1970 Houston Oilers: 3-10-1
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Home record: 1-6-0 (114 points scored, 153 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (103 points scored, 199 allowed) Head Coach: Wally Lemm
217 points scored (20th of 26 teams), 352 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 238 470 2,506 ( 7) 4.98 12 23 419 1,556 (19) 3.7 10 4,062 (10) 38
Defense: 164 344 2,605 (24) 6.97 25 18 466 1,793 (17) 3.8 16 4,398 (25) 26
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Roy Gerela K 14 5'10 185 22 2 New Mexico State 11 Spike Jones P 14 6'2 190 23 R Georgia 12 Charley Johnson QB 10 6'0 190 31 10 New Mexico State 14 Bob Naponic QB 2 6'0 190 23 1 Illinois 17 Jerry Rhome QB 13 6'0 188 28 6 Tulsa 18 Charlie Joiner WR 9 5'11 185 23 2 Grambling 22 Zeke Moore DB 14 6'2 198 26 4 Lincoln (Mo.) 23 Jerry LeVias WR 14 5'10 185 24 2 Southern Methodist 24 Mike Richardson RB 14 5'11 198 23 2 Southern Methodist 29 Ken Houston DB 14 6'3 195 25 4 Prairie View A&M 32 Hoyle Granger RB 5 6'1 225 26 5 Mississippi State 33 Benny Johnson DB 14 5'11 178 22 R Johnson C. Smith 34 Joe Dawkins RB 14 5'11 220 22 R Wisconsin 35 Woody Campbell RB 6 5'11 208 26 4 Northwestern 36 Roy Hopkins RB 12 6'1 215 25 4 Texas Southern 39 Tom Smiley RB 7 6'1 235 26 3 Lamar 41 Leroy Mitchell DB 14 6'2 190 26 3 Texas Southern 44 Johnny Peacock DB 14 6'2 200 23 2 Houston 48 Bob Atkins DB 14 6'3 215 24 3 Grambling 50 Bobby Maples C 14 6'3 245 27 6 Baylor 52 Garland Boyette LB 13 6'1 245 30 7 Grambling 53 Loyd Wainscott LB 11 6'1 235 24 2 Texas 55 Jess Lewis LB 10 6'1 230 23 R Oregon State 56 Olen Underwood LB 12 6'1 220 28 6 Texas 58 Ron Pritchard LB 14 6'1 235 23 2 Arizona State 60 Tom Regner OG 3 6'1 255 26 4 Notre Dame 61 Hank Autry C 14 6'3 235 23 2 Southern Mississippi 62 Ken Gray OG 11 6'2 250 34 13 Howard Payne 63 Doug Wilkerson OG 9 6'2 245 23 R North Carolina Central 64 Ron Saul OG 14 6'2 255 22 R Michigan State 65 Elvin Bethea DE 14 6'3 255 24 3 North Carolina A&T 69 Terry Stoepel TE 14 6'4 235 25 2 Tulsa 70 Glen Ray Hines OT 14 6'5 265 27 5 Arkansas 71 Tom Domres DT 14 6'3 255 24 3 Wisconsin 73 Lee Brooks DT 13 6'5 266 22 R Texas 74 Willie Parker DT 14 6'2 265 25 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 75 Elbert Drungo OT 14 6'5 250 27 2 Tennessee State 76 Walt Suggs OT 14 6'5 260 31 9 Mississippi State 77 Spain Musgrove DT 7 6'4 275 25 4 Utah State 79 Pat Holmes DE 14 6'5 250 30 5 Texas Tech 81 Jim Beirne WR 14 6'2 196 24 3 Purdue 84 Donnie Davis TE 14 6'4 225 30 2 Southern 86 Mac Haik WR 13 6'1 196 24 3 Mississippi 87 Paul Zaeske WR 5 6'2 200 24 2 North Park (IL) 88 Claude Harvey LB 5 6'4 225 22 R Prairie View A&M 89 Alvin Reed TE 13 6'5 230 26 4 Prairie View A&M 90 George Webster LB 7 6'4 223 24 4 Michigan State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Charley Johnson 281 144 51.2 1,652 5.88 11.5 7 2.5 12 4.3 15 124 59.8
Jerry Rhome 168 88 52.4 1,031 6.14 11.7 5 3.0 8 4.8 10 85 61.4
Bob Naponic 20 6 30.0 85 4.25 14.2 0 0.0 2 10.0 8 53 5.2
Jerry LeVias 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Alvin Reed 47 604 12.9 2 Jerry LeVias 41 529 12.9 5 Mike Richardson 34 381 11.2 1 Charlie Joiner 28 416 14.9 3 Mac Haik 17 190 11.2 0 Jim Beirne 16 216 13.5 1 Joe Dawkins 15 94 6.3 0 Woody Campbell 15 78 5.2 0 Roy Hopkins 14 142 10.1 0 Hoyle Granger 11 118 10.7 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Joe Dawkins 124 517 4.2 2 Mike Richardson 103 368 3.6 2 Roy Hopkins 57 207 3.6 3 Woody Campbell 59 189 3.2 1 Hoyle Granger 51 169 3.3 1 Jerry Rhome 9 54 6.0 1 Jerry LeVias 7 37 5.3 0 Bob Naponic 3 12 4.0 0 Charley Johnson 5 3 0.6 0 Tom Smiley 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jerry LeVias 26 598 23.0 0 Benny Johnson 15 320 21.3 0 Zeke Moore 7 190 27.1 0 Donnie Davis 2 0 0.0 0 Elbert Drungo 1 25 25.0 0 Roy Hopkins 1 20 20.0 0 Jess Lewis 1 15 15.0 0 Hoyle Granger 1 0 0.0 0 Alvin Reed 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jerry LeVias 25 213 8.5 8 0 Mike Richardson 10 30 3.0 7 0 Ken Houston 4 13 3.2 1 0 Jim Beirne 1 1 1.0 0 0 Joe Dawkins 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1970 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 OG Doug Wilkerson 204 North Carolina Central 2 31 DT Lee Brooks 79 Texas [pick acquired from BOS] 2 40 RB Bill Dusenbury 8 Johnson C. Smith 4 92 P Spike Jones 103 Georgia 5 110 OG Ron Saul 142 Michigan State [pick acquired from CIN via NYJ] 5 118 DT Ed Duley Northern Arizona 6 144 DB Benny Johnson 60 Johnson C. Smith 7 170 DB Charley Olson Concordia 8 196 OT Mike McClish Wisconsin 9 222 DE Charlie Blossom Texas Southern 10 249 RB Joe Dawkins 98 Wisconsin 11 274 C Bob Morris Duke 12 299 TE Richard Dawkins Johnson C. Smith 13 326 LB Jess Lewis 10 Oregon State 14 352 OG Clair Rasmussen Wisconsin-Oshkosh 15 378 OT Dave Sharp Stanford 16 404 WR Chris Myers Kenyon 17 430 P Julian Fagan 56 Mississippi
Traded draft picks: #3 to DAL via CLE (Charlie Waters)
Transactions:
| 01-1970 | traded Houston's #8 pick in the 1971 draft to DEN for Tom Smiley |
| 01-21-1970 | traded Pete Beathard and Miller Farr to Cardinals for Charley Johnson and Bob Atkins |
| 01-27-1970 | traded W.K. Hicks to Jets for Cincinnati's #5 pick in the 1970 draft |
| 01-27-1970 | traded Houston's #3 pick in the 1970 draft to Browns for Jerry Rhome |
| 03-02-1970 | traded Bob Davis to Giants for the Giants' #7 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 08-24-1970 | traded Glen Woods to Bengals for an unspecified draft pick |
| 09-09-1970 | Saints claimed Julian Fagan on waivers |
| 09-16-1970 | Bengals claimed Bill Dusenberry on waivers |
| 12-22-1970 | traded Doug Wilkerson to Chargers for Willie Frazier |
1970 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 19-7 1-0-0 09/27/70 vs Miami Dolphins L 10-20 1-1-0 10/04/70 at Cincinnati Bengals W 20-13 2-1-0 10/11/70 vs Baltimore Colts L 20-24 2-2-0 10/18/70 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 3-7 2-3-0 10/25/70 at San Diego Chargers T 31-31 2-3-1 11/01/70 at St. Louis Cardinals L 0-44 2-4-1 11/08/70 at Kansas City Chiefs L 9-24 2-5-1 11/15/70 vs San Francisco 49ers L 20-30 2-6-1 11/22/70 at Cleveland Browns L 14-28 2-7-1 11/29/70 vs Denver Broncos W 31-21 3-7-1 12/07/70 vs Cleveland Browns L 10-21 3-8-1 12/13/70 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 20-30 3-9-1 12/20/70 at Dallas Cowboys L 10-52 3-10-1
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