1972 Houston Oilers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Peterson (1-13)
Location: Houston, Texas
1972 Houston Oilers RosterTeam Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Peterson (1-13)
Location: Houston, Texas
1972 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 1 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Oilers labored to change the scoreboard with just 164 points, and the shaky defensive squad allowed 380. Paul Robinson ran for a team-leading 355 yards for Houston, and Fred Willis also contributed to the rushing attack.
Dan Pastorini tossed for 1,711 yards. Fred Willis topped pass catchers, hauling in 36 passes, while Ken Burrough added 521 receiving yards.
John Charles and Bob Atkins each snatched 2 opponent throws.
Bill Peterson 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 | 299 | 144 | 48.2 | 1711 | 5.7 | 7 | 2.3 | 12 | 4.0 | 82 | 37 | 310 | 57.1 |
| Kent Nix | 63 | 33 | 52.4 | 287 | 4.6 | 3 | 4.8 | 6 | 9.5 | 19 | 6 | 45 | 41.0 |
| Ed Baker | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 15.4 |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 375 | 181 | 48.3 | 2045 | 5.5 | 10 | 2.7 | 23 | 6.1 | 82 | 45 | 372 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Robinson | 86 | 355 | 4.1 | 30 | 3 |
| Fred Willis | 92 | 334 | 3.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 38 | 205 | 5.4 | 17 | 2 |
| Willie Rodgers | 71 | 204 | 2.9 | 14 | 2 |
| Hoyle Granger | 42 | 175 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 43 | 172 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Al Johnson | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Baker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Kent Nix | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 397 | 1518 | 3.8 | 43 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Willis | 36 | 251 | 7.0 | 27 | 2 |
| Ken Burrough | 26 | 521 | 20.0 | 80 | 4 |
| Dave Smith | 20 | 218 | 10.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 19 | 251 | 13.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 16 | 306 | 19.1 | 82 | 2 |
| Hoyle Granger | 15 | 74 | 4.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 14 | 112 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Rhett Dawson | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Willie Rodgers | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Al Johnson | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ward Walsh | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 181 | 2045 | 11.3 | 82 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Butler | 16 | 15 | 93.8 | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 51 |
| Mark Moseley | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 5 |
| Totals | 18 | 17 | 94.4 | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 56 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 82 | 3381 | 41.2 | 63 |
| Skip Butler | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 47 |
| Totals | 85 | 3486 | 41.0 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Houston | 25 | 148 | 5.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 163 | 4.8 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Rodgers | 17 | 335 | 19.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Lewis Jolley | 11 | 267 | 24.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Benny Johnson | 13 | 230 | 17.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Al Johnson | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Linzy Cole | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 1093 | 20.2 | 43 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Atkins | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
| John Charles | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Benny Johnson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 34 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin Bethea | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Houston | 2 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Rodgers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kent Nix | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Alexander | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Webster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Pastorini | 6 | 2 | -10 | 0 | |||
| Calvin Hunt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny Johnson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Regner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skip Butler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Brooks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garland Boyette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Murdock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Johnson | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zeke Moore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Atkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Billingsley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Holmes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allen Aldridge | 1 | 0 | -25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Willis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 38 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Skip Butler | 12 | 15 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Paul Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Fred Willis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Rhett Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ward Walsh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mark Moseley | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
