1973 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 (0-5)
Coach: Sid Gillman (1-8)
Location: Houston, Texas
1973 Houston Oilers RosterTeam Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Peterson (0-5)
Coach: Sid Gillman (1-8)
Location: Houston, Texas
1973 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 1 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Houston stumbled, scoring only 199 points, while the leaky defense conceded 447, most in the league. Dan Pastorini passed for 1,482 yards. Fred Willis hauled in 57 passes, while Billy Parks added 581 receiving yards, while Ken Burrough provided receiving help, too.
Fred Willis ran for a team-leading 579 yards for the Oilers.
Jeff Severson and Guy Roberts each seized 4 opponent throws.
Bill Peterson and Sid Gillman 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 | 290 | 154 | 53.1 | 1482 | 5.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 17 | 5.9 | 50 | 30 | 313 | 49.0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 120 | 71 | 59.2 | 888 | 7.4 | 6 | 5.0 | 10 | 8.3 | 66 | 13 | 138 | 64.2 |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 411 | 225 | 54.7 | 2370 | 5.8 | 11 | 2.7 | 27 | 6.6 | 66 | 43 | 451 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Willis | 171 | 579 | 3.4 | 25 | 4 |
| Bob Gresham | 104 | 400 | 3.8 | 52 | 2 |
| Paul Robinson | 34 | 151 | 4.4 | 22 | 2 |
| Dan Pastorini | 31 | 102 | 3.3 | 17 | 0 |
| George Amundson | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Thomas | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 34 | 1 |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Lewis Jolley | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Al Johnson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 386 | 1388 | 3.6 | 52 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Willis | 57 | 371 | 6.5 | 50 | 1 |
| Billy Parks | 43 | 581 | 13.5 | 66 | 1 |
| Ken Burrough | 43 | 577 | 13.4 | 49 | 2 |
| Bob Gresham | 28 | 244 | 8.7 | 62 | 1 |
| Mack Alston | 19 | 195 | 10.3 | 39 | 4 |
| Eddie Hinton | 13 | 202 | 15.5 | 34 | 1 |
| George Amundson | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Lewis Jolley | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Bill Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Clifton McNeil | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 225 | 2370 | 10.5 | 66 | 11 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Butler | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 66 |
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 67 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Butler | 36 | 1344 | 37.3 | 55 |
| Dan Pastorini | 27 | 1087 | 40.3 | 59 |
| Dave Green | 22 | 868 | 39.5 | 61 |
| Totals | 85 | 3299 | 38.8 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Severson | 16 | 126 | 7.9 | 74 | 0 |
| Alvin Haymond | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 227 | 7.6 | 74 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gresham | 27 | 723 | 26.8 | 103 | 1 |
| Alvin Haymond | 28 | 703 | 25.1 | 47 | 0 |
| Eddie Hinton | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Larry Eaglin | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Joe Blahak | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Lewis Jolley | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Fanucci | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Floyd Rice | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 76 | 1799 | 23.7 | 103 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Roberts | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Blahak | 2 | 120 | 60.0 | 87 | 0 |
| John Charles | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 298 | 17.5 | 87 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 17 | 3 | -37 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elbert Drungo | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gresham | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Guy Roberts | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tody Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Willis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Lou | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Blahak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Levert Carr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zeke Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Jenkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elvin Bethea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solomon Freelon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Rice | 1 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian McConnell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Parks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Severson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alvin Haymond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Eaglin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Amundson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lynn Dickey | 5 | 0 | -11 | 0 | |||
| Lewis Jolley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Alexander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Skip Butler | 15 | 21 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Fred Willis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Mack Alston | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Paul Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Larry Eaglin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Floyd Rice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dave Parks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Billy Parks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205 |
