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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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Spike Jones 84 3,559 42.4 0 0 1 0 0 41.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Roy Gerela 5/5 4/5 6/8 3/14 0/0 18/32 23/23 77 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bob Atkins 1 7 0 Elvin Bethea 10.5 Garland Boyette 1 18 0 Tom Domres 1.5 0 13 0 Pat Holmes 3.0 Ken Houston 3 32 0 Leroy Mitchell 2 35 0 Zeke Moore 6 85 0 Willie Parker 4.0 Johnny Peacock 1.0 3 24 0 Ron Pritchard 7.5 2 28 0 Olen Underwood 1.0 George Webster 2.5
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:
01-1970traded Houston's #8 pick in the 1971 draft to DEN for Tom Smiley
01-21-1970traded Pete Beathard and Miller Farr to Cardinals for Charley Johnson and Bob Atkins
01-27-1970traded W.K. Hicks to Jets for Cincinnati's #5 pick in the 1970 draft
01-27-1970traded Houston's #3 pick in the 1970 draft to Browns for Jerry Rhome
03-02-1970traded Bob Davis to Giants for the Giants' #7 pick in the 1971 draft
08-24-1970traded Glen Woods to Bengals for an unspecified draft pick
09-09-1970Saints claimed Julian Fagan on waivers
09-16-1970Bengals claimed Bill Dusenberry on waivers
12-22-1970traded 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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