1974 Houston Texans Statistics

World Football League (WFL)
Team Record: 3-8-1
Finishing 4th in the WFL's West Division
Coach: Jim Garrett (3-7-1)
Coach: Henry Lee Parker (0-1 -)
Coach: Marshall Taylor (4-4-)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 93,709, Avg. 18,742 in 5 home dates

1974 Houston Texans Roster
1974 Houston Texans Results

The Houston Texans of the World Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 3 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the WFL's West Division.

The Texans managed just 113 points, worst in the league, and the defensive squad gave up 269. Jim Nance powered the ground game, running for a 1,240 yards for Houston.

Dave Mays threw for 997 yards, while Mike Taliaferro and D.C. Nobles played quarterback, too. Rick Eber topped the receiving corps, hauling in 66 passes for 771 yards.

Pat Gibbs seized 8 opponent throws.

Jim Garrett, Henry Lee Parker and Marshall Taylor coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Dave Mays	174	88	50.6	997	5.7	5	2.9	5	2.9	49	9	70	65.7
Mike Taliaferro	143	74	51.7	833	5.8	5	3.5	8	5.6	46	16	139	57.8
D.C. Nobles	122	54	44.3	660	5.4	4	3.3	10	8.2	63	15	156	38.3
Don Trull	31	16	51.6	117	3.8	0	0.0	2	6.5	15	4	35	33.9
Harry Theofiledes	17	6	35.3	32	1.9	0	0.0	1	5.9	16	3	22	19.5
Warren McVea	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Mike Richardson	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	489	238	48.7	2639	5.4	14	2.9	26	5.3	63	47	422

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Nance	300	1240	4.1	27	8
Paul Gipson	106	406	3.8	20	2
Mike Richardson	98	334	3.4	13	2
Warren McVea	70	219	3.1	20	0
D.C. Nobles	43	186	4.3	40	0
Rocky Thompson	44	183	4.2	24	0
Dave Mays	21	138	6.6	40	1
Virgil Robinson	31	100	3.2	16	0
Harry Blackney	17	54	3.2	9	0
Sid Blanks	11	28	2.5	9	0
Harry Theofiledes	4	21	5.2	16	0
Mike Taliaferro	7	21	3.0	12	0
Terry Cole	20	16	0.8	4	0
Doug Winslow	1	13	13.0	13	1
Johnny Odom	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bruce Jankowski	1	4	4.0	4	0
Rick Eber	2	3	1.5	3	0
Don Trull	2	2	1.0	2	0
Chuck Latourette	1	-10	-10.0	-10	0
Willie Frazier	1	-19	-19.0	-19	0
Totals	781	2945	3.8	40	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rick Eber	66	771	11.7	63	5
Johnny Odom	42	545	13.0	51	2
Willie Frazier	24	262	10.9	29	4
Mike Richardson	19	158	8.3	19	0
Donnie Davis	18	280	15.6	30	0
Jim Nance	14	84	6.0	23	0
Paul Gipson	10	59	5.9	23	0
Doug Winslow	8	67	8.4	15	2
Bruce Jankowski	5	152	30.4	52	0
Don Maynard	5	62	12.4	17	0
Charley Frazier	5	59	11.8	24	0
Warren McVea	5	44	8.8	19	1
Rocky Thompson	4	38	9.5	14	0
Virgil Robinson	4	9	2.2	16	0
Harry Blackney	3	20	6.7	11	0
Sid Blanks	3	9	3.0	11	0
Paul Zaeske	2	12	6.0	6	0
Terry Cole	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	238	2639	11.1	63	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Charlie Durkee	0	0		0	7		21
Totals	0	0		0	7		21

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Johnny Odom	114	4313	37.8	58
Dave Mays	13	445	34.2	47
Chuck Latourette	12	432	36.0	51
Totals	139	5190	37.3	58

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Doug Winslow	16	207	12.9	22
Billy Walik	11	98	8.9
Mike Richardson	14	84	6.0	26
John Mallory	10	44	4.4	17
Garland Boyette	1	16	16.0	16
Sid Blanks	3	16	5.3	6
Pat Gibbs	2	13	6.5	8
Joe Green	3	13	4.3	10
Paul Gipson	1	12	12.0	12
John Vignone	2	11	5.5	8
Daryl Johnson	1	6	6.0	6
Chuck Latourette	6	6	1.0	5
Rocky Thompson	3	5	1.7	7
Bruce Jankowski	2	2	1.0	2
Jack Rizzo	1	-5	-5.0	-5
Totals	76	528	6.9	26

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Richmond Flowers	17	385	22.6	36
Rocky Thompson	14	294	21.0	31
Joe Green	13	213	16.4	29
Billy Walik	9	148	16.4	27
Mike Richardson	7	113	16.1	27
Terry Cole	5	97	19.4	25
Virgil Robinson	3	76	25.3	35
Donnie Davis	4	43	10.8	25
Sid Blanks	2	33	16.5	24
Jack Rizzo	1	15	15.0	15
John Villapiano	1	9	9.0	9
Harry Blackney	1	9	9.0	9
Paul Gipson	1	6	6.0	6
Totals	78	1441	18.5	36

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pat Gibbs	8	126	15.8		0
John Mallory	5	98	19.6		0
Daryl Johnson	4	60	15.0	15	1
Garland Boyette	2	9	4.5		0
Joe Green	1	3	3.0	3	0
Art McMahon	1	3	3.0	3	0
Richmond Flowers	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	22	299	13.6	15	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jim Nance	8	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	57
Rick Eber	0	5	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	35
Willie Frazier	0	4	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	29
Charlie Durkee	0	0	0	0		0			7	0	0	0	0	21
Doug Winslow	1	2	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	22
Paul Gipson	2	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	15
Johnny Odom	0	2	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	15
Mike Richardson	2	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	14
Warren McVea	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	7
John Mallory	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0	0	0	0	7
Daryl Johnson	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0	0	0	7
Dave Mays	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0	0	0	7
D.C. Nobles	0	0	0	0		0			0	3	0	0	0	3
Donnie Davis	0	0	0	0		0			0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	14	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	240