1971 Houston Oilers Statistics
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 RosterTeam 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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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 270 | 127 | 47.0 | 1702 | 6.3 | 7 | 2.6 | 21 | 7.8 | 62 | 20 | 152 | 43.8 |
| Charley Johnson | 94 | 46 | 48.9 | 592 | 6.3 | 3 | 3.2 | 7 | 7.4 | 70 | 8 | 61 | 48.7 |
| Lynn Dickey | 57 | 19 | 33.3 | 315 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 15.8 | 42 | 3 | 21 | 13.3 |
| Woody Campbell | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 34 | 17.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Totals | 423 | 194 | 45.9 | 2643 | 6.2 | 12 | 2.8 | 37 | 8.7 | 70 | 31 | 234 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Holmes | 91 | 288 | 3.2 | 31 | 4 |
| Woody Campbell | 96 | 259 | 2.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Dan Pastorini | 26 | 140 | 5.4 | 27 | 3 |
| Joe Dawkins | 42 | 135 | 3.2 | 21 | 2 |
| Ward Walsh | 38 | 129 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Leroy Sledge | 24 | 74 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Dickie Post | 22 | 42 | 1.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 17 | 33 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Andy Hopkins | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 361 | 1106 | 3.1 | 31 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Beirne | 38 | 550 | 14.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 31 | 681 | 22.0 | 70 | 7 |
| Alvin Reed | 25 | 408 | 16.3 | 36 | 1 |
| Ken Burrough | 25 | 370 | 14.8 | 62 | 1 |
| Woody Campbell | 20 | 179 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 17 | 138 | 8.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 33 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Leroy Sledge | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Dickie Post | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 194 | 2643 | 13.6 | 70 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Moseley | 27 | 25 | 92.6 | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 73 |
| Braden Beck | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 |
| Totals | 29 | 26 | 89.7 | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 77 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 75 | 3044 | 40.6 | 62 |
| Totals | 75 | 3044 | 40.6 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linzy Cole | 14 | 107 | 7.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 16 | 91 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Floyd Rice | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 198 | 6.2 | 31 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linzy Cole | 32 | 834 | 26.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 10 | 214 | 21.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 8 | 157 | 19.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 1409 | 23.9 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Houston | 9 | 220 | 24.4 | 48 | 4 |
| John Charles | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Lee Brooks | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 456 | 19.8 | 51 | 5 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Holmes | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Garland Boyette | 0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Floyd Rice | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Houston | 0 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Olerich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Billingsley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Funchess | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Charles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allen Aldridge | 1 | 1 | -30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Holmes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Linzy Cole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ward Walsh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leroy Sledge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charley Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 69 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mark Moseley | 16 | 25 | 0 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Ken Houston | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Robert Holmes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ward Walsh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Garland Boyette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Leroy Sledge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Woody Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Braden Beck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 |
