1970 Houston Oilers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Wally Lemm (3-10-1)
Location: Houston, Texas
1970 Houston Oilers RosterTeam Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Wally Lemm (3-10-1)
Location: Houston, Texas
1970 Houston Oilers Results
The Houston Oilers of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 3 wins and 10 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
Houston racked up 217 points, while the leaky defense allowed 352. Charley Johnson passed for 1,652 yards, and Jerry Rhome spent time under center, too. Alvin Reed hauled in 47 passes for 604 yards, while Jerry LeVias provided receiving help also.
Joe Dawkins ran for a team-leading 517 yards for the Oilers.
Zeke Moore picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Wally Lemm coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Johnson | 281 | 144 | 51.2 | 1652 | 5.9 | 7 | 2.5 | 12 | 4.3 | 63 | 15 | 124 | 59.8 |
| Jerry Rhome | 168 | 88 | 52.4 | 1031 | 6.1 | 5 | 3.0 | 8 | 4.8 | 87 | 10 | 85 | 61.4 |
| Bob Naponic | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 85 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 21 | 8 | 53 | 5.2 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 470 | 238 | 50.6 | 2768 | 5.9 | 12 | 2.6 | 23 | 4.9 | 87 | 33 | 262 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals | 419 | 1556 | 3.7 | 49 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Reed | 47 | 604 | 12.9 | 34 | 2 |
| Jerry LeVias | 41 | 529 | 12.9 | 63 | 5 |
| Mike Richardson | 34 | 381 | 11.2 | 67 | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 28 | 416 | 14.9 | 87 | 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 |
| Totals | 238 | 2768 | 11.6 | 87 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike Jones | 84 | 3559 | 42.4 | 73 |
| Totals | 84 | 3559 | 42.4 | 73 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry LeVias | 25 | 213 | 8.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Houston | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 257 | 6.3 | 33 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry LeVias | 26 | 598 | 23.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Benny Johnson | 15 | 320 | 21.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Zeke Moore | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Elbert Drungo | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jess Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Davis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 1168 | 21.2 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals | 18 | 229 | 12.7 | 35 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Johnson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elbert Drungo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elvin Bethea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Peacock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | |
| Willie Parker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Naponic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jess Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Hopkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donnie Davis | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glen Hines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Rhome | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat Holmes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Harvey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alvin Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zeke Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mac Haik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Maples | 1 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Roy Gerela | 18 | 23 | 0 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Mike Richardson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Roy Hopkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Alvin Reed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Johnny Peacock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Woody Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jerry Rhome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ron Pritchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 217 |
