1973 Houston Oilers: 1-13-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 0-7-0 (96 points scored, 214 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (103 points scored, 233 allowed) Head Coaches: Bill Peterson (0-5-0), Sid Gillman (1-8-0) 199 points scored (23rd of 26 teams), 447 points allowed (26th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 225 411 1,919 (16) 4.23 11 27 386 1,388 (26) 3.6 9 3,307 (24) 52 Defense: 178 326 2,237 (20) 6.34 26 17 576 2,410 (23) 4.2 19 4,647 (24) 27
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 00 Ken Burrough WR 14 6'4 210 25 4 Texas Southern 2 Skip Butler K 14 6'2 200 26 3 Texas-Arlington 7 Dan Pastorini QB 14 6'3 215 24 3 Santa Clara 10 Lynn Dickey QB 12 6'4 218 24 2 Kansas State 11 Dave Green P 4 5'11 200 24 1 Ohio 12 George Amundson RB 9 6'3 215 22 R Iowa State 13 Alvin Haymond DB 6 6'0 194 31 10 Southern 14 Edd Hargett QB 5 5'11 190 26 5 Texas A&M 15 Al Johnson RB 5 6'0 200 23 2 Cincinnati 18 Paul Robinson RB 11 6'0 195 28 6 Arizona 19 Willie Alexander DB 11 6'2 195 24 3 Alcorn State 22 Zeke Moore DB 13 6'2 196 29 7 Lincoln (Mo.) 23 Jeff Severson DB 14 6'1 180 24 2 Long Beach State 23 Billy Parks WR 14 6'1 185 25 3 Long Beach State 25 John Charles DB 4 6'1 200 29 7 Purdue 26 Larry Eaglin DB 11 6'3 195 25 R Stephen F. Austin 27 Joe Blahak DB 12 5'9 182 23 R Nebraska 28 Bill Thomas RB 6 6'2 225 24 2 Boston College 33 Benny Johnson DB 13 5'11 178 25 4 Johnson C. Smith 36 Bob Gresham RB 13 5'11 195 25 3 West Virginia 40 Lewis Jolley RB 10 6'0 210 23 2 North Carolina 41 Alvin Wyatt DB 4 5'10 180 25 4 Bethune-Cookman 44 Fred Willis RB 14 6'0 212 25 3 Boston College 46 Paul Guidry LB 14 6'3 233 29 8 McNeese State 48 Bob Atkins DB 5 6'3 210 27 6 Grambling 49 Dick Cunningham LB 1 6'2 238 29 6 Arkansas 50 Bill Curry C 4 6'2 236 31 9 Georgia Tech 51 Ron Lou C 9 6'2 235 22 R Arizona State 52 Calvin Hunt C 4 6'3 245 25 3 Baylor 53 Ted Washington LB 1 6'1 240 25 1 Mississippi Valley State 54 Gregg Bingham LB 14 6'1 227 22 R Purdue 55 Ralph Cindrich LB 13 6'1 228 24 2 Pittsburgh 56 Guy Roberts LB 14 6'1 215 23 2 Maryland 57 Sam Gruneisen C 10 6'1 250 32 12 Villanova 59 Phil Croyle LB 1 6'3 220 26 3 California 59 Brian McConnell LB 7 6'4 207 23 R Michigan State 60 Al Jenkins OG 13 6'2 245 27 4 Tulsa 61 Harris Jones OG 5 6'4 245 28 2 Johnson C. Smith 62 Ralph Miller OG 1 6'4 260 25 2 Alabama State 63 Levert Carr OT 13 6'5 260 29 5 North Central 64 Ron Saul OG 3 6'2 255 25 4 Michigan State 65 Elvin Bethea DE 14 6'3 262 27 6 North Carolina A&T 66 Tom Funchess OT 14 6'5 270 29 6 Jackson State 67 Mike Fanucci DE 13 6'4 240 24 2 Arizona State 68 Brian Goodman OG 3 6'2 250 23 1 UCLA 69 Solomon Freelon OG 11 6'2 250 22 2 Grambling 70 Tody Smith DE 14 6'5 245 24 3 Southern California 71 Wes Grant DE 3 6'3 245 27 3 UCLA 72 Kevin Hunt OT 4 6'5 260 24 2 Doane 73 Vern Vanoy DT 1 6'8 270 26 3 Kansas 75 Elbert Drungo OT 14 6'5 265 30 4 Tennessee State 76 Al Cowlings DT 14 6'5 255 26 4 Southern California 78 John Matuszak DE 14 6'8 290 23 R Tampa 80 Ron Mayo TE 13 6'3 223 23 R Morgan State 81 Jim Beirne WR 1 6'2 196 27 6 Purdue 82 Mack Alston TE 14 6'2 230 26 4 Maryland Eastern Shore 83 Dave Parks TE 5 6'2 203 31 10 Texas Tech 85 Floyd Rice LB 5 6'3 223 24 3 Alcorn State 86 Clifton McNeil WR 3 6'2 187 33 10 Grambling 87 Eddie Hinton WR 11 6'0 200 26 5 Oklahoma 91 Greg Sampson DT 13 6'6 260 23 2 Stanford
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Dan Pastorini 290 154 53.1 1,482 5.11 9.6 5 1.7 17 5.9 30 313 49.0 Lynn Dickey 120 71 59.2 888 7.40 12.5 6 5.0 10 8.3 13 138 64.2 Fred Willis 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Fred Willis 57 371 6.5 1 Billy Parks 43 581 13.5 1 Ken Burrough 43 577 13.4 2 Bob Gresham 28 244 8.7 1 Mack Alston 19 195 10.3 4 Eddie Hinton 13 202 15.5 1 George Amundson 7 60 8.6 0 Paul Robinson 7 46 6.6 0 Lewis Jolley 3 56 18.7 0 Dave Parks 3 31 10.3 1 Bill Thomas 1 4 4.0 0 Clifton McNeil 1 3 3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Fred Willis 171 579 3.4 4 Bob Gresham 104 400 3.8 2 Paul Robinson 34 151 4.4 2 Dan Pastorini 31 102 3.3 0 George Amundson 15 56 3.7 0 Bill Thomas 10 39 3.9 0 Ken Burrough 5 38 7.6 1 Mack Alston 1 13 13.0 0 Lynn Dickey 6 9 1.5 0 Lewis Jolley 7 6 0.9 0 Eddie Hinton 1 -2 -2.0 0 Al Johnson 1 -3 -3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Alvin Haymond 28 703 25.1 0 Bob Gresham 27 723 26.8 1 Eddie Hinton 8 141 17.6 0 Larry Eaglin 3 76 25.3 0 Mike Fanucci 3 40 13.3 0 Joe Blahak 2 41 20.5 0 Lewis Jolley 2 41 20.5 0 Floyd Rice 2 17 8.5 0 Jeff Severson 1 17 17.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jeff Severson 16 126 7.9 2 0 Alvin Haymond 14 101 7.2 6 0 |
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 DE John Matuszak 123 Tampa 1 14 RB George Amundson 29 Iowa State [pick acquired from ATL] 4 79 LB Gregg Bingham 173 Purdue 5 105 WR Edesel Garrison USC 6 131 TE Ron Mayo 22 Morgan State 7 157 OT Shelby Jordan 151 Washington (Mo.) 8 183 DB Joe Blahak 44 Nebraska 9 209 K Mark Williams Rice 10 235 DT Darrell Vaughn Northern Colorado 11 261 DB Larry Eaglin 11 Stephen F. Austin 12 287 WR Brad Lyman UCLA 13 313 OG Willie Martin N.E. Oklahoma 14 339 C Ron Lou 37 Arizona State 15 365 LB Roger Goree Baylor 16 391 WR Tim Dameron East Carolina 17 417 LB Randy Braband Texas
Traded draft picks: #2 to KC (Gary Butler), #3 to DAL via NO (Harvey Martin)
Transactions:
| 01-22-1973 | traded Mike Tilleman to Falcons for Atlanta's #1 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-29-1973 | traded Tom Regner and Denver's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for Bill Curry |
| 02-14-1973 | traded Allen Aldridge to Bills for Paul Guidry |
| 03-15-1973 | traded a #14 pick in the 1974 draft to Colts for Tom Nowatzke |
| 03-21-1973 | traded Kent Nix and Ron Billingsley to Saints for Edd Hargett, Dave Parks and Tom Stincic |
| 04-17-1973 | traded Houston's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Redskins for Alvin Haymond |
| 04-18-1973 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Bears for L.D. Rowden |
| 04-24-1973 | traded Jim Tolbert to Cardinals for Mike McGill and Jim Hargrove |
| 04-30-1973 | traded Houston's #2 pick in the 1974 draft to Bills for Al Cowlings |
| 05-09-1973 | traded Houston's #1 and #3 picks in the 1974 draft to Cowboys for Tody Smith and Billy Parks |
| 05-15-1973 | traded Ken Houston and a draft pick to Redskins for Jim Snowden, Mack Alston, Clifton McNeil, Mike Fanucci and Jeff Severson |
| 05-29-1973 | claimed Art McMahon on waivers from Patriots |
| 05-29-1973 | claimed Hubie Bryant on waivers from Patriots |
| 07-1973 | traded Bob Crum to Rams for Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-02-1973 | traded a #7 pick in the 1974 draft to Broncos for Bill McKoy |
| 07-05-1973 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Bears for Rich Buzin |
| 07-13-1973 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Cowboys for Ralph Coleman |
| 07-23-1973 | Tom Nowatzke retired |
| 08-01-1973 | traded Houston's #6 and #10 picks in the 1974 draft to Saints for James Ford |
| 08-02-1973 | traded a draft pick to Rams for Eddie Richardson |
| 08-02-1973 | traded Edesel Garrison to Rams for an undisclosed 1974 draft pick |
| 08-20-1973 | traded Leo Brooks to Saints for Bob Gresham |
| 08-28-1973 | claimed Sid Smith on waivers from Chiefs |
| 10-01-1973 | claimed Bill Thomas on waivers from Cowboys |
| 11-09-1973 | claimed Kevin Hunt on waivers from Patriots |
1973 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 at New York Giants L 14-34 0-1-0 09/23/73 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10-24 0-2-0 09/30/73 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-36 0-3-0 10/07/73 vs Los Angeles Rams L 26-31 0-4-0 10/14/73 vs Denver Broncos L 20-48 0-5-0 10/21/73 at Cleveland Browns L 13-42 0-6-0 10/28/73 at Chicago Bears L 14-35 0-7-0 11/04/73 at Baltimore Colts W 31-27 1-7-0 11/11/73 vs Cleveland Browns L 13-23 1-8-0 11/18/73 at Kansas City Chiefs L 14-38 1-9-0 11/25/73 vs New England Patriots L 0-32 1-10-0 12/02/73 vs Oakland Raiders L 6-17 1-11-0 12/09/73 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7-33 1-12-0 12/16/73 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 24-27 1-13-0