1970 Houston Oilers (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Central Division 3-10-1 .231

Head Coach: Wally Lemm

Joe Childress	Offensive Backs
Hugh Devore	Linebackers
F.A. Dry	Offensive Line
Bud McFadin	Defensive Line
Fran Polsfoot	Receivers
Walt Schlinkman	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/8/1970	H	Chicago Bears	13-23	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	40259
Sat	8/15/1970	H	New Orleans Saints	10-19	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	46223
Sat	8/22/1970	H	Minnesota Vikings	7-14	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	44563
Sat	8/29/1970	H	Dallas Cowboys	37-21	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	46548
Sat	9/5/1970	A	Los Angeles Rams	3-20	L	Pasadena, CA	Rose Bowl	30666
Sun	9/13/1970	A	Philadelphia Eagles	26-7	W	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	36327
Sun	9/20/1970	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	19-7	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	45538
Sun	9/27/1970	H	Miami Dolphins	10-20	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	39840
Sun	10/4/1970	A	Cincinnati Bengals	20-13	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55094
Sun	10/11/1970	H	Baltimore Colts	20-24	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	48050
Sun	10/18/1970	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	3-7	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	42799
Sun	10/25/1970	A	San Diego Chargers	31-31	T	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	41427
Sun	11/1/1970	A	St. Louis Cardinals	0-44	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	47911
Sun	11/8/1970	A	Kansas City Chiefs	9-24	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	49810
Sun	11/15/1970	H	San Francisco 49ers	20-30	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	43040
Sun	11/22/1970	A	Cleveland Browns	14-28	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	74723
Sun	11/29/1970	H	Denver Broncos	31-21	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	35733
Mon	12/7/1970	H	Cleveland Browns	10-21	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	50582
Sun	12/13/1970	H	Cincinnati Bengals	20-30	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	34435
Sun	12/20/1970	A	Dallas Cowboys	10-52	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	50504

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
48	Bob Atkins	LCB-LS	6-3	211	24	Grambling State	14	2
61	Hank Autry	C	6-3	233	23	Southern Mississippi	14	0
81	Jim Beirne	WR-TE	6-2	200	24	Purdue	14	7
65	Elvin Bethea	RDE	6-3	255	24	North Carolina A&T State	14	14
52	Garland Boyette	MLB	6-1	237	30	Grambling State	13	13
73	Leo Brooks	LDT	6-5	256	23	Texas	13	0
35	Woody Campbell	RB	5-11	201	26	Northwestern	6	6
84	Donnie Davis	TE	6-4	220	30	Southern University	14	0
34	Joe Dawkins	RB	6-2	223	22	Los Angeles CC; Wisconsin	14	7
71	Tom Domres	RDT	6-3	247	24	Wisconsin	14	14
75	Elbert Drungo	ROG	6-5	265	27	Tennessee State	14	14
3	Roy Gerela	K	5-10	185	22	New Mexico State	14	0
32	Hoyle Granger	RB	6-1	225	26	Mississippi State	5	5
62	Ken Gray	LOG	6-2	245	34	Howard Payne	11	10
86	Mac Haik	WR	6-1	199	24	Mississippi	13	0
88	Claude Harvey	LLB	6-4	225	22	Prairie View A&M	5	0
78	Glen Ray Hines	ROT	6-5	258	27	Arkansas	14	14
79	Pat Holmes	LDE	6-5	254	30	Texas Tech	14	14
36	Roy Hopkins	RB	6-1	233	25	Texas Southern	12	3
29	Ken Houston	LS	6-3	196	26	Prairie View A&M	14	14
33	Benny Johnson	LCB	5-11	175	22	Johnson C. Smith	14	0
12	Charley Johnson	QB	6-0	191	32	Schreiner Institute JC; New Mexico State	10	10
18	Charlie Joiner	WR	5-11	186	23	Grambling State	9	8
11	Spike Jones	P	6-2	193	23	Middle Georgia JC; Georgia	14	0
23	Jerry LeVias	WR	5-10	177	24	Southern Methodist	14	14
55	Jess Lewis	RDE	6-1	230	23	Oregon State	10	0
50	Bobby Maples	C	6-3	247	28	Baylor	14	14
41	Leroy Mitchell	LCB	6-2	192	26	Texas Southern	14	12
22	Zeke Moore	RCB	6-1	195	27	Lincoln (Missouri)	14	14
77	Spain Musgrove	OT	6-4	275	25	Bakersfield CC; Utah State	7	0
14	Bob Naponic	QB	6-0	190	23	Illinois	2	0
74	Willie Parker	LDT	6-2	266	25	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14	14
44	Johnny Peacock	RS	6-2	205	23	Houston	14	14
58	Ron Pritchard	RLB	6-1	236	23	Arizona State	14	14
89	Alvin Reed	TE	6-5	232	26	Prairie View A&M	13	13
60	Tom Regner	LOG	6-1	255	26	Notre Dame	3	3
17	Jerry Rhome	QB	6-0	186	28	Southern Methodist; Tulsa	13	4
24	Mike Richardson	RB	5-11	196	24	Southern Methodist	14	7
64	Ron Saul	LOG	6-2	254	22	Michigan State	14	1
39	Tommie Smiley	RB	6-1	235	26	Arizona; Lamar	7	0
69	Terry Stoepel	LOT	6-4	235	25	Tulsa	14	0
76	Walt Suggs	LOT	6-5	257	31	Mississippi State	14	14
56	Olen Underwood	LLB	6-1	224	28	Texas	12	7
53	Loyd Wainscott	MLB	6-1	235	24	Texas	11	1
90	George Webster	LLB	6-4	225	25	Michigan State	7	7
63	Doug Wilkerson	LDE	6-3	253	23	North Carolina Central	9	0
87	Paul Zaeske	WR	6-2	200	25	North Park	5	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	14	Doug Wilkerson	G	North Carolina Central
2	31	Leo Brooks	DT	Texas
2	40	Bill Dusenbery	RB	Johnson C. Smith
4	92	Spike Jones	P	Georgia
5	110	Ron Saul	G	Michigan State
5	118	Ed Duley	DT	Northern Arizona
6	144	Benny Johnson	DB	Johnson C. Smith
7	170	Charlie Olson	DB	Concordia (Moorhead)
8	196	Mike McClish	T	Wisconsin
9	222	Charley Blossom	DE	Texas Southern
10	249	Joe Dawkins	RB	Wisconsin
11	274	Bob Morris	C	Duke
12	299	Richard Dawkins	TE	Johnson C. Smith
13	326	Jess Lewis	LB	Oregon State
14	352	Clair Rasmussen	G	Wisconsin-Oshkosh
15	378	Dave Sharp	T	Stanford
16	404	Chris Myers	WR	Kenyon
17	430	Julian Fagan	P	Mississippi

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	49	57	50	61
Opponents Totals	51	92	89	120

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	38:34	232	88	126	18	91/225 40.4%	2/6 33.3%	78	833
Opponents Totals	21:26	227	85	115	27	78/200 39.0%	2/3 66.7%	76	833

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Roy Gerela	0	23	23	100.0	18	32	56.3	0	77
Jerry LeVias	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Roy Hopkins	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Charlie Joiner	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mike Richardson	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Joe Dawkins	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Alvin Reed	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Beirne	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Woody Campbell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Hoyle Granger	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Johnny Peacock	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jerry Rhome	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ron Pritchard	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	23	23	23	100.0	18	32	56.3	1	217
Opponents Totals	44	44	44	100.0	14	30	46.7	1	352

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roy Gerela	18	32	56.3	5/5	4/5	6/8	3/14	0/0
Team Totals	18	32	56.3	5/5	4/5	6/8	3/14	0/0
Opponents Totals	14	30	46.7	1/1	2/6	7/9	3/10	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Dawkins	124	517	4.2	49	2
Mike Richardson	103	368	3.6	34	2
Roy Hopkins	57	207	3.6	12	3
Woody Campbell	59	189	3.2	28	1
Hoyle Granger	51	169	3.3	15	1
Jerry Rhome	9	54	6.0	11	1
Jerry LeVias	7	37	5.3	24	0
Bob Naponic	3	12	4.0	11	0
Charley Johnson	5	3	0.6	9	0
Tommie Smiley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	419	1556	3.7	49	10
Opponents Totals	466	1793	3.8	35	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Charley Johnson	281	144	51.2	125	1652	5.9	11.5	63t	7	2.5	12	4.3	15	124	1528	59.8
Jerry Rhome	168	88	52.4	72	1031	6.1	11.7	87t	5	3.0	8	4.8	10	85	946	61.4
Bob Naponic	20	6	30.0	12	85	4.3	14.2	21	0	0.0	2	10.0	8	53	32	5.2
Jerry LeVias	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	470	238	50.6	209	2768	5.9	11.6	87t	12	2.6	23	4.9	33	262	2506	56.9
Opponents Totals	344	164	47.7	162	2851	8.3	17.4	80t	25	7.3	18	5.2	30	246	2605	78.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Alvin Reed	47	604	12.9	34	2
Jerry LeVias	41	529	12.9	63t	5
Mike Richardson	34	381	11.2	67	1
Charlie Joiner	28	416	14.9	87t	3
Mac Haik	17	190	11.2	35	0
Jim Beirne	16	216	13.5	25	1
Joe Dawkins	15	94	6.3	17	0
Woody Campbell	15	78	5.2	10	0
Roy Hopkins	14	142	10.1	43	0
Hoyle Granger	11	118	10.7	22	0
Team Totals	238	2768	11.6	87t	12
Opponents Totals	164	2851	17.4	80t	25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Zeke Moore	6	85	14.2	32	0
Ken Houston	3	32	10.7	9	0
Johnny Peacock	3	24	8.0	12	0
Leroy Mitchell	2	35	17.5	35	0
Ron Pritchard	2	28	14.0	17	0
Garland Boyette	1	18	18.0	18	0
Bob Atkins	1	7	7.0	7	0
Tom Domres	0	13		13L	0
Team Totals	18	242	13.4	35	0
Opponents Totals	23	334	14.5	45t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Spike Jones	84	3559	42.4	73	1	6	441	2998	35.7
Team Totals	84	3559	42.4	73	1	6	441	2998	36.1
Opponents Totals	77	3419	44.4	71	0	6	257	3042	39.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Jerry LeVias	25	8	213	8.5	33
Mike Richardson	10	7	30	3.0	11
Ken Houston	4	1	13	3.3	6
Jim Beirne	1	0	1	1.0	1
Joe Dawkins	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	41	16	257	6.3	33
Opponents Totals	52	16	441	8.5	38

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jerry LeVias	26	598	23.0	37
Benny Johnson	15	320	21.3	40
Zeke Moore	7	190	27.1	45
Donnie Davis	2	0	0.0	0
Elbert Drungo	1	25	25.0	25
Roy Hopkins	1	20	20.0	20
Jess Lewis	1	15	15.0	15
Hoyle Granger	1	0	0.0	0
Alvin Reed	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	55	1168	21.2	45
Opponents Totals	32	741	23.2	35

SACKS	NO	YDS
Elvin Bethea	10.5
Ron Pritchard	7.5
Willie Parker	4.0
Pat Holmes	3.0
George Webster	2.5
Tom Domres	1.5
Johnny Peacock	1.0
Olen Underwood	1.0
Team Totals	30.0	246.0
Opponents Totals	33.0	262.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Elvin Bethea	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Donnie Davis	1		0	1	1	7	0
Joe Dawkins	4		0	0	0	0	0
Elbert Drungo	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Hoyle Granger	2		1	0	1	0	0
Mac Haik	3		0	0	0	0	0
Claude Harvey	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Glen Ray Hines	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Pat Holmes	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Roy Hopkins	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charley Johnson	3		3	0	3	0	0
Jerry LeVias	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jess Lewis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bobby Maples	1		0	0	0	-11	0
Leroy Mitchell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Zeke Moore	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Naponic	1		1	0	1	0	0
Willie Parker	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Peacock	0	0	0	1	1	41	1
Alvin Reed	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Rhome	5		1	0	1	0	0
Mike Richardson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	26	15	11	8	19	37	1
Opponents Totals	22	8	13	15	18		1