1974 Houston Oilers Roster

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 Statistics
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.

Houston racked up 236 points, while the defensive squad allowed 282. Dan Pastorini tossed for 1,571 yards. Ken Burrough hauled in 36 passes for 492 yards. Billy Johnson was targeted regularly, too.

Willie Rodgers ran for a team-leading 413 yards for the Oilers.

Bob Atkins picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.

Sid Gillman coached the team.

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#	Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown	GP	GS
19	Willie Alexander	LCB	September 21, 1949	6'2"	194	Alcorn St.	Montgomery, LA USA	14	0
82	Mack Alston	TE	April 27, 1947	6'2"	230	Md-Eastern Shore	Georgetown, SC USA	13	0
12	George Amundson	RB	March 31, 1951	6'3"	215	Iowa St.	Pendleton, OR USA	14	3
48	Bob Atkins	FS	April 2, 1946	6'3"	215	Grambling St.	Atlanta, GA USA	14	0
52	Duane Benson	LOLB	August 5, 1945	6'2"	215	Hamline	Belmond, IA USA	13	3
65	Elvin Bethea	RDE	March 1, 1946	6'2"	260	North Carolina A&T	Trenton, NJ USA	14	14
4	David Beverly	P	August 19, 1950	6'2"	180	Auburn	Selma, AL USA	14	0
54	Gregg Bingham	LILB	March 13, 1951	6'1"	227	Purdue	Evanston, IL USA	14	14
83	Jerry Broadnax	TE	August 19, 1951	6'2"	225	Southern	Dallas, TX USA	8	2
00	Ken Burrough	WR	July 14, 1948	6'3"	215	Texas Southern	Jacksonville, FL USA	11	0
2	Skip Butler	K	October 21, 1947	6'1"	201	Texas-Arlington	Gladewater, TX USA	14	0
63	Ronnie Carroll	MG	April 11, 1949	6'2"	265	Arkansas	Galveston, TX USA	14	5
25	John Charles	DB	May 9, 1944	6'0"	205	Purdue	Newark, NJ USA	1	0
55	Ralph Cindrich	MLB	October 29, 1949	6'1"	228	Pittsburgh	Washington, PA USA	6	0
47	Ronnie Coleman	RB	July 9, 1951	5'10"	195	Alabama A&M	Jasper, AL USA	13	4
76	Al Cowlings	LOLB	June 16, 1947	6'5"	255	USC	San Francisco, CA USA	14	0
78	Curley Culp	LDT	March 10, 1946	6'2"	265	Arizona St.	Yuma, AZ USA	8	0
58	Marvin Davis	LOLB-ROLB	May 25, 1952	6'4"	235	Southern	Shreveport, LA USA	13	1
10	Lynn Dickey	QB	October 19, 1949	6'3"	214	Kansas St.	Paola, KS USA	14	4
75	Elbert Drungo	RT	April 30, 1943	6'5"	265	Tennessee St.	Columbus, MS USA	13	12
29	Leonard Fairley	CB	January 2, 1951	5'11"	200	Alcorn St.	Biloxi, MS USA	2	0
70	Ed Fisher	MG-RDE	May 31, 1949	6'3"	249	Arizona St.	Stockton, CA USA	11	0
69	Solomon Freelon	ROG	February 19, 1951	6'2"	250	Grambling St.	Monroe, LA USA	14	0
68	Brian Goodman	RG	December 7, 1949	6'2"	250	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA USA	14	14
36	Bob Gresham	RB	July 9, 1948	5'11"	195	West Virginia	Porter, AL USA	14	0
53	Fred Hoaglin	C	January 28, 1944	6'4"	250	Pittsburgh	Alliance, OH USA	14	7
72	Kevin Hunt	ROT-LOT	November 29, 1948	6'5"	260	Doane	Framington, MA USA	13	2
15	Al Johnson	SS	June 17, 1950	6'0"	200	Cincinnati	Baltimore, MD USA	14	8
84	Billy Johnson	KR	January 21, 1952	5'9"	170	Widener	Boothwyn, PA USA	14	5
61	Harris Jones	LG	October 3, 1945	6'5"	255	Johnson C. Smith	Lake City, SC USA	11	8
57	Steve Kiner	RILB	June 12, 1947	6'1"	220	Tennessee	Sandstone, MN USA	14	0
42	Tommy Maxwell	DB	May 5, 1947	6'2"	195	Texas A&M	Houston, TX USA	13	0
71	Bubba McCollum	MG	September 13, 1952	6'0"	250	Kentucky	Louisville, KY USA	11	1
24	Mike Montgomery	RB-WR	July 10, 1949	6'2"	210	Kansas St.	Wichita Falls, TX USA	5	0
22	Zeke Moore	RCB	December 2, 1943	6'3"	198	Lincoln (MO)	Tuskegee, AL USA	14	0
20	Billy Parks	WR	January 1, 1948	6'1"	185	Long Beach St.	Santa Monica, CA USA	14	0
7	Dan Pastorini	QB	May 26, 1949	6'2"	208	Santa Clara	Sonora, CA USA	11	10
46	Jeff Queen	RB-TE	August 15, 1946	6'1"	217	Morgan St.	Boston, MA USA	11	0
56	Guy Roberts	RILB-LILB	June 12, 1950	6'1"	217	Maryland	North Babylon, NY USA	14	0
34	Willie Rodgers	FB	February 8, 1949	6'0"	210	Kentucky St.	Suffolk, VA USA	14	11
73	Greg Sampson	LT	October 25, 1950	6'6"	265	Stanford	Bellingham, WA USA	14	14
64	Ron Saul	LOG	February 5, 1948	6'2"	255	Michigan St.	Butler, PA USA	14	6
45	Jeff Severson	RS	September 16, 1949	6'1"	183	Long Beach St.	Fargo, ND USA	14	4
85	Tody Smith	LDE	December 24, 1948	6'5"	250	Michigan St.	Orange, TX USA	14	0
77	Sid Smith	C	July 6, 1948	6'4"	260	USC	Wichita, KS USA	11	0
59	Ted Washington	ROLB	February 16, 1948	6'1"	244	Miss. Valley St.	Tampa, FL USA	14	14
23	Vic Washington	RB	March 23, 1946	5'11"	197	Wyoming	Plainfield, NJ USA	12	0
41	Terry Wells	WR	April 20, 1951	5'11"	195	Southern Miss	Wade, MS USA	6	0
79	Jim White	LDE-RDE	September 5, 1948	6'4"	256	Colorado St.	Chicago, IL USA	12	12
38	C.L. Whittington	RCB-LCB	August 1, 1952	6'1"	200	Prairie View	Beaumont, TX USA	14	0
44	Fred Willis	RB	December 9, 1947	6'0"	212	Boston Col.	Natick, MA USA	10	0