1974 Houston Oilers Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Sid Gillman (7-7)
Location: Houston, Texas
1974 Houston Oilers StatisticsTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Sid Gillman (7-7)
Location: Houston, Texas
1974 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Oilers racked up 236 points, but the defensive squad allowed 282. Dan Pastorini tossed for 1,571 yards. Ken Burrough hauled in 36 passes for 492 yards, while Billy Johnson contributed to the receiving game, too.
Willie Rodgers ran for a team-leading 413 yards for Houston.
Bob Atkins picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Sid Gillman coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Willie Alexander | LCB | September 21, 1949 | 6'2" | 194 | Alcorn St. | Montgomery, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 82 | Mack Alston | TE | April 27, 1947 | 6'2" | 230 | Md-Eastern Shore | Georgetown, SC USA | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | George Amundson | RB | March 31, 1951 | 6'3" | 215 | Iowa St. | Pendleton, OR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 48 | Bob Atkins | FS | April 2, 1946 | 6'3" | 215 | Grambling St. | Atlanta, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 52 | Duane Benson | LB | August 5, 1945 | 6'2" | 215 | Hamline | Belmond, IA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 65 | Elvin Bethea | RDE | March 1, 1946 | 6'2" | 260 | North Carolina A&T | Trenton, NJ USA | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | David Beverly | P | August 19, 1950 | 6'2" | 180 | Auburn | Selma, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 54 | Gregg Bingham | LILB | March 13, 1951 | 6'1" | 227 | Purdue | Evanston, IL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Jerry Broadnax | TE | August 19, 1951 | 6'2" | 225 | Southern | Dallas, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
| 00 | Ken Burrough | WR | July 14, 1948 | 6'3" | 215 | Texas Southern | Jacksonville, FL USA | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Skip Butler | K | October 21, 1947 | 6'1" | 201 | Texas-Arlington | Gladewater, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 63 | Ronnie Carroll | G | April 11, 1949 | 6'2" | 265 | Arkansas | Galveston, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | John Charles | DB | May 9, 1944 | 6'0" | 205 | Purdue | Newark, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Ralph Cindrich | LB | October 29, 1949 | 6'1" | 228 | Pittsburgh | Washington, PA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 47 | Ronnie Coleman | RB | July 9, 1951 | 5'10" | 195 | Alabama A&M | Jasper, AL USA | 13 | 0 |
| 76 | Al Cowlings | LOLB | June 16, 1947 | 6'5" | 255 | USC | San Francisco, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 78 | Curley Culp | LDT | March 10, 1946 | 6'2" | 265 | Arizona St. | Yuma, AZ USA | 8 | 0 |
| 58 | Marvin Davis | LB | May 25, 1952 | 6'4" | 235 | Southern | Shreveport, LA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | Lynn Dickey | QB | October 19, 1949 | 6'3" | 214 | Kansas St. | Paola, KS USA | 14 | 4 |
| 75 | Elbert Drungo | RT | April 30, 1943 | 6'5" | 265 | Tennessee St. | Columbus, MS USA | 13 | 0 |
| 29 | Leonard Fairley | DB | January 2, 1951 | 5'11" | 200 | Alcorn St. | Biloxi, MS USA | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | Ed Fisher | G-C-DE | May 31, 1949 | 6'3" | 249 | Arizona St. | Stockton, CA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 69 | Solomon Freelon | G | February 19, 1951 | 6'2" | 250 | Grambling St. | Monroe, LA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 68 | Brian Goodman | RG | December 7, 1949 | 6'2" | 250 | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Bob Gresham | RB | July 9, 1948 | 5'11" | 195 | West Virginia | Porter, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 53 | Fred Hoaglin | C | January 28, 1944 | 6'4" | 250 | Pittsburgh | Alliance, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 72 | Kevin Hunt | T-G | November 29, 1948 | 6'5" | 260 | Doane | Framington, MA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | Al Johnson | SS | June 17, 1950 | 6'0" | 200 | Cincinnati | Baltimore, MD USA | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Billy Johnson | KR | January 21, 1952 | 5'9" | 170 | Widener | Boothwyn, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 61 | Harris Jones | LG | October 3, 1945 | 6'5" | 255 | Johnson C. Smith | Lake City, SC USA | 11 | 0 |
| 57 | Steve Kiner | RILB | June 12, 1947 | 6'1" | 220 | Tennessee | Sandstone, MN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Tommy Maxwell | DB | May 5, 1947 | 6'2" | 195 | Texas A&M | Houston, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 71 | Bubba McCollum | DT | September 13, 1952 | 6'0" | 250 | Kentucky | Louisville, KY USA | 11 | 0 |
| 24 | Mike Montgomery | RB-WR | July 10, 1949 | 6'2" | 210 | Kansas St. | Wichita Falls, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Zeke Moore | RCB | December 2, 1943 | 6'3" | 198 | Lincoln (MO) | Tuskegee, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | Billy Parks | WR | January 1, 1948 | 6'1" | 185 | Long Beach St. | Santa Monica, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | Dan Pastorini | QB | May 26, 1949 | 6'2" | 208 | Santa Clara | Sonora, CA USA | 11 | 10 |
| 46 | Jeff Queen | RB-TE | August 15, 1946 | 6'1" | 217 | Morgan St. | Boston, MA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 56 | Guy Roberts | LB | June 12, 1950 | 6'1" | 217 | Maryland | North Babylon, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 34 | Willie Rodgers | FB | February 8, 1949 | 6'0" | 210 | Kentucky St. | Suffolk, VA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Greg Sampson | LT | October 25, 1950 | 6'6" | 265 | Stanford | Bellingham, WA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Ron Saul | G | February 5, 1948 | 6'2" | 255 | Michigan St. | Butler, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 45 | Jeff Severson | DB | September 16, 1949 | 6'1" | 183 | Long Beach St. | Fargo, ND USA | 14 | 0 |
| 85 | Tody Smith | LDE | December 24, 1948 | 6'5" | 250 | Michigan St. | Orange, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Sid Smith | C | July 6, 1948 | 6'4" | 260 | USC | Wichita, KS USA | 11 | 0 |
| 59 | Ted Washington | ROLB | February 16, 1948 | 6'1" | 244 | Miss. Valley St. | Tampa, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Vic Washington | RB | March 23, 1946 | 5'11" | 197 | Wyoming | Plainfield, NJ USA | 12 | 0 |
| 41 | Terry Wells | RB | April 20, 1951 | 5'11" | 195 | Southern Miss | Wade, MS USA | 6 | 0 |
| 79 | Jim White | DE | September 5, 1948 | 6'4" | 256 | Colorado St. | Chicago, IL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 38 | C.L. Whittington | DB | August 1, 1952 | 6'1" | 200 | Prairie View | Beaumont, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 44 | Fred Willis | RB | December 9, 1947 | 6'0" | 212 | Boston Col. | Natick, MA USA | 10 | 0 |
