1974 Houston Texans / Shreveport Steamer: 7-12-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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