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1974 Houston Texans / Shreveport Steamer: 7-12-1
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Home record: 5-4-0 (92 points scored, 115 allowed) Road record: 2-8-1 (148 points scored, 300 allowed) Head Coaches: Jim Garrett (3-7-1), Henry Lee Walker (0-1-0), Marshall Taylor (4-4-0)

240 points scored (11th of 12 teams), 415 points allowed (9th)

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   489   2,245   (11)   4.19   14   26    779   2,975   ( 4)    3.8   14    5,220    (10)      51
Defense:   246   524   3,239   ( 4)   6.18   27   22    717   2,652   ( 3)    3.7   18    5,891    ( 2)      45

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
75  Tom Bailey           OT         6'5   249   34    4   Alcorn A&M
87  John Baker           DE         6'5   245   32    1   Norfolk State
66  Sonny Bishop         C          6'2   230   35    0   Fresno State
34  Harry Blackney       RB         6'0   202   27    0   Maryland
42  Sid Blanks           RB         6'2   210   33    6   Texas A&I
52  Garland Boyette      LB         6'1   238   34    9   Grambling
89  Chad Brown           DE         6'5   245   27    0   East Texas State
86  Don Brumm            DE         6'4   245   33   10   Purdue
57  Joe Carroll          LB         6'1   224   24    2   Pittsburgh
40  Cornell Champion     RB         5'11  190   29    0   UCLA
32  Terry Cole           RB         6'1   225   29    4   Indiana
58  Bob Creech           LB         6'3   218   25    3   Texas Christian
88  Donnie Davis         TE         6'4   225   34    2   Southern
75  Norman Davis         OT         6'3   250   29    3   Grambling
71  Al Dotson            DT         6'4   260   31    5   Grambling
11  Charlie Durkee       K          5'11  165   30    4   Oklahoma State
15  Rick Eber            WR         6'0   185   29    3   Tulsa
44  Richmond Flowers     S          6'1   185   27    5   Tennessee
83  Willie Frazier       TE         5'11  180   32    9   Arkansas-Pine Bluff
 7  Pat Gibbs            CB         5'10  188   24    1   Lamar
 0  Paul Gipson          RB         6'0   220   28    4   Houston
71  Rich Glover          DT         6'1   244   24    1   Nebraska
54  Bart Goforth         C          6'3   235   24    0   Rice
33  Joe Green            S          5'11  195   27    2   Bowling Green
77  Charles Hayes        OT         6'4   270   26    0   Weber State
76  Glen Ray Hines       OT         6'5   260   31    8   Arkansas
78  Sam Holden           OT         6'5   260   27    1   Grambling
28  Bruce Jankowski      WR         5'11  186   25    2   Ohio State
23  Daryle Johnson       CB         5'11  190   28    3   Morgan State
72  Willie Jones         DE         6'4   275   32    4   Kansas State
73  Jim Kanicki          DT         6'4   260   32    9   Michigan State
70  Andy Kupp            OG         6'3   250   24    0   Idaho
14  Chuck Latourette     P          6'0   185   29    4   Rice
20  John Mallory         S          6'0   190   28    4   West Virginia
87  John Matuszak        DE         6'8   275   24    1   Tampa
13  Don Maynard          WR         6'1   179   39   15   Texas-El Paso
12  Dave Mays            QB         6'2   200   25    0   Texas Southern
50  Mike McConnell       LB         6'1   225   24    0   Oregon
29  Art McMahon          S          6'0   190   28    4   North Carolina State
 6  Warren McVea         RB         5'11  194   28    5   Houston
68  Dave Middendorf      OG         6'3   250   28    3   Washington State
75  Joe Miller           OG         6'5   258   22    0   Villanova
62  Ed Mooney            LB         6'2   225   29    5   Texas Tech
35  Jim Nance            RB         6'1   240   31    8   Syracuse
 3  D.C. Nobles          QB         6'2   175   22    0   Houston
80  Johnny Odom          WR         6'3   198   25    0   Texas Tech
74  Willie Parker        DT         6'3   269   29    4   Arkansas-Pine Bluff
68  Bubba Pena           OG         6'2   250   25    1   Massachusetts
66  Rex Pitts            OG         6'4   250   28    0   Los Angeles State
59  Kenny Price          LB         6'2   220   24    1   Iowa
60  Tom Regner           OG         6'2   255   30    6   Notre Dame
24  Mike Richardson      RB         5'10  200   27    3   Southern Methodist
    Jack Rizzo           RB         5'10  200   25    1   Lehigh
84  Joe Robb             DE         6'3   245   37   13   Texas Christian
47  Virgil Robinson      RB         6'0   192   26    2   Grambling
81  Ron Rydalch          DT         6'5   255   22    0   Utah
21  Jim Shorter          CB         5'11  185   35    0   Detroit
70  Don Talbert          OT         6'4   270   35    8   Texas
19  Mike Taliaferro      QB         6'2   202   33    8   Illinois
17  Harry Theofiledes    QB         5'11  185   30    0   Waynesburg (Pa.)
45  Durfey Thompson      LB         6'2   225   22    0   Prairie View A&M
22  Rocky Thompson       RB         5'11  195   26    3   West Texas State
10  Don Trull            QB         6'1   205   33    0   Baylor
13  John Vignone         S          6'0   190   30    0   Susquehanna
41  John Villapiano      LB         5'11  205   22    0   Bowling Green
55  Loyd Wainscott       LB         6'3   230   28    2   Texas
 9  Billy Walik          WR         5'11  181   26    3   Villanova
51  Cleo Walker          LB         6'4   225   26    2   Louisville
77  Mike Walker          DE         6'4   240   24    1   Tulane
    Sammy Weir           WR         5'9   165   33    0   Arkansas State
77  Bob Wells            OT         6'6   275   29    3   Johnson C. Smith
26  Warren Wells         WR         6'1   195   31    5   Texas Southern
25  Dick Westmoreland    CB         6'1   190   33    0   North Carolina A&T
63  Clyde Williams       OG         6'2   255   34    5   Southern
21  Doug Winslow         WR         6'0   182   23    1   Drake
64  Billy Yoest          OG         6'0   251   22    0   North Carolina State
82  Paul Zaeske          WR         6'2   200   28    2   North Park (IL)

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Dave Mays            174   98   56.3    997   5.73  10.2   5   2.9    5   2.9     9    70    70.5
Mike Taliaferro      143   74   51.7    833   5.83  11.3   5   3.5    8   5.6    16   139    57.8
D.C. Nobles          122   54   44.3    669   5.48  12.4   4   3.3   10   8.2    15   156    38.6
Don Trull             31   16   51.6    117   3.77   7.3   0   0.0    2   6.5     4    35    33.9
Harry Theofiledes     17    6   35.3     32   1.88   5.3   0   0.0    1   5.9     3    22    19.5
Warren McVea           1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Mike Richardson        1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Rick Eber              66    771   11.7    5
Johnny Odom            42    545   13.0    2
Willie Frazier         20    232   11.6    4
Donnie Davis           18    280   15.6    0
Jim Nance              15     57    3.8    0
Paul Gipson            10     59    5.9    0
Doug Winslow            8     67    8.4    2
Bruce Jankowski         5    152   30.4    0
Don Maynard             5     62   12.4    0
Warren McVea            5     44    8.8    1
Rocky Thompson          4     38    9.5    0
Virgil Robinson         4      9    2.2    0
Harry Blackney          3     20    6.7    0
Paul Zaeske             2     12    6.0    0
Sid Blanks              2      4    2.0    0
Terry Cole              1      8    8.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jim Nance             300  1,240    4.1    8
Paul Gipson           106    404    3.8    2
Warren McVea           64    199    3.1    0
D.C. Nobles            43    185    4.3    0
Rocky Thompson         44    183    4.2    0
Dave Mays              21    138    6.6    1
Virgil Robinson        41    100    2.4    0
Harry Blackney         17     54    3.2    0
Sid Blanks             11     28    2.5    0
Mike Taliaferro         7     21    3.0    0
Terry Cole             20     16    0.8    0
Doug Winslow            1     13   13.0    1
Johnny Odom             1      6    6.0    0
Bruce Jankowski         1      4    4.0    0
Rick Eber               2      3    1.5    0
Don Trull               2      2    1.0    0
Chuck Latourette        1    -10  -10.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Richmond Flowers       17    385   22.6    0
Rocky Thompson         14    294   21.0    0
Joe Green              13    213   16.4    0
Mike Richardson         7    113   16.1    0
Terry Cole              5     97   19.4    0
Donnie Davis            4     43   10.8    0
Virgil Robinson         3     76   25.3    0
Sid Blanks              2     33   16.5    0
Jack Rizzo              1     15   15.0    0
John Villapiano         1      9    9.0    0
Harry Blackney          1      9    9.0    0
Paul Gipson             1      6    6.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Doug Winslow           16    207   12.9         0
Mike Richardson        14     84    6.0         0
John Mallory           10     44    4.4         0
Chuck Latourette        6      6    1.0         0
Sid Blanks              3     16    5.3         0
Joe Green               3     13    4.3         0
Rocky Thompson          3      5    1.7         0
Pat Gibbs               2     13    6.5         0
John Vignone            2     11    5.5         0
Bruce Jankowski         2      2    1.0         0
Garland Boyette         1     16   16.0         0
Paul Gipson             1     12   12.0         0
Daryle Johnson          1      6    6.0         0
Jack Rizzo              1     -5   -5.0         0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Johnny Odom 114 4,313 37.8 37.8 Dave Mays 13 445 34.2 34.2 Chuck Latourette 12 432 36.0 36.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Charlie Durkee 7/ 0/ 0 21 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Garland Boyette 2 9 0 Richmond Flowers 1 0 0 Pat Gibbs 8 126 0 Joe Green 1 3 0 Daryle Johnson 4 60 1 John Mallory 5 98 0 Art McMahon 1 3 0

1974 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 QB David Jaynes 2 Kansas 2 24 WR Lynn Swann 116 Southern California 3 25 DE Fred Cook 104 Southern Mississippi 4 48 RB Haskel Stanback 83 Tennessee 5 49 RB Cliff Taylor 21 Memphis State 6 72 TE Butch Veazey Mississippi 9 97 RB Greg Hare Ohio State 10 120 QB Noe Gonzales 2 SW Texas State 11 121 OT Dan Scott Ohio State 12 144 LB Dan Dickel 60 Iowa 13 145 DB Alvin Brown Oklahoma State 14 168 WR Ray Rhodes 97 Tulsa 15 169 RB Don Woods 85 New Mexico 16 192 WR John Holland 38 Tennessee State 17 193 TE Scott Garske Eastern Washington 18 216 LB Robert Woods Howard Payne 19 217 WR Ed Collins Rice 20 240 WR Keith Denson 2 San Diego State 21 241 DT Shawney Wynn Tennessee State 22 264 DT Gerry Roberts UCLA 23 265 LB Mike Denimarck Emporia State (KS) 24 288 WR Frosty Anderson Nebraska 25 289 C Bill Brittain Kansas 26 312 DB Pete Wessel Northwestern 27 313 OT Harold Holton UTEP 28 336 DT Ron Rydalch 74 Utah 29 337 LB Rick Dvorak 47 Wichita State 30 360 TE Bob Van Duyne 88 Idaho 31 361 DT Dave Means 9 SE Missouri State 32 384 DT LeFrancis Arnold 2 Oregon 33 385 DB Bill Bryant 42 Grambling 34 408 OT Rick Hayes Washington 35 409 QB Ken Pettiford Tennessee State 36 432 WR Randy Woodfield Portland State

Traded draft picks: none


1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
07/10/74 at Chicago Fire L 0-17 0-1-0 07/17/74 vs Philadelphia Bell W 11-0 1-1-0 07/24/74 at Florida Blazers L 3-15 1-2-0 07/31/74 vs Florida Blazers W 7-6 2-2-0 08/07/74 at Portland Storm T 15-15 2-2-1 08/15/74 vs Southern California Sun L 7-18 2-3-1 08/21/74 at New York Stars L 10-43 2-4-1 08/28/74 vs New York Stars W 14-11 3-4-1 09/01/74 at The Hawaiians L 15-33 3-5-1 09/06/74 at Memphis Southmen L 0-45 3-6-1 09/11/74 vs The Hawaiians L 17-24 3-7-1 09/19/74 at Birmingham Americans L 14-42 3-8-1 09/25/74 vs Memphis Southmen L 3-17 3-9-1 10/02/74 vs Detroit Wheels W 14-11 4-9-1 10/10/74 at Southern California Sun L 23-25 4-10-1 10/16/74 at Philadelphia Bell W 30-25 5-10-1 10/23/74 at Birmingham Americans W 31-0 6-10-1 10/31/74 vs Portland Storm L 0-14 6-11-1 11/06/74 vs Charlotte Hornets W 19-14 7-11-1 11/13/74 at Birmingham Americans L 7-40 7-12-1

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