UCLA	3	0
11	Dave Green	P	5-11	200	24	Ohio University	4	0
36	Bob Gresham	RB	5-11	195	25	West Virginia	13	10
57	Sam Gruneisen	C	6-1	248	32	Villanova	10	9
58	Paul Guidry	LLB-RLB	6-3	229	29	Louisiana State; McNeese State	14	6
14	Edd Hargett	QB	5-11	187	26	Texas A&M	5	0
13	Alvin Haymond	S	6-0	193	31	Southern University	6	0
87	Eddie Hinton	WR	6-0	200	26	Oklahoma	11	1
52	Calvin Hunt	C	6-3	244	26	Baylor	4	0
72	Kevin Hunt	OT	6-5	260	25	Doane	4	0
60	Al Jenkins	LOG-ROG	6-2	245	27	Southern Illinois; Tulsa	13	6
15	Al Johnson	RB	6-0	200	23	Cincinnati	5	0
33	Benny Johnson	RCB-LCB	5-11	175	25	Johnson C. Smith	13	4
40	Lewis Jolley	RB	5-11	210	24	North Carolina	10	0
61	Harris Jones	ROG	6-5	255	28	Johnson C. Smith	5	4
51	Ron Lou	C	6-2	240	22	Arizona State	9	1
78	John Matuszak	RDT	6-8	290	23	Iowa Central CC; Missouri; Tampa	14	14
80	Ron Mayo	TE	6-3	223	23	Morgan State	13	0
59	Brian McConnell	LB	6-4	207	23	Michigan State	7	0
86	Clifton McNeil	WR	6-2	186	33	Grambling State	3	0
62	Ralph Miller	ROG	6-3	260	25	Alabama State; California Lutheran	1	1
22	Zeke Moore	LCB-LS	6-1	195	30	Lincoln (Missouri)	13	11
20	Billy Parks	WR	6-1	185	25	Santa Monica JC; Long Beach State	14	14
83	Dave Parks	TE	6-2	202	32	Texas Tech	5	0
7	Dan Pastorini	QB-P	6-3	205	24	Santa Clara	14	10
85	Floyd Rice	LLB	6-3	225	24	Alcorn State	7	6
56	Guy Roberts	RLB	6-1	230	23	Maryland	14	12
18	Paul Robinson	RB	6-0	199	29	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona	11	1
91	Greg Sampson	LDT-RDT	6-6	270	23	Stanford	13	1
64	Ron Saul	LOG	6-2	254	25	Michigan State	3	3
36/27	Jeff Severson	LS-RS	6-1	183	24	Long Beach State	14	14
70	Tody Smith	LDE	6-5	248	25	Michigan State; Southern California	14	14
28	Bill Thomas	RB	6-2	225	24	Boston College	6	1
73	Vern Vanoy	DT	6-8	270	25	Kansas	1	0
53	Ted Washington	MLB	6-1	250	25	Mississippi Valley State	1	0
44	Fred Willis	RB	6-0	209	26	Boston College	14	14
41	Alvin Wyatt	RCB	5-9	184	26	Bethune-Cookman	4	3

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	John Matuszak	DE	Tampa
1	14	George Amundson	RB	Iowa State
4	79	Gregg Bingham	LB	Purdue
5	105	Edesel Garrison	WR	Southern California
6	131	Ron Mayo	TE	Morgan State
7	157	Shelby Jordan	T	Washington-St. Louis
8	183	Joe Blahak	DB	Nebraska
9	209	Mark Williams	K-P	Rice
10	235	Darrell Vaughn	DT	Northern Colorado
11	261	Larry Eaglin	DB	Stephen F. Austin State
12	287	Brad Lyman	WR	UCLA
13	313	Willie Martin	G	Northeastern State
14	339	Ron Lou	C	Arizona State
15	365	Roger Goree	LB	Baylor
16	391	Tim Dameron	WR	East Carolina
17	417	Randy Braband	LB	Texas

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	37	50	50	62
Opponents Totals	87	138	101	121

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	42:51	193	89	93	11	52/191 27.2%	0/3 0.0%	95	900
Opponents Totals	17:09	274	138	114	22	88/203 43.3%	1/2 50.0%	90	811

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Skip Butler	0	21	21	100.0	15	24	62.5	0	66
Fred Willis	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Mack Alston	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bob Gresham	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ken Burrough	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Paul Robinson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Larry Eaglin	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Eddie Hinton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Parks	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dave Parks	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lynn Dickey	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	1
Team Totals	22	22	22	100.0	15	24	62.5	0	199
Opponents Totals	53	52	53	98.1	25	42	59.5	1	447

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Skip Butler	15	24	62.5	4/4	2/2	6/8	3/8	0/2
Team Totals	15	24	62.5	4/4	2/2	6/8	3/8	0/2
Opponents Totals	25	42	59.5	5/5	6/8	6/11	8/15	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Willis	171	579	3.4	25	4
Bob Gresham	104	400	3.8	52	2
Paul Robinson	34	151	4.4	22	2
Dan Pastorini	31	102	3.3	17	0
George Amundson	15	56	3.7	10	0
Bill Thomas	10	39	3.9	17	0
Ken Burrough	5	38	7.6	34	1
Mack Alston	1	13	13.0	13	0
Lynn Dickey	6	9	1.5	6	0
Lewis Jolley	7	6	0.9	3	0
Eddie Hinton	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Al Johnson	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	386	1388	3.6	52	9
Opponents Totals	576	2410	4.2	53t	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Pastorini	290	154	53.1	119	1482	5.1	9.6	50	5	1.7	17	5.9	30	313	1169	49.0
Lynn Dickey	120	71	59.2	39	888	7.4	12.5	66t	6	5.0	10	8.3	13	138	750	64.2
Fred Willis	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	411	225	54.7	159	2370	5.8	10.5	66t	11	2.7	27	6.6	43	451	1919	53.3
Opponents Totals	326	178	54.6	131	2466	7.6	13.9	77t	26	8.0	17	5.2	27	229	2237	84.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Willis	57	371	6.5	50	1
Billy Parks	43	581	13.5	66t	1
Ken Burrough	43	577	13.4	49t	2
Bob Gresham	28	244	8.7	62t	1
Mack Alston	19	195	10.3	39t	4
Eddie Hinton	13	202	15.5	34t	1
George Amundson	7	60	8.6	18	0
Paul Robinson	7	46	6.6	19	0
Lewis Jolley	3	56	18.7	48	0
Dave Parks	3	31	10.3	12	1
Bill Thomas	1	4	4.0	4	0
Clifton McNeil	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	225	2370	10.5	66t	11
Opponents Totals	178	2466	13.9	77t	26

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Guy Roberts	4	55	13.8	27	0
Jeff Severson	4	24	6.0	19	0
Willie Alexander	3	3	1.0	3	0
Joe Blahak	2	120	60.0	87	0
John Charles	2	74	37.0	39	0
Gregg Bingham	2	22	11.0	18	0
Team Totals	17	298	17.5	87	0
Opponents Totals	27	357	13.2	86t	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Skip Butler	36	1344	37.3	55	0	1
Dan Pastorini	27	1087	40.3	59	0	1
Dave Green	22	868	39.5	61	0	2
Team Totals	85	3299	38.8	61	0	4	343	2876	33.8
Opponents Totals	62	2457	39.6	72	2	8	227	2070	34.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Jeff Severson	16	2	126	7.9	74
Alvin Haymond	14	6	101	7.2	44
Team Totals	30	8	227	7.6	74
Opponents Totals	44	16	343	7.8	46

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Gresham	27	723	26.8	103t	1
Alvin Haymond	28	703	25.1	47	0
Eddie Hinton	8	141	17.6	30	0
Larry Eaglin	3	76	25.3	39	0
Mike Fanucci	3	40	13.3	14	0
Joe Blahak	2	41	20.5	23	0
Lewis Jolley	2	41	20.5	21	0
Floyd Rice	2	17	8.5	9	0
Jeff Severson	1	17	17.0	17	0
Team Totals	76	1799	23.7	103t	1
Opponents Totals	37	811	21.9	95t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Elvin Bethea	16.0
John Matuszak	4.0
Al Cowlings	3.5
Tody Smith	3.5
Team Totals	27.0	229.0
Opponents Totals	43.0	451.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Willie Alexander	1		0	0	0	0	0
George Amundson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Elvin Bethea	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Blahak	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ken Burrough	2		0	0	0	0	0
Levert Carr	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lynn Dickey	5		0	0	0	-11	0
Elbert Drungo	0	0	3	0	3	7	0
Larry Eaglin	1		0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Freelon	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Gresham	5		1	1	2	0	0
Alvin Haymond	2		1	0	1	0	0
Eddie Hinton	1		0	0	0	0	0
Al Jenkins	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lewis Jolley	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ron Lou	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Brian McConnell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Zeke Moore	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Parks	1		1	0	1	0	0
Dan Pastorini	17		3	0	3	-37	0
Guy Roberts	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jeff Severson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tody Smith	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Fred Willis	5		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	43	28	15	10	25	-41	0
Opponents Totals	29	10	19	25	44		3