1972 Houston Oilers: 1-13-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 1-6-0 (90 points scored, 188 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (74 points scored, 192 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Peterson 164 points scored (25th of 26 teams), 380 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 181 375 1,673 (23) 3.98 10 23 397 1,518 (23) 3.8 7 3,191 (26) 33 Defense: 174 324 2,143 (11) 6.16 12 6 546 2,591 (25) 4.7 23 4,734 (23) 24
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Ken Burrough WR 14 6'4 210 24 3 Texas Southern 2 Skip Butler K 13 6'2 200 25 2 Texas-Arlington 7 Dan Pastorini QB 14 6'3 215 23 2 Santa Clara 11 Mark Moseley K 1 5'11 182 24 3 Stephen F. Austin 14 Kent Nix QB 12 6'1 195 28 6 Texas Christian 15 Al Johnson RB 14 6'0 200 22 R Cincinnati 18 Paul Robinson RB 8 6'0 198 27 5 Arizona 18 Ed Baker QB 1 6'2 198 24 1 Lafayette 18 Charlie Joiner WR 6 5'11 188 25 4 Grambling 19 Willie Alexander DB 14 6'2 195 23 2 Alcorn State 20 Rhett Dawson WR 14 6'1 185 23 R Florida State 22 Zeke Moore DB 8 6'2 196 28 6 Lincoln (Mo.) 25 John Charles DB 13 6'1 192 28 6 Purdue 29 Ken Houston DB 14 6'3 195 27 6 Prairie View A&M 30 Hoyle Granger RB 13 6'1 225 28 7 Mississippi State 32 Ward Walsh RB 6 6'0 210 24 2 Colorado 33 Benny Johnson DB 14 5'11 178 24 3 Johnson C. Smith 34 Willie Rodgers RB 14 6'0 210 23 R Kentucky State 39 Robert Holmes RB 6 5'9 220 27 5 Southern 40 Lewis Jolley RB 7 6'0 210 22 R North Carolina 42 Jim Tolbert DB 3 6'3 202 28 7 Lincoln (Mo.) 44 Fred Willis RB 8 6'0 212 24 2 Boston College 48 Bob Atkins DB 14 6'3 210 26 5 Grambling 50 Guy Murdock C 14 6'2 245 22 R Michigan 51 Calvin Hunt C 10 6'3 245 24 2 Baylor 52 Garland Boyette LB 14 6'1 235 32 9 Grambling 55 Rich Lewis LB 10 6'3 220 22 R Portland State 57 Guy Roberts LB 7 6'1 215 22 R Maryland 58 Ron Pritchard LB 6 6'1 235 25 4 Arizona State 59 Phil Croyle LB 12 6'3 220 25 2 California 60 Tom Regner OG 14 6'1 255 28 6 Notre Dame 61 Buzz Highsmith OT 9 6'4 255 29 3 Florida A&M 62 Ralph Miller OG 6 6'4 260 24 1 Alabama State 63 Levert Carr OT 14 6'5 260 28 4 North Central 64 Ron Saul OG 13 6'2 255 24 3 Michigan State 65 Elvin Bethea DE 14 6'3 262 26 5 North Carolina A&T 66 Tom Funchess OT 14 6'5 265 28 5 Jackson State 69 Solomon Freelon OG 14 6'2 250 21 R Grambling 73 Lee Brooks DT 12 6'5 255 24 3 Texas 74 Gene Ferguson OT 1 6'7 300 25 4 Norfolk State 77 Council Rudolph DE 12 6'3 260 22 R Kentucky State 78 Mike Tilleman DT 14 6'5 280 28 7 Montana 79 Pat Holmes DE 14 6'5 250 32 7 Texas Tech 81 Jim Beirne WR 10 6'2 196 26 5 Purdue 82 Ron Billingsley DT 4 6'8 290 27 6 Wyoming 85 Floyd Rice LB 14 6'3 225 23 2 Alcorn State 87 Dave Smith WR 8 6'2 205 25 3 Indiana (Pa.) 87 Linzy Cole WR 2 5'11 170 24 3 Texas Christian 88 Allen Aldridge DE 8 6'6 260 27 2 Prairie View A&M 89 Alvin Reed TE 14 6'5 235 28 6 Prairie View A&M 90 George Webster LB 5 6'4 223 26 6 Michigan State 91 Greg Sampson DT 14 6'6 260 22 R Stanford
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dan Pastorini 299 144 48.2 1,711 5.72 11.9 7 2.3 12 4.0 37 310 57.1 Kent Nix 63 33 52.4 287 4.56 8.7 3 4.8 6 9.5 6 45 41.0 Ed Baker 10 4 40.0 47 4.70 11.8 0 0.0 4 40.0 2 17 15.4 Fred Willis 3 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Fred Willis 36 251 7.0 2 Ken Burrough 26 521 20.0 4 Dave Smith 20 218 10.9 0 Alvin Reed 19 251 13.2 0 Charlie Joiner 16 306 19.1 2 Hoyle Granger 15 74 4.9 0 Paul Robinson 14 112 8.0 0 Jim Beirne 7 95 13.6 1 Rhett Dawson 6 78 13.0 1 Willie Rodgers 6 61 10.2 0 Robert Holmes 6 32 5.3 0 Al Johnson 6 24 4.0 0 Ward Walsh 4 22 5.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Paul Robinson 86 355 4.1 3 Fred Willis 92 334 3.6 0 Dan Pastorini 38 205 5.4 2 Willie Rodgers 71 204 2.9 2 Hoyle Granger 42 175 4.2 0 Robert Holmes 43 172 4.0 0 Ward Walsh 8 36 4.5 0 Al Johnson 11 13 1.2 0 Charlie Joiner 2 12 6.0 0 Ed Baker 1 9 9.0 0 Kent Nix 3 3 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Willie Rodgers 17 335 19.7 0 Benny Johnson 13 230 17.7 0 Lewis Jolley 11 267 24.3 0 Al Johnson 7 154 22.0 0 Linzy Cole 2 41 20.5 0 Robert Holmes 2 39 19.5 0 Zeke Moore 1 22 22.0 0 Hoyle Granger 1 5 5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ken Houston 25 148 5.9 7 0 Zeke Moore 7 15 2.1 2 0 Al Johnson 2 0 0.0 1 0 |
1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 DE Greg Sampson 93 Stanford 3 56 RB Lewis Jolley 17 North Carolina 3 75 OG Solomon Freelon 39 Grambling [pick acquired from KC] 6 134 DB Joe Bullard Tulane 6 136 LB Elmer Allen Mississippi [pick acquired from DEN] 7 162 DB Eric Hutchinson Northwestern 8 187 LB Guy Roberts 67 Maryland 9 212 OT Willie Postler Montana 10 240 WR Rhett Dawson 16 Florida State 10 259 TE Jimmy Butler Tulsa [pick acquired from MIA] 11 264 OT Ron Evans Baylor 12 290 RB Willie Rodgers 42 Kentucky State 13 318 DB Willie Roberts 4 Houston 14 343 C Gary Crockett Lamar 16 396 C Guy Murdock 14 Michigan 17 421 QB Kelly Cochrane Miami
Traded draft picks: #2 to NO (Willie Hall), #4 to STL (Martin Imhof), #5 to ATL via DEN, BUF (Billy Taylor), #15 to PIT (John Hulecki)
Transactions:
| 04-18-1972 | Steelers claimed Dickie Post on waivers |
| 07-11-1972 | Mac Haik retired |
| 07-19-1972 | traded Scott Lewis to Bills for an unspecified 1973 draft pick |
| 07-19-1972 | Roy Hopkins retired |
| 07-21-1972 | Sam Walton retired |
| 07-21-1972 | claimed David Hoot on waivers from Rams |
| 07-26-1972 | traded Sam Walton to Vikings for a 1973 draft pick |
| 07-28-1972 | traded Houston's #14 pick in the 1974 draft to Bills for Levert Carr |
| 08-01-1972 | traded Gene Ferguson to Raiders for Rod Sherman |
| 08-11-1972 | claimed Scott Mahoney on waivers from Chiefs |
| 08-16-1972 | traded Charley Johnson to Broncos for Denver's #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-25-1972 | traded cash to Colts for Craig Robinson |
| 09-13-1972 | Cardinals claimed Bob Young on waivers |
| 09-13-1972 | claimed Council Rudolph on waivers from Cardinals |
| 09-13-1972 | claimed Jim Fassel on waivers from Chargers |
| 10-24-1972 | traded Charlie Joiner and Ron Pritchard to Bengals for Paul Robinson and Fred Willis |
| 10-25-1972 | claimed Jim Tolbert on waivers from Chargers |
| 10-25-1972 | claimed Warren Wells on waivers from Raiders |
1972 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 at Denver Broncos L 17-30 0-1-0 09/24/72 at Miami Dolphins L 13-34 0-2-0 10/01/72 vs New York Jets W 26-20 1-2-0 10/09/72 vs Oakland Raiders L 0-34 1-3-0 10/15/72 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-24 1-4-0 10/22/72 vs Cleveland Browns L 17-23 1-5-0 10/29/72 at Cincinnati Bengals L 7-30 1-6-0 11/05/72 at Cleveland Browns L 0-20 1-7-0 11/12/72 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 17-18 1-8-0 11/19/72 vs Green Bay Packers L 10-23 1-9-0 11/26/72 at San Diego Chargers L 20-34 1-10-0 12/03/72 at Atlanta Falcons L 10-20 1-11-0 12/10/72 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 3-9 1-12-0 12/17/72 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 17-61 1-13-0