1971 Houston Oilers Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Ed Hughes (4-9-1)
Location: Houston, Texas

1971 Houston Oilers Statistics
1971 Houston Oilers Results

The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

The Oilers scored 251 points, but the defensive squad allowed 330. Dan Pastorini passed for 1,702 yards. Jim Beirne topped pass catchers, hauling in 38 passes, while Charlie Joiner added 681 receiving yards.

Robert Holmes ran for a team-leading 288 yards for Houston, and Woody Campbell also aided the ground game.

Ken Houston picked off 9 errant tosses from the opposition.

Ed Hughes coached the team.

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#	Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown	GP	GS
88	Allen Aldridge	LDE-RDE	April 27, 1945	6'6"	250	Prairie View	Eagle Lake, TX USA	13	1
19	Willie Alexander	RCB	September 21, 1949	6'2"	194	Alcorn St.	Montgomery, LA USA	14	0
48	Bob Atkins	DB	April 2, 1946	6'3"	215	Grambling St.	Atlanta, GA USA	12	0
17	Braden Beck	K	January 12, 1944	6'2"	200	Stanford	Oakland, CA USA	2	0
81	Jim Beirne	WR	October 15, 1946	6'2"	206	Purdue	McKeesport, PA USA	14	0
83	Bruce Bergey	DE	August 8, 1946	6'2"	240	UCLA	South Dayton, NY USA	1	0
65	Elvin Bethea	RDE	March 1, 1946	6'2"	260	North Carolina A&T	Trenton, NJ USA	14	14
82	Ron Billingsley	RDT	April 6, 1945	6'8"	290	Wyoming	Florence, AL USA	13	0
52	Garland Boyette	MLB	March 22, 1940	6'1"	238	Grambling St.	Rayville, LA USA	14	0
73	Lee Brooks	DT	December 7, 1947	6'5"	261	Texas	Shidler, OK USA	11	0
00	Ken Burrough	WR	July 14, 1948	6'3"	215	Texas Southern	Jacksonville, FL USA	13	0
35	Woody Campbell	RB	September 26, 1944	5'10"	204	Northwestern	Mount Pleasant, FL USA	12	0
25	John Charles	FS	May 9, 1944	6'0"	205	Purdue	Newark, NJ USA	14	0
87	Linzy Cole	KR	April 21, 1948	5'11"	172	TCU	Dallas, TX USA	14	0
59	Phil Croyle	LLB-RLB	October 30, 1947	6'3"	223	California	Great Lakes, IL USA	14	0
34	Joe Dawkins	RB	January 27, 1948	6'0"	223	Wisconsin	Los Angeles, CA USA	6	0
10	Lynn Dickey	QB	October 19, 1949	6'3"	214	Kansas St.	Paola, KS USA	7	2
71	Tom Domres	DT	October 19, 1946	6'3"	260	Wisconsin	Marshfield, WI USA	5	0
75	Elbert Drungo	RG	April 30, 1943	6'5"	265	Tennessee St.	Columbus, MS USA	11	11
74	Gene Ferguson	LT	June 5, 1947	6'8"	300	Norfolk St.	Lynchburg, VA USA	14	12
83	Willie Frazier	TE	June 19, 1942	6'4"	245	Ark-Pine Bluff	El Dorado, AR USA	6	0
66	Tom Funchess	ROG-LOG	September 12, 1944	6'5"	265	Jackson St.	Crystal Springs, MS USA	12	2
86	Mac Haik	WR	January 19, 1946	6'1"	195	Mississippi	Meridian, MS USA	4	1
79	Pat Holmes	LDE	August 3, 1940	6'5"	255	Texas Tech	Durant, OK USA	14	0
36	Robert Holmes	FB	October 5, 1945	5'9"	221	Southern	Huntsville, TX USA	8	0
28	Andy Hopkins	RB	October 19, 1949	5'10"	186	S.F. Austin	Crockett, TX USA	2	0
29	Ken Houston	PR	November 12, 1944	6'3"	197	Prairie View	Lufkin, TX USA	14	0
45	Leroy Howard	LCB-RCB	June 16, 1949	5'11"	175	Bishop	Port Arthur, TX USA	7	0
33	Benny Johnson	RCB	June 29, 1948	5'11"	178	Johnson C. Smith	Fort Valley, GA USA	10	4
12	Charley Johnson	QB	November 22, 1938	6'1"	200	Schreiner College	Big Spring, TX USA	14	4
18	Charlie Joiner	WR	October 14, 1947	5'11"	188	Grambling St.	Many, LA USA	14	13
22	Zeke Moore	LCB	December 2, 1943	6'3"	198	Lincoln (MO)	Tuskegee, AL USA	13	0
11	Mark Moseley	K	March 12, 1948	5'11"	202	Texas A&M	Laneville, TX USA	12	0
37	Dave Olerich	MLB	November 14, 1944	6'1"	220	San Francisco	Elmhurst, IL USA	14	0
7	Dan Pastorini	P	May 26, 1949	6'2"	208	Santa Clara	Sonora, CA USA	14	13
2	Dickie Post	RB	September 27, 1945	5'9"	190	Houston	San Pedro, CA USA	7	0
58	Ron Pritchard	RLB	April 9, 1947	6'1"	235	Arizona St.	Chicago, IL USA	14	0
89	Alvin Reed	TE	August 1, 1944	6'5"	235	Prairie View	Kilgore, TX USA	14	0
60	Tom Regner	ROG-ROT	April 19, 1944	6'1"	235	Notre Dame	Kenosha, WI USA	8	1
85	Floyd Rice	LLB	August 31, 1949	6'3"	223	Alcorn St.	Natchez, MS USA	14	5
24	Mike Richardson	RB	December 8, 1946	5'11"	196	SMU	Fort Worth, TX USA	7	0
64	Ron Saul	OG	February 5, 1948	6'2"	255	Michigan St.	Butler, PA USA	3	0
41	Leroy Sledge	RB	October 11, 1946	6'2"	230	Bakersfield JC	Richmond, VA USA	6	0
62	Jerry Sturm	C	December 31, 1936	6'3"	260	Illinois	English, IN USA	14	7
76	Walt Suggs	C	May 15, 1939	6'5"	260	Mississippi St.	Hattiesburg, MS USA	11	10
78	Mike Tilleman	LDT	March 30, 1944	6'7"	272	Montana	Chinook, MT USA	14	0
32	Ward Walsh	RB	November 21, 1947	6'0"	213	Colorado	Paradise, CA USA	13	0
92	Sam Walton	RT	January 3, 1943	6'5"	270	Texas A&M-Commerce	Memphis, TN USA	14	13
90	George Webster	LLB	November 25, 1945	6'4"	220	Michigan St.	Anderson, SC USA	10	0
56	Bob Young	LG	September 3, 1942	6'1"	270	Texas	Marshall, TX USA	14	14