1971 Houston Oilers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ed Hughes (4-9-1)
Location: Houston, Texas
1971 Houston Oilers StatisticsTeam Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ed Hughes (4-9-1)
Location: Houston, Texas
1971 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Houston scored 251 points, while the defensive squad allowed 330. Dan Pastorini passed for 1,702 yards. Jim Beirne topped pass catchers, hauling in 38 passes, while Charlie Joiner added 681 receiving yards.
Robert Holmes ran for a team-leading 288 yards for the Oilers, and Woody Campbell also aided the ground game.
Ken Houston picked off 9 errant tosses from the opposition.
Ed Hughes coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Allen Aldridge | DE | April 27, 1945 | 6'6" | 250 | Prairie View | Eagle Lake, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | Willie Alexander | RCB | September 21, 1949 | 6'2" | 194 | Alcorn St. | Montgomery, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 48 | Bob Atkins | DB | April 2, 1946 | 6'3" | 215 | Grambling St. | Atlanta, GA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | Braden Beck | K | January 12, 1944 | 6'2" | 200 | Stanford | Oakland, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | Jim Beirne | WR | October 15, 1946 | 6'2" | 206 | Purdue | McKeesport, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Bruce Bergey | DE | August 8, 1946 | 6'2" | 240 | UCLA | South Dayton, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea | RDE | March 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Trenton, NJ USA | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Ron Billingsley | RDT | April 6, 1945 | 6'8" | 290 | Wyoming | Florence, AL USA | 13 | 0 |
| 52 | Garland Boyette | MLB | March 22, 1940 | 6'1" | 238 | Grambling St. | Rayville, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Lee Brooks | DT | December 7, 1947 | 6'5" | 261 | Texas | Shidler, OK USA | 11 | 0 |
| 00 | Ken Burrough | WR | July 14, 1948 | 6'3" | 215 | Texas Southern | Jacksonville, FL USA | 13 | 0 |
| 35 | Woody Campbell | RB | September 26, 1944 | 5'10" | 204 | Northwestern | Mount Pleasant, FL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | John Charles | FS | May 9, 1944 | 6'0" | 205 | Purdue | Newark, NJ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Linzy Cole | KR | April 21, 1948 | 5'11" | 172 | TCU | Dallas, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 59 | Phil Croyle | LB | October 30, 1947 | 6'3" | 223 | California | Great Lakes, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 34 | Joe Dawkins | RB | January 27, 1948 | 6'0" | 223 | Wisconsin | Los Angeles, CA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Lynn Dickey | QB | October 19, 1949 | 6'3" | 214 | Kansas St. | Paola, KS USA | 7 | 2 |
| 71 | Tom Domres | DT | October 19, 1946 | 6'3" | 260 | Wisconsin | Marshfield, WI USA | 5 | 0 |
| 75 | Elbert Drungo | RG | April 30, 1943 | 6'5" | 265 | Tennessee St. | Columbus, MS USA | 11 | 0 |
| 74 | Gene Ferguson | LT | June 5, 1947 | 6'8" | 300 | Norfolk St. | Lynchburg, VA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Willie Frazier | TE | June 19, 1942 | 6'4" | 245 | Ark-Pine Bluff | El Dorado, AR USA | 6 | 0 |
| 66 | Tom Funchess | T | September 12, 1944 | 6'5" | 265 | Jackson St. | Crystal Springs, MS USA | 12 | 0 |
| 86 | Mac Haik | WR | January 19, 1946 | 6'1" | 195 | Mississippi | Meridian, MS USA | 4 | 0 |
| 79 | Pat Holmes | LDE | August 3, 1940 | 6'5" | 255 | Texas Tech | Durant, OK USA | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Robert Holmes | FB | October 5, 1945 | 5'9" | 221 | Southern | Huntsville, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | Andy Hopkins | RB | October 19, 1949 | 5'10" | 186 | S.F. Austin | Crockett, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Ken Houston | PR | November 12, 1944 | 6'3" | 197 | Prairie View | Lufkin, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 45 | Leroy Howard | DB | June 16, 1949 | 5'11" | 175 | Bishop | Port Arthur, TX USA | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | Benny Johnson | DB | June 29, 1948 | 5'11" | 178 | Johnson C. Smith | Fort Valley, GA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | Charley Johnson | QB | November 22, 1938 | 6'1" | 200 | Schreiner College | Big Spring, TX USA | 14 | 4 |
| 18 | Charlie Joiner | WR | October 14, 1947 | 5'11" | 188 | Grambling St. | Many, LA USA | 14 | 13 |
| 22 | Zeke Moore | LCB | December 2, 1943 | 6'3" | 198 | Lincoln (MO) | Tuskegee, AL USA | 13 | 0 |
| 11 | Mark Moseley | K | March 12, 1948 | 5'11" | 202 | Texas A&M | Laneville, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 37 | Dave Olerich | LB-TE | November 14, 1944 | 6'1" | 220 | San Francisco | Elmhurst, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | Dan Pastorini | P | May 26, 1949 | 6'2" | 208 | Santa Clara | Sonora, CA USA | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Dickie Post | RB | September 27, 1945 | 5'9" | 190 | Houston | San Pedro, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 58 | Ron Pritchard | RLB | April 9, 1947 | 6'1" | 235 | Arizona St. | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Alvin Reed | TE | August 1, 1944 | 6'5" | 235 | Prairie View | Kilgore, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 60 | Tom Regner | G | April 19, 1944 | 6'1" | 235 | Notre Dame | Kenosha, WI USA | 8 | 0 |
| 85 | Floyd Rice | LB-TE | August 31, 1949 | 6'3" | 223 | Alcorn St. | Natchez, MS USA | 14 | 0 |
| 24 | Mike Richardson | RB | December 8, 1946 | 5'11" | 196 | SMU | Fort Worth, TX USA | 7 | 0 |
| 64 | Ron Saul | G | February 5, 1948 | 6'2" | 255 | Michigan St. | Butler, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Leroy Sledge | RB | October 11, 1946 | 6'2" | 230 | Bakersfield JC | Richmond, VA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 62 | Jerry Sturm | C-T-G | December 31, 1936 | 6'3" | 260 | Illinois | English, IN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 76 | Walt Suggs | C | May 15, 1939 | 6'5" | 260 | Mississippi St. | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 11 | 0 |
| 78 | Mike Tilleman | LDT | March 30, 1944 | 6'7" | 272 | Montana | Chinook, MT USA | 14 | 0 |
| 32 | Ward Walsh | RB | November 21, 1947 | 6'0" | 213 | Colorado | Paradise, CA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 92 | Sam Walton | RT | January 3, 1943 | 6'5" | 270 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Memphis, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 90 | George Webster | LLB | November 25, 1945 | 6'4" | 220 | Michigan St. | Anderson, SC USA | 10 | 0 |
| 56 | Bob Young | LG | September 3, 1942 | 6'1" | 270 | Texas | Marshall, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
