1974 Houston Texans Roster
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 StatisticsTeam 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 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.
Houston managed just 113 points, worst in the league, while the defensive squad gave up 269. Jim Nance powered the ground game, running for a 1,240 yards for the Texans.
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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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Tom Bailey | OT | July 16, 1940 | 6'5" | 249 | Alcorn State | Delco, LA | ||
| 87 | John Baker | DE/DT | August 15, 1942 | 6'5" | 260 | Norfolk St. | Detroit, MI USA | ||
| 66 | Sonny Bishop | C/OG | October 1, 1939 | 6'2" | 245 | Fresno St. | Winner, SD USA | ||
| 34 | Harry Blackney | FB | August 7, 1947 | 6'0" | 202 | Maryland | Scranton, PA | ||
| 42 | Sid Blanks | RB | April 29, 1940 | 6'1" | 200 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | Del Rio, TX USA | ||
| Garland Boyette | LB | March 22, 1940 | 6'1" | 238 | Grambling St. | Rayville, LA USA | |||
| 89 | Chad Brown | DE | September 9, 1947 | 6'5" | 245 | Texas A&M - Commerce | Dallas, TX | ||
| Don Brumm | DE | October 4, 1941 | 6'3" | 245 | Purdue | Chicago Heights, IL USA | |||
| 57 | Joe Carroll | LB | May 29, 1950 | 6'1" | 220 | Pittsburgh | Warren, OH USA | ||
| 40 | Cornell Champion | RB | January 28, 1945 | 5'11" | 190 | UCLA | Chicago, IL | ||
| Terry Cole | RB | July 7, 1945 | 6'2" | 220 | Indiana | Dallas, TX USA | |||
| 58 | Bob Creech | LB | January 26, 1949 | 6'3" | 236 | TCU | Corpus Christi, TX USA | ||
| 88 | Donnie Davis | TE | September 18, 1940 | 6'3" | 225 | Southern | Opelousas, LA USA | ||
| 75 | Norman Davis | OT/OG | August 8, 1945 | 6'2" | 245 | Grambling St. | Cocoa, FL USA | ||
| 71 | Al Dotson | DT/DE | February 25, 1943 | 6'4" | 260 | Grambling St. | Houston, TX USA | ||
| Charlie Durkee | K | June 25, 1944 | 5'11" | 165 | Oklahoma St. | Tulsa, OK USA | 0 | ||
| 15 | Rick Eber | WR | April 17, 1945 | 6'0" | 185 | Tulsa | Torrance, CA USA | ||
| Richmond Flowers | S | June 13, 1947 | 6'0" | 180 | Tennessee | Montgomery, AL USA | |||
| 28 | Charley Frazier | WR | August 12, 1939 | 6'0" | 190 | Texas Southern | Houston, TX USA | ||
| Willie Frazier | TE | June 19, 1942 | 6'4" | 245 | Ark-Pine Bluff | El Dorado, AR USA | |||
| 7 | Pat Gibbs | CB | April 5, 1950 | 5'10" | 188 | Lamar | Marshall, TX USA | ||
| Paul Gipson | RB | March 21, 1946 | 6'0" | 210 | Houston | Jacksonville, TX USA | |||
| 71/79 | Rich Glover | DT/DE | February 6, 1950 | 6'1" | 240 | Nebraska | Bayonne, NJ USA | 8 | |
| 54 | Bart Goforth | C | August 12, 1950 | 6'3" | 235 | Rice | Fort Bend County, TX | ||
| Joe Green | S | November 20, 1948 | 5'11" | 195 | Bowling Green | Aberdeen, MS USA | |||
| 77 | Charlie Hayes | OT/OG | December 2, 1947 | 6'4" | 270 | Weber State | East Liverpool, OH | ||
| 76 | Glen Hines | OT | October 26, 1943 | 6'5" | 265 | Arkansas | El Dorado, AR USA | ||
| 78 | Sam Holden | OT/OG | February 24, 1947 | 6'3" | 258 | Southern Illinois | Magnolia, MS USA | ||
| 28 | Bruce Jankowski | WR | August 12, 1949 | 5'11" | 185 | Ohio St. | Paterson, NJ USA | ||
| 23 | Daryl Johnson | CB | August 11, 1946 | 5'11" | 190 | Morgan St. | Richmond, VA USA | ||
| 72 | Willie Jones | DE | May 28, 1942 | 6'1" | 260 | Kansas St. | Moro, AR USA | ||
| Jim Kanicki | DT | December 17, 1941 | 6'4" | 270 | Michigan St. | Bay City, MI USA | |||
| 70 | Andy Kupp | OG | May 25, 1949 | 6'3" | 250 | Idaho | Sunnyside, WA | ||
| Chuck Latourette | WR/P/K | July 21, 1945 | 6'0" | 190 | Rice | San Antonio, TX USA | |||
| John Mallory | S | July 24, 1946 | 6'0" | 184 | West Virginia | Summit, NJ USA | |||
| 87 | John Matuszak | DE | October 25, 1950 | 6'8" | 272 | Missouri | Milwaukee, WI USA | 1 | |
| 13 | Don Maynard | WR | January 25, 1935 | 6'0" | 180 | Rice | Crosbyton, TX USA | ||
| 12 | Dave Mays | QB/P | June 20, 1949 | 6'1" | 204 | Texas Southern | Pine Bluff, AR USA | ||
| 50 | Mike McConnell | LB | August 21, 1950 | 6'1" | 225 | Oregon | Sterling, IL | 7 | 3 |
| 29 | Art McMahon | S | February 24, 1946 | 6'0" | 190 | North Carolina St. | Newark, NJ USA | ||
| Warren McVea | RB | July 30, 1946 | 5'9" | 182 | Houston | San Antonio, TX USA | |||
| 68 | Dave Middendorf | OG | November 23, 1945 | 6'3" | 260 | Washington St. | Seattle, WA USA | ||
| 75 | Joe Miller | OT/OG | February 6, 1952 | 6'5" | 258 | Villanova | Baltimore, MD | ||
| Ed Mooney | LB | February 26, 1945 | 6'2" | 225 | Texas Tech | Brooklyn, NY USA | |||
| Jim Nance | FB | December 30, 1942 | 6'1" | 235 | Syracuse | Indiana, PA USA | 20 | ||
| 3 | D.C. Nobles | QB | November 9, 1951 | 6'2" | 175 | Houston | Angelina County, TX | ||
| 20 | Johnny Odom | WR/P | January 23, 1949 | 6'3" | 198 | Texas Tech | Fort Worth, TX | 20 | |
| 74 | Willie Parker | DT/DE | March 12, 1945 | 6'3" | 275 | Ark-Pine Bluff | Bastrop, LA USA | ||
| 68 | Bubba Pena | OG | August 8, 1949 | 6'2" | 250 | Massachusetts | Wareham, MA USA | ||
| 66 | Rex Pitts | OT | August 7, 1946 | 6'4" | 255 | Los Angeles State | |||
| 59 | Kenny Price | LB | April 7, 1949 | 6'2" | 225 | Iowa | Houston, TX USA | ||
| 60 | Tom Regner | OG | April 19, 1944 | 6'1" | 235 | Notre Dame | Kenosha, WI USA | ||
| 24 | Mike Richardson | FB | December 8, 1946 | 5'11" | 196 | SMU | Fort Worth, TX USA | ||
| Jack Rizzo | RB | June 15, 1949 | 5'10" | 195 | Lehigh | Boston, MA USA | |||
| 84 | Joe Robb | DE | March 15, 1937 | 6'3" | 238 | TCU | Lufkin, TX USA | ||
| 47 | Virgil Robinson | RB | November 2, 1947 | 5'11" | 195 | Grambling St. | Inverness, MS USA | ||
| 81 | Ron Rydalch | DT | January 1, 1952 | 6'4" | 260 | Utah | Tooele, UT USA | ||
| 21 | Jim Shorter | CB | June 8, 1939 | 5'11" | 184 | Detroit Mercy | Montgomery, AL USA | ||
| 70 | Don Talbert | OT | March 1, 1939 | 6'5" | 255 | Texas | Louisville, MS USA | ||
| 19 | Mike Taliaferro | QB | July 26, 1941 | 6'2" | 202 | Illinois | Houston, TX USA | ||
| 17 | Harry Theofiledes | QB | April 19, 1944 | 5'10" | 180 | Waynesburg | Homestead, PA USA | ||
| 45 | Durfey Thompson | LB | December 5, 1951 | 6'2" | 235 | Prairie View A&M | Poteau, OK | ||
| Rocky Thompson | RB | November 8, 1947 | 5'11" | 200 | West Texas A&M | Paget, Bermuda | |||
| 10 | Don Trull | QB | October 20, 1941 | 6'1" | 195 | Baylor | Oklahoma City, OK USA | ||
| Dave Urie | C | November 19, 1947 | 6'5" | 240 | Montana | Chico, CA | |||
| 13 | John Vignone | S | October 23, 1944 | 6'0" | 190 | Susquenhanna | |||
| 41 | John Villapiano | LB | November 17, 1951 | 5'11" | 205 | Bowling Green State | |||
| 55 | Loyd Wainscott | LB | October 26, 1946 | 6'2" | 235 | Texas | Texas City, TX USA | ||
| Billy Walik | WR | November 8, 1947 | 5'11" | 180 | Villanova | New Haven, CT USA | |||
| 51 | Cleo Walker | C/LB | February 7, 1948 | 6'3" | 219 | Louisville | Columbus, GA USA | ||
| 77 | Mike Walker | DE | November 7, 1949 | 6'4" | 235 | Tulane | Texarkana, AR USA | ||
| Sammy Weir | WR | March 18, 1941 | 5'9" | 170 | Arkansas St. | Moxie, AR USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 77 | Bob Wells | OT | August 4, 1945 | 6'4" | 280 | Johnson C. Smith | New York, NY USA | ||
| 26 | Warren Wells | WR | November 14, 1942 | 6'1" | 190 | Texas Southern | Franklin, LA USA | ||
| 25 | Dick Westmoreland | CB | February 17, 1941 | 6'1" | 190 | North Carolina A&T | Charlotte, NC USA | ||
| 63 | Clyde Williams | OG/OT/C | July 27, 1940 | 6'3" | 250 | Southern | Shreveport, LA USA | ||
| 21 | Doug Winslow | WR | July 19, 1951 | 6'0" | 185 | Drake | Des Moines, IA USA | ||
| 64 | Billy Yoest | OG/OT | November 26, 1951 | 6'0" | 251 | North Carolina State | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 82 | Paul Zaeske | WR | December 4, 1945 | 6'2" | 200 | North Park | Sioux City, IA USA |
