1974 Houston Oilers Statistics
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 RosterTeam 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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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Pastorini | 247 | 140 | 56.7 | 1571 | 6.4 | 10 | 4.0 | 10 | 4.0 | 65 | 23 | 225 | 72.4 |
| Lynn Dickey | 113 | 63 | 55.8 | 704 | 6.2 | 2 | 1.8 | 8 | 7.1 | 59 | 10 | 73 | 50.9 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| George Amundson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 363 | 203 | 55.9 | 2275 | 6.3 | 12 | 3.3 | 19 | 5.2 | 65 | 33 | 298 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Rodgers | 122 | 413 | 3.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Vic Washington | 74 | 281 | 3.8 | 23 | 2 |
| Fred Willis | 74 | 239 | 3.2 | 18 | 3 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 52 | 193 | 3.7 | 37 | 1 |
| George Amundson | 59 | 138 | 2.3 | 11 | 4 |
| Billy Johnson | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 47 | 1 |
| Jeff Queen | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| David Beverly | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Alston | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 24 | -6 | -0.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 421 | 1361 | 3.2 | 47 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Burrough | 36 | 492 | 13.7 | 51 | 2 |
| Billy Johnson | 29 | 388 | 13.4 | 44 | 2 |
| Fred Willis | 25 | 130 | 5.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Willie Rodgers | 24 | 153 | 6.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Parks | 20 | 330 | 16.5 | 59 | 1 |
| George Amundson | 18 | 152 | 8.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Mack Alston | 17 | 249 | 14.6 | 33 | 3 |
| Vic Washington | 13 | 92 | 7.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 9 | 179 | 19.9 | 65 | 1 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Broadnax | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Wells | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Queen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 203 | 2275 | 11.2 | 65 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Beverly | 79 | 3100 | 39.2 | 69 |
| Totals | 79 | 3100 | 39.2 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Johnson | 30 | 409 | 13.6 | 49 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 495 | 12.1 | 49 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Johnson | 29 | 785 | 27.1 | 67 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 9 | 180 | 20.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Vic Washington | 7 | 177 | 25.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 39 | 0 |
| C.L. Whittington | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 |
| George Amundson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Al Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Saul | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Harris Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 62 | 1419 | 22.9 | 67 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Atkins | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 36 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Tommy Maxwell | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Duane Benson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tody Smith | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Steve Kiner | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 313 | 14.9 | 36 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Carroll | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Pastorini | 8 | 4 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elvin Bethea | 0 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Washington | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Washington | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Atkins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Roberts | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Rodgers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tody Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gregg Bingham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.L. Whittington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harris Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Amundson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lynn Dickey | 2 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mack Alston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 42 | 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 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 56 | ||||||||||
| George Amundson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Willie Rodgers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Fred Willis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Mack Alston | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Vic Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Elvin Bethea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Zeke Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jeff Queen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Billy Parks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 |
